...but really, all this talk about mobile devices and the "future of computing" smells rankly of investor hype to me. Everyone's chomping at the bit to replicate Steve Jobs' success with the iPhone - to jump on the next big thing before the competition does. But really, what's going to displace the PC? A revolutionary new type of battery, maybe. A very high resolution miniaturized projector. A revolution in CPU design. It's hard to envision what could eclipse the keyboard and mouse for sheer ease of use and tactile feedback. Just why is everyone so excited about mobile devices, and so convinced they are the "future of computing"? What real work are people doing on these devices? Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon with no imagination but these things just all seem like toys to me. Very profitable toys without a doubt. But still toys. I think it's inevitable that Windows will decline, but all this kind of hype about a "revolution in computing" is just hype until there's a technological revolution to go along with it. Anyway, I'm sure someone will explain how myopic I am.
This is absolute hogwash! Gun crime has never really been much of a problem here in Aus. I have only ever heard of two gun murders in my entire life. I seriously doubt this guy has ever even been to Australia.
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Oh come on. Shitting on javascript is timeless.
I've just switched over now. Thanks for that.
Hey if you want to meta-moderate, you know where the button is.
You must be part of the Axis of Retarded.
Is there really going to be a war between the USA and Iran?
I know there's a lot of saber rattling, but both sides seem to be smart enough to have avoided any conflict so far.
What's going to happen in the future? If a big terrorist attack should occur in the USA, will the government try to implicate Iran?
So just how high is too high? I see this kind of gruff dismissal of concerns about US debt all the time.
http://www.phonenews.com/did-apple-flip-the-ios-kill-switch-on-ndrive-11579/
Here's one that they remotely killed.
"a Russian force invades Manhattan." Oh no. No no no no. Please can we come up with a new plot?
...but really, all this talk about mobile devices and the "future of computing" smells rankly of investor hype to me.
Everyone's chomping at the bit to replicate Steve Jobs' success with the iPhone - to jump on the next big thing before the competition does.
But really, what's going to displace the PC? A revolutionary new type of battery, maybe. A very high resolution miniaturized projector. A revolution in CPU design.
It's hard to envision what could eclipse the keyboard and mouse for sheer ease of use and tactile feedback.
Just why is everyone so excited about mobile devices, and so convinced they are the "future of computing"? What real work are people doing on these devices?
Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon with no imagination but these things just all seem like toys to me. Very profitable toys without a doubt. But still toys.
I think it's inevitable that Windows will decline, but all this kind of hype about a "revolution in computing" is just hype until there's a technological revolution to go along with it.
Anyway, I'm sure someone will explain how myopic I am.
You sound like the kind of person they ban from the forums every day.
I sure do hope it runs Monolith's Blood! I tried it in VMWare recently and it ran like a hog - and not in VESA modes.
So we tied Battle .NET in with Facebook so you can have privacy concerns while you have privacy concerns.
Or something.
Welcome to my friends list.
What a surprise that your inconvenient facts were moderated as "Troll" by some right-wing twit.
5. ???? 6. Profit!
Yeah, Stunts was awesome!
You should check out Trackmania, it's just like it.
http://www.trackmaniasunrise.com/
Welcome to my friends list. =)
They also made Rock 'n' Roll Racing for the SNES.
*sigh* I just knew the irony nazi's would pick up on that.
I knew that Alexander Seropian (apparently one of the main people behind Marathon) quit, but who else jumped ship?
Missed the joke, eh?
Doesn't the United States have no extradition treaty with any other country?
Here's the wav file of that scream: Doug Zartman's Flaming Death Scream I hope I don't get slashdotted!
All time fave scream sound for me is the so called "Flaming Death Scream" of the civilians in Bungie's game Marathon. Has anyone heard this?
This is absolute hogwash! Gun crime has never really been much of a problem here in Aus. I have only ever heard of two gun murders in my entire life. I seriously doubt this guy has ever even been to Australia.