I didn't think of the issue of the raw dv size but yes, another reason to be sceptical of their claims.
My issue is the idea someone could come out of nowhere and make a net based application suite anywhere as good as iMovie, iMail, etc. Take iMovie, IMO an incredible program that could almost justify buying a Mac Mini just for that alone. IMO these guys hit me as all sizzle and no steak.
Now if Google said they had something like this I might believe them but not these guys.
Think of it as iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iCal, Mail, document sharing, shopping, and a few other apps all in one seamless application hosted as a service on the Web that could be accessed by any browser on any computer.
And it makes your bowel movements smell like fresh cinnamon buns! It does everthing! - Transmedia Marketing Dept.
Homer: Jump, Free Willy. Jump! Jump with all your might!
[on the TV, Willy jumps over a rock barrier as a little boy smiles, but a shadow looms on his face and the smile turns to fear] Woman: Oh, no. Willy didn't make it. And he crushed our boy! Man: Ew. What a mess. Homer: Ohh, I don't like this new director's cut.
It's poorly researched and little more than "MS good, FOSS bad". The fact that he uses Laura DiDio to support one of his points (with a minor disclosure about her being viewed as a troll) says all I needed to see. Atleast is marked as a commentary.
Saying a good tech writer is biased towards Apple is like saying your average person is biased towards clean drinking water that doesn't cause dysentery. Any writer that prefers MS Windows over Mac OS X for daily tasks should be suspect of mental defect.
A version of Linux wouldn't work as well/easy as the mfgr shipped one.
Agreed. For support reasons go with the simplest but for some of us it'd be nice to be able to flip open the lid and in less than 30 seconds be on the net to check email, etc.
Besides the very cool carbon fiber case the TX also has an "AV mode" that allows users to play music without booting to MS Windows. Does anyone know what OS they're using for the AV mode and could it be replaced with a really thin version of GNU/Linux?
It seems that other than Apple and IBM, Sony is one of the few companies that turn out real innovations in their laptops while others are happy with "paint on performance".
Global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct consequence of the decline in numbers of pirates since the 1800s. A graph showing the inverse correlation between the pirates and global temperatures was also provided. This component of the theory highlights the logical fallacy of correlation implying causation.
And this is the big problem with "intelligent design" and the dangers of confusing correlation for causation. If ID is taught who's version should be taught: Christian, Hindu, Scientology, Oprahism or FSM? There is no unbiased scientific test available to say one is correct and the others are wrong.
FSM was created to the "standard" of other religions to prove them wrong. Pure brilliance.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe, starting with a mountain, trees and a midgit. This is clear proof the He was the basis of all intelligence and I demand His teachings be taught in all Kansas public schools.
"Neducation Center: Where The Elite Meet To Have Their Spirits Broken"
"Oh! I see by the Big Board we got a Negative Nellie in Sector Two. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask the whole family to kind of freeze and prepare for Re-Neducation!"
Yes, housing prices have been going up for years but Google's presence has clearly pushed prices even higher. My comment was about recent price increases.
Greg Perry, a member of the Mountain View City Council, echoed that sentiment. "If public land is being used for private purposes, the tenants should be paying local property taxes," he said. "We have $30 million in unfunded retirement liabilities. We need the money."
Over the last few years the real estate prices in Mountain View have skyrocketed almost solely because of Google and their cash rich employees (like $2m USD for a nice three bedroom house that would cost ~$400k in a typical "farm belt" community of the US). As prices rises, surrounding values rise and real estate tax revenue rises (to a certain point). Mountain View is now enjoying a major cash influx but yet they want more like most other government entities.
The conflict echos of many past economic conflicts: Company A (the City of Mountain View) is well seasoned, controls the market and has become fat, lazy and leech-like from the lack of competition. While they do many good things they are unwilling to fix the major flaws that are bleeding them dry like, for example, a vastly overstaffed police department unwilling to cut a single position. Company B (Google) is the new upstart, flexible and lean, that is creating wealth for themselves and those that support them. The City of Mountain View has seen quite a few local businesses created to support Google and Google employees that generate millions of dollars each year in tax revenue.
It's a bit like the City of Cambridge, MA vs. MIT and that other school. While they do pay into the local coffers what would be a somewhat appropriate tax for their real estate the City still wants more. But what would Cambridge be like without them? How many local businesses with their high paying research jobs would be there without the talent these schools recruit? While these schools generate less direct tax revenue from their properties then their commercial counterparts they do generate, IMO, much more overall indirect tax revenue. Will MIT every move off of Mass. Ave. because of high taxes: doubtful. Google, on the other hand, could easily leave Mountain View for greener, and cheaper, pastures.
Like it or not "free market" forces can not be denied. If Mountain View becomes too rich for Google they will move elsewhere like so many other businesses and Mountain View will be left as a rotting shell like so many other US cities that have lost their major private employer. Be it to another city, state or county they will move. It's happened millions of times in the US since the early 1970's.
Here's my suggestion for Google employees: take one weekend and everything you buy locally buy with $2 bills. For those outside the US the $2 bill, while rarely used, is legal tender. $2 bills stand out and the massive influx of them will get noticed. Each $2 bill used that weekend is an advertisement for Google's economic force in the community. Those $2 bills will spread to many, many people that think they have no connection to Google. I suspect the media would latch on to the story too.
