It's always sad to see a monopoly fail when it muscles it's way into a new market:) I must say though SEGA has made some amazing games for the XBOX-- not enough to warrant a purchase from me.. I have a gamecube and a ps2(one that has a defective discdrive...disc read error blah)... The Gamecube has been insanely fun- more fun than most of my PS2 games... Metroid was tons of fun, and even though the games are pretty stylized and bright they are still great fun. I don't think Microsoft will be able to stay afloat in the games industry personally- They are just getting started from their perspective- while companies like Sony and Nintendo are already working on releasing new consoles by 2005... How long will it take for Microsoft to try and move into the handheld market?... Nintendo practically subsidizes their console business with handhelds until they can produce them cheap enough to stand on their own. 3 consoles-- and the market is already saturated...personally I hope microsoft fails- they produced an inferior product in many respects-- I'm am glad that the gaming public has enough taste to avoid the heap of plastic the XBOX is.
I Love new technology, and I think its great that power companies are making the most efficient use of their technologies.
My issue is putting all your eggs in one basket... A few years back when there was a giant ice storm in Quebec, we were reminded of how dependant people have become on electricity. Now lets just say that using the power grid to access information becomes popular- power grids are already very central to survival in the modern age. if something happens to the grid you're not going to have power, so it wont matter if you can access the net; slowly the infastructure can be repaired and the chances of taking out all power lines at once is very slim. On the other hand if you were to take out a couple power stations you could disrupt the flow of information, as well as disrupt the lives of people for a considerable amount of time. It would be much harder to replace a power plant than wires and transformers.
I've also heard of IBM working on Holographic storage, Crystal Storage, and Molecular Storage.... It just seems IBM's R&D groups are more interested in winning patents than actually pumping out viable products-- they aren't exactly known for their innovations in the modern computer age, and are probably more interested in trying to attract US Gov't investments. Now how long will it be before Steve Jobs comes along, flirts with the CEO of IBM and steals everything only to have Bill Gates come along and steal it off him...
How much slower will hard drives be? Or will they get faster?...it just sounds slower to me,
Shouldn't more reasearch be made into solid state memory? I'm not a big fan of hard drive noises and grinding... but hey any research is good research:)
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I wouldn't say it is pro capitalist. The RIAA has a sanctioned monopoly in their business. The business model has more in common with prostitution, the "artists" are promised the world but forced into debt by their publishers, and are forced into more agreements and debts. It would be similar to an office worker becoming instantly in debt to his employer because he needs supplies (like a computer) to do the job you just hired him for, but why not charge him for the marketing of the product you're going to sell, and also make him responsible for the shipping of your product- after all they all cut into the bottom line... In a true capitalistic economy competition would allow artists to find better publishers (which does happen) and if the RIAA had competition we would see new business models that would force the RIAA to compete and change the way it treats consumers. Monopolies go against the idea of capitalism, where it is in the best interest of a company, or trade association to look out for the "well-being" of the consumer-- and obviously keep him/her happy enough to buy your product.
Everyone keeps asking what is up ATI's sleeve.... I can tell you: a big insider trading scandal. K.Y. Ho and his wife screwed over ATI for 6 million... I mean with a name like K.Y. Ho the guy deserves the money- but the company is already at the bottom of the market, and K.Y. is essential for ATI's succsess.
Ho has very tight relationships with manufacturers, one of ATI's advantages. This scam is going to kill ATI, even if they get off their stock price is extremely low. here is the link to the story
It probably already can, a video card works at 10 (to the 8th power) kph, while your brain uses sodium-potasium pumps to build up a charge... the nueral conduction speed is only about 100kph 10 (to the 2 power) kph.... the problem becomes building an interface between the computer and your brain...which of course people predict will be possible with nano machines... who knows.
They aren't looking for radio transmissions like you'd find pumping out of your local FM or AM station. They working on the premise that Alien lifeforms use some type of energy for power, like electricity. Every electrical device gives off some kind of Electromagnetic field and produced radio waves. Yes there may be some super intelligent squids living at the bottom of an ocean on some planet light years away, but I think seti is most interested in finding life that is a lot like us.
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Ive always wanted to be able to sit around naked with a bunch of my best male friends and cook big sauasages.. If only I could drive around in my Sauna-mobile too.. wow I'd be the coolest kid in the universe *sarcasam*
I just found a great update for m125, a "digitizer update" This makes everything much much more accurate.. so now I'm quite happy with my m125 and grafiti (as compared to my earlier post):-)
Graffiti is driving me crazy these days. It worked wonders when I first bought my Palm about a year ago, but now it seems to be slowly dying out on me. I hate those portable keyboards, and one of the reasons I bought a palm was so that I could operate in silence. I am using an m125, and I would use a mini-keyboard like the one that was released for the m705, the little black one that attaches to the bottom. Does anyone have any suggestions for keyboard replacements for an m125?
