Man HS has gone downhill. In the 70's I had 6 years of math, 3 years of chemistry 1 semester of physics and 1 semester of programming in fortran. The card decks had to be sent to the main downtown facility to be run and they would send back thee printouts the next day. Now with computers all but free, your school could not come up with a VB course? Sad indeed.
I call and raise you a 1999 P-II 400 MHz 512M system that still
is running along with its brother 450MHz P-II 1G box. I've changed out the hard drives, but both are like the energizer bunny. They just keep going and going. I use one as a file server and one as a 32 bit old linux porting machine.
I wish I had mod points. The way they are conducting themselves should make them proud. No looting, people sharing what little they have, really, amazing. And yes, I expect those operators at the plant will likely die before their time due to cancer or even worse. Beyond that is amazing stories of nurses in hospitals & nursing homes and even the stories of everyone pitching in at the shelters.
There is no "load" put on the system by watching tv though. There is a "cost" to transmitting your bits. Maybe its not the water model. Maybe its the airplane model. Once the plane takes off empty seats are wasted. BUT around christmas & other high load holidays, fares do go up because more
people want to fly and they could sell every seat and more at the lower rate. Well, now with all the high usage home applications (TV over IP
I suspect is the real cause) every day is like christmas for the ISP and they want to raise the fare. Why anyone wants the low rez TV over IP
netflix crap is a mystery to me on their hi rez HDTV. Get a DVR, record the the cable/OTA show and play it back in real HD. Just lazy I guess.
Agreed, consider the US approach to zero gravity writing instrument, massive program. Russia's answer, pencil. Who took the smarter engineering approach?
Which is why I would prefer we spend our effort on asteroid deflection. The earth will serve us for a long time as long as it is not hit by something to wipe us out.(or we kill ourselves) Even deflection doesn't need to be done today. The only real reason we are in space is to fight new levels of war and national egos. Living there is not going to be useful for centuries. Look at the space station problems. Toilets, A/C, constantly needing more fuel/food/water. Its not like they plan on making stuff there and shipping it to earth.
But why would anyone "buy" the game after being told "Hey I found this great game, download it for free at...". You'd be a Homer Simpson if you paid after that. So no, I think you overestimate the value of total users.
The thing I don't understand is how anyone can support the freeloaders. Its not like a game is food. Why do people feel entitled to get them for free? I don't care if it costs nothing to make another copy. It costs to make the program, and if you have a popular game you make money. The thing everyone forgets is all those games that fail. In the end the maker hopes the winners make more than the cost of the winners and losers.
The first is obviously Mark committing theft, probably grand theft. The second is the board failing in their fudiciary as usual. If the board did what they are charged with doing, Mark would have been told, either resign and get nothing or we take you to court on grand theft charges. Yes you can sue us for your contract spoils, but do enjoy what money can buy in the slammer. I'm pretty sure grand theft is over a year, and in cali that means wonderful places like san quentin are an option. But of course the board rolled over as usual and the shareholders get screwed for 28M. It is just sick what happens in the boardroom. H&P would be puking right now.
The fact that Rob thinks it will be tells me it will not. The man has never made an accurate prediction. He is a total whore for $'s and says whatever he is paid to say. He was the point guy for SCO.
Just for giggles I sat my moto phone next to my neighbors iphone (I think 3g) over the weekend. I don't get it, the thing is huge by comparison. Its fatter, much taller and much wider. And in case your wondering, my moto phone can take pics, do video, music plyer and can surf the web. I was wrong, its only 3 years old, not 4. Surfing is useless as the screen is too small on the moto. So what is it exactly I can get with a new smartphone that my current one can't do with the constraint it cannot be larger? the problem as I see it is until they have holographic displays like star wars, my size requirement all but makes a phone that surfs impossible. So I guess I'll be green and keep my phone another year. Maybe next year they'll have holographic projectors:)
Its sounding more and more like the new iphone is a mini ipad, not a phone at all. I've never figured it out myself. I'm old school I guess, I use my phone to make phone calls, and its all I do with it. I want it small, lightweight, good battery life and good reception. I kept my nokia for 5 years and going on 4 years with my moto. Both satisfied the reqmt. Meanwhile a friend of mine has an iphone and she hits mute somehow almost every conversation. Really I don't know how she stands it, but I guess being cool has costs.
Some people do change banks, just not enough. I was very unhappy with BofA's funds availability policy in TX after moving from Cal. I found a bank in TX that had an acceptable policy and I switched. OTOH a friend of mine complains incessantly about wells fargo, but everytime I suggest switching, he says it is too much trouble, which I think is your point:) I keep trying to get him to switch but to no avail.
