As least with RH/FC systems, when Bitstream donated fonts in 2003, they have been just as good as any Mac where as Mac > Windows with regards to fonts. Before that, they were horrible.
I really hope I'm wrong but the cord blood mentality seems like an extrememly high pressure sales pitch giving the feeling that the whole process is bogus. I was really shocked when the pitch was given to me and you literally have 30 minutes to decide if you want to store this once in a lifetime thing "for your childs health". "Don't you want what's best for your child?" By not paying the $2500 and $250 yearly fee, they make you feel like a bad parent and you've signed the death warrant for your kid that isn't even 24 hours old.
You can be aware of cord blood before you're a parent but there is a switch inside of you that flips the moment you see a progeny that contains part of your code using it's own life support system. That vulnerability is preyed upon by the cord blood companies, hospital staffed photographers, and hospital doctors because "The hospital doctors are better equipped and knowledgable than your own pediatrician." My guess is that they use that pitch to prey on people who haven't picked out a pediatrician prior to delivery.
I can understand people that have a genetic pre-disposition for bad health would want this but I question the validity of the methods of storage, insurance regarding it, possiblilty of `visits` to make sure they still have it, and that the cord blood stored is in fact yours.
We know for a fact that there are cases where stored sperm did not belong to the donors but to the doctor or the technician responsible of storing it. Obvisouly, there have been cases where labeling was an issue. This would be disastrous in a cord blood case if it were a labeling issue.
Another scam (not calling cord blood a scam, I just don't approve of their sales tactics and I question their validity) is Stride Rite shoes. They want to have your kids in shoes before they learn to walk because "you don't want to have your kids feets deformed, do you?" It's funny that they have their own `certification` for Fitting Specialists, like Microsoft has their own certification for System Engineers. I have seen parents with crawling babies wearing Stride-Rite shoes and I know a former 'Fit Specialist' so I know that their tactics work.
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If you thought that 20 years ago then you must have listened to Dr. Demento to hear his stuff.
Haven't you noticed that if you have 50+ ads blocked that the browser is sluggish? Doesn't that performance bother you?
It's also a pain in the ass to block the same ad twice or more for multiple computers on the same network.
I reckon that most./ers have some type of broadband connection and would use some type of router device, more specifically if they're wireless. I haven't found a router that doesn't have service/site blocking. Every single consumer router I've configured have some type or port forwarding and right next to those services are site blocking services.
I've use it but it's a memory hog and slows the browser down.
I can understand for mobile users in mixed environments but if you're a stationary user, use your router to block ads. One place to ban domains and every user attached is affected.
A house is a static object. An operating system is a dynamic object.
The way a cpu accesses memory registers is a static method. The way your house door latches is a dynamic method based upon static devices.
McAfee and Symantec software solutions are parasites as they require a host system to operate. If the host isn't able to rid the offending code by itself, the parasite if you will, should be able to handle it if the parasite wants to continue to gain the benefits of the host system. Because modern operating systems have better `immunities` against offending code proves that the dynamic operating system can be written in a way that will remove the threat before a parasitic device needs to take over.
During the IE4 and IE5 phase, Netscape 4 was better to use if you used an application that required Java. Having first hand experience in the insurance industry,we tried IE5 but the browser choked with the Java apps we used. NS4 was much more stable.
Netscape didn't start to get interesting until 6.03, 6.0 was a disaster. 6.03 was nice as there was finally something different than IE, both for Mac and IE. I started using is as the tabbed browsing was really useful. Opera was stil payware but fast. Galeon was my browser of choice on Linux, until NS7.
Effectively you're looking at CPU and motherboard chipset combinations.
I can understand the retail channel distributions having to be so accomodating but the Tier 1 OEM level should already have this `optomized` code as part of the package. For the price that MS charges for this OS, this optomization should take first seat, not the lockin to only be transferred once by validating the hardware hash.
Seriously, if MS can take Ultimate Vista and `cripple` it to 8 subsequent versions, why can't they actually give some performance to their customers by having an optomized OEM version?
You must mean that Misrocoft has finally caught up to more modern Operating Systems in those areas.
DirectX is required for games for Microsoft so yes, there is an advantage there but I wouldn't call it ahead of the competition as DirectX is only available for Microsoft Operating Systems.