Google brings in a ton of money to Mountain View and IMO their positive economic impact needs to be taken into consideration when judging what their fair tax responsibility should be. City officials in Mountain View need to take a moment to imagine their city without Google and where they'd be.
The government won't even shut down the BIG polluters
Except most States make money everytime a car fails an emissions test. This system could allow them to issue fines (or disable the car) with never seeing the car in question. Never underestimate the desire for a goverment agency to make more money. =)
The proposed OBD-III (currently new cars use OBD-II) would have this "feature". The onstar system just makes it easier than pushing through OBD-III.
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My issue is the idea someone could come out of nowhere and make a net based application suite anywhere as good as iMovie, iMail, etc. Take iMovie, IMO an incredible program that could almost justify buying a Mac Mini just for that alone. IMO these guys hit me as all sizzle and no steak.
Now if Google said they had something like this I might believe them but not these guys.
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It's poorly researched and little more than "MS good, FOSS bad". The fact that he uses Laura DiDio to support one of his points (with a minor disclosure about her being viewed as a troll) says all I needed to see. Atleast is marked as a commentary.
"I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy just doesn't work". - Kent Brockman
Saying a good tech writer is biased towards Apple is like saying your average person is biased towards clean drinking water that doesn't cause dysentery. Any writer that prefers MS Windows over Mac OS X for daily tasks should be suspect of mental defect.
Agreed. For support reasons go with the simplest but for some of us it'd be nice to be able to flip open the lid and in less than 30 seconds be on the net to check email, etc.
It seems that other than Apple and IBM, Sony is one of the few companies that turn out real innovations in their laptops while others are happy with "paint on performance".
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And this is the big problem with "intelligent design" and the dangers of confusing correlation for causation. If ID is taught who's version should be taught: Christian, Hindu, Scientology, Oprahism or FSM? There is no unbiased scientific test available to say one is correct and the others are wrong.FSM was created to the "standard" of other religions to prove them wrong. Pure brilliance.
Don't get me started about the pirates ...
"Oh! I see by the Big Board we got a Negative Nellie in Sector Two. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask the whole family to kind of freeze and prepare for Re-Neducation!"
I'm Wen Jiabao and I approved this message.
Yeah, I realized that right after I hit submit but thought "it's /., who will know?" Besides, it let me get in a FSM joke. =)
Let us give thanks to the FSM for this miracle.
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- Time Warner
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Patrick Ross is nothing but a whore turning tricks for his pimps.
- weighs about 6,000 to 7,000 lbs.
- gets about .0001 miles per gallone
- has a whole bunch of extra, unwieldly, unnecessary, undecipherable, and just plain weird instrumentation that never gets used
- has none of the critical and necessary instrumentation available or if it is, it's under the seat.
- has to have the tires upgraded every lap
- shuts itself down if you: don't pay a fee, or if you seem to be doing something suspicious
Yes, housing prices have been going up for years but Google's presence has clearly pushed prices even higher. My comment was about recent price increases.
The conflict echos of many past economic conflicts: Company A (the City of Mountain View) is well seasoned, controls the market and has become fat, lazy and leech-like from the lack of competition. While they do many good things they are unwilling to fix the major flaws that are bleeding them dry like, for example, a vastly overstaffed police department unwilling to cut a single position. Company B (Google) is the new upstart, flexible and lean, that is creating wealth for themselves and those that support them. The City of Mountain View has seen quite a few local businesses created to support Google and Google employees that generate millions of dollars each year in tax revenue.
It's a bit like the City of Cambridge, MA vs. MIT and that other school. While they do pay into the local coffers what would be a somewhat appropriate tax for their real estate the City still wants more. But what would Cambridge be like without them? How many local businesses with their high paying research jobs would be there without the talent these schools recruit? While these schools generate less direct tax revenue from their properties then their commercial counterparts they do generate, IMO, much more overall indirect tax revenue. Will MIT every move off of Mass. Ave. because of high taxes: doubtful. Google, on the other hand, could easily leave Mountain View for greener, and cheaper, pastures.
Like it or not "free market" forces can not be denied. If Mountain View becomes too rich for Google they will move elsewhere like so many other businesses and Mountain View will be left as a rotting shell like so many other US cities that have lost their major private employer. Be it to another city, state or county they will move. It's happened millions of times in the US since the early 1970's.
Here's my suggestion for Google employees: take one weekend and everything you buy locally buy with $2 bills. For those outside the US the $2 bill, while rarely used, is legal tender. $2 bills stand out and the massive influx of them will get noticed. Each $2 bill used that weekend is an advertisement for Google's economic force in the community. Those $2 bills will spread to many, many people that think they have no connection to Google. I suspect the media would latch on to the story too.
Google brings in a ton of money to Mountain View and IMO their positive economic impact needs to be taken into consideration when judging what their fair tax responsibility should be. City officials in Mountain View need to take a moment to imagine their city without Google and where they'd be.
The old joke is the first pill costs $20 million and the rest $.10 each.
Except most States make money everytime a car fails an emissions test. This system could allow them to issue fines (or disable the car) with never seeing the car in question. Never underestimate the desire for a goverment agency to make more money. =)
The proposed OBD-III (currently new cars use OBD-II) would have this "feature". The onstar system just makes it easier than pushing through OBD-III.