I think it would be interesting to have ads while a call is being connected (i.e. ringing). It seems like they could pipe audio ads down the wire during the inevitable pause while the system tries to track down a cell phone, or the long distance call is being routed...
There's already a few places that have services like that in place. In Ottawa, Canada, there's a service called CHUM Total Free Call. You dial a number, connect to their server, and they play an ad for you. At the end of the ad, you're given a dialtone and told to enter the phone number you wish to call. The benefit is that you can call anyone within the local area code at no cost. It's particularly beneficial in the rural areas that have some strange local and long distance zones.
I'm not sure how well they're doing, though, since some of the ads made very little sense. There was one for an ISP that provided service for a monthly fee of $2.95 CAD. I can't imagine they were paying very much for the airtime given that price. However, with Google's repetoire of sponsors, they could probably do quite well for themselves.
What is the methodology behind code cracking? Many codes I figure eventually get solved due to something like the Rosetta Stone, but how is even that point reached?
In a sense, though, Sony creating hardware that can utilize media that has been stolen from them could actually be taking advantage of the fact piracy exists.
Take a look at the iPod. For what you pay, you could legally purchase enough music to fill up an iPod - or at least contribute sizably to your music collection.
Therefore, Sony making a player that could play MP3s, DivX, or whatever is a way of making up for lost income.
Something that has always confused me in gaming consoles is that, despite incredibly powerful hardware (processors, graphical chips, etc.), the system developers seemingly always neglect to put in enough RAM for most games to perform to their potential. Many PC ports often have portions compromised due to the lack of RAM, and system speeds also suffer because of this.
Seeing how RAM is increasingly becoming cheaper, is it possible that new systems like the PlayStation3 might be able to provide RAM that actually allows games to reach their potential along with this new cell hardware?
We can hardly be surprised by this. Microsoft has a tendency to release many different versions of their products, often with multitudes of features missing, forcing you to buy their advanced ones.
It's likely that we'll see games that require the Hard Drive for certain functions, or even the fully-fledged XBox PC. People who buy the cheapest model will be forced to upgrade.
Other rumors are that the lower model, without the Hard Drive, will also be not quite as powerful as the other ones. Interesting to see the full specs when they come out.
As a Canadian, I have been quite confused by one thing that no American has seemed to be able to explain. What exactly is so negative about being a Liberal? George W. Bush has consistantly retorted many points of Kerry's with the statement that John Kerry is the third most Liberal senator in the Senate.
What is the big deal regarding this? What does it matter that Kerry is more Liberal? I could be sarcastic and say that it means he's actually exercising his rights of freedom, but I want a serious answer to this.
Running XP on old hardware is nothing special. At least, on hardware that weak. In its earliest days, XP ran on my old Hitachi laptop, a 133 beast with 92MB of RAM. This was essentially my default machine. I had to remove the dllcache in the system files just to give myself enough space to install other things on its 3GB hard drive. Then, for kicks, I dualbooted it with Red Hat 7.1. It still worked.
Granted, it was slower than normal, but not much slower.
If you really want a comparison, use the specs you mentioned above with XP SP2. Standard XP would work fine.
I was recently in the market for a 17" LCD, and finally bought one, got it home, and within two minutes I had a dead pixel. Unfortunately, on this monitor, a dead pixel wasn't black so much as the glowing blue you get on some televisions in input mode.
Returned, got it replaced with another, and same problem.
When I decided to go for another brand, forsaking Samsung, all the computer stores decided to try and save their own behinds and tell me that it was normal for a monitor to come with one or two or three dead pixels.
So, in the end, I bought a 19" CRT for half the price I paid originally for the LCD, and it works fine. But it really does present a major problem? Why spend twice as much for an, admittedly, thinner and nicer product, when it is about six times as likely at least to break on you out of the box, and even then won't last as long? Maybe this LCD surplus is going to make them cheaper, but they're stil overall inferior to the CRT product.
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I think it would be interesting to have ads while a call is being connected (i.e. ringing). It seems like they could pipe audio ads down the wire during the inevitable pause while the system tries to track down a cell phone, or the long distance call is being routed...
There's already a few places that have services like that in place. In Ottawa, Canada, there's a service called CHUM Total Free Call. You dial a number, connect to their server, and they play an ad for you. At the end of the ad, you're given a dialtone and told to enter the phone number you wish to call. The benefit is that you can call anyone within the local area code at no cost. It's particularly beneficial in the rural areas that have some strange local and long distance zones.
