From http://grotto11.com/blog/archive/1021535000.shtml
dated Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Because Sony manufactured custom components for PlayStation 2, initial manufacturing costs were high and Sony lost an estimated $50 on every console sold. Now, however, Sony has shipped 30 million PlayStation 2s and the economies of scale have cut the cost of manufacturing the console. In the same interview, House said Sony was making a profit on its hardware sales.
Of the big three, only the XBox is a loss leader. The PS2 was a loss leader initially and the G-cube (I think) was never a loss leader.
Sony has learned its lesson and the PSP hardware wise is supposedly going to be profitable from day one.
>>That doesn't change the fact that the officer in question is the sole person responsible for deciding whether or not you're "under suspicion" for some crime...a crime which may be invented after the fact.
> Unlike what you see in the movies or on TV, the police are law-abiding citizens like almost everybody else.
Except that the "almost" part that you mentioned is that they have the power to arbitrarily make your life a living hell and have a propensity for skirting the law.
Let me state for the record that I am the son of a 30+ year retired Miami Beach police officer. I am not posting this anonymously and I am not a troll.
Oddly enough I don't know that many cops, but of the ones I do know (mostly retired ones), one is a drug user and has been frequently baker acted, another was incarcerated for some petty white collar crime, a third is banging 16yo girls in South America, and there are several more that are closet kkk members.
I'm not saying all cops are bad, far from it, but even good cops can bend/ignore the law as they see fit. And everyone including cops can have a bad hair day.
To give the impression that all cops are all true blue, "law abiding", good hearted, dudly doo-rights is just plain naive.
I've been thinking this too. Even tho I don't think the McAffee patent is one we need to worry about. It does show where things can go wrong with Open Source.
We deal with Copyright using various licenses, GPL, BSD, Artistic, etc.. But these are worthless if a company decides to patent that idea. Whose got the money/lawers to tell the patent office they screwed up?
It seems we may need a GPP (General Public Patent). I bet if every OpenSource project were patented, Companies would clamor washington with new laws to STOP frivilous patents.
Maybe the patent wouldn't even have to go through, just filed. If it was refused, it could be refered to in order to refute a later patent sniping by a greedy company.
MS will do ANYTHING it can to defeat the competition. And it will use any cludge, any leverage, threat or intimidation to do so. I didn't see anything in that article implying that XNA will be a free and open standard that anyone can use without permission.
Wanna bet the license fees will be under NDA and depend on how nice you are to MS and if you have any naughty ties to MS's competition.
Previously: Oh My! You want to sell computers with linux/beos/etc pre-installed? Shoot, looks like we'll have to renogotiate your license agreement.
New and Improved with XNA: Oh My! You want to release a linux/mac/etc client with your game? Shoot, looks like we'll have to renogotiate your license agreement.
Unless XNA becomes independent of MS, it will eventually be used as a weapon. This IS about domination.
>Has everybody forgotten the Sadmind worm, which spread among servers running Solaris OS
Actually, I did forget about that one. That was what, 2 or 3 years ago?
What ever happened to the sonic shadow left by super quiet subs.
This would detect super quiet subs, leave the wild life alone and not advertise it's location.
Wouldn't this be the best option?
I don't think you read the article.
The article is saying that because of the "low-fat" mantra the 'normal' staple for americans is simply too high in carbohydrates.
It also points out that the balanced, low fat diet advise probably started americas obesity epidemic.
The act of eating a starches/sweets causes many adverse compounding reactions:
1) sugar into blood causes an insulin boost.
2) insulin PREVENTS fat burning.
3) insulin PROMOTES fat storage
4) insulin removes sugar from the blood stream causing the body to believe it is starving but burning fat is no longer an option so hunger results.
5) insulin normaly turns off hunger, but the extremely high spiking sugar levels associated with processed, refined starches and sugars exceed the brains normal limits and create a tolerance which result in a viscous circle.
6) high sugar and starch consumption also increases levels of harmfull triglycerides.
I don't know about you, but I see plenty of steaks in my future.
It seems that the only way "low-fat" diets can reduce weight is by additionally restricting calories. ie. You slowly starve yourself.
Do yourself a favor. READ the article. It's pretty good with some juicy details into body chemistry (for me at least).
I especially liked the point that a 'natural' diet for early humans would most likely be a high fat, high protien, low starch, and low sugar one compared to the 'recomended' diet of today.
