While I am not familiar with OnLive and how it works, I believe it is nowhere near actually having a video card with the following example:
32 bits per pixel, 1024 x 768 pixels (assuming a low resolution mode) = 1.57 million bytes of data
60Hz refresh rate = 94.3 million bytes of data per second = 755 million bits per second.
Now I think that most people do not have this type of broadband connection freely available. OK, so it probably uses some sort of compression algorithm and only updates areas of the screen that actually change from frame to frame, but this necessarily involves a degradation in quality. The Onlive site itself claims you must have a 15Mbps connection - that is not available in many parts of the world.
data, which would be too risky to carry around everywhere anyway. Sorry, folks, you won't escape cloud services
Yeah, because the "Ooops we accidentally deleted your emails" from Google and also Hotmail a while back, plus countless other examples from other "cloud" providers, establish beyond a doubt the trustworthiness of the "cloud"...
Nah, I will keep my desktop for now, thanks.
Guys who cling on to the first thing that fucks them
A puppy is for life and not just for Christmas.
Nobody seems to be able to just hold the fuck up and be with themselves for awhile.
Except for you, apparently? It's an instinct, hard-wired into people's brains to ensure the survival of the species. Most people follow their instincts. Congratulations on being so intellectual that you managed to over-ride this programming. Now let's talk about how your highly evolved genes are going to be passed on. Oh wait...
Not necessarily, depending on what state/country you live in and how long you've been together. For most places, living together 6 months is the same as if you were married, and that means she gets a chunk of your income.
Blah blah blah, I have a doctorate in a biological field and I am an atheist. Learn to read, yeah? That's not my argument at all. The device I was using is called sarcasm.
Evolution exists on a molecular level, which is far more fundamental than the broad and ancient definition of life. Our new understanding of viruses and prions actually challenge some of the ancient notions of life which only considered the cell as the basic unit of life. However evolution is not concerned with the differentiation of cells, it is concerned with the mutation of DNA and proteins that make up those cells. Any phenotypical change in an organism must have an underlying genetic mutation. Since viruses contain either DNA or RNA, they are subject to the same evolutionary forces as cells are, even if you don't consider them "alive" because they don't fit your "cell" theory. It gets even more fun with prions since even DNA and RNA are not involved.
However I suspect that this is way above your head.
Dream on. Gas prices have only just begun to rise. It will take demand destruction (ie the next collapse of the US economy) to pull them down again. There's too much money to be made by traders.
On the contrary, he has all the hallmarks of a coward and probably doesn't have the guts to shoot himself. I predict a Saddam Hussein style ending for him.
So I guess prions cannot evolve either... God is creating all of these, is he?
Or perhaps the word "life" is not actually included anywhere in the concept of "evolution".
What sense do they evolve in then, if not biologically? Viruses certainly do evolve. Sure, one of them isn't suddenly going to sprout legs and walk away, but what are all those mutations if not evolution in action?
ue to Apple's shitty security practices it was trivial to take over OS X at any given time with a targeted attack.
Not only that but due to the complacency (Apple is immune to viruses) and ignorance (I don't want to know anything about computers which is why I bought an Apple) of the average Apple user base, it is an audience as extremely ripe for the picking as a classroom full of children with HIV is to the teacher with chicken-pox.
WHEN Apple gains enough market share to be interesting to write specific malware for, I expect to see infections on a massive scale. I must say it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people.
Need proof that faster is better? Look at your computer. Now, Look at the computers of the 1960s. See?
Look at computers in the 1960's. Look at economic growth in the 1960's. Look at computers today. Look at economic growth today. See?
It's not as clear cut as you would like to it be. Especially when you don't define "better". Faster computers are FASTER. Period.
It also helps if you have the sort of government where you can just summarily execute anyone
Where would this be, pray? Because you are certainly not talking about China. Of course there is the possibility that you don't know what "summary execution" actually means, but my money is on the bet that you're just talking out of your arse.
These sorts of things are only good for people who are really interested in the subject matter. Since you have to ask the question, you're not that interested and therefore it would just be a waste of time for you.
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Yes because Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. Or was it Eurasia? So many enemies...
