A way I can think of is to create partial source drivers. What I mean by that is to code up to the trade secrets and then leave those secrets in their binary form. It would still be more open that what we have today but I can see the argument against this idea since the Kernel devs would be working on drivers that are not completely open source.
Have you been there and done that in the past 10 years? They waived all but a $200 fee and set a repayment interest that fluctuated from 10% to 12% for me. They were also incredibly nice about it. The IRS is a lot less a bunch of a-holes as they were in the 80's and early 90's. Or maybe I just caught them on a good day.
The way eBay pricing is set up (percentage of winning bid amount plus flat fee), eBay welcomes the shill whether they act like they do or not. eBay still gets their piece of the action and the seller is still stuck with the item they need to sell. The seller could just create new shills each time they're needed and cry dead bidder to eBay, but once you start to hurt eBay's bottom line, I'm sure they'll notice and take action.
Even with penalties and fees, the IRS will probably give you a better loan rate than a credit card (unless you plan on yearly balance transfers to low introductory rates). Given a situation like this, they'll be more than willing to work with you as long as you make reasonable effort to repay your tax debts.
Episode guide for the Prisoner? That would be telling. You want information? You won't get it. By hook or by crook you can try but the Prisoner's episodes are not numbers, they are works of art.
I think the poster was trying to find a company that recently stopped carrying DLP TVs to strengthen his conclusion (which was obviously made well before writing up this piece) but then couldn't find anyone to fit the bill. So he left it blank to make it sound like there really is some company that recently stopped carrying DLP even though there isn't.
You can get that sized 720p HDTV for far less than $600. Sams Club has a Philips 23" 720p set with 1 HDMI input, 2 composites, VGA, coax, and 1 composite S-Video/RCA input for $400 (give or take $20).
Ironic that you mention RCA jacks because my recently-replaced TV didn't have them. It had a coaxial input only. I had to get a $20 box to run the RCA cables through so it can get to my TV via coaxial. And before anyone goes defending coaxial as the best possible method, my TV before that had two screw terminals that I had to buy an adaptor for to plug in my NES. I was super steamed when I had to wait until the day after my birthday (nowhere to get such an adaptor on a Sunday back then in my town) to play my shiny new NES because it came with some stupid connector I didn't have on my TV. There was still quite a lot to understand before HD came around. I do admit though that connection adaptor issues aren't in the same league as dropping HDCP handshakes but it's not like TV connections were ever flawless.
"Vista's Software Protection Platform (SPP) can put unvalidated copies of the software into a reduced-functionality mode."
I think they may be learning. With flat out product activation you may be inclined to just go with another OS. I've put Linux on one of my desktop computers for the first time since about 2000 because I don't have a spare copy of Windows and (not that I'd do that sort of thing anyways) using the same copy of Windows XP for 2 PCs is an activation nightmare waiting to happen. If crippleware would keep me afloat enough to play some video files, then I may not have a Linux box in my living room. Granted Microsoft wouldn't make money on this either way, but they'd keep someone from potentially learning they can live with another OS with reasonable crippleware on Windows.
The problem with your scenario is that the vote that matters would already be carried out and that count is quite accurate. The state certifies the electors who really vote for the President. If the state were to certify the electors and then find out they are wrong in their elector selecting methodology (all states use a popular vorte for this methodology though they are not required to), I'm not so sure that state would be able to withdraw their electoral vote. Now if there were enough contention before the fact and it were possible that Ohio may not send a valid slate of electors in foresight, the Supreme Court may get involved like they did in Florida. In hindsight, I can only imagine it would be considered a done deal.
I take my fruit in liquid form. 32 oz of OJ no pulp and a breakfast bar (usually Special K or Cinnamon Toast Crunch). And I'm not sure if OJ is more effective at waking you up than coffee since I usually drink about a pint of coffee once I get to the office.
Wow, those apples are shinier compared to my oranges! We knew the problem with IE's CSS implementation. It was easily provable that IE was the culprit based on the CSS standards and IE's interpretations of that standard. This is a far more nebulous problem. Until there is a better explanation of what happened, I stand by my original assumption. If someone can show that the PS3 is not following standards, I will gladly reverse my opinion.
So is the TV not up to spec or is the spec not well enough defined? I'm assuming the PS3 is not the culprit since Westinghouse is the one talking firmware upgrades. I'm just curious if this is a real HDCP issue or just a cheap TV maker not following specs (which wouldn't be the first time a 2nd or 3rd tier manufacturer has ignored specs).
"Personally, I like the guy with the big scarf -- the rest are just poor imitations."
