Dreamcast sold 0 units, which while a low number, shows consistency with the last 50 months of activity. Sega was unavailable for comment.
I think, by these figures, that things will be quite different this time. I can't see Sony getting out of the business, nor can I see Microsoft leaving (they are doing well enough), and with Nintendos figures, even though they are the underdog, they will stay the course. While there has always been room for 2 big players (percentage sales wise), maybe there is now room for 3?
Note quiet sure about your point? The 68000 is still one of the most popular chips ever created, and is still being produced 27 years after it was created.
Even discounting that, are you trying to say we shouldn't try to make things better, but some things have failed in the past. Why don't you add to your list the ipod, Mac OSX, Jet airplane, Linux... the list is endless.
Insightful... no, but maybe In-sigh-full (to insight sighing)
Firstly, a lot of people have never even heard of Linux, how would they? Does redhat take out huge billboards all over the world...NO. Most people are to inept to use a computer in the first place, never mind start fooling around with OS.
Look, I have the big media companies, most of us here do. But what if I was going to post pictures of your wife up on the net, and said, ok, I will take them down, if you send me takedown notice. And I will do this for everyone in the US. This is how big media companies see sites like youtube. And to a certain extent they are right, google is making money of copyrighted content.
Of course, whether this provides positive exposure, or necitates a lawsuit is another matter.
If criminals are mostly stupid, why do most crimes go unsolved?
Mostly due to time and resource constraints. If Police forces had the resources to bring in CSI on every crime, we would have a much higher prosecution rate. Also, there is only one Columbo, and he deosn't get around much.
Media companies have always wanted clips they consider their propery removed from youtube... Funny how they sometimes conveniently forget to petition about having them removed, when they take advantage of the "viral" nature of youtube, those same clips boosting the ratings of their actual shows
How do you know this? All you know is what is reported in the media. Viacom and google both admit to having discussions about this issue? I suppose everybody should make there decision within one second, or else they are "forgetting" about it. Are they allowed anytime to make their decision, to weigh up the options, to get legal and technical advice?
I gave Mission of Gravity a read, because I heard great things about it, but it was so boring. I couldn't make my way through it. Do not read this book, it is abhorrid. I am used to books where nothing happens for the first half, but this guy was taking the piss.
Yes, so what. This is not about whether or not Blu-Ray is beating DVD, which we all know is not happening, will not happen for sometime, and maybe will never happen (I hope, I want them both to fail). It is about beating HD-DVD. Since this is still too early to tell for sure, and predicting the masses is tricky, we look for signs of the way most people are going. Have a top 10 selling movie is just one sign, that points in the favour of Blu-Ray winning this particulas war.
Like it or not, blame it on the PS3, but Blu-Ray seems to be more popular than HD-DVD. Whingeing and making excuses won't change this.
Wow, you should really change your argument to Mr Really Extreme guy. You sure have a way of presenting arguments in a balanced light, by present both cases in the most extreme possible. "So you either hate all children, and want them all tortured to death, or you love them and want the best for them, which is it?"
not a single clip was even slightly shady
Besides in your inane ramblings, where have you ever seen this before. Media companies have always wanted clips they consider their propery removed from youtube, and made a number of requests to do so, long before Youtube was bought by Google.
every clip that's ever been shown is worthy of at least one lawsuit!
And once again, who has ever said this? Nobody. Viacom want to be compensated for there clips making youtube money, which is what they do. Every clip shown makes google money.
This is a law suit that has been spoiling to happen for a while now, and I think both concerned parties have prepared for this.
Don't worry, I think they are preparing a Letter to Apple as well, right after they finish on the ones to Amiga and the Acorn Arhcimedes. They will really be pulling in the numbers once they convince those 3, probably won't even bother answering the phone calles from Dell.
What the hell is ICT? Never heard of that one before. I can't even guess. International Computing Theory? Introduction to Computer Theory. I Can't Think?
Just spend all your money on penny stocks, as many different ones as you can. Wait for the invariable spam to do the rounds, and sell at a high. You can easily treble your money.
You are clearly an idiot. You just took what he said out of context, he never said that he himself would do it. He said that he believed that a significant portion of humanity would. Would you deny that there is one person in the world unstable enough to accept this challenge. Clearly there are people who have killed for a lot less, so the only thing to argue about is the proportion.