Its been suggested before. Add a small tax so a long term investor essentially doesn't feel it, but the gambling addicted high frequency traders will be out of biz. Perhaps someone can explain to me the economic value that high frequency trading provides to society. If people want to gamble, do it with their own money in vegas or some other casino. Wall street has simply turned into a casino where the Goldman's are the "house".
I wish I had mod points. You describe the value of IP without associated manufacture perfectly. I'd not known the UK was so food dependant in WWII, but I have frequently thought about how dependant the military is to taiwan/china. Where would all those laptops & chips come from in a war with the east? I heard we even imported bullits for the Iraq war for awhile. And to the naysayers who say it can't happen, I'm sure the same was said before WWII.
Next you'll be telling us that god created heaven & earth in 7 days & intelligent design is right. What the ? are you doing on slashdot? You can use a computer? Applauding the people in the state I happen to live in is just dumb. The quack dentist who was behind most of these shitty little changes is just crazy. His term expires this year, but the mark he has made will be indelible on texas for 10 years. Such gems as forcing the teaching of Obama's full name. Like that is an efficient use of student time. Other gems discussed were not calling it the civil war, as that still upsets the south. I just hope (and don't pray) that the other states send a clear message to the publishers that they will NOT accept this drivel and reject the texas book. Then these states form a coalition and make texas pay more since their order is the small one.
OnStar will not be notified. When you stop paying for it, they don't pay verizon or whoever they use for your "phone" for onstar to connect. Your car will maybe try to call, but the line will be dead.
I'm not thrilled with their commercials either. I'd concentrate on the directions part if I was them. I've used it lots of times and it is plain nice.
The last thing I want to do while I'm driving down the highway lost is to flip open my laptop and try to get directions. And yes, I have done exactly that with onstar, gotten directions and was on my way in about 60 seconds. The not lame thing about onstar is you connect to a real person that speaks real english and can answer real questions. Sync & google are going to be voice recognition. Which is great. "I'm sorry I don't understand your question, please try again" Onstar is expensive for 2 reasons. 1, real operators. 2. cellphone connection. Try calling 411 and see what they charge for a number. You can call onstar all month every day and get directions. Same price. I'm sure they negotiated a volume discount, but still, to connect to their operator, it is a cellphone connection. Last time I checked, a base cellphone plan with few minutes is about the same price as onstar.
The weird thing is I used to think why the hell do I want onstar, I'll never use it. After having them save my butt a couple of times, now I've come to the reverse position, why would I get a built in Nav system, I'll get onstar instead. My nav system just doesn't do well with "I'm looking for that restaurant near I-40 and stevenson..." Until VR gets some AI that works, I'll stick with people.
And finally, what does uploading songs have to do with onstar. My car has a USB port and can play music thru the port from mp3 or ipod. There are quite a few pretty cheap OBD-II interface products to let you snoop your car's data. See http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/05/15/2210212 for details. The article was today. You might as well have asked why don't computers have OBD ports? After all OBD predates USB.
If in fact say 1/2 of the people dump cable/sat, whats going to give. Are the remaining subscribers going to get a huge increase, or are the sports franchises going to take it in the shorts. This could be huge. I think the article said that 1/2 of the payout from cable/sat goes to pay sports programming.
I was always taught not to accept candy from strangers that wanted to give me a free car ride. It looks like the ruse still works. I don't use facebook either.
Before you piss all over the idea, consider which you would prefer. You can either A) pay 2X as much for juice during peak time so the utility can afford to have enough peak capacity or B) let the utility come up with some creative ways to reduce peak demand, such as cutting the A/C for about 5 minutes every 30 if they need to. (I think that is austin energy's method) Further, Austin Energy does not require you to install their thermostat, they will give you a free one if you do want theirs.
Clearly, you prefer method A, but I happen to like B. And in case your wondering, Austin Enrgy has nearly the lowest rates in TX, is a monopoly, is run by the city whereas Dallas rates are around 2X higher as a minimum, they have choice, and the choices are not run by the city and are private. I'll stay in austin thanks. You can live in Dallas if you want with your precious choices.
And does china offer any safety nets? unemployment, food stamps, medicare, or social security? At least here if your making very low wages, you can at least eat by getting food stamps. and while your not going to live well in retirement on social security, you at least have some retirement coming in. I think americans always think other countries work like here when that is rarely the case.
