The questions I never see answered in these articles is: How good (or bad) really is this stuff? Does it fail immediately? Is it riddled with bugs? Does it just perform at a sub-par level? Does it not play well with genuine Cisco? Is the problem that you can't get support for it afterwards? Is it built with different parts than the genuine item? Is it hardware spyware? Is it a covert attempt by the Chinese to control the entire Internet? Or is genuine Cicso just ridiculously overpriced?
The DDR3-capable processors should allow data to be exchanged faster between the memory and CPU, translating to better overall netbook performance.
What I've heard is that memory isn't the bottleneck in Atom CPPU's. As such, DDR3 really won't improve performance at all -- and is really just a marketing bullet point to charge higher prices with.
"identifying themselves as representing Apple last week visited and sought permission to search the Silicon Valley address of the college-age man who came into possession of a next-generation iPhone prototype."
Microsoft can't build a competitive search engine and Google can't field a competitive Office Suite -- and neither of them have taken the cell phone world by storm yet. All is still good and balanced with the universe.
If we had lawsuit protection and a loser pays rule it would be a lot harder to threaten these sites with frivolous lawsuits. Especially if a judge ruled that you had to put up a bond to pay in the event you lost before you were allowed to file. You can argue the other way that this denies the poor justice, but the current system is crap to innocent defendants.
I'm continually surprised by how much crap everyone is willing to put up with from Apple, while worshiping the ground that Steve Jobs walks on. The same guy who actually had to leave Apple before we got an Open Mac. How long before SJ starts selling once-worn mock turtlenecks on eBay for a few extra bucks?
They can't sell e-books for $14.99 if people don't buy them for $14.99. It's up to the public to decide just how much they want to be screwed over on eBook prices.
...to go after tens of thousands of infringers at a time on a contingency basis in hopes of coming up with the right cost-benefit incentive to pursue individual pirates.
And what happens if every one of this first group heads off to court?
However, the proposals are coming under fire from union leaders who complain that thousands of public sector workers would be made jobless and pointed to the Government's poor record of handling personal data.
Like this is a surprise to anyone? If the unions had their way we'd all still be riding horses as long as the horse industry protected union jobs. How long before people - even union people - realize that more unions == lower productivity and a lower standard of living?
Apple is the only one who doesn't actually have a device available for sale right now?
Actually Apple has had a device for portable eBook reading available for sale for the last year. The Kindle reader for iPhone/iPod Touch has been a free app for months now, and other eBook readers have existed for these platforms as well. What Apple hasn't had is their own eBook store to profit from.
I support Amazon's position here, and I have titles for sale on their site. Unless Amazon intends to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Publishing, they've got to stand up for this now. If they are the World's Biggest Bookstore, then they have leverage and they should use it.
It is clear to this observer that not only are Texas courts far too heavily biased towards submarine and other questionable patent challenges against big companies, but also in the pocket of the Big Media trust. Funny how those 2 positions should seem to be polar opposites.
Judges should be absolutely prohibited from making any rulings in technology fields where they don't have a demonstrated competency of a high degree.
The judge rejected Alvarado's accusations, saying that the plaintiff had not proved Microsoft benefited from the downgrade practices that it created and that OEMs implemented."
Another stupid judge ruling our lives. Don't you think a judge ought to know something about the field he is ruling in before he is allowed to make judgments there? Would be nice, wouldn't it?
If Apple really cared about empowering the user in the style, manner, and spirit of their legendary 1984 commercial, they would make Flash available -- or rather allow Adobe to make it available -- on the iPhone, Touch, and iPad, and allow the user to decide which user experiences work best for them.
Apple only cares about profits and control these days, having become the very thing they once railed against.
If you want to do this right then have your robots spend more time with humans than other robots. This way we can evolve a robot who plays well with other people, than with other robots.
That's what I'm sure my favorite robot SF authors -- Elf Sternberg and D.B. Story -- have planned for their robots. I would love to meet either of their creations.
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The questions I never see answered in these articles is: How good (or bad) really is this stuff? Does it fail immediately? Is it riddled with bugs? Does it just perform at a sub-par level? Does it not play well with genuine Cisco? Is the problem that you can't get support for it afterwards? Is it built with different parts than the genuine item? Is it hardware spyware? Is it a covert attempt by the Chinese to control the entire Internet? Or is genuine Cicso just ridiculously overpriced?
