And statistically speaking, nobody uses Apple computers.
I mean, like, a few do, I guess. I've heard of these Apple users, but in real percentages, they aren't that significant of a market force.
No, I don't think Macs are toys, but the perception did matter in terms of sales, and it may for Nintendo too. Of course, Nintendo is trying to sell a toy, so that shouldn't hurt them much.
Ironically, i'm a righty and I scroll with my left hand all the time -- on my Logitech keyboard there's a mouse wheel attached to the left side of the keyboard and I frequently just move my left hand over and scroll with my middle finger instead of grabbing for the mouse.
Its no surprise that you didn't claim any of my comments were inaccurate.
To be fair, you may have a mild version of Stockholm syndrome -- you've been under the control of your government and very predictable media for so long now that you may actually feel sympathy for their decisions, however wrong-headed and ill-advised.
Enjoy your stay, personally, I won't be visiting anymore (and I'm not the only one).
Living just to the north of the USA in Canada, I can say with much disdain that the USA now resembles very much the land they portrayed the USSR to be back in the Cold War. Government snooping, spying on your own citizens, protection of the oligarchy from legal repercussions, encouraging individuals to spy on each other (1-800 snitch lines), putting people in jail and throwing away the proverbial key, no access to lawyers, no access to Red Cross or other foreign help for non-naturals.
Any photos in your flickr stream are inserted in upload-time order. You can re-order "sets" by "taken" time, for example, but the stream of photos is in the order they were uploaded. This includes camera phones, real cameras, e-mailed uploads and those done with juploadr to name a few.
In many cases, they aren't puzzles; they're just bonuses for people who do wierd things like managing to avoid 200 lightning strikes in a row.
Some are like puzzles... "how come I can only do 9999 damage, I wonder if I can do something about it"... but its not like there's a single hint in FFX to tell you to go out and collect items and bring them back to the big glowing thingy.
Deconstruction has serious issues and there are very few people who live by it at all -- its interesting from an academic perspective but not at all useful in the real world.
"That stop sign might mean to stop blinking... I'll drive right through it"
The nearly static meanings of things within a language and region allows for the development of culture at all. Sure, reinterpretation takes place, but its still very slow compared to say the changes in fashion culture.
PS. Star Trek contains many overarching myths that are in the background and understood by all those who watch the show. Ask someone who grew up watching Star Trek whether they believe in, for example, the right to a fair trial. Many things were communicated in Star Trek as normative without being necessarily overbearing and influenced those who watched it.
I think it should be lobbied that this not be the case.
I'd love to see a law that would make the acquisition of digital variants of legally owned materials legal.
That is to say, if I own a book and lose my eyesight, I should be able to download a digital version of the book for use with a screen reader without having to repurchase my entire library.
The same should go for downloading *exact* copies of music I already own; my CD gets wrecked in the sun so I keep it in the jewel case for proof and download a new copy off P2P services. Should this be legal?
Many of us live in democracies -- by the people, for the people, right? Go lobby your local representatives for the rights you believe you should have.
I'm unaware of anyone neutral claiming Israel "lost" the current conflict. They failed to disarm their opponent, true. They didn't lose any land, they barely lost any soldiers, and the rockets aren't raining into their cities anymore either. Take a look at what southern Lebannon looks like right now, then look at northern Israel. Look at casualty lists.
I'd say by numbers and who got "bombed into the stone age" here, Israel "won" but that's not how wars are judged by rational people. Neither side won anything substantial here, although Israel showed its ability and volition to move into hostile territory under provocation. Lebannon didn't respond withy anything more interesting than saying "uncle" and begging Israel to leave. Agreeing to the basic tenets of a non-aggression pact isn't losing anything.
That's just silly -- if Israel had wanted to wipe anyone off the map they would've done so. For some insight into Israel's military prowess, simply read up on the six day war. Israel also has nuclear capabilities. Israel could have easily sent half the middle east back into the stone age several times over in the last month had they wanted to. Their goal was very obviously to try and convince disarm terrorists and strike fear in those who harbor them.
Do I condone their actions? Not in the least, but you need some perspective. The USA went into Iraq with all they had. Israel has gone into the west bank and more recently Lebannon with supreme restraint compared to their capabilities. Don't misrepresent the facts.
The difference between the Xbox marketshare and the PS2 marketshare is mostly college guys who live in a frat house or a dorm who saw their friends PS2 and decided they wanted to play Madden too. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked at all if a good 10-15% of all PS2 owners ONLY had versions of Madden and GTA in their game library. These are NOT the kind of consumers who care enough about video games to spend $600 on a video game console.
