Why does everyone assume that "IT" is going to be the next great product that will solve everyones problems? Sure, this guy has made some great stuff in the past but that doesn't at all mean that "IT" will be great or useful. IT could be a useless piece of shit. It could be some product that looks great on the surface(e.g. Parking meters that were first made to ease parking and traffic problems and now are used to make cities tons of money and not help with traffic or anything else now) but turns out to be just another product destroyed by the human desire to make money. I hope it's great but why the hell fall into the hype just to be let down and upset about what IT really is later?
From the article: And here's another catch: You can't purchase additional family-use licenses based on a license of a Windows XP preloaded on a new PC. To take advantage of the family license, you'll need to buy a full packaged copy of Win XP. That's always been the plan, because most preloaded discs are already tied to a single PC, and that disc couldn't be used to install the OS on another system, according to Microsoft.
All this is is M$ once again sticking it to the customers, for corporations this makes since because there are a lot of computers that they would have to load Windows onto but for the home user this is crazy. Microsoft knows they have the home market in a choke hold and that's why they do this, you'll never see a second rate software maker like Apple do this.
From the article: A monkey, a dog, a rabbit and snails were sent into orbit aboard the second Shenzou launch but scientists say that more unmanned tests will be necessary.
Translation: The monkey, dog and rabbit died together or one of the animals died. China isn't ready to go to space.
What about BASIC? It is still alive and well, and although it's not used mainstream anymore many schools still use BASIC and LOGO to teach introduction to programing courses.
Why is everyone so interested in Solar power? Solar power is not gonna be the alternative fuel of the future, it just doesn't make enough power for pratical use. Fuel Cells and Hydrogen is the way to go. Go here for more info on fuel cells
...what do they plan to do with this data? Where are they going to store it all at, it also seems to me that this is way to much data for scientists to process in detail in any resonable amount of time.
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Why does everyone assume that "IT" is going to be the next great product that will solve everyones problems? Sure, this guy has made some great stuff in the past but that doesn't at all mean that "IT" will be great or useful. IT could be a useless piece of shit. It could be some product that looks great on the surface(e.g. Parking meters that were first made to ease parking and traffic problems and now are used to make cities tons of money and not help with traffic or anything else now) but turns out to be just another product destroyed by the human desire to make money. I hope it's great but why the hell fall into the hype just to be let down and upset about what IT really is later?
From the article: And here's another catch: You can't purchase additional family-use licenses based on a license of a Windows XP preloaded on a new PC. To take advantage of the family license, you'll need to buy a full packaged copy of Win XP. That's always been the plan, because most preloaded discs are already tied to a single PC, and that disc couldn't be used to install the OS on another system, according to Microsoft.
All this is is M$ once again sticking it to the customers, for corporations this makes since because there are a lot of computers that they would have to load Windows onto but for the home user this is crazy. Microsoft knows they have the home market in a choke hold and that's why they do this, you'll never see a second rate software maker like Apple do this.
From the article: A monkey, a dog, a rabbit and snails were sent into orbit aboard the second Shenzou launch but scientists say that more unmanned tests will be necessary.
Translation: The monkey, dog and rabbit died together or one of the animals died. China isn't ready to go to space.
How about a camera inside a baseball? That would make for some interesting video and would probably help umpires make better calls.
What about BASIC? It is still alive and well, and although it's not used mainstream anymore many schools still use BASIC and LOGO to teach introduction to programing courses.
Why is everyone so interested in Solar power? Solar power is not gonna be the alternative fuel of the future, it just doesn't make enough power for pratical use. Fuel Cells and Hydrogen is the way to go. Go here for more info on fuel cells
This is the link to the ENVISAT website
...what do they plan to do with this data? Where are they going to store it all at, it also seems to me that this is way to much data for scientists to process in detail in any resonable amount of time.