No not really. It only seems like Intel can be trusted here. AND what is not mentioned really is the elimination of latency when sorting big bunches of small files. Intel excels in real world perfomance.
Then if that seems to be the the case, how would we know if you are the same AC or another AC. Your writing style seems to be very different from the previous post. My guess from all of this is that the parent AC is a girl wishing she was a boy and you sir/madame might be doing something besides wishing.
The moral here is to not fish for big fish with a small pole.
--Let me guess - all those phone users live in the same continent as you?--
OK now I get it. This one is the truth. In all honesty I think I have unlimited text in my plan. If I don't it's 15c. I know when I lowered my SMS down from unlimited on my voice plan to like 1500 per month my bill went down considerably. My actual SMS usage is like less than 25 a month with 3 phones. 25 x 15c = $3.75. To get unlimited on all three phones I'm sure I'm paying more than necessary. I will examine my next bill carefully now that I have 3 with data on a family plan.
I actually don't text people that live in Europe as I don't personally know to many there and the ones that I do know have an email address and a computer. So the mostly all on the same or similar network thing works for me but maybe not you.
I have used the above method to send messages when I didn't have a cell phone with me but was next to a terminal.
Actually I presently have all four browsers no five counting Opera. (Opera, Chrome, Safari, IE8, Firefox)
I still use FireFox most of the time. Not sure why? Oh, yeah it solved many spyware problems before IE had tabs and such at work. It IS getting bloated though now and I still have to have IE for some financial stuff that only works with IE for some stupid reason.
I don't use No Script. I also have to go to MSN sometimes. That's just how it is. FireFox is better for viewing Microsoft sites. We'll not really but for most of what I need it is.
Loser don't pay expenses here at least not always but it all comes out the same even in the US the court is designed to be something of last resort but instead of settling simple matters with both parties coming out better in the exchange, the companies here are insured against legal action and always say no. This causes a chain of events with the lawyers ending up with the money either way it goes.
Sometimes those massive class action suits are the only way to get a company to stop doing something and it takes a long time for results.
So does this mean they have to stock up on rice and firearms and survival gear?
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Yes, it does make your head spin doesn't it? I'm pragmatic myself and like something in between with just the right finely tuned balance of these things.
So something in between is what you really want and for a while I thought Apple was there. More study will be needed to make sure. Steve Jobs is Apple and he don't look too healthy. Bill Gates is not really Microsoft any more. He leaves that to others so it will surely continue on.
If anything can be proved is that someone that makes soda pop is not going to make something like a tech firm operate very well. That's for sure. Apple is soooo secretive. Wooo.
All I can say is that it does here with a Blackberry for the most part. Every once in a blue moon I will pay 15c to receive one.
When I had SMS I never ran into 1 email address that I couldn't send to. Not one. And really, if Googles gateway foils you from sending, then you can usually use those gateways already provided by the phone companies themselves.
I have been emailing from a computer to phone users like this for years.
The real problem is people don't want to type in an email address on their cell, but really they only have to do that once.
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When I went the PS/2 didn't exist, the Mac didn't either. There were only Apple II's in college. In High school there was one Trash 80. That was the first one that I saw.
The first one I actually did some programming on was a TI color computer that my brother borrowed from his girl friend. I read the book on basic and the computer and had a small graphics program operating that just drew a line across the screen. That was the first time I messed with one at all.
I happened to have an Atari 800XL when the college had Apple II's. I liked it even better for the most part.
It seems as if this BIOS thing may only be a PSP issue and that the real failure rate is indeed low for the PS3 because I have heard that they are NOT messing with this like they did with the PSP to prevent issues of anyone completely bricking their machine.
Maybe that's to harsh of a term.
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That's a real good business strategy. Practically give stuff to schools and those young people will remember you.
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I'm not doubting that, I'm just saying Apple and all of the rest are just as guilty in this given the same chances especially today. I'm talking about IBM to Sony to all including Apple.
All are trying to lock their customers in by force like how Bluetooh is crippled on some phones so you can't make you own ring tones from the music that you already own. Treating every customer like a thief is going to bad business in the long term although they may see some short term gain. It will be short. People are catching on. Average people too, not just/.r's.
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Wow $5,000. How much did Microsoft pay for DOS? It's business I guess but what did Apple's suit accomplish long term? Nothing but make it harder for a Windows user to be able to use their stuff without a little training which costs businesses money when the might decide to jump off of the Microsoft ship. M$ has small business locked up. Apple could break this hold but now are starting to be deemed to have as much lock-in schemes if not more than Microsoft (the bad guy).
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See that's why you just might be an Apple guy now.
No really there is not. Why so many updates? They will not stop real pirates but just piss off the hobbyists (early adopters).
It does work most of time but flashing the bios every time you go online kinda scares me away from something that would otherwise be very interesting. I guess I could stay off the net with it and play games like that but that's crap.
