About two thirds of the adults in the US consume alcohol in some form (beer, wine, spirits) or another. As such, equating prohibition, which affected the majority of the adults in the US, with something currently used by, what, 2-3% of the population (half of which are probably teens), is yet another major fallacy.
At one point in time (1975) we were told we should consider spreading soot all over the artic to increase heat retention. This "technological" fix was designed to decrease the dangers of "global cooling".
That's why they switched to the Universal Dock. The connector is the same, but they now ship each pod with the correct plastic "spacer" to fit the pod to the dock. Should the rumors be true I'd expect those spacers would fit the mini as well.
Also keep in mind that all you need for a mini "dock" is the USB and power/recharger connection. Any sound, images, or video being shipped out would be the minis, and not the pods...
The mini is, for all intents and purposes, a laptop without a screen and batter. Nor is it the speed demon of the Apple line.
That being the case, a Pentium M notebook chip would probably do just fine, especially if they included some custom chips so video encoding/decoding could be done in hardware. Add a superdrive so you can read AND write DVDs, support the remote used in the new iMac G5, allow AirPort Express Video streaming, and I think you'd have a hot box... [sic]
So true. Let's count: How many people personally tear apart and rebuild their car's engine when there's a problem with it? Okay, now let's compare that to the number of people who take it in and let the mechanic work on it when the little "service" light comes on.
There was a time when people were expected to fix their own cars and change the oil. Now, most have better things to do.
"I also believe the federal government has no right to invest in education..."
Have to disagree there. I firmly believe that an informed and highly educated populace is, in many aspects, a national security issue, and that there's more to "defending our borders" than simply making sure Canada doesn't invade the US.
They'd probably sell five times as many if they could sell a season of "Lost" for $19.95, while at the same time reducing the number of discs down from seven discs to one. And I'd prefer not having dozens of extra discs wasting my shelf space.
Which invalidates the article in terms of the Microsoft tax. If it's not bundled with the machine, you don't automatically have to pay the "tax". If it is bundled with the machine, then you're paying OEM prices.
Don't forget, there are also a lot of things in the mini that need chipsets (DVI, FireWire, Bluetooth) and take up space that aren't in the xbox. And it's still 3x larger.
At any rate, I still think they goofed. A single box, even if a bit larger, would still be easier to manage than several boxes and a bunch of connecting cables and cords. And I'm getting tired of every consumer device I buy needing yet another power brick.
"...fear of producing a successor which was as big, if not larger."
Which still lets us question why it's as large as it is even with the power supply removed. After all, Apple stuck pretty much the same stuff into the mini, and it's, what? A third the size of a 360?
It was going to be too difficult for people to remember 10-digit phone numbers too, but the vast majority of people seem to have figured out which ones apply to their location and their state. Just took... no time at all, actually.
And how do people "use" the internet now? A search engine, in which case--and as you said-- it's handled for them, or you give them a card or email with the url. So how is it any more difficult than some urls like www.shared.com/~mlong? Or thenewmovie.movies.com?
Personally, I think a lot of people would use 'em.
In ADDITION to the.com commercial domains, Sherlock. There are thousands of small businesses in every state for every Amazon or ebay. As to personal sites, that's what.name is for. Why are you poluting the.com namespace?
"It's the apps. Mine don't constantly try to fuck me over. Their's does."
The apps aren't trying to do that. It's the hackers, script kiddies, emailers, spyware authors, and other nefarious types who're maliciously trying to take over your hardware and make it their own. Blame the people responsible.
And before you jump on MS as the ones to blame, they're just the target. I'm 100% positive, should MS wane and Linux ascend as a home/business desktop system, that all of those nasty types listed above will begin to turn their attention.... elsewhere. And with Linux, they'll have the complete source code listings with which to pick their targets.
"...use the two letter country identifier to assist in commerce..."
Actually, we need more than those. I'd like to see more domains like sheerdelight.co.us or goldendragon.ca.us. Each state is, after all, responsible for the business names of those who do business within the state, and you just know that a "golden dragon restaurant" exists in every state. As is, the first one who gets there locks out the other 49.
Not to mention the fact that it would vastly benefit local search relevance if I could constrain my results by "co.us".