Although selling large numbers of PS2s is briefly good for Sony's PR campaign to other game makers (we have x million installed users... ), those who only purchase two games are not in the target market for console game unit sales. Most console units have been sold as loss leaders and the profit comes from those game licenses Sony (or Microsoft, etc.) sells to game publishers, or the games they sell themselves. Nintendo is a notable exception; every console unit they sell has supposedly been a profit maker from day-1.
That said, selling the PS3 at $500 or so will probably cost Sony a lot of money on the assumption that those purchasors buy lots of games in the future. That assumption may in fact be more true with a high-priced console since it means only those who really can afford lots of games are buying initial releases of the console unit. In a few months/years, the PS3 will be quite affordable and "everyone else" will buy one.
For now, just buy Madden for the PS2 and a PS2 for $125. I bought mine once it was $199 canadian and not before. I'll probably wait until the PS3 is under $300 personally before buying one, and be buying God of War 2 for the PS2 long after the PS3's been released.
The problem I have with this type of situation is that the FBI (or other 3-letter acronym'd agency) can easily set up their own hackers to operate as vigilantes outside the law and deny that it was their own agents doing the dirty work.
PS any blackhat that can download files off your PC can upload them too.
PS any person with good contacts in federal agencies could have a hacker purport to find nasty things on your PC after planting them there and then have you arrested and smear-campaigned to death.
If you don't find that frightening, you haven't read enough history.
Yes, I think its great this has happened so far -- so long as these people really were who they are convicted of being. I have a hard time trusting a conviction based on evidence retrieved by someone with low enough moral fibre to invade someone else's PC without legal permission though... although my mind clearly seperates the immorality of child abuse and that of electronic b&e so I'm pretty sure these are legit -- for now.
I missed the part in your reasoning that actually states "Fedora isn't a server OS". I saw a couple comments about what you think about server operating systems, but nothing concrete about Fedora.
Here's some concreteness for you: I use Fedora for servers and have been doing so since we rebased on FC3 from RH9/RHEL3. We've recently begun using FC4 as a server platform and in both cases it has been very stable and caused me very few problems.
Those problems were things I would've caught if I'd read the update info files instead of trusting "yum -y update" on a couple occasions but I was too lazy to do that and got bit by it.
What exactly do you see wrong with FC3, FC4 (or FC5 but I haven't rebased on it yet) as a server OS? Just curious.
Pretty much what I was thinking too -- besides, many countries have youth offence acts so if a child falsely accuses an adult, the adult has the potential to lose their entire livelihood not to mention ruin their lives and the child gets a slap on the wrist. This needs severe caution.
Because of course, you did all kinds of research on the subject before opening your keyboard tray right? Go ask a retailer how much people will be willing to spend.
Its Christmas -- people spend phenomenal amounts of money on crazy things.
Don't forget, consoles are seen by parents as one of those long-term investment type purchases unlike cars and PCs, they don't usually need replacing or repair every few months and are cheaper than both. These will go like hotcakes.
The same guys who blow $200 on beer in a night on a binge? Casual gamers (especially guys) with disposable income will buy the PS3, just like they buy $15k cars and spend $5k more modifying them. People without disposable income aren't in the market segment for these systems; and that's why Sony in its wisdom still supports the PSONE and will continue to support the PS2.
Actually, I always say the opposite to my friends and family -- if you can do without it, don't buy it till you need it because it will be faster & cheaper by then.
Don't need that new hard drive right now? Wait a little and you might get a 500GB drive for what you would've paid for that new 200GB one. Ditto on CPUs, etc. If you think you might like it later, buy it later. It'll be better or at least cheaper by the time you get it.
Nobody's forcing you to give away the open/free software. You're free to charge $1000/user if you want. If you want to make a reasonable bid that's only slightly lower than normal, then just do so and your profits will soar if you do it right.
Want to back that up? Or are you just a FUD-monger? Last I checked the DoD ran a pretty tight ship and actually bothered investigating their hardware and software purchases more thoroughly than most Fortune-500 types do.
Thanks for the excellent response. My blood boils when I read so many uninformed people writing about how 720p is somehow a 'higher' resolution than 1080i. They obviously haven't watched CSI in high definition on a 1080i CRT next to the same scene on a 720p set.
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You mean like that evil BitTorrent program does? :-)
Because its assumed nobody will care -- as is the case with "normal" 3D video game vendors like ID Software.