That is an interesting plot twist. The three doctors who preceeded the "the guy with the big scarf" actually travelled forward in time to see the 4th Doctor so they could then imitate him. Too bad they did an abysmal job of imitation. I guess the 2nd one came closest but I get the idea that the 1st and 3rd didn't even try.
Personally, I like all of them except for the rather abysmal 7th Doctor but that was more for my deeply felt hatred of Mel and Ace.
In my DM opinion, if a player comes up with a novel solution, it's at least worth a roll. I had a player one time convince me that letting his character scream like a woman would surprise the enemies for long enough for the other players to each get in an attack. The idea surprised me so I allowed it. I let him roll against charisma/4 (the div 4 was for the small likelihood of such a thing really working). He hit it. I let him repeat it with exponentially diminishing odds. Eventually it wasn't worth wasting a turn over, but we still occasionally talk about the group of fire golems he stunned by screaming like a woman. The DM is there to create and/or interperet an exciting world, not lord power over everyone.
What are these things building on? The article doesn't even mention that as far as I can tell. Are they starting with a flat surface? I assume they're not starting with an undeveloped lot. Are they 'printing' directly on the soil or are they starting on a concrete foundation of some sort? If they're relying on humans to pour the foundations, the robots are going to have to account for human error. Human error happens a lot when pouring a foundation though most often in ways that don't mean much to a human. However, a foundation being off by an inch or two may completely throw off a robot builder.
"If you ask a bricklayer to lay bricks in anything other than a straight line, you'll run into problems,"
Right. Asking anyone who calls themselves something other than a mason to lay bricks for you is just asking for that sort of trouble. My grandfather's old rule for finding a good mason was to ask to hold their torpedo level. A good mason will never let you do that.
All this being said, I really hope this project works out. Even if you still need regular workers to do everything but the frame, you're still saving 4 to 8 workdays and time is money when you're a builder paying interest on your construction loan, assuming the other steps aren't any harder as a result.
"He may have had a vague idea of the general story, but he wouldn't have made such incoherences"
My favorite responses I hear from the Star Wars fanboys (of which I'll admit I am one) is the constant need to explain away those inconsistencies. There's even at least one as a sibling post to me doing just that. Sure you can explain it but it's quite a stretch. I would rather it be an outright inconsistency than really be based on such vast stretches of logic and what the meaning of the word "is" is. Then at least I'd know Lucas was just lazy and not stupid.
"Also, the six episodes just "don't work" together. The "I am your father", which is quite a dramatic climax in the original serie doesn't work anymore if you watch Starwars in the correct order."
I always thought the best way to approach the situation would be to not make it obvious that Vader was Luke's father but drop hints in the first three where it makes sense in ESB when you see it and have some sort of "A-HA" moment. There would be some people who pick up on it early but that would be bound to happen anyways.
It's not as simple as just making it optional. These computer manufacturers get a good chunk of change for installing that crap and it helps keep down their computer prices. I'm not in favor of the stuff either but if it's optional, they're going to have to charge more for the 'no crap' option. I'd rather it just be understood that I'm going to reinstall Windows as soon as I buy a computer and get a discount for the crapware I'll never use.
Can't watch the clip at work. What is the context of this remark? Everyone is assuming this is some sort of 360 vs. Wii vs. PS3 context but I wonder if Gates isn't more concerned with the upcoming support of gaming on the Zune vs. the very well entrenched Game Boy line than he is with the success or failure of the 360.
"Anecdotally, I was at Best Buy yesterday and they were still out of Wii (got a shipment that day but sold out very quickly) but had 12 PS3."
There are a lot of us with similar anectdotes. I just bought a TV yesterday at my local Sam's Club and asked about the Wii while I was there. I got, "We don't have any Wiis in stock but we have a few PS3s. It's high definition just like your TV." I've been hearing more than a few similar stories about availability. I'll be honest. Even though I'm pretty firmly in the "standard definition is good enough for me" camp (the HD is primarily for my PC that I keep hooked up to a TV), I had a strong urge to pick up something that took full advantage of my new TV. Not a $600 urge mind you (the 32" TV was less than that), but a definite urge.
"Net income means jack shit. I don't care if you bring in 2 billion a year if your costs are 4 billion. If my costs are 50,000, and I bring in 75,000, guess what: I have a higher profit margin, which means I have MADE more money than you."
In this case the net income of company A is -$2billion while the net income of company B is $25,000. Net income is very important. In fact, net income is probably more important than profit margin in this case. I think you need to s/Net/Gross/ for your statement to make sense.
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A way I can think of is to create partial source drivers. What I mean by that is to code up to the trade secrets and then leave those secrets in their binary form. It would still be more open that what we have today but I can see the argument against this idea since the Kernel devs would be working on drivers that are not completely open source.
