The honest and hard hitting question is..
Who would win in a fight, Firefly or Millenium Falcon
On a serious note, my first time getting onto the net in the early 90s, the first usenet post I came across that had a massive depth count was a thread on The Enterprise vs The Death Star. Sometimes I miss those days.
2001 : "John Dvorak is advising Apple to cease all efforts on the iPod, citing the mobile music business as a 'buzz saw waiting to chop up newbies.' With Apple's image as a 'hot company that can do no wrong' on the line, Dvorak warns that the extremely fad-prone marketplace for music players will quickly turn the 'hot' iPod passe'. Unless the company has several new models in the pipeline to release after the original offering, he says, they're likely to fail. 'If it's smart it will call the iPod a "reference design" and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures.'"
I have the 2007 Consumer Reports Used Car guide in my hands, and the H1 is not listed. The H2 and H3 are listed, and do have very piss poor reviews, but the article I believe gave its ratings for the H1. Not to support the article, but the H1, which should be the military class hummer, should easily get 300k.
They would be kicking themselves if they DID do that. They are not having a hard time selling this console. Giving away 10 free games makes no sense from a business standpoint.
I got my Wii at launch, and it's spread like a virus among all of my non-gaming friends and relatives (95% of who I know). Nintendo hit one out of the park this time. Jimmy Numbnuts might not like it because it's not Gears of War (I own that too, and it is great) but the rest of the market is gobbling it up. It is in my mind the return of the NES.
Or maybe google has figured out your anniversary date through a combination of Gmail and google calendar. When you walk by a Zales, the sales associates are alerted to your upcoming event, and hops out of the store to sell you up.
Does the phone come with the "kick salesman in the nuts cause it's none of his damn business" feature, or is that a monthly charged service?
When I played the demo the protagonist was an African American. Is the hero random? It might be an option to change the players race but I just kind of quick hit start a bunch till I got into the game.
In bizarro universe you are correct. Here in reality though, the PS2 was cracked first. Followed shortly by the Xbox, then utlimately the Gamecube using the Phantasy Star Online streaming exploit.
I was replying, sarcastically, to the comment above. I am just saying that throwing five words explaining what a "freeze" is at the end of the sentence is not some evil thing, and certainly not worth criticizing by the parent commenter. It's like blasting someone for saying "The food is vacuum sealed, so it can stay fresh.". Most people know that vacuum sealing is done to prevent the food from getting spoiled, but it cant hurt to put that little nugget of wisdom at the end there. I think my comment to his comment might have been taken out of context, but this is slashdot so you never know. Once again, I did not argue that there should not be a code freeze, at all. It is absolutely necessary.
I guess the logistics of it might be better now, but think about when it was being built in the late 1940s. Shipping parts now is definitely easier than shipping parts 60 years ago. Just a thought.
Cape Canaveral was chosen for rocket launches to take advantage of the earth's rotation. The centrifugal force of this rotation is greatest at the equator, and to take advantage of it, rockets are launched eastward, in the same direction of the earth's rotation. It is also highly desirable to have the downrange area sparsely populated, in case of accidents; an ocean is ideal for this. Although the United States has sites closer to the equator with expanses of ocean to the east of them (e.g. Hawaii, Puerto Rico), the east coast of Florida has substantial logistical advantages over these island locations. The tip of the cape is at LC-46 in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
How do you magically know what apps will and will not be available for a product thats not even out yet? From my understanding Apple was going to allow approved apps, which is just fine by me after the mounds of crappy apps available for my Windows Mobile based Treo. Also, comparing the address book on the RAZR to the iPhone seems a little misguided. I had a RAZR, and if you too had a RAZR, you cant be serious about this. The Motorola UI is good for nothing but making a phone call, period.
From Apple:
All the power and sophistication of the world's most advanced operating system -- OS X -- is now available on a small, handheld device that gives you access to true desktop-class applications and software, including rich HTML email, full-featured web browsing, and applications such as widgets, Safari, calendar, text messaging, Notes, and Address Book
Certainly sounds like its a smartphone to me, and not just a basic phone. Either that you have your standards unrealistically high for a basic phone.
On top of that, I give it two days after release before everyone from Belkin to Targus have an external solution to charge the iphone from an external battery. Might not be exactly what everyone wants, but at least its an option for that time when you are stuck in the middle of the amazon without a power source. I personally have never seen this as a problem. I am always near some sort of power source to charge my stuff, be it in an office, in the car, or on a plane.
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The honest and hard hitting question is.. Who would win in a fight, Firefly or Millenium Falcon On a serious note, my first time getting onto the net in the early 90s, the first usenet post I came across that had a massive depth count was a thread on The Enterprise vs The Death Star. Sometimes I miss those days.
Thanks!