I can't name the number of 3rd party mods I've played to Quake/Enemy Territory over the years.
And statistically speaking, nobody uses Apple computers.
I mean, like, a few do, I guess. I've heard of these Apple users, but in real percentages, they aren't that significant of a market force.
No, I don't think Macs are toys, but the perception did matter in terms of sales, and it may for Nintendo too. Of course, Nintendo is trying to sell a toy, so that shouldn't hurt them much.
Being popular won't make you money.
Just because IRIX is or is not popular doesn't mean management isn't going to buy the much cheaper competitive solution instead.
However, as others have said, much of what made IRIX IRIX is now in Linux.
Ironically, i'm a righty and I scroll with my left hand all the time -- on my Logitech keyboard there's a mouse wheel attached to the left side of the keyboard and I frequently just move my left hand over and scroll with my middle finger instead of grabbing for the mouse.
Its no surprise that you didn't claim any of my comments were inaccurate.
To be fair, you may have a mild version of Stockholm syndrome -- you've been under the control of your government and very predictable media for so long now that you may actually feel sympathy for their decisions, however wrong-headed and ill-advised.
Enjoy your stay, personally, I won't be visiting anymore (and I'm not the only one).
Living just to the north of the USA in Canada, I can say with much disdain that the USA now resembles very much the land they portrayed the USSR to be back in the Cold War. Government snooping, spying on your own citizens, protection of the oligarchy from legal repercussions, encouraging individuals to spy on each other (1-800 snitch lines), putting people in jail and throwing away the proverbial key, no access to lawyers, no access to Red Cross or other foreign help for non-naturals.
Welcome to the great empire of the USA.
Any photos in your flickr stream are inserted in upload-time order. You can re-order "sets" by "taken" time, for example, but the stream of photos is in the order they were uploaded. This includes camera phones, real cameras, e-mailed uploads and those done with juploadr to name a few.
In many cases, they aren't puzzles; they're just bonuses for people who do wierd things like managing to avoid 200 lightning strikes in a row.
... "how come I can only do 9999 damage, I wonder if I can do something about it" ... but its not like there's a single hint in FFX to tell you to go out and collect items and bring them back to the big glowing thingy.
Some are like puzzles
Deconstruction has serious issues and there are very few people who live by it at all -- its interesting from an academic perspective but not at all useful in the real world.
... I'll drive right through it"
"That stop sign might mean to stop blinking
The nearly static meanings of things within a language and region allows for the development of culture at all. Sure, reinterpretation takes place, but its still very slow compared to say the changes in fashion culture.
PS. Star Trek contains many overarching myths that are in the background and understood by all those who watch the show. Ask someone who grew up watching Star Trek whether they believe in, for example, the right to a fair trial. Many things were communicated in Star Trek as normative without being necessarily overbearing and influenced those who watched it.
I think it should be lobbied that this not be the case.
I'd love to see a law that would make the acquisition of digital variants of legally owned materials legal.
That is to say, if I own a book and lose my eyesight, I should be able to download a digital version of the book for use with a screen reader without having to repurchase my entire library.
The same should go for downloading *exact* copies of music I already own; my CD gets wrecked in the sun so I keep it in the jewel case for proof and download a new copy off P2P services. Should this be legal?
Many of us live in democracies -- by the people, for the people, right? Go lobby your local representatives for the rights you believe you should have.
Actually, no, neither side of a conflict is a neutral party.
Americans believe they lost the war in Vietnam, while the actual numbers indicated to the generals in charge that they were winning.
Its not like the leader of the other side admits he miscalculated or anything.
I'm unaware of anyone neutral claiming Israel "lost" the current conflict. They failed to disarm their opponent, true. They didn't lose any land, they barely lost any soldiers, and the rockets aren't raining into their cities anymore either. Take a look at what southern Lebannon looks like right now, then look at northern Israel. Look at casualty lists.
I'd say by numbers and who got "bombed into the stone age" here, Israel "won" but that's not how wars are judged by rational people. Neither side won anything substantial here, although Israel showed its ability and volition to move into hostile territory under provocation. Lebannon didn't respond withy anything more interesting than saying "uncle" and begging Israel to leave. Agreeing to the basic tenets of a non-aggression pact isn't losing anything.
Try reading both sides of the story for once.
