It also doesn't make much sense for Microsoft to change the xbox architecture that much, since it has always been basically a PC and it has all the same systems like DirectX,.NET and the usual compatibility with Windows.
I just had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't 2001.
They abandoned the PC-like architecture with the 360. It now runs a PowerPC hybrid chip.
If you had 100 interesting family photos in digital form, sharing would be trivial and space requirements would be almost nil. It's likely that you would have already seen the photos and kept any that interested you - and the rest of your family would do the same. Basically, the pictures would never go "in the attic" because they are almost free to store on every hard drive you ever own, moving from PC to PC as you get new ones.
If your uncle had an attic fire, bye-bye pictures. And you know what? It wouldn't matter because you wouldn't even be aware that the pictures ever existed. Your Thanksgiving wouldn't have been as memorable, and that is all that would have been lost.
Near as I can tell, people who say the iPhone is more "usable" mean it is more "shiny".
Maybe what you say is more so recently, but when the iPhone first came out it was the only phone with an enjoyable internet browser. Sure, even my Sony Erickson flip phone can run Opera Mini, but it's pretty painful compared to Safari.
Personally, I think all smart phones are ooooo, shiny so I haven't made the plunge:)
I thought the primary purpose was that it was a PHONE
Ask someone with teenagers... minutes aren't even an issue anymore - it's all texting, games, etc. The phone functions are definitely secondary to a large portion of users.
Bud light might be watery, but I'm not exactly offended by the taste of water. Even Coors or Michelob Ultra is drinkable, albeit worthless and not really worth the time.
Then again, there are some leftover bottles of Miller Light in my fridge from a party... and they are not exactly disappearing quickly. Last night I almost reached for one, but had a root beer instead:)
For non-smartphones especially around the world, both Apple and Android do not have much of a presence compared to Nokia
The problem is that Apple/Android/Blackberry are cherry picking the most profitable customers. Apple and RIM would be delighted to sell nothing but higher-end phones forever, leaving the low-end, low-margin phones to Nokia and friends.
For companies who target marketshare and the low end like Dell, the last 10 years have been sort of murderous on the stockholders. Nokia's has been awful as well.
Unless you have some evidence that moderate speeding is less "socially responsible" than clogging up the highway, you are just blindly obeying a law enforcing an arbitrary limit.
Not to mention your scenario... why in the world can't you slow down by a single MPH? How selfish are you? Hold up traffic to gain a 1/65 increase in speed?
I blame cruise control. People think that they deserve to be in the passing lane if they are going 1/2 MPH faster than the person in front of them, and they overtake at glacial speed.
Yeah, but you don't go around telling the creator of the jigsaw puzzle that you put it together in a way they haven't described and that this might result in damages, but not if they just listen to what you have to say.
LOL, no analogy is perfect, and you missed the part of it that I meant to convey. I was using a jigsaw puzzle to illustrate how people like to solve problems.
Them going anonymous and simply sharing the information is not analogous to a jigsaw puzzle - they just perceive being mistreated and are now exacting revenge in their own way. I don't think I need an analogy there:)
Why would anyone BOTHER to go looking for vulnerabilities in the largest operating system in the world for ALTRUISTIC reasons?
Can you come up with a logical reason for jigsaw puzzles?
Puzzles are fun. This is a particularly geeky and difficult sort of puzzle - it shouldn't surprise you in the least that people do it as a hobby. It also shouldn't surprise you that people who are treated poorly might seek revenge.
Maybe one of our Appolytes can enlighten me, but to me, it has no substantial advantages over HDMI.
To my knowledge, there is no such thing as a standard locking HDMI connector... just some non-standard (and expensive) hacks. As a result, applications where the connector cannot fall out are limited to VGA or DVI. As you imply, VGA needs to die, and DVI has bandwidth limitations, necessitating a second connection at high resolutions.
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It also doesn't make much sense for Microsoft to change the xbox architecture that much, since it has always been basically a PC and it has all the same systems like DirectX, .NET and the usual compatibility with Windows.
I just had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't 2001.
They abandoned the PC-like architecture with the 360. It now runs a PowerPC hybrid chip.
Microsoft wants to make an ARM chip that implements the Common Language Runtime in the microarchitecture
The thought of Microsoft shipping code that they cannot patch later is at least somewhat amusing to me.
