Folks need to stop pretending that PC gaming (at least of new games) is cost effective compared to consoles
Wow, you just started spouting absolute nonsense.
Nobody has ever pretended that - everybody knows that PCs are the expensive option, and that consoles are the cheaper option. Why would anybody buy a console if this weren't the case?
You may be right that Microsoft is nor more unethical than other software companies, but this is irrelevant. Microsoft has so much power, that is the problem. They can be as unethical as they want, but if they happen to control the OS and Office market, we have a problem.
I also do not believe that Microsoft produces Office for Apple to avoid the courts - they do it because it is profitable for them, it helped cement Office as the suite, and it gives them some leverage over apple.
The thing about it is that Sony will downgrade their hardware as often as they want and STILL we will hear trash talk from the Execs and higher-ups about how their hardware is going to outperform and outsell the other consoles.
Sony is producing the most powerful console, not many people will disagree with that. That means that they can reduce the hardware specs, and it is still the most powerful console, and will outperform the other consoles on the market, as long as they don't reduce it too far. And it is not unreasonable for the execs to talk up their console, and talk about how it will outsell all the other consoles (just as all execs do) - i don't see why you have such a problem with this.
And they'll back up this arrogance by not moving their price point an inch. Sony seems to think that the PS2 success will drive PS3 sales.
What a stupid statement is that? Whatever you say about Sony, it is obvious to everybody that they are trying to produce a fantastic console - it will have a Great CPU, GPU and blu-ray. The reason it is so expensive is because they are trying to put so much stuff in there. Whether or not this is a good strategy (which it doesn't seem to be at this stage), we will have to wait.
Maybe Sony have a longer term strategy - The PS2 is still a great seller, and they make a lot of money from the games. Perhaps they never intended the PS3 to be a big seller from the start - rather a year or two down the line, when parts are cheaper, they will reduce the price.
They want me to pay $450 for something that will almost certainly force me to upgrade some bits of hardware to give it a chance of running, will potentially fail to run some of my software and in return does what exactly?
No, not you. But there is a chance, a really small chance, that they wrote this for someone other than you. Everybody else in fact.
Sure, you can have another dig at Microsoft. Vista is an expensive operating system, and they know that not many people will buy it outright. You need new hardware to run it at its full glory anyway, so it is almost a joke selling it like this. This is more to change the perception of people. If they sell it in a box for $399, then people will perceive it having a high value. Then, when they go to buy there new machines for $700, it won't seem so bad. And they have this high value OS, instead of the cheap and nasty Linux.
This can only be a good thing for Linux, as the more expensive the cost of Vista, the more people who will consider another option.
And that, my friend, is why you don't have a girlfriend. Who are all the chicks going to hang around, the fat guy or the apple nerd?
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Hey, I think your brother is right. This is exactly what you should do, Laptops are very easy to take apary these days. There are all sorts of guides on the net, and maybe not using a hammer but bending it back into shape would be a good solution.
Shhh.. he hasn't found that plug yet, and we here in the office aren't gonna tell that self-rightous sob. It provides much needed mirth, that he is always whinging about having to unplug his mouse.
So now you understand why we all hate DRM, and everybody here told you not to get it. You just thought we were tripping? Now you know the truth, we just have to convince the rest of the world.
This comes through incompetence - it is too easy to hire outside help, and not setup an exit strategy (you listening, bush and blair?), when you don't understand the problem and won't ask for help. It is easier to get outside help than realise what you will need in the long term, and start hiring people. Oh, but when you need a new secretary, that gets done within the week.
Too many non-IT (and I am sure this happens in other departments) people are put in to manage IT infrastructure, and because they have in the past, feel the need to be making the important decisions. This is what happens.
And hire someone like IBM, and you will never get rid of them.
but how many people pay attention to what strangers are sporting on t-shirts these days?
Are you kidding me. What better excuse do you need to look a girls brests than if she has something written on them. One of the greatest invention for men since sunglasses. All hail the tshirt writers!
Yeah, but the great thing is you can switch it of at work. That way, you can still look really cool on the bus, and nobody at work will be any the wiser - unless you get that pretty secretary at work into the stationary room on her own. That is when the hypnotic function comes into play.
Yes, many of us will (possibly), but our children won't have any such problem. It will be the norm for them, just as we have lost part of our freedom from our parents.