It doesn't work effectively, you can run Excel on one desktop and Word on the other as you'll have toolbar issues. You'll need more than a Gig of ram to be effective to even be comparable to any Unix running just notepad.
Comic Book audience != Video Game audience. Video Game fanboys may like comics but not all comic readers like video games much less any one in particular.
Spider-man readers may like Unreal but not Halo. X-Men readers may like Halo but not Unreal. Readers of both may hate Halo except those who casually read Spider-man.
Pac Man was never as popular as Spider-man is. Plus comics explore themes and have character development. Video games are all about action and special effects.
The other part of the equation is that Halo is only marketed to XBox owners and PC/Mac gamers. Not a sure fire return on investment for a $200 million dollar movie much less any $40 million dollar game. That means you can rule out Playstation and Nintento players out unless they also have an XBox but then they're already in the XBox demographic.
I'm sure that the studio heads also look at some made up correlation that PC gamers are more likely to download a movie than pay money to see it in a theatre.
USB did not work with Windows95a. You had to upgrade to Windows 95c and USB support was spotty at best. You had to rely on the USB device drivers to supplement the OS drivers for the USB port.
Windows95a didn't have native CD-ROM or 100% Plug and Play support either. That didn't appear until Windows 95b.
I still have the 13 floppies that I paid $200 for that is Windows 95a. If you installed it on a system without a CD-ROM and later instaled a CD-ROM, Win95a would not see the device unless you performed the ADD Hardware wizard which prompted you to install a couple of floppies then reboot.
I get the "Wii" as it conveys the wireless capabilities. I liked Revolution better but I'm just a consumer.
The angle on the 360 > `the number 3` makes the most sense however I still feel that they copied the name from `Revolution`.
Whatever happened to the good ole days when it was Atari vs Intellivision, Genesis vs Turbografx?
I'm rooting for Nintento on this round as history has shown that the console prices drop 50% after a couple of years. At that rate, the 360 is still over $200 for a usable unit. Same goes for the PS3.
I realize that hey have titles and a bigger marketing push but damn, the CDi was $400 at launch.
What exactly is 360 supposed to convey in the name XBox 360?
I just read the tech specs and developers blog and can't find anything to the name. I can almost get that 360 is half of 720 and that the games will play at 720p but I think that is a stretch. The fact that some or all games are in surround sound is also a bit stretchy. Why would you name your console after your audio capabilities? Both the XBox and XBox 360 utilize 3D rendered graphics so that doesn't make any sense either.
Someone told me that it was Microsoft copying Nintendo on the Revolution name - I can get that and it's almost believable. In fact it's more believable over the other ones I mentioned.
They could have called it XBox Zingo and it would make more sense than XBox 360. Every time I hear 360 to convey the newest XBox brings back memories of the CD-i and 3DO. Granted that the 360 is more successful than the CD-i and 3DO combined but it still means a crappy marketing naming team behind it to me.
They want things fair and tag isn't fair because someone has to be `it`. Competition is bad as someone has to lose and nobody likes losers. Being a loser will hurt one's self esteem. School is supposed to provide a positive environment to build self esteem. For the record they'll say it's for insurance reasons if the kid gets hurt. BS.
These games are not only fun but also build character that they will need later in life. Life is full of adventure and failure is part of the game. It's up to the individual to use their own character to pick themselves up, dust off, and go back at it.
If you're going to be a weenie kid because that's what the public education system has put forth and wear a man purse to your first day of work in a cube farm, you're gonna be laughed at. No better place to get laughed at than the elementary school ground to build that tough hide you're gonna need. And if you cry because your boss didn't pick you for a project, you deserve to be ho-slapped for being a wuss. You can blame it on your school since they didn't allow basketball teams to pick players and `Athletic Scott` didn't pick you at all. After all, it's never your fault.
Absolutely it's Apples fault but that doesn't negate the fact that is still is a Microsoft problem.
You're not going to buy a car with brakes from Brake-O and seat belts from Pep-Boys. You going to buy a new car as it comes from the factory. If you put a new radio in your car and it takes out your brakes, you going to blame the manufacturer of the radio?
Microsoft doesn't and wont ever take security seriously - except where it means lock-in to their brand - and even then, the customer's security will take the back seat.
