Obviously you're entitled to your opinion. But let's just be clear that this is not the approach taken by US (or most other nations, AFAIK) copyright law. The entire concept of copyright was based on the idea that content is "different". A book is a product, a CD is a product, a painting is a product. But story, the music, the image, respectively, are not products. They are information. Information can be reproduced with trivial effort. But transcribing a usable, re-usable, distributable copy of the information was, until the advent of the VCR, prohibitively difficult/tedious. Possible, yes, but tedious. What this meant was that few people actually attempted to do such, to circumvent the creator's right of sole reproduction and distribution (AKA copyright). But when they did, there was a legal channel by which the creator could protect his right. "Unfair" forms of reproduction are what copyright was designed to protect. How can an artist make a living from his work if he has to compete with someone else to sell it who doesn't need to spend any time practicing, composing, or performing, and instead can sit and crank out copies all day long.
The digital age brought about the triviality of reproduction and distribution of information. Which means that virtually anyone can now do so with virtually no effort, or even technical knowledge. You don't need to buy heavy equipment or expensive ad space in order to copy and distribute. But that doesn't change the fact that each instance of this is a violation of the creator's sole right to reproduction and distribution. Each instance is an infringement of the copyright.
But that shouldn't be the final word. One must keep in mind the spirit of the law. Was it ever intended to prevent people from obtaining a copy and making use of that copy as many times as they want, in whatever ways they want, short of copying it for further distribution? Arguably, no. I would argue that any attempt to claim that a consumer should pay for each and every use, or even just multiple copies for different presentation devices, is unabashed money-grubbing. It is equivalent, in my mind, to an artist claiming grounds to sue you for reading his book aloud to your children-- or even just to yourself-- in the privacy of your home. Or an author claiming grounds to sue you for playing his song, on your piano, alone, again in the privacy of your home..... Unless you've paid for the license to do so.
I don't think there's a valid argument that this is the type of profiteering that copyright was meant to protect. So the next question is, should we redesign copyright law to serve this purely commercial/economic purpose, as the **AA's seem to want? Or do we lobby to get back to the spirit of the law, and renew the principles of fair use?
It should be obvious by this point where I stand, at least.
i think when you talk about games, 3D applications, virtual environments, GUI's etc etc, C++ shines. i think as embedded systems, custom built environments start to grow then C++ might gain some of its popularity back...of course i am sure to some extent C# is gaining more ground...but C++ is not biased on a certain platform. AS Linux flavors emerge and become more popular a language will need to be 'cross-platform' if you will.
can you imagine doing Java with OpenGL? i am not talking about drawing a 3D cube or rotating spheres. maybe you have but i cant imagine that, especially when there isnt much support/help out there for it and when dealing with real time interactive applications, virtual environments etc etc as mentioned above Java fails miserably
i agree with some on here though. i have NEVER needed or honestly wanted to use the keyword 'friend'. to most noobs (friend != ur_friend). also i remember in my data structures class in college doing an assignment related to overloading streams. i guess i can see where you would want to overload this but for me in the past and now it has never been worth the hassle or the work. just easier to use the headers that come with the compiler.
as already noted, templates are a mess, confusing and IMO too prone for errors, such as it seems there is no one or two ways of doing something with templates but unlimted instead.
conclusion: c++ is powerful, even though not the most noobish language out there, fast for most people, well documented, online community support, cross-platform and overall provides a good standard.
same here as OP... i have a 98SE machine..its part of my LAN along with an XP Pro machine and the network is up 24/7. ive got one virus before,. a clone of some sort on the 98 machine but i have been clean 100% on the XP Pro machine. i have port 80 open for the webserver to run and one more port for various other things but thats it. i also have it set up on the firewall that when someone tries to ping them, their IP addy is blocked forever. also obviously only the things needing to send data out and receive data are allowed such as limewire, instant messengers, updates to firewall etc.
if people would realize there is more to a computer than email and IM then the computers out there would be a lot more secure. when they spend $$$ on a comp they need to treat it like a car, it needs maintenance, care and cleaning up once in a while.
