Could the Robot's body itself be the depth control planes, I mean like by tilting the things body using moving weights or something. I'm by no means an engineer so i was just wondering if this was possible.
not really they all run on the same roads but you can't take a ford part and stick it in a honda motor. I think the more OS's the merrier we just need file formats and apps that can be used on all or most of them. Java was and is a good idea but they ahve to take that further and develope more applications despite Microsoft's meddling.
I think the reason that microsoft has a strangle hold on the market is because of schools virtually all schools have windows machines in them granted there are some macs but microsoft has the vast majority of them and when a person starts out at 5 years old playing magic school bus on a windows machine they will most likely grow up to be a windows user. I'll equate this to religions (totally off topic but just to back up my point) when a person is raised christian it is highly unlikely they will switch to islam or taoism or something of that nature hence the regionalistic location of religious groups. (man i think i made up like ten words in that paragraph)
i think the stat that i used to quote people when i worked at funcoland was that when you buy your fourth game microsoft starts to make money off of you.
If the current trend of more technically astute people continue then maybe but they still have a long long time till microsoft is out of the picture and by that time who knows Microsoft might be able to run faster and more stabel then anything out there.
I think the only way to undo what microsoft has been doing to its competitors is to reduce their Market Saturation. I mean two year olds in psyche wards draw microsoft logos on the walls you can't go anywhere wihtout hearing microsoft this and bill gates that. And it doesn't help that now even though the have been a little broken up they are branching into other fields with the XBOX and the like. It is just a shame that the word microsoft has become synonomous with computer now a days. I think if we could limit their advertising power and let some other OSs in to expose themselves to the market you would start to see some sparks fly. of course this is easier said then done.
I think this is more a case of laziness and complacency people are so used to point and click that they don't want to have to think like they did back in the old days. It's the same reason most people don't use abacuses. Of course I am only 20 and i don't remember much of the old days.
Well If linux dominated, and stayed free then there wouldn't be a need for competition because all that does is lower cost and it's free. Granted the quality might slip but if that happens then it would be easy to dethrone them because someone could make a better OS.
I agree that Microsoft shuold have some government sanctioned restrictions. However why must all the prices be so high. I mean i know the astronomical amount of work that goes into developing software but there is no way that, that justifies selling a 10 cent cd in a $2 box for upwards of $200 I mean they are freakin rapign the less computer literate people that don't know of the linux and sun OS's. There has always been somehting fishy about microsoft and I think they need a good competitor to loosen things up(like maybe if Linux sold out and made a user friendly idiot proof OS).
I don't think this applies to all colleges but it is worth looking into when you can get $200 worth of software for about $20. They usually sell it through the school store I'd check there first.
well that's an easy problem to solve. We could just let half the population starve to death then we would need less oil and less food so everybody would prosper or even better we could pay some corrupt third world government to starve their people then trade for it in illegal arms. man why aren't I president.
Well i would assume it would be sort of like buying stolen property. you know even if you buy it without knowing that it was stolen you still get in trouble.
well at my school we have a deal set with Microsoft which is oretty sweet we can get what ever microsoft software for USD 5 a cd so Ican buy office packages for liek USD 20 and the like.
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Could the Robot's body itself be the depth control planes, I mean like by tilting the things body using moving weights or something. I'm by no means an engineer so i was just wondering if this was possible.
not really they all run on the same roads but you can't take a ford part and stick it in a honda motor. I think the more OS's the merrier we just need file formats and apps that can be used on all or most of them. Java was and is a good idea but they ahve to take that further and develope more applications despite Microsoft's meddling.
I think the reason that microsoft has a strangle hold on the market is because of schools virtually all schools have windows machines in them granted there are some macs but microsoft has the vast majority of them and when a person starts out at 5 years old playing magic school bus on a windows machine they will most likely grow up to be a windows user. I'll equate this to religions (totally off topic but just to back up my point) when a person is raised christian it is highly unlikely they will switch to islam or taoism or something of that nature hence the regionalistic location of religious groups. (man i think i made up like ten words in that paragraph)
i think the stat that i used to quote people when i worked at funcoland was that when you buy your fourth game microsoft starts to make money off of you.
If the current trend of more technically astute people continue then maybe but they still have a long long time till microsoft is out of the picture and by that time who knows Microsoft might be able to run faster and more stabel then anything out there.
I think the only way to undo what microsoft has been doing to its competitors is to reduce their Market Saturation. I mean two year olds in psyche wards draw microsoft logos on the walls you can't go anywhere wihtout hearing microsoft this and bill gates that. And it doesn't help that now even though the have been a little broken up they are branching into other fields with the XBOX and the like. It is just a shame that the word microsoft has become synonomous with computer now a days. I think if we could limit their advertising power and let some other OSs in to expose themselves to the market you would start to see some sparks fly. of course this is easier said then done.
I think this is more a case of laziness and complacency people are so used to point and click that they don't want to have to think like they did back in the old days. It's the same reason most people don't use abacuses. Of course I am only 20 and i don't remember much of the old days.
Well why then are there student an senior citizen discounts. I'm not tryign to disprove you I am just wondering how that can work?
Well If linux dominated, and stayed free then there wouldn't be a need for competition because all that does is lower cost and it's free. Granted the quality might slip but if that happens then it would be easy to dethrone them because someone could make a better OS.
I agree that Microsoft shuold have some government sanctioned restrictions. However why must all the prices be so high. I mean i know the astronomical amount of work that goes into developing software but there is no way that, that justifies selling a 10 cent cd in a $2 box for upwards of $200 I mean they are freakin rapign the less computer literate people that don't know of the linux and sun OS's. There has always been somehting fishy about microsoft and I think they need a good competitor to loosen things up(like maybe if Linux sold out and made a user friendly idiot proof OS).
I don't think this applies to all colleges but it is worth looking into when you can get $200 worth of software for about $20. They usually sell it through the school store I'd check there first.
well that's an easy problem to solve. We could just let half the population starve to death then we would need less oil and less food so everybody would prosper or even better we could pay some corrupt third world government to starve their people then trade for it in illegal arms. man why aren't I president.
well you understand what I'm saying. you knit picking idiot.
Well i would assume it would be sort of like buying stolen property. you know even if you buy it without knowing that it was stolen you still get in trouble.
well at my school we have a deal set with Microsoft which is oretty sweet we can get what ever microsoft software for USD 5 a cd so Ican buy office packages for liek USD 20 and the like.