He was exaggerating. That era didn't really come around until more like 2003-2004.
In 1999 1024x768 was still the norm for PC games. 800x600 was *barely* acceptable, but 640x480 was totally out of the question unless you had really good antialiasing.
I agree with you on the higher margins count, but it's not because they're more expensive.
Stores can potentially make more money off software sales because hardware has much tighter competition. It takes a certain amount of raw materials and workmanship to produce a netbook, and once they've all reached the lowest common denominator (made in China, barest minimum amount of materials) your shop buys them for only slightly less than what they sell them for, and can only apply a small markup to stay competitive with the shop down the street. Comparatively, software costs nothing to mass-produce, so whatever prices the developer/publisher charge are weighed up against how many copies they think they will sell to turn a profit. This figure is often much less than what Joe Consumer is willing to pay, so retailers can maintain a high profit margin.
Why this hasn't resulted in a price war escapes me. With margins so high I would have thought retailer A could simply undercut retailer B by dropping their margin. Margin cut + business uptake ?= Profit
( '?=' means 'potentially equals' in my own little world )
Tree Style Tab is one of the best addons for Firefox I've ever used. It's lovely having a vertically-oriented tab hierarchy and opening links in a tab *relative* to the parent.
How is a fail like that in any way epic? So it works out at about 382.73 kilos, and the guy's assertion that 842lb is less than 382kg is clearly wrong. I suspect he meant "slightly more than 382 kilos".
No no no, it's easier than that. Remember, a newborn isn't even human until they've had some real world experience. Before that they're just a cluster of cells and fair game for harvesting.
You certainly can, well in New Zealand anyway. It strikes me as just basic security and I can't believe that some people accept internet banking services with anything less.
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And this, my friends is why I will never, ever own an iPhone. The ability to remotely disable software on a product you or I own is not acceptable.
I'm sorry, it just isn't.
Teaching children touch-typing is an excellent idea, but high school is much too late.
Not necessarily. I didn't even lay hands on a computer or typewriter properly until I was 13.
Yes, there are apparently still schools that do not yet have Apple IIe's.
The applications are not open source...
Mine are.
I have a theory, and it boils down to this:
Convenience. Plan and simple.
GPS, in cellphones, since 2000. Okay, what other gems do you have for us today?
So, uh, why not just change your sig?
Do I still qualify for some coal? It's getting a little chilly in here.
Interesting... so you're saying that Microsoft is too big to let fail? Perhaps some day we should bail them out too?
Absolutely. Just make damned sure it's a monetary compensation that's imposed, and not vouchers that cost them nothing.
trademark and all.
It won't affect me any my non-iPod Ogg Vorbis player.
Seriously, do Apple give out free tee-shirts every time someone uses their trademarks to describe everyday items?
Wait, go to go, there's a call coming in on my iPhone. The one with "Nokia" on the front.
Well, in that case I just ate a sandwich In The Name Of ELF. Therefore, ELF are a bunch of sandwich-eaters.
Let it be known.
Tell that to the poor steak I rubberized in my microwave a few days ago.
Is Beverley Hills really a representative sample of the population, though? :)
He was exaggerating. That era didn't really come around until more like 2003-2004.
In 1999 1024x768 was still the norm for PC games. 800x600 was *barely* acceptable, but 640x480 was totally out of the question unless you had really good antialiasing.
I agree with you on the higher margins count, but it's not because they're more expensive.
Stores can potentially make more money off software sales because hardware has much tighter competition. It takes a certain amount of raw materials and workmanship to produce a netbook, and once they've all reached the lowest common denominator (made in China, barest minimum amount of materials) your shop buys them for only slightly less than what they sell them for, and can only apply a small markup to stay competitive with the shop down the street. Comparatively, software costs nothing to mass-produce, so whatever prices the developer/publisher charge are weighed up against how many copies they think they will sell to turn a profit. This figure is often much less than what Joe Consumer is willing to pay, so retailers can maintain a high profit margin.
Why this hasn't resulted in a price war escapes me. With margins so high I would have thought retailer A could simply undercut retailer B by dropping their margin. Margin cut + business uptake ?= Profit
( '?=' means 'potentially equals' in my own little world )
Bandwidth exceeded. Photobucket."
I don't see how that could be interpreted as Microsoft attacking Linux.
And what travesty did Sony Online Entertainment commit towards Neon Genesis Evangelion?
I don't know what you mean, but I'm outraged.
Outraged, I said.
Agreed.
Tree Style Tab is one of the best addons for Firefox I've ever used. It's lovely having a vertically-oriented tab hierarchy and opening links in a tab *relative* to the parent.
How is a fail like that in any way epic? So it works out at about 382.73 kilos, and the guy's assertion that 842lb is less than 382kg is clearly wrong. I suspect he meant "slightly more than 382 kilos".
Fail? Yes. Epic? No.
Slight. Fail.
No no no, it's easier than that. Remember, a newborn isn't even human until they've had some real world experience. Before that they're just a cluster of cells and fair game for harvesting.
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
So you're exhibitionists, good for you.
Maybe the reason such acts are frowned upon isn't because everyone else is a prude, but because violence is a hell of a lot less contageous than lust.
It's very easy to change a person's emotional state with sexual material than it is with violent material.
Uh, that should be stage right, as in left :)
Take a look at the windowsill to the right of each guy's head.
I think it puts to rest any speculation on which photo was the original, if in fact either model was ever actually there.
You certainly can, well in New Zealand anyway. It strikes me as just basic security and I can't believe that some people accept internet banking services with anything less.