Roe Vs Wade Overturned would not mean that Roe v Wade would mean "literally" overturned. it would just mean that it would be left up to the states.. give it to the states to decide.. which personally i think would be a good thing, as well as gay rights.. leave it up to the states. with these vital issues whats wrong with letting the people decide? i see none.
when i first was with comcast it was about 2.5 - 3.0 mbps.. and it was flaky at times i must admit. then it was a dedicated 3.0 and i sometimes got more than that. then it was 4.0, now recently its 5.0 and there is a difference and although it fluxuates give or take 250k or so maybe a little more i have a strong day to day average of 5.0.
i have 2 or 3 IE windows up, AIM & MSN messenger running, and photoshop and Visual.NET for some openGL programming and then i decide to run the new game Battlefield 2.... so i run it.. high res, no problem. i dont have to shut anything down.
why does everyone else complain about this? i dont get it really unless they are out just to flame off their anti-MS personal agenda.
btw my specs are:
3.4 Ghz Pci-express mobo L2 Cache
2 GB DDR RAM @ 533 Mhz
Geforce 6800 SLI(256 RAM per card)
Nvidia to announce GeForce Xtreme ZX9900 GT Quadruple SLI with a closed of 100 Ghz and 20 GB of memory on board for each card.
ATI to finally release official working drivers for linux.
if you want to play Battlefield 2 make sure you get the 6600 series PCI-e style. the game for some reason does not support(at least right now) the AGP version of this card.
why not send a mass email to everyone on their contact list and say "LOOK, i am leaving this crappy service for a real ISP. here is my new email address. if you wish to stay in contact with me, email me back please." Simple as that.
IMO heres why:
#1. Your solutions are no longer usable/feasible/needed. Everything you are offering everyone else has and has for a LONG TIME.
#2. People arent leaving you b/c you never had these services, they are leaving b/c your service sucks balls, you bill 23.95 for dial up when someone can AT LEAST pay that much for DSL -lite and in turn can get online whenever they want which in turn doesnt make them keep dialing up and dialing up and keeping getting busy signals.
#3. Quit LIEING with your ads about AOL for broadband. You dont offer broadband you dimwads, you offer an overbloated piece of crap on top of your already overbloated aol software so someone out there with no sense can pay $10 more to use with a service they are already paying $30 - $40 for, especially for people that have cable.
#4 -- even your most loyal user base, including even grandma's are leaving you because they are either doing the research and wisening up themselves or they have geeky grandchildren to tell them how dirty you really are. either way you lose.
#5 -- 2003 25.3 Million customers, 2004, 24.0 million, 2005 21.7 million and still counting. i think thats enough said.
sure you may add some people to their 'new feature(s), but you will lose many many more. i guess the only bad thing in the end will be if AOL does go belly up will be ALL the people that use AIM..but i guess we could all go to gaim or trillian.
i usually come in about 15 mins late..i try to sneak in through the back so the boss doesnt see me...then i just sit down and stare at my computer and just space out for about an hour, when it looks like i am working. i'd say in a given week i probably do about 15 mins of real actual work.
i have WIn XP Pro at home and never have i had a virus, malware, etc etc, no spur of the moment reboots, no bluescreens. i have cable internet so the computer is on 24/7. i maybe have to reboot once a month for new windows updates but thats about it.
you can get in touch with me at usmsci@yahoo.com if you are still looking. (yes i have REAL email but i am not going to put that on here publicly for everyone to see so yahoo is private).
if you contact me i can send you my resume. i have a BSCS. didnt really do much C, mostly C++.
i could go on about the different jobs i have had in the past but i interned at Nasa. i wrote custom real-time interactive 3-D applications written in C++ and OpenGL. I wrote our code on SGI's, Linux and Windows Boxes and used a CAVE for viewing our virtual environment.
