Most email (almost all that I have seen) solutions offer a web interface. True, most users don't even know what an email client is, and would probably say IE is there email client. But generally, email is email. The only reason most free emails have switched to webmail-only for non-paying subscribers is to get money from the power users, not to focus on their webmail client.
No free POP3 access? Then I don't care. And (not to sound like a billboard) if I'm going to pay X a year for an email address, I'd much rather pay about the same to godaddy for a domain and email account in which I have an entire domain at my disposal.
I've had many professors say that Java is nowhere near as slow as it used to be, and that it was just a myth now that it is that much slower the C or another language that doesn't rely on VMs. In most applications, I guess it's actually equal enough to C to be considered as an alternative. Although it doesn't have anywhere near the rich number of libraries C/C++ works with (I'd like to see someone make a cutting edge game in Java).
This doesn't make much sense to me... The only way the banks could do this without pissing off customers by cutting out features would be requiring more information. A bank would need to gather information at signup for a user to verify it later on. So a fisher gathers information at "signup" that should provide enough to screw the "fish" (for lack of a better term). I see no way this could work realistically without restricting access to ones account online to a single computer/IP, putting mag-card readers in every computer, or having some sort of USB key to go with the user's account. A USB key would seem like the most realistic method to go about this, but most users probably wouldn't like it, and would prefer not to have this "feature", which banks would probably not make mandatory unless it became a state law. The best method I can see is bind the account to one computer with an SSL certificate or something, and allow the user to have a USB Key to access it from other computers if they so wish to.
Although there have been many viruses/trojans that spread without user intervention, a vast majority of the ones I hear of are spread through gullable people opening mysterious attachments or running a strange program. Although they exploit computer code, they also exploit the human brain about as much as phishing tactics, they just attempt to get the information indirectly.
Can I call this a dupe since it seems to be a reoccurring topic? Oh well, It's useful information, and I've always been a fan of Linux PVRs, so I guess it's ok....
We seem to be loosing site of the goal of this system. To work. It works. Let's move on. America can say it should be kept with them "since it works", but that probably isn't the real reason. The real reason is most likely for useless power and reputation. But at the same time the other countries seem to not have a goal with a good basis. It's international, so it should be controlled by an international body. Makes sense. But it works fine as is. To me, both cases seem to just be based on intangable concepts that don't really matter when you get down to it, and all that is left is "it works, let's leave it alone..."
I'm all for them releasing updated versions of handheld hardware. It's a unique idea that has never really flied with console/portable gaming (and no, a smaller Genesis console isn't a significant update....). But am I the only one that thinks they should focus more on what they have already? I have a number of friends that are often slightly irritated by a newer, better GameBoy being released shortly (like a month or so) after they got theirs. Yes, this is the nature of electonics, but a console is meant to stay the same for at least a few years (around 4 last I checked). The original gameboy lasted how long before an upgrade? It seems like they could alienate some customers if they aren't careful.... I guess it's all a matter of perspective though.... If I look at the difference like the difference between an iPod, iPod shuffle, and iPod Nano, it doesn't seem so wrong... It still seems like they should concentrate more on a single varient of a system at a time....
Maybe they will finally decide to sell content based on licenses. That could also turn into a bad thing though. Instead of licensing it to the user, they may license it to a single computer, or require extra money somehow to license it to be used by all 4 members of a family. Maybe I'm just being pessimistic though... I just find it hard to believe a huge corporation could be fighting for the consumers.... In capitalist America, you don't drive the buying market, the buying market drives you!!!
Ever forget to bookmark something a few times because your lazy? Googling it each time you want it to get to it results in it being at the same position as it was the first time (if the index hasn't updated to some changes).
I remember reading a few years ago that something that made Google's system different then the competition was that they preferred to have a cluster of very cheap hardware (so if one died, another would take over it's job) instead of a single expensive hardware configuration that had its own backup system built in. Not sure if they continue to work with this philosophy though. They seem to have proven that it works successfully though (Google has never given me any problems).
Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that thought this was X-Men based. Maybe I'll give it a try sometime how since I know it's not just a movie-based game..
"The International Astronomical Union, a group of scientists responsible for naming planets, is deciding on formal names for Xena and Gabrielle.". They make it sound like it is a common occurance.... If I were in the group, I would be extatic to finally be able to do something like naming a planet if I had the right too (since it has never needed to be done).
I'm willing to bet a consideribly larger percentage of our generation has a greater understanding of how modern technology works then theirs (assuming "our generation" is the 20-30 age group). So what's the story? It takes a whle for people to understand complex ideas (like how technology works), and no matter what generation we are talking about, only a small percentage are in a field that requires them to know a lot about the inner workings of technology.
Back before the industrial revolution, there were very few things (biological "devices" aside), if any, that people didn't basically understand how they worked. Anything that they didn't understand was practically "magic". But since the industrial revolution, people have been becoming less and less aware of how the parts of their daily lives work in comparison to the past (cathode ray tube, scan lines, IR remote, is only a basic understanding of how a TV works, and even the most knowledgable people [even in the field] probably can't grasp the entire workings of a TV down to all circuits and technology in use). It makes a person wonder what kind of long-term affects this "it just works" attitude may have on society.
