I was actually kind of turned off by the pictures. The iChat picture clearly was done with models, which means they probably worked on the eye contact. The MSN picture was done by the author and someone else apparently, which means they used it like normal.
Apple would have to admit that their brand new G5 would be slower than Dell's computer from last quarter under certain conditions
And to be frank Dell would have to admit that their computers they release now are slower than Last years AlBooks in certain conditions...
No, really they don't. They only have to say when they are faster -- it's up to the reader to figure out the cases where they are slower. Companies don't diss themselves in ads.
Then on top of that, they said that they'll be at 3GHz in a year. That's a 50% speed increase in 12 months. Notice something? That's slower than Moore's law. So, what this amounts to is "we're slower than x86, and over the next year that gap will widen".
At this point, I ask you, what is moores law?
At this point I tell everyone metamoderating this post to mark every insightful mark as unfair.
1: There aren't any 4ghz PPC970's right now, so thats not really an option.
2: For people who generally multitask on a computer (I think that describes most people now) each individual application will be "snappier" to the user, giving a rather huge overal performance increase. This snappiness sometimes isn't given by 2x the speed single proc, since it can still only schedule one thing at a time.
Think of a mmorpg that truly was a massive world, with hundreds of thousands of players on the same "world" (the great fiction of MM is that there are more then a few 1000 players on the same world, there are just many worlds) Each section of this world (or galaxy in the sg1 concept) is hosted on a different server, allowing someone to hunt (or be hunted) or quest, over truly epic distances.
After removing run speed inflation, I am almost positive all the maps of everquest combined are at least as large as Brittan.
The problem with "truely massive" is you get run times -- insane run times. Imagine trekking from New York to California on foot.. it's just not fun.
Yes, I know MS has insane markeup, but the origional post was comparing the cost of Boxed RH to the cost of downloading RH. Something so inherently flawed it disturbed me greatly....
Well, since I've put a product on the shelf recently, and our first three months cost more than 25$/box for P&D, I think I'm justified in making that figure up.
Some software is sold for less because it gets worse spots on the shelf, is sold in fewer stores, and isn't marketed nearly at all.
We were talking about a boxed version of RH, not a copy of MS office.
Please grow up, feel free to reply to me again when you have some experience behind your claims.
Bullshit. The marginal costs of one copy are negligible.
Holy shit dude, have you put a software package on the shelf recently? Jesus I knew slashdot had some idiots, but that takes the cake.
40$ for a home user package, sub 25$ for packaging and distribution (if not more, really depends on how large their sale volume is [hint: higher = cheaper]). Sub ~5$ for support costs (depending on call volume, I'm assuming the average RH box needs about 10 mins of phone support, with most needing 0). I seriously doubt they are making a killing on low end boxed solutions.
Jesus christ, I swear some people will talk out of their ass no matter how little they know about the topic.
"Enterprise" boxes offer all sorts of support and extra goodies that cost a lot more. While they are making cash, they probably aren't rolling in the boxes you get from Best Buy.
I think from my understanding, if the bill passes for a bill according to certain definitions it gets replaced by the treasury, and 20$ has entered the circulation (20$ gets removed elseware).
If enough was amis with the bill that a blind def dumb man should have noted its counterfit nature, it falls on the buisness which collected it.
It also presumes that you haven't put your 50$ bill through the wash with a freshly starched shirt.
Twice in my life I've been told I had a counterfit bill, both times I had to have the cashier call the police because he wouldn't give me my damn money back.
Even better, do an exponential average of all logins, so slight drift is possible - but if you cut your left pinky one week and typed slowly for 2-3 days it wouldn't swing the average nearly as far.
I personally happy (as a small investory) with their performance in the tech field. The main benifit for/me/ is they are doing "constant" with their money even in todays harsh climate. As a more technical observer I see them making large strides as soon as everyone stops babbling about "the tech downturn" which I expect to be towards the end of this year.
Also, looking at apples future product line, they will be at alot better position a year from now than they are today. Currently they are riding on Laptops and a nice OS. That doesn't cut it, sorry. In a year they will have a full set of equipment, all of it comparable in the price/performance area, this will be when I expect HUGE marketing from them, and a nice increase in stock.
That or it got mixed, generally at raves they have two turntables and try to fade between songs if not mix two songs together entirely for a new song from various frequency channels of the two.
Have a problem with the system, backup, format, install.
And in the process of finding all the files to backup, windows thumbnailed the kiddy porn. I really don't see how thats going above and beyond anything.
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Um...
Democracy is stupid.
Period.
If you don't understand why, I suggest you try getting anything done in a democracy.
I was actually kind of turned off by the pictures. The iChat picture clearly was done with models, which means they probably worked on the eye contact. The MSN picture was done by the author and someone else apparently, which means they used it like normal.
Oh well.
Most of the ones I know think they can do it themselves, but it always ends up looking like a "bachelor pad" =p
I sure as hell wouldn't hire a man to do my interior decorating (unless he was gay). It cuts both ways.
Oh jesus.... I'm gay and I pay a shitload for an interior decorator...
Get over the fucking steriotypes.
Apple would have to admit that their brand new G5 would be slower than Dell's computer from last quarter under certain conditions
And to be frank Dell would have to admit that their computers they release now are slower than Last years AlBooks in certain conditions...