Once i graduated i got a job with Lockheed Martin and am still employed by them. i do the exact same work as before but just more intense. i also create custom conceptual animations using Maya 6.5 Unlimited.
so thats a total of 3 1/2 of C++ experience including OpenGL(although i dont know if this matters to you or not). i dont have much experience in C because C was merely an objective while C++ is the starting language. However i am sure i could program in C since its mostly the same minus the OOP part. i am sure i could figure out what malloc is doing behind the scenes but ive never used it since you use the new function in C++. I wasnt taught openGL, i taught myself besides taking a few computer graphics courses that i absolutely got nothing from. i dont know Java, i know it doesnt have pointers and cant do multi-dimensional arrays and with 3-D graphics and large data its incredibly slow but thats about it. so basically i am a C++/OpenGL guy. i also have a security clearance.
anyway get back to me if you would like to talk or e-mail me and i can send you a resume. i am not ready to jump ship from lockheed, its a great company with great benefits i am just open to see what else is out there. thanks for your time..
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I love how people argue over which system is "better". Who cares?
Yes, I fully expect that the graphics and sound will be awesome. That's FANTASTIC. Yay for pushing the boundries - but lets not kid ourselves here. This is going to be about two giant corporations pulling every dirty trick in the book to try to destroy one another. Personally, I'm slightly more interested in supporting Sony as they actually innovate every once in a while and make some attempt at building standards.
I will say this, though - I'm infinitely thankful that it's Microsoft & Sony doing this than Nintendo for a simple reason; they don't "own" the games. Nintendo has pretty much tied their own rope with their first party crap.
Nintendo simply can not compete with Sony & Microsoft. Either company could buy Nintendo in CASH right now - Microsoft could do so without their shareholders even batting an eye. You're talking about companies that can call a quarter with only $15 billion in sales "underperforming".
Both organizations have a history firmly rooted in dumping. They will try to undercut one another into oblivion.
Now, Microsoft has a fiscal advantage here, of course. They're hoping for a big payoff when it comes to software licensing and the like further down the road. Sony has a distinct advantage in their relationships with the hardware manufacturers (namely in that they're actually using hardware that they developed / co-developed, while microsoft is using entirely third party parts).
Personally, I'm more interested to see how this alters the PC market. Both nVidia and ATI are going to have a lot riding on their respective relationships. IBM is now dipping their whick into both candles (and, indeed, burning from both ends). AMD and Intel have been shut out of the game. We shall see.
why dont i just jump off of a building? because maybe God is using me in this life to do His work on earth. maybe he has other plans for me. i am not going to tell you you are an idiot for not believing the Bible is the sole word of God. but it seems on here everytime this comes up, whoever believes in Jesus as told in the Bible that he was the Son of God and that take the whole Bible literally then somehow we are in a state of dillusionment, that we are crazy.
guess what, this happened in Jesus time as well. isnt it interested how God of the Bible and Jesus cause so much controversy?? so much hate(on both elite extremes i might add).
Jesus said in the Bible people will hate you because you love me and follow me. He said that His name would always be a stumbling block for many. He also said that I am the way, the truth and the life..no one comes to God except by me. Guess what? that is indeed close-minded. I didnt say it, He did. He says He was the way, no other way..i.e. only ONE way to heaven. No wonder he also said FEW will enter the kingdom of heaven, b/c no one likes close-minded and one sided thinkers. there is no grey with Jesus...either you are black or white. He was referring to asking forgiveness of your sins, asking Jesus to come into your heart and believing that He is the Son of God, was crucified for your sins and rose from the dead. Hell is not only about being with the devil and being hot, tortured forever etc etc.. its about eternal separation from God, i.e., eternal darkness.
some people mention in the old testament about slavery etc etc and how this was supposedly "right" in the Old Testament and not the New Testament. well in the Old Testament, the rules were different in fact, in the New Testament(if you read it and actually try to understand it and not 1 verse or even 1 chapter) Jesus coming into the picture changed everything and changed the rules.
