One word: Hackintosh. Not the easiest thing to do, but not that difficult either if you have the right hardware. Hell, Linux can sometimes be more of a hassle than a Hackintosh.
Yeah, I guess that's why OS X is officially classified as Unix. It IS Unix, end of story. It's just a Unix variant that has been overhauled for 10 years to be far more user-friendly and accessible than others.
building a PC-based Mac was something done only by hard-core hackers and technophiles
What? This is a load of crap. Granted, it's not the simpest thing to do, but I'd say it was two years ago that hackintoshing became simple enough for the somewhat technical to figure it out.
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Yes, a monopoly....of their own computers that own less than 10% of the market. Boo hoo.
Um, no. Bungie started out as Mac only. They were NOT Mac only when Halo was announced. Marathon 2 got ported and Myth I & II were both cross platform. Oni was in the works and was cross platform as well.
It does really suck that Halo got snapped up for XBox, and then on Mac/PC we got a shitty port two years later with utter dogshit for network code. I love seeing horrid lag on a LAN!
That wouldn't be surprising, but the guy should've known right there that it was horseshit and his partner was out to screw him. There's no way that kind of movie would get a theatrical release. He should've been looking for a decent DTV deal because that was the best he could realistically hope for.
Sorry, but I completely cannot believe that MGM would ever commit that to 2700 screens or even act like they did. They would never commit that kind of money for such a ridiculously primitive-looking movie. Could be fun straight to video or something like that, but the CGI is far too basic to ever hit theaters.
I didn't say the thieves would be especially smart. Gold has a certain allure to it, and a lot of the dimmer crooks will want it. Then they'll have a fun time trying to unload it and most likely get caught in the process. That or someone with connections will be able to successfully pull it off.
Seriously, why? If people want to invest in gold, they're generally going to buy it in larger lots than this. What's the point of selling gold in a vending machine when no one is going to take a gold coin as currency? This seems to be a solution in search of a problem. Not to mention I fully expect these to become big, fat targets for thieves...
Honestly, around here, his opinion, while biased, is a bit refreshing as the whole "Faux News" bit has been done to death. It's nice to get a little bias from both sides as the truth often lies somewhere in between.
And how is that relevant to the point here? The above stated that the profit was in unlocked, easily rooted phones. I was pointing out that doing so is just going to catch a niche market and there isn't a great deal of money in it.
Saying it doesn't make it true. You know what? END USERS DON'T GIVE A DAMN. FOSS advocates need to come to grips with that. They don't give a crap if it's open or not. They want it to be simple and do what they want, and for most consumers, the iPhone fits the bill. Android may also fit for a lot of folks. Also, iPhone users spend more money on apps than Android users, so it's certainly not a dead end.
What is it about open source zealots that utterly blinds them to reality? FOSS is all fine and dandy, but end users usually don't know or don't give a damn. They'll buy whatever they think is nifty.
And it's dropping like a stone and Nokia knows it. Symbian has been sucking hard in comparison to everything else and will be history in a couple of years unless they can turn it around.
Except that the boards are not $100 more expensive for the 860, which sits in the 1156 socket. So really, you're talking maybe $75 more, or $25 more if you slap the same heatsink on the AMD chip and overclock it.
He's comparing the socket 1156 i7 860, not a 1366 930. The boards are only a bit more expensive than an equivalent AM3 board, which renders #2 moot. A bulldozer chip will NOT work in AM3, only AM3+. The only advantage is being able to stick a current AM3 CPU in an AM3+ board...and I don't know why you'd want to do that. AMD's current boards are about as future-proof as Intel's, which makes #3 moot. And how the hell can you say the six core AMD chips are more future proof than the i7? Has multithreading not come around yet? Tests that blast the hell out of all cores (both physical and virtual) on both chips often show the i7 coming out ahead. It's just stupid to say that the AMD is more future-proof when you top out both and Intel is the winner. #4 is just idiotic.
Intel offers no chip that provides the same bang for buck ratio as AMD. Hasn't done so in a long time.
Except that the i5 750 and Phenom II x4 965 are neck and neck in performance and were both priced right around $200 for a long time. It was only fairly recently that AMD cut the prices to compete.
And the execs keep wiping their asses with C-notes. They laugh at the bozos in Anonymous and make more filthy lucre. This does nothing. Seriously, it does nothing but pull a few sites offline for a few hours. It's not even a moral victory.
And you honestly think that they can't spin it in their favor? They have professional spinmeisters, as opposed to Anonymous, which has misogynistic husks.
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One word: Hackintosh. Not the easiest thing to do, but not that difficult either if you have the right hardware. Hell, Linux can sometimes be more of a hassle than a Hackintosh.
