But now I just stick to Amazon.com, NewEgg.com and the like to see the reviews. Once Tom's Hardware traded hands way back when it followed the rest of the industry of just regurgitating vendor claims and I quit reading it, maybe I should check it out and see if it's improved.
Hrmmm, so the new Apple killer that everyone has been claiming it would be lacks cameras, GPS and storage.
It's not even an Android tablet competitor (vs. the likes of the Xoom, Iconia, etc....). And to top it of it's a "transitional" tablet, with the "real" one coming out sometime in 2012. Gah. I was actually excited until I read the specs.
If it had at least copied the basic hardware the HP Touchpad came out with it'd have been an iPad killer especially with Amazon's backing and a 199 price, but as it sits it's just a color nook with Angry birds.
I agree. And like I said, he could be in the same boat as your friend but the media chooses just to rely on the fact he was a sex offender and happened to be using an OPEN AP (they said it was for customers, can they prove he never bought anything in those 3 months?) And can you just buy one thing and use it as much as you want, or must you buy something each time to use it, etc...? Any decent lawyer will be able to get him off the hook and probably even get him some money from this whole thing.
I believe they put the fact he was a sex offender in to scare the sheeple seeing as the title sex offender doesnt just cover pedophiles or rapist, but those are the first things to pop into your mind when you read the title. It's just pure shock value.
The should have said he had an 'arsenal of high powered weapons' in his car (Three.22 rifles...) AND he was a sex offender (He streaked naked across his campus) if they really wanted to get people up in a frenzy. Facts don't sell, shock does. Look at CNN and Foxnews.
Hrmmm... Kind of like what Apple did in the '80s and early '90s... Too bad for them it didn't work that way. But this is MS we're talking about so it MUST be some evil conspiracy.
Ummm, it works just fine for me under FreeBSD (I have one of those Linksys wireless cards with speed booster crap on it...) using ndis wrapper... Same goes for anything else, the applications don't give a rats ass if it's using NDIS. Now, if your Windows drivers suck ass and don't support certain hardware features then it's the fault of the Windows drivers you used when you converted them not NDIS.
My IE 7 beta allows me to change to Google quite easily... I think this is pretty retarded seeing how Firefox is beating IE 7 out, and it's just a damn search engine. Do we pay to use either? Nope, all it's coming down to is Google getting greedy and wanting money from people viewing their adds.
Can we say the same about installing the google toolbar and it defaulting to Google? How DARE they release a product that defaults to their mode of search! I can't even change it to another search engine! Monopoly! Anti trust! The sky is falling!
Get over it people.. Sheesh
Which, as stated is your opinion and not fact.
FACT: We sell stripped down and neautered aircraft to many allies (you think we are actually going to put the same software / hardware capabilities on potential enemy aircraft? ha!)
FACT: Dog fighting is obsolete, and this is NOT Vietnam anymore. Sorry guys, the good old days of dog fighting is long gone. Hence the ending of the Top Gun, etc... The basics are still taught, but in a very limited fasion. I.E: If you can't hit them with your AIM-9s, 120s, etc... your wingman will. (look up the hit probabilites on these weapons systems...) RWR and the such make up for the pilots lack of abilities as well. RADAR is awesome.
So, sorry to bust up your keyboard commando fantasies of America (and Russia)selling fully capable aircraft to allies. It's quite laughable and I'll have to show some of the guys, and get some kicks.
And the F-15...
Remember dog fighting doesn't do you any good when you get picked off at 200 miles off....;)
Avionics is what wins air battles, not dog fighting (not anymore at least). And anywho, the export versions of all aircraft for military purposes are neutered, don't like it build your own damn aircraft. Simple as that.
I don't see how you can say it (Apple) is the BMW of computers seeing as it has the same hardware under the hood now as Wintel machines... It's more like a riced out Honda now, with BMW badges. So your analogy of taking a 3 series (bottom of the barrel when it comes to BMWs anyway) and sticking an escort engine into it has already happened with the switch to Intel.