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From http://grotto11.com/blog/archive/1021535000.shtml dated Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Because Sony manufactured custom components for PlayStation 2, initial manufacturing costs were high and Sony lost an estimated $50 on every console sold. Now, however, Sony has shipped 30 million PlayStation 2s and the economies of scale have cut the cost of manufacturing the console. In the same interview, House said Sony was making a profit on its hardware sales.
Of the big three, only the XBox is a loss leader. The PS2 was a loss leader initially and the G-cube (I think) was never a loss leader.
Sony has learned its lesson and the PSP hardware wise is supposedly going to be profitable from day one.
>>That doesn't change the fact that the officer in question is the sole person responsible for deciding whether or not you're "under suspicion" for some crime...a crime which may be invented after the fact.
> Unlike what you see in the movies or on TV, the police are law-abiding citizens like almost everybody else.
Except that the "almost" part that you mentioned is that they have the power to arbitrarily make your life a living hell and have a propensity for skirting the law.
Let me state for the record that I am the son of a 30+ year retired Miami Beach police officer. I am not posting this anonymously and I am not a troll.
Oddly enough I don't know that many cops, but of the ones I do know (mostly retired ones), one is a drug user and has been frequently baker acted, another was incarcerated for some petty white collar crime, a third is banging 16yo girls in South America, and there are several more that are closet kkk members.
I'm not saying all cops are bad, far from it, but even good cops can bend/ignore the law as they see fit. And everyone including cops can have a bad hair day.
To give the impression that all cops are all true blue, "law abiding", good hearted, dudly doo-rights is just plain naive.
I've been thinking this too. Even tho I don't think the McAffee patent is one we need to worry about. It does show where things can go wrong with Open Source.
We deal with Copyright using various licenses, GPL, BSD, Artistic, etc.. But these are worthless if a company decides to patent that idea. Whose got the money/lawers to tell the patent office they screwed up?
It seems we may need a GPP (General Public Patent). I bet if every OpenSource project were patented, Companies would clamor washington with new laws to STOP frivilous patents.
Maybe the patent wouldn't even have to go through, just filed. If it was refused, it could be refered to in order to refute a later patent sniping by a greedy company.
Where have you been for the last decade.
MS will do ANYTHING it can to defeat the competition. And it will use any cludge, any leverage, threat or intimidation to do so. I didn't see anything in that article implying that XNA will be a free and open standard that anyone can use without permission.
Wanna bet the license fees will be under NDA and depend on how nice you are to MS and if you have any naughty ties to MS's competition.
Previously:
Oh My! You want to sell computers with linux/beos/etc pre-installed? Shoot, looks like we'll have to renogotiate your license agreement.
New and Improved with XNA:
Oh My! You want to release a linux/mac/etc client with your game? Shoot, looks like we'll have to renogotiate your license agreement.
Unless XNA becomes independent of MS, it will eventually be used as a weapon. This IS about domination.
>Has everybody forgotten the Sadmind worm, which spread among servers running Solaris OS Actually, I did forget about that one. That was what, 2 or 3 years ago?
What ever happened to the sonic shadow left by super quiet subs. This would detect super quiet subs, leave the wild life alone and not advertise it's location. Wouldn't this be the best option?
I don't think you read the article. The article is saying that because of the "low-fat" mantra the 'normal' staple for americans is simply too high in carbohydrates. It also points out that the balanced, low fat diet advise probably started americas obesity epidemic. The act of eating a starches/sweets causes many adverse compounding reactions: 1) sugar into blood causes an insulin boost. 2) insulin PREVENTS fat burning. 3) insulin PROMOTES fat storage 4) insulin removes sugar from the blood stream causing the body to believe it is starving but burning fat is no longer an option so hunger results. 5) insulin normaly turns off hunger, but the extremely high spiking sugar levels associated with processed, refined starches and sugars exceed the brains normal limits and create a tolerance which result in a viscous circle. 6) high sugar and starch consumption also increases levels of harmfull triglycerides. I don't know about you, but I see plenty of steaks in my future. It seems that the only way "low-fat" diets can reduce weight is by additionally restricting calories. ie. You slowly starve yourself. Do yourself a favor. READ the article. It's pretty good with some juicy details into body chemistry (for me at least). I especially liked the point that a 'natural' diet for early humans would most likely be a high fat, high protien, low starch, and low sugar one compared to the 'recomended' diet of today.