Yeah, I guess that's why OS X is officially classified as Unix. It IS Unix, end of story. It's just a Unix variant that has been overhauled for 10 years to be far more user-friendly and accessible than others.
building a PC-based Mac was something done only by hard-core hackers and technophiles
What? This is a load of crap. Granted, it's not the simpest thing to do, but I'd say it was two years ago that hackintoshing became simple enough for the somewhat technical to figure it out.
Yes, a monopoly....of their own computers that own less than 10% of the market. Boo hoo.
Um, no. Bungie started out as Mac only. They were NOT Mac only when Halo was announced. Marathon 2 got ported and Myth I & II were both cross platform. Oni was in the works and was cross platform as well.
It does really suck that Halo got snapped up for XBox, and then on Mac/PC we got a shitty port two years later with utter dogshit for network code. I love seeing horrid lag on a LAN!
Teach them that unless you're working for a good indie studio, game development is a great way to have your soul crushed into little pebbles of shit.
That wouldn't be surprising, but the guy should've known right there that it was horseshit and his partner was out to screw him. There's no way that kind of movie would get a theatrical release. He should've been looking for a decent DTV deal because that was the best he could realistically hope for.
Sorry, but I completely cannot believe that MGM would ever commit that to 2700 screens or even act like they did. They would never commit that kind of money for such a ridiculously primitive-looking movie. Could be fun straight to video or something like that, but the CGI is far too basic to ever hit theaters.
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I have a son and have been chuckling throughout the thread. Your point is invalid, as are many of the ill-informed responses to your post.
And it's a lot easier buying gold in larger quantities from dealers, not in tiny pieces from a vending machine.
I didn't say the thieves would be especially smart. Gold has a certain allure to it, and a lot of the dimmer crooks will want it. Then they'll have a fun time trying to unload it and most likely get caught in the process. That or someone with connections will be able to successfully pull it off.
Seriously, why? If people want to invest in gold, they're generally going to buy it in larger lots than this. What's the point of selling gold in a vending machine when no one is going to take a gold coin as currency? This seems to be a solution in search of a problem. Not to mention I fully expect these to become big, fat targets for thieves...
Honestly, around here, his opinion, while biased, is a bit refreshing as the whole "Faux News" bit has been done to death. It's nice to get a little bias from both sides as the truth often lies somewhere in between.
And how is that relevant to the point here? The above stated that the profit was in unlocked, easily rooted phones. I was pointing out that doing so is just going to catch a niche market and there isn't a great deal of money in it.
Saying it doesn't make it true. You know what? END USERS DON'T GIVE A DAMN. FOSS advocates need to come to grips with that. They don't give a crap if it's open or not. They want it to be simple and do what they want, and for most consumers, the iPhone fits the bill. Android may also fit for a lot of folks. Also, iPhone users spend more money on apps than Android users, so it's certainly not a dead end.
What is it about open source zealots that utterly blinds them to reality? FOSS is all fine and dandy, but end users usually don't know or don't give a damn. They'll buy whatever they think is nifty.
Yes, because the market of people who know how to do that is huge, right?
Oh, wait, it's a tiny niche made up of geeks.
And it's dropping like a stone and Nokia knows it. Symbian has been sucking hard in comparison to everything else and will be history in a couple of years unless they can turn it around.
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Except that the boards are not $100 more expensive for the 860, which sits in the 1156 socket. So really, you're talking maybe $75 more, or $25 more if you slap the same heatsink on the AMD chip and overclock it.
He's comparing the socket 1156 i7 860, not a 1366 930. The boards are only a bit more expensive than an equivalent AM3 board, which renders #2 moot. A bulldozer chip will NOT work in AM3, only AM3+. The only advantage is being able to stick a current AM3 CPU in an AM3+ board...and I don't know why you'd want to do that. AMD's current boards are about as future-proof as Intel's, which makes #3 moot. And how the hell can you say the six core AMD chips are more future proof than the i7? Has multithreading not come around yet? Tests that blast the hell out of all cores (both physical and virtual) on both chips often show the i7 coming out ahead. It's just stupid to say that the AMD is more future-proof when you top out both and Intel is the winner. #4 is just idiotic.
Intel offers no chip that provides the same bang for buck ratio as AMD. Hasn't done so in a long time.
Except that the i5 750 and Phenom II x4 965 are neck and neck in performance and were both priced right around $200 for a long time. It was only fairly recently that AMD cut the prices to compete.
They already do. It's called the i7, and it still manages to beat the six-core Phenom IIs.
And the execs keep wiping their asses with C-notes. They laugh at the bozos in Anonymous and make more filthy lucre. This does nothing. Seriously, it does nothing but pull a few sites offline for a few hours. It's not even a moral victory.
And you honestly think that they can't spin it in their favor? They have professional spinmeisters, as opposed to Anonymous, which has misogynistic husks.