You might still not pick up the Bible and have an open mind and heart about it but just think for a moment...where will you go when you die? think about it. don't you want to have some assurance? this life is only temporary and when you die, short of a funeral and people fighting in the courts to get all your possessions you will be forgotten. so where will you go when you die?
If you are right about everything, about Christianity, about Jesus, about everything he taught, about the BIble being wrong and just a stroybook then i will have lost nothing. if you are wrong about Christianity, about that 1 thing, then you would have lost everything, including your soul. i suppose if that is the chance you want to take then go right ahead.
*rings dell*
CSR: "hello my name is 'samuel' how can i help you build your system today?"
You: "ummm i would like a P-10XL Next Generation Processor with 10 GB RAM overclocked with a DVDRW/CDRW/Holodeck drive"
CSR: "ok and how much RAM would you like to go with your system?"
You: "i think 2 GB should be enough, thanks!!"
CSR: "..and thank you very much sir"
obviously we are not reading from the same Bible...most of the new testament was Jesus teaching parables, and preaching and teaching to his disciples.
The Gospels we written by people living in Jesus' time. Matthew the first of the gospels was written by himself.. as he was one of Jesus' 12 Disciples.
the 2nd gospel Mark was written by himself who was a confidant of Simon Peter, who as you recall if you actually read the Bible was also one of Jesus' 12 Disciples. It is well known that Mark got a lot of his writings of the book from Simon Peter and who none other than Simon Peter would have been the best resource of the real happenings of Jesus and his teachings?
Luke, the 3rd gospel, written by himself also had close ties to Jesus...he writes the gospel according to most of what he got from Mary and also from his walkings with Jesus along with Paul on many occasions. He also records the walk to Emmaus, which was when he and some other walked with Jesus AFTER he had been resurrected, this shows that Jesus was still human even after being resurrected.
The 4th gospel, John was also written by himself as he was an apostle of Jesus as well. Who more would be able to accurately account the walkings and preachings of Jesus as well as his teachings during his lifetime? He also is the author of the 3 Epistles and Revelation as John fleed to the Isle of Patmus.
Every gospel were written by men that all had close ties with Jesus, 2 of which who were disciples and the other 2 who walked with Jesus because of their friendship with some of the Disciples and because of their first hand resources and accounts of which i have described above VERY briefly.
are you telling me that these 4 gospels are not accurate or are you reading from the same BIble that i am reading from? or perhaps you really havent read it but merely at best glanced over it and made your own conclusions instead of studying the Word and really knowing the facts??
you all are missing what Christianity is all about.. its not about who is Baptist , Catholic, Lutheran or any other form of "Christian" derivatives. Its all about having a deep loving relationship with Jesus...and believing that He is the Son of God, he was crucified for our sins as the ultimate sacrifice and that he rose again. thats what separates Christianity from other 'religions'. It's all about Jesus. no one belief other than Christianity offers eternal salvation.
Jesus predicted in the Bible before he died on the cross that His name would be a stumbling block to many, that people would hate you because you believe in me. He was right on target. He also said that FEW will walk the straight and narrow path and that FEW will make it the kingdom of heaven. One of Jesus' commandments is to go into all the world and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. if that is what we believe in then why shouldnt we have the right to teach ID with the same weight as evolution? just my 2 cents.
just because you say you are a Christian surely doesnt make you one. you can go to church and sunday school and not be a Christian. Christianity is beliving the God sent His only Son to die on the cross to save your sins and mine and that he rose from the dead, the ultimate sacrifice that would save us from sin(eternal separation from God). It is also living for Jesus, living to the best of your ability how Jesus lived and preaching the gospel to all nations. People are not perfect of course but its all whats in the heart and God can see a mans heart and his intentions.
evolution has not been proven and is just a theory. why cant ID get a fair shake and at least we have have equal teachings on both? besides isnt that what the ACLU and other have been wanting.. equality?
you can get updated drivers for your 3dfx card here . you can also get cool tips, tweaks and tools for various other things as well as Nvidia and ATI drivers(if you must). Game patches to run games such as Quake 3 and Doom 3 among many others can be found here . enjoy!
its time the people come together and take down the RIAA. we'll cast them down with the sodomites. we'll have ourselves a little RIAA BBQ. they'll see the flames for miles...