I guess it's a good thing they document all the different animal species before they are all dead, or become some part of the McDonalds "hamburger" (TM)
Also this documentation will help to aide in my hunting them all down and mounting them on my wall
Gotta catch em all!
Last time I checked the typical target for terrorism was people. I don't think they would hit a target unless their was a considerable amount of lives at stake, or a disruption of services. This seems like a big waste of money. Put that money into protecting people, not restricting civil liberties and mapping everything with some lasers.
As a recent switcher to the mac platform, I agree... its so true, if this pans out to be true my excuse is out the window:P
How fast we all forget who had the monopoly before Microsoft came along and freed the operating system from the hardware.
SO yeah I paid 129$ for a translucent terminal window!
It kinda makes sense- I am ONLY entitled to the iApp that came with Jaguar. Maybe if Apple is in a good mood I'll get a few bug fixes....perhaps...
This kinda makes me think that Apple is going to start forcing users to use ONLY the Operating system they bought with their macs...so if you want os 10.3....you better buy a new computer.
This might be mac blasphemy, but maybe Jobs really is a washed up hippy with little education? Is this possible? NeXt wasn't rolling in the dough... and Pixar only was sucsessful because they were located far enough away from Jobs geographically preventing him from turning it into a hardware company.
So yeah, I know all this and I still own a mac, I like Apple, but I'm not going to be a zealot. I switched because of the iApps, I thought I paid for them with my loyalty to the mac brand, and I was willing to pay for em again the next time I bought an OS upgrade, or bought a new mac....(which I was planning to do).
I think it's about time Apple moves away from hardware..... maybe sticks with designing the cases, and let AMD or Intel, or the Chinese goverment make the innards... Your computers are slow, and gouging me is not going to make you sleep better at night!
If this rumor pans out to be true, Apple will have actually made the windows operating system attractive, it has great games, lots of support, and fast processor speeds! that will not kill your bank account... I never thought i'd say that.
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It's always sad to see a monopoly fail when it muscles it's way into a new market :)
I must say though SEGA has made some amazing games for the XBOX-- not enough to warrant a purchase from me.. I have a gamecube and a ps2(one that has a defective discdrive...disc read error blah)... The Gamecube has been insanely fun- more fun than most of my PS2 games... Metroid was tons of fun, and even though the games are pretty stylized and bright they are still great fun.
I don't think Microsoft will be able to stay afloat in the games industry personally- They are just getting started from their perspective- while companies like Sony and Nintendo are already working on releasing new consoles by 2005...
How long will it take for Microsoft to try and move into the handheld market?... Nintendo practically subsidizes their console business with handhelds until they can produce them cheap enough to stand on their own.
3 consoles-- and the market is already saturated...personally I hope microsoft fails- they produced an inferior product in many respects-- I'm am glad that the gaming public has enough taste to avoid the heap of plastic the XBOX is.
I Love new technology, and I think its great that power companies are making the most efficient use of their technologies.
My issue is putting all your eggs in one basket... A few years back when there was a giant ice storm in Quebec, we were reminded of how dependant people have become on electricity. Now lets just say that using the power grid to access information becomes popular- power grids are already very central to survival in the modern age.
if something happens to the grid you're not going to have power, so it wont matter if you can access the net; slowly the infastructure can be repaired and the chances of taking out all power lines at once is very slim. On the other hand if you were to take out a couple power stations you could disrupt the flow of information, as well as disrupt the lives of people for a considerable amount of time. It would be much harder to replace a power plant than wires and transformers.
I've also heard of IBM working on Holographic storage, Crystal Storage, and Molecular Storage.... It just seems IBM's R&D groups are more interested in winning patents than actually pumping out viable products-- they aren't exactly known for their innovations in the modern computer age, and are probably more interested in trying to attract US Gov't investments.
Now how long will it be before Steve Jobs comes along, flirts with the CEO of IBM and steals everything only to have Bill Gates come along and steal it off him...
sure if you find anything let me know
How much slower will hard drives be? Or will they get faster? ...it just sounds slower to me, :)
Shouldn't more reasearch be made into solid state memory? I'm not a big fan of hard drive noises and grinding... but hey any research is good research
I wouldn't say it is pro capitalist. The RIAA has a sanctioned monopoly in their business. The business model has more in common with prostitution, the "artists" are promised the world but forced into debt by their publishers, and are forced into more agreements and debts. It would be similar to an office worker becoming instantly in debt to his employer because he needs supplies (like a computer) to do the job you just hired him for, but why not charge him for the marketing of the product you're going to sell, and also make him responsible for the shipping of your product- after all they all cut into the bottom line... In a true capitalistic economy competition would allow artists to find better publishers (which does happen) and if the RIAA had competition we would see new business models that would force the RIAA to compete and change the way it treats consumers. Monopolies go against the idea of capitalism, where it is in the best interest of a company, or trade association to look out for the "well-being" of the consumer-- and obviously keep him/her happy enough to buy your product.