Have you been there and done that in the past 10 years? They waived all but a $200 fee and set a repayment interest that fluctuated from 10% to 12% for me. They were also incredibly nice about it. The IRS is a lot less a bunch of a-holes as they were in the 80's and early 90's. Or maybe I just caught them on a good day.
The way eBay pricing is set up (percentage of winning bid amount plus flat fee), eBay welcomes the shill whether they act like they do or not. eBay still gets their piece of the action and the seller is still stuck with the item they need to sell. The seller could just create new shills each time they're needed and cry dead bidder to eBay, but once you start to hurt eBay's bottom line, I'm sure they'll notice and take action.
Even with penalties and fees, the IRS will probably give you a better loan rate than a credit card (unless you plan on yearly balance transfers to low introductory rates). Given a situation like this, they'll be more than willing to work with you as long as you make reasonable effort to repay your tax debts.
The words "tastefully done" in my original post should've cleared up that Bomberman: Act Zero is not in any way, shape or form acceptable to me.
Episode guide for the Prisoner? That would be telling. You want information? You won't get it. By hook or by crook you can try but the Prisoner's episodes are not numbers, they are works of art.
"A marketing director from Hudson Entertainment stated in GI that the Wii would feature a new games channel for downloadable games,"
How frickin sweet would it be to have a nice new 2D* version of Bomberman for the Wii?!
* Or a tastefully done 3D like Bomberman fight that manages to keep the 2D elements in tact. Anything but Bomberman 64 style play.
I think the poster was trying to find a company that recently stopped carrying DLP TVs to strengthen his conclusion (which was obviously made well before writing up this piece) but then couldn't find anyone to fit the bill. So he left it blank to make it sound like there really is some company that recently stopped carrying DLP even though there isn't.
You can get that sized 720p HDTV for far less than $600. Sams Club has a Philips 23" 720p set with 1 HDMI input, 2 composites, VGA, coax, and 1 composite S-Video/RCA input for $400 (give or take $20).
Ironic that you mention RCA jacks because my recently-replaced TV didn't have them. It had a coaxial input only. I had to get a $20 box to run the RCA cables through so it can get to my TV via coaxial. And before anyone goes defending coaxial as the best possible method, my TV before that had two screw terminals that I had to buy an adaptor for to plug in my NES. I was super steamed when I had to wait until the day after my birthday (nowhere to get such an adaptor on a Sunday back then in my town) to play my shiny new NES because it came with some stupid connector I didn't have on my TV. There was still quite a lot to understand before HD came around. I do admit though that connection adaptor issues aren't in the same league as dropping HDCP handshakes but it's not like TV connections were ever flawless.
"Vista's Software Protection Platform (SPP) can put unvalidated copies of the software into a reduced-functionality mode."
I think they may be learning. With flat out product activation you may be inclined to just go with another OS. I've put Linux on one of my desktop computers for the first time since about 2000 because I don't have a spare copy of Windows and (not that I'd do that sort of thing anyways) using the same copy of Windows XP for 2 PCs is an activation nightmare waiting to happen. If crippleware would keep me afloat enough to play some video files, then I may not have a Linux box in my living room. Granted Microsoft wouldn't make money on this either way, but they'd keep someone from potentially learning they can live with another OS with reasonable crippleware on Windows.
The problem with your scenario is that the vote that matters would already be carried out and that count is quite accurate. The state certifies the electors who really vote for the President. If the state were to certify the electors and then find out they are wrong in their elector selecting methodology (all states use a popular vorte for this methodology though they are not required to), I'm not so sure that state would be able to withdraw their electoral vote. Now if there were enough contention before the fact and it were possible that Ohio may not send a valid slate of electors in foresight, the Supreme Court may get involved like they did in Florida. In hindsight, I can only imagine it would be considered a done deal.
"Please don't partake of both at the same time." But if you insist, libertarians are OK with that.
I take my fruit in liquid form. 32 oz of OJ no pulp and a breakfast bar (usually Special K or Cinnamon Toast Crunch). And I'm not sure if OJ is more effective at waking you up than coffee since I usually drink about a pint of coffee once I get to the office.
Wow, those apples are shinier compared to my oranges! We knew the problem with IE's CSS implementation. It was easily provable that IE was the culprit based on the CSS standards and IE's interpretations of that standard. This is a far more nebulous problem. Until there is a better explanation of what happened, I stand by my original assumption. If someone can show that the PS3 is not following standards, I will gladly reverse my opinion.
So is the TV not up to spec or is the spec not well enough defined? I'm assuming the PS3 is not the culprit since Westinghouse is the one talking firmware upgrades. I'm just curious if this is a real HDCP issue or just a cheap TV maker not following specs (which wouldn't be the first time a 2nd or 3rd tier manufacturer has ignored specs).
