i dont know any great studies about xbox 360 initial quality, but it seems that there were some complaints around. If the board/hardware was responsible for issues before, one can only assume that a reduction in price based on a cheaper board/electronics will result in more issues... this seems like a major problem considering microsoft is spending a billion already to boost the warranty service, etc. It's interesting to watch how their system issues play out a lot like what working on some microsoft-based software projects end up doing, i.e. various issues, cutting corners to save $ as issues persist and cause sales slump, and so on.
yeah, but don't forget, most people aren't running quake and office at the same time. The graphics complexity is because it has to be very quick at what appears, and it has to retain that quickness regardless of what the user is up to. That becomes a very heavy task with say, 88% cpu load and 10 windows open, and you drag something,etc.
the definition of a patent requires that it is something original and unobvious. Unfortunately, the US PTO has a very ignorant view into what is obvious and what isn't. While any industry insider could tell them that the 1-click was obvious, to them it wasn't and so patent granted. The obviousness and originality need to be enforced more strictly, and then prior art won't be an issue.
I really haven't seen any hard evidence that all that many 'web jockeys' were getting some $100k salary, unless they lived in the valley, where cost of living is so bad that 100k is practically minimum wage unless you take the bus 2 hours to work. Does anyone have any stats to back up what the average dot-com era 'web jockey' salary was compared with today?
wouldn't it be more effective to have the computer recognize my handwriting, i.e. I write something and the computer goes "yep, thats the guy"? That way, the computer would know it was me w/o a password, and it wouldn't just be multiple choice or whatever. Of course, handwriting recognition is really, really hard to do quickly and effectively enough to narrow down between thousands/millions of users compared with a password.
isn't the answer in the summary, that you obviously have it record the input as it goes, so you can literally back up and repeat any given random scenario? Without this capability, it would be like having a 3-year old bash away at the keyboard, they're just as unable to repeat anything.
What game is education only, with no fun? That sounds like a sheet of math problems for joe average. Why in the world wouldn't you just take missle command and make it a typing tutor or math solver or whatever? By default, games should be fun, so I don't see how you could start with something "not fun" and end up at "fun" without adding a complete game, which is the same net result as starting with that game and adding in the education.
the bank just wants to install a little program and ask for your various identification numbers, biometrics, etc. What could be dangerous about trafficking that information plus the apparent security info about your computer over the internet?
all of this stems from a broken business model. The only license sold to watch movies is a movie ticket. If you sell someone the content of the movie on a disc, how in the hell is that equivalent to only selling a license to watch the disc's content? It's their own fault for not realizing this. DVD's are not priced appropriately, and their content cannot be protected appropriately for what people want. Therefore, either abandon the media completely, or realize that you've been selling people the content for years, and that trying to enforce a 'one-viewer-per-purchase, no copying' type licensing scheme on DVD's is ridiculous when movie tickets exist for that very purpose.
you scrape off and reuse all the appliances in your kitchen for something else than their original purpose? Hmmm... reminds me of the classic quote: "I don't think that means what you think it means."
Does anyone not know this? How many printers have you kept using when it says "ink low", "ink extremely low", "go buy a new ink cartridge" and it still has ink in it? Maybe it's out on the color side, but in black and white, you can still print for a long time. If you're willing to accept 'economy mode' or slightly faded copy, you can print for a LONG time even on an "empty" black cartridge before it truly runs out and just prints a white sheet.
the SR-71 is a famous example of something very advanced remaining classified for a long time. By the time the public saw them, they were practically retired. I'd guess that this vehicle exists now in classified form, and by 2020 we'll "officially" know they've built and flown them.
if you require patent X to make the "perfect" product, it would be worth licensing that patent. It's the same thing with any product, if it's worth the licensing fee, then it will come to pass. If not, then it probably would not be that "perfect" of a product after all, or else the business forecasts for sales would capture that value and require that patent purchase/license. Henry Ford licensed the freaking engine from some guy for the original Ford cars... a patent on the internal combustion engine causes issues... he basically waited until the patent expired and then could slash prices, but the car was so popular it really didn't matter.
unless it goes to funding terrorism. Do you know who you're buying gold from? It could be the blue-collar favorite who needs the 30 cents per hour, or it could be someone to whom "death to america" is not a mad TV joke!
this is why some stores say "prices too low to print/etc!" in their ads. There is some deal where if you put "acme label" then you have to charge their minimum price. Just like there are clever ways around this, I'm sure that acme label really enjoys the sales no matter how they are generated. Why can't the RIAA just enjoy sales as well? Oh yeah, because no one buys an entire record to listen to one track? How is that piracy's fault?