I mostly agree, and although transparent subs sounds like a good idea, they could be more trouble then there worth. I'm sure most of us that watch subbed stuff have seem some times when you can barely read the subs because they blend in with the background. Transparency would seem to be a step in the wrong direction (at least if they were transparent enough to be really worth it). Ah, if only Japan used PAL, then we could make use of the extra pixel height....
I remember once having a Toshiba e310 PDA a long while ago. Thin, light, When I carried it, I put it in the thin case it came in, because I didn't want to make it any bigger. You wanna know what happened? The screen eventually cracked. I didn't recall putting a lot of force on it, but it still happened. I Learned a very valuble lesson that day. It doesn't matter how tiny your new device is, it should only be considered as small as the fairly-protective case you should be putting it in. Otherwise, your just going to run into problems like I did, and these people did. And yes, I know, my crack and their scratches are different types of damage, but they could have both been prevented by a good (or any in the case of the Nano) case most likely.
Aren't CD prices roughly the same usually (I don't buy much music, so I wouldn't know)? There are some deviations from slowing demand and stuff that people don't want to listen to, but generally, especially with new stuff, your going to pay the same price for one CD from one retailer as you would another from the same retailer. And there's a well known difference here. With a CD, your paying a large amount of money probably only for a few songs in particular, compared to a set price for any song. I'm sure the artists make plenty on iTunes sales, and as for old stuff that would be hinted at being below 99 cents (but I'm sure if the record labels had there way, would stay at 99 cents while all others rose), I see nothing wrong with 99 cents for a song that might be hard to find.
I've theorized since grade school that not all forms of life would necessarily have our biology and need the same things to live as we did. Although it was more "aliens might not need to breathe air" then....
Damn... If I had the money I'd get it.... Now once I have the money, it will be gone due to slashdotting. There should be some cardinal rules here... Discontinued items should not be slashdotted....
You didn't hear? It's our new international overlord. BBC did it to connect with the younger crowd, and Disney did it so they could show more of there good side to the public by having an in in the media.
I thought that fad was already gone... Oh well... maybe it'll return.... If that ePaper or whatever it was doesn't feel like a PDA. Because curling up to a PDA isn't like curling up to a good book (iBook included).
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Most email (almost all that I have seen) solutions offer a web interface. True, most users don't even know what an email client is, and would probably say IE is there email client. But generally, email is email. The only reason most free emails have switched to webmail-only for non-paying subscribers is to get money from the power users, not to focus on their webmail client.
No free POP3 access? Then I don't care. And (not to sound like a billboard) if I'm going to pay X a year for an email address, I'd much rather pay about the same to godaddy for a domain and email account in which I have an entire domain at my disposal.
I've had many professors say that Java is nowhere near as slow as it used to be, and that it was just a myth now that it is that much slower the C or another language that doesn't rely on VMs. In most applications, I guess it's actually equal enough to C to be considered as an alternative. Although it doesn't have anywhere near the rich number of libraries C/C++ works with (I'd like to see someone make a cutting edge game in Java).
They're beginning to remind me of a pissed off old man that does't like anything modern or new......
This doesn't make much sense to me... The only way the banks could do this without pissing off customers by cutting out features would be requiring more information. A bank would need to gather information at signup for a user to verify it later on. So a fisher gathers information at "signup" that should provide enough to screw the "fish" (for lack of a better term). I see no way this could work realistically without restricting access to ones account online to a single computer/IP, putting mag-card readers in every computer, or having some sort of USB key to go with the user's account. A USB key would seem like the most realistic method to go about this, but most users probably wouldn't like it, and would prefer not to have this "feature", which banks would probably not make mandatory unless it became a state law. The best method I can see is bind the account to one computer with an SSL certificate or something, and allow the user to have a USB Key to access it from other computers if they so wish to.
Although there have been many viruses/trojans that spread without user intervention, a vast majority of the ones I hear of are spread through gullable people opening mysterious attachments or running a strange program. Although they exploit computer code, they also exploit the human brain about as much as phishing tactics, they just attempt to get the information indirectly.
Can I call this a dupe since it seems to be a reoccurring topic? Oh well, It's useful information, and I've always been a fan of Linux PVRs, so I guess it's ok....
We seem to be loosing site of the goal of this system. To work. It works. Let's move on. America can say it should be kept with them "since it works", but that probably isn't the real reason. The real reason is most likely for useless power and reputation. But at the same time the other countries seem to not have a goal with a good basis. It's international, so it should be controlled by an international body. Makes sense. But it works fine as is. To me, both cases seem to just be based on intangable concepts that don't really matter when you get down to it, and all that is left is "it works, let's leave it alone..."