That's just silly -- if Israel had wanted to wipe anyone off the map they would've done so. For some insight into Israel's military prowess, simply read up on the six day war. Israel also has nuclear capabilities. Israel could have easily sent half the middle east back into the stone age several times over in the last month had they wanted to. Their goal was very obviously to try and convince disarm terrorists and strike fear in those who harbor them.
Do I condone their actions? Not in the least, but you need some perspective. The USA went into Iraq with all they had. Israel has gone into the west bank and more recently Lebannon with supreme restraint compared to their capabilities. Don't misrepresent the facts.
Although selling large numbers of PS2s is briefly good for Sony's PR campaign to other game makers (we have x million installed users
That said, selling the PS3 at $500 or so will probably cost Sony a lot of money on the assumption that those purchasors buy lots of games in the future. That assumption may in fact be more true with a high-priced console since it means only those who really can afford lots of games are buying initial releases of the console unit. In a few months/years, the PS3 will be quite affordable and "everyone else" will buy one.
For now, just buy Madden for the PS2 and a PS2 for $125. I bought mine once it was $199 canadian and not before. I'll probably wait until the PS3 is under $300 personally before buying one, and be buying God of War 2 for the PS2 long after the PS3's been released.
The problem I have with this type of situation is that the FBI (or other 3-letter acronym'd agency) can easily set up their own hackers to operate as vigilantes outside the law and deny that it was their own agents doing the dirty work.
... although my mind clearly seperates the immorality of child abuse and that of electronic b&e so I'm pretty sure these are legit -- for now.
PS any blackhat that can download files off your PC can upload them too.
PS any person with good contacts in federal agencies could have a hacker purport to find nasty things on your PC after planting them there and then have you arrested and smear-campaigned to death.
If you don't find that frightening, you haven't read enough history.
Yes, I think its great this has happened so far -- so long as these people really were who they are convicted of being. I have a hard time trusting a conviction based on evidence retrieved by someone with low enough moral fibre to invade someone else's PC without legal permission though
I missed the part in your reasoning that actually states "Fedora isn't a server OS". I saw a couple comments about what you think about server operating systems, but nothing concrete about Fedora.
Here's some concreteness for you: I use Fedora for servers and have been doing so since we rebased on FC3 from RH9/RHEL3. We've recently begun using FC4 as a server platform and in both cases it has been very stable and caused me very few problems.
Those problems were things I would've caught if I'd read the update info files instead of trusting "yum -y update" on a couple occasions but I was too lazy to do that and got bit by it.
What exactly do you see wrong with FC3, FC4 (or FC5 but I haven't rebased on it yet) as a server OS? Just curious.
Didn't do so well in the debating class did ya?
I'm sure most literate people had no problem understanding my point. Thanks for the knee-jerk response though.
Pretty much what I was thinking too -- besides, many countries have youth offence acts so if a child falsely accuses an adult, the adult has the potential to lose their entire livelihood not to mention ruin their lives and the child gets a slap on the wrist. This needs severe caution.
Because of course, you did all kinds of research on the subject before opening your keyboard tray right? Go ask a retailer how much people will be willing to spend.
Its Christmas -- people spend phenomenal amounts of money on crazy things.
Don't forget, consoles are seen by parents as one of those long-term investment type purchases unlike cars and PCs, they don't usually need replacing or repair every few months and are cheaper than both. These will go like hotcakes.
The same guys who blow $200 on beer in a night on a binge? Casual gamers (especially guys) with disposable income will buy the PS3, just like they buy $15k cars and spend $5k more modifying them. People without disposable income aren't in the market segment for these systems; and that's why Sony in its wisdom still supports the PSONE and will continue to support the PS2.
Actually, I always say the opposite to my friends and family -- if you can do without it, don't buy it till you need it because it will be faster & cheaper by then.
Don't need that new hard drive right now? Wait a little and you might get a 500GB drive for what you would've paid for that new 200GB one. Ditto on CPUs, etc. If you think you might like it later, buy it later. It'll be better or at least cheaper by the time you get it.
Nobody's forcing you to give away the open/free software. You're free to charge $1000/user if you want. If you want to make a reasonable bid that's only slightly lower than normal, then just do so and your profits will soar if you do it right.
Want to back that up? Or are you just a FUD-monger? Last I checked the DoD ran a pretty tight ship and actually bothered investigating their hardware and software purchases more thoroughly than most Fortune-500 types do.
Thanks for the excellent response. My blood boils when I read so many uninformed people writing about how 720p is somehow a 'higher' resolution than 1080i. They obviously haven't watched CSI in high definition on a 1080i CRT next to the same scene on a 720p set.