2001 : "John Dvorak is advising Apple to cease all efforts on the iPod, citing the mobile music business as a 'buzz saw waiting to chop up newbies.' With Apple's image as a 'hot company that can do no wrong' on the line, Dvorak warns that the extremely fad-prone marketplace for music players will quickly turn the 'hot' iPod passe'. Unless the company has several new models in the pipeline to release after the original offering, he says, they're likely to fail. 'If it's smart it will call the iPod a "reference design" and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else's marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures.'"
Microsoft can't be that stupid.
O RLY?
If I might ask, what emulator was it? I have been an emulator nut for a little over a decade and would love to know if I used yours.
My wife is eight months pregnant, so I can relate to this organism.
I have the 2007 Consumer Reports Used Car guide in my hands, and the H1 is not listed. The H2 and H3 are listed, and do have very piss poor reviews, but the article I believe gave its ratings for the H1. Not to support the article, but the H1, which should be the military class hummer, should easily get 300k.
They would be kicking themselves if they DID do that. They are not having a hard time selling this console. Giving away 10 free games makes no sense from a business standpoint.
I got my Wii at launch, and it's spread like a virus among all of my non-gaming friends and relatives (95% of who I know). Nintendo hit one out of the park this time. Jimmy Numbnuts might not like it because it's not Gears of War (I own that too, and it is great) but the rest of the market is gobbling it up. It is in my mind the return of the NES.
BAAALMMMEEER.... MAAAAAAAD
Or maybe google has figured out your anniversary date through a combination of Gmail and google calendar. When you walk by a Zales, the sales associates are alerted to your upcoming event, and hops out of the store to sell you up.
Does the phone come with the "kick salesman in the nuts cause it's none of his damn business" feature, or is that a monthly charged service?
I see you live in Florida too.
I was merely stating the politically correct term for black there Jethro. Don't get your confederate boxers in a bunch.
This guy approves
When I played the demo the protagonist was an African American. Is the hero random? It might be an option to change the players race but I just kind of quick hit start a bunch till I got into the game.
In bizarro universe you are correct. Here in reality though, the PS2 was cracked first. Followed shortly by the Xbox, then utlimately the Gamecube using the Phantasy Star Online streaming exploit.
I was replying, sarcastically, to the comment above. I am just saying that throwing five words explaining what a "freeze" is at the end of the sentence is not some evil thing, and certainly not worth criticizing by the parent commenter. It's like blasting someone for saying "The food is vacuum sealed, so it can stay fresh.". Most people know that vacuum sealing is done to prevent the food from getting spoiled, but it cant hurt to put that little nugget of wisdom at the end there. I think my comment to his comment might have been taken out of context, but this is slashdot so you never know. Once again, I did not argue that there should not be a code freeze, at all. It is absolutely necessary.
I guess the logistics of it might be better now, but think about when it was being built in the late 1940s. Shipping parts now is definitely easier than shipping parts 60 years ago. Just a thought.
Here ya go, right from the pedia:
Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral was chosen for rocket launches to take advantage of the earth's rotation. The centrifugal force of this rotation is greatest at the equator, and to take advantage of it, rockets are launched eastward, in the same direction of the earth's rotation. It is also highly desirable to have the downrange area sparsely populated, in case of accidents; an ocean is ideal for this. Although the United States has sites closer to the equator with expanses of ocean to the east of them (e.g. Hawaii, Puerto Rico), the east coast of Florida has substantial logistical advantages over these island locations. The tip of the cape is at LC-46 in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
What they need is The Ding King!. (As Seen On TV!)
God forbid they explain what a code freeze is for people that might be new to all this.
How do you magically know what apps will and will not be available for a product thats not even out yet? From my understanding Apple was going to allow approved apps, which is just fine by me after the mounds of crappy apps available for my Windows Mobile based Treo. Also, comparing the address book on the RAZR to the iPhone seems a little misguided. I had a RAZR, and if you too had a RAZR, you cant be serious about this. The Motorola UI is good for nothing but making a phone call, period.
From Apple: All the power and sophistication of the world's most advanced operating system -- OS X -- is now available on a small, handheld device that gives you access to true desktop-class applications and software, including rich HTML email, full-featured web browsing, and applications such as widgets, Safari, calendar, text messaging, Notes, and Address Book
Certainly sounds like its a smartphone to me, and not just a basic phone. Either that you have your standards unrealistically high for a basic phone.
On top of that, I give it two days after release before everyone from Belkin to Targus have an external solution to charge the iphone from an external battery. Might not be exactly what everyone wants, but at least its an option for that time when you are stuck in the middle of the amazon without a power source. I personally have never seen this as a problem. I am always near some sort of power source to charge my stuff, be it in an office, in the car, or on a plane.