"Personally, I like the guy with the big scarf -- the rest are just poor imitations."
That is an interesting plot twist. The three doctors who preceeded the "the guy with the big scarf" actually travelled forward in time to see the 4th Doctor so they could then imitate him. Too bad they did an abysmal job of imitation. I guess the 2nd one came closest but I get the idea that the 1st and 3rd didn't even try.
Personally, I like all of them except for the rather abysmal 7th Doctor but that was more for my deeply felt hatred of Mel and Ace.
In my DM opinion, if a player comes up with a novel solution, it's at least worth a roll. I had a player one time convince me that letting his character scream like a woman would surprise the enemies for long enough for the other players to each get in an attack. The idea surprised me so I allowed it. I let him roll against charisma/4 (the div 4 was for the small likelihood of such a thing really working). He hit it. I let him repeat it with exponentially diminishing odds. Eventually it wasn't worth wasting a turn over, but we still occasionally talk about the group of fire golems he stunned by screaming like a woman. The DM is there to create and/or interperet an exciting world, not lord power over everyone.
So who else is old enough to get the joke without clicking the link? Anyone? Man I loved that show.
What are these things building on? The article doesn't even mention that as far as I can tell. Are they starting with a flat surface? I assume they're not starting with an undeveloped lot. Are they 'printing' directly on the soil or are they starting on a concrete foundation of some sort? If they're relying on humans to pour the foundations, the robots are going to have to account for human error. Human error happens a lot when pouring a foundation though most often in ways that don't mean much to a human. However, a foundation being off by an inch or two may completely throw off a robot builder.
"If you ask a bricklayer to lay bricks in anything other than a straight line, you'll run into problems,"
Right. Asking anyone who calls themselves something other than a mason to lay bricks for you is just asking for that sort of trouble. My grandfather's old rule for finding a good mason was to ask to hold their torpedo level. A good mason will never let you do that.
All this being said, I really hope this project works out. Even if you still need regular workers to do everything but the frame, you're still saving 4 to 8 workdays and time is money when you're a builder paying interest on your construction loan, assuming the other steps aren't any harder as a result.
"He may have had a vague idea of the general story, but he wouldn't have made such incoherences"
My favorite responses I hear from the Star Wars fanboys (of which I'll admit I am one) is the constant need to explain away those inconsistencies. There's even at least one as a sibling post to me doing just that. Sure you can explain it but it's quite a stretch. I would rather it be an outright inconsistency than really be based on such vast stretches of logic and what the meaning of the word "is" is. Then at least I'd know Lucas was just lazy and not stupid.
"Also, the six episodes just "don't work" together. The "I am your father", which is quite a dramatic climax in the original serie doesn't work anymore if you watch Starwars in the correct order."
I always thought the best way to approach the situation would be to not make it obvious that Vader was Luke's father but drop hints in the first three where it makes sense in ESB when you see it and have some sort of "A-HA" moment. There would be some people who pick up on it early but that would be bound to happen anyways.
It's not as simple as just making it optional. These computer manufacturers get a good chunk of change for installing that crap and it helps keep down their computer prices. I'm not in favor of the stuff either but if it's optional, they're going to have to charge more for the 'no crap' option. I'd rather it just be understood that I'm going to reinstall Windows as soon as I buy a computer and get a discount for the crapware I'll never use.
Can't watch the clip at work. What is the context of this remark? Everyone is assuming this is some sort of 360 vs. Wii vs. PS3 context but I wonder if Gates isn't more concerned with the upcoming support of gaming on the Zune vs. the very well entrenched Game Boy line than he is with the success or failure of the 360.
"Anecdotally, I was at Best Buy yesterday and they were still out of Wii (got a shipment that day but sold out very quickly) but had 12 PS3."
There are a lot of us with similar anectdotes. I just bought a TV yesterday at my local Sam's Club and asked about the Wii while I was there. I got, "We don't have any Wiis in stock but we have a few PS3s. It's high definition just like your TV." I've been hearing more than a few similar stories about availability. I'll be honest. Even though I'm pretty firmly in the "standard definition is good enough for me" camp (the HD is primarily for my PC that I keep hooked up to a TV), I had a strong urge to pick up something that took full advantage of my new TV. Not a $600 urge mind you (the 32" TV was less than that), but a definite urge.
"Net income means jack shit. I don't care if you bring in 2 billion a year if your costs are 4 billion. If my costs are 50,000, and I bring in 75,000, guess what: I have a higher profit margin, which means I have MADE more money than you."
In this case the net income of company A is -$2billion while the net income of company B is $25,000. Net income is very important. In fact, net income is probably more important than profit margin in this case. I think you need to s/Net/Gross/ for your statement to make sense.