A car company that pioneered many innovations that were later incorporated in automobiles across the board.
Pioneering things means nothing if you can't make money in the process and by the late 1980s when GM got involved Saab wasn't making money.
Saab was bought by GM. When that happened, all their cars were mandated to be cross-platform cars. They shared chassis with other cars; some models (and SUV and a hatchback) were blatant rebadges of a GM SUV and a Subaru (nicknamed the Saaburu). Now Saab is no more.
Saab wasn't bought by GM at first, GM basically invested in Saab until they finally bought them out. The shared chassis thing is also BS since Saab ignored it for most cars or basically rebuilt the whole thing anyway. Saab was bleeding money the whole time GM owned them and things like the shared chassis were attempts to stop that. Which Saab ignored until going bankrupt.
And this is superior to having an adapter that converts HDMI (or whatever the default output is) to 'protocol X" how exactly?
I mean, you still need hardware in the adapter and the adapter only has one output port so what's the advantage? It seems like utter pointless over engineering, the sort you get when a company loses touch with consumers.
This approach has killed hundreds of people in the past as they burned alive or suffocated while pilots and airport personnel dicked around instead of getting them off the damn plane.
This is not counting other cases where fires destroyed the airplane but didn't kill anyone due to a quick enough evacuation.
Furthermore, some basic web searching show that using emergency evacuation slides isn't unheard of in cases of suspected airplane fires due to no one wanting to repeat the incidents I just listed.
Now for the sake of theoretical discussion, I can see multiple ways how an anal probe could provide two way transmission. An ass-clenching based morse code sending approach comes to mind instantly. If you want to be fancier a bio-feedback morse code approach may also work based on detecting electrical activity, pulse rate or something else. Much more difficult to train to use but ass-clenching may get tiring if kept up for long.
Hmmm, can't be the first people to think of this, suddenly I'm imagining a bunch of CIA engineers testing anal probes for spy use.
Huh? The Cintiq can measure pressure, angle of contact, if a button on the pen is pressed and which end of the pen is used with a resolution that is damn near unbeatable.
We would be picking up the pieces and might actually be figuring out how to make the world work with a lot fewer people - a big economic crash and restructuring would kill millions if not billions.
You wouldn't be picking up the pieces, you'd the the slave of an army general who decided to take over whatever place you were unfortunate enough to be in. Or a gang leader. Or a police chief.
Someone with a dedicated trained loyal armed forced under them. You'd be their bitch.
And they wouldn't be nice like you're used to the government being. They think you're complaining? They torture you publicly and then shoot you (if you're lucky).
I was point blank told by a guy in OWS that he wants to firebomb the houses of people who like to eat at expensive restaurants. Not joking, not hyperbole, that was his honest view and desire. He wants to commit violence, thinks violence is the answer but is merely waiting for the best opportunity. He's hardcore OWS. Quit his job, quit school and so on.
That is why the FBI is watching OWS. People like him.
If you think they don't exist then you can continue living in your fantasy lala world but I won't. And I prefer that the FBI doesn't and that it protects me from getting killed.
I think designing and writing code is a form of art, and you wouldn't tell a painter how to to draw his strokes, or a writer to always write sentences in a well defined style.
Hahahahaha. When companies pay writers or artists to work on a shared piece they sure as hell mandate all those things.
Do you think all the artwork in a game has consistent style by some black magic? Hell no, all the artists are told what style to adhere to and they do. Same with writing. Same when artists collaborate. Would you want to read a book that randomly switched fonts and writing styles every few paragraphs?
If you want to do your own thing then fine but don't expect to do so on someone else's dime. They're paying you to work as part of a team, stop being a whinny immature child.
Of course there's an option for that (delete all keys before hibernate/sleep) and if your system disk is encrypted then the hibernate file will be encrypted as well making it a non-issue mostly).
No it's not, regular RAM retains memory for up to a few minutes (sort of) with no refreshes at regular temperatures. Freeze the memory and it's a lot longer than that.
There is no point in selling the pure IP (trademarks, copyrights to design,, characters, etc.) itself or to sell it soon, that can be sold at any point or reused later. It can be licensed for spin offs and so on. No maintenance costs so no need to sell ASAP.