Case in point, I recently had to clean some spyware off 2 machines. Both times, I used Microsoft's Defender which used to be a really good product, even better than Spybot S&D, when MS acquired Giant. Windows Defender found nothing, Spybot S&D found 206 and 135 cases of activity.
I'm sure it'll be another gay name like Xbox 360, whatever the hell 360 is suposed to convey that Xbox didn't. 360 doesn't mean graphics to me. It means last minute naming in the marketing department because we have to go to print in 30 seconds and we don't want to sound similar to PlayStation i.e. XBOX 2.
I get that PS2 is > PS1 and I also get that PS3 > PS2 > PS1. Simple enough.
I can sorta understand Wii, IMO, Revolution was a better name. 360, I still don't understand. They could have called it XBox Deluxe or even XBox HD since that seems to be `in` for now.
The 3rd Microsoft console to take a loss for company I'm sure will be something along the lines of: XBox-3D/HD XBox-Live (Oops, already taken) XBox-Digital (I'll laugh my ass off if they use that one) XBox-Real XBox-(something Greek since that seems to be the trend for now)
Whatever it will be, I'm sure the minds at Redmond will give it the dumbest name to convey the meaning of clean clothes as much as Zune means portable music player.
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And the cost of their Linux version will probably be $5000 per year to negate the lost support.
A CIO in a mixed environment would probably bite as the advantages would be pretty apparent.
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As least with RH/FC systems, when Bitstream donated fonts in 2003, they have been just as good as any Mac where as Mac > Windows with regards to fonts.
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Before that, they were horrible.
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I really hope I'm wrong but the cord blood mentality seems like an extrememly high pressure sales pitch giving the feeling that the whole process is bogus.
I was really shocked when the pitch was given to me and you literally have 30 minutes to decide if you want to store this once in a lifetime thing "for your childs health". "Don't you want what's best for your child?"
By not paying the $2500 and $250 yearly fee, they make you feel like a bad parent and you've signed the death warrant for your kid that isn't even 24 hours old.
You can be aware of cord blood before you're a parent but there is a switch inside of you that flips the moment you see a progeny that contains part of your code using it's own life support system. That vulnerability is preyed upon by the cord blood companies, hospital staffed photographers, and hospital doctors because "The hospital doctors are better equipped and knowledgable than your own pediatrician." My guess is that they use that pitch to prey on people who haven't picked out a pediatrician prior to delivery.
I can understand people that have a genetic pre-disposition for bad health would want this but I question the validity of the methods of storage, insurance regarding it, possiblilty of `visits` to make sure they still have it, and that the cord blood stored is in fact yours.
We know for a fact that there are cases where stored sperm did not belong to the donors but to the doctor or the technician responsible of storing it. Obvisouly, there have been cases where labeling was an issue. This would be disastrous in a cord blood case if it were a labeling issue.
Another scam (not calling cord blood a scam, I just don't approve of their sales tactics and I question their validity) is Stride Rite shoes. They want to have your kids in shoes before they learn to walk because "you don't want to have your kids feets deformed, do you?" It's funny that they have their own `certification` for Fitting Specialists, like Microsoft has their own certification for System Engineers. I have seen parents with crawling babies wearing Stride-Rite shoes and I know a former 'Fit Specialist' so I know that their tactics work.
If you thought that 20 years ago then you must have listened to Dr. Demento to hear his stuff.
Haven't you noticed that if you have 50+ ads blocked that the browser is sluggish? Doesn't that performance bother you?
./ers have some type of broadband connection and would use some type of router device, more specifically if they're wireless.
It's also a pain in the ass to block the same ad twice or more for multiple computers on the same network.
I reckon that most
I haven't found a router that doesn't have service/site blocking.
Every single consumer router I've configured have some type or port forwarding and right next to those services are site blocking services.
Netgear WGR614, most I have configured have this feature as well which is:
Block Sites
That way I don't worry about doubleclick or that annoying intellitxt for anyone in my house.
For the javascript related ads, you don't see anything.
For the iframe ads, you'll see a black background where the ad should be.
I prefer it to the floating adblock notification for every ad.
I'm a fan of adblock, I just believe the router is more efficient.
Why use adblock?
I've use it but it's a memory hog and slows the browser down.