No, really they don't. They only have to say when they are faster -- it's up to the reader to figure out the cases where they are slower. Companies don't diss themselves in ads.
Then on top of that, they said that they'll be at 3GHz in a year. That's a 50% speed increase in 12 months. Notice something? That's slower than Moore's law. So, what this amounts to is "we're slower than x86, and over the next year that gap will widen".
At this point, I ask you, what is moores law?
At this point I tell everyone metamoderating this post to mark every insightful mark as unfair.
There are two counter points to this.
1: There aren't any 4ghz PPC970's right now, so thats not really an option.
2: For people who generally multitask on a computer (I think that describes most people now) each individual application will be "snappier" to the user, giving a rather huge overal performance increase. This snappiness sometimes isn't given by 2x the speed single proc, since it can still only schedule one thing at a time.
Xeon is not a Pentium 4. As the pc zealot said, investigate before you speak.
Oh now I see, you want laws passed that will tax people for 20+ years before repeal based on a fad diet.
Brilliance in it's best...
or wait
Uh, you mean bread? Sorry, no.
If I ever saw someone list MSO on their resume, they wouldn't get the first interview.
The ability to use a word processor / spread sheet should be so fundamental that everyone understands everyone else can use them.
s.
Think of a mmorpg that truly was a massive world, with hundreds of thousands of players on the same "world" (the great fiction of MM is that there are more then a few 1000 players on the same world, there are just many worlds) Each section of this world (or galaxy in the sg1 concept) is hosted on a different server, allowing someone to hunt (or be hunted) or quest, over truly epic distances.
After removing run speed inflation, I am almost positive all the maps of everquest combined are at least as large as Brittan.
The problem with "truely massive" is you get run times -- insane run times. Imagine trekking from New York to California on foot.. it's just not fun.
Yes, I know MS has insane markeup, but the origional post was comparing the cost of Boxed RH to the cost of downloading RH. Something so inherently flawed it disturbed me greatly. ...
Well, since I've put a product on the shelf recently, and our first three months cost more than 25$/box for P&D, I think I'm justified in making that figure up.
Some software is sold for less because it gets worse spots on the shelf, is sold in fewer stores, and isn't marketed nearly at all.
We were talking about a boxed version of RH, not a copy of MS office.
Please grow up, feel free to reply to me again when you have some experience behind your claims.
Bullshit. The marginal costs of one copy are negligible.
Holy shit dude, have you put a software package on the shelf recently? Jesus I knew slashdot had some idiots, but that takes the cake.
40$ for a home user package, sub 25$ for packaging and distribution (if not more, really depends on how large their sale volume is [hint: higher = cheaper]). Sub ~5$ for support costs (depending on call volume, I'm assuming the average RH box needs about 10 mins of phone support, with most needing 0). I seriously doubt they are making a killing on low end boxed solutions.
Jesus christ, I swear some people will talk out of their ass no matter how little they know about the topic.
"Enterprise" boxes offer all sorts of support and extra goodies that cost a lot more. While they are making cash, they probably aren't rolling in the boxes you get from Best Buy.
I think from my understanding, if the bill passes for a bill according to certain definitions it gets replaced by the treasury, and 20$ has entered the circulation (20$ gets removed elseware).
If enough was amis with the bill that a blind def dumb man should have noted its counterfit nature, it falls on the buisness which collected it.
It also presumes that you haven't put your 50$ bill through the wash with a freshly starched shirt.
Twice in my life I've been told I had a counterfit bill, both times I had to have the cashier call the police because he wouldn't give me my damn money back.
Even better, do an exponential average of all logins, so slight drift is possible - but if you cut your left pinky one week and typed slowly for 2-3 days it wouldn't swing the average nearly as far.
Your attitude will change after you get 5 years under your belt, and you realize 80% of the people in this industry already know less than you.
After that day hits, computers become work, and hobbies become things you love. By that time your generaly old enough to love things other than code.
This is what freenet is for.
As long as the internet and Freenet exists, subversion groups have the tools they need to orchestrate massive organizational schemes.
I for one, think this is a very good thing.
I'd join the starfleet, so long as there was a good chain of command. You've never played in a raiding guild I take it? =p
I personally happy (as a small investory) with their performance in the tech field. The main benifit for /me/ is they are doing "constant" with their money even in todays harsh climate. As a more technical observer I see them making large strides as soon as everyone stops babbling about "the tech downturn" which I expect to be towards the end of this year.
Also, looking at apples future product line, they will be at alot better position a year from now than they are today. Currently they are riding on Laptops and a nice OS. That doesn't cut it, sorry. In a year they will have a full set of equipment, all of it comparable in the price/performance area, this will be when I expect HUGE marketing from them, and a nice increase in stock.
Soon it will be the time to say, "The king is dead, long live the king."
Hehe I said that at Phoenix 0.4
That or it got mixed, generally at raves they have two turntables and try to fade between songs if not mix two songs together entirely for a new song from various frequency channels of the two.
Have a problem with the system, backup, format, install.
And in the process of finding all the files to backup, windows thumbnailed the kiddy porn. I really don't see how thats going above and beyond anything.