Everytime a bell rings... the Riaa gets .50 cents
Everyone keeps asking what is up ATI's sleeve.... I can tell you: a big insider trading scandal. K.Y. Ho and his wife screwed over ATI for 6 million... I mean with a name like K.Y. Ho the guy deserves the money- but the company is already at the bottom of the market, and K.Y. is essential for ATI's succsess.
Ho has very tight relationships with manufacturers, one of ATI's advantages. This scam is going to kill ATI, even if they get off their stock price is extremely low. here is the link to the story
It probably already can, a video card works at 10 (to the 8th power) kph, while your brain uses sodium-potasium pumps to build up a charge... the nueral conduction speed is only about 100kph 10 (to the 2 power) kph.... the problem becomes building an interface between the computer and your brain...which of course people predict will be possible with nano machines... who knows.
They aren't looking for radio transmissions like you'd find pumping out of your local FM or AM station. They working on the premise that Alien lifeforms use some type of energy for power, like electricity. Every electrical device gives off some kind of Electromagnetic field and produced radio waves. Yes there may be some super intelligent squids living at the bottom of an ocean on some planet light years away, but I think seti is most interested in finding life that is a lot like us.
Ive always wanted to be able to sit around naked with a bunch of my best male friends and cook big sauasages.. If only I could drive around in my Sauna-mobile too.. wow I'd be the coolest kid in the universe *sarcasam*
I just found a great update for m125, a "digitizer update" This makes everything much much more accurate.. so now I'm quite happy with my m125 and grafiti (as compared to my earlier post) :-)
Graffiti is driving me crazy these days. It worked wonders when I first bought my Palm about a year ago, but now it seems to be slowly dying out on me. I hate those portable keyboards, and one of the reasons I bought a palm was so that I could operate in silence.
I am using an m125, and I would use a mini-keyboard like the one that was released for the m705, the little black one that attaches to the bottom.
Does anyone have any suggestions for keyboard replacements for an m125?
I guess it's a good thing they document all the different animal species before they are all dead, or become some part of the McDonalds "hamburger" (TM)
Also this documentation will help to aide in my hunting them all down and mounting them on my wall
Gotta catch em all!
Last time I checked the typical target for terrorism was people. I don't think they would hit a target unless their was a considerable amount of lives at stake, or a disruption of services.
This seems like a big waste of money. Put that money into protecting people, not restricting civil liberties and mapping everything with some lasers.
Here is an idea: how about instead of paying $3000 for a segway you just walk.... millions of years of evolution can't be wrong.
As a recent switcher to the mac platform, I agree... its so true, if this pans out to be true my excuse is out the window :P
How fast we all forget who had the monopoly before Microsoft came along and freed the operating system from the hardware.
SO yeah I paid 129$ for a translucent terminal window!
It kinda makes sense- I am ONLY entitled to the iApp that came with Jaguar. Maybe if Apple is in a good mood I'll get a few bug fixes....perhaps...
This kinda makes me think that Apple is going to start forcing users to use ONLY the Operating system they bought with their macs...so if you want os 10.3....you better buy a new computer.
This might be mac blasphemy, but maybe Jobs really is a washed up hippy with little education? Is this possible? NeXt wasn't rolling in the dough... and Pixar only was sucsessful because they were located far enough away from Jobs geographically preventing him from turning it into a hardware company.
So yeah, I know all this and I still own a mac, I like Apple, but I'm not going to be a zealot. I switched because of the iApps, I thought I paid for them with my loyalty to the mac brand, and I was willing to pay for em again the next time I bought an OS upgrade, or bought a new mac....(which I was planning to do).
I think it's about time Apple moves away from hardware..... maybe sticks with designing the cases, and let AMD or Intel, or the Chinese goverment make the innards... Your computers are slow, and gouging me is not going to make you sleep better at night!
If this rumor pans out to be true, Apple will have actually made the windows operating system attractive, it has great games, lots of support, and fast processor speeds! that will not kill your bank account... I never thought i'd say that.
.....what gives? I talk to my computer all the time..I guess I'm ahead of the times.