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Obviously you're entitled to your opinion. But let's just be clear that this is not the approach taken by US (or most other nations, AFAIK) copyright law. The entire concept of copyright was based on the idea that content is "different". A book is a product, a CD is a product, a painting is a product. But story, the music, the image, respectively, are not products. They are information. Information can be reproduced with trivial effort. But transcribing a usable, re-usable, distributable copy of the information was, until the advent of the VCR, prohibitively difficult/tedious. Possible, yes, but tedious. What this meant was that few people actually attempted to do such, to circumvent the creator's right of sole reproduction and distribution (AKA copyright). But when they did, there was a legal channel by which the creator could protect his right. "Unfair" forms of reproduction are what copyright was designed to protect. How can an artist make a living from his work if he has to compete with someone else to sell it who doesn't need to spend any time practicing, composing, or performing, and instead can sit and crank out copies all day long. The digital age brought about the triviality of reproduction and distribution of information. Which means that virtually anyone can now do so with virtually no effort, or even technical knowledge. You don't need to buy heavy equipment or expensive ad space in order to copy and distribute. But that doesn't change the fact that each instance of this is a violation of the creator's sole right to reproduction and distribution. Each instance is an infringement of the copyright. But that shouldn't be the final word. One must keep in mind the spirit of the law. Was it ever intended to prevent people from obtaining a copy and making use of that copy as many times as they want, in whatever ways they want, short of copying it for further distribution? Arguably, no. I would argue that any attempt to claim that a consumer should pay for each and every use, or even just multiple copies for different presentation devices, is unabashed money-grubbing. It is equivalent, in my mind, to an artist claiming grounds to sue you for reading his book aloud to your children-- or even just to yourself-- in the privacy of your home. Or an author claiming grounds to sue you for playing his song, on your piano, alone, again in the privacy of your home..... Unless you've paid for the license to do so. I don't think there's a valid argument that this is the type of profiteering that copyright was meant to protect. So the next question is, should we redesign copyright law to serve this purely commercial/economic purpose, as the **AA's seem to want? Or do we lobby to get back to the spirit of the law, and renew the principles of fair use? It should be obvious by this point where I stand, at least.
i think when you talk about games, 3D applications, virtual environments, GUI's etc etc, C++ shines. i think as embedded systems, custom built environments start to grow then C++ might gain some of its popularity back...of course i am sure to some extent C# is gaining more ground...but C++ is not biased on a certain platform. AS Linux flavors emerge and become more popular a language will need to be 'cross-platform' if you will.
can you imagine doing Java with OpenGL? i am not talking about drawing a 3D cube or rotating spheres. maybe you have but i cant imagine that, especially when there isnt much support/help out there for it and when dealing with real time interactive applications, virtual environments etc etc as mentioned above Java fails miserably
i agree with some on here though. i have NEVER needed or honestly wanted to use the keyword 'friend'. to most noobs (friend != ur_friend). also i remember in my data structures class in college doing an assignment related to overloading streams. i guess i can see where you would want to overload this but for me in the past and now it has never been worth the hassle or the work. just easier to use the headers that come with the compiler.
as already noted, templates are a mess, confusing and IMO too prone for errors, such as it seems there is no one or two ways of doing something with templates but unlimted instead. conclusion: c++ is powerful, even though not the most noobish language out there, fast for most people, well documented, online community support, cross-platform and overall provides a good standard.
same here as OP... i have a 98SE machine..its part of my LAN along with an XP Pro machine and the network is up 24/7. ive got one virus before,. a clone of some sort on the 98 machine but i have been clean 100% on the XP Pro machine.
i have port 80 open for the webserver to run and one more port for various other things but thats it. i also have it set up on the firewall that when someone tries to ping them, their IP addy is blocked forever.
also obviously only the things needing to send data out and receive data are allowed such as limewire, instant messengers, updates to firewall etc.
if people would realize there is more to a computer than email and IM then the computers out there would be a lot more secure. when they spend $$$ on a comp they need to treat it like a car, it needs maintenance, care and cleaning up once in a while.