And I think you are on crack. How in the world is the price justified for a few more FPS? At least back in the days of the Voodoo 2 cards, there WAS a huge increase in performance, now it's percentages. So, for a 3 percent increase, I have to pay 600 dollars? Same goes for CPUs, they havent had a huge increase in performance for quite some time. As long of people like you find ways to justify spending a premium for mediocre gains in performance they will continue to gouge us with these insane prices.
Why by 2015 we'll all have hover cars, and space travel will be commen place. We'll also have Robot slaves that will strike us down and enslave us later that year. Or Monkeys... Either one.
lol.. Funny how when IE has something similar people point fingers at it saying how evil it is.. But when it happens to Mozilla or FireFox it's either a feature, or it's the users fault.. Oh the hypocracy...
It tastes like burning!
It's basicly the same thing.. Remember nVidia bought out 3Dfx.. I'm just surprised they waited this long to start using the technology the bought from them..
No kidding.. The minute he came on, I watched the show less, until one day I quit watching. His script kiddie demenor does appeal to pre-teen boys and girls, but it is annoying otherwise. Sad too.. I believe they put him on their to reach the younger audience, hoping it would boost their ratings.. Ahh well..
They actually did this for a while. (Block 3rd party clients..) I've had an AIM account since 98 or so, and I remember the MS client at one point had problems connecting to it (as did AIM light etc, and Yahoo..) I remember MS talking about opening up the software to allow an industry standard (MS, Yahoo and some others..)..
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But now I just stick to Amazon.com, NewEgg.com and the like to see the reviews. Once Tom's Hardware traded hands way back when it followed the rest of the industry of just regurgitating vendor claims and I quit reading it, maybe I should check it out and see if it's improved.
Hrmmm, so the new Apple killer that everyone has been claiming it would be lacks cameras, GPS and storage. It's not even an Android tablet competitor (vs. the likes of the Xoom, Iconia, etc....). And to top it of it's a "transitional" tablet, with the "real" one coming out sometime in 2012. Gah. I was actually excited until I read the specs. If it had at least copied the basic hardware the HP Touchpad came out with it'd have been an iPad killer especially with Amazon's backing and a 199 price, but as it sits it's just a color nook with Angry birds.
I agree. And like I said, he could be in the same boat as your friend but the media chooses just to rely on the fact he was a sex offender and happened to be using an OPEN AP (they said it was for customers, can they prove he never bought anything in those 3 months?) And can you just buy one thing and use it as much as you want, or must you buy something each time to use it, etc...? Any decent lawyer will be able to get him off the hook and probably even get him some money from this whole thing.
I believe they put the fact he was a sex offender in to scare the sheeple seeing as the title sex offender doesnt just cover pedophiles or rapist, but those are the first things to pop into your mind when you read the title. It's just pure shock value. The should have said he had an 'arsenal of high powered weapons' in his car (Three .22 rifles...) AND he was a sex offender (He streaked naked across his campus) if they really wanted to get people up in a frenzy. Facts don't sell, shock does. Look at CNN and Foxnews.
Hrmmm... Kind of like what Apple did in the '80s and early '90s... Too bad for them it didn't work that way. But this is MS we're talking about so it MUST be some evil conspiracy.
Break out the tinfoil hats everyone!
Ummm, it works just fine for me under FreeBSD (I have one of those Linksys wireless cards with speed booster crap on it...) using ndis wrapper... Same goes for anything else, the applications don't give a rats ass if it's using NDIS. Now, if your Windows drivers suck ass and don't support certain hardware features then it's the fault of the Windows drivers you used when you converted them not NDIS.