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We'll you have to have some standardization to achieve mass market appeal but I think this can be done while leaving most of the hobbyist (early adopters) alone.
Actually the Atari 800 was even more locked down. Commodore and Radio Shack and others were doing the same thing as Apple around the same time. All were 6502 based with maybe a few custom chips and you could get a printed manual of the OS. Microsoft quit doing this with DOS, I think.
One reason Apple is still here is because they got the education market early on and therefore make a better profit by selling Apple II's long after the Commodore 64 came along at a much cheaper price. Jack Tramiel started a price war and all who played that game lost. Apple didn't play. Also they were probably the first to have decent color which Atari with Jay Minor surpassed.
But hey didn't Jobs work for Apple then too? Now Apple and most other companies have gone too far to have any hobby stuff. I would say Woz is a hobbyist and Jobs is a businessman. That's how it always was.
Don't forget to give the chip fabs most of the credit for many standard things like USB.
When pretty much all the stuff works all the time, it ceases to be a hobby.
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Apparently so.
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Blackberry games probably do to but Sony has that monster PS3 that just keeps eating up money. You buy Rock Band, this pack, that pack and they have you hook line and sinker.
Gaming IS something I see Apple going to next. I know they have some games like Linux but I'm talking about the good stuff.
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--Apple sued Microsoft because they had out and out ripped off Apple.--
Did they now? Or did both of them rip off Xerox. What the crap does it matter who had a trashcan first? Look and feel law suit? The user doesn't care that's for sure.
Speaking of Office, I would suggest the Mac wouldn't have been as popular without it.
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--They don't really have much choice in the matter.--
This may be the most insightful thing I have heard all day. Really a corporation doesn't if they want to make money for their shareholders. In fact that is required of management by law.
I guess the wild west days are over now. I wonder where or if there is going to be a new frontier that a guy can start with just a few investors and do anything new?
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No not really. It only seems like Intel can be trusted here. AND what is not mentioned really is the elimination of latency when sorting big bunches of small files. Intel excels in real world perfomance.
Israel is definitely NOT like Europe.
Big deal they will give them back when you leave. I don't think some other countries would do that.
Then if that seems to be the the case, how would we know if you are the same AC or another AC. Your writing style seems to be very different from the previous post. My guess from all of this is that the parent AC is a girl wishing she was a boy and you sir/madame might be doing something besides wishing.
The moral here is to not fish for big fish with a small pole.
--I have plenty of contacts that I can't send SMS to via Google's gateway (indeed, as far as I can tell, you can't SMS me via GMail.)--
Why exactly is that?
--Not all phone companies provide them--
Which ones? This is an old list but..?
numbe r= the dad burn phone #
* AT&T: number@txt.att.net
* Qwest: number@qwestmp.com
* T-Mobile: number@tmomail.net
* Verizon: number@vtext.com
* Sprint: number@messaging.sprintpcs.com or number@pm.sprint.com
* Virgin Mobile: number@vmobl.com
* Nextel: number@messaging.nextel.com
* Alltel: number@message.alltel.com
* Metro PCS: number@mymetropcs.com
* Powertel: number@ptel.com
* Suncom: number@tms.suncom.com
* U.S. Cellular: number@email.uscc.net
--Let me guess - all those phone users live in the same continent as you?--
OK now I get it. This one is the truth. In all honesty I think I have unlimited text in my plan. If I don't it's 15c. I know when I lowered my SMS down from unlimited on my voice plan to like 1500 per month my bill went down considerably. My actual SMS usage is like less than 25 a month with 3 phones. 25 x 15c = $3.75. To get unlimited on all three phones I'm sure I'm paying more than necessary. I will examine my next bill carefully now that I have 3 with data on a family plan.
I actually don't text people that live in Europe as I don't personally know to many there and the ones that I do know have an email address and a computer. So the mostly all on the same or similar network thing works for me but maybe not you.
I have used the above method to send messages when I didn't have a cell phone with me but was next to a terminal.
Actually I presently have all four browsers no five counting Opera. (Opera, Chrome, Safari, IE8, Firefox)
I still use FireFox most of the time. Not sure why? Oh, yeah it solved many spyware problems before IE had tabs and such at work. It IS getting bloated though now and I still have to have IE for some financial stuff that only works with IE for some stupid reason.
I don't use No Script. I also have to go to MSN sometimes. That's just how it is. FireFox is better for viewing Microsoft sites. We'll not really but for most of what I need it is.
--Damn, it's been a shitty year.--
This one is looking worse or shittier.
Loser don't pay expenses here at least not always but it all comes out the same even in the US the court is designed to be something of last resort but instead of settling simple matters with both parties coming out better in the exchange, the companies here are insured against legal action and always say no. This causes a chain of events with the lawyers ending up with the money either way it goes.
Sometimes those massive class action suits are the only way to get a company to stop doing something and it takes a long time for results.