Roe Vs Wade Overturned would not mean that Roe v Wade would mean "literally" overturned. it would just mean that it would be left up to the states.. give it to the states to decide.. which personally i think would be a good thing, as well as gay rights.. leave it up to the states. with these vital issues whats wrong with letting the people decide? i see none.
when i first was with comcast it was about 2.5 - 3.0 mbps.. and it was flaky at times i must admit. then it was a dedicated 3.0 and i sometimes got more than that. then it was 4.0, now recently its 5.0 and there is a difference and although it fluxuates give or take 250k or so maybe a little more i have a strong day to day average of 5.0.
i have 2 or 3 IE windows up, AIM & MSN messenger running, and photoshop and Visual.NET for some openGL programming and then i decide to run the new game Battlefield 2.... so i run it.. high res, no problem. i dont have to shut anything down. why does everyone else complain about this? i dont get it really unless they are out just to flame off their anti-MS personal agenda. btw my specs are: 3.4 Ghz Pci-express mobo L2 Cache 2 GB DDR RAM @ 533 Mhz Geforce 6800 SLI(256 RAM per card)
looks like i picked the wrong day to quit sniffin glue...
Nvidia to announce GeForce Xtreme ZX9900 GT Quadruple SLI with a closed of 100 Ghz and 20 GB of memory on board for each card. ATI to finally release official working drivers for linux.
if you want to play Battlefield 2 make sure you get the 6600 series PCI-e style. the game for some reason does not support(at least right now) the AGP version of this card.
why not send a mass email to everyone on their contact list and say "LOOK, i am leaving this crappy service for a real ISP. here is my new email address. if you wish to stay in contact with me, email me back please." Simple as that.
IMO heres why: #1. Your solutions are no longer usable/feasible/needed. Everything you are offering everyone else has and has for a LONG TIME. #2. People arent leaving you b/c you never had these services, they are leaving b/c your service sucks balls, you bill 23.95 for dial up when someone can AT LEAST pay that much for DSL -lite and in turn can get online whenever they want which in turn doesnt make them keep dialing up and dialing up and keeping getting busy signals. #3. Quit LIEING with your ads about AOL for broadband. You dont offer broadband you dimwads, you offer an overbloated piece of crap on top of your already overbloated aol software so someone out there with no sense can pay $10 more to use with a service they are already paying $30 - $40 for, especially for people that have cable. #4 -- even your most loyal user base, including even grandma's are leaving you because they are either doing the research and wisening up themselves or they have geeky grandchildren to tell them how dirty you really are. either way you lose. #5 -- 2003 25.3 Million customers, 2004, 24.0 million, 2005 21.7 million and still counting. i think thats enough said. sure you may add some people to their 'new feature(s), but you will lose many many more. i guess the only bad thing in the end will be if AOL does go belly up will be ALL the people that use AIM..but i guess we could all go to gaim or trillian.
i usually come in about 15 mins late..i try to sneak in through the back so the boss doesnt see me...then i just sit down and stare at my computer and just space out for about an hour, when it looks like i am working. i'd say in a given week i probably do about 15 mins of real actual work.
Cupstacking is for real. You can become famous if you beat Emily Fox , the worlds fastest cup stacker.
i have WIn XP Pro at home and never have i had a virus, malware, etc etc, no spur of the moment reboots, no bluescreens. i have cable internet so the computer is on 24/7. i maybe have to reboot once a month for new windows updates but thats about it.
at first when i read the headline i thought it was talking about fig newtons with apple flavor..
you can get in touch with me at usmsci@yahoo.com if you are still looking. (yes i have REAL email but i am not going to put that on here publicly for everyone to see so yahoo is private). if you contact me i can send you my resume. i have a BSCS. didnt really do much C, mostly C++.
i could go on about the different jobs i have had in the past but i interned at Nasa. i wrote custom real-time interactive 3-D applications written in C++ and OpenGL. I wrote our code on SGI's, Linux and Windows Boxes and used a CAVE for viewing our virtual environment.
