I'm getting so tired of this argument and I'm not sure why it's been modded funny. There are plenty of reasons putting windows on your mac is worthwhile. For work purposes you may want have to run some windows only applications which won't work under virtualization. For play you may want to boot up some games that are windows only. In academic settings you can buy one machine and tripple boot it (Windows/OSX/Linux). I know my school a lot of the labs already dual boot windows and linux.
What I think is happening is that you have a lot of people who are new to computers so it slows them down. I think you'll really see productivity increase as more people who grew up using computers (like myself) enter the workforce.
videogames take not muscle control?... let's take quake 4 as an example for comparison... in curling you are pushing a rock down ice trying to land it inside a stationary circle or hit an opposing players stationary rock.. in quake 4 you have to precisely aim at your constantly moving opponent..
let's also consider the mental aspect.. sure in curling you probably set your rocks up in a certain way to maximize points (i dont really know how it's played so i'm semi-guessing here).. in quake 4 you have to control the map.. know where your opponent is... keep him locked down in a certain area... you're doing all of this on the fly as opposed to curling where you can take your time to think about it
They regulate the movies so I'm a little confused about this. I suspect that it wasn't the spirit of this law that got shot down so much as some provision of it.
This to me seems absolutely pointless, especially since its only available through comcast ondemand. For $10 a month you can get a dvr from comcast and record all the shows you want, and even record in high definition.
It's not that companies sponsoring teams that is new, it's the type of companies. Johnson and Johnson has nothing to do with gaming. The thinking is that a lot of non-gaming related companies are going to start to sponsor gaming teams. For example burger king sponsors teams in Europe. This article is saying that we'll start to see sponsorships like that here in the U.S.
It does sound a little ridiculous for most people. I doubt as if most people even have a home theater big enough for 13.1 surround. However, there's probably no harm in having 13.1 audio on discs as I'm sure there are a few people that have big theaters and would go the extra mile. Hell, I would if I had a theater like that.
At the risk of sounding like a troll, I don't know how good being proficient in OpenOffice is on your resume. That's one reason I could think of that a highschool would be hesitant to move to OO. I haven't really used OO to much to know how similar/differnt it is from MS Office, but I doubt the average interviewer does either.
I'd have to say I'm a little skeptical about this, even if the drug companies did lose. Not to be a troll, but I imagine if they did lose in court they'd do what every other industry does when they lose in court; buy legislation.
I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of people don't really like ads while they're browsing the net. This actually seems like a good idea though. I think everyone can bare to have a few extra ads for 30 minutes a day while they have their coffee. It was having it on your primary internet connection that made it so unbearable for netzero, etc...
Not quite sure how this would be an ipod killer. It only has 32mb of internal memory and supports up to 512mb of additional memory. I can't really see cellphone/mp3 player combo devices really taking off until they start to have storage capabilities similar to an ipod mini.
That being said, I'm not sure I see downloadable music on your cellphone EVER taking off because once you've got tons of storage (and tons of your music) why would you spend the time (or money) downloading more through your phone. Where I think a device like this could become popular is if service providers offered streaming radio. This seems much more possible now with 3g networks taking off.
... this is a terrible article. This guys argument is basically "I installed Yahoo's DSL software and my computer started to suck." He offers no real investigation of what the problem was. He makes no mention of running a virus scan to confirm that it was virus'. I have been running multiple windows boxes on a cable connection for a few years now and have never had a single box become "DOA" as this guy describes.
Here's a few of my favorite quotes from the article.
I receive upward of 500 emails a day, much of it nasty spam that often comes with weird indecipherable attachments that try, in vain, to infiltrate my machine. My Mac just shrugs them off and keeps working perfectly.
Your Mac does not shrug them off. Your Mac's Email client does. And so does Thunderbird on Windows.
I'm a power user. And I have yet to suffer a single debilitating virus or worm or spyware or malware whatsoever.
I'm a power user and I hever never suffered a single debilitating virus or worm either. I'm running... *GASP* Windows.