"Check to see what the house edge on, say, blackjack or craps is. In a number of cases (it varies based on the exact rules the casino sets), less than 1%. Las Vegas keeps on growing though."
Some people need to learn math. Yes, the rules are such that, on some games, with OPTIMUM play, the house still has an edge 51% of the time.
Now. Care to count the number of OPTIMUM players vs. those less so? Sorry, but the casinos make the bulk of their money from school teachers and used-car salesmen who probably know about as much about blackjack or dice as they do about configuring Unix kernels.
Perhaps you're the one that should get with the times. First, the later versions of mySQL (4.1, 4.0) do throw errors if a truncation would occur. Or you can allow it, with a warning that will be logged. In either case, the "silently corrupting data" issue is a non-starter.
Second, I firmly believe in application servers, and keeping issues from hitting the database until they need to do so. Yes, the database should be the guardian of last resort, but then again I have ONE database. I have LOTS of application servers, and it's easier to fan out and add another cheap app server than significantly upgrade the database hardware.
Third, the higher up the food chain you catch an error, the more likely it is you can return a meaningful error to the user. "Please enter a email address" is just a little easier to understand than "insert failed due to bad constraint".
Fourth, databases have remained largely static in terms of feature sets over the past few years, while application server capabilities have grown by leaps and bounds. I'd rather debug an application or service than a stored procedure, and I'd prefer [when possible] to have the service act as the sole gateway to the database.
Fifth, I catch errors on the server, even though I have javascript error checking enabled. Why? Because it may not have run. Similarly, I check for a good set of error problems (empty fields, etc.) on the app server, even though the db WILL do them again should the information pass muster. Why? So I don't waste the time of my most constrained asset when I already know the data is bad or incomplete.
Chuckle all you want, but I thought all of those mainframe sp database-is-master-of-the-world types died in the '70s. Now it's just another layer in the cake.
That's the catch, and why you won't hit a geometric progression.
If you're like most people, your circle of friends is, for the most part, also their circle of friends. In fact, it's the number one reason most people fail to succeed with Amway or Mary Kay-type schemes. They quickly exhaust their circle, and their friend's (references) circles, and then they're stuck.
Having to do a physical swap is also, by and large, geographically limiting. And at least, from the **AA's viewpoint, you're not simultaneously sharing with Russia, Norway, and Nebraska.
And let's face it. Honestly. How many people do you know with whom you'd do this on a consistent and regular basis? Or to put it another way, how many people would you regularly go to the trouble of copying CDs for now?
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I'm sure the 16 year old behind the counter called them up right away to inform them of their loss...
About two thirds of the adults in the US consume alcohol in some form (beer, wine, spirits) or another. As such, equating prohibition, which affected the majority of the adults in the US, with something currently used by, what, 2-3% of the population (half of which are probably teens), is yet another major fallacy.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1997/vo13no25/vo 13no25_alarmism.htm
Perhaps, should we enter a new ice age, the northern countries will want to reconsider this idea...
Also keep in mind that all you need for a mini "dock" is the USB and power/recharger connection. Any sound, images, or video being shipped out would be the minis, and not the pods...
Here's disk containing the open source voting code. It's the same code currently running in the machine's memory right now. Trust me.
That being the case, a Pentium M notebook chip would probably do just fine, especially if they included some custom chips so video encoding/decoding could be done in hardware. Add a superdrive so you can read AND write DVDs, support the remote used in the new iMac G5, allow AirPort Express Video streaming, and I think you'd have a hot box... [sic]
So... what innovations have you developed recently?
There was a time when people were expected to fix their own cars and change the oil. Now, most have better things to do.
Have to disagree there. I firmly believe that an informed and highly educated populace is, in many aspects, a national security issue, and that there's more to "defending our borders" than simply making sure Canada doesn't invade the US.
They'd probably sell five times as many if they could sell a season of "Lost" for $19.95, while at the same time reducing the number of discs down from seven discs to one. And I'd prefer not having dozens of extra discs wasting my shelf space.
Which invalidates the article in terms of the Microsoft tax. If it's not bundled with the machine, you don't automatically have to pay the "tax". If it is bundled with the machine, then you're paying OEM prices.