While I am not familiar with OnLive and how it works, I believe it is nowhere near actually having a video card with the following example: 32 bits per pixel, 1024 x 768 pixels (assuming a low resolution mode) = 1.57 million bytes of data 60Hz refresh rate = 94.3 million bytes of data per second = 755 million bits per second. Now I think that most people do not have this type of broadband connection freely available. OK, so it probably uses some sort of compression algorithm and only updates areas of the screen that actually change from frame to frame, but this necessarily involves a degradation in quality. The Onlive site itself claims you must have a 15Mbps connection - that is not available in many parts of the world.
Yeah, because the "Ooops we accidentally deleted your emails" from Google and also Hotmail a while back, plus countless other examples from other "cloud" providers, establish beyond a doubt the trustworthiness of the "cloud"... Nah, I will keep my desktop for now, thanks.
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I can't wait to have my brain hooked up to the hive-mind equivalent of 4chan... Why on earth would anyone think that this is a good idea?
Most Americans think they can, which is why the country is in the financial situation it's in...
Now someone needs to challenge Parker Brothers' trademark on Monopoly, since I believe the copyright has expired a while ago.
Yeah because one thing the Earth is short of is Nitrogen.
Believe it or not, there are well over 7 billion people living OUTSIDE the US. Which is why I said "most countries".
Meh, the troll doesn't like straw men.
A puppy is for life and not just for Christmas.
Except for you, apparently? It's an instinct, hard-wired into people's brains to ensure the survival of the species. Most people follow their instincts. Congratulations on being so intellectual that you managed to over-ride this programming. Now let's talk about how your highly evolved genes are going to be passed on. Oh wait...
Not necessarily, depending on what state/country you live in and how long you've been together. For most places, living together 6 months is the same as if you were married, and that means she gets a chunk of your income.
You're doing it wrong.
Blah blah blah, I have a doctorate in a biological field and I am an atheist. Learn to read, yeah? That's not my argument at all. The device I was using is called sarcasm.
Evolution exists on a molecular level, which is far more fundamental than the broad and ancient definition of life. Our new understanding of viruses and prions actually challenge some of the ancient notions of life which only considered the cell as the basic unit of life. However evolution is not concerned with the differentiation of cells, it is concerned with the mutation of DNA and proteins that make up those cells. Any phenotypical change in an organism must have an underlying genetic mutation. Since viruses contain either DNA or RNA, they are subject to the same evolutionary forces as cells are, even if you don't consider them "alive" because they don't fit your "cell" theory. It gets even more fun with prions since even DNA and RNA are not involved.
However I suspect that this is way above your head.
Dream on. Gas prices have only just begun to rise. It will take demand destruction (ie the next collapse of the US economy) to pull them down again. There's too much money to be made by traders.
On the contrary, he has all the hallmarks of a coward and probably doesn't have the guts to shoot himself. I predict a Saddam Hussein style ending for him.
So I guess prions cannot evolve either... God is creating all of these, is he? Or perhaps the word "life" is not actually included anywhere in the concept of "evolution".
What sense do they evolve in then, if not biologically? Viruses certainly do evolve. Sure, one of them isn't suddenly going to sprout legs and walk away, but what are all those mutations if not evolution in action?
Not only that but due to the complacency (Apple is immune to viruses) and ignorance (I don't want to know anything about computers which is why I bought an Apple) of the average Apple user base, it is an audience as extremely ripe for the picking as a classroom full of children with HIV is to the teacher with chicken-pox.
WHEN Apple gains enough market share to be interesting to write specific malware for, I expect to see infections on a massive scale. I must say it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people.
I would immediately counter by selling close.org.
er no, pseudo-science, or "fake" science, by definition is not part of science.
Look at computers in the 1960's. Look at economic growth in the 1960's. Look at computers today. Look at economic growth today. See? It's not as clear cut as you would like to it be. Especially when you don't define "better". Faster computers are FASTER. Period.
Yes?
Where would this be, pray? Because you are certainly not talking about China. Of course there is the possibility that you don't know what "summary execution" actually means, but my money is on the bet that you're just talking out of your arse.
These sorts of things are only good for people who are really interested in the subject matter. Since you have to ask the question, you're not that interested and therefore it would just be a waste of time for you.