Nobody cares what it's called. It's still the same problem. With NiCads, old batteries give less running time per charge. With Li-ions, old batteries give less running time per charge. You can call it whatever you want. What we want to know is, will this new technology fix the problem with getting less power out of old batteries?
It hasn't always worked this way. However, once one started doing it, and started making money hand over fist, all the others quickly followed suit. You can still buy more expensive printers with a cheaper cost-per-page operating cost, you just have to look around a bit.
That all depends on your bank. I got my debit card duplicated and somebody took $500 out of my account. The bank called me up before I even noticed the money was missing. They asked if I made the charge. I said I didn't, and the money was back in my account within 5 days. I had to go down to my local branch and pick up a new debit card, but there was very little trouble on my part. Just as a reference, my bank is TD Canada Trust.
I guess the only solution is for consumers to actually research the products they buy and to stop buying products that have these problems. If people didn't buy the printers, they would stop trying to sell them. We have nobody to blame for this printer mess but ourselves.
What's the difference between Coke giving McDonald's a discount for only carrying their products and HP giving Staples $100 Million for not carrying competing products? I don't really see the difference. It's just that HP gave the discount up-front instead of amortizing it out over each unit sold.
That may be true. Sometimes you just need 20 feet of cable, and you don't feel like buying 1000 ft of the stuff. What I do, is run down to my local independantly owned computer shop. While the cables aren't as cheap as buying in bulk, they are at most half the price of the big box stores.
Isn't Lake Michigan, along with all the other lakes, refilled every so often (on a geological time scale)? Seems to me that any salt that eroded from the rocks would eventually flow downstream and end up in the oceans. And it would get filled up again by rain water, which doesn't contain salt. That is my completely made up reason as to why lakes don't have salt, while oceans and seas do. Anybody know whether or not it makes any sense.
In case you didn't know, ODF is basically just what you mentioned. If you rename your ODF file to.zip, you can open it and see all those files inside. It doesn't use XHTML, but it does use XML to store the document text and structure. It stores all the style information in another XML document, and it stores all the pictures in a folder called Pictures. All this is wrapped up in a little zip file.
In Canada we count votes so fast, we had to create laws against reporting the results so the west coast voters wouldn't be influenced by the results of the east coast voters. That should give everyone a good idea of how quickly votes are counted in Canada.
I have some better replacement criteria. All voting machines should be replaced with pen and paper. The counting should be done by people. Works just fine up here in Canada. Sure it's not perfect, but it seems to have way less problems than voting machines.
The Hobbit is the shortest book of the 4 by a long shot. Why make this book into 2 movies, while all the others only received 1. Trying to stretch this book into two books would make them even more boring than the first movie.
Or maybe you get what you pay for. I'm not going to comment on the quality of either of their offerings since I've only bought 2 computers in my life, and neither from these companies. However, if one company gives you a consistent quality product, an the other does not, then maybe the 25% markup is worth it. It really depends on how important the computers are to your business.
I would equate it more to lip syncing. To be good at Karaoke, you still have to know how to sing. To be good at lip syncing, you just have to move you lips in time with the music.
I get that it's fun, I get that it's challenging. What I don't get is why anybody would want to watch it be played. I think it would be fun to play. I don't think it's a fun game to watch.
Yes, theoretically that's all any video game is about. However, Guitar Hero lets you play the same level over and over again, memorizing the same moves. Contrast that to other games, where there is a little randomness thrown in, so you can't just press the exact same buttons you did last time in order to repeat your performance. Or contrast even further with games where you play against people, where you have to think even more, and adapt to their strategies, because they are adapting to yours, and it becomes apparent that games like Guitar Hero are nothing more than just memorization.
It might be fun to play. I wasn't arguing that. What I was saying, was that it isn't fun to watch. Playing Simon is fun. Watching someone else play Simon is not. I don't know why somebody would be drawn to watch someone playing Guitar Hero unless it was just to pass the time while they were waiting for their turn to play.