What about Ad Block Plus? That keeps me on Firefox and of course the MASA theme. (Monkeys In Aftermarket Space Administration)
So does this mean they have to stock up on rice and firearms and survival gear?
Yes, it does make your head spin doesn't it? I'm pragmatic myself and like something in between with just the right finely tuned balance of these things.
So something in between is what you really want and for a while I thought Apple was there. More study will be needed to make sure. Steve Jobs is Apple and he don't look too healthy. Bill Gates is not really Microsoft any more. He leaves that to others so it will surely continue on.
If anything can be proved is that someone that makes soda pop is not going to make something like a tech firm operate very well. That's for sure. Apple is soooo secretive. Wooo.
All I can say is that it does here with a Blackberry for the most part. Every once in a blue moon I will pay 15c to receive one.
When I had SMS I never ran into 1 email address that I couldn't send to. Not one. And really, if Googles gateway foils you from sending, then you can usually use those gateways already provided by the phone companies themselves.
I have been emailing from a computer to phone users like this for years.
The real problem is people don't want to type in an email address on their cell, but really they only have to do that once.
When I went the PS/2 didn't exist, the Mac didn't either. There were only Apple II's in college. In High school there was one Trash 80. That was the first one that I saw.
The first one I actually did some programming on was a TI color computer that my brother borrowed from his girl friend. I read the book on basic and the computer and had a small graphics program operating that just drew a line across the screen. That was the first time I messed with one at all.
I happened to have an Atari 800XL when the college had Apple II's. I liked it even better for the most part.
It seems as if this BIOS thing may only be a PSP issue and that the real failure rate is indeed low for the PS3 because I have heard that they are NOT messing with this like they did with the PSP to prevent issues of anyone completely bricking their machine.
Maybe that's to harsh of a term.
That's a real good business strategy. Practically give stuff to schools and those young people will remember you.
I'm not doubting that, I'm just saying Apple and all of the rest are just as guilty in this given the same chances especially today. I'm talking about IBM to Sony to all including Apple.
All are trying to lock their customers in by force like how Bluetooh is crippled on some phones so you can't make you own ring tones from the music that you already own. Treating every customer like a thief is going to bad business in the long term although they may see some short term gain. It will be short. People are catching on. Average people too, not just /.r's.
Wow $5,000. How much did Microsoft pay for DOS? It's business I guess but what did Apple's suit accomplish long term? Nothing but make it harder for a Windows user to be able to use their stuff without a little training which costs businesses money when the might decide to jump off of the Microsoft ship. M$ has small business locked up. Apple could break this hold but now are starting to be deemed to have as much lock-in schemes if not more than Microsoft (the bad guy).
See that's why you just might be an Apple guy now.
No really there is not. Why so many updates? They will not stop real pirates but just piss off the hobbyists (early adopters).
It does work most of time but flashing the bios every time you go online kinda scares me away from something that would otherwise be very interesting. I guess I could stay off the net with it and play games like that but that's crap.
OK, I know this stuff.
We'll you have to have some standardization to achieve mass market appeal but I think this can be done while leaving most of the hobbyist (early adopters) alone.
Actually the Atari 800 was even more locked down. Commodore and Radio Shack and others were doing the same thing as Apple around the same time. All were 6502 based with maybe a few custom chips and you could get a printed manual of the OS. Microsoft quit doing this with DOS, I think.
One reason Apple is still here is because they got the education market early on and therefore make a better profit by selling Apple II's long after the Commodore 64 came along at a much cheaper price. Jack Tramiel started a price war and all who played that game lost. Apple didn't play. Also they were probably the first to have decent color which Atari with Jay Minor surpassed.
But hey didn't Jobs work for Apple then too? Now Apple and most other companies have gone too far to have any hobby stuff. I would say Woz is a hobbyist and Jobs is a businessman. That's how it always was.
Don't forget to give the chip fabs most of the credit for many standard things like USB.
When pretty much all the stuff works all the time, it ceases to be a hobby.
Apparently so.
Blackberry games probably do to but Sony has that monster PS3 that just keeps eating up money. You buy Rock Band, this pack, that pack and they have you hook line and sinker.
Gaming IS something I see Apple going to next. I know they have some games like Linux but I'm talking about the good stuff.
--Apple sued Microsoft because they had out and out ripped off Apple.--
Did they now? Or did both of them rip off Xerox. What the crap does it matter who had a trashcan first? Look and feel law suit? The user doesn't care that's for sure.
Speaking of Office, I would suggest the Mac wouldn't have been as popular without it.
--They don't really have much choice in the matter.--
This may be the most insightful thing I have heard all day. Really a corporation doesn't if they want to make money for their shareholders. In fact that is required of management by law.
I guess the wild west days are over now. I wonder where or if there is going to be a new frontier that a guy can start with just a few investors and do anything new?