1: Rip the content by all means necessary and have it out on the BT sites within hours of release.
2: Go to the FCC and point out how this did nothing to prevent piracy, while annoying everyone in the process.
3: SoC dies the death it should have died long ago.
4: Profit!
And if this doesn't work, vote for the other party next election.
What I've heard is that memory isn't the bottleneck in Atom CPPU's. As such, DDR3 really won't improve performance at all -- and is really just a marketing bullet point to charge higher prices with.
Why didn't Apple just call the phone and ask for it to be returned in exchange for a suitable reward?
Why didn't they used their vaunted find my phone system to locate it within hours of knowing it was missing?
Why wasn't it bricked within minutes of going AWOL, rather than letting the people play around with it for weeks?
Too many things just don't make sense about any of this.
Did the guy even tell Apple that it was missing?
The only answer to this is not No, but F-NO!
And a thousand trees cried out in agony, suddenly stilled.
Microsoft can't build a competitive search engine and Google can't field a competitive Office Suite -- and neither of them have taken the cell phone world by storm yet. All is still good and balanced with the universe.
If we had lawsuit protection and a loser pays rule it would be a lot harder to threaten these sites with frivolous lawsuits. Especially if a judge ruled that you had to put up a bond to pay in the event you lost before you were allowed to file. You can argue the other way that this denies the poor justice, but the current system is crap to innocent defendants.
I'm continually surprised by how much crap everyone is willing to put up with from Apple, while worshiping the ground that Steve Jobs walks on. The same guy who actually had to leave Apple before we got an Open Mac. How long before SJ starts selling once-worn mock turtlenecks on eBay for a few extra bucks?
And that's how we got VHS over Betamax.
They can't sell e-books for $14.99 if people don't buy them for $14.99. It's up to the public to decide just how much they want to be screwed over on eBook prices.
And what happens if every one of this first group heads off to court?
Like this is a surprise to anyone? If the unions had their way we'd all still be riding horses as long as the horse industry protected union jobs. How long before people - even union people - realize that more unions == lower productivity and a lower standard of living?
Actually Apple has had a device for portable eBook reading available for sale for the last year. The Kindle reader for iPhone/iPod Touch has been a free app for months now, and other eBook readers have existed for these platforms as well. What Apple hasn't had is their own eBook store to profit from.
I support Amazon's position here, and I have titles for sale on their site. Unless Amazon intends to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Publishing, they've got to stand up for this now. If they are the World's Biggest Bookstore, then they have leverage and they should use it.
What I'd like them to unearth is the television series My Living Doll.
I've got to go back and hunt down the issue about the Russians having a Nuclear Powered Airplane, and that we were going to have our own in 18 months.
It is clear to this observer that not only are Texas courts far too heavily biased towards submarine and other questionable patent challenges against big companies, but also in the pocket of the Big Media trust. Funny how those 2 positions should seem to be polar opposites.
Judges should be absolutely prohibited from making any rulings in technology fields where they don't have a demonstrated competency of a high degree.
Just shut it down and let the lights go out in Vermont.
Oh, and how much extra mid-east oil will we import to make up for that clean, carbon neutral power? Enquiring minds want to know.
The pirates need to set up their own DRM/Save/Restore server and hack the game to use it instead.
Problem solved. Now how badly do you want to do it?
Another stupid judge ruling our lives. Don't you think a judge ought to know something about the field he is ruling in before he is allowed to make judgments there? Would be nice, wouldn't it?
Now that you're back up it sounds like a good time to move your domain to a more reasonable registrar and hosting company. You have been warned!
If Apple really cared about empowering the user in the style, manner, and spirit of their legendary 1984 commercial, they would make Flash available -- or rather allow Adobe to make it available -- on the iPhone, Touch, and iPad, and allow the user to decide which user experiences work best for them.
Apple only cares about profits and control these days, having become the very thing they once railed against.
If you want to do this right then have your robots spend more time with humans than other robots. This way we can evolve a robot who plays well with other people, than with other robots.
That's what I'm sure my favorite robot SF authors -- Elf Sternberg and D.B. Story -- have planned for their robots. I would love to meet either of their creations.
They always say that Science is catching up to Science Fiction.
Now it appears that Science is catching up to Paranormal as well.