Just because the info you got is legal to get, it doesn't mean the way you got it was legal... it sounds in the summary like they think they should escape prosecution/etc because the net result was data they could've got legally anyhow. So if I ask someone for money, and they give it to me, vs. I hit them and take it, I shouldn't get prosecuted, because the net result I'd have received anyhow?
It's probably graphite shavings from all those pencils the Russians use in space. They should use the billion-dollar space pen we developed! Go USA! (I think they really all use a china marker-type writing utensil anyhow)
Also, unfortunately, there is no way to produce actual coal from living plants in a few weeks -- if there were, it wouldn't be a non-renewable energy source. In fact, that's about the shortest we'd be able to produce any kind of energy source, aside from the 8 minutes it takes light to get to the earth from the sun for solar power.
It probably works like those old teddy ruxpin dolls, just take out the "happy" tape and put in a heavy metal tape. Then it will go from "im friendly and helpful" to "I KILL YOU!" and as so many others point out, the soldier can remote-control it from a safe location, i.e. from home.
You can see on the one edge, at about 11:00-12:00 on the "cave" edge, where there is a string of tiny islands in the black goop. Explain that to me in terms of a cave feature... good luck!
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I think they mean "art" in the sense that an "art" movie can get away with a lot more than a mainstream movie with the same rating.
What's an extra virgin? the /. regulars should know, right? hey-o!
i dont know any great studies about xbox 360 initial quality, but it seems that there were some complaints around. If the board/hardware was responsible for issues before, one can only assume that a reduction in price based on a cheaper board/electronics will result in more issues... this seems like a major problem considering microsoft is spending a billion already to boost the warranty service, etc. It's interesting to watch how their system issues play out a lot like what working on some microsoft-based software projects end up doing, i.e. various issues, cutting corners to save $ as issues persist and cause sales slump, and so on.
Let's see how SABAM holds up against the Foreign University and College Kids Exchanging Music group (FUCKEM).
yeah, but don't forget, most people aren't running quake and office at the same time. The graphics complexity is because it has to be very quick at what appears, and it has to retain that quickness regardless of what the user is up to. That becomes a very heavy task with say, 88% cpu load and 10 windows open, and you drag something,etc.
the definition of a patent requires that it is something original and unobvious. Unfortunately, the US PTO has a very ignorant view into what is obvious and what isn't. While any industry insider could tell them that the 1-click was obvious, to them it wasn't and so patent granted. The obviousness and originality need to be enforced more strictly, and then prior art won't be an issue.
I really haven't seen any hard evidence that all that many 'web jockeys' were getting some $100k salary, unless they lived in the valley, where cost of living is so bad that 100k is practically minimum wage unless you take the bus 2 hours to work. Does anyone have any stats to back up what the average dot-com era 'web jockey' salary was compared with today?
wouldn't it be more effective to have the computer recognize my handwriting, i.e. I write something and the computer goes "yep, thats the guy"? That way, the computer would know it was me w/o a password, and it wouldn't just be multiple choice or whatever. Of course, handwriting recognition is really, really hard to do quickly and effectively enough to narrow down between thousands/millions of users compared with a password.
isn't the answer in the summary, that you obviously have it record the input as it goes, so you can literally back up and repeat any given random scenario? Without this capability, it would be like having a 3-year old bash away at the keyboard, they're just as unable to repeat anything.