I can understand for mobile users in mixed environments but if you're a stationary user, use your router to block ads.
One place to ban domains and every user attached is affected.
What a horrible analogy.
A house is a static object.
An operating system is a dynamic object.
The way a cpu accesses memory registers is a static method.
The way your house door latches is a dynamic method based upon static devices.
McAfee and Symantec software solutions are parasites as they require a host system to operate.
If the host isn't able to rid the offending code by itself, the parasite if you will, should be able to handle it if the parasite wants to continue to gain the benefits of the host system.
Because modern operating systems have better `immunities` against offending code proves that the dynamic operating system can be written in a way that will remove the threat before a parasitic device needs to take over.
In some cases, I can see the logic behind Microsoft's decisions.
The logic I see in this one is so they can push their own AV package.
The better decision would be to actually fix Vista, and run legacy apps in a VM. Include that VM for higher end home users and business users.
During the IE4 and IE5 phase, Netscape 4 was better to use if you used an application that required Java.
Having first hand experience in the insurance industry,we tried IE5 but the browser choked with the Java apps we used.
NS4 was much more stable.
Netscape didn't start to get interesting until 6.03, 6.0 was a disaster. 6.03 was nice as there was finally something different than IE, both for Mac and IE.
I started using is as the tabbed browsing was really useful. Opera was stil payware but fast.
Galeon was my browser of choice on Linux, until NS7.
Effectively you're looking at CPU and motherboard chipset combinations.
I can understand the retail channel distributions having to be so accomodating but the Tier 1 OEM level should already have this `optomized` code as part of the package.
For the price that MS charges for this OS, this optomization should take first seat, not the lockin to only be transferred once by validating the hardware hash.
Seriously, if MS can take Ultimate Vista and `cripple` it to 8 subsequent versions, why can't they actually give some performance to their customers by having an optomized OEM version?
You must mean that Misrocoft has finally caught up to more modern Operating Systems in those areas.
DirectX is required for games for Microsoft so yes, there is an advantage there but I wouldn't call it ahead of the competition as DirectX is only available for Microsoft Operating Systems.
What's the difference between a Dell or an HP besides the name?
And that's different from a Lenovo how?
yeah, and it sucks.
It doesn't work effectively, you can run Excel on one desktop and Word on the other as you'll have toolbar issues.
You'll need more than a Gig of ram to be effective to even be comparable to any Unix running just notepad.
Comic Book audience != Video Game audience.
Video Game fanboys may like comics but not all comic readers like video games much less any one in particular.
Spider-man readers may like Unreal but not Halo. X-Men readers may like Halo but not Unreal.
Readers of both may hate Halo except those who casually read Spider-man.
Pac Man was never as popular as Spider-man is.
Plus comics explore themes and have character development. Video games are all about action and special effects.
The other part of the equation is that Halo is only marketed to XBox owners and PC/Mac gamers. Not a sure fire return on investment for a $200 million dollar movie much less any $40 million dollar game.
That means you can rule out Playstation and Nintento players out unless they also have an XBox but then they're already in the XBox demographic.
I'm sure that the studio heads also look at some made up correlation that PC gamers are more likely to download a movie than pay money to see it in a theatre.
USB did not work with Windows95a. You had to upgrade to Windows 95c and USB support was spotty at best. You had to rely on the USB device drivers to supplement the OS drivers for the USB port.
Windows95a didn't have native CD-ROM or 100% Plug and Play support either. That didn't appear until Windows 95b.
I still have the 13 floppies that I paid $200 for that is Windows 95a. If you installed it on a system without a CD-ROM and later instaled a CD-ROM, Win95a would not see the device unless you performed the ADD Hardware wizard which prompted you to install a couple of floppies then reboot.
Well, digesting anything does burn calories. It's the net caloric intake - cost of ingest they're probably harping on.
I've stayed with the `!important` in CSS and used that javascript hack to display transparent PNG. Other than that, I should be fine.
I get the "Wii" as it conveys the wireless capabilities. I liked Revolution better but I'm just a consumer.
The angle on the 360 > `the number 3` makes the most sense however I still feel that they copied the name from `Revolution`.
Whatever happened to the good ole days when it was Atari vs Intellivision, Genesis vs Turbografx?