I'm all for them releasing updated versions of handheld hardware. It's a unique idea that has never really flied with console/portable gaming (and no, a smaller Genesis console isn't a significant update....). But am I the only one that thinks they should focus more on what they have already? I have a number of friends that are often slightly irritated by a newer, better GameBoy being released shortly (like a month or so) after they got theirs. Yes, this is the nature of electonics, but a console is meant to stay the same for at least a few years (around 4 last I checked). The original gameboy lasted how long before an upgrade? It seems like they could alienate some customers if they aren't careful.... I guess it's all a matter of perspective though.... If I look at the difference like the difference between an iPod, iPod shuffle, and iPod Nano, it doesn't seem so wrong... It still seems like they should concentrate more on a single varient of a system at a time....
Maybe they will finally decide to sell content based on licenses. That could also turn into a bad thing though. Instead of licensing it to the user, they may license it to a single computer, or require extra money somehow to license it to be used by all 4 members of a family. Maybe I'm just being pessimistic though... I just find it hard to believe a huge corporation could be fighting for the consumers.... In capitalist America, you don't drive the buying market, the buying market drives you!!!
Ever forget to bookmark something a few times because your lazy? Googling it each time you want it to get to it results in it being at the same position as it was the first time (if the index hasn't updated to some changes).
I remember reading a few years ago that something that made Google's system different then the competition was that they preferred to have a cluster of very cheap hardware (so if one died, another would take over it's job) instead of a single expensive hardware configuration that had its own backup system built in. Not sure if they continue to work with this philosophy though. They seem to have proven that it works successfully though (Google has never given me any problems).
Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that thought this was X-Men based. Maybe I'll give it a try sometime how since I know it's not just a movie-based game..
"The International Astronomical Union, a group of scientists responsible for naming planets, is deciding on formal names for Xena and Gabrielle.". They make it sound like it is a common occurance.... If I were in the group, I would be extatic to finally be able to do something like naming a planet if I had the right too (since it has never needed to be done).
I'm willing to bet a consideribly larger percentage of our generation has a greater understanding of how modern technology works then theirs (assuming "our generation" is the 20-30 age group). So what's the story? It takes a whle for people to understand complex ideas (like how technology works), and no matter what generation we are talking about, only a small percentage are in a field that requires them to know a lot about the inner workings of technology.
It was spent on the marketing that brought us this dupe....
Back before the industrial revolution, there were very few things (biological "devices" aside), if any, that people didn't basically understand how they worked. Anything that they didn't understand was practically "magic". But since the industrial revolution, people have been becoming less and less aware of how the parts of their daily lives work in comparison to the past (cathode ray tube, scan lines, IR remote, is only a basic understanding of how a TV works, and even the most knowledgable people [even in the field] probably can't grasp the entire workings of a TV down to all circuits and technology in use). It makes a person wonder what kind of long-term affects this "it just works" attitude may have on society.
although I don't think he works for them anymore, at least his projects seem to be continuing to gain steam....
I mostly agree, and although transparent subs sounds like a good idea, they could be more trouble then there worth. I'm sure most of us that watch subbed stuff have seem some times when you can barely read the subs because they blend in with the background. Transparency would seem to be a step in the wrong direction (at least if they were transparent enough to be really worth it). Ah, if only Japan used PAL, then we could make use of the extra pixel height....
I remember once having a Toshiba e310 PDA a long while ago. Thin, light, When I carried it, I put it in the thin case it came in, because I didn't want to make it any bigger. You wanna know what happened? The screen eventually cracked. I didn't recall putting a lot of force on it, but it still happened. I Learned a very valuble lesson that day. It doesn't matter how tiny your new device is, it should only be considered as small as the fairly-protective case you should be putting it in. Otherwise, your just going to run into problems like I did, and these people did. And yes, I know, my crack and their scratches are different types of damage, but they could have both been prevented by a good (or any in the case of the Nano) case most likely.
Aren't CD prices roughly the same usually (I don't buy much music, so I wouldn't know)? There are some deviations from slowing demand and stuff that people don't want to listen to, but generally, especially with new stuff, your going to pay the same price for one CD from one retailer as you would another from the same retailer. And there's a well known difference here. With a CD, your paying a large amount of money probably only for a few songs in particular, compared to a set price for any song. I'm sure the artists make plenty on iTunes sales, and as for old stuff that would be hinted at being below 99 cents (but I'm sure if the record labels had there way, would stay at 99 cents while all others rose), I see nothing wrong with 99 cents for a song that might be hard to find.
I've theorized since grade school that not all forms of life would necessarily have our biology and need the same things to live as we did. Although it was more "aliens might not need to breathe air" then....
Damn... If I had the money I'd get it.... Now once I have the money, it will be gone due to slashdotting. There should be some cardinal rules here... Discontinued items should not be slashdotted....
You didn't hear? It's our new international overlord. BBC did it to connect with the younger crowd, and Disney did it so they could show more of there good side to the public by having an in in the media.
I thought that fad was already gone... Oh well... maybe it'll return.... If that ePaper or whatever it was doesn't feel like a PDA. Because curling up to a PDA isn't like curling up to a good book (iBook included).