Of course gamers first bitch about how patches are never released in a timely fashion. Then one company who actually does a great job getting patches out there releases one bad patch and gets reemed for it. The game is a great one, the company offers better than most support. I don't think a bad patch is a reason to avoid this game or EA in general.
The great thing about this all is people will go through great lengths to get a buggy pre-release game pirated off of bittorrent or from a friend and never complain about the bugs. But the moment it is released and you pay a couple bucks to have a game that is supported well you bitch about it because hey every game is perfect when it is released. I for one am happy to have a game released so I can play it early with support. You can always go the route of Blizzard and postpone a game for 3 years so you can release one good version too late. But I digress...
You know, I dont mind core values or mission statements nearly as much as I detest Catch Phrases designed to maipulate the sheep of the world. If your cause is completely run by catchphrases (pick a political party and political issue, any will do). Heaven forbid we actually explain something to people, just make sure it rhymes and is catchy and you have people willing to follow you to their doom.
If you follow the 80/20 rule we wouldnt have this question. you maintain a device until you are using more than 20% of its capacity 80% of the time or your are using more than 80% of its capacity 20% of the time. Then you work on a way to change the percentages. Dont wait until you have depleted every resource to recognize a problem.
I remember an experiment regarding ameboas in a jar dividing every minute, how long until there is a population density issue? Cant remember the name, the problem is relevant and the same anyway
Carriers will probably be loath to sell and support it, since they want to sell their own music downloads--not have customers upload tunes from home. "The carriers don't like it," says analyst Rob Enderle, head of The Enderle Group. "They want Apple to change the design so the phone has to sync through their networks, not with a PC."
Sorry must have skimmed over that part.
then I read this part
If Apple launched their own virtual network, they could even tie it in to their iTunes Music Store. This would allow them to obtain more revenue from the direct sale and download of digital music to phone handsets.
I would say as long as the intent is to simply synch your PDA/phone/ipod at home then you have a good idea, but if you expect someone to download through a cell network or synch you have issues, of course the capability might be worth it in a tough spot where you absolutley need a piece of digital media in a tough spot, but I dont think that would really happen enough to make it a marketable option.
No you are dead on in that it would be painful to download songs over your cell phone.
oh yes it would if you were doing it over the network, especially if they intend to enable any type of resonable encryption. But you are right if you synch from the desktop it wouldbe no problem. But I would be sorely disappointed and I think it would be a terrible mistake not to have the option to synch locally.
The main reason people dont like to use Cell networks for stuff like this is speed. There is so much web content out there that any wide area network using Cellular technology ends up being a huge pain. Now imagine if you started pumping iTunes media files and pictures over this slow network....yikes.
Now I am against claria and any other form of unwanted software on my PC this post is just for discussion purposes
Maybe now that Claria has allowed Microsoft to look at the code they can see that it is not malicious and not necessarily loaded with fuzzy intent. But rather a more crafty piece of ad-ware that is almost always put on a PC willfully.
well with the leaps and bounds we are making regarding quantum physics maybe in the next 150 years or so we will have a computer that will be capable of observing data at the level we need for the right period of time. Maybe that is why it took deep thought so long;)
whatever happens, by the time we figure anything out I will be long gone from this earth, hopefully sitting with Yahweh while he tries to explain it all to me:)
Thanks for the great reply. I have a BS in computer science myself. I do respect the CS aspect of this, very impressive since I have background in Physics and can appreciate the number of computations that this algorithm would have to take into consideration. I am just wondering why choose time 0 when you dont have realistic measurements. To me it would make more sense to take the measurements we know know and move backwards and find out what the data would look like at 0. We might be suprized at what we find.
In other words use the equations of known observable data and extrapolate the data from the simulation to find the origin, then use that data in other simulations to find other answers. Using the wrong original equations would just result in a made up man made universe.
Now we reverse the method, getting a theory and look for things in nature to prove it.
What should be done is to take facts we know about now and work backwards to find out what happened in the beginning. There are serious holes in our understaning of the origin of the universe mainly because we cannot see it right now.
I weep for current scientific processes and the future until we can get scientists who are more interested in explaining nature from a neutral standpoint rather than a try to get famous by shocking everyone standpoint.
I am interested in seeing what kind of troubleshooting they cover in the book.
For a wireless network you run into a lot of problems depending on if you are using 802.11b or 'g'. A section on testing what wireless networks you will be interfereing with by putting up a wireless hub would be nice. eg. wireless remotes, phones, other APs.
Or if setting up a wired network, a good chapter on wiring etiquette.
Arent we trying to block businesses from doing this? Do not call lists and stuff like that? But who is going to put through legislation to stop the pentagon from spamming and calling us all?
My dad takes photos for Seniors in High school who cannot afford a professional photographer. He started getting better than the Professionals and when he went to get his photos developed he had to jump through a lot of hoops convincing the store clerks that he was legit.
So are we trying to squash small business here or what? if you are a professional and dont digitally sign your photos then that is your fault.
Ahhh yes, one step closer to having myself cloned into a virtual sim, this way I can see whether or not I will survive a gunshot, fall or if I should procreate....