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Man HS has gone downhill. In the 70's I had 6 years of math, 3 years of chemistry 1 semester of physics and 1 semester of programming in fortran. The card decks had to be sent to the main downtown facility to be run and they would send back thee printouts the next day. Now with computers all but free, your school could not come up with a VB course? Sad indeed.
I call and raise you a 1999 P-II 400 MHz 512M system that still is running along with its brother 450MHz P-II 1G box. I've changed out the hard drives, but both are like the energizer bunny. They just keep going and going. I use one as a file server and one as a 32 bit old linux porting machine.
So when is your flight over to help out?
I wish I had mod points. The way they are conducting themselves should make them proud. No looting, people sharing what little they have, really, amazing. And yes, I expect those operators at the plant will likely die before their time due to cancer or even worse. Beyond that is amazing stories of nurses in hospitals & nursing homes and even the stories of everyone pitching in at the shelters.
There is no "load" put on the system by watching tv though. There is a "cost" to transmitting your bits. Maybe its not the water model. Maybe its the airplane model. Once the plane takes off empty seats are wasted. BUT around christmas & other high load holidays, fares do go up because more people want to fly and they could sell every seat and more at the lower rate. Well, now with all the high usage home applications (TV over IP I suspect is the real cause) every day is like christmas for the ISP and they want to raise the fare. Why anyone wants the low rez TV over IP netflix crap is a mystery to me on their hi rez HDTV. Get a DVR, record the the cable/OTA show and play it back in real HD. Just lazy I guess.
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Agreed, consider the US approach to zero gravity writing instrument, massive program. Russia's answer, pencil. Who took the smarter engineering approach?
Which is why I would prefer we spend our effort on asteroid deflection. The earth will serve us for a long time as long as it is not hit by something to wipe us out.(or we kill ourselves) Even deflection doesn't need to be done today. The only real reason we are in space is to fight new levels of war and national egos. Living there is not going to be useful for centuries. Look at the space station problems. Toilets, A/C, constantly needing more fuel/food/water. Its not like they plan on making stuff there and shipping it to earth.
But why would anyone "buy" the game after being told "Hey I found this great game, download it for free at ...". You'd be a Homer Simpson if you paid after that. So no, I think you overestimate the value of total users.
The thing I don't understand is how anyone can support the freeloaders. Its not like a game is food. Why do people feel entitled to get them for free? I don't care if it costs nothing to make another copy. It costs to make the program, and if you have a popular game you make money. The thing everyone forgets is all those games that fail. In the end the maker hopes the winners make more than the cost of the winners and losers.
The first is obviously Mark committing theft, probably grand theft. The second is the board failing in their fudiciary as usual. If the board did what they are charged with doing, Mark would have been told, either resign and get nothing or we take you to court on grand theft charges. Yes you can sue us for your contract spoils, but do enjoy what money can buy in the slammer. I'm pretty sure grand theft is over a year, and in cali that means wonderful places like san quentin are an option. But of course the board rolled over as usual and the shareholders get screwed for 28M. It is just sick what happens in the boardroom. H&P would be puking right now.
The fact that Rob thinks it will be tells me it will not. The man has never made an accurate prediction. He is a total whore for $'s and says whatever he is paid to say. He was the point guy for SCO.
Just for giggles I sat my moto phone next to my neighbors iphone (I think 3g) over the weekend. I don't get it, the thing is huge by comparison. Its fatter, much taller and much wider. And in case your wondering, my moto phone can take pics, do video, music plyer and can surf the web. I was wrong, its only 3 years old, not 4. Surfing is useless as the screen is too small on the moto. So what is it exactly I can get with a new smartphone that my current one can't do with the constraint it cannot be larger? the problem as I see it is until they have holographic displays like star wars, my size requirement all but makes a phone that surfs impossible. So I guess I'll be green and keep my phone another year. Maybe next year they'll have holographic projectors:)
US decides not to call china a currency manipulator & google gets a license renewed. Nah, couldn't be.
Its sounding more and more like the new iphone is a mini ipad, not a phone at all. I've never figured it out myself. I'm old school I guess, I use my phone to make phone calls, and its all I do with it. I want it small, lightweight, good battery life and good reception. I kept my nokia for 5 years and going on 4 years with my moto. Both satisfied the reqmt. Meanwhile a friend of mine has an iphone and she hits mute somehow almost every conversation. Really I don't know how she stands it, but I guess being cool has costs.
Some people do change banks, just not enough. I was very unhappy with BofA's funds availability policy in TX after moving from Cal. I found a bank in TX that had an acceptable policy and I switched. OTOH a friend of mine complains incessantly about wells fargo, but everytime I suggest switching, he says it is too much trouble, which I think is your point:) I keep trying to get him to switch but to no avail.
