But why, then, do all other internet companies always tell you their "up to" speed and wireless carriers never do?
Some people are still lucky to even HAVE data plans. Data is relatively new to the phone-carrying populace, and so 3G to them just means "fast enough internet for my iPhone" because before 3G, we all accidentally hit the web button on our Motorola RAZRs and found out how goddamn slow it was.
In that sense, now that wireless carriers are becoming internet service providers rather than phone service providers, being clear about speed will start to matter more.
The phone companies are trying to avoid any internet speed commitments. They still want to be phone carriers with a checklist of feature - one being 3G, one being 4G.
If they have to explain what "4G" means, let's just ban the term and say they have to specify the speed under normal operating conditions. Otherwise, let's regulate what 4G means. This proposed regulation seems like some sort of quasi-inbetween that will not make a huge difference because a carrier will advertise 4G!!!!! and in small font "2mbps" - stuff that only us nerds will pay attention to.
They should be forced to *adhere* to a standard definition. Nobody's going to actually read this published crap except a few lone nerds. This is mostly pointless regulation.
And just to clarify - I'm not saying that it's hilarious or anything. Just that it's hard to believe anyone would take it seriously whatsoever. The game plays like a hollow tribute to its predecessor, so far, which I'm fine with as long as the next Duke game gets back to the action.
While I agree with the general sentiment, I played for about an hour last night and it is really, really ridiculous and over the top. Saying it's denigrating to women is taking it completely out of context. The context is *completely* ridiculous and over the top. It's like South Park - some people like Cartman because they believe what he says, but most people realize he's a parody character.
I mean, you start in a hotel/casino owned by Duke. There are ridiculous posters everywhere featuring Duke - showing that he's the best at this, the best at that. Everything has the nuke symbol on it. A kid asks you for an autograph. Then you go down to the "Duke cave" whose entrance is a golden throne surrounded by nude female statues. It's just so very completely ridiculous that it's not shock humor, like most people are painting it as.
I was curious so I just checked this out. There are multiple tabs: World Clock, Alarm, Stopwatch, Timer. At the top of World Clock and Alarm, you have Edit and Add. Underneath, you have rows of clocks and alarms in each respective tab.
So you actually add a clock in the world clock tab and add an alarm in the alarm tab. TFA is wrong or misleading. This makes sense because Cupertino is a default clock listed there, and obviously that is not my city. So I can watch the time of multiple cities. The presentation is pretty clear. Or not.
I have one of those. I haven't gone on PSN since they removed Other OS. IDK, it's kind of useless now. I've been thinking about going on PSN again... At least it's less likely to overheat because I replaced the thermalpaste on it myself.
The GPU is mostly all that matters in games. Your laptop comparison is asinine. I've taken both consoles apart and believe me, the PS3's cooling is crazy non-standard and innovative. The 360 is the cheaper of the two (more like a PC); granted it fails more, but it still has custom fans and heatsinks. I wouldn't say either is skimping on the cooling; it's just the formfactor and the chip combined. The newer versions of both consoles are much cooler as technology has advanced.
Think about it this way: those consoles had the best GPU in them when they were designed. The best GPU right now takes two PCI slots because its cooler is so huge. Your theory holds little water. I wouldn't call notebooks reliable or powerful.
So they have to upgrade their infrastructure? Mail trucks are not the size of UPS or FedEx trucks. They are designed for letters, so it makes sense to have pricing biased toward smaller items. But hey maybe you're right - that's the problem.
>One notable detail is that Sony claims that the intruders had planted a file on the Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.”
Humans evolved in small communities, meaning most people you knew were related in some way. Just because it has changed since then does not mean we have adapted to this environmental change.
I would like more elaboration on what "touched the keyboard" means. It has more than one dictionary meaning, and it's very vague in this context. Like, did they touch it and press a key? Did they touch it for an extended period, typing "killall cloud"? Was it an accidental touch, or was the person an idiot who's not supposed to touch important things?
