I feel that there is a trend of executives selling out their values for the bottom line. The Enron folks were the extreme example of this but just about every executive has a conflict between the profit of his/her company and their own values at some point. Hypothetically, more engagement with China may bring about a trend of transformation to a pluralistic democracy with a free market economy. However, I am afraid that door swings both ways and we may be set on a course toward less democracy. Every executive loves the cheap labor that the Chinese provide thus relying less on an American workforce. A smaller American workforce means that any unions will have less power to influence a companies action. Thus, the lower and middle classes are losing power with businesses and democracy is diminishing. Now all that is left is the investors and the executives and if they are willing to help a government suppress and blind its people. Then, our future will be oppression and autocracy and our bottom-line don't look so good.
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I thought the secret levels were just to sell games guides. Another attempt to get cash and piss off the consumer.
I always thought that the vectorization part of the processor was what made Apple great for graphics creation. How many games were completely optimized for Altivec and multiple processor. Adobe, Maya, and the rest sure were but not many games. It isn't a fair comparison. Game developer are content with Directx and SSE and the Apple platform is just an afterthought, if that.
It is both an Apple and a developer problem and it may not be so easy to solve. Apple's end of the problem lies in the hardware. The notebooks while greatly design are often used underpowered components to compensate for the smaller space (heat and battery issues). The gpu in the macbook pro isn't top of the line and to make things worse it is underclock. Apple can't up the components with the small form factor they push. This is a reason why the Alienware Auroras and the Dell XPS are 10lb/2in bricks. So, notebooks wouldn't be as valueable for gaming. Now, the desktops have some problems too. iMac can't be upgraded and moreover it uses the same components as the Macbook. They're out except for maybe some MMORG. The PowerMacs are expensive and rely heavily on multiple processors/cores to get performance but games aren't written for multiprocessors. Second, the Powermacs don't offer high end video cards for their expense and the cards they offer as an add-on are second rate and overpriced. Then, trying to drive high framerates on their 20" Cinema Displays with a first person shooter is a chore, but, Apple does offer anything smaller.
The developers heavily rely on DirectX which isn't a part of Mac OS X. Even if Apple had great gaming computers, the prospect of selling Mac OS X port where you may retail 50,000 copies is pocket change and no one is going to bother.
I am sure Apple my be able to offer good high gaming systems with the successor to the PowerMac. Let me be clear, I play PC games and I love my PowerBook and OSX. Though I would love to be able to ditch Windows completely, I can only see Boot Camp as a viable solution to playing games on an Apple-made computer.
Thinkpads don't use a slot-load drive like Powerbooks/ibooks/Macbooks. A slot load has more moving parts and I feel is less reliable. Squeezing components to even smaller spaces may not the best either as components are getting hotter. GPU's, cpus, and logic boards aren't getting cooler and you adding more components like bluetooth, webcams, firewire 800, gigabit ethernet. I am surprise they get proper air flow over all those compents to make a fan useful. I think heat is going to be the biggest quality control issue for Apple for a long time.
I notice this problem mainly with small devices (notebooks and nanos). I got the first generation G5 and it chugging along with no problems. I also got the first g4 and it is working OK. But the first Titanium notebooks was a problem. The DVD failed, the screen has vertical lines, and and the case cracked. The nano get scratched easily. A general rule of thumb with those devices is to purchase an extended warranty. I really do wish Apple will settle on a design and focus their attention on quality control akin to the IBM with Thinkpad line.
Foreign governments aren't necessarily embracing open source because its better, but rather it is not Microsoft or tied to any other US entity (Apple or Sun). It could because of nationalism, pragmatic foreign policy, or a national security issue. Whatever the reason, no government reasonably wants something as important has the operating system of their vital computers at the whim of company based in a foreign country and subject to its policy decisions. Open source is good because it is viable alternative, it is open, and they don't have to start from scratch which could take years of R&D. This isn't hard to understand.
The underlining assumption implicit to their arguement is evolution is an actual phenomenon responsible for the creation of new species. But, a creationist would still argue that the "Creator" wave his (her?) hand and created the chicken. The chicken then laid the egg. I am more convince by the former but for many the question is still in dispute.
Well...I suppose that the protestors have a predisposition to visual statements i.e. wearing bunny suits to enuciate "DRM is hazardous". I assume that they express their fondness of "Star Trek" in a similar manner. But you are right. I apologize. Some may prefer to dress as HOBBITS!
He witness first hand that there are people more eccentric than he is. He is beside himself in grief! Hazmat costumes? Were they trying to bluff the attendees into believing the building had a hazardous leak and thus not attend? Oh yes, they were making a statement! Well, at least, they left their Star Trek costumes at home.