That leaves the game which needs to be evaluated independently of the IP listed above (the IP value will be included in the cost of the whole thing).
Would you buy a game that was barely making a profit, probably expected to be losing money soon and with a minimum price large enough to cover ncsoft's transition costs (ie: ncsoft needs to move/sell server, data centers, deal with any code they own, any third party ncsoft services, etc)? You also need to pay enough to cover the pure IP value.
That's it exactly. But it still doesn't explain why they didn't sell the game to a company that would keep it running. That decision can only be described as short-sighted and evil.
Possibly no one was willing to buy it from them or the cost of a transition was judged as too high given the offers (removing proprietary code, transition servers, etc).
You can't shut down your cash cow just because you're banking on your shiny new toy. What if the new toy flops? If SE had shut down FFXI prior to the diasastrous launch of FFXIV 1.0, the company would have gone bankrupt. All that time, the revenue from XI kept them afloat.
CoH was not their cash cow, it made 2% of their revenues. I love how you make long arguments while knowing nothing of what you're talking about.
If CoH was bringing in profit, however small it was, then there was no good reason to shut it down, no matter what "strategy" they're trying to go for. You can't push players from one game to another - MMOs don't work like that. They'll play both or none at all, and neither game has little bearing on which one that is.
Profit is hard to define or rather it can't be looked at in isolation. Killing CoH means NCSoft can leave the North American market, 98% of their revenue is in Korea. So they can shut down their US offices, data centers, marketing, get rid of Korean personnel with N. America knowledge, Korean managers dealing with N. America and so on. Lot's of secondary costs that can be lowered or gotten rid of totally. Just saving the time and hassle (late hours, mis-communication, flight costs, etc.) of communicating with the North American offices may be worth it. So even if CoH was profitable in isolation, once you add in all those other North America costs that get saved it may very well be a loss. Either way NCSoft clearly didn't want to deal with the hassle.
I have no complaints about my ipad, more solid than my hp laptop for sure.
they don't have a DVD drive
So? I can't remember when I last used that on my laptop or desktop, and maybe use it on my tv once every couple months. Why bother when I have netflix and so on.
they're harder to type on
So? It's still easier than dragging a laptop around or having to go find a desktop.
the screen is tiny
Big enough for what I use it for, I can always bring it closer to my face if need be.
they get dirty with fingerprints
Yeah, wiping the screen clean is such a giant awe inspiring hassle that whole ballads are written about it.
the battery life is a lie
My ipad last 10+ hours easily so you're simply wrong on this.
most don't have USB flash drive capabilities
So? See the dvd entry. You're a dinosaur, technology has moved on, accept and embrace it.
they don't work with the majority of printers,
So? See usb and dvd comments.
and it's difficult to do meaningful work on them in any way shape or form.
So? I don't use my tablet for serious work so why would I care? For light work it's easier to start it up and use it than to drag out my laptop, find a place to sit, etc.
However, if you just want to see any cardiologist you can probably find one with an opening in a few weeks at most, and again all of that is assuming non-emergency care.
Actually, you can probably get an appointment within a few days at worst in some areas if you don't care about who sees you. I just checked and in my area there's plenty of cardiologists with open appointment slots 2 days from now.
Also, at least in my city, there are walk in clinics that have most specialists on hand although you may need to wait some time (read: hours) before being seen (disclaimer: never tried walk in specialists). Very comfy chairs mind you so it's not too bad.
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A car company that pioneered many innovations that were later incorporated in automobiles across the board.
Pioneering things means nothing if you can't make money in the process and by the late 1980s when GM got involved Saab wasn't making money.
Saab was bought by GM. When that happened, all their cars were mandated to be cross-platform cars. They shared chassis with other cars; some models (and SUV and a hatchback) were blatant rebadges of a GM SUV and a Subaru (nicknamed the Saaburu). Now Saab is no more.
Saab wasn't bought by GM at first, GM basically invested in Saab until they finally bought them out. The shared chassis thing is also BS since Saab ignored it for most cars or basically rebuilt the whole thing anyway. Saab was bleeding money the whole time GM owned them and things like the shared chassis were attempts to stop that. Which Saab ignored until going bankrupt.
