My school district has the most backward Tech policy I have ever seen. Every computer is licenced for all the MS Office apps, many random apps, and one cannot buy anything from anyone unless that vendor is "approved". This leads to some interesting pricing issues such as $200 for a stick of 128 MB ram, $50 mice, and very expensive computers. Furthermore, the computer science classes are stuck with old 233 Mhz Pentium IIs while keyboarding classes are upgraded to new 2.8 Ghz P4s. It's a big mess and nobody seems to care.
Of course only an idiot like you would want to fly there yourself... of course sending bulk goods to India via ship isn't much more than a few dollars a widget in sufficient quantity...
Anyone could have bought a $99 PC at Fry's this weekend and picked up a used CRT for less than 10 bucks. Why bother making a special low-cost PC when regular low-end PCs costs are low?
The UMD's shell is fairly useless for preventing scratches as it allows a postage size hole to be left vulnerable to dust/scratches. The Minidisc has a sliding cover for this portion of the disc, yet Sony thought it would be cheaper to leave this moveable part out. The cover could be more trouble than help if dust gets in through the small hole to the plastic covered sections of the disc.
Most "state" schools have the resources available, just that nobody uses them because the norms on campus dictate that its not right to make full use of them.
This is just further proof that the academic establishment is afraid that they will lose their status as keepers of knowledge. It's no surprise to me that they feel they must publicly respond to blogging, wikipedia etc. since NOBODY CARES what they think...they are just bitter that they cannot control it and they don't get credit for any ideas which come out of it.
Sure, but he knows the formula and has earned clout with the Japanese market. He also brings respect to the XBox franchise in Japan. It's more of a strategic move than a direct attempt to grab a chunk of the market.
This may help MS greatly in the Japanese market, where they have lagged behind both Nintendo and Sony. With a RPG industry veteran, they could make headway into the Japanese RPG market (extremely profitable). Good move on MS's part, a sign of brewing trouble for Sony, and an ever greater threat to Nintendo. In the battle for next-gen marketshare, it may all come down to exclusive deals and ease of developement. Nintendo does well in both areas, while Sony notably lacks in the second, MS has done well in the first (Halo etc.) and has done excellently in the second but never before had many genres in which their exclusive deals were of high quality and were seriously lacking in Japanese backing for the current Xbox.
Yes, I agree, but don't you think that it would be wrong for a worldwide body to decide on what should and should not be allowed? I mean would you still support a UN controlled internet if Germany decided that all pro-Nazi websites were dangerous to world peace and got a resolution passed which effectively banned a pro-Nazi websites including wikipedia articles on the pro-Nazi movement?
I don't want the UN deciding what is and isn't spam...at least the first amendment is valid in the US, an international body may decide that "hate speech" is illegal and therefore decide to censor certain websites like countries do now. I would prefer as little world government interference with the internet as possible.
Hmm...quite true....but sticking to the norms all the time gets boring pretty quickly...it's surprising to see how open people are to change once in a while...
Isn't there a kind of free speech aspect to this? I mean couldn't it be argued that Microsoft is violating someone's first amendment rights because if ad blocking is enabled on default?
If a "premier" electronics company releasing a flagship product such as the PSP, it should at least get simple button placement right. It is even more ridiculous because the main function of the PSP is to play games, which requires pressing buttons. This is akin to having 1/8 of the display of monitor not working and the company saying "get used to it!". Would Nintendo/Sony/Sega/Atari ever think of relesing a product with 1 out of 4 main buttons severly disabled?
It truly depends on the school I believe. If it's a top notch school, it can either be 1) The person is a pain in the ass/unbelievably bookish or 2) He/She is brilliant. In most cases it is #1. On another note, has anyone wondered why so many famous billionaires are college dropouts?
Look up Deep Springs College, it's one of the few which actually work...
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Trump doesn't give a damn about the person he actually hires, the whole damn show is a cash cow for him anyway and he could care less about the actual person he is "hiring". I doubt they actually do anything important...
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Adam Sessler was the worst host on TechTV who has become the best host on G4TV...
I heard he refuses to install Tiger and insists on running Mac OS X 10.3.9...
Sony most recently used it to describe the faulty square button on some PSPs.
