I certainly hope Intel is willing to financially compensate the people whose suggestions they end up using! "Thanks for the idea! Now please step back so we can reap the billions!"
while, I wouldn't quite call Linux a failure on the desktop yet.... I will provide a few off the cuff points:
- Too many distros = confused users.
- File and directory structure too confusing for Windows users.
- GUI while greatly improved is still not up to par with Windows (KDE and Gnome need to get join up as one).
- Users need to be coddled and led by the hand with easy to follow manuals.
- Application compatibility. Users have their favorite apps in Windows that they refuse to give up.
- Software developer support. While this is greatly improved in recent years, Linux needs to get more developers on board so we can see more Windows apps showing up with Windows versions.
Soul Calibur (Dreamcast
Mario Kart 64 (N64)
Sea Battle (Intellivision)
Battlefield 1942 - Desert Combat mod (PC)
Doom I & II(PC)
Quake I (PC)
Bard's Tale (C64)- Nefastmaster's will chew your ass!
Funnily enough, I just put up this site last night: http://www.vistacompatible.com/. Ask and you shall receive? Give me a few days to get it up to snuff though. Hope it will help out those in need.
.....because in the next 4-10 years we won't have the electricity to power these superfluous gizmos when we run out of oil nor will we need them when we are fighting for our lives in the streets (Dawn of the dead/Road Warrior style)./alarmist?
Better get some hand-cranks on those suckers because in 5 years times electricity (along with gas) will no longer be the take for granted utility that it is now.
create a new child company with a hipper sounding name and put all it's multimedia products under it Not so hip sounding:
-Microsoft Xbox
-Microsoft Zune
Sounds wicked cool!:
-Firecut Xbox
-Firecut Zune
Ok, silly example hehe...but you get my point. The "Microsoft" image is just not hip, I hear Microsoft and right away get an image of a fat, bald loser throwing chairs. They really need to put all their entertainment products under a fresh cool sounding company name to shake this image.
The more people concentrated in an urban area, the greater the zombie apocalypse will be! Just wait, another 28 years later and you'll see. Hopefully Milla Jovovich will still be young enough and hot enough to kill them all.
is there really any doubt that technology is bringing these types of tailored and targeted ads to us sooner than we expected? With holographic technology advancing we will soon have airvertising similar to what we saw in Minority report. Is this a good or bad thing? It's all a matter of perspective I suppose.
I can't think of any other positive with SONY starting it's own video sharing site. Oh, perhaps they can also upload videos showing users how to 'unrootkit' their PC's.
if we find a habitable planet. We as a species are simply too corrupt and busy killing and trying to dominate each other to bother with spending money on technology that would get us there.
One can only wonder where we could be in terms of technological advancement if we spent 50% of what is spent on military spending worldwide on sciences.
Take me back to the cave with my spear and stones please.
STOP buying SONY media all together. First they plant rootkits on the PC's of their loyal customers and now this headache. I vote with my wallet plain and simple. Any company that is going to be a pull these sorts of antics simply won't be getting any $$ love from me. People forgive and forget far too quickly and thus the big monster doesn't learn it's lesson.
One lesson here: Vote with your Wallet and don't give your money to prick companies.
This could lead to all sorts of new fun with Flash mobs. "Regardless of where you are, everyone start walking like a criminal at 14:00 for 10 minutes". That'd keep big brother busy for a little while or atleast scratching their collective head and then outlaw FlashMobs.
Never mind the discount. If you want me to be Vista and run it on my home PC please get rid of the WGA and arcane DRM crud. Then I might consider installing your shiny new OS.
Then again, if Steve Jobs were to beat you to the punch and "officially" support OSX on standard x86 PC's you could kiss my $$ goodbye forever Micrsoft! Sadly, this is not likely to happen anytime soon.
I notice there is a USB port on the back of the unit. Does this allow for USB tethered external HDD's or flash memory? 40GB seems to be a rather paltry capacity in this day and age.
I say we get the governator up there stat to thaw it out so we can have a giant beach party before the year 2020. I call dibs on riding the rover around.
Will George tell the director's that they've taken something he did for a few years as an enjoyable lark and turned it into a collosal waste of time? Then to top it off will he as if they have ever kissed a girl?
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I certainly hope Intel is willing to financially compensate the people whose suggestions they end up using! "Thanks for the idea! Now please step back so we can reap the billions!"