Once i graduated i got a job with Lockheed Martin and am still employed by them. i do the exact same work as before but just more intense. i also create custom conceptual animations using Maya 6.5 Unlimited.
so thats a total of 3 1/2 of C++ experience including OpenGL(although i dont know if this matters to you or not). i dont have much experience in C because C was merely an objective while C++ is the starting language. However i am sure i could program in C since its mostly the same minus the OOP part. i am sure i could figure out what malloc is doing behind the scenes but ive never used it since you use the new function in C++. I wasnt taught openGL, i taught myself besides taking a few computer graphics courses that i absolutely got nothing from. i dont know Java, i know it doesnt have pointers and cant do multi-dimensional arrays and with 3-D graphics and large data its incredibly slow but thats about it. so basically i am a C++/OpenGL guy. i also have a security clearance.
anyway get back to me if you would like to talk or e-mail me and i can send you a resume. i am not ready to jump ship from lockheed, its a great company with great benefits i am just open to see what else is out there. thanks for your time..
I love how people argue over which system is "better". Who cares?
Yes, I fully expect that the graphics and sound will be awesome. That's FANTASTIC. Yay for pushing the boundries - but lets not kid ourselves here. This is going to be about two giant corporations pulling every dirty trick in the book to try to destroy one another. Personally, I'm slightly more interested in supporting Sony as they actually innovate every once in a while and make some attempt at building standards.
I will say this, though - I'm infinitely thankful that it's Microsoft & Sony doing this than Nintendo for a simple reason; they don't "own" the games. Nintendo has pretty much tied their own rope with their first party crap.
Nintendo simply can not compete with Sony & Microsoft. Either company could buy Nintendo in CASH right now - Microsoft could do so without their shareholders even batting an eye. You're talking about companies that can call a quarter with only $15 billion in sales "underperforming". Both organizations have a history firmly rooted in dumping. They will try to undercut one another into oblivion. Now, Microsoft has a fiscal advantage here, of course. They're hoping for a big payoff when it comes to software licensing and the like further down the road. Sony has a distinct advantage in their relationships with the hardware manufacturers (namely in that they're actually using hardware that they developed / co-developed, while microsoft is using entirely third party parts). Personally, I'm more interested to see how this alters the PC market. Both nVidia and ATI are going to have a lot riding on their respective relationships. IBM is now dipping their whick into both candles (and, indeed, burning from both ends). AMD and Intel have been shut out of the game. We shall see.
why dont i just jump off of a building? because maybe God is using me in this life to do His work on earth. maybe he has other plans for me. i am not going to tell you you are an idiot for not believing the Bible is the sole word of God. but it seems on here everytime this comes up, whoever believes in Jesus as told in the Bible that he was the Son of God and that take the whole Bible literally then somehow we are in a state of dillusionment, that we are crazy.
guess what, this happened in Jesus time as well. isnt it interested how God of the Bible and Jesus cause so much controversy?? so much hate(on both elite extremes i might add).
Jesus said in the Bible people will hate you because you love me and follow me. He said that His name would always be a stumbling block for many. He also said that I am the way, the truth and the life..no one comes to God except by me. Guess what? that is indeed close-minded. I didnt say it, He did. He says He was the way, no other way..i.e. only ONE way to heaven. No wonder he also said FEW will enter the kingdom of heaven, b/c no one likes close-minded and one sided thinkers. there is no grey with Jesus...either you are black or white. He was referring to asking forgiveness of your sins, asking Jesus to come into your heart and believing that He is the Son of God, was crucified for your sins and rose from the dead. Hell is not only about being with the devil and being hot, tortured forever etc etc.. its about eternal separation from God, i.e., eternal darkness.
some people mention in the old testament about slavery etc etc and how this was supposedly "right" in the Old Testament and not the New Testament. well in the Old Testament, the rules were different in fact, in the New Testament(if you read it and actually try to understand it and not 1 verse or even 1 chapter) Jesus coming into the picture changed everything and changed the rules.