What game is education only, with no fun? That sounds like a sheet of math problems for joe average. Why in the world wouldn't you just take missle command and make it a typing tutor or math solver or whatever? By default, games should be fun, so I don't see how you could start with something "not fun" and end up at "fun" without adding a complete game, which is the same net result as starting with that game and adding in the education.
the bank just wants to install a little program and ask for your various identification numbers, biometrics, etc. What could be dangerous about trafficking that information plus the apparent security info about your computer over the internet?
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zork: the game for those tired of the GUI-saturated gameplay of a game like Nethack.
all of this stems from a broken business model. The only license sold to watch movies is a movie ticket. If you sell someone the content of the movie on a disc, how in the hell is that equivalent to only selling a license to watch the disc's content? It's their own fault for not realizing this. DVD's are not priced appropriately, and their content cannot be protected appropriately for what people want. Therefore, either abandon the media completely, or realize that you've been selling people the content for years, and that trying to enforce a 'one-viewer-per-purchase, no copying' type licensing scheme on DVD's is ridiculous when movie tickets exist for that very purpose.
you scrape off and reuse all the appliances in your kitchen for something else than their original purpose? Hmmm... reminds me of the classic quote: "I don't think that means what you think it means."
Does anyone not know this? How many printers have you kept using when it says "ink low", "ink extremely low", "go buy a new ink cartridge" and it still has ink in it? Maybe it's out on the color side, but in black and white, you can still print for a long time. If you're willing to accept 'economy mode' or slightly faded copy, you can print for a LONG time even on an "empty" black cartridge before it truly runs out and just prints a white sheet.
the SR-71 is a famous example of something very advanced remaining classified for a long time. By the time the public saw them, they were practically retired. I'd guess that this vehicle exists now in classified form, and by 2020 we'll "officially" know they've built and flown them.
if you require patent X to make the "perfect" product, it would be worth licensing that patent. It's the same thing with any product, if it's worth the licensing fee, then it will come to pass. If not, then it probably would not be that "perfect" of a product after all, or else the business forecasts for sales would capture that value and require that patent purchase/license. Henry Ford licensed the freaking engine from some guy for the original Ford cars... a patent on the internal combustion engine causes issues... he basically waited until the patent expired and then could slash prices, but the car was so popular it really didn't matter.
unless it goes to funding terrorism. Do you know who you're buying gold from? It could be the blue-collar favorite who needs the 30 cents per hour, or it could be someone to whom "death to america" is not a mad TV joke!
this is why some stores say "prices too low to print/etc!" in their ads. There is some deal where if you put "acme label" then you have to charge their minimum price. Just like there are clever ways around this, I'm sure that acme label really enjoys the sales no matter how they are generated. Why can't the RIAA just enjoy sales as well? Oh yeah, because no one buys an entire record to listen to one track? How is that piracy's fault?
Just because the info you got is legal to get, it doesn't mean the way you got it was legal... it sounds in the summary like they think they should escape prosecution/etc because the net result was data they could've got legally anyhow. So if I ask someone for money, and they give it to me, vs. I hit them and take it, I shouldn't get prosecuted, because the net result I'd have received anyhow?
where was this 4 years ago? I guess we didn't know how bad we'd need it until he got another term!
It's probably graphite shavings from all those pencils the Russians use in space. They should use the billion-dollar space pen we developed! Go USA! (I think they really all use a china marker-type writing utensil anyhow)
except that it's not dirt, it's solid rock.
Also, unfortunately, there is no way to produce actual coal from living plants in a few weeks -- if there were, it wouldn't be a non-renewable energy source. In fact, that's about the shortest we'd be able to produce any kind of energy source, aside from the 8 minutes it takes light to get to the earth from the sun for solar power.
It probably works like those old teddy ruxpin dolls, just take out the "happy" tape and put in a heavy metal tape. Then it will go from "im friendly and helpful" to "I KILL YOU!" and as so many others point out, the soldier can remote-control it from a safe location, i.e. from home.
You can see on the one edge, at about 11:00-12:00 on the "cave" edge, where there is a string of tiny islands in the black goop. Explain that to me in terms of a cave feature... good luck!