I think I'll reserve my "dancing in the street" jubilation for when a.13 micron process starts benefitting the consumer.
Manufacturing processes change quite frequently. Although a.13 Micron process will mean that these companies will be able to yield more chips per wafer, the pricing model on high end graphics cards has remained static over the past few years.
When the top-of-the-line graphics card costs half of what it does today (heck, say... $150, instead of $300, or even $400), THEN that's cause to celebrate new manufacturing processes.
Until then, it's an incrimental improvement that's designed to maximize profit.
Yeah, it cost a whopping $26 to go to the show (gas and a lunch). It was our company's way of showing that they want us to learn new technoloy - so long as it's local, it's inexpensive, and doesn't take long. Same goes for training.
There's almost no show worth my company (or god forbid, me!) spending $1000 to attend.
If I wasn't in Health Care, I'd say there are 2 shows worth the money - CeBit (from what I heard), and E3. Cause... Who wouldn't want to go to E3?!?
But these shows aren't really about product anymore either. They're about networking (as in sales networking) and services. The COMDEX show I went to was almost exclusively Cell Phone companies doing nothing more than showing their latest rate plans for business.
I went to COMDEX last year in the hopes of finding what everyone REALLY wants from COMDEX. T-Shirts.
My boss and I wandered the aisles, looking at new technology vendors (who happened to be giving away shirts).
We came across one friendly looking lady, with at least 7 BOXES of T-Shirts. HEAVEN! I proceed to lay down the geek-speak about how her product would fit into our organization, and I was getting a fairly good response. I felt the T-Shirt grab was "in the bag", so I asked for one.
She looked right at me, smiled, and pointed to the table: "Have a bendy!" Looking at the table, I saw the prize for all of my effort. A wire, wrapped in a plastic/rubber substance. Basically, the prize was as complete of a waste of time as my conversation had been.
To this day, whenever my boss talkes about getting screwed over by someone, he uses the phrase "Have a bendy!"
Apparently, you don't switch resolutions much. If you get a LCD out of it's native resolution, it really starts to look blurry.
As a person doing web work (not to mention games, games, games!), I switch resolutions fairly often. IMHO, I've found that my "high-end" CRT, which costs LESS than even a basic LCD, displays much better, and is far more flexible.
1. I don't like many 3D games, Jak and Daxter being an exception. 2. I wouldn't mind having an old Amiga... 3. The demise of the Dreamcast makes me sad beyond words. 4. The Neo Geo represented a leap forward in thinking that started the major decline of Arcades. Give the people EXACTLY what is used in the most state-of-the-art situations. I think it was a cool concept, regardless of cost.
IMHO, Micropayments would not lower the amount of advertising that you see on these pages, as Scott would have you believe. Since the advertising dollars are still present, we'd still see the ads, and we'd be stuck paying for them (in addition to the content).
It's equally likely that micropayments would simply lead to Macro payments. Once you are charging someone for a service, you can gradually adjust that amount each year at a certain rate above inflation.
Micropayments have been "doomed from the start" because they do not lead to change. They simply lead to less money in consumers pockets. Which, unfortunately, is exactly why they will be foisted on us whether we like the idea or not, eventually.
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I think I'll reserve my "dancing in the street" jubilation for when a .13 micron process starts benefitting the consumer.
.13 Micron process will mean that these companies will be able to yield more chips per wafer, the pricing model on high end graphics cards has remained static over the past few years.
Manufacturing processes change quite frequently. Although a
When the top-of-the-line graphics card costs half of what it does today (heck, say... $150, instead of $300, or even $400), THEN that's cause to celebrate new manufacturing processes.
Until then, it's an incrimental improvement that's designed to maximize profit.
Yeah, it cost a whopping $26 to go to the show (gas and a lunch). It was our company's way of showing that they want us to learn new technoloy - so long as it's local, it's inexpensive, and doesn't take long. Same goes for training.
There's almost no show worth my company (or god forbid, me!) spending $1000 to attend.
If I wasn't in Health Care, I'd say there are 2 shows worth the money - CeBit (from what I heard), and E3. Cause... Who wouldn't want to go to E3?!?
But these shows aren't really about product anymore either. They're about networking (as in sales networking) and services. The COMDEX show I went to was almost exclusively Cell Phone companies doing nothing more than showing their latest rate plans for business.
It was sad.
I went to COMDEX last year in the hopes of finding what everyone REALLY wants from COMDEX. T-Shirts.
My boss and I wandered the aisles, looking at new technology vendors (who happened to be giving away shirts).
We came across one friendly looking lady, with at least 7 BOXES of T-Shirts. HEAVEN! I proceed to lay down the geek-speak about how her product would fit into our organization, and I was getting a fairly good response. I felt the T-Shirt grab was "in the bag", so I asked for one.
She looked right at me, smiled, and pointed to the table: "Have a bendy!" Looking at the table, I saw the prize for all of my effort. A wire, wrapped in a plastic/rubber substance. Basically, the prize was as complete of a waste of time as my conversation had been.
To this day, whenever my boss talkes about getting screwed over by someone, he uses the phrase "Have a bendy!"
Now, I don't mean to be a CRT bigot, but...
Apparently, you don't switch resolutions much. If you get a LCD out of it's native resolution, it really starts to look blurry.
As a person doing web work (not to mention games, games, games!), I switch resolutions fairly often. IMHO, I've found that my "high-end" CRT, which costs LESS than even a basic LCD, displays much better, and is far more flexible.
Red, white and blue bras!
Wait a minute, we're talking about librarians.
*shiver*
At long last, my computer will be capable of producing cinematic quality graphics, much like those in that famous Disney movie....
TRON.
I can't wait.
Oh yeah, like you're not a manager!
OK...
1. I don't like many 3D games, Jak and Daxter being an exception.
2. I wouldn't mind having an old Amiga...
3. The demise of the Dreamcast makes me sad beyond words.
4. The Neo Geo represented a leap forward in thinking that started the major decline of Arcades. Give the people EXACTLY what is used in the most state-of-the-art situations. I think it was a cool concept, regardless of cost.
This system is also alive and well, some folks even have "development kits".
I have 2 Turbo Grafx systems, both with CDs, and 1 with a System 3 card.
Lords of Thunder and Neutopia are fantasic examples from the platform.
Except that the applet worked FINE in my copy of IE. Pretty nifty little map, too.
IMHO, Micropayments would not lower the amount of advertising that you see on these pages, as Scott would have you believe. Since the advertising dollars are still present, we'd still see the ads, and we'd be stuck paying for them (in addition to the content).
It's equally likely that micropayments would simply lead to Macro payments. Once you are charging someone for a service, you can gradually adjust that amount each year at a certain rate above inflation.
Micropayments have been "doomed from the start" because they do not lead to change. They simply lead to less money in consumers pockets. Which, unfortunately, is exactly why they will be foisted on us whether we like the idea or not, eventually.
I can't believe I'm saying this: I'm glad I'm an AT&T customer!