How many versions of the iPhone? 2G, 3G, 3GS? Was there much difference between 2G and 3G apart from something which should be there in the first place? 3G -> 3GS...just unlocking video recording basically?
Perhaps they should get off the behinds and produce something new again?
...Who in their right mind would buy the current hardware knowing that the future hardware is about to come out and soon....
I would. I seem to notice all versions of DS slightly falling in price since the announcement (well, they were a little ridiculously priced where I live in the first place; as is usual with such "toys"), and it's sure to continue. Plus large library of games / people getting rid of their collections (but the console I would prefer new; not the least because of battery)
Also, DS is probably the last of "great 2D consoles"...
More generally, getting a system near the "end" of console life is optimal IMHO. Inexpensive and bugfixed. Vast library of great games, squeezing every last juice out of the hardware. And anyway first (to some degree also second) gen of games for the next platform is mostly about cheap showing off (all the while many games for "dying" platform have really refined gameplay) What, isn't it supposedly about fun, not bling?
Yes, maybe there is something to it. To be expected really, games just "need" to have broader appeal nowadays.
No; games which were hot for you (assuming for a moment you're not too old) were "basically giant packages of suck" to oldtimers (relative to you), too.
First it's "inconceivable" that Acer will announce anything other than netbook, as their device for ChromeOS.
Now...this...
Science fiction is fraught with mad scientists who discover strange chemicals that can empower the human body or even reanimate the dead. Well, Harvard has come about as close to that scenario as anyone would want them to.
We're nowhere near close, even with the cocktail from TFA. We should strive to be able of calmly taking a body involved in an accident (assuming neural system is almost undamaged), at first mostly to preserve it in appropriate state; repairing it (no rush) and "reanimating" at the end. Heck, why something so simple as decapitation or even total blood loss should be fatal?
As a benchmark, we should strive towards the ability to reconstruct hot chicks only from part of their arm!;)
I also started on 8-bits. Plus I'm actually from a place where Amiga, for half a decade, was the standard home computer; PCs got its foothold only in the late 90's.
Notice I objected (and not very strongly) only to the word "never"; mentioned not only Contiki, also SymbOS (watch this video; you will really tell me that's not "somewhat close"?)
Some parts of Western world eat sea fish which are basically raw. It's just that they are not considered to be anything "fancy"... (herring, sardine, sprat, mackerel in salt or vinegar; also in oil or sour cream though those, possibly, somehow less raw)
You know, with a little twist (and still discarding NeXT machines - more than "close" to Amiga, but hideously expensive), saying "other computers of the same era never came close to matching" (emphasis mine) is too strong of a statement.
Even contemporary 8-bit computers came somewhat close, after a while; with operating systems like Contiki or SymbOS. And let us not forget what was rather quickly possible with Ata...uhm...ok, I won't go there;)
Inquiring mind wants to know what book that might be... (hey, a mind from somewhat different culture, with some number of great books you might have never heard about!;p )
They are still, "not taking Apple seriously" for all we (should) know. "Satoru Iwata is understood to have told his senior executives recently to regard the battle with Sony as a victory already won and to treat Apple, and its iPhone and iPad devices, as the 'enemy of the future.' + later some "journalist" speculation. So, they probably plan for the battle for some time now ("3DS" is probably basically ready, if you look at typical development time of new Nintendo hardware). They just they show their concern, that's what companies do.
Look up Osborne effect. Also, rumours about DS succesor are out there for about a year, possibly longer (with several "fakes"). Nintendo seems to have announced it recently only because leak was imminent. DS sales were still rather fine otherwise.
More than that, you might not need even 7200 RPM drives. There are large capacity "green line" drives from some manufacturers, 5400 RPM, that might be perfectly enough.
I'm sure other posters will have much better recommendations as to how the overall setup should look like, but for whatever it's worth from me - stay away from consumer NAS solutions, they have usually quite small transfers (and I guess its important to you, with files being rather big). Large tower with plenty of space inside + Atom motherboard should be enough, otoh (as long as that Atom board has enough SATA ports...)
That's still very US centric. Apple has "mindshare" lately, it seems. And only 2% of total mobile phone sales, 15% on "smartphone" sales (with Nokia having half of that, and 37% of the total)
Behind Nokia there is Samsung with 20% (in a year, large part of their phones will suddenly be "smartphones"), LG 11%, SE & Motorola 5% both, (who knows how many more here, between 5 and 2%)
"revenues, profit and market capitalization" means only that given manufacturer rips its consumers off handily, if they can do it with such miniscule marketshare.