Do you like meetings, because the only way to do this propertly is lots of meetings. Talk to them, talk to them some more, go away and think about it, and talk to them again. Talk about how you think it should go. Then get corrections. Ask lots of questions.
WHen you start to get an idea, produce a document and then, in another meeting, go through it with them.
This job is more about dealing with people, extracting little bits of information from them, getting them to think about the problem, more than programming.
Surely they are counting one particular update, since there is no need for a machine to download the same update more than once (well ok, there is a couple of reasons, like reinstalling Linux, but that doesn't happen very often. We aren't talking Windows here).
If Apple had any sense, they would be piling money into Open Office, and seeing it become the default standard. If they are worried about the Microsoft agreement made a few years ago, they should do it on the sly. They could even get programmers to maintain an internal version, ready for the day when Microsoft pulls Office.
It is a bad situation for Apple to be in, relying so heavily on another company.
This is the situation where you really need to sell yourself. Talk about how you learned version A, then very quickly picked up X, and will do whatever it takes to learn Y. You have been reading about Y, and you are very excited to be finally using some of those new features. Talk about how you are very quick at picking up new applications, and have no problem in taking home and reading manuals.
Of course, you would never actually do that, and would never need to do all that, but that is what you have to do to sell yourself.
Look mate, even when you were young, even thought it may be difficult to remember, most people were not interested in rewiring the telephone. So you comparing yourself to your nephew, does not really make an interesting statistic. How you can draw any information about the current generation from that is beyond me. Maybe you are too old to remember any statistics you studied at school.
Let me reassure, there are still tinkers in this generation, as they has been in the last 2 or 3.
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So, what the hell does that have to do with the price of Tomatoes in Somalia (or this article)
This is about watermarking stuff from the cable company, before you even have it on your computer.
Dreamcast sold 0 units, which while a low number, shows consistency with the last 50 months of activity. Sega was unavailable for comment.
I think, by these figures, that things will be quite different this time. I can't see Sony getting out of the business, nor can I see Microsoft leaving (they are doing well enough), and with Nintendos figures, even though they are the underdog, they will stay the course. While there has always been room for 2 big players (percentage sales wise), maybe there is now room for 3?
Note quiet sure about your point? The 68000 is still one of the most popular chips ever created, and is still being produced 27 years after it was created.
Even discounting that, are you trying to say we shouldn't try to make things better, but some things have failed in the past. Why don't you add to your list the ipod, Mac OSX, Jet airplane, Linux... the list is endless.
Insightful... no, but maybe In-sigh-full (to insight sighing)
Still you!
Nah, just kidding, it was that linux geek.
Firstly, a lot of people have never even heard of Linux, how would they? Does redhat take out huge billboards all over the world...NO. Most people are to inept to use a computer in the first place, never mind start fooling around with OS.
Look, I have the big media companies, most of us here do. But what if I was going to post pictures of your wife up on the net, and said, ok, I will take them down, if you send me takedown notice. And I will do this for everyone in the US. This is how big media companies see sites like youtube. And to a certain extent they are right, google is making money of copyrighted content.
Of course, whether this provides positive exposure, or necitates a lawsuit is another matter.
If criminals are mostly stupid, why do most crimes go unsolved?
Mostly due to time and resource constraints. If Police forces had the resources to bring in CSI on every crime, we would have a much higher prosecution rate. Also, there is only one Columbo, and he deosn't get around much.
Media companies have always wanted clips they consider their propery removed from youtube... Funny how they sometimes conveniently forget to petition about having them removed, when they take advantage of the "viral" nature of youtube, those same clips boosting the ratings of their actual shows
How do you know this? All you know is what is reported in the media. Viacom and google both admit to having discussions about this issue? I suppose everybody should make there decision within one second, or else they are "forgetting" about it. Are they allowed anytime to make their decision, to weigh up the options, to get legal and technical advice?
I gave Mission of Gravity a read, because I heard great things about it, but it was so boring. I couldn't make my way through it. Do not read this book, it is abhorrid. I am used to books where nothing happens for the first half, but this guy was taking the piss.
Yes, so what. This is not about whether or not Blu-Ray is beating DVD, which we all know is not happening, will not happen for sometime, and maybe will never happen (I hope, I want them both to fail). It is about beating HD-DVD. Since this is still too early to tell for sure, and predicting the masses is tricky, we look for signs of the way most people are going. Have a top 10 selling movie is just one sign, that points in the favour of Blu-Ray winning this particulas war.