I'm not sure how well they're doing, though, since some of the ads made very little sense. There was one for an ISP that provided service for a monthly fee of $2.95 CAD. I can't imagine they were paying very much for the airtime given that price. However, with Google's repetoire of sponsors, they could probably do quite well for themselves.
What is the methodology behind code cracking? Many codes I figure eventually get solved due to something like the Rosetta Stone, but how is even that point reached?
In a sense, though, Sony creating hardware that can utilize media that has been stolen from them could actually be taking advantage of the fact piracy exists. Take a look at the iPod. For what you pay, you could legally purchase enough music to fill up an iPod - or at least contribute sizably to your music collection. Therefore, Sony making a player that could play MP3s, DivX, or whatever is a way of making up for lost income.
Something that has always confused me in gaming consoles is that, despite incredibly powerful hardware (processors, graphical chips, etc.), the system developers seemingly always neglect to put in enough RAM for most games to perform to their potential. Many PC ports often have portions compromised due to the lack of RAM, and system speeds also suffer because of this.
Seeing how RAM is increasingly becoming cheaper, is it possible that new systems like the PlayStation3 might be able to provide RAM that actually allows games to reach their potential along with this new cell hardware?
Actually, what I look forward to is searching with a picture of Waldo. Maybe I can finally find him.
We can hardly be surprised by this. Microsoft has a tendency to release many different versions of their products, often with multitudes of features missing, forcing you to buy their advanced ones.
It's likely that we'll see games that require the Hard Drive for certain functions, or even the fully-fledged XBox PC. People who buy the cheapest model will be forced to upgrade.
Other rumors are that the lower model, without the Hard Drive, will also be not quite as powerful as the other ones. Interesting to see the full specs when they come out.
As a Canadian, I have been quite confused by one thing that no American has seemed to be able to explain. What exactly is so negative about being a Liberal? George W. Bush has consistantly retorted many points of Kerry's with the statement that John Kerry is the third most Liberal senator in the Senate.
What is the big deal regarding this? What does it matter that Kerry is more Liberal? I could be sarcastic and say that it means he's actually exercising his rights of freedom, but I want a serious answer to this.
Is the Geek code open source? Where can I download it? Can I compile it to run on my system, or do I need geekcode-2004-11.01.rpm?
Running XP on old hardware is nothing special. At least, on hardware that weak. In its earliest days, XP ran on my old Hitachi laptop, a 133 beast with 92MB of RAM. This was essentially my default machine. I had to remove the dllcache in the system files just to give myself enough space to install other things on its 3GB hard drive. Then, for kicks, I dualbooted it with Red Hat 7.1. It still worked.
Granted, it was slower than normal, but not much slower.
If you really want a comparison, use the specs you mentioned above with XP SP2. Standard XP would work fine.
I was recently in the market for a 17" LCD, and finally bought one, got it home, and within two minutes I had a dead pixel. Unfortunately, on this monitor, a dead pixel wasn't black so much as the glowing blue you get on some televisions in input mode.
Returned, got it replaced with another, and same problem.
When I decided to go for another brand, forsaking Samsung, all the computer stores decided to try and save their own behinds and tell me that it was normal for a monitor to come with one or two or three dead pixels.
So, in the end, I bought a 19" CRT for half the price I paid originally for the LCD, and it works fine. But it really does present a major problem? Why spend twice as much for an, admittedly, thinner and nicer product, when it is about six times as likely at least to break on you out of the box, and even then won't last as long? Maybe this LCD surplus is going to make them cheaper, but they're stil overall inferior to the CRT product.
The downside is that after awhile, everything can change in a matter of seconds.
The person selling it is senloe1. How did this guy get it on ebay?
HAL9000: What are you doing, senloe?
senloe: I'm selling you on ebay?
HAL9000: Why are you doing that?
senloe: I need money.
HAL9000: I don't think I can allow you to sell me, senloe...
Or maybe... HAL is putting himself up for sale! He could be lonely.
"It is filled with math and Google-related trivia." So, really, you are being tested on how well you can use Google to find the answers. Brilliant!
In order for a movie to stand out, like 'Star Wars', it requires one tiny important thing:
...oh, and Yoda.
People liking it.
Never mind that. What's more important is figuring out how to keep track of your change when it gets that small. It's hard enough as it is.