If Microsoft wants to sell us on this new feature, they'll have to come up with several real world examples where it would actually make sense. In theory sending computations to the cloud may make sense if it doesn't require sending lots of data back and forth, although nothing comes to mind.
I actually think HTML is a great way for a young person to get started with programming. You get pretty much instant gratification and is very easy to pick up. Once they get comfortable with the basics they can start using JavaScript to manipulate the page. Sure, it's might not be the most "pure" approach, but half the battle is keeping interest.
I'm a software developer and I also enjoy gaming, but 90% of the time I spend on my computer at home is on the web. For that I don't need a powerful machine with a real keyboard. I'd actually prefer to be able to sit on my couch and casually browse the web and maybe play a simple game.
If anything I'd say that tablets are the future of casual computing.
I had a conversation without someone who worked at IBM and is very knowledgeable of the cell's architecture. While he said that the cell was in fact a powerful processor, it was hampered because it was a "speed demon" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-demons, and opposed to a "brainiac" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac_CPU.
While I don't claim to be an expert on the matter, from what I understand this means the theoretical maximum of the CPU is higher, but it doesn't perform as well as a brainiac in the real world. Another way to state it is that if the cell had been designed as a brainiac it would have been more powerful, but had a lower clock speed.
he's got his use cases mixed. Intelligent, creative people are far less likely to pay attention to personal appearance, where beautiful people are far less likely to pay attention to mental pursuits.
So I can just judge a person's intelligence based on how they look? Excellent insight!
Also, back in the days of the NES, they used to limit the number of titles that a publisher to release in a given year.
All three companies do what is in their own best interest, regardless of what's best for the consumer. Feel free to take sides, but you are kidding yourself if you think somehow Nintendo are the "good guys".
RSS is more of a hype than anything else.... Its nothing but a structure that we have all agreed upon, to publish information.
By that account one coudl say: HTML is more of hype than anything else. Its nothing but a structure that we have all agreed upon, to display information.
It's not about the complexity of the technology. It's about what you can do with it.
While I like my games to look good, I am really fine with my system as it is...
And yet people buy sports cars an SUVs when a nondiscript sadan will get you from point A to point B just fine. You are making an inccorect assumption that all people are logical, and do not make decisions based on emotion.
So EA can brand their games with ESPN. Woohoo. Big f***ing deal.
The big deal is that EA's biggest competitor in the sports arena is Sega, and Sega was using the ESPN brand for the names of their sports titles. For example Sega's football game is titled ESPN football.
The average consumer won't know that next year's Sega football is the same thing as this year's ESPN football. It will cause confusion among average consumers, which will hurt EA's biggest competitor.
I find belief in a kind and loving God difficult because of events like the tsumani and the resulting suffering around some of the poorest areas in Asia and Africa
I'm not Christian myself, but I have several close friends that are. Christian's believe that in addition to there being a God, there is also Satan. While God is more powerful then Satan, Satan is capable of causing great harm. Any negative events that occur are attributed to Satan, not God.
The best solution I have seen was someone suggesting "stickyness" -- the longer an entry remains, the sticker and more truthful it is. I think that, combined with academics actually starting to put in information* and some sort of meta-moderating system, could work.
Google is a successful search engine because it can correctly determine which sites are the most relevant to your search keywords. Perhaps if articles could be rated, then that would help. If an article received many poor ratings, then people would know that the information that it contains is suspect. While this system wouldn't be perfect, overall it would help sort out the junk from the quality entries.
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Time to get out the pitchforks ...
If Microsoft wants to sell us on this new feature, they'll have to come up with several real world examples where it would actually make sense. In theory sending computations to the cloud may make sense if it doesn't require sending lots of data back and forth, although nothing comes to mind.
I actually think HTML is a great way for a young person to get started with programming. You get pretty much instant gratification and is very easy to pick up. Once they get comfortable with the basics they can start using JavaScript to manipulate the page. Sure, it's might not be the most "pure" approach, but half the battle is keeping interest.
Yeah, everybody knows that if someone really wants to connect to you they'd never think to call your cell phone.
I'm a software developer and I also enjoy gaming, but 90% of the time I spend on my computer at home is on the web. For that I don't need a powerful machine with a real keyboard. I'd actually prefer to be able to sit on my couch and casually browse the web and maybe play a simple game.
If anything I'd say that tablets are the future of casual computing.
Don't forget Tempest 2000!
I had a conversation without someone who worked at IBM and is very knowledgeable of the cell's architecture. While he said that the cell was in fact a powerful processor, it was hampered because it was a "speed demon" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-demons, and opposed to a "brainiac" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac_CPU.
While I don't claim to be an expert on the matter, from what I understand this means the theoretical maximum of the CPU is higher, but it doesn't perform as well as a brainiac in the real world. Another way to state it is that if the cell had been designed as a brainiac it would have been more powerful, but had a lower clock speed.
Use two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, mix, and viola
Actually, they do have a music service known as URGE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URGE.
You are either unaware of, or are ignoring, Nintendo's history of anti-competition practices:
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http://digital-law-online.info/cases/24PQ2D1015.h
Also, back in the days of the NES, they used to limit the number of titles that a publisher to release in a given year.
All three companies do what is in their own best interest, regardless of what's best for the consumer. Feel free to take sides, but you are kidding yourself if you think somehow Nintendo are the "good guys".
Bio-Engineered Rice is made out of people!
Boo? Who?
I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately in the US most of the people that make business decisions about IT do not understand IT.
We get it ... slashdotters don't like Microsoft. What else is new?
Oh my god, you mean people will have to upgrade their hardware to run new software? Who has ever heard of such a thing?
Keep in mind that this is only for SERVERS.
RSS is more of a hype than anything else. ... Its nothing but a structure that we have all agreed upon, to publish information.
By that account one coudl say:
HTML is more of hype than anything else. Its nothing but a structure that we have all agreed upon, to display information.
It's not about the complexity of the technology. It's about what you can do with it.
While I like my games to look good, I am really fine with my system as it is...
And yet people buy sports cars an SUVs when a nondiscript sadan will get you from point A to point B just fine. You are making an inccorect assumption that all people are logical, and do not make decisions based on emotion.
JavaScript is so 1999!
Answer: Monopoly
The big deal is that EA's biggest competitor in the sports arena is Sega, and Sega was using the ESPN brand for the names of their sports titles. For example Sega's football game is titled ESPN football.
The average consumer won't know that next year's Sega football is the same thing as this year's ESPN football. It will cause confusion among average consumers, which will hurt EA's biggest competitor.
I'm not Christian myself, but I have several close friends that are. Christian's believe that in addition to there being a God, there is also Satan. While God is more powerful then Satan, Satan is capable of causing great harm. Any negative events that occur are attributed to Satan, not God.
Google is a successful search engine because it can correctly determine which sites are the most relevant to your search keywords. Perhaps if articles could be rated, then that would help. If an article received many poor ratings, then people would know that the information that it contains is suspect. While this system wouldn't be perfect, overall it would help sort out the junk from the quality entries.
Much of the credit of what is now attributed to Apple should actually go to Douglas Engelbart