I don't mind the brick for the mini because it tends to stay in one place. A game machine is expected to be a bit more portable.
At any rate, I still think they goofed. A single box, even if a bit larger, would still be easier to manage than several boxes and a bunch of connecting cables and cords. And I'm getting tired of every consumer device I buy needing yet another power brick.
Which still lets us question why it's as large as it is even with the power supply removed. After all, Apple stuck pretty much the same stuff into the mini, and it's, what? A third the size of a 360?
Don't you mean UNDER-priced? There have been quite a few articles on how they're selling it at a loss.
Ah, the Rechargeable Battery Pack is for the WIRELESS controller..........
And how do people "use" the internet now? A search engine, in which case--and as you said-- it's handled for them, or you give them a card or email with the url. So how is it any more difficult than some urls like www.shared.com/~mlong? Or thenewmovie.movies.com?
Personally, I think a lot of people would use 'em.
And it's NO ONE, not NOONE. I hate that mistake.
In ADDITION to the .com commercial domains, Sherlock. There are thousands of small businesses in every state for every Amazon or ebay. As to personal sites, that's what .name is for. Why are you poluting the .com namespace?
The apps aren't trying to do that. It's the hackers, script kiddies, emailers, spyware authors, and other nefarious types who're maliciously trying to take over your hardware and make it their own. Blame the people responsible.
And before you jump on MS as the ones to blame, they're just the target. I'm 100% positive, should MS wane and Linux ascend as a home/business desktop system, that all of those nasty types listed above will begin to turn their attention.... elsewhere. And with Linux, they'll have the complete source code listings with which to pick their targets.
Actually, we need more than those. I'd like to see more domains like sheerdelight.co.us or goldendragon.ca.us. Each state is, after all, responsible for the business names of those who do business within the state, and you just know that a "golden dragon restaurant" exists in every state. As is, the first one who gets there locks out the other 49.
Not to mention the fact that it would vastly benefit local search relevance if I could constrain my results by "co.us".
Some people need to learn math. Yes, the rules are such that, on some games, with OPTIMUM play, the house still has an edge 51% of the time.
Now. Care to count the number of OPTIMUM players vs. those less so? Sorry, but the casinos make the bulk of their money from school teachers and used-car salesmen who probably know about as much about blackjack or dice as they do about configuring Unix kernels.
As such, your 1% casino analogy... craps out.
Next player.
Second, I firmly believe in application servers, and keeping issues from hitting the database until they need to do so. Yes, the database should be the guardian of last resort, but then again I have ONE database. I have LOTS of application servers, and it's easier to fan out and add another cheap app server than significantly upgrade the database hardware.
Third, the higher up the food chain you catch an error, the more likely it is you can return a meaningful error to the user. "Please enter a email address" is just a little easier to understand than "insert failed due to bad constraint".
Fourth, databases have remained largely static in terms of feature sets over the past few years, while application server capabilities have grown by leaps and bounds. I'd rather debug an application or service than a stored procedure, and I'd prefer [when possible] to have the service act as the sole gateway to the database.
Fifth, I catch errors on the server, even though I have javascript error checking enabled. Why? Because it may not have run. Similarly, I check for a good set of error problems (empty fields, etc.) on the app server, even though the db WILL do them again should the information pass muster. Why? So I don't waste the time of my most constrained asset when I already know the data is bad or incomplete.
Chuckle all you want, but I thought all of those mainframe sp database-is-master-of-the-world types died in the '70s. Now it's just another layer in the cake.
Perhaps they don't want their competitors to know that they too can have the exact same solutions for free....
Unhuh. And why is it you're not validating user input? Bad data should never have a chance to get to the database in the first place.
If you're like most people, your circle of friends is, for the most part, also their circle of friends. In fact, it's the number one reason most people fail to succeed with Amway or Mary Kay-type schemes. They quickly exhaust their circle, and their friend's (references) circles, and then they're stuck.
Having to do a physical swap is also, by and large, geographically limiting. And at least, from the **AA's viewpoint, you're not simultaneously sharing with Russia, Norway, and Nebraska.
And let's face it. Honestly. How many people do you know with whom you'd do this on a consistent and regular basis? Or to put it another way, how many people would you regularly go to the trouble of copying CDs for now?