You speak like someone who has heard of 2nd Life but hasn't used it much. The original poster's point is valid: Try to find some information regarding IBM on the Web - type www.ibm.com Now do the same with SL - go, i'll wait until you come back.
OK?
The truth about 2nd life as information medium is encapsulated in your comment "Or at least it was"
Just because someone can see a gimmick is a gimmick doesn't mean that they are involved in protecting their patch of turf.
BBC is patchy - but that's its remit - to be allowed to experiment and be hit-or-miss. Some of its output is excellent. I would cite Being Human as an example.
No - because the current server/client combination works just fine thank you - as far as they are concerned. That's one of the points made in the article.
11. Robbery. 12. Burglary; housebreaking or any similar offence. 13. Larceny. 14. Embezzlement. 15. Obtaining any property, money or valuable securities by false pretences or other form of deception.
I suspect it is comments like yours that make people depressed. Just because no causation was demonstrated does not mean that the correlation is not noteworthy. At the very least they are pointing the way to some interesting further research.
Well, if they are anything like me, they may be cheapskates running it in VirtualBox on a Mac. The truth is I very very occasionally need to use Windows - perhaps to install a bit of firmware on something that only has a Windows installer, or perhaps to check how something looks in IE8.
The fact that I won't be able to use the RC for extended periods seems like an extremely good deal from Microsoft, considering I haven't paid for it, and expected it to be disabled completely this summer.
Yes, it will run, but knowledgeable people tell me that without the proper bootcamp drivers it is possible to damage the CPU. Apparently conventional PC boards handle all of the power management in firmware. Apple saves a bit of cash by putting some of the functionality in the OS. Bottom line, don't use the proper drivers and your CPU can be getting a bit too much voltage in normal use. This usually isn't a problem, but it can make the machine run hot and may shorten the CPU life.
It's nice that you want to improve the chumminess and information flow at the workplace, but how do senior management feel about this? Because change won't occur without them buying in - and I mean *really* buying in.
IRC is great for allowing a free flow of ephemeral information, but unless the CEO is using it, habitually as a way of requesting ideas or whatever, rather than sending mail to everyone@ - of course it will not get used. Feel free to substitute any technology or approach for IRC in that sentence.
The lack of multitasking may be be baffling to you, but multitasking is baffling to my parents, it really is. I looked at the iPad and thought, with iWork installed, if this thing will drive a printer, it would pretty much be their perfect computer.
If the owners don't like the policy and you are convinced that there is company-critical data on their machines, request a 10 minute meeting. Explain the problem as it stands in terms of data loss and find out if there is a back-up strategy that is more palatable to them.
Well. LinkedIn worked for me, but I used it in the old intended way of connecting to people who you actually know and trust. I've had a couple of friends/former colleagues who recommended me to other people on LinkedIn for jobs.
In the old days I used to answer questions on LinkedIn Answers quite a bit and got at least one job that way, though someone who saw one of my answers, and asked me to look into something for them.
These days Answers has devolved into questions like 'How can SEO enhance your business' (asks Mr SEO man).
And the Groups are a joke. Instead of a place for honest discussion, most appear to be pure self promotion. Sad really.
My assumption has always been that their business model would be to sell the kit to ISPS who would install the servers at local exchanges and charge for gaming as a premium service. That would seem to solve most of the problems. The physics only really becomes a problem when you assume central servers away from subscribers
Agreed. As a British tax payer, I think the UK government took the right course of action, given the evidence available to it. Remember back the reported mortality rates in Mexico, nasty stuff.
However I welcome the WHO investigation. If they were bamboozled by the drugs companies, that would be bad.
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Indeed. Having read the thread, I suspect I've just witnessed a mathematical game of Mornington Crescent.
You speak like someone who has heard of 2nd Life but hasn't used it much. The original poster's point is valid: Try to find some information regarding IBM on the Web - type www.ibm.com Now do the same with SL - go, i'll wait until you come back.
OK?
The truth about 2nd life as information medium is encapsulated in your comment "Or at least it was"
Just because someone can see a gimmick is a gimmick doesn't mean that they are involved in protecting their patch of turf.
BBC is patchy - but that's its remit - to be allowed to experiment and be hit-or-miss. Some of its output is excellent. I would cite Being Human as an example.
Yeh, but be fair - they found a cure.
