"Assuming Google has a profitable use of that cash" Let's hope for the investors sake that they aren't following Viacoms lead. Viacom reciently bought a website that allows children to create "virtual pets" for $160 million: www.neopets.com
"AMD's lowest price dual core chip, the X2 4200 is almost twice as expensive as Intel's lowest cost dual core processor." Yes, but AMD's lowest price dual core is the same price and as fast as Intels highest price dual core
I wouldn't be surprised if black hats are finding new security holes and secretly passing on the information to others.. but do you actually have any source to backup these claims, or is it just speculation?
I heard in Denmark the phone companies were forced to open up their networks to third parties, which can offer services over these "virtual" networks. The result is that there are 10 mobile companies operating and the prices have dropped dramatically... something like 3c for a text and 5c/min calls*. (note: I'm quoting this from memory so the details may be slightly wrong) You can be sure that these phone companies are still making a profit.
Meanwhile, in Spain there are only 3 companies operating, and they have an unwritten agreement between themselves regarding tarifs... it's 15c for a text and the lowest call price is 12c/min (off-peak).
"Zealous venture capitalists fell over themselves to invest millions in Internet start-ups" Looks like they're still doing it. Viacom just bought a website where you can create "virtual pets" for $160 million: www.neopets.com
If you want an Ajax-type web application you're much better off using Flash. It has the same advantages of Ajax - the ability to update only the parts of the page that need to be update and can do so asyncronously But most importantly it has a debugger and integrated development environment. Although there is a debugger available for Firefox, there is none for the other browsers and you will have to debuging all that complicated javascript by trial and error. Also, the DOM is the least compatible part of the browser, so you may have to write a seperate script for each browser. Your Flash application will work the same way on every platform.
That's a totally ridiculous assumtion. If AMD thought for a moment that all you have to do is increase capacity to create marketshare they would have done it long ago. No, the parent poster was closer to the truth. People buy Intel due to ignorance of processors and slick marketing by Intel and OEMs. Also, bear in mind for light weight laptops Intel actually have a superior product.
Please! That was a bar fight, something very bad, but not a terrorist action. P.S.: Just to make things clear I am no fan of the IRA, but I am also against twisting the facts.
You said it. I can't concentrate on reading a web page if there are a dozen flashing images all over the place, so I use adblock. I don't bother with static images. So, basically the marketers themselves are to blame for the popularity of adblockers, because they don't give a f**k about making the page easy to read. If they really want people to stop blocking maybe they should think about making their adverts less annoying.
I was looking at MMC chips the other day. They have a 1GB flash memory chip the size of a postage stamp. Does anyone else find that amazing? A large part of the break-neck progress of electronics we see is due to the competition in the industry. Imagine the amazing features of the OS and desktop we would have if only MS didn't have a monopoly. With real competition MS would never get away with releasing a new OS every 5 years.
I heard many stories about HP offering Linux PCs, and several times I tried having a look. I went to the HP online shop, and selected "customise you PC", then look for the OS option that says "none, Free dos, or Linux". Either this option doesn't exist, or if it does the price does not reduce - it should be at least 50 less without Windows.
In some cases SF that tries to be accurate can be good, but if it's good then it'll be largely due to the story telling abilities of the author and not due to the accuracy of the science. Personally I don't like any of the stuff they listed as good fiction. I would've listed John Wyndham, Arthur C Clark, and H.G. Wells.
So, all they have to do is put back the copyright notices, and the.dsp files, and then they can continue to offer spyware to the unwitting public? The GPL doesn't seem to give us much protection against chancers like these:(
"At first, we all laughed." Sorry, I'm still laughing. Security still has less priority than marketing at MS. That's why you see all those services still switched on by default in SP2: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/17/xphome_sp2/
"Firefox exploits are cropping up at a seemingly greater pace." Maybe you ment to say security hole rather than exploit? Firefox get's much more press when a minor security hole is discovered (something that is very hard to actually exploit), because there is an expectaion that Firefox is flawless. Meanwhile, IE averages about a dozen critical security holes every year and no one says anything.
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"Assuming Google has a profitable use of that cash"
Let's hope for the investors sake that they aren't following Viacoms lead.
Viacom reciently bought a website that allows children to create "virtual pets" for $160 million: www.neopets.com
There is only a patch available for Windows 2000 SP4, and everybody know SP4 has many problems that were never resolved.
I take it a condom isn't considered "appropriate protective gear"
"AMD's lowest price dual core chip, the X2 4200 is almost twice as expensive as Intel's lowest cost dual core processor."