Nokia has 37% of global mobile phone sales (and BTW, they don't depend on Chinese sweatshops; they own all their manufacturing facilities, majority of them are not in China), Samsung 20%, LG 11%, SE & Motorola 5% each, (who knows how many here), Apple...2%. Plus don't forget about Symbian having half of smartphone market and Apple 15% of that, however poorly the category would be defined.
And yes, in the biggest and more serious battle, about access to radio technology behind mobile phones (to which also Nokia greatly contributed, not only them; they are probably the biggest contributor though, hence the main opponent for Apple...but also they don't have much to lose, due to some temporary turmoil, in the US; so I wouldn't be too surprised if other players basically "outsourced" this case to Nokia), the total share matters; radio modules are nowadays basically the same. Heck, quite a lot of "feature phones" built around touchscreens shows up recently...
Also, ask yourself why the much bigger players aren't "attacked" by Nokia. They have much more to gain if Nokia case was weak, many more radio modules sold...
With the meaning of "smartphone" as diluted as it is... (for example, why Sony Ericsson (5% of global sales) "feature phones" aren't considered "smartphones"? They are more of a "smartphone" than iPhone in its first year; even now - they are the ones with full multitasking...)
I think it's much more usefull to look at share of all mobile phones, period. Especially since the main battle is really about them, just about the radio technology they use. In that case you have Nokia 37%, Samsung 20%, LG 11%, SE & Motorola 5%, (who knows how many other manufacturers here), Apple 2%.
Why players such as Samsung and LG didn't protest Nokia "opression"? They have much more to gain, looking at the volumes od cellular modules they ship...
US already has the lowest social mobility among "developed countries" (shares that spot with the UK). If you want to go into the area of social mobility typical for developing countries...ok.
PS. You didn't have calculus in highschool? Everybody had basics here, for the "math-phys" and "math-it" this was the most major block, taking over a year...
More than that. Other essential components of the Shuttle (from the top of my head I remember some high pressure tanks, inside the orbiter, crucial for the main propulsion system; I'm sure there's a lot more) are not produced even longer than ETs. Many of those parts actually got a life extension few years back, on the condition that they will not be used in more than x launches. Shuttles not only would be without parts in the future, they are on life support already and would need overhauls.
OK, so looking at some singular failings (one of whics is of "maintainance" type) constitutes "the proof" to you, got it. People not trying to convince themsevles of something look at "life expectancy at birth" or "infant mortality".
In the first there are over 20 (UN list) countries ahead of you (including UK and Canada), vast majority of them with very social medical systems (maybe all, no time to check (probably not; "vast majority" is enough anyway)) Oh, CIA World Factbook list actually says there are 40 entities ahead of you, at least vast majority of them also with socialised medicine.
In infant mortality there are 30 countries ahead of you according to UN list (again, at least vast majority with socialised medicine), and over 40 ahead of you by the CIA World Factbook.
All of this while you spend, by far, the most in "healthcare cost per capita". That plus the above means your system is not only not the best, but also very inneficient.
As for "defense" justification...first you should ask yourself why the US supposedly needs such "defense" much more than anybody else. Secondly realise that, ultimately, governments are simply a reflection of their society.
Really, foundations of your post can't be much further from the truth. Massive DS uptake really started only after Nintendo discontinued the original version, replacing it with DS lite.
Original model sold maybe 20 million units. Recent numbers say about around 130 million units sold, of all versions. Vast majority (close to 90 million) of those are the DS lite. Only recently (last few months) have the sales slowed down.
I wouldn't say they are really "carefully engineered and deployed" though. Probably just mostly a result of various societal dynamics; of common to many people advantageous effects (or at the least perceived as advantageous by them...and even if not that, then at least feeding on some beliefs & way of life they have)
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They somehow do that already, even adding third "platform" in the process; and also some number of games which had GC-GBA & Wii-DS integration.
How many versions of the iPhone? 2G, 3G, 3GS? Was there much difference between 2G and 3G apart from something which should be there in the first place? 3G -> 3GS...just unlocking video recording basically?
Perhaps they should get off the behinds and produce something new again?
