XP might not be helping the issue, but as countless numbers of/.ers have mentioned, the overriding issue that is preventing sales is the price.
If they come down in price, then the market will open up and people will find a way to use other OSes and/or other OSes will start to be installed. As it stands though, there's no reason for the table PC makers to do so--the majority of their clientele are just fine with using XP.
Even before we really started to gain mastery over antibiotics, bacteriophages were studied quite extensively as a means for eradicating disease within in a patient.
The problem?
They simply don't work. Study after study has shown that sufficient numbers can't be delivered to the patient, and even when they are they don't have the anticipated the effect (ie bacteria don't die). You have to remember that the human body is hella complicated, and what will work on simple media won't necessarily work in vitro. I don't remember all the theories as to why it doesn't work, but I'm pretty sure the immune system is one of them--bacteriophages are non-self. The body can't differentiate between a "good" non-self and a "bad" non-self and will quickly destroy the viruses--if they even survive digestion.
Yes, there is a camp that believe that treatment by bacteriophage works, but the scientific community as a whole has nixed the whole idea as there has yet to be conclusive proof that it does.
I've done this a number of times for Top 40 hits in Los Angeles...
And honestly? It doesn't make a lick of difference. You still hear the same crap no matter how you rate things. Urgh.
The Two Towers: weaker then the first film, but more importantly, if the series will get recognized, it will be after the final movie is released.
Chicago: The movie is doing tremendoulsy well, and it could well be on its way to reviving a popular genre of the 50s-60s. It definitely stands a chance.
Gangs of New York: Chicago's main contender.
The Hours: Bit of a dark horse.
The Pianist: Forget it. Not enough people have seen it.
Speaking as someone who was born *in* LA, I can tell you that even many of us find the antics of the "stars" to be rather obnoxious. You know, I've never been told that I was hated by several billion people just for being born here. I think the only thing that will happen, is that I will roll my eyes at people who make this kind of idiotic generalizations.
To get back on topic, Star Trek isn't dying because it was made for us left-coast liberals, it's dying because it can't grab the attention of the pulic in a way it once did. Voyager was weak--Janeway didn't have that presence that Kirk, Picard or even Sisko had. The aliens were weak, and because of the overriding plot to get home it was difficult to develop any real significant story arcs since you're constantly moving into/out of someone's territory.
Enterprise should haven't even been made. Questionable casting, even worse writing and it's no wonder you're driving the fans away.
Nemesis had a convulted and rather lame plot that turned me off just in the previews.
When a series loses it's stamina, it loses fans, and movies fail at the box office, and that's what Bergman needs to realize.
My thought is that this would be perfect for stay-at-home moms.
Would you really want to take your two kids (both under five) to the supermarket and have to divide your time between actually shopping and making sure your kids weren't getting into everything/fighting/throwing tantrums etc?
If you have a set list every week, you could use a service like this to get your main groceries, and then only go out for things you don't always get, or get at difference sources (say your produce at a farmer's market)
And I agree: $4-5 on a 200 order really isn't much; the delivery would pay for itself in terms of time & convenience
Agreed. The first few seasons are definitely slow, but the Dominon arc (from their first introduction through their rapid gaining of power to the war and the beginnings of aftermath) was simply amazing; it was great to see such effort put into a war story line, as opposed to the battles of the week on TNG.
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No. We can't.
/.ers have mentioned, the overriding issue that is preventing sales is the price.
XP might not be helping the issue, but as countless numbers of
If they come down in price, then the market will open up and people will find a way to use other OSes and/or other OSes will start to be installed. As it stands though, there's no reason for the table PC makers to do so--the majority of their clientele are just fine with using XP.
Even before we really started to gain mastery over antibiotics, bacteriophages were studied quite extensively as a means for eradicating disease within in a patient. The problem? They simply don't work. Study after study has shown that sufficient numbers can't be delivered to the patient, and even when they are they don't have the anticipated the effect (ie bacteria don't die). You have to remember that the human body is hella complicated, and what will work on simple media won't necessarily work in vitro. I don't remember all the theories as to why it doesn't work, but I'm pretty sure the immune system is one of them--bacteriophages are non-self. The body can't differentiate between a "good" non-self and a "bad" non-self and will quickly destroy the viruses--if they even survive digestion. Yes, there is a camp that believe that treatment by bacteriophage works, but the scientific community as a whole has nixed the whole idea as there has yet to be conclusive proof that it does.
I've done this a number of times for Top 40 hits in Los Angeles... And honestly? It doesn't make a lick of difference. You still hear the same crap no matter how you rate things. Urgh.
The Two Towers: weaker then the first film, but more importantly, if the series will get recognized, it will be after the final movie is released.
Chicago: The movie is doing tremendoulsy well, and it could well be on its way to reviving a popular genre of the 50s-60s. It definitely stands a chance.
Gangs of New York: Chicago's main contender.
The Hours: Bit of a dark horse.
The Pianist: Forget it. Not enough people have seen it.
Speaking as someone who was born *in* LA, I can tell you that even many of us find the antics of the "stars" to be rather obnoxious. You know, I've never been told that I was hated by several billion people just for being born here. I think the only thing that will happen, is that I will roll my eyes at people who make this kind of idiotic generalizations.
To get back on topic, Star Trek isn't dying because it was made for us left-coast liberals, it's dying because it can't grab the attention of the pulic in a way it once did. Voyager was weak--Janeway didn't have that presence that Kirk, Picard or even Sisko had. The aliens were weak, and because of the overriding plot to get home it was difficult to develop any real significant story arcs since you're constantly moving into/out of someone's territory.
Enterprise should haven't even been made. Questionable casting, even worse writing and it's no wonder you're driving the fans away.
Nemesis had a convulted and rather lame plot that turned me off just in the previews.
When a series loses it's stamina, it loses fans, and movies fail at the box office, and that's what Bergman needs to realize.
My thought is that this would be perfect for stay-at-home moms. Would you really want to take your two kids (both under five) to the supermarket and have to divide your time between actually shopping and making sure your kids weren't getting into everything/fighting/throwing tantrums etc? If you have a set list every week, you could use a service like this to get your main groceries, and then only go out for things you don't always get, or get at difference sources (say your produce at a farmer's market) And I agree: $4-5 on a 200 order really isn't much; the delivery would pay for itself in terms of time & convenience
Agreed. The first few seasons are definitely slow, but the Dominon arc (from their first introduction through their rapid gaining of power to the war and the beginnings of aftermath) was simply amazing; it was great to see such effort put into a war story line, as opposed to the battles of the week on TNG.