That is because HYPE is free publicity. Let people become so enamored with the dream that they defend what they do not know to the death. Then no matter the price tag or the downfalls they will cling to it.
Why a Troll? because it makes people edgy to admit that if you do something good for yourself you obviously are doing something wrong? I just think it is odd the "Borg" mentality that people have. As soon as a company or group makes a decision that will not benefit all the freeloaders out there you get labeled as evil. Because for some reason you "Owe it to society" because you are a force to be reconed with. I think that not enough people have Read Ayn Rand books lately.
Who says something is fair? You going to go complain to some overseeing mommy because you dont like someone elses foreign policies? What a bunch of whiners.
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The great thing about this all is people will go through great lengths to get a buggy pre-release game pirated off of bittorrent or from a friend and never complain about the bugs. But the moment it is released and you pay a couple bucks to have a game that is supported well you bitch about it because hey every game is perfect when it is released. I for one am happy to have a game released so I can play it early with support. You can always go the route of Blizzard and postpone a game for 3 years so you can release one good version too late. But I digress...
You know, I dont mind core values or mission statements nearly as much as I detest Catch Phrases designed to maipulate the sheep of the world. If your cause is completely run by catchphrases (pick a political party and political issue, any will do). Heaven forbid we actually explain something to people, just make sure it rhymes and is catchy and you have people willing to follow you to their doom.
I remember an experiment regarding ameboas in a jar dividing every minute, how long until there is a population density issue? Cant remember the name, the problem is relevant and the same anyway
Sorry must have skimmed over that part.
then I read this part
If Apple launched their own virtual network, they could even tie it in to their iTunes Music Store. This would allow them to obtain more revenue from the direct sale and download of digital music to phone handsets.
I would say as long as the intent is to simply synch your PDA/phone/ipod at home then you have a good idea, but if you expect someone to download through a cell network or synch you have issues, of course the capability might be worth it in a tough spot where you absolutley need a piece of digital media in a tough spot, but I dont think that would really happen enough to make it a marketable option.
No you are dead on in that it would be painful to download songs over your cell phone.
oh yes it would if you were doing it over the network, especially if they intend to enable any type of resonable encryption. But you are right if you synch from the desktop it wouldbe no problem. But I would be sorely disappointed and I think it would be a terrible mistake not to have the option to synch locally.
Or is there something I am unaware of here?
Maybe now that Claria has allowed Microsoft to look at the code they can see that it is not malicious and not necessarily loaded with fuzzy intent. But rather a more crafty piece of ad-ware that is almost always put on a PC willfully.
whatever happens, by the time we figure anything out I will be long gone from this earth, hopefully sitting with Yahweh while he tries to explain it all to me :)
In other words use the equations of known observable data and extrapolate the data from the simulation to find the origin, then use that data in other simulations to find other answers. Using the wrong original equations would just result in a made up man made universe.
http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/no de6.html#SECTION02121000000000000000
Now we reverse the method, getting a theory and look for things in nature to prove it.
What should be done is to take facts we know about now and work backwards to find out what happened in the beginning. There are serious holes in our understaning of the origin of the universe mainly because we cannot see it right now.
I weep for current scientific processes and the future until we can get scientists who are more interested in explaining nature from a neutral standpoint rather than a try to get famous by shocking everyone standpoint.
you really are a dick, just wanted to point that out.
Here here, I think people are missing out on the beaurocracy behind gov't issues. It is one big card game.
For a wireless network you run into a lot of problems depending on if you are using 802.11b or 'g'. A section on testing what wireless networks you will be interfereing with by putting up a wireless hub would be nice. eg. wireless remotes, phones, other APs.
Or if setting up a wired network, a good chapter on wiring etiquette.
Arent we trying to block businesses from doing this? Do not call lists and stuff like that? But who is going to put through legislation to stop the pentagon from spamming and calling us all?
So are we trying to squash small business here or what? if you are a professional and dont digitally sign your photos then that is your fault.
You wouldnt give your credit card # to someone over the phone in a public place.
You dont throw away check stubs without shredding them.
You dont give strangers your home address.
I guess I dont understand how people can not connect the dots.
Easy, you just compair them to Microsoft and the Linux and BSD bigots will unite.
Ahhh yes, one step closer to having myself cloned into a virtual sim, this way I can see whether or not I will survive a gunshot, fall or if I should procreate....
That is the beauty in smoke and mirrors.
I deleted an e-mail that gave me $10 off at tigerdirect...dont think I will ever recover.
How many times before have these guys made these predictions? Oh well, grain of salt taken.
Of course this has never been said on /. yet. mod me redundant please but hopefully eventually joe user will catch on.
Thanks :)
Why a Troll? because it makes people edgy to admit that if you do something good for yourself you obviously are doing something wrong? I just think it is odd the "Borg" mentality that people have. As soon as a company or group makes a decision that will not benefit all the freeloaders out there you get labeled as evil. Because for some reason you "Owe it to society" because you are a force to be reconed with. I think that not enough people have Read Ayn Rand books lately.
Who says something is fair? You going to go complain to some overseeing mommy because you dont like someone elses foreign policies? What a bunch of whiners.
once again proves that geek security is compromized by cleavage or the promise that someone likes you.