Oh yeah, I know you are ready mod me troll or flamebait. But wait, "DRM is evil!!!" Now you have a conundrum on your hands. Good luck sorting that out
I have purchase 99% of my music via iTunes. I can say I haven't hit any limitations as yet nor have I been unable to do what I want. I can burn my music and stream it every computer in my house. I have iPod so I not worried about playing it on a non-apple player. Even then, there is a way around the encryption. If anyone here is truly against DRM in any form, then vote with your wallets and boycott the whole industry from Apple to Warner Music. Not one player, not one song...hell, turn off your radio!
I wanted to be concise. You know what they say, " a picture is worth a thousand words". Not to mention, it would not have had the same effect to describe Linus' man boobs jiggling has he descends... Oh, wait... back to the porn.
It's Linux. There is nothing hot an spicy about that. Just take a look at this guy. I going to have to immerse myself in porn for a day to get that image out my head. Disturbing
I really don't how a services economy is going to mobilize for the next big war. How many financial analysts does it take to build F22? How many systems administrator does it take to build a submarine? I am going to mention the lower class who are alcoholic, drug-addicted, or just plain disillioned as their jobs are ship over seas or given to illegal immigrants. I am sure we can round up all the prostitutes, strippers, and drug addicts and train them to build a tank. Computer components are vital part our warfighting ability and exactly how much of that is manufacture in the continental US? I guess we are assuming that in a war with China, we can always have them make our weapons for us so we can in turn drop on them. Seems logical and we don't have top pay for shipping. Spying is the least of our problems. China hasn't asserted itself so far because it still needs to grow some but what about 20 years from now? We can always hope China evolves into a pluralistic democracy but then again we are one and we still invaded Iraq.
I think start manufacturing guillotines because I can see that we are going to need them pretty soon. I find it amusing that they use law when it suits their purpose but circumvent it when it doesn't. I am sure that there is a law against warrentless tapping of American citizens, torture, or suspension of Miranda rights somewhere on the books. I think Gonzales should sit back, relax, and chase pedophiles or something. He definitely barking up the wrong tree when he threatens free press.
OBESE!!! Good to see Microsoft is keeping up with American trends. Hard drive is not too much of an issue but the ram, 512MB- 1GB?? So, that means we are going to need 2Gigs to multitask efficiently. Imagine the problems with all those computer with integrated graphics and shared memory. Notebooks users are going to feel the pain there. Then, 128 MB video cards minimum with more ram needed for higher resolutions. Again, I think that is going to sting notebook users, graphics pros, users with IG chipsets, and anyone who needed that card to render something other than the GUI. In conclusion, read the sig!!!
Well, I can comment on the multimedia. I must Mac OS X has come a long way in playing all sorts of obscure media formats. Divx, Xvid, WMV... you name it. Now I can say with great confidence is that Mac OSX is a viable alternative for playing porn on the computer! Another hugh plus over Windows XP is secure erase and private browsing in safari so the wife can't check up on you. Oh yeah, it does office too.
Maybe it is your use of the word automagically that indicates the problem. There is should not be any magic about it. It is a piece of technology and it was design to work. Users should not have to jump through hoops, hope for a miracle, or chant a spell to use it. When it comes to hardware, the developers should design the OS to discover and configure devices automatically. You see I use the word automatically which is derive from the word automate (to run without user input). I am sure that hardware has specific states and behavior based on its design. There is no smoke and mirrors required.
What the point here with this processor? A dual-core (or even quad-core) with a dual-sli GPU isn't enough!! We need a Physics processing unit now. Man, do they ever invent ways to siphon more money from a fools wallet. $300, good lord that is a lot of money. Developer can't utilized the processors that are in the computer already for the extra physics. With questionable support in the near term and total lack of a competing product, I am not shelling out a thing for this.
It's just that there is virtually nothing interesting or exciting happening (with the lone exception of the X-Box360) with anything the company is doing.
I don't usually agree with Dvorak, but he does have a valid point here. What is exciting in about Vista, Office, or anything else Microsoft is producing? With Vista, most of the features have been around in other OSes for quite some time. With Office, how many ways can you design a word processor? Most of the time, all I need to do is type and save. Powerpoint has all the functionality I need today. Access could use some work but how exciting is "the New Access... less buggier than the old one"? Do I really need 2007?.Net, what the hell is that? Better question, why should I or any other basic user care? MSN? Are they still offering dial-up service or webservice portal? Webservice portal are a dime a dozen-Google, Yahoo, etc. They are all free anyway and I could less about advertisements. So, I do agree with Dvorak here and Microsoft is a bloated giant. They have no imagination or at least the marketing skills to show that they do.