Is it getting time for AMD marketing to pull this one out of the closet?
Intel - Leap Ahead =( http://www.leapahead.com/
AMD - Leaps Beyond! http://www.leapsbeyond.com/
Is it getting time for AMD marketing to pull this one out of the closet?
Intel - Leap Ahead =( http://www.leapsbeyond.com/
AMD - Leaps Beyond! http://www.leapsbeyond.com/
while, I wouldn't quite call Linux a failure on the desktop yet.... I will provide a few off the cuff points:
- Too many distros = confused users.
- File and directory structure too confusing for Windows users.
- GUI while greatly improved is still not up to par with Windows (KDE and Gnome need to get join up as one).
- Users need to be coddled and led by the hand with easy to follow manuals.
- Application compatibility. Users have their favorite apps in Windows that they refuse to give up.
- Software developer support. While this is greatly improved in recent years, Linux needs to get more developers on board so we can see more Windows apps showing up with Windows versions.
Soul Calibur (Dreamcast
Mario Kart 64 (N64)
Sea Battle (Intellivision)
Battlefield 1942 - Desert Combat mod (PC)
Doom I & II(PC)
Quake I (PC)
Bard's Tale (C64)- Nefastmaster's will chew your ass!
Funnily enough, I just put up this site last night: http://www.vistacompatible.com/. Ask and you shall receive? Give me a few days to get it up to snuff though. Hope it will help out those in need.
.....because in the next 4-10 years we won't have the electricity to power these superfluous gizmos when we run out of oil nor will we need them when we are fighting for our lives in the streets (Dawn of the dead/Road Warrior style). /alarmist?
Better get some hand-cranks on those suckers because in 5 years times electricity (along with gas) will no longer be the take for granted utility that it is now.
create a new child company with a hipper sounding name and put all it's multimedia products under it
Not so hip sounding:
-Microsoft Xbox
-Microsoft Zune
Sounds wicked cool!:
-Firecut Xbox
-Firecut Zune
Ok, silly example hehe...but you get my point. The "Microsoft" image is just not hip, I hear Microsoft and right away get an image of a fat, bald loser throwing chairs. They really need to put all their entertainment products under a fresh cool sounding company name to shake this image.
The more people concentrated in an urban area, the greater the zombie apocalypse will be! Just wait, another 28 years later and you'll see. Hopefully Milla Jovovich will still be young enough and hot enough to kill them all.
is there really any doubt that technology is bringing these types of tailored and targeted ads to us sooner than we expected? With holographic technology advancing we will soon have airvertising similar to what we saw in Minority report. Is this a good or bad thing? It's all a matter of perspective I suppose.
I can't think of any other positive with SONY starting it's own video sharing site. Oh, perhaps they can also upload videos showing users how to 'unrootkit' their PC's.
One can only wonder where we could be in terms of technological advancement if we spent 50% of what is spent on military spending worldwide on sciences.
Take me back to the cave with my spear and stones please.
STOP buying SONY media all together. First they plant rootkits on the PC's of their loyal customers and now this headache. I vote with my wallet plain and simple. Any company that is going to be a pull these sorts of antics simply won't be getting any $$ love from me. People forgive and forget far too quickly and thus the big monster doesn't learn it's lesson.
One lesson here: Vote with your Wallet and don't give your money to prick companies.
This could lead to all sorts of new fun with Flash mobs. "Regardless of where you are, everyone start walking like a criminal at 14:00 for 10 minutes". That'd keep big brother busy for a little while or atleast scratching their collective head and then outlaw FlashMobs.
Isn't that what the supposed 'ratings' system is for on youtube? =)
Then again, if Steve Jobs were to beat you to the punch and "officially" support OSX on standard x86 PC's you could kiss my $$ goodbye forever Micrsoft! Sadly, this is not likely to happen anytime soon.
I notice there is a USB port on the back of the unit. Does this allow for USB tethered external HDD's or flash memory? 40GB seems to be a rather paltry capacity in this day and age.
Yeah, you laugh now but don't even think for a second that the governments of the world (USA, ahem) don't have such plans on the board.
I say we get the governator up there stat to thaw it out so we can have a giant beach party before the year 2020. I call dibs on riding the rover around.
I wonder if the folks that will be strapped into Atlantis share the same optimism.....
Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FS2mgNugHcM/
(Oh the good ol'days of SNL....)
That would be one big ass ninja and vent no less!
Round 1.....FIGHT!