I realize that. But it's much more exciting to watch somebody with that kind of coordination with their feet, than it is to watch someone do the exact same thing with large buttons laid out on a stick. Actually using your feet, rather than your fingers, makes the game a lot more interesting.
I saw a kid playing Guitar Hero at the Dell booth in the mall on the weekend. The game looked pretty boring to me. Not anywhere close to as interesting as watching someone play DDR well on the difficult levels. Watching Guitar Hero is like watching somebody play Simon. All you have to do is press the right buttons at the right time.
Yeah, I only have 3 games for my iPod (Solitaire, Circle Arkanoid, iPod Quiz) because those are the ones that came with it. So having not much experience with iPod games, it's the first thing that popped into my head. I like your solution also. Sounds a little simpler than mine. Here's a better idea, that nice little plug on the bottom where you hook up the USB cable would be perfect for plugging in a secondary controller that could be used for games. If somebody put out one of those for the iPod, I think iPod gaming could really take off. With their install base, they might even be able to take on Nintendo.
Yeah, and for all that trouble, you've saved about.0001% on the operation costs of your boat. Ok, maybe it's not that little, but let's think about this. How much does it cost to run a cargo ship for a day, including crew, fuel, fuel for crew (aka food), depreciation and maintenance of ship, and all the other costs of running a ship. Now lets add to that the cost of a sail, and the increased crew necessary to maintain and deploy such a sail, and think about how long it will take before you see any noticeable gains.
I Think it could work. Hold your finger at the top of the wheel, that's neutral position. Slide to the right, sonic goes right. slide to the left, sonic goes left. With your other hand, slide you should be able to stick your thumb in place to press the click button. It may not be optimal, but I could see it working well. I'm not sure if this is the control scheme that they are using, but that's just what I thought up in the first 30 seconds. I'm sure somebody who was being paid to make the control scheme to work could come up with a much better idea.
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Nobody cares what it's called. It's still the same problem. With NiCads, old batteries give less running time per charge. With Li-ions, old batteries give less running time per charge. You can call it whatever you want. What we want to know is, will this new technology fix the problem with getting less power out of old batteries?
Yes, but then you would be measuring the volume of the gold, not the weight.
It hasn't always worked this way. However, once one started doing it, and started making money hand over fist, all the others quickly followed suit. You can still buy more expensive printers with a cheaper cost-per-page operating cost, you just have to look around a bit.
How do you measure weight in gallons?
That all depends on your bank. I got my debit card duplicated and somebody took $500 out of my account. The bank called me up before I even noticed the money was missing. They asked if I made the charge. I said I didn't, and the money was back in my account within 5 days. I had to go down to my local branch and pick up a new debit card, but there was very little trouble on my part. Just as a reference, my bank is TD Canada Trust.
I guess the only solution is for consumers to actually research the products they buy and to stop buying products that have these problems. If people didn't buy the printers, they would stop trying to sell them. We have nobody to blame for this printer mess but ourselves.
What's the difference between Coke giving McDonald's a discount for only carrying their products and HP giving Staples $100 Million for not carrying competing products? I don't really see the difference. It's just that HP gave the discount up-front instead of amortizing it out over each unit sold.
That may be true. Sometimes you just need 20 feet of cable, and you don't feel like buying 1000 ft of the stuff. What I do, is run down to my local independantly owned computer shop. While the cables aren't as cheap as buying in bulk, they are at most half the price of the big box stores.
Isn't Lake Michigan, along with all the other lakes, refilled every so often (on a geological time scale)? Seems to me that any salt that eroded from the rocks would eventually flow downstream and end up in the oceans. And it would get filled up again by rain water, which doesn't contain salt. That is my completely made up reason as to why lakes don't have salt, while oceans and seas do. Anybody know whether or not it makes any sense.
In case you didn't know, ODF is basically just what you mentioned. If you rename your ODF file to .zip, you can open it and see all those files inside. It doesn't use XHTML, but it does use XML to store the document text and structure. It stores all the style information in another XML document, and it stores all the pictures in a folder called Pictures. All this is wrapped up in a little zip file.
