A week hasn't gone by this year that some major data warehouse hasn't been "broken into". When are these people going to start taking our privacy and their security a little more seriously...
It really isn't that bad - it's just that slashdot keeps reposting the same stories over and over again.
What part of "However, Sony is planning to sell the console as a loss leader and make profits on DVDs, CD-ROMs and later, network downloads." don't you understand?
I understand that just fine. It's a forward looking statement made before the PS2's release. Everything I've heard about the PS2 states that the PS2 isn't being sold at a loss. According to this article, the PS2 was sold at a loss initially, but that is is now profitable, whereas Xbox is sold at a loss strategically. This is in contrast with the loss leader concept where a product is sold at a loss over the long term - rather, it is setting a low price point with the expectation that volume production will make that number profitable.
You've posted links that confirm the xbox as a loss-leader, but nothing else. The PS2 has never been sold at a loss in NA, and I doubt that any other current consoles are.
To be fair, the sending teen (the receiving teen needed no special skills beyond being able to read) had some sort of record at SMS sending speed or something. I seem to recall doing the math and finding that he sent at 30 wpm -- which is pretty impressive
No wonder they go through a new phone every 6 months!
That would be like being able to upgrade to P2 to a p4. But you can't do that on a pc can you?
Sure you can, but it's not a good idea for the same reason as with the Mac - you keep the old memory bus and io. New mainboards are usually cheap enough taht it's a better deal.
Do you really think digital cameras are solely responsible for modern hard drive and flash memory card capacities? Because without large hard drives and memory cards, a 10MP digital camera could not exist.
Sure they could - instead of a single package, you could stick the HD in a satchel and connect it by a cord. It's still a win for a newspaper, even if you aren't going to take it with you on vacation.
Has this car ever been subjected to testing by an respected mainstream car magazine like Car and Driver?
Car and Driver a respected mag? Maybe for drooling over the latest from Porsche, but they're hard;y the gauge for real innovation. You'll see this car in C&D once it hits production volumes.
Then I'll use my laptop to write up my resume and save it in the industry standard document format. I'll then apply for a position at all the companies whose websites are accessible with a standards compliant browser.
Send your resume to Amazon, where we use linux based crap all over. Then celebrate your personal victory by getting out of the damn house and enjoying the wonderful greenery that results from all the rain we get.
Right now, when I do my hardware refresh in a few months, it'll be a really tough decision between a Pentium D dual core or an Athlon 64 single core, depending on whether I value gaming performance or system responsiveness more.
So get a single core proc and upgrade it in a year or two.
I don't understand why they can't come out with a 1.8 Ghz or even 1.6 Ghz Dual Core chip at around 200 dollars
Would it make sense? They've got single core stuff that probably covers that performance range.
Well, arguably your first and perhaps fourth point relate to the third.
My first point was more long term than just the reagan era - I would argue that the USSR had failed to meet its citizens' needs at least as far back as the 60's. The 80's and beyond were simply the endgame.
Posting as AC because it's too late but I don't think the word deprecate means what you think it means. It doesn't mean that they no longer support. It means that they no longer encourage the use of it.
It means that they declare something to be obsolete and expect you to move to the new supported flavor. It also means that they may remove software support in the future.
For example, most HTML tag attributes are deprecated but still supported. Your are encouraged to use CSS for styling instead.
As a counterexample, a lot of methods in Java's Date class are deprecated with the explicit warning that they may be removed later. HTML is likely different because of the audience that creates that stuff.
I suggest that we start by discussing whether the Logitech 1000MX favored by many M$ users is too irreducibly complex to have evolved from the one-button mouse used by many Macintosh users.
You don't/have/ to use WinFX but you better believe Win32 will be depricated in a subsequent version.
Oh sure, they just deprecated win16 for 64 bit windows. Why're they going to run off and deprecate the bulk of their installed base? If you have to rewrite your crappy old custom windows apps, maybe you'll start looking at mac.
An IPv6 address is the same as 4 IPv4s in the worst case. I have a/48, and even I can remember 2001:8b0:104:1::1 and 2001:8b0:104:2::1 off the top of my head
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A week hasn't gone by this year that some major data warehouse hasn't been "broken into". When are these people going to start taking our privacy and their security a little more seriously...
It really isn't that bad - it's just that slashdot keeps reposting the same stories over and over again.
What part of "However, Sony is planning to sell the console as a loss leader and make profits on DVDs, CD-ROMs and later, network downloads." don't you understand?
I understand that just fine. It's a forward looking statement made before the PS2's release. Everything I've heard about the PS2 states that the PS2 isn't being sold at a loss. According to this article, the PS2 was sold at a loss initially, but that is is now profitable, whereas Xbox is sold at a loss strategically. This is in contrast with the loss leader concept where a product is sold at a loss over the long term - rather, it is setting a low price point with the expectation that volume production will make that number profitable.