No, pluck them.... then stuff them
No - because the current server/client combination works just fine thank you - as far as they are concerned. That's one of the points made in the article.
Australia has an extradition agreement with the U.S.
The offences that are extraditable include:
11. Robbery.
12. Burglary; housebreaking or any similar offence.
13. Larceny.
14. Embezzlement.
15. Obtaining any property, money or valuable securities by false pretences or other form of deception.
I suspect this will not end well.
But just a minute - how are the taxpayers to know of the decisions? The school board would have to have cameras in their laptops that wer... ah. Yes.
A question that will be answered if you ... read the article. Strangely enough the article sets out fairly clearly what the article sets out.
Madness, I know.
Because a .x release in OS X land is actually a major release.
Would I be right in thinking this translates as "Me and my friends liked it, but it didn't sell very well"?
I suspect it is comments like yours that make people depressed. Just because no causation was demonstrated does not mean that the correlation is not noteworthy. At the very least they are pointing the way to some interesting further research.
Well, if they are anything like me, they may be cheapskates running it in VirtualBox on a Mac. The truth is I very very occasionally need to use Windows - perhaps to install a bit of firmware on something that only has a Windows installer, or perhaps to check how something looks in IE8.
The fact that I won't be able to use the RC for extended periods seems like an extremely good deal from Microsoft, considering I haven't paid for it, and expected it to be disabled completely this summer.
Yes, it will run, but knowledgeable people tell me that without the proper bootcamp drivers it is possible to damage the CPU. Apparently conventional PC boards handle all of the power management in firmware. Apple saves a bit of cash by putting some of the functionality in the OS. Bottom line, don't use the proper drivers and your CPU can be getting a bit too much voltage in normal use. This usually isn't a problem, but it can make the machine run hot and may shorten the CPU life.
It's nice that you want to improve the chumminess and information flow at the workplace, but how do senior management feel about this? Because change won't occur without them buying in - and I mean *really* buying in.
IRC is great for allowing a free flow of ephemeral information, but unless the CEO is using it, habitually as a way of requesting ideas or whatever, rather than sending mail to everyone@ - of course it will not get used. Feel free to substitute any technology or approach for IRC in that sentence.
You're right. /. doesn't care about his wife. Which is the reason that /. is the wrong place to be discussing the iPad's chances of success.
The lack of multitasking may be be baffling to you, but multitasking is baffling to my parents, it really is. I looked at the iPad and thought, with iWork installed, if this thing will drive a printer, it would pretty much be their perfect computer.
Precisely, I wish I had mod points.
If the owners don't like the policy and you are convinced that there is company-critical data on their machines, request a 10 minute meeting. Explain the problem as it stands in terms of data loss and find out if there is a back-up strategy that is more palatable to them.
From the article: " I'm sure the 'content providers' will continue to sell content to the BBC, ITV, etc., if this is not implemented."
My guess would be 'no' actually - they'll happily sell non-HD versions, but I doubt they will sell HD without the DRM.
Hey, if the summary writer can speculate, so can I.
From the article: "....The superb photos, each made up of about 30 frames..."
Well. LinkedIn worked for me, but I used it in the old intended way of connecting to people who you actually know and trust. I've had a couple of friends/former colleagues who recommended me to other people on LinkedIn for jobs.
In the old days I used to answer questions on LinkedIn Answers quite a bit and got at least one job that way, though someone who saw one of my answers, and asked me to look into something for them.
These days Answers has devolved into questions like 'How can SEO enhance your business' (asks Mr SEO man).
And the Groups are a joke. Instead of a place for honest discussion, most appear to be pure self promotion. Sad really.
My assumption has always been that their business model would be to sell the kit to ISPS who would install the servers at local exchanges and charge for gaming as a premium service. That would seem to solve most of the problems. The physics only really becomes a problem when you assume central servers away from subscribers
Agreed. As a British tax payer, I think the UK government took the right course of action, given the evidence available to it. Remember back the reported mortality rates in Mexico, nasty stuff.
However I welcome the WHO investigation. If they were bamboozled by the drugs companies, that would be bad.
I'm having a lot of fun with Call of Duty Modern Warfare on the Wii at the moment - the multiplayer option is rather nice.
And kudos to the CEO for actually having an outbreak of genuine mirth when it broke.