I really don't care how much memory it uses, so long as it's fast. The only reason I can fathom being a memory bean counter would be if you have an older computer or netbook or whatnot.
People are resistant to change. As a software developer, I'm sick of my boss saying "we can't make things better because it'll disrupt users". Fuck that. Let's disrupt some goddamn users so we aren't stuck with Win 3.1 interfaces everywhere. Software evolves. The first interface is not the best. People should evolve with it.
It's not just games. Everything is ruined by bullet-points; from software to politics to porn. I don't know how we can solve this problem as a society. People want quick summaries, sound bytes, standardized tests, but they never tell the whole story. It's easier to produce to the bullet points, just like it's easier to teach students to the test.
When your coworker has an error up on their screen or a complex workflow, you can just walk over and see it. Sure, you can remote into PCs, take screenshots, what-have-you, but it's cumbersome, and what about mobile devices? Additionally, most conversations go better in person than over the phone than over email.
That's how you build silos and tribal knowledge. Neither is good.
And/or friendship and comradery. Not to mention it's more fun to show things off and have a conversation in person.
You all can take pay cuts while I network, solve problems more efficiently, and get paid more. I don't mind.
This whole question is stupid. IT people do not need less social interaction than they already get. It is difficult and slower to work with people remotely than if they're an office over. This is the whole reason Google groups its workers together. Have a question, some cool information to share, just say it to the person next to you.
I hate to be a debbie downer, but that would have very, very serious legal implications. In fact, if the app doesn't work properly even if you paid for it, it'd still have very serious legal implications. I hope the developer(s) have a good lawyer.
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But why, then, do all other internet companies always tell you their "up to" speed and wireless carriers never do?
Some people are still lucky to even HAVE data plans. Data is relatively new to the phone-carrying populace, and so 3G to them just means "fast enough internet for my iPhone" because before 3G, we all accidentally hit the web button on our Motorola RAZRs and found out how goddamn slow it was.
In that sense, now that wireless carriers are becoming internet service providers rather than phone service providers, being clear about speed will start to matter more.
The phone companies are trying to avoid any internet speed commitments. They still want to be phone carriers with a checklist of feature - one being 3G, one being 4G.
If they have to explain what "4G" means, let's just ban the term and say they have to specify the speed under normal operating conditions. Otherwise, let's regulate what 4G means. This proposed regulation seems like some sort of quasi-inbetween that will not make a huge difference because a carrier will advertise 4G!!!!! and in small font "2mbps" - stuff that only us nerds will pay attention to.
They should be forced to *adhere* to a standard definition. Nobody's going to actually read this published crap except a few lone nerds. This is mostly pointless regulation.
Apple does it just fine with the AppStore...
Wow, that seems useful. I never understood why MS doesn't put 3rd party stuff into Windows Update.
Every time I turn on my computer, another update... just do it silently already if it's such a problem otherwise I'm going to uninstall.
And just to clarify - I'm not saying that it's hilarious or anything. Just that it's hard to believe anyone would take it seriously whatsoever. The game plays like a hollow tribute to its predecessor, so far, which I'm fine with as long as the next Duke game gets back to the action.
While I agree with the general sentiment, I played for about an hour last night and it is really, really ridiculous and over the top. Saying it's denigrating to women is taking it completely out of context. The context is *completely* ridiculous and over the top. It's like South Park - some people like Cartman because they believe what he says, but most people realize he's a parody character.
I mean, you start in a hotel/casino owned by Duke. There are ridiculous posters everywhere featuring Duke - showing that he's the best at this, the best at that. Everything has the nuke symbol on it. A kid asks you for an autograph. Then you go down to the "Duke cave" whose entrance is a golden throne surrounded by nude female statues. It's just so very completely ridiculous that it's not shock humor, like most people are painting it as.
I used to do this in Sim City 4. Put the nasty stuff in the neighboring cities and buy from them so that my prized city wouldn't be tarnished.
I was curious so I just checked this out.
There are multiple tabs: World Clock, Alarm, Stopwatch, Timer.