You've posted links that confirm the xbox as a loss-leader, but nothing else. The PS2 has never been sold at a loss in NA, and I doubt that any other current consoles are.
Most new consoles are sold at a loss.
Care to back that up? I know about the Xbox, but I believe that's the only one.
This code has memory leaks.
Yeah, it makes my brain leak out my ears.
To be fair, the sending teen (the receiving teen needed no special skills beyond being able to read) had some sort of record at SMS sending speed or something. I seem to recall doing the math and finding that he sent at 30 wpm -- which is pretty impressive
No wonder they go through a new phone every 6 months!
Puts me in mind of the days when Detroit would just dump a bigger engine in a commuter car, add a stripe of paint, and call it a sports car.
But a Dodge Neon Srt4 is teh fastar!!! Ah well, the best part of sports cars is that they demand skilled drivers, on pain of death.
That would be like being able to upgrade to P2 to a p4. But you can't do that on a pc can you?
Sure you can, but it's not a good idea for the same reason as with the Mac - you keep the old memory bus and io. New mainboards are usually cheap enough taht it's a better deal.
Do you really think digital cameras are solely responsible for modern hard drive and flash memory card capacities? Because without large hard drives and memory cards, a 10MP digital camera could not exist.
Sure they could - instead of a single package, you could stick the HD in a satchel and connect it by a cord. It's still a win for a newspaper, even if you aren't going to take it with you on vacation.
Has this car ever been subjected to testing by an respected mainstream car magazine like Car and Driver?
Car and Driver a respected mag? Maybe for drooling over the latest from Porsche, but they're hard;y the gauge for real innovation. You'll see this car in C&D once it hits production volumes.
but I'm guessing you wouldn't put up a tagline that says, "Politics is really black".
Nope. Black usually refers to deliberately evil actions, whereas Politics is usually horse-trading with unfortunate side effects.
No, Microsoft is offereing them terms in a free market. It has nothing to do with physical coercion. Either party is free to walk away from the table.
You can play ball with us or go out of business. Not physical coercion, but coercion nonetheless.
Now these people you speak of have real guns, and are using them to deprive MS executives of real liberties. Who is the real bully?
MS. Perhaps you'd lke to return to the days of standard oil?
Then I'll use my laptop to write up my resume and save it in the industry standard document format. I'll then apply for a position at all the companies whose websites are accessible with a standards compliant browser.
Send your resume to Amazon, where we use linux based crap all over. Then celebrate your personal victory by getting out of the damn house and enjoying the wonderful greenery that results from all the rain we get.
Right now, when I do my hardware refresh in a few months, it'll be a really tough decision between a Pentium D dual core or an Athlon 64 single core, depending on whether I value gaming performance or system responsiveness more.
So get a single core proc and upgrade it in a year or two.
I don't understand why they can't come out with a 1.8 Ghz or even 1.6 Ghz Dual Core chip at around 200 dollars
Would it make sense? They've got single core stuff that probably covers that performance range.
Well, arguably your first and perhaps fourth point relate to the third.
My first point was more long term than just the reagan era - I would argue that the USSR had failed to meet its citizens' needs at least as far back as the 60's. The 80's and beyond were simply the endgame.
It was Reagan's reinstatement of such programs that ultimately ended the Cold War
Okay, so there were a lot of reasons the USSR fell. There's no reason to pin it on Reagan just because he was around when the music stopped.
Not even Bush believes there are WMDs in iraq anymore.
What's more, he doesn't care where OBL is. Maybe he's in the basement or something...
Posting as AC because it's too late but I don't think the word deprecate means what you think it means. It doesn't mean that they no longer support. It means that they no longer encourage the use of it.
It means that they declare something to be obsolete and expect you to move to the new supported flavor. It also means that they may remove software support in the future.
For example, most HTML tag attributes are deprecated but still supported. Your are encouraged to use CSS for styling instead.
As a counterexample, a lot of methods in Java's Date class are deprecated with the explicit warning that they may be removed later. HTML is likely different because of the audience that creates that stuff.
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I suggest that we start by discussing whether the Logitech 1000MX favored by many M$ users is too irreducibly complex to have evolved from the one-button mouse used by many Macintosh users.
Tackhead wins the thread
You don't /have/ to use WinFX but you better believe Win32 will be depricated in a subsequent version.
Oh sure, they just deprecated win16 for 64 bit windows. Why're they going to run off and deprecate the bulk of their installed base? If you have to rewrite your crappy old custom windows apps, maybe you'll start looking at mac.
Eva series o kansei shite no?
When I am on the crapper, and my wife asks me "What is the IP address of our FTP server?" [...]
"Um, ftp.foohost.com"
An IPv6 address is the same as 4 IPv4s in the worst case. I have a /48, and even I can remember 2001:8b0:104:1::1 and 2001:8b0:104:2::1 off the top of my head
Silly me, I use this thing called paper.
Nope, just VoIP.
What the hell for? It's a mobile phone with a superior voice delivery protocol.