I think the situation this guy is describing is more the exception and not the rule. I think Windows has made great strides over the past few years (especially in the area of stability). It still has some distance to go in security but then again, no one is suggesting you use Windows for your mission critical applications.
I think the real question of this story should not be "why does windows still suck" but "why the hell would you install yahoo software"
I just got this box the other day and it is FANTASTIC. I had a Tivo as well and I think this thing is just head and shoulders above the Tivo. It's got most of the same features and is just much smoother than the Tivo (especially the guide). HDTV recording is just awesome (as well as dual tuner).
The problem with the majority of camera phones right now is that they use CMOS sensors which SUCK. The reason they use them is because they are cheaper and consume less power. The Motorola V710 while 1+MP, uses a CMOS sensor and that's why the pictures are terrible. I saw a post on a message board that had a ton of pictures taken with a LG VX-8000 (soon to be released). The phone features a 1.3MP camera with a CCD censor. The pictures are absolutely stunning for a camera phone and will be more than acceptable for a lot of people. I'd post a link to the thread but all the images on it are dead. If I can find more I will post them and I think that most of you will be pleasantly surprised.
I'm not sure this will catch on or that I'd want it to with RFID right around the corner. How long before RFID replaces every barcode on everything? Can't be much more than 5 years.
This is a very cool thing though, especially the idea of being able to look up reviews for an item you're looking at in store.
Why the big fuss about privacy issues with this? It's not as if IM is a secure medium to start with. So what if someone reads the conversation I had with my buddy about how drunk I was last night. It's not like they setup a proxy between my web browser and my online bank page. I just don't get it.
Sorry if it sounds like I'm trolling but I just don't get why people make a fuss about privacy issues on something that really wasn't private to begin with.
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Consumers really come out on top. Better processors at cheaper prices.
I'm getting so tired of this argument and I'm not sure why it's been modded funny. There are plenty of reasons putting windows on your mac is worthwhile. For work purposes you may want have to run some windows only applications which won't work under virtualization. For play you may want to boot up some games that are windows only. In academic settings you can buy one machine and tripple boot it (Windows/OSX/Linux). I know my school a lot of the labs already dual boot windows and linux.
The day PS3 is released, Microsoft drops the XBOX 360 price to $300 and releases Halo 3. Sony seems to be digging themselves into a deep hole.
What I think is happening is that you have a lot of people who are new to computers so it slows them down. I think you'll really see productivity increase as more people who grew up using computers (like myself) enter the workforce.
videogames take not muscle control?... let's take quake 4 as an example for comparison... in curling you are pushing a rock down ice trying to land it inside a stationary circle or hit an opposing players stationary rock.. in quake 4 you have to precisely aim at your constantly moving opponent..
let's also consider the mental aspect.. sure in curling you probably set your rocks up in a certain way to maximize points (i dont really know how it's played so i'm semi-guessing here).. in quake 4 you have to control the map.. know where your opponent is... keep him locked down in a certain area... you're doing all of this on the fly as opposed to curling where you can take your time to think about it
If curling can be an olympic sport than video games can be considered a sport
They regulate the movies so I'm a little confused about this. I suspect that it wasn't the spirit of this law that got shot down so much as some provision of it.
This to me seems absolutely pointless, especially since its only available through comcast ondemand. For $10 a month you can get a dvr from comcast and record all the shows you want, and even record in high definition.
Give it time though. Then you can start complaining ;)
i swear sometimes when i load up slashdot.. i do a double take thinking firefox has messed up and is showing me a cached page from yesterday
It's not that companies sponsoring teams that is new, it's the type of companies. Johnson and Johnson has nothing to do with gaming. The thinking is that a lot of non-gaming related companies are going to start to sponsor gaming teams. For example burger king sponsors teams in Europe. This article is saying that we'll start to see sponsorships like that here in the U.S.
It does sound a little ridiculous for most people. I doubt as if most people even have a home theater big enough for 13.1 surround. However, there's probably no harm in having 13.1 audio on discs as I'm sure there are a few people that have big theaters and would go the extra mile. Hell, I would if I had a theater like that.
