I was gonna reply with a witty retort but was denied.;-)
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You probably don't know it, but marketing is about giving people the product they want.
Really? I thought marketing was about convincing people and making them want to buy a product they probably don't really need. An example being, MS convincing people to upgrade through every version of MS Office, yet many people need nothing more than MS Office '97. Clever marketing. Not just limited to advertising, but adding features that are wizz-bang, but no real use.
Connection speed:
I think at least one in four internet users use dial-up. At least. So to download a movie would take at least 50 hours on a good connection.
Demographics
So one in four is using Kazaa, BitTorrent, or similar, and knows about divx/xvid codecs, etc? Grandma on jetstream? It appears that a larger proportion of users don't even know not to open dodgy email attachments, or how to patch their OS, let alone find, download and play a movie.
The servers in NZ where I am situated, are usually playing the default 6 maps (althought some with ET Pro). The other servers that have new maps have barely a handful of players. And usually its a stupid campaign of the trick-jump training maps, i.e. no real objective, just practising trick jumps. In the weekends, I guess things are a little better as the 6 map campaign servers are often full.
Sounds like RTCW Enemy Territory. Still my favourite game at present, but most people keep playing the same 6 maps over and over when there are heaps of better ones. Some people are so rediculously over-practised at these maps that new and even experienced players will find themselves getting repeatedly hammered.....
The thing that I hate most about [buffering]...... Real [buffering]... besides their privacy and spam policies is [buffering]..... having to sign up for an account and log in [buffering]..... to use the damn freeware player. Would [buffering]...... I trust them with my credit card info? About as much as I trust them with my email address!
Add me to the list. I hired the VHS when it first come out and only watched the first 30 minutes. This was in the day when ANY movie on VHS was a novelty.
Second worst movie has to be "Extreme Days" which has a bunch of bad acting mixed with extreme sport videos that are too obviously unrelated to the story or the actors therein, even though they pass it off as if the actors are the ones doing the surfing, etc. Lame.
Installing SP2 via WindowsUpdate V5, the new WindowsUpdate changes show a heap of geek speak which roughly translates to "all your base are belong to us". Even though there is an expert option to choose which updates to apply, it's options are indeed limited.
> If you're new to Linux, I'm not sure that Debian is right distro, anyway.
I disagree. Debian 2.2r4 "Potato" was my first ever Linux install. With good instructions printed and knowledge of what hardware I had, it was a breeze to install. Just as easy as installing Windows 95 was in the day, but without having to have driver disks, hardware conflicts and numerous reboots.
The newer versions of Suse et al are easier to install than Windows XP. All partitioning (and resizing of NTFS + dual boot creation if needed) is done by the installer. You just choose 1 of the options from the list.
Theory: If a user can install Windows, that same user should be able to install Linux (GUI vs Text installer is irrelevant).
Raid-0 might be faster, but I don't think the cost of buying an extra 1 - 3 hard-drives is worth the small percentage increase in speed. It's just like when buying a cpu, the fastest cpu on the market is always rediculously expensive. Most just find the sweet spot in the market and buy accordingly.
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But I already have a car that smells of fast-food.
In ET it's "Sorry!", but I like yours better. :-)
I was gonna reply with a witty retort but was denied. ;-)
"Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, anonymous comment posting has temporarily been disabled. You can still login to post. However, if bad posting continues from your IP or Subnet that privilege could be revoked as well. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner or login and improve your posting . If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down. If you think this is unfair, please email moderation@slashdot.org with your MD5'd IPID and SubnetID, which are... "
You probably don't know it, but marketing is about giving people the product they want.
Really? I thought marketing was about convincing people and making them want to buy a product they probably don't really need. An example being, MS convincing people to upgrade through every version of MS Office, yet many people need nothing more than MS Office '97. Clever marketing. Not just limited to advertising, but adding features that are wizz-bang, but no real use.
I run 98SE and IE6ps1. The page couldn't open that shell window, so the .exe did nothing but ask me to download it. Must be an XP thing?
Connection speed:
I think at least one in four internet users use dial-up. At least. So to download a movie would take at least 50 hours on a good connection.
Demographics
So one in four is using Kazaa, BitTorrent, or similar, and knows about divx/xvid codecs, etc? Grandma on jetstream? It appears that a larger proportion of users don't even know not to open dodgy email attachments, or how to patch their OS, let alone find, download and play a movie.
hah! typo! my bad... I sure use the preview feature! I fail it!
...imagine a beofulf cluster of these!
No, he meant in the form of downloadable ROMs and emulators. ;-)
My bad.... I guess in response if playing ET, I'd hit the keys V,4,5. ;-)
The servers in NZ where I am situated, are usually playing the default 6 maps (althought some with ET Pro). The other servers that have new maps have barely a handful of players. And usually its a stupid campaign of the trick-jump training maps, i.e. no real objective, just practising trick jumps. In the weekends, I guess things are a little better as the 6 map campaign servers are often full.
Sounds like RTCW Enemy Territory. Still my favourite game at present, but most people keep playing the same 6 maps over and over when there are heaps of better ones. Some people are so rediculously over-practised at these maps that new and even experienced players will find themselves getting repeatedly hammered.....
Just DON'T let them give you prednisone.
Exactly. The re-released tarted-up movies with stupid computer drawn extras looked rather stupid. Cannot beat the original movies.
The thing that I hate most about [buffering]...... Real [buffering]... besides their privacy and spam policies is [buffering]..... having to sign up for an account and log in [buffering]..... to use the damn freeware player. Would [buffering]...... I trust them with my credit card info? About as much as I trust them with my email address!
>was sick of all the blatant product placement in the film... it was beyond absurd
You haven't seen "I, Robot" then? So much blatent advertising for Audi, Panasonic, and Converse!
Mission to Mars or Red Planet? I can never remember which is which, but they both bombed.
Add me to the list. I hired the VHS when it first come out and only watched the first 30 minutes. This was in the day when ANY movie on VHS was a novelty.
Second worst movie has to be "Extreme Days" which has a bunch of bad acting mixed with extreme sport videos that are too obviously unrelated to the story or the actors therein, even though they pass it off as if the actors are the ones doing the surfing, etc. Lame.
Dude you fail it. Even googlewar says so. ;-)
Installing SP2 via WindowsUpdate V5, the new WindowsUpdate changes show a heap of geek speak which roughly translates to "all your base are belong to us". Even though there is an expert option to choose which updates to apply, it's options are indeed limited.
ahem... let's see where this url ends up
> If you're new to Linux, I'm not sure that Debian is right distro, anyway.
I disagree. Debian 2.2r4 "Potato" was my first ever Linux install. With good instructions printed and knowledge of what hardware I had, it was a breeze to install. Just as easy as installing Windows 95 was in the day, but without having to have driver disks, hardware conflicts and numerous reboots.
The newer versions of Suse et al are easier to install than Windows XP. All partitioning (and resizing of NTFS + dual boot creation if needed) is done by the installer. You just choose 1 of the options from the list.
Theory: If a user can install Windows, that same user should be able to install Linux (GUI vs Text installer is irrelevant).
Raid-0 might be faster, but I don't think the cost of buying an extra 1 - 3 hard-drives is worth the small percentage increase in speed. It's just like when buying a cpu, the fastest cpu on the market is always rediculously expensive. Most just find the sweet spot in the market and buy accordingly.
6. I've got a greased up Yoda doll......
7. Netcraft confirms that the Beowulf Project is dead.
Yeah but does it run Linux?