Not necessarily. The capitalisations of "Play Video Games" suggest that it is a title of a subject or field of homework, in which case the grammar is correct.
Is it just me or is Microsoft relying on a Catch 22 situation in Linux to survive in the server market? Their advertising seems to be saying that "yeah, their software is better, but because everyone uses ours everyone knows how to use it so you can pay them less". I'm not sure that this is entirely smart as once the use and knowledge reaches a critical mass then things might collapse with the "yeah their software is better" implication.
The problem with animal-developed antibodies is that the human body recognizes them as foreign, and soon starts to mount an immune response against them as well.
I have little idea about this kind of stuff but will this matter? I've been taught that HIV/AIDS destroys the immune system.
You're misinterpreting what's happening here. The Government doesn't care what happens on www.google.com but only on www.google.com.au where all Australian visitors to www.google.com are automatically diverted to. Displaying gambling advertisements on a web site specifically designed for Australian audiences is against Australian law. Web sites like Slashdot or Fark, even though they may have many Australian visitors are free to do what they like. Even in sporting events held overseas that are televised in Australia (such as formula 1 or the Ashes) there are gambling and cigarrete advertisements. The Ashes has a huge blimp with the logo "BetFair.com" that the camera zooms in from time to time, and this is televised on a government television station.
The difference is that Google.com.au is based in Australia and targetting Australian audience. The advertising done by Google is based from Sydney. If they display illegal advertisements on an Australian web site then that's illegal by Australian law.
It's "We choose our ten most important Xbox 360 launch games" not "We choose our ten most important Xbox 360 launch games for the US market". The games aren't going to launch just in the US. But we're arguing here about the Gridiron game's place at #2 in the list. My point is that it doesn't deserve to be there for two reasons: 1. It isn't supported at all outside America. The only reason why it's the most popular sports franchise is because it has a monopoly on the game unlike say Soccer and 2. XBox has a larger market share in America than internationally anyway and it needs to win over the international audience.
The last time I looked at a map, there's a little part of the world that is not part of either the US or Japan. You have to look closely, but it's there.
(Incidentely I would place a large amount of money on the Gridiron game not being even close to the top in the international market. It'd sell close to nothing everywhere else other than America. I'm not even sure that it's sold here in Australia, at least I haven't seen it in shops or heard of it outside forums such as Slashdot.)
I get your argument Bruce however I don't think I agree with you that the purpose of the patent protection is to use it in defense of the "evil" companies. The main advantage in my opinion is for the programmers who see a patent that they infringed on. If it's owned by IBM, widely seen as a friend of open source, then even so you wouldn't really be sure you're not pissing them off by using it. IBM might want some patents be free to use by open source developers but they might also want to keep some for their own purposes. However if it's in the Patent Commons then you know you're off the hook.
I have no problem with placing advertising where it helps the game (like in your example of GTA) and I have no problem with the game maker making money off that. However placing intrusive ads like in Swat and Planetside is just crap. Look at the I Robot shoe ad for such stupidity. That one scene lost a star for the movie in my books.
Most of their machines wouldn't cost $300 for them. Plus these are servers so they wouldn't be paying anyone to actually maintain them. I read once that when a computer breaks down Google doesn't even notice or care, let alone replace it. The things a complex net of servers, if one component breaks down there's still hundreds to fill the gap.
Probably because I can't think of any artist that likes to give away his/her music for free
Perhaps you should correctly change that to "Probably because I can't think of any artist employed by the RIAA that likes to give away his/her music for free".
How will it affect Google? Even though it uses Linux, the Linux kernel is set at GPL2.2 without the "any later version" provision. Other software that they'd use for a server is either under the BSD license or Apache.
Because it's a standard way of syndicating information in a way that can be reformatted. With an RSS feed the information can be placed inside a browser, a news ticker or a widget on Karamba with equal ease. Each of these have wildly different formatting and RSS is used to accomplish this, whereas with HTML it's either impossible or very hard, having to write a manual script for each and every site which would break as soon as the site is changed.
I love slashdot messages that accuse someone else of being a troll then gives one of the biggest trolling messages I can think of in brackets at the end of the post.
(Just to set the record straight: Linix and Apple suck, Windows rules all. They both would have the same security problems if they had Windows' market share.)
Every year though Linux has just gotten more and more powerful. There will be no "year of the desktop", but my prediction is there will be a slow but exponential curve. I don't think Apple however will ever gain the control that Windows has, simply because it can't install on normal PC machines. Even though they're going to x86 it still can't install on a white-box computer. That's the reason Windows won originally, and that's the reason Windows still wins over.
But why not copy good features from other applications?
I totally agree.
Notice that Open Source software is full of implimenting good ideas that the "competition" has implimented first. Look at the taskbar in KDE. It took a good idea (putting a line on the side, top, or bottom of the screen for easy access to opening new or existing programs) and improved the hell out of it (applets and now Plasma in the works). I have nothing wrong with that.
The Cell processor is not a similar processor to the PowerPC processor; even though one of the members of the cell conglomerate (IBM) makes PowerPC, the processors are absolutely and totally different.
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Not necessarily. The capitalisations of "Play Video Games" suggest that it is a title of a subject or field of homework, in which case the grammar is correct.
it's hard to get broadband over 1.5Mb/s even in the city (it's expensive and is still quite low in ping and speed on world standards).