This. People have atmel powered wireless sensors that run for over a year on a single watch battery.
And this is superior to having an adapter that converts HDMI (or whatever the default output is) to 'protocol X" how exactly?
I mean, you still need hardware in the adapter and the adapter only has one output port so what's the advantage? It seems like utter pointless over engineering, the sort you get when a company loses touch with consumers.
And if someone hacks your account and deletes it you'll be yelling at them to restore everything you had there.
Then stop trying to figure out someone's name from their email address? What's the point?
...by downloading files that he had permission to access.
So a DDOS attack is perfectly fine because it's merely accessing a sever that you've already had permission to access?
This approach has killed hundreds of people in the past as they burned alive or suffocated while pilots and airport personnel dicked around instead of getting them off the damn plane.
Just because a plane is on the ground doesn't mean a fire can't kill passengers still inside:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia_Flight_163
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolavia_Flight_348
This is not counting other cases where fires destroyed the airplane but didn't kill anyone due to a quick enough evacuation.
Furthermore, some basic web searching show that using emergency evacuation slides isn't unheard of in cases of suspected airplane fires due to no one wanting to repeat the incidents I just listed.
This is why pilots don't fuck around with fire warnings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet_Flight_592
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_120
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia_Flight_163
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6
As others have said, spectators.
Now for the sake of theoretical discussion, I can see multiple ways how an anal probe could provide two way transmission. An ass-clenching based morse code sending approach comes to mind instantly. If you want to be fancier a bio-feedback morse code approach may also work based on detecting electrical activity, pulse rate or something else. Much more difficult to train to use but ass-clenching may get tiring if kept up for long.
Hmmm, can't be the first people to think of this, suddenly I'm imagining a bunch of CIA engineers testing anal probes for spy use.
Pure democracy should disturb everyone, there's a reason it's not used.
Huh? The Cintiq can measure pressure, angle of contact, if a button on the pen is pressed and which end of the pen is used with a resolution that is damn near unbeatable.
We would be picking up the pieces and might actually be figuring out how to make the world work with a lot fewer people - a big economic crash and restructuring would kill millions if not billions.
You wouldn't be picking up the pieces, you'd the the slave of an army general who decided to take over whatever place you were unfortunate enough to be in. Or a gang leader. Or a police chief.
Someone with a dedicated trained loyal armed forced under them. You'd be their bitch.
And they wouldn't be nice like you're used to the government being. They think you're complaining? They torture you publicly and then shoot you (if you're lucky).
I was point blank told by a guy in OWS that he wants to firebomb the houses of people who like to eat at expensive restaurants. Not joking, not hyperbole, that was his honest view and desire. He wants to commit violence, thinks violence is the answer but is merely waiting for the best opportunity. He's hardcore OWS. Quit his job, quit school and so on.
That is why the FBI is watching OWS. People like him.
If you think they don't exist then you can continue living in your fantasy lala world but I won't. And I prefer that the FBI doesn't and that it protects me from getting killed.
Yeah that's why google was giving $500k to their employees to not go to Facebook, real buyers market. *rolls eyes*
not to push the metaphor too far, but when you read a book which is a collection of work from different authors, they do not have the same style.
I'm not talking about an anthology, I'm talking about a book with multiple writers.
Re being accused of being an immature child.... at my 44s, I take that as a compliment!
I wouldn't.
I think designing and writing code is a form of art, and you wouldn't tell a painter how to to draw his strokes, or a writer to always write sentences in a well defined style.
Hahahahaha. When companies pay writers or artists to work on a shared piece they sure as hell mandate all those things.
Do you think all the artwork in a game has consistent style by some black magic? Hell no, all the artists are told what style to adhere to and they do. Same with writing. Same when artists collaborate. Would you want to read a book that randomly switched fonts and writing styles every few paragraphs?
If you want to do your own thing then fine but don't expect to do so on someone else's dime. They're paying you to work as part of a team, stop being a whinny immature child.
Of course there's an option for that (delete all keys before hibernate/sleep) and if your system disk is encrypted then the hibernate file will be encrypted as well making it a non-issue mostly).