...Who in their right mind would buy the current hardware knowing that the future hardware is about to come out and soon....
I would. I seem to notice all versions of DS slightly falling in price since the announcement (well, they were a little ridiculously priced where I live in the first place; as is usual with such "toys"), and it's sure to continue. Plus large library of games / people getting rid of their collections (but the console I would prefer new; not the least because of battery)
Also, DS is probably the last of "great 2D consoles"...
More generally, getting a system near the "end" of console life is optimal IMHO. Inexpensive and bugfixed. Vast library of great games, squeezing every last juice out of the hardware. And anyway first (to some degree also second) gen of games for the next platform is mostly about cheap showing off (all the while many games for "dying" platform have really refined gameplay)
What, isn't it supposedly about fun, not bling?
Yes and no.
Yes, maybe there is something to it. To be expected really, games just "need" to have broader appeal nowadays.
No; games which were hot for you (assuming for a moment you're not too old) were "basically giant packages of suck" to oldtimers (relative to you), too.
"Far" left/right is most likely an overstatement, though (or so I would hope...)
First it's "inconceivable" that Acer will announce anything other than netbook, as their device for ChromeOS.
Now...this...
Science fiction is fraught with mad scientists who discover strange chemicals that can empower the human body or even reanimate the dead. Well, Harvard has come about as close to that scenario as anyone would want them to.
We're nowhere near close, even with the cocktail from TFA. We should strive to be able of calmly taking a body involved in an accident (assuming neural system is almost undamaged), at first mostly to preserve it in appropriate state; repairing it (no rush) and "reanimating" at the end. Heck, why something so simple as decapitation or even total blood loss should be fatal?
As a benchmark, we should strive towards the ability to reconstruct hot chicks only from part of their arm! ;)
I also started on 8-bits. Plus I'm actually from a place where Amiga, for half a decade, was the standard home computer; PCs got its foothold only in the late 90's.
Notice I objected (and not very strongly) only to the word "never"; mentioned not only Contiki, also SymbOS (watch this video; you will really tell me that's not "somewhat close"?)
Some parts of Western world eat sea fish which are basically raw. It's just that they are not considered to be anything "fancy"... (herring, sardine, sprat, mackerel in salt or vinegar; also in oil or sour cream though those, possibly, somehow less raw)
You know, with a little twist (and still discarding NeXT machines - more than "close" to Amiga, but hideously expensive), saying "other computers of the same era never came close to matching" (emphasis mine) is too strong of a statement.
Even contemporary 8-bit computers came somewhat close, after a while; with operating systems like Contiki or SymbOS. And let us not forget what was rather quickly possible with Ata...uhm...ok, I won't go there ;)
Inquiring mind wants to know what book that might be... (hey, a mind from somewhat different culture, with some number of great books you might have never heard about! ;p )
"Crysis, World in Conflict, C&C3:KW" are suddenly old games?
Nah, you're still a gamer ;p
They are still, "not taking Apple seriously" for all we (should) know. "Satoru Iwata is understood to have told his senior executives recently to regard the battle with Sony as a victory already won and to treat Apple, and its iPhone and iPad devices, as the 'enemy of the future.' + later some "journalist" speculation. So, they probably plan for the battle for some time now ("3DS" is probably basically ready, if you look at typical development time of new Nintendo hardware). They just they show their concern, that's what companies do.
More like 130 million units actually, with DS Lite representing 90 million of those.
Hardware is rarely, if ever, where the real money in consoles is made.
^and actually, with Nintendo, for some time that's ususally NOT the case.
Look up Osborne effect. Also, rumours about DS succesor are out there for about a year, possibly longer (with several "fakes"). Nintendo seems to have announced it recently only because leak was imminent. DS sales were still rather fine otherwise.
More than that, you might not need even 7200 RPM drives. There are large capacity "green line" drives from some manufacturers, 5400 RPM, that might be perfectly enough.
I'm sure other posters will have much better recommendations as to how the overall setup should look like, but for whatever it's worth from me - stay away from consumer NAS solutions, they have usually quite small transfers (and I guess its important to you, with files being rather big). Large tower with plenty of space inside + Atom motherboard should be enough, otoh (as long as that Atom board has enough SATA ports...)