Is it just me or is Microsoft relying on a Catch 22 situation in Linux to survive in the server market? Their advertising seems to be saying that "yeah, their software is better, but because everyone uses ours everyone knows how to use it so you can pay them less". I'm not sure that this is entirely smart as once the use and knowledge reaches a critical mass then things might collapse with the "yeah their software is better" implication.
The problem with animal-developed antibodies is that the human body recognizes them as foreign, and soon starts to mount an immune response against them as well.
I have little idea about this kind of stuff but will this matter? I've been taught that HIV/AIDS destroys the immune system.
Useless? Tell my auto-syncing mobile phone that.
OK I will, what's your number?
(sorry had to make that joke)
You're misinterpreting what's happening here. The Government doesn't care what happens on www.google.com but only on www.google.com.au where all Australian visitors to www.google.com are automatically diverted to. Displaying gambling advertisements on a web site specifically designed for Australian audiences is against Australian law. Web sites like Slashdot or Fark, even though they may have many Australian visitors are free to do what they like. Even in sporting events held overseas that are televised in Australia (such as formula 1 or the Ashes) there are gambling and cigarrete advertisements. The Ashes has a huge blimp with the logo "BetFair.com" that the camera zooms in from time to time, and this is televised on a government television station.
The difference is that Google.com.au is based in Australia and targetting Australian audience. The advertising done by Google is based from Sydney. If they display illegal advertisements on an Australian web site then that's illegal by Australian law.
It's "We choose our ten most important Xbox 360 launch games" not "We choose our ten most important Xbox 360 launch games for the US market". The games aren't going to launch just in the US. But we're arguing here about the Gridiron game's place at #2 in the list. My point is that it doesn't deserve to be there for two reasons: 1. It isn't supported at all outside America. The only reason why it's the most popular sports franchise is because it has a monopoly on the game unlike say Soccer and 2. XBox has a larger market share in America than internationally anyway and it needs to win over the international audience.
All I saw in that comment was "no tampons, just Girls Gone Wild". I stopped reading about there. Where can I sign up?
Though I admit haven't heard the drunken hooligan commentry, I can safely assure you it is a lot better than the Channel 7 commentry usually given.
The last time I looked at a map, there's a little part of the world that is not part of either the US or Japan. You have to look closely, but it's there.
(Incidentely I would place a large amount of money on the Gridiron game not being even close to the top in the international market. It'd sell close to nothing everywhere else other than America. I'm not even sure that it's sold here in Australia, at least I haven't seen it in shops or heard of it outside forums such as Slashdot.)
I get your argument Bruce however I don't think I agree with you that the purpose of the patent protection is to use it in defense of the "evil" companies. The main advantage in my opinion is for the programmers who see a patent that they infringed on. If it's owned by IBM, widely seen as a friend of open source, then even so you wouldn't really be sure you're not pissing them off by using it. IBM might want some patents be free to use by open source developers but they might also want to keep some for their own purposes. However if it's in the Patent Commons then you know you're off the hook.
yes there are, at least for NVidia's cards.
Agreed. How is this different to O'Gara publishing "info" about PJ from Groklaw? It's a privacy issue not a misuse issue.
I have no problem with placing advertising where it helps the game (like in your example of GTA) and I have no problem with the game maker making money off that. However placing intrusive ads like in Swat and Planetside is just crap. Look at the I Robot shoe ad for such stupidity. That one scene lost a star for the movie in my books.
Most of their machines wouldn't cost $300 for them. Plus these are servers so they wouldn't be paying anyone to actually maintain them. I read once that when a computer breaks down Google doesn't even notice or care, let alone replace it. The things a complex net of servers, if one component breaks down there's still hundreds to fill the gap.
At least, he's definitely not driving on the right side of the road...
Probably because I can't think of any artist that likes to give away his/her music for free Perhaps you should correctly change that to "Probably because I can't think of any artist employed by the RIAA that likes to give away his/her music for free".
How will it affect Google? Even though it uses Linux, the Linux kernel is set at GPL2.2 without the "any later version" provision. Other software that they'd use for a server is either under the BSD license or Apache.
Because it's a standard way of syndicating information in a way that can be reformatted. With an RSS feed the information can be placed inside a browser, a news ticker or a widget on Karamba with equal ease. Each of these have wildly different formatting and RSS is used to accomplish this, whereas with HTML it's either impossible or very hard, having to write a manual script for each and every site which would break as soon as the site is changed.
I love slashdot messages that accuse someone else of being a troll then gives one of the biggest trolling messages I can think of in brackets at the end of the post.
(Just to set the record straight: Linix and Apple suck, Windows rules all. They both would have the same security problems if they had Windows' market share.)
Every year though Linux has just gotten more and more powerful. There will be no "year of the desktop", but my prediction is there will be a slow but exponential curve. I don't think Apple however will ever gain the control that Windows has, simply because it can't install on normal PC machines. Even though they're going to x86 it still can't install on a white-box computer. That's the reason Windows won originally, and that's the reason Windows still wins over.
I love your use of commas Master Grammatist.
But why not copy good features from other applications?
I totally agree.
Notice that Open Source software is full of implimenting good ideas that the "competition" has implimented first. Look at the taskbar in KDE. It took a good idea (putting a line on the side, top, or bottom of the screen for easy access to opening new or existing programs) and improved the hell out of it (applets and now Plasma in the works). I have nothing wrong with that.
The Cell processor is not a similar processor to the PowerPC processor; even though one of the members of the cell conglomerate (IBM) makes PowerPC, the processors are absolutely and totally different.
Congratulations. We should celebrate this momentous event.