My IE 7 beta allows me to change to Google quite easily... I think this is pretty retarded seeing how Firefox is beating IE 7 out, and it's just a damn search engine. Do we pay to use either? Nope, all it's coming down to is Google getting greedy and wanting money from people viewing their adds. Can we say the same about installing the google toolbar and it defaulting to Google? How DARE they release a product that defaults to their mode of search! I can't even change it to another search engine! Monopoly! Anti trust! The sky is falling! Get over it people.. Sheesh
Which, as stated is your opinion and not fact. FACT: We sell stripped down and neautered aircraft to many allies (you think we are actually going to put the same software / hardware capabilities on potential enemy aircraft? ha!) FACT: Dog fighting is obsolete, and this is NOT Vietnam anymore. Sorry guys, the good old days of dog fighting is long gone. Hence the ending of the Top Gun, etc... The basics are still taught, but in a very limited fasion. I.E: If you can't hit them with your AIM-9s, 120s, etc... your wingman will. (look up the hit probabilites on these weapons systems...) RWR and the such make up for the pilots lack of abilities as well. RADAR is awesome. So, sorry to bust up your keyboard commando fantasies of America (and Russia)selling fully capable aircraft to allies. It's quite laughable and I'll have to show some of the guys, and get some kicks.
And the F-15... Remember dog fighting doesn't do you any good when you get picked off at 200 miles off.... ;)
Avionics is what wins air battles, not dog fighting (not anymore at least). And anywho, the export versions of all aircraft for military purposes are neutered, don't like it build your own damn aircraft. Simple as that.
Lol, just empty it into the trash can.. ;)
I don't see how you can say it (Apple) is the BMW of computers seeing as it has the same hardware under the hood now as Wintel machines... It's more like a riced out Honda now, with BMW badges. So your analogy of taking a 3 series (bottom of the barrel when it comes to BMWs anyway) and sticking an escort engine into it has already happened with the switch to Intel.
Because that 7 euro is a one time deal, not like your monthly charge of 24.99...
And I think you are on crack. How in the world is the price justified for a few more FPS? At least back in the days of the Voodoo 2 cards, there WAS a huge increase in performance, now it's percentages. So, for a 3 percent increase, I have to pay 600 dollars? Same goes for CPUs, they havent had a huge increase in performance for quite some time. As long of people like you find ways to justify spending a premium for mediocre gains in performance they will continue to gouge us with these insane prices.
Yep. Also at Tomshardware about a year ago...
Ummm yeah... like KSH is sooo much of a better name.. or BASH, Gimp, Gnome, etc.. Grow up.
Why by 2015 we'll all have hover cars, and space travel will be commen place. We'll also have Robot slaves that will strike us down and enslave us later that year. Or Monkeys... Either one.
lol.. Funny how when IE has something similar people point fingers at it saying how evil it is.. But when it happens to Mozilla or FireFox it's either a feature, or it's the users fault.. Oh the hypocracy... It tastes like burning!
What? Umm...First we had to help you guys in WW1, then WW2.. And now you want us to build Linux computers for you? Sheesh...
Slashdong.org... Real site.. And yes it's a Porn tech site...
Nah, that title would go to the Liberal Hippies...
It's basicly the same thing.. Remember nVidia bought out 3Dfx.. I'm just surprised they waited this long to start using the technology the bought from them..
No kidding.. The minute he came on, I watched the show less, until one day I quit watching. His script kiddie demenor does appeal to pre-teen boys and girls, but it is annoying otherwise. Sad too.. I believe they put him on their to reach the younger audience, hoping it would boost their ratings.. Ahh well..
I have yet to find any of the slashdot April fools jokes funny this year, last year, the year before that, etc... Come on and end the jokes!!
Wonder how MS and the other vVendors on the NMCI (Navy Marine Corp Intranet) contract will take this.. (EDS being the main contractor...)
They actually did this for a while. (Block 3rd party clients..) I've had an AIM account since 98 or so, and I remember the MS client at one point had problems connecting to it (as did AIM light etc, and Yahoo..) I remember MS talking about opening up the software to allow an industry standard (MS, Yahoo and some others..)..