Its been suggested before. Add a small tax so a long term investor essentially doesn't feel it, but the gambling addicted high frequency traders will be out of biz. Perhaps someone can explain to me the economic value that high frequency trading provides to society. If people want to gamble, do it with their own money in vegas or some other casino. Wall street has simply turned into a casino where the Goldman's are the "house".
I wish I had mod points. You describe the value of IP without associated manufacture perfectly. I'd not known the UK was so food dependant in WWII, but I have frequently thought about how dependant the military is to taiwan/china. Where would all those laptops & chips come from in a war with the east? I heard we even imported bullits for the Iraq war for awhile. And to the naysayers who say it can't happen, I'm sure the same was said before WWII.
Next you'll be telling us that god created heaven & earth in 7 days & intelligent design is right. What the ? are you doing on slashdot? You can use a computer? Applauding the people in the state I happen to live in is just dumb. The quack dentist who was behind most of these shitty little changes is just crazy. His term expires this year, but the mark he has made will be indelible on texas for 10 years. Such gems as forcing the teaching of Obama's full name. Like that is an efficient use of student time. Other gems discussed were not calling it the civil war, as that still upsets the south. I just hope (and don't pray) that the other states send a clear message to the publishers that they will NOT accept this drivel and reject the texas book. Then these states form a coalition and make texas pay more since their order is the small one.
OnStar will not be notified. When you stop paying for it, they don't pay verizon or whoever they use for your "phone" for onstar to connect. Your car will maybe try to call, but the line will be dead.
I'm not thrilled with their commercials either. I'd concentrate on the directions part if I was them. I've used it lots of times and it is plain nice.
The last thing I want to do while I'm driving down the highway lost is to flip open my laptop and try to get directions. And yes, I have done exactly that with onstar, gotten directions and was on my way in about 60 seconds. The not lame thing about onstar is you connect to a real person that speaks real english and can answer real questions. Sync & google are going to be voice recognition. Which is great. "I'm sorry I don't understand your question, please try again" Onstar is expensive for 2 reasons. 1, real operators. 2. cellphone connection. Try calling 411 and see what they charge for a number. You can call onstar all month every day and get directions. Same price. I'm sure they negotiated a volume discount, but still, to connect to their operator, it is a cellphone connection. Last time I checked, a base cellphone plan with few minutes is about the same price as onstar. The weird thing is I used to think why the hell do I want onstar, I'll never use it. After having them save my butt a couple of times, now I've come to the reverse position, why would I get a built in Nav system, I'll get onstar instead. My nav system just doesn't do well with "I'm looking for that restaurant near I-40 and stevenson..." Until VR gets some AI that works, I'll stick with people. And finally, what does uploading songs have to do with onstar. My car has a USB port and can play music thru the port from mp3 or ipod. There are quite a few pretty cheap OBD-II interface products to let you snoop your car's data. See http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/05/15/2210212 for details. The article was today. You might as well have asked why don't computers have OBD ports? After all OBD predates USB.
If in fact say 1/2 of the people dump cable/sat, whats going to give. Are the remaining subscribers going to get a huge increase, or are the sports franchises going to take it in the shorts. This could be huge. I think the article said that 1/2 of the payout from cable/sat goes to pay sports programming.
Austin Energy subsidizes austin, you've got it backwards & your next point?
I was always taught not to accept candy from strangers that wanted to give me a free car ride. It looks like the ruse still works. I don't use facebook either.
Before you piss all over the idea, consider which you would prefer. You can either A) pay 2X as much for juice during peak time so the utility can afford to have enough peak capacity or B) let the utility come up with some creative ways to reduce peak demand, such as cutting the A/C for about 5 minutes every 30 if they need to. (I think that is austin energy's method) Further, Austin Energy does not require you to install their thermostat, they will give you a free one if you do want theirs.
Clearly, you prefer method A, but I happen to like B. And in case your wondering, Austin Enrgy has nearly the lowest rates in TX, is a monopoly, is run by the city whereas Dallas rates are around 2X higher as a minimum, they have choice, and the choices are not run by the city and are private. I'll stay in austin thanks. You can live in Dallas if you want with your precious choices.
And does china offer any safety nets? unemployment, food stamps, medicare, or social security? At least here if your making very low wages, you can at least eat by getting food stamps. and while your not going to live well in retirement on social security, you at least have some retirement coming in. I think americans always think other countries work like here when that is rarely the case.