And so, the world gets stricter, more organised and more controlled, we end up with less things we can actually do and tinker with. This is a aad state of events.
Sure, a lot of people. But they probably managed to resist clicking on the link and whinging about it.
Is anybody else annoyed by these people who seem to feel the need to click on a link and complain about the revelance/ importance of the story. You do realise you don't have to read every story, no matter how boring work is.
I think you are the one that needs to grow up. yes, it is the companies network, and they can do whatever they want. It is also the companies kitchen, and if they want to convert it into another office, then it is their right to. And the toilets, they are also company toilets, you only need one toilet per floor. And paying people to drink coffee, this is ridiculous. And they own your office space, so if they want to stick a camera their, and monitor you all day, that is up to them. It is also their carpet you are wearing out, and their computers, so you should have to pay for this from your paycheck.
Sure, companies can do that, and some probably do. We certainly don't have a right to work in a decent place, but I am sure as hell going to. Any place that treats me with such disregard, won't be employing my services for long. I moved half way around the world for a job, I have no problem moving somewhere else.
This is why places that treat you badly, end up with the worst workers.
That is true, if you treat all employees equally. What you will actually find, is the companies who treat their workers badly, end up with employees who can't find a job at the better companies. These companies end up with the bottom of the barrel.
You will find that most companies are always on the lookout for good, skilled employees, no matter what the market says.
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Folks need to stop pretending that PC gaming (at least of new games) is cost effective compared to consoles
Wow, you just started spouting absolute nonsense.
Nobody has ever pretended that - everybody knows that PCs are the expensive option, and that consoles are the cheaper option. Why would anybody buy a console if this weren't the case?
Yes but the online market has gone beyong geeks, and now includes your sister and your mother, who do enjoy talking to people.
Don'r worry, you aren't forced to talk to anybody.
You may be right that Microsoft is nor more unethical than other software companies, but this is irrelevant. Microsoft has so much power, that is the problem. They can be as unethical as they want, but if they happen to control the OS and Office market, we have a problem.
I also do not believe that Microsoft produces Office for Apple to avoid the courts - they do it because it is profitable for them, it helped cement Office as the suite, and it gives them some leverage over apple.
Wow, how many things can you get wrong.
The thing about it is that Sony will downgrade their hardware as often as they want and STILL we will hear trash talk from the Execs and higher-ups about how their hardware is going to outperform and outsell the other consoles.
Sony is producing the most powerful console, not many people will disagree with that. That means that they can reduce the hardware specs, and it is still the most powerful console, and will outperform the other consoles on the market, as long as they don't reduce it too far. And it is not unreasonable for the execs to talk up their console, and talk about how it will outsell all the other consoles (just as all execs do) - i don't see why you have such a problem with this.
And they'll back up this arrogance by not moving their price point an inch. Sony seems to think that the PS2 success will drive PS3 sales.
What a stupid statement is that? Whatever you say about Sony, it is obvious to everybody that they are trying to produce a fantastic console - it will have a Great CPU, GPU and blu-ray. The reason it is so expensive is because they are trying to put so much stuff in there. Whether or not this is a good strategy (which it doesn't seem to be at this stage), we will have to wait.
Maybe Sony have a longer term strategy - The PS2 is still a great seller, and they make a lot of money from the games. Perhaps they never intended the PS3 to be a big seller from the start - rather a year or two down the line, when parts are cheaper, they will reduce the price.
Funnily enough, 640,000 is the number of times this joke has been used on Slashdot. It never gets old, though!
Except that you won't pay full price when you buy a new computer. And you can't run Mac on your old PC, so you have to buy a new computer.
They want me to pay $450 for something that will almost certainly force me to upgrade some bits of hardware to give it a chance of running, will potentially fail to run some of my software and in return does what exactly?
No, not you. But there is a chance, a really small chance, that they wrote this for someone other than you. Everybody else in fact.
Sure, you can have another dig at Microsoft. Vista is an expensive operating system, and they know that not many people will buy it outright. You need new hardware to run it at its full glory anyway, so it is almost a joke selling it like this. This is more to change the perception of people. If they sell it in a box for $399, then people will perceive it having a high value. Then, when they go to buy there new machines for $700, it won't seem so bad. And they have this high value OS, instead of the cheap and nasty Linux.
