They do not support PS3 or any other game console currently. They said the Cell architecture doesn't lend itself to a port of TBB being easy, but if someone can figure out how to do it, they'd like to see it happen. So if you think you can contribute, do so.
Intel wants TBB to be ubiquitous. Not only can you run it on AMD, you can run it on PPC. However, they did say that they don't have very many G5 Macs at Intel, so the engineers say the PPC port is "alpha quality".
Paul Ducklin, Sophos Asia Pacific head of technology, said that spammers are ready to "borrow" any computer illegally to send e-mail regardless of the location. I'm shocked that spammers aren't more discerning in their choice of which hijacked computers to use when sending crap nobody wants to millions of e-mail addresses picked at random.
Most recently being Cingular purchasing AT&T and changing its name to AT&T. Cingular used to be SBC/Ameritech. I believe you're completely mistaken. Cingular was a joint venture between SBC (which already owned Ameritech) and BellSouth, but Cingular operated as a separate company, not really part of SBC or BellSouth. Then, Cingular bought AT&T Wireless (from AT&T I assume, although it's possible AT&T had already sold AT&T Wireless off to some other company first), and AT&T Wireless rebranded and merged into Cingular. Then, when SBC bought BellSouth and AT&T, they absorbed Cingular and renamed it.
My advice, for what it's worth, is that you should do whatever you need to do. Whatever you need to accomplish. If my experience is any indication, there is no second chance. On the contrary, it sounds like you've gotten a few extra chances already.
Your incorrect assumption is that these third-party pieces of software do not modify how "Microsoft's product" behaves (or, more accurately, appears to behave). I did not say that Windows doesn't behave differently on different PCs, only that it isn't different on different PCs. Windows itself, the product you buy in a weird little plastic box with the funny hinge in the corner, the data on the DVD in that box, is not different. If you do a clean install of Windows on your PC, and something doesn't work, exchanging the DVD for another identical one won't solve the problem. If you buy a toaster, drop in two slices of bread and push the lever, and it doesn't make toast, you can take the toaster back to the store to exchange it for exactly the same brand and model of toaster, and the new toaster will work fine.
With software, it's like you've bought a toaster that works fine unless you're trying to toast just a single slice of Franz honey wheat berry bread. Two slices works fine, Orowheat honey wheat berry works fine, Franz whole wheat works fine, etc. Nobody has this kind of problem with toasters. That's the difference.
The vast amount of third-party software and, in particular, hardware drivers, disagree with your assumption. When I said "only the rest of the computer is different", I was talking about third-party software, drivers, and hardware.
Having said all that, Microsoft producing a patch that turns off program uninstallation is clearly one of the dumber things they've done lately - even if it only affects 5% of systems. What next? 5% of systems simply go BSOD on the next patch?
Whoever said that if 5% of any other device failed it would be recalled is correct. Vista was rushed out the door to meet a corporate contract deadline - after it was late by, what, three years? - and clearly it shows. The difference is that in a non-software product, if 5% of the units fail, it's often because 5% of the units are actually different than the other 95%, due to shoddy manufacturing. In Microsoft's case, the 95% of copies of Vista that work and the 5% that don't are exactly the same - only the rest of the computer is different, not Microsoft's product. For your average widget, if there's a 5% failure rate, the company needs to do better quality control and maybe test each individual unit for defects or something. For software, if there's a 5% failure rate, and everything in Microsoft's QA labs happen to fall into the 95%... what are they supposed to do?
Crosslinking through simple knowledge of "which person on one service is which person on another service" - and "which product on one service is which product on another service" - would open so many doors. Wasn't this more or less the dream of Microsoft Passport?
What is 'Launchpad' and how does it relate to the end user? Sorry, never heard of it before. Perhaps it doesn't, and that's why they haven't bothered to open-source it before?
There are all kinds of useful things that could be done with the VHF spectrum, that can't be done now because it's being taken up by all those analog TV channels.
About five years, as soon as their exclusive contract with AT&T expires. Hopefully then you'll be able to buy a $500 iPhone from Apple, and any network will offer you service with no contract (since the phone isn't subsidized).
Meanwhile, other manufacturers will have added support for AT&T's new visual voicemail system, and other providers will have added support for those phones. They'll all include either Opera Mobile or Minimo, to compete with Safari on the iPhone. You'll still be able to get a free phone by signing a 2-year contract, but it will become common for those who have the up-front cash to get the flexibility of being able to change service providers whenever they like. This will force providers to actually compete, knowing that if they screw up, customers can leave. And manufacturers will compete too, trying to make their phones attractive enough to get people to buy their high-end phones directly instead of going with cheap subsidized crap. Basically, everybody wins except evil cell phone providers who want to extract as much money as possible without fear of repercussion.
First of all, Apple had to agree to this in order to get AT&T to work with them, which Apple really needed.
If Apple wants the iPhone to work on two major US carriers (AT&T and T-Mobile) instead of one, they'll have to make some changes. Support for non-visual voicemail, support for T-Mobile's EDGE network if it's not identical to AT&T's, etc. This will take a little bit of time.
If Apple wants the iPhone to work on all major US carriers, they'll have to make some rather more significant changes. Support for the above, plus CDMA, UMTS, etc. This will take a lot of time.
I think it will be at least three years before Apple could really be ready to support Verizon and Sprint properly, and that's if they actually work on it for the next three years. By not thinking about that for the next two years, it gives them time to work on international GSM support, HSDPA, and general bugfixes and feature enhancements. Then they can spend the next three years getting CDMA to work, so when the five year agreement is done, they'll really be ready to go.