Yes, but AMD's lowest price dual core is the same price and as fast as Intels highest price dual core
I wouldn't be surprised if black hats are finding new security holes and secretly passing on the information to others.. but do you actually have any source to backup these claims, or is it just speculation?
Are you sure? I heard the branch happening such a long time ago, that the code of KHTML has changed radically from Safari
That would be handy if it worked. I could test web sites for Safari without having to buy a Mac.
I heard in Denmark the phone companies were forced to open up their networks to third parties, which can offer services over these "virtual" networks. The result is that there are 10 mobile companies operating and the prices have dropped dramatically... something like 3c for a text and 5c /min calls*. (note: I'm quoting this from memory so the details may be slightly wrong)
You can be sure that these phone companies are still making a profit.
Meanwhile, in Spain there are only 3 companies operating, and they have an unwritten agreement between themselves regarding tarifs... it's 15c for a text and the lowest call price is 12c/min (off-peak).
"Zealous venture capitalists fell over themselves to invest millions in Internet start-ups"
Looks like they're still doing it. Viacom just bought a website where you can create "virtual pets" for $160 million: www.neopets.com
If you want an Ajax-type web application you're much better off using Flash.
It has the same advantages of Ajax - the ability to update only the parts of the page that need to be update and can do so asyncronously
But most importantly it has a debugger and integrated development environment.
Although there is a debugger available for Firefox, there is none for the other browsers and you will have to debuging all that complicated javascript by trial and error.
Also, the DOM is the least compatible part of the browser, so you may have to write a seperate script for each browser. Your Flash application will work the same way on every platform.
No, Intel bashing is perfectly justified. Here is a comprehensive list of reasons why you should hate Intel:l oadableAssets/AMD-Intel_Full_Complaint.pdf
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/Down
contains some amazing revelations
I thought the Dell dj was just a Creative Zen with a different faceplate.
That's a totally ridiculous assumtion. If AMD thought for a moment that all you have to do is increase capacity to create marketshare they would have done it long ago.
No, the parent poster was closer to the truth. People buy Intel due to ignorance of processors and slick marketing by Intel and OEMs. Also, bear in mind for light weight laptops Intel actually have a superior product.
Please! That was a bar fight, something very bad, but not a terrorist action.
P.S.: Just to make things clear I am no fan of the IRA, but I am also against twisting the facts.
...If they never even give us the opertunity to choose it?s px?b=&c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&oc=D07247&rbc=D07247&s=d hs&sbc=iedhsftdppdesktop1
Look at Dell's website, there is no option to choose Windows XP N:
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.a
By they way, you may not have noticed, but there has been a ceasefire since 1998.
You said it.
I can't concentrate on reading a web page if there are a dozen flashing images all over the place, so I use adblock. I don't bother with static images. So, basically the marketers themselves are to blame for the popularity of adblockers, because they don't give a f**k about making the page easy to read. If they really want people to stop blocking maybe they should think about making their adverts less annoying.
I was looking at MMC chips the other day. They have a 1GB flash memory chip the size of a postage stamp. Does anyone else find that amazing?
A large part of the break-neck progress of electronics we see is due to the competition in the industry.
Imagine the amazing features of the OS and desktop we would have if only MS didn't have a monopoly. With real competition MS would never get away with releasing a new OS every 5 years.
I heard many stories about HP offering Linux PCs, and several times I tried having a look. I went to the HP online shop, and selected "customise you PC", then look for the OS option that says "none, Free dos, or Linux".
Either this option doesn't exist, or if it does the price does not reduce - it should be at least 50 less without Windows.
In some cases SF that tries to be accurate can be good, but if it's good then it'll be largely due to the story telling abilities of the author and not due to the accuracy of the science.
Personally I don't like any of the stuff they listed as good fiction. I would've listed John Wyndham, Arthur C Clark, and H.G. Wells.
So, all they have to do is put back the copyright notices, and the .dsp files, and then they can continue to offer spyware to the unwitting public? :(
The GPL doesn't seem to give us much protection against chancers like these
So, has anyone actually done this? I mean sell commercial software, that uses GPL software and then redistribute the source as well?
It is a real English word, just means something else.
"At first, we all laughed."2 /
Sorry, I'm still laughing. Security still has less priority than marketing at MS. That's why you see all those services still switched on by default in SP2:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/17/xphome_sp
"Firefox exploits are cropping up at a seemingly greater pace."
Maybe you ment to say security hole rather than exploit?
Firefox get's much more press when a minor security hole is discovered (something that is very hard to actually exploit), because there is an expectaion that Firefox is flawless.
Meanwhile, IE averages about a dozen critical security holes every year and no one says anything.
Does anyone know a PC supplier that *does* provide Windows XP N? Or is this an impossible to obtain product?