This can only be a good thing for Linux, as the more expensive the cost of Vista, the more people who will consider another option.
You are right, it does make updating the network code more complicated - I am sure it would have flash memory, but that doesn't solve everything.
I have met people like you before, people who obviously lack social skills, and are unable to comprehend that people are different.
Just because you can do something in a few seconds, does not mean that the majority of people can do it, even in many more minutes of study.
Does this mean that the Ferry operators are innocent - no. But not because of your argument.
And that, my friend, is why you don't have a girlfriend. Who are all the chicks going to hang around, the fat guy or the apple nerd?
Hey, I think your brother is right. This is exactly what you should do, Laptops are very easy to take apary these days. There are all sorts of guides on the net, and maybe not using a hammer but bending it back into shape would be a good solution.
Shhh.. he hasn't found that plug yet, and we here in the office aren't gonna tell that self-rightous sob. It provides much needed mirth, that he is always whinging about having to unplug his mouse.
Far nicer than the political ads that are swamping televisions this election year.
Sure, maybe I did just punch you in the face, but that is far better than all the murders that are going around this year.
Your argument may have held water in the playground, but we play for keeps in the real world.
So now you understand why we all hate DRM, and everybody here told you not to get it. You just thought we were tripping? Now you know the truth, we just have to convince the rest of the world.
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This comes through incompetence - it is too easy to hire outside help, and not setup an exit strategy (you listening, bush and blair?), when you don't understand the problem and won't ask for help. It is easier to get outside help than realise what you will need in the long term, and start hiring people. Oh, but when you need a new secretary, that gets done within the week.
Too many non-IT (and I am sure this happens in other departments) people are put in to manage IT infrastructure, and because they have in the past, feel the need to be making the important decisions. This is what happens.
And hire someone like IBM, and you will never get rid of them.
but how many people pay attention to what strangers are sporting on t-shirts these days?
Are you kidding me. What better excuse do you need to look a girls brests than if she has something written on them. One of the greatest invention for men since sunglasses. All hail the tshirt writers!
Yeah, but the great thing is you can switch it of at work. That way, you can still look really cool on the bus, and nobody at work will be any the wiser - unless you get that pretty secretary at work into the stationary room on her own. That is when the hypnotic function comes into play.
All the while great shows like Arrested Development get canned. To original? To complicated? Involves paying attention - too bad, your outta here.
Wow, the world is a little more complex than this.
Or to destroy a group that I didn't like, i would just have to pretend to be a part of said group, and do some atrocity - thus getting it banned.
Ha, Jif is a cleaning product in Australia.
What does this say, who knows? But maybe, if you look close enough, there is some significance there, a moral to the saying if you will.
So what, on every story that you think is a waste, you write some stupid comment? Or did you just pick on this ATI story?
Yes, many of us will (possibly), but our children won't have any such problem. It will be the norm for them, just as we have lost part of our freedom from our parents.
And so, the world gets stricter, more organised and more controlled, we end up with less things we can actually do and tinker with. This is a aad state of events.
Sure, a lot of people. But they probably managed to resist clicking on the link and whinging about it.
Is anybody else annoyed by these people who seem to feel the need to click on a link and complain about the revelance/ importance of the story. You do realise you don't have to read every story, no matter how boring work is.
I think you are the one that needs to grow up. yes, it is the companies network, and they can do whatever they want. It is also the companies kitchen, and if they want to convert it into another office, then it is their right to. And the toilets, they are also company toilets, you only need one toilet per floor. And paying people to drink coffee, this is ridiculous. And they own your office space, so if they want to stick a camera their, and monitor you all day, that is up to them. It is also their carpet you are wearing out, and their computers, so you should have to pay for this from your paycheck.
Sure, companies can do that, and some probably do. We certainly don't have a right to work in a decent place, but I am sure as hell going to. Any place that treats me with such disregard, won't be employing my services for long. I moved half way around the world for a job, I have no problem moving somewhere else.
This is why places that treat you badly, end up with the worst workers.
That is true, if you treat all employees equally. What you will actually find, is the companies who treat their workers badly, end up with employees who can't find a job at the better companies. These companies end up with the bottom of the barrel.
You will find that most companies are always on the lookout for good, skilled employees, no matter what the market says.