PowerPoint!
I used to send all of my PowerPoint presentations out to a lab to get transferred to Kodachrome slides. Now what the hell am I going to do?
Sometimes it's nice being a geezer; I wonder what my grandfather was able to experience that I'll never get the chance to?
Tuberculosis.
Kinda sad to see the end. Digital is so easy and high quality it is not unexpected.
Digital isn't what killed Kodachrome... better film did. You can still buy (better) slide film.
Two things:
The one you will never have the guts to ask out?
My wife wouldn't like that at all.
Near as I can tell, people who say the iPhone is more "usable" mean it is more "shiny".
Maybe what you say is more so recently, but when the iPhone first came out it was the only phone with an enjoyable internet browser. Sure, even my Sony Erickson flip phone can run Opera Mini, but it's pretty painful compared to Safari.
Personally, I think all smart phones are ooooo, shiny so I haven't made the plunge :)
I thought the primary purpose was that it was a PHONE
Ask someone with teenagers... minutes aren't even an issue anymore - it's all texting, games, etc. The phone functions are definitely secondary to a large portion of users.
Clearly you are too picky!
Bud light might be watery, but I'm not exactly offended by the taste of water. Even Coors or Michelob Ultra is drinkable, albeit worthless and not really worth the time.
Then again, there are some leftover bottles of Miller Light in my fridge from a party... and they are not exactly disappearing quickly. Last night I almost reached for one, but had a root beer instead :)
There is no bad beer. :)
Don't break your hip!
usually the same people who won't throw a nickle in a homeless mans hat....
Quit doing that... he won't go away until you stop doing that.
A high-end system that no one wants is also a problem :)
For non-smartphones especially around the world, both Apple and Android do not have much of a presence compared to Nokia
The problem is that Apple/Android/Blackberry are cherry picking the most profitable customers. Apple and RIM would be delighted to sell nothing but higher-end phones forever, leaving the low-end, low-margin phones to Nokia and friends.
For companies who target marketshare and the low end like Dell, the last 10 years have been sort of murderous on the stockholders. Nokia's has been awful as well.
Are you for real?
Unless you have some evidence that moderate speeding is less "socially responsible" than clogging up the highway, you are just blindly obeying a law enforcing an arbitrary limit.
Not to mention your scenario... why in the world can't you slow down by a single MPH? How selfish are you? Hold up traffic to gain a 1/65 increase in speed?
I blame cruise control. People think that they deserve to be in the passing lane if they are going 1/2 MPH faster than the person in front of them, and they overtake at glacial speed.
Excellent... too late, but excellent :)
Also, does it really lock? Their web site still says this:
Yeah, but you don't go around telling the creator of the jigsaw puzzle that you put it together in a way they haven't described and that this might result in damages, but not if they just listen to what you have to say.
LOL, no analogy is perfect, and you missed the part of it that I meant to convey. I was using a jigsaw puzzle to illustrate how people like to solve problems.
Them going anonymous and simply sharing the information is not analogous to a jigsaw puzzle - they just perceive being mistreated and are now exacting revenge in their own way. I don't think I need an analogy there :)
You should do
The quickest way to stop that particular activity is to get married!
Why would anyone BOTHER to go looking for vulnerabilities in the largest operating system in the world for ALTRUISTIC reasons?
Can you come up with a logical reason for jigsaw puzzles?
Puzzles are fun. This is a particularly geeky and difficult sort of puzzle - it shouldn't surprise you in the least that people do it as a hobby. It also shouldn't surprise you that people who are treated poorly might seek revenge.
You voted them in, so the're your responsibility.
I didn't marry my sister, so I'm not allowed to vote in Kentucky.
Maybe one of our Appolytes can enlighten me, but to me, it has no substantial advantages over HDMI.
To my knowledge, there is no such thing as a standard locking HDMI connector... just some non-standard (and expensive) hacks. As a result, applications where the connector cannot fall out are limited to VGA or DVI. As you imply, VGA needs to die, and DVI has bandwidth limitations, necessitating a second connection at high resolutions.
LOL, thank you... I will forever call boxing punch-face.
Injury, smingury... human missiles are cool!