You might still not pick up the Bible and have an open mind and heart about it but just think for a moment...where will you go when you die? think about it. don't you want to have some assurance? this life is only temporary and when you die, short of a funeral and people fighting in the courts to get all your possessions you will be forgotten. so where will you go when you die? If you are right about everything, about Christianity, about Jesus, about everything he taught, about the BIble being wrong and just a stroybook then i will have lost nothing. if you are wrong about Christianity, about that 1 thing, then you would have lost everything, including your soul. i suppose if that is the chance you want to take then go right ahead.
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obviously we are not reading from the same Bible...most of the new testament was Jesus teaching parables, and preaching and teaching to his disciples.
The Gospels we written by people living in Jesus' time. Matthew the first of the gospels was written by himself.. as he was one of Jesus' 12 Disciples.
the 2nd gospel Mark was written by himself who was a confidant of Simon Peter, who as you recall if you actually read the Bible was also one of Jesus' 12 Disciples. It is well known that Mark got a lot of his writings of the book from Simon Peter and who none other than Simon Peter would have been the best resource of the real happenings of Jesus and his teachings?
Luke, the 3rd gospel, written by himself also had close ties to Jesus...he writes the gospel according to most of what he got from Mary and also from his walkings with Jesus along with Paul on many occasions. He also records the walk to Emmaus, which was when he and some other walked with Jesus AFTER he had been resurrected, this shows that Jesus was still human even after being resurrected.
The 4th gospel, John was also written by himself as he was an apostle of Jesus as well. Who more would be able to accurately account the walkings and preachings of Jesus as well as his teachings during his lifetime? He also is the author of the 3 Epistles and Revelation as John fleed to the Isle of Patmus.
Every gospel were written by men that all had close ties with Jesus, 2 of which who were disciples and the other 2 who walked with Jesus because of their friendship with some of the Disciples and because of their first hand resources and accounts of which i have described above VERY briefly.
are you telling me that these 4 gospels are not accurate or are you reading from the same BIble that i am reading from? or perhaps you really havent read it but merely at best glanced over it and made your own conclusions instead of studying the Word and really knowing the facts??
you all are missing what Christianity is all about.. its not about who is Baptist , Catholic, Lutheran or any other form of "Christian" derivatives. Its all about having a deep loving relationship with Jesus...and believing that He is the Son of God, he was crucified for our sins as the ultimate sacrifice and that he rose again. thats what separates Christianity from other 'religions'. It's all about Jesus. no one belief other than Christianity offers eternal salvation.
Jesus predicted in the Bible before he died on the cross that His name would be a stumbling block to many, that people would hate you because you believe in me. He was right on target. He also said that FEW will walk the straight and narrow path and that FEW will make it the kingdom of heaven. One of Jesus' commandments is to go into all the world and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. if that is what we believe in then why shouldnt we have the right to teach ID with the same weight as evolution? just my 2 cents.
just because you say you are a Christian surely doesnt make you one. you can go to church and sunday school and not be a Christian. Christianity is beliving the God sent His only Son to die on the cross to save your sins and mine and that he rose from the dead, the ultimate sacrifice that would save us from sin(eternal separation from God). It is also living for Jesus, living to the best of your ability how Jesus lived and preaching the gospel to all nations. People are not perfect of course but its all whats in the heart and God can see a mans heart and his intentions. evolution has not been proven and is just a theory. why cant ID get a fair shake and at least we have have equal teachings on both? besides isnt that what the ACLU and other have been wanting.. equality?
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