That's hand counting. Mind you, it's a bit easier, because we usually only have 1 question on the ballot, but I think that helps things a bit.
In Canada we count votes so fast, we had to create laws against reporting the results so the west coast voters wouldn't be influenced by the results of the east coast voters. That should give everyone a good idea of how quickly votes are counted in Canada.
I have some better replacement criteria. All voting machines should be replaced with pen and paper. The counting should be done by people. Works just fine up here in Canada. Sure it's not perfect, but it seems to have way less problems than voting machines.
The Hobbit is the shortest book of the 4 by a long shot. Why make this book into 2 movies, while all the others only received 1. Trying to stretch this book into two books would make them even more boring than the first movie.
The controller could even have it's own battery if it proved to be too much of a power drain on the actual iPod.
Or maybe you get what you pay for. I'm not going to comment on the quality of either of their offerings since I've only bought 2 computers in my life, and neither from these companies. However, if one company gives you a consistent quality product, an the other does not, then maybe the 25% markup is worth it. It really depends on how important the computers are to your business.
I would equate it more to lip syncing. To be good at Karaoke, you still have to know how to sing. To be good at lip syncing, you just have to move you lips in time with the music.
I get that it's fun, I get that it's challenging. What I don't get is why anybody would want to watch it be played. I think it would be fun to play. I don't think it's a fun game to watch.
Yes, theoretically that's all any video game is about. However, Guitar Hero lets you play the same level over and over again, memorizing the same moves. Contrast that to other games, where there is a little randomness thrown in, so you can't just press the exact same buttons you did last time in order to repeat your performance. Or contrast even further with games where you play against people, where you have to think even more, and adapt to their strategies, because they are adapting to yours, and it becomes apparent that games like Guitar Hero are nothing more than just memorization.
It might be fun to play. I wasn't arguing that. What I was saying, was that it isn't fun to watch. Playing Simon is fun. Watching someone else play Simon is not. I don't know why somebody would be drawn to watch someone playing Guitar Hero unless it was just to pass the time while they were waiting for their turn to play.
I realize that. But it's much more exciting to watch somebody with that kind of coordination with their feet, than it is to watch someone do the exact same thing with large buttons laid out on a stick. Actually using your feet, rather than your fingers, makes the game a lot more interesting.
I saw a kid playing Guitar Hero at the Dell booth in the mall on the weekend. The game looked pretty boring to me. Not anywhere close to as interesting as watching someone play DDR well on the difficult levels. Watching Guitar Hero is like watching somebody play Simon. All you have to do is press the right buttons at the right time.
Yeah, I only have 3 games for my iPod (Solitaire, Circle Arkanoid, iPod Quiz) because those are the ones that came with it. So having not much experience with iPod games, it's the first thing that popped into my head. I like your solution also. Sounds a little simpler than mine. Here's a better idea, that nice little plug on the bottom where you hook up the USB cable would be perfect for plugging in a secondary controller that could be used for games. If somebody put out one of those for the iPod, I think iPod gaming could really take off. With their install base, they might even be able to take on Nintendo.
Yeah, and for all that trouble, you've saved about .0001% on the operation costs of your boat. Ok, maybe it's not that little, but let's think about this. How much does it cost to run a cargo ship for a day, including crew, fuel, fuel for crew (aka food), depreciation and maintenance of ship, and all the other costs of running a ship. Now lets add to that the cost of a sail, and the increased crew necessary to maintain and deploy such a sail, and think about how long it will take before you see any noticeable gains.
I Think it could work. Hold your finger at the top of the wheel, that's neutral position. Slide to the right, sonic goes right. slide to the left, sonic goes left. With your other hand, slide you should be able to stick your thumb in place to press the click button. It may not be optimal, but I could see it working well. I'm not sure if this is the control scheme that they are using, but that's just what I thought up in the first 30 seconds. I'm sure somebody who was being paid to make the control scheme to work could come up with a much better idea.