That's still very US centric. Apple has "mindshare" lately, it seems. And only 2% of total mobile phone sales, 15% on "smartphone" sales (with Nokia having half of that, and 37% of the total)
Behind Nokia there is Samsung with 20% (in a year, large part of their phones will suddenly be "smartphones"), LG 11%, SE & Motorola 5% both, (who knows how many more here, between 5 and 2%)
"revenues, profit and market capitalization" means only that given manufacturer rips its consumers off handily, if they can do it with such miniscule marketshare.
Nokia has 37% of global mobile phone sales (and BTW, they don't depend on Chinese sweatshops; they own all their manufacturing facilities, majority of them are not in China), Samsung 20%, LG 11%, SE & Motorola 5% each, (who knows how many here), Apple...2%. Plus don't forget about Symbian having half of smartphone market and Apple 15% of that, however poorly the category would be defined.
And yes, in the biggest and more serious battle, about access to radio technology behind mobile phones (to which also Nokia greatly contributed, not only them; they are probably the biggest contributor though, hence the main opponent for Apple...but also they don't have much to lose, due to some temporary turmoil, in the US; so I wouldn't be too surprised if other players basically "outsourced" this case to Nokia), the total share matters; radio modules are nowadays basically the same. Heck, quite a lot of "feature phones" built around touchscreens shows up recently...
Also, ask yourself why the much bigger players aren't "attacked" by Nokia. They have much more to gain if Nokia case was weak, many more radio modules sold...
With the meaning of "smartphone" as diluted as it is... (for example, why Sony Ericsson (5% of global sales) "feature phones" aren't considered "smartphones"? They are more of a "smartphone" than iPhone in its first year; even now - they are the ones with full multitasking...)
I think it's much more usefull to look at share of all mobile phones, period. Especially since the main battle is really about them, just about the radio technology they use. In that case you have Nokia 37%, Samsung 20%, LG 11%, SE & Motorola 5%, (who knows how many other manufacturers here), Apple 2%.
Why players such as Samsung and LG didn't protest Nokia "opression"? They have much more to gain, looking at the volumes od cellular modules they ship...
US already has the lowest social mobility among "developed countries" (shares that spot with the UK). If you want to go into the area of social mobility typical for developing countries...ok.
PS. You didn't have calculus in highschool? Everybody had basics here, for the "math-phys" and "math-it" this was the most major block, taking over a year...
What "redundant" research? That was the original point behind NASA/NACA, to direct research; results of which could be later used by others.
More than that. Other essential components of the Shuttle (from the top of my head I remember some high pressure tanks, inside the orbiter, crucial for the main propulsion system; I'm sure there's a lot more) are not produced even longer than ETs. Many of those parts actually got a life extension few years back, on the condition that they will not be used in more than x launches. Shuttles not only would be without parts in the future, they are on life support already and would need overhauls.
OK, so looking at some singular failings (one of whics is of "maintainance" type) constitutes "the proof" to you, got it. People not trying to convince themsevles of something look at "life expectancy at birth" or "infant mortality".
In the first there are over 20 (UN list) countries ahead of you (including UK and Canada), vast majority of them with very social medical systems (maybe all, no time to check (probably not; "vast majority" is enough anyway))
Oh, CIA World Factbook list actually says there are 40 entities ahead of you, at least vast majority of them also with socialised medicine.
In infant mortality there are 30 countries ahead of you according to UN list (again, at least vast majority with socialised medicine), and over 40 ahead of you by the CIA World Factbook.
All of this while you spend, by far, the most in "healthcare cost per capita". That plus the above means your system is not only not the best, but also very inneficient.
As for "defense" justification...first you should ask yourself why the US supposedly needs such "defense" much more than anybody else. Secondly realise that, ultimately, governments are simply a reflection of their society.
Big one? Small improvement in 3D, with most (all?) worthwhile titles working on all models anyway. Plus unlocked ability to record video.
Really, foundations of your post can't be much further from the truth. Massive DS uptake really started only after Nintendo discontinued the original version, replacing it with DS lite.
Original model sold maybe 20 million units. Recent numbers say about around 130 million units sold, of all versions. Vast majority (close to 90 million) of those are the DS lite. Only recently (last few months) have the sales slowed down.
I wouldn't say they are really "carefully engineered and deployed" though. Probably just mostly a result of various societal dynamics; of common to many people advantageous effects (or at the least perceived as advantageous by them...and even if not that, then at least feeding on some beliefs & way of life they have)