I'm rooting for Nintento on this round as history has shown that the console prices drop 50% after a couple of years.
At that rate, the 360 is still over $200 for a usable unit. Same goes for the PS3.
I realize that hey have titles and a bigger marketing push but damn, the CDi was $400 at launch.
What exactly is 360 supposed to convey in the name XBox 360?
I just read the tech specs and developers blog and can't find anything to the name.
I can almost get that 360 is half of 720 and that the games will play at 720p but I think that is a stretch.
The fact that some or all games are in surround sound is also a bit stretchy. Why would you name your console after your audio capabilities?
Both the XBox and XBox 360 utilize 3D rendered graphics so that doesn't make any sense either.
Someone told me that it was Microsoft copying Nintendo on the Revolution name - I can get that and it's almost believable. In fact it's more believable over the other ones I mentioned.
They could have called it XBox Zingo and it would make more sense than XBox 360.
Every time I hear 360 to convey the newest XBox brings back memories of the CD-i and 3DO. Granted that the 360 is more successful than the CD-i and 3DO combined but it still means a crappy marketing naming team behind it to me.
It's the goddamn liberals.
They want things fair and tag isn't fair because someone has to be `it`.
Competition is bad as someone has to lose and nobody likes losers. Being a loser will hurt one's self esteem. School is supposed to provide a positive environment to build self esteem.
For the record they'll say it's for insurance reasons if the kid gets hurt. BS.
They also got rid of dodge ball for being a `violent` sport and aren't allowed to pick sides for basketball as it may hurt some children's self esteem.
These games are not only fun but also build character that they will need later in life.
Life is full of adventure and failure is part of the game. It's up to the individual to use their own character to pick themselves up, dust off, and go back at it.
If you're going to be a weenie kid because that's what the public education system has put forth and wear a man purse to your first day of work in a cube farm, you're gonna be laughed at. No better place to get laughed at than the elementary school ground to build that tough hide you're gonna need.
And if you cry because your boss didn't pick you for a project, you deserve to be ho-slapped for being a wuss. You can blame it on your school since they didn't allow basketball teams to pick players and `Athletic Scott` didn't pick you at all. After all, it's never your fault.
Absolutely it's Apples fault but that doesn't negate the fact that is still is a Microsoft problem.
You're not going to buy a car with brakes from Brake-O and seat belts from Pep-Boys. You going to buy a new car as it comes from the factory.
If you put a new radio in your car and it takes out your brakes, you going to blame the manufacturer of the radio?
Microsoft doesn't and wont ever take security seriously - except where it means lock-in to their brand - and even then, the customer's security will take the back seat.
Case in point, I recently had to clean some spyware off 2 machines.
Both times, I used Microsoft's Defender which used to be a really good product, even better than Spybot S&D, when MS acquired Giant.
Windows Defender found nothing, Spybot S&D found 206 and 135 cases of activity.
Or Microsoft should just fix their OS so that the file is just a dangerous as a README.txt file.
Looks like some marketing team at Microsoft misunderstood the context of `Revolution` for Nintendo.
Brilliant.
Thanks for the insight. With that information I can now answer the question "What does the 360 signify for the XBox?"
I'm sure it'll be another gay name like Xbox 360, whatever the hell 360 is suposed to convey that Xbox didn't.
360 doesn't mean graphics to me. It means last minute naming in the marketing department because we have to go to print in 30 seconds and we don't want to sound similar to PlayStation i.e. XBOX 2.
I get that PS2 is > PS1 and I also get that PS3 > PS2 > PS1. Simple enough.
I can sorta understand Wii, IMO, Revolution was a better name.
360, I still don't understand. They could have called it XBox Deluxe or even XBox HD since that seems to be `in` for now.
The 3rd Microsoft console to take a loss for company I'm sure will be something along the lines of:
XBox-3D/HD
XBox-Live (Oops, already taken)
XBox-Digital (I'll laugh my ass off if they use that one)
XBox-Real
XBox-(something Greek since that seems to be the trend for now)
Whatever it will be, I'm sure the minds at Redmond will give it the dumbest name to convey the meaning of clean clothes as much as Zune means portable music player.
And the cost of their Linux version will probably be $5000 per year to negate the lost support.
A CIO in a mixed environment would probably bite as the advantages would be pretty apparent.