I must stop using that phrase, it's getting to be an annoying habit;)
It wasn't easy to find one when I looked, but I must confess that was a while back and I didn't look everywhere. Just the more mainstream places.
For the record, I'm using an old ex-business phone which does precisely what I need and no more.
That would be the case if calculators ceased to be available. I don't know about the precise situation where you are, but I'd be willing to bet it isn't particularly easy to get a phone that just phones. Calculators, on the other hand, are easy to find.
''I think it is good to have a price tag attached to each use because it tells producers what consumers want; it lets them vote with their purchase for the kinds of culture they want.''
Maybe I'm missing something, but why is "voting with your purchase" the only way of letting producers know what's popular?
To go a little further, why is "what's popular" so important anyway? Artists who produce because they enjoy it don't worry about this so much and corporations pumping out thousands of identical records are what we want to get away from anyway.
~L Wood
Have you ever read the warnings that come with the x86 assembly books from Intel? "Do not use for lifesupport systems" etc
I expect they just don't want to be taken to court when a system fails and someone dies.
Not so. Your higher-useage users are still paying the same, and while your lower-usage users are paying less, you can fit more of them onto the service.
One ISP I saw was meeting its customers half-way. There was a flat rate to use the service, which came with a monthly bandwidth allowance. There was a charge for every additional GB of data, but once this reached a certain limit (approx. equal to rival ISP's subscription charges) then all additional data was free.
Light users paid a flat rate, medium users paid a flat rate and a little more in those busy months and heavier users paid a maximum. The ISP would benefit as users would be less willing to download data they did not really want, if they could save money by not doing it.
In short, everyone's a winner.
These demos are designed to show off new hardware technology. You have to choose between new tech OR support for old hardware and seeing as this is a marketing demo...
Theres an excellent review at Bit-Tech.net.
Its interesting how the P4 wins easily on the benchmarks, but in games things are much closer. The Athlon even wins several games tests.
Run a search for the Abit Siluro OTES.
It has an immense fan very similar to the new Geforce and takes up two slots too.
Its proven very popular with gamers and overclockers, who are the people who'd spend the money to get a card on release day anyway.
It is possible to play without an initial investment, although it will be more difficult.
Players have spent months raising issues such as this on the boards during the game development, so things aren't as bad as you think.
The general feeling is indeed that there isnt much need for faster processors.
This article, however, has nothing to do with the general computer user. Its about having the fastest available chip on the market and running it faster than everyone else. While there isnt really a practical use for this, some people enjoy it (myself included. I tend to stick more to the "budget" end of things though;))
I could use a car analogy here, but thats been so overdone I'll spare you.
Phase - Change cooling systems such as the one used here typically only cost around $700. Thats less than twice the cost of a high end graphics card and it can be used to supercool any processors released using the same socket system. In short, its not such a huge/useless investment as you make out.
This is my first post on slashdot, so apologies for any mistakes.
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I must stop using that phrase, it's getting to be an annoying habit ;)
It wasn't easy to find one when I looked, but I must confess that was a while back and I didn't look everywhere. Just the more mainstream places.
For the record, I'm using an old ex-business phone which does precisely what I need and no more.
That would be the case if calculators ceased to be available. I don't know about the precise situation where you are, but I'd be willing to bet it isn't particularly easy to get a phone that just phones. Calculators, on the other hand, are easy to find.
''I think it is good to have a price tag attached to each use because it tells producers what consumers want; it lets them vote with their purchase for the kinds of culture they want.'' Maybe I'm missing something, but why is "voting with your purchase" the only way of letting producers know what's popular? To go a little further, why is "what's popular" so important anyway? Artists who produce because they enjoy it don't worry about this so much and corporations pumping out thousands of identical records are what we want to get away from anyway. ~L Wood
There's a Petition asking them to fix some of the more important problems before release. I hope they pay attention to the fans.
Project Entropia already do this.
Have you ever read the warnings that come with the x86 assembly books from Intel? "Do not use for lifesupport systems" etc I expect they just don't want to be taken to court when a system fails and someone dies.
Not so. Your higher-useage users are still paying the same, and while your lower-usage users are paying less, you can fit more of them onto the service.
One ISP I saw was meeting its customers half-way. There was a flat rate to use the service, which came with a monthly bandwidth allowance. There was a charge for every additional GB of data, but once this reached a certain limit (approx. equal to rival ISP's subscription charges) then all additional data was free. Light users paid a flat rate, medium users paid a flat rate and a little more in those busy months and heavier users paid a maximum. The ISP would benefit as users would be less willing to download data they did not really want, if they could save money by not doing it. In short, everyone's a winner.
These demos are designed to show off new hardware technology. You have to choose between new tech OR support for old hardware and seeing as this is a marketing demo...
What about downloadable software? Does downloading software from a non-US server count as importing?
Thats not what was meant. By "image" the writer meant a pattern on the surface of the disk itself. More info available here.
Theres an excellent review at Bit-Tech.net. Its interesting how the P4 wins easily on the benchmarks, but in games things are much closer. The Athlon even wins several games tests.
Run a search for the Abit Siluro OTES. It has an immense fan very similar to the new Geforce and takes up two slots too. Its proven very popular with gamers and overclockers, who are the people who'd spend the money to get a card on release day anyway.
As there aren't any DirectX 9 games out at the moment, DirectX 8 tests are still important.
See this RFC on A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers
Part 1 is missing the second half:
"and ship it to mars for $98 bazillion in taxpayer money".
You could also blame competetiveness from taking customers.
Customers arent yours by right, you have to offer them something else no-one else can.
My ebuyer.com own brand media writes reliably at 48x, so I doubt it would be too hard to find any.
It is possible to play without an initial investment, although it will be more difficult.
Players have spent months raising issues such as this on the boards during the game development, so things aren't as bad as you think.
Your cycle assumes an infinite supply of money, which they certainly wont have if people stop buying CDs.
The general feeling is indeed that there isnt much need for faster processors. ;))
This article, however, has nothing to do with the general computer user. Its about having the fastest available chip on the market and running it faster than everyone else. While there isnt really a practical use for this, some people enjoy it (myself included. I tend to stick more to the "budget" end of things though
I could use a car analogy here, but thats been so overdone I'll spare you.
Phase - Change cooling systems such as the one used here typically only cost around $700. Thats less than twice the cost of a high end graphics card and it can be used to supercool any processors released using the same socket system. In short, its not such a huge/useless investment as you make out.
This is my first post on slashdot, so apologies for any mistakes.
~Laurence Wood