And hopefully during that time, other phones will add support for AT&T's visual voicemail service, and then other carriers will add support for those phones by setting up their own visual voicemail service that will be compatible with what Apple and AT&T worked out. Better for everybody.
So five years from now, Apple should be ready to sell an iPhone for $500 that works with any cell network without a contract. In the mean time, they're pulling in wads of cash to help fund development, and they don't have to try to do too many things at once. Remember, Apple pulled people away from working on Mac OS X to help with the iPhone so they could get it released on time...
shrug* You don't have to buy a locked phone in the US. You can buy virtually any phone unlocked (just like the EU), you just pay more for it. Unless you want an iPhone, in which case, no, you can't.
I completely agree. It doesn't sound like this is a game that should be played by minors without good parental supervision, so labeling it "Adults Only" sounds perfectly reasonable to me; i don't believe the rating should be reduced. The problem is that at this point "Adults Only" is seen by many (including WalMart et al) as a euphemism for "pr0n", and that's what needs to change.
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They do not support PS3 or any other game console currently. They said the Cell architecture doesn't lend itself to a port of TBB being easy, but if someone can figure out how to do it, they'd like to see it happen. So if you think you can contribute, do so.
Intel wants TBB to be ubiquitous. Not only can you run it on AMD, you can run it on PPC. However, they did say that they don't have very many G5 Macs at Intel, so the engineers say the PPC port is "alpha quality".
It's libel against 365 Main, if it's not true.
Somebody forgot to knock on wood. I bet they'll think twice about releasing a press release like that again!
I don't see how you could argue that doing this benefits TimeWarner, from a legal sense.
WHen life gives you lemons, make lemonade; when life gives you something else, well, you do what you can.
That could be a disaster for the Hooloovoo community...
With software, it's like you've bought a toaster that works fine unless you're trying to toast just a single slice of Franz honey wheat berry bread. Two slices works fine, Orowheat honey wheat berry works fine, Franz whole wheat works fine, etc. Nobody has this kind of problem with toasters. That's the difference.
Whoever said that if 5% of any other device failed it would be recalled is correct. Vista was rushed out the door to meet a corporate contract deadline - after it was late by, what, three years? - and clearly it shows. The difference is that in a non-software product, if 5% of the units fail, it's often because 5% of the units are actually different than the other 95%, due to shoddy manufacturing. In Microsoft's case, the 95% of copies of Vista that work and the 5% that don't are exactly the same - only the rest of the computer is different, not Microsoft's product. For your average widget, if there's a 5% failure rate, the company needs to do better quality control and maybe test each individual unit for defects or something. For software, if there's a 5% failure rate, and everything in Microsoft's QA labs happen to fall into the 95%... what are they supposed to do?
Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Cool.
I've been a Mac user and Apple fan for over 15 years; I don't expect the iPhone to drop in price that much. :-P
There are all kinds of useful things that could be done with the VHF spectrum, that can't be done now because it's being taken up by all those analog TV channels.
About five years, as soon as their exclusive contract with AT&T expires. Hopefully then you'll be able to buy a $500 iPhone from Apple, and any network will offer you service with no contract (since the phone isn't subsidized).
Meanwhile, other manufacturers will have added support for AT&T's new visual voicemail system, and other providers will have added support for those phones. They'll all include either Opera Mobile or Minimo, to compete with Safari on the iPhone. You'll still be able to get a free phone by signing a 2-year contract, but it will become common for those who have the up-front cash to get the flexibility of being able to change service providers whenever they like. This will force providers to actually compete, knowing that if they screw up, customers can leave. And manufacturers will compete too, trying to make their phones attractive enough to get people to buy their high-end phones directly instead of going with cheap subsidized crap. Basically, everybody wins except evil cell phone providers who want to extract as much money as possible without fear of repercussion.
Something about the idea of a goth biker who always carries an iBook in her purse makes me smile.
First of all, Apple had to agree to this in order to get AT&T to work with them, which Apple really needed.
If Apple wants the iPhone to work on two major US carriers (AT&T and T-Mobile) instead of one, they'll have to make some changes. Support for non-visual voicemail, support for T-Mobile's EDGE network if it's not identical to AT&T's, etc. This will take a little bit of time.
If Apple wants the iPhone to work on all major US carriers, they'll have to make some rather more significant changes. Support for the above, plus CDMA, UMTS, etc. This will take a lot of time.
I think it will be at least three years before Apple could really be ready to support Verizon and Sprint properly, and that's if they actually work on it for the next three years. By not thinking about that for the next two years, it gives them time to work on international GSM support, HSDPA, and general bugfixes and feature enhancements. Then they can spend the next three years getting CDMA to work, so when the five year agreement is done, they'll really be ready to go.
And hopefully during that time, other phones will add support for AT&T's visual voicemail service, and then other carriers will add support for those phones by setting up their own visual voicemail service that will be compatible with what Apple and AT&T worked out. Better for everybody.
So five years from now, Apple should be ready to sell an iPhone for $500 that works with any cell network without a contract. In the mean time, they're pulling in wads of cash to help fund development, and they don't have to try to do too many things at once. Remember, Apple pulled people away from working on Mac OS X to help with the iPhone so they could get it released on time...
I completely agree. It doesn't sound like this is a game that should be played by minors without good parental supervision, so labeling it "Adults Only" sounds perfectly reasonable to me; i don't believe the rating should be reduced. The problem is that at this point "Adults Only" is seen by many (including WalMart et al) as a euphemism for "pr0n", and that's what needs to change.