"A while" is generally limited to a few seconds:
No it's not, regular RAM retains memory for up to a few minutes (sort of) with no refreshes at regular temperatures. Freeze the memory and it's a lot longer than that.
http://zedomax.com/blog/2008/09/29/memory-hack-how-to-hack-encryption-keys-by-freezing-memory/
That's BS:
a) There's a minimum of $10/month
b) The non-exchange version doesn't have mobile syncing of calenders (according to the rackspace website)
There is no point in selling the pure IP (trademarks, copyrights to design,, characters, etc.) itself or to sell it soon, that can be sold at any point or reused later. It can be licensed for spin offs and so on. No maintenance costs so no need to sell ASAP.
That leaves the game which needs to be evaluated independently of the IP listed above (the IP value will be included in the cost of the whole thing).
Would you buy a game that was barely making a profit, probably expected to be losing money soon and with a minimum price large enough to cover ncsoft's transition costs (ie: ncsoft needs to move/sell server, data centers, deal with any code they own, any third party ncsoft services, etc)? You also need to pay enough to cover the pure IP value.
That's it exactly. But it still doesn't explain why they didn't sell the game to a company that would keep it running. That decision can only be described as short-sighted and evil.
Possibly no one was willing to buy it from them or the cost of a transition was judged as too high given the offers (removing proprietary code, transition servers, etc).
You can't shut down your cash cow just because you're banking on your shiny new toy. What if the new toy flops? If SE had shut down FFXI prior to the diasastrous launch of FFXIV 1.0, the company would have gone bankrupt. All that time, the revenue from XI kept them afloat.
CoH was not their cash cow, it made 2% of their revenues. I love how you make long arguments while knowing nothing of what you're talking about.
If CoH was bringing in profit, however small it was, then there was no good reason to shut it down, no matter what "strategy" they're trying to go for. You can't push players from one game to another - MMOs don't work like that. They'll play both or none at all, and neither game has little bearing on which one that is.
Profit is hard to define or rather it can't be looked at in isolation. Killing CoH means NCSoft can leave the North American market, 98% of their revenue is in Korea. So they can shut down their US offices, data centers, marketing, get rid of Korean personnel with N. America knowledge, Korean managers dealing with N. America and so on. Lot's of secondary costs that can be lowered or gotten rid of totally. Just saving the time and hassle (late hours, mis-communication, flight costs, etc.) of communicating with the North American offices may be worth it. So even if CoH was profitable in isolation, once you add in all those other North America costs that get saved it may very well be a loss. Either way NCSoft clearly didn't want to deal with the hassle.
They're too fragile
I have no complaints about my ipad, more solid than my hp laptop for sure.
they don't have a DVD drive
So? I can't remember when I last used that on my laptop or desktop, and maybe use it on my tv once every couple months. Why bother when I have netflix and so on.
they're harder to type on
So? It's still easier than dragging a laptop around or having to go find a desktop.
the screen is tiny
Big enough for what I use it for, I can always bring it closer to my face if need be.
they get dirty with fingerprints
Yeah, wiping the screen clean is such a giant awe inspiring hassle that whole ballads are written about it.
the battery life is a lie
My ipad last 10+ hours easily so you're simply wrong on this.
most don't have USB flash drive capabilities
So? See the dvd entry. You're a dinosaur, technology has moved on, accept and embrace it.
they don't work with the majority of printers,
So? See usb and dvd comments.
and it's difficult to do meaningful work on them in any way shape or form.
So? I don't use my tablet for serious work so why would I care? For light work it's easier to start it up and use it than to drag out my laptop, find a place to sit, etc.
However, if you just want to see any cardiologist you can probably find one with an opening in a few weeks at most, and again all of that is assuming non-emergency care.
Actually, you can probably get an appointment within a few days at worst in some areas if you don't care about who sees you. I just checked and in my area there's plenty of cardiologists with open appointment slots 2 days from now.
Also, at least in my city, there are walk in clinics that have most specialists on hand although you may need to wait some time (read: hours) before being seen (disclaimer: never tried walk in specialists). Very comfy chairs mind you so it's not too bad.