At the top of World Clock and Alarm, you have Edit and Add.
Underneath, you have rows of clocks and alarms in each respective tab.
So you actually add a clock in the world clock tab and add an alarm in the alarm tab. TFA is wrong or misleading.
This makes sense because Cupertino is a default clock listed there, and obviously that is not my city. So I can watch the time of multiple cities. The presentation is pretty clear. Or not.
I have one of those. I haven't gone on PSN since they removed Other OS. IDK, it's kind of useless now.
I've been thinking about going on PSN again... At least it's less likely to overheat because I replaced the thermalpaste on it myself.
The GPU is mostly all that matters in games. Your laptop comparison is asinine. I've taken both consoles apart and believe me, the PS3's cooling is crazy non-standard and innovative. The 360 is the cheaper of the two (more like a PC); granted it fails more, but it still has custom fans and heatsinks. I wouldn't say either is skimping on the cooling; it's just the formfactor and the chip combined. The newer versions of both consoles are much cooler as technology has advanced.
Think about it this way: those consoles had the best GPU in them when they were designed. The best GPU right now takes two PCI slots because its cooler is so huge. Your theory holds little water. I wouldn't call notebooks reliable or powerful.
What about BOOZE to erase the memories? And does it work on virtual networks?
So they have to upgrade their infrastructure? Mail trucks are not the size of UPS or FedEx trucks. They are designed for letters, so it makes sense to have pricing biased toward smaller items. But hey maybe you're right - that's the problem.
>One notable detail is that Sony claims that the intruders had planted a file on the Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.”
http://rpgamex.com/news/new-details-on-playstation-network-outage-and-anonymous/
Don't know if that link's better than TFA, but it seems a lot of people here were asking why Sony's blaming Anon.
Humans evolved in small communities, meaning most people you knew were related in some way. Just because it has changed since then does not mean we have adapted to this environmental change.
I put tape over my work laptop's webcam. A little paranoid... perhaps... but it makes me feel better.
I would like more elaboration on what "touched the keyboard" means. It has more than one dictionary meaning, and it's very vague in this context.
Like, did they touch it and press a key?
Did they touch it for an extended period, typing "killall cloud"?
Was it an accidental touch, or was the person an idiot who's not supposed to touch important things?
I really don't care how much memory it uses, so long as it's fast. The only reason I can fathom being a memory bean counter would be if you have an older computer or netbook or whatnot.
This new nightly linux is pretty kickass.
Well that was some amusing rambling. I take it you were drinking tonight.
I guess I agree, except for the family guy jab.
People are resistant to change. As a software developer, I'm sick of my boss saying "we can't make things better because it'll disrupt users". Fuck that. Let's disrupt some goddamn users so we aren't stuck with Win 3.1 interfaces everywhere. Software evolves. The first interface is not the best. People should evolve with it.
It's not just games. Everything is ruined by bullet-points; from software to politics to porn. I don't know how we can solve this problem as a society. People want quick summaries, sound bytes, standardized tests, but they never tell the whole story. It's easier to produce to the bullet points, just like it's easier to teach students to the test.
Why?
When your coworker has an error up on their screen or a complex workflow, you can just walk over and see it. Sure, you can remote into PCs, take screenshots, what-have-you, but it's cumbersome, and what about mobile devices? Additionally, most conversations go better in person than over the phone than over email.
That's how you build silos and tribal knowledge. Neither is good.
And/or friendship and comradery. Not to mention it's more fun to show things off and have a conversation in person.
You all can take pay cuts while I network, solve problems more efficiently, and get paid more. I don't mind.
This whole question is stupid. IT people do not need less social interaction than they already get. It is difficult and slower to work with people remotely than if they're an office over. This is the whole reason Google groups its workers together. Have a question, some cool information to share, just say it to the person next to you.
I hate to be a debbie downer, but that would have very, very serious legal implications. In fact, if the app doesn't work properly even if you paid for it, it'd still have very serious legal implications. I hope the developer(s) have a good lawyer.