If you loved this, then you will love Planet Earth, which has just finished showing here in the UK. No plans at yet to show it in the US unfortunately.
Firstly, they don't have to show the whole procedure, just a couple of shots of something realistic. That would satifsy most of the people who complain about this stuff.
Secondly, anyone really interested in hacking into computers does not have to go far to find information on how to do it. The internet is full of information on breaking into computers, as well as programs you can download that make it really easy. This is why we have script kiddies, people who really don't understand what is going on, but just download some scripts and think that they are really clever.
My own opinion, Hollywood is inaccurate in so many areas, who really cares.
Firstly, I have made the mistake of buying from direct from China before - and when something breaks, you are on your own. The support is horrible, and even if they do accept it back, it takes a lot of money to send, takes weeks, and is so inclined to get lost on the way.
Secondly, this thing looks so shodily made, there is no way I would spend any money on this.
Let me guess, you are one of those guys who gets all his christmas presents from the dollar down the road, does all his eating at Mcdonalds, and could never see the point in buying those more expensive headphones when you can get some for $2.50 - ever heard of quality???
The short term, clearly nintendo, according to your in-depth analysis.
The longer term is more questionable, and harder to make simple statements about.
I see that you are a short term sort of person, living for the moment, no savings account or pension for you. Good luck with that.
Sony clearly has a long term strategy, the PS3 is probably so powerful that it could have been released in a couple of years and still be out in front graphically. And it would be a lot cheaper. It seems that this is when Sony are expecting sales to take off, and they can start making some money. So they had the option, release it in a couple of years for a reasonable price, or release it now, at an expensive price, draw in some early comers, and then reduce the price when they can start to make it cheaper in a couple of years.
IS this concept really so complex, that you and your ilk have trouble understand it.
This is the whole point. They start of selling a few games for the iTV, just to say they have something to download. If people really enjoy these games and they take off, then they should be to capitalise on this, and start really pumping out the games. If they keep them cheap and simple, then there is a market that isn't really being tapped at the moment.
The problem is that poor people don't have all the distractions that rich people have, to make them forget about having sex. So they keep having sex, creating more kids, which worsens the problem. They still have the same resources (farms, jobs), but they now have more to feed.
The solution, huge TV screens on blimps, ala blade Runner. This is the only way to solve poverty!
There are different POVs in this instance. The people who are getting the work, and the people who are giving the work.
Sure, the people who are getting the work are happy, because things are better for them. Working in really bad conditions, being physically and sexually abused is still better than dying.
Now the people who are employing them, and employing those employers (the Western countries) are making huge amounts of money. Is this moral? No. They could be enforcing better conditions, but they choose to look the other way.
But you know who else looks the other way, the consumers who get cheaper products.
So they are all to blame, kill em all I say, and let god sort em out.
What has it got to do with managers? Entrepreneurs, sure, and the people who created Google are not managers, but Entrepreneus. And it is not luck, it was producing a good product at the right time. A better search engine, just when the whole world needed one. Microsoft could have had this sewn up, if they didn't underestimate the value of the internet. So could a lot of other companies, but it is a difficult thing to see the way the world is heading, especially for large businesses.
You people make it sound like they fell into a pile of money, or the managed their way into the market which is absolute rubbish.
The thing about HD tv that always get me is, sure you notice the graphics quality, when you are looking for it. About 30 seconds after that, when you are actually watching a movie or playing a game, you completely forget about it. So what is the point, for 30 seconds - this is why I hate HD tv. Do you really sit there, through a 2 hour movie, thinking all the time how good it looks? No way.
That was my first thought on this article as well, until I read the last line: "to let probation caseworkers concentrate most of their effort on the former offenders most likely to be most dangerous."
If this is only used in that manner, then it seems like a good idea to me. However, that's a huge if, and I don't believe for a second that it will only be used by probation officers against convicted criminals.
Sure, everything is presented in a good light, to get funding. The A bomb was written as a way to light a large area cheaply, at first (probably). Doesn't mean things aren't going to get twisted, and thousands of people will suffer in the end.
You seem to have forgotten about the IE error message.
To be fair, this sounds like an unprepared debate, and he was just talking about thing that he himself had worked on. Microsoft have made a lot of things easier.
The Edsel had lots of problems, the name for starters. They tested the name, and nobody liked it, but because it was the name of the son of the founder, the upper management liked it.
And that they were the ONLY digital service that could claim this?
Well if it was true, then how could anyone else lay claim to the same fact. That doesn't make any sense. If they were number 10000, nobody else could lay claim to that either.
has anybody actually said that money can't buy you friends? I thought we all agreed that it can't buy you love, or happiness, but friends was still wide open. There was always one little rich kid at school who proved that you could, in fact, buy friends.
I just checked on the Australian, UK and other European Amazon sites, and they haven't even sold any? That is 0 white, 0 black and 0 brown - can't argue with those figures.
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If you loved this, then you will love Planet Earth, which has just finished showing here in the UK. No plans at yet to show it in the US unfortunately.
I find it quite disconcerting that we have to rely on people who buy box sets of friends, to choose the next format.
You are an idiot.
Firstly, they don't have to show the whole procedure, just a couple of shots of something realistic. That would satifsy most of the people who complain about this stuff.