I was at circuit city yesterday and apparently Belkin already has a similar product available (although it's for the ipod mini).
There's fault in your logic. They didn't test their own car. They broke into someone else's car and ran the tests.
At the risk of sounding like a troll, I don't know how good being proficient in OpenOffice is on your resume. That's one reason I could think of that a highschool would be hesitant to move to OO. I haven't really used OO to much to know how similar/differnt it is from MS Office, but I doubt the average interviewer does either.
I'd have to say I'm a little skeptical about this, even if the drug companies did lose. Not to be a troll, but I imagine if they did lose in court they'd do what every other industry does when they lose in court; buy legislation.
I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of people don't really like ads while they're browsing the net. This actually seems like a good idea though. I think everyone can bare to have a few extra ads for 30 minutes a day while they have their coffee. It was having it on your primary internet connection that made it so unbearable for netzero, etc...
Not quite sure how this would be an ipod killer. It only has 32mb of internal memory and supports up to 512mb of additional memory. I can't really see cellphone/mp3 player combo devices really taking off until they start to have storage capabilities similar to an ipod mini.
That being said, I'm not sure I see downloadable music on your cellphone EVER taking off because once you've got tons of storage (and tons of your music) why would you spend the time (or money) downloading more through your phone. Where I think a device like this could become popular is if service providers offered streaming radio. This seems much more possible now with 3g networks taking off.
... this is a terrible article. This guys argument is basically "I installed Yahoo's DSL software and my computer started to suck." He offers no real investigation of what the problem was. He makes no mention of running a virus scan to confirm that it was virus'. I have been running multiple windows boxes on a cable connection for a few years now and have never had a single box become "DOA" as this guy describes.
Here's a few of my favorite quotes from the article.
I receive upward of 500 emails a day, much of it nasty spam that often comes with weird indecipherable attachments that try, in vain, to infiltrate my machine. My Mac just shrugs them off and keeps working perfectly.
Your Mac does not shrug them off. Your Mac's Email client does. And so does Thunderbird on Windows.
I'm a power user. And I have yet to suffer a single debilitating virus or worm or spyware or malware whatsoever. I'm a power user and I hever never suffered a single debilitating virus or worm either. I'm running... *GASP* Windows.
I think the situation this guy is describing is more the exception and not the rule. I think Windows has made great strides over the past few years (especially in the area of stability). It still has some distance to go in security but then again, no one is suggesting you use Windows for your mission critical applications.
I think the real question of this story should not be "why does windows still suck" but "why the hell would you install yahoo software"
I just got this box the other day and it is FANTASTIC. I had a Tivo as well and I think this thing is just head and shoulders above the Tivo. It's got most of the same features and is just much smoother than the Tivo (especially the guide). HDTV recording is just awesome (as well as dual tuner).
I go to Temple University and while our CS department hasn't gone that far they have installed Firefox on all the computers in the labs
The problem with the majority of camera phones right now is that they use CMOS sensors which SUCK. The reason they use them is because they are cheaper and consume less power. The Motorola V710 while 1+MP, uses a CMOS sensor and that's why the pictures are terrible. I saw a post on a message board that had a ton of pictures taken with a LG VX-8000 (soon to be released). The phone features a 1.3MP camera with a CCD censor. The pictures are absolutely stunning for a camera phone and will be more than acceptable for a lot of people. I'd post a link to the thread but all the images on it are dead. If I can find more I will post them and I think that most of you will be pleasantly surprised.
I'm not sure this will catch on or that I'd want it to with RFID right around the corner. How long before RFID replaces every barcode on everything? Can't be much more than 5 years. This is a very cool thing though, especially the idea of being able to look up reviews for an item you're looking at in store.
I posted that under the wrong article. Sorry about that.
Why the big fuss about privacy issues with this? It's not as if IM is a secure medium to start with. So what if someone reads the conversation I had with my buddy about how drunk I was last night. It's not like they setup a proxy between my web browser and my online bank page. I just don't get it.
Sorry if it sounds like I'm trolling but I just don't get why people make a fuss about privacy issues on something that really wasn't private to begin with.