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I feel that there is a trend of executives selling out their values for the bottom line. The Enron folks were the extreme example of this but just about every executive has a conflict between the profit of his/her company and their own values at some point. Hypothetically, more engagement with China may bring about a trend of transformation to a pluralistic democracy with a free market economy. However, I am afraid that door swings both ways and we may be set on a course toward less democracy. Every executive loves the cheap labor that the Chinese provide thus relying less on an American workforce. A smaller American workforce means that any unions will have less power to influence a companies action. Thus, the lower and middle classes are losing power with businesses and democracy is diminishing. Now all that is left is the investors and the executives and if they are willing to help a government suppress and blind its people. Then, our future will be oppression and autocracy and our bottom-line don't look so good.
I thought the secret levels were just to sell games guides. Another attempt to get cash and piss off the consumer.
I always thought that the vectorization part of the processor was what made Apple great for graphics creation. How many games were completely optimized for Altivec and multiple processor. Adobe, Maya, and the rest sure were but not many games. It isn't a fair comparison. Game developer are content with Directx and SSE and the Apple platform is just an afterthought, if that.
It is both an Apple and a developer problem and it may not be so easy to solve. Apple's end of the problem lies in the hardware. The notebooks while greatly design are often used underpowered components to compensate for the smaller space (heat and battery issues). The gpu in the macbook pro isn't top of the line and to make things worse it is underclock. Apple can't up the components with the small form factor they push. This is a reason why the Alienware Auroras and the Dell XPS are 10lb/2in bricks. So, notebooks wouldn't be as valueable for gaming. Now, the desktops have some problems too. iMac can't be upgraded and moreover it uses the same components as the Macbook. They're out except for maybe some MMORG. The PowerMacs are expensive and rely heavily on multiple processors/cores to get performance but games aren't written for multiprocessors. Second, the Powermacs don't offer high end video cards for their expense and the cards they offer as an add-on are second rate and overpriced. Then, trying to drive high framerates on their 20" Cinema Displays with a first person shooter is a chore, but, Apple does offer anything smaller.
The developers heavily rely on DirectX which isn't a part of Mac OS X. Even if Apple had great gaming computers, the prospect of selling Mac OS X port where you may retail 50,000 copies is pocket change and no one is going to bother.
I am sure Apple my be able to offer good high gaming systems with the successor to the PowerMac. Let me be clear, I play PC games and I love my PowerBook and OSX. Though I would love to be able to ditch Windows completely, I can only see Boot Camp as a viable solution to playing games on an Apple-made computer.
Thinkpads don't use a slot-load drive like Powerbooks/ibooks/Macbooks. A slot load has more moving parts and I feel is less reliable. Squeezing components to even smaller spaces may not the best either as components are getting hotter. GPU's, cpus, and logic boards aren't getting cooler and you adding more components like bluetooth, webcams, firewire 800, gigabit ethernet. I am surprise they get proper air flow over all those compents to make a fan useful. I think heat is going to be the biggest quality control issue for Apple for a long time.
I notice this problem mainly with small devices (notebooks and nanos). I got the first generation G5 and it chugging along with no problems. I also got the first g4 and it is working OK. But the first Titanium notebooks was a problem. The DVD failed, the screen has vertical lines, and and the case cracked. The nano get scratched easily. A general rule of thumb with those devices is to purchase an extended warranty. I really do wish Apple will settle on a design and focus their attention on quality control akin to the IBM with Thinkpad line.
Foreign governments aren't necessarily embracing open source because its better, but rather it is not Microsoft or tied to any other US entity (Apple or Sun). It could because of nationalism, pragmatic foreign policy, or a national security issue. Whatever the reason, no government reasonably wants something as important has the operating system of their vital computers at the whim of company based in a foreign country and subject to its policy decisions. Open source is good because it is viable alternative, it is open, and they don't have to start from scratch which could take years of R&D. This isn't hard to understand.
So, I guess that makes Intel the Jason in this conflict.
What are trying to say that "Intel is a mindless zombie". Well, that does explain the pentium 4 processor and integrated video.
The underlining assumption implicit to their arguement is evolution is an actual phenomenon responsible for the creation of new species. But, a creationist would still argue that the "Creator" wave his (her?) hand and created the chicken. The chicken then laid the egg. I am more convince by the former but for many the question is still in dispute.
Wow, it looks like Microsoft has reached parity with Linux. 5 years hard wotk has sure paid off!
Well...I suppose that the protestors have a predisposition to visual statements i.e. wearing bunny suits to enuciate "DRM is hazardous". I assume that they express their fondness of "Star Trek" in a similar manner. But you are right. I apologize. Some may prefer to dress as HOBBITS!
He witness first hand that there are people more eccentric than he is. He is beside himself in grief! Hazmat costumes? Were they trying to bluff the attendees into believing the building had a hazardous leak and thus not attend? Oh yes, they were making a statement! Well, at least, they left their Star Trek costumes at home.