My school district has the most backward Tech policy I have ever seen. Every computer is licenced for all the MS Office apps, many random apps, and one cannot buy anything from anyone unless that vendor is "approved". This leads to some interesting pricing issues such as $200 for a stick of 128 MB ram, $50 mice, and very expensive computers. Furthermore, the computer science classes are stuck with old 233 Mhz Pentium IIs while keyboarding classes are upgraded to new 2.8 Ghz P4s. It's a big mess and nobody seems to care.
Of course only an idiot like you would want to fly there yourself... of course sending bulk goods to India via ship isn't much more than a few dollars a widget in sufficient quantity...
Anyone could have bought a $99 PC at Fry's this weekend and picked up a used CRT for less than 10 bucks. Why bother making a special low-cost PC when regular low-end PCs costs are low?
The UMD's shell is fairly useless for preventing scratches as it allows a postage size hole to be left vulnerable to dust/scratches. The Minidisc has a sliding cover for this portion of the disc, yet Sony thought it would be cheaper to leave this moveable part out. The cover could be more trouble than help if dust gets in through the small hole to the plastic covered sections of the disc.
Most "state" schools have the resources available, just that nobody uses them because the norms on campus dictate that its not right to make full use of them.
This is just further proof that the academic establishment is afraid that they will lose their status as keepers of knowledge. It's no surprise to me that they feel they must publicly respond to blogging, wikipedia etc. since NOBODY CARES what they think...they are just bitter that they cannot control it and they don't get credit for any ideas which come out of it.
Sure, but he knows the formula and has earned clout with the Japanese market. He also brings respect to the XBox franchise in Japan. It's more of a strategic move than a direct attempt to grab a chunk of the market.
This may help MS greatly in the Japanese market, where they have lagged behind both Nintendo and Sony. With a RPG industry veteran, they could make headway into the Japanese RPG market (extremely profitable). Good move on MS's part, a sign of brewing trouble for Sony, and an ever greater threat to Nintendo. In the battle for next-gen marketshare, it may all come down to exclusive deals and ease of developement. Nintendo does well in both areas, while Sony notably lacks in the second, MS has done well in the first (Halo etc.) and has done excellently in the second but never before had many genres in which their exclusive deals were of high quality and were seriously lacking in Japanese backing for the current Xbox.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/feb/23spec.htm An indian guide to buying GSM phones...
Yes, I agree, but don't you think that it would be wrong for a worldwide body to decide on what should and should not be allowed? I mean would you still support a UN controlled internet if Germany decided that all pro-Nazi websites were dangerous to world peace and got a resolution passed which effectively banned a pro-Nazi websites including wikipedia articles on the pro-Nazi movement?
I don't want the UN deciding what is and isn't spam...at least the first amendment is valid in the US, an international body may decide that "hate speech" is illegal and therefore decide to censor certain websites like countries do now. I would prefer as little world government interference with the internet as possible.
You must love the threading feature on your email client...
Hmm...quite true....but sticking to the norms all the time gets boring pretty quickly...it's surprising to see how open people are to change once in a while...
Why not? I mean some girls probably dig honest guys...
Isn't there a kind of free speech aspect to this? I mean couldn't it be argued that Microsoft is violating someone's first amendment rights because if ad blocking is enabled on default?
How about we go staraight to HVD to avoid the format battle between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray?
The Sony PSP...can't wait to see linux on it...
If a "premier" electronics company releasing a flagship product such as the PSP, it should at least get simple button placement right. It is even more ridiculous because the main function of the PSP is to play games, which requires pressing buttons. This is akin to having 1/8 of the display of monitor not working and the company saying "get used to it!". Would Nintendo/Sony/Sega/Atari ever think of relesing a product with 1 out of 4 main buttons severly disabled?
True... but thats not what Monster wants you to believe...
It truly depends on the school I believe. If it's a top notch school, it can either be 1) The person is a pain in the ass/unbelievably bookish or 2) He/She is brilliant. In most cases it is #1. On another note, has anyone wondered why so many famous billionaires are college dropouts?
Look up Deep Springs College, it's one of the few which actually work...
Trump doesn't give a damn about the person he actually hires, the whole damn show is a cash cow for him anyway and he could care less about the actual person he is "hiring". I doubt they actually do anything important...