Secondly, anyone really interested in hacking into computers does not have to go far to find information on how to do it. The internet is full of information on breaking into computers, as well as programs you can download that make it really easy. This is why we have script kiddies, people who really don't understand what is going on, but just download some scripts and think that they are really clever.
My own opinion, Hollywood is inaccurate in so many areas, who really cares.
Sure, if you don't mind throwing away $50.
Firstly, I have made the mistake of buying from direct from China before - and when something breaks, you are on your own. The support is horrible, and even if they do accept it back, it takes a lot of money to send, takes weeks, and is so inclined to get lost on the way.
Secondly, this thing looks so shodily made, there is no way I would spend any money on this.
Let me guess, you are one of those guys who gets all his christmas presents from the dollar down the road, does all his eating at Mcdonalds, and could never see the point in buying those more expensive headphones when you can get some for $2.50 - ever heard of quality???
The short term, clearly nintendo, according to your in-depth analysis.
The longer term is more questionable, and harder to make simple statements about.
I see that you are a short term sort of person, living for the moment, no savings account or pension for you. Good luck with that.
Sony clearly has a long term strategy, the PS3 is probably so powerful that it could have been released in a couple of years and still be out in front graphically. And it would be a lot cheaper. It seems that this is when Sony are expecting sales to take off, and they can start making some money. So they had the option, release it in a couple of years for a reasonable price, or release it now, at an expensive price, draw in some early comers, and then reduce the price when they can start to make it cheaper in a couple of years.
IS this concept really so complex, that you and your ilk have trouble understand it.
This is the whole point. They start of selling a few games for the iTV, just to say they have something to download. If people really enjoy these games and they take off, then they should be to capitalise on this, and start really pumping out the games. If they keep them cheap and simple, then there is a market that isn't really being tapped at the moment.
Well, I guess now he knows where all his spam is going.
Agreed, I tried to send a cdrom driver to a friend today, and gmail told me that I couldn't. Thanks a lot spam. Even though the file was zipped up.
The problem is that poor people don't have all the distractions that rich people have, to make them forget about having sex. So they keep having sex, creating more kids, which worsens the problem. They still have the same resources (farms, jobs), but they now have more to feed.
The solution, huge TV screens on blimps, ala blade Runner. This is the only way to solve poverty!
There are different POVs in this instance. The people who are getting the work, and the people who are giving the work.
Sure, the people who are getting the work are happy, because things are better for them. Working in really bad conditions, being physically and sexually abused is still better than dying.
Now the people who are employing them, and employing those employers (the Western countries) are making huge amounts of money. Is this moral? No. They could be enforcing better conditions, but they choose to look the other way.
But you know who else looks the other way, the consumers who get cheaper products.
So they are all to blame, kill em all I say, and let god sort em out.
What has it got to do with managers? Entrepreneurs, sure, and the people who created Google are not managers, but Entrepreneus. And it is not luck, it was producing a good product at the right time. A better search engine, just when the whole world needed one. Microsoft could have had this sewn up, if they didn't underestimate the value of the internet. So could a lot of other companies, but it is a difficult thing to see the way the world is heading, especially for large businesses.
You people make it sound like they fell into a pile of money, or the managed their way into the market which is absolute rubbish.
And this is different to Microsoft how?
The thing about HD tv that always get me is, sure you notice the graphics quality, when you are looking for it. About 30 seconds after that, when you are actually watching a movie or playing a game, you completely forget about it. So what is the point, for 30 seconds - this is why I hate HD tv. Do you really sit there, through a 2 hour movie, thinking all the time how good it looks? No way.
That was my first thought on this article as well, until I read the last line: "to let probation caseworkers concentrate most of their effort on the former offenders most likely to be most dangerous."
If this is only used in that manner, then it seems like a good idea to me. However, that's a huge if, and I don't believe for a second that it will only be used by probation officers against convicted criminals.
Sure, everything is presented in a good light, to get funding. The A bomb was written as a way to light a large area cheaply, at first (probably). Doesn't mean things aren't going to get twisted, and thousands of people will suffer in the end.
Which was a direct rip-off of my font-smoothing technology, of smearing vaseline all over the screen. Doesn't slow the computer down, either!
You seem to have forgotten about the IE error message.
To be fair, this sounds like an unprepared debate, and he was just talking about thing that he himself had worked on. Microsoft have made a lot of things easier.
The PC.
Ha just kidding, windows is great, really!
The Edsel had lots of problems, the name for starters. They tested the name, and nobody liked it, but because it was the name of the son of the founder, the upper management liked it.
And that they were the ONLY digital service that could claim this?
Well if it was true, then how could anyone else lay claim to the same fact. That doesn't make any sense. If they were number 10000, nobody else could lay claim to that either.
has anybody actually said that money can't buy you friends? I thought we all agreed that it can't buy you love, or happiness, but friends was still wide open. There was always one little rich kid at school who proved that you could, in fact, buy friends.
I just checked on the Australian, UK and other European Amazon sites, and they haven't even sold any? That is 0 white, 0 black and 0 brown - can't argue with those figures.
That is why they have coin slots.
Surely people aren't storing all their cash as $1 bills in their mattresses.
Still waiting on my registration code...
Just kidding, what a fun forum, who wouldn't want to join.
What are you, racist? What about blind chicks!
And anyway, prettiness would still matter, when you were showing her off to your blind friends!
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I am allowed to make fun of blind people, because I fell in love with a blind chick!