Oh yeah, I know you are ready mod me troll or flamebait. But wait, "DRM is evil!!!" Now you have a conundrum on your hands. Good luck sorting that out
I have purchase 99% of my music via iTunes. I can say I haven't hit any limitations as yet nor have I been unable to do what I want. I can burn my music and stream it every computer in my house. I have iPod so I not worried about playing it on a non-apple player. Even then, there is a way around the encryption. If anyone here is truly against DRM in any form, then vote with your wallets and boycott the whole industry from Apple to Warner Music. Not one player, not one song...hell, turn off your radio!
I wanted to be concise. You know what they say, " a picture is worth a thousand words". Not to mention, it would not have had the same effect to describe Linus' man boobs jiggling has he descends... Oh, wait... back to the porn.
It's Linux. There is nothing hot an spicy about that. Just take a look at this guy. I going to have to immerse myself in porn for a day to get that image out my head. Disturbing
I was waiting for the Spider-man joke. Scrolling down the page, I wondered if I really was on Slashdot? You have allayed my fears. Thank You
I really don't how a services economy is going to mobilize for the next big war. How many financial analysts does it take to build F22? How many systems administrator does it take to build a submarine? I am going to mention the lower class who are alcoholic, drug-addicted, or just plain disillioned as their jobs are ship over seas or given to illegal immigrants. I am sure we can round up all the prostitutes, strippers, and drug addicts and train them to build a tank. Computer components are vital part our warfighting ability and exactly how much of that is manufacture in the continental US? I guess we are assuming that in a war with China, we can always have them make our weapons for us so we can in turn drop on them. Seems logical and we don't have top pay for shipping. Spying is the least of our problems. China hasn't asserted itself so far because it still needs to grow some but what about 20 years from now? We can always hope China evolves into a pluralistic democracy but then again we are one and we still invaded Iraq.
I think start manufacturing guillotines because I can see that we are going to need them pretty soon. I find it amusing that they use law when it suits their purpose but circumvent it when it doesn't. I am sure that there is a law against warrentless tapping of American citizens, torture, or suspension of Miranda rights somewhere on the books. I think Gonzales should sit back, relax, and chase pedophiles or something. He definitely barking up the wrong tree when he threatens free press.
OBESE!!! Good to see Microsoft is keeping up with American trends. Hard drive is not too much of an issue but the ram, 512MB- 1GB?? So, that means we are going to need 2Gigs to multitask efficiently. Imagine the problems with all those computer with integrated graphics and shared memory. Notebooks users are going to feel the pain there. Then, 128 MB video cards minimum with more ram needed for higher resolutions. Again, I think that is going to sting notebook users, graphics pros, users with IG chipsets, and anyone who needed that card to render something other than the GUI. In conclusion, read the sig!!!
Well, I can comment on the multimedia. I must Mac OS X has come a long way in playing all sorts of obscure media formats. Divx, Xvid, WMV... you name it. Now I can say with great confidence is that Mac OSX is a viable alternative for playing porn on the computer! Another hugh plus over Windows XP is secure erase and private browsing in safari so the wife can't check up on you. Oh yeah, it does office too.
Maybe it is your use of the word automagically that indicates the problem. There is should not be any magic about it. It is a piece of technology and it was design to work. Users should not have to jump through hoops, hope for a miracle, or chant a spell to use it. When it comes to hardware, the developers should design the OS to discover and configure devices automatically. You see I use the word automatically which is derive from the word automate (to run without user input). I am sure that hardware has specific states and behavior based on its design. There is no smoke and mirrors required.
Ha...Ha!!!!
Thank you, Nelson. Your wisdom spans the ages.
You give them an inch, they will always go for the mile. Well, good thing they had lawyers. It is always good to fight sleaze with sleaze.
So, is this thing going to fall on my house or what? If not, thanks for yet another story that doesn't matter.
What the point here with this processor? A dual-core (or even quad-core) with a dual-sli GPU isn't enough!! We need a Physics processing unit now. Man, do they ever invent ways to siphon more money from a fools wallet. $300, good lord that is a lot of money. Developer can't utilized the processors that are in the computer already for the extra physics. With questionable support in the near term and total lack of a competing product, I am not shelling out a thing for this.
I don't usually agree with Dvorak, but he does have a valid point here. What is exciting in about Vista, Office, or anything else Microsoft is producing? With Vista, most of the features have been around in other OSes for quite some time. With Office, how many ways can you design a word processor? Most of the time, all I need to do is type and save. Powerpoint has all the functionality I need today. Access could use some work but how exciting is "the New Access... less buggier than the old one"? Do I really need 2007? .Net, what the hell is that? Better question, why should I or any other basic user care? MSN? Are they still offering dial-up service or webservice portal? Webservice portal are a dime a dozen-Google, Yahoo, etc. They are all free anyway and I could less about advertisements. So, I do agree with Dvorak here and Microsoft is a bloated giant. They have no imagination or at least the marketing skills to show that they do.