Like it or not, blame it on the PS3, but Blu-Ray seems to be more popular than HD-DVD. Whingeing and making excuses won't change this.
So, what was your point?
Wow, you should really change your argument to Mr Really Extreme guy. You sure have a way of presenting arguments in a balanced light, by present both cases in the most extreme possible. "So you either hate all children, and want them all tortured to death, or you love them and want the best for them, which is it?"
not a single clip was even slightly shady
Besides in your inane ramblings, where have you ever seen this before. Media companies have always wanted clips they consider their propery removed from youtube, and made a number of requests to do so, long before Youtube was bought by Google.
every clip that's ever been shown is worthy of at least one lawsuit!
And once again, who has ever said this? Nobody. Viacom want to be compensated for there clips making youtube money, which is what they do. Every clip shown makes google money.
This is a law suit that has been spoiling to happen for a while now, and I think both concerned parties have prepared for this.
Don't worry, I think they are preparing a Letter to Apple as well, right after they finish on the ones to Amiga and the Acorn Arhcimedes. They will really be pulling in the numbers once they convince those 3, probably won't even bother answering the phone calles from Dell.
What the hell is ICT? Never heard of that one before. I can't even guess. International Computing Theory? Introduction to Computer Theory. I Can't Think?
Not just stupid, there is nothing wrong with being stupid. But greedy and stupid will get you into trouble.
Stupid is sitting watching Big Brother on tv all day. Stupid and greedy is applying for every get rich quick book, going to every talk, etc.
Just spend all your money on penny stocks, as many different ones as you can. Wait for the invariable spam to do the rounds, and sell at a high. You can easily treble your money.
You are clearly an idiot. You just took what he said out of context, he never said that he himself would do it. He said that he believed that a significant portion of humanity would. Would you deny that there is one person in the world unstable enough to accept this challenge. Clearly there are people who have killed for a lot less, so the only thing to argue about is the proportion.
Let me guess, you never did a degree, or took any Software Engineering classes. Only programming.
Working out the specs is one of the hardest processes you will have to face.
Meetings, meetings and more meetings with the customer (the person who you are designing the app for), asking loads of questions.
Do you like meetings, because the only way to do this propertly is lots of meetings. Talk to them, talk to them some more, go away and think about it, and talk to them again. Talk about how you think it should go. Then get corrections. Ask lots of questions.
WHen you start to get an idea, produce a document and then, in another meeting, go through it with them.
This job is more about dealing with people, extracting little bits of information from them, getting them to think about the problem, more than programming.
Surely they are counting one particular update, since there is no need for a machine to download the same update more than once (well ok, there is a couple of reasons, like reinstalling Linux, but that doesn't happen very often. We aren't talking Windows here).
I like having an excuse to rock up an hour late to work, once a year. Well, a different excuse.
Remindes me:
A guys walks up to a pretty girl at a bar.
"Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?"
She looks him up and down, "Well, OK"
"Well, then, would you sleep with me for a dollar?"
"Hell no, what sort of girl do you think I am" she replies.
"I think we have already established that, now we are just working out price!"
Setup-less install, for example, is one thing we'll do on the Mac first.
Wow, so do you think, 9 years later, that we might get this anytime soon?
If Apple had any sense, they would be piling money into Open Office, and seeing it become the default standard. If they are worried about the Microsoft agreement made a few years ago, they should do it on the sly. They could even get programmers to maintain an internal version, ready for the day when Microsoft pulls Office.
It is a bad situation for Apple to be in, relying so heavily on another company.
Isn't that Richard Gere's character's job in Pretty Woman?
Mate, you are definately on the wrong site.
This is the situation where you really need to sell yourself. Talk about how you learned version A, then very quickly picked up X, and will do whatever it takes to learn Y. You have been reading about Y, and you are very excited to be finally using some of those new features. Talk about how you are very quick at picking up new applications, and have no problem in taking home and reading manuals.
Of course, you would never actually do that, and would never need to do all that, but that is what you have to do to sell yourself.
Look mate, even when you were young, even thought it may be difficult to remember, most people were not interested in rewiring the telephone. So you comparing yourself to your nephew, does not really make an interesting statistic. How you can draw any information about the current generation from that is beyond me. Maybe you are too old to remember any statistics you studied at school.
Let me reassure, there are still tinkers in this generation, as they has been in the last 2 or 3.