Googlegear.. er, umm, zipzoomfly.com has a specific audio cable in their inventory that is just for "OEM" stuff, it has a price of $0.00 and can only be purchased with OEM software.
What's more important than filesharing? I mean really, the internet is a great resource for sharing information. If you remove the information being shared, what's left? more bandwidth for popups?
Forgive me for not knowing what i'm talking about, but why does it seem like people are talking about using bittorent as either multicast or non multicast? Couldnt you say have it do both? If 100 people download the same file via multicast, would i be wrong to assume not everyone would be missing the same packets? It seems like with the first goaround, there would be a minimum of one complete file, so while waiting for the next multicast, the various bittorrent clients could fight it out peer to peer style and seed each other for the missing bits.
Thus concludes me speaking without knowing what i'm talking about.
Remember, the original playstation had to be redesigned because it would overheat when sitting on a carpeted floor. If you call the 18004myxbox number, they'll tell you that you should never put your xbox on the carpet.
If the problem is caused by people not reading the directions, then its not microsoft's fault. Maybe they should print the instructions in a bigger font with smaller words.
Low Flow toilets and water conservation in general dont work. I've yet to see a low flow toilet that actually flushed properly, not counting the "power assist" models that had been discussed earlier in the comments. Those things work.
But on to the water conservation idea in general. It could work. Just not the way its currently handled. Growing up, every time they announced a shortage of water, my parents would flush the toilet an extra time, water the lawn more than it needed, leave the water running while doing the dishes, trying to use as much water as possible. Why you ask? Because when rationing of water starts, you are given an allotment of water based on past usage over the last few months. The first time this happend, my parents had tried to save water as much as they could. So they used something like 40% less water than normal. Then rationing happend, and they were forced to use 30% less than had been used over the last few months, meaning even if they kept on saving water the way they had been, they would get hit with HUGE overuse fees. They arent the only ones in town who do that. So at least locally, water conservation just plain doesnt work.
Actually I was around for those battles, I had both. I played my intellivision more.
What I was trying to get at is sega was a big player in expanding the console market, yet they dropped the ball and fell out of favor in the same market. They did alot of the legwork for sony to swoop in with the playstation.
Anyone remember the Saturn? I had one of those. It didn't have anywhere near the number of good games that the playstation had.
That being said, I returned my saturn and bought a Nintendo 64 on the day it was released. I didn't get a playstation untill after I'd had my xbox for over a year.
You say gamers are not loyal. You obviously havent spoken with PS2 owners about the xbox. They are loyal to the death. They will fight fact with opinion like any fanatic. This is what microsoft is going after. They want fanatical fans that will litterally beat down any naysayer of their product. I found myself doing this today defending halo.
This can be microsoft's only goal. Without fans willing to do your marketing for you, they would be doomed to the fate of sega, 3d0, atari, and the other companies that tried to break into the console market. Sega helped CREATE the market, but sony stole the fans with the playstation, and kept them even when the superior dreamcast came out. If sony stopped making consoles right now, games for the playstation 2 would continue to be released for years, simply because the sony fans out there would refuse to accept something made by anyone other than sony could be worth playing.
The FSM put the grass in the dung for the scientists to find, just to keep the controversey going over if god exists or not.
Although I wonder how much money is spent on looking at dinosaur dung anyways? Makes me think of the term "flushing it down the toilet"
I'm sorry, that was a shitty joke.
I was waiting for someone to bring this up. If any of you were car guys, you'd know how simple it is. The hydrogen is probably just acting the same way propane injection does. It's not so much being added to the diesel, as it is replacing some of the diesel. It burns cleaner, and the byproduct of that is the efficiency of the diesel is increased (and the efficiency of the hydrogen is similarly decreased)
But really now, wouldnt a toothbrush and toothpaste be cheaper than developing gum a different agency already has from scratch? Or we could just play connect the dots on this one and have some inter-agency sharing.
I can see it now "Do you hate brushing your teeth? So do we. Join the army today and chew space gum after every meal!"
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It'd be more fun to have RAID-0 and set some record for most data lost in a single powersurge.
And I just looked at Newegg.com, and in the description for Windows MCE, it says at the bottom "Must be purchased with hardware"
Googlegear.. er, umm, zipzoomfly.com has a specific audio cable in their inventory that is just for "OEM" stuff, it has a price of $0.00 and can only be purchased with OEM software.
Then you'd have some cool bio computing going on. It'd work. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
I have 9000kbps for $55 a month. Very slow upload. I'm actually shopping for a better deal. The price is just silly.
If I had any mod points, I'd buy you a drink.
But what right does the EU have to force microsoft to pay anything?
But why would you be at a site with popups if the information you were looking for had been removed?
What's more important than filesharing? I mean really, the internet is a great resource for sharing information. If you remove the information being shared, what's left? more bandwidth for popups?
Man, sarcasm never works on the internet. This was the last time I'm going to attempt a joke on slashdot. Everyone here needs to lighten up a bit.
Is what does wrestling have to do with some new species of mammal?
ok sorry, no coffee + out of cigarettes = poorly worded redundant posts.
Thus concludes me speaking without knowing what i'm talking about.
But back to the topic at hand, I hear they found ice on mars.
Ok so the total recall jokes are funny, but the starwars jokes arent? I'll never understand slashdot.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
If the problem is caused by people not reading the directions, then its not microsoft's fault. Maybe they should print the instructions in a bigger font with smaller words.
But on to the water conservation idea in general. It could work. Just not the way its currently handled. Growing up, every time they announced a shortage of water, my parents would flush the toilet an extra time, water the lawn more than it needed, leave the water running while doing the dishes, trying to use as much water as possible. Why you ask? Because when rationing of water starts, you are given an allotment of water based on past usage over the last few months. The first time this happend, my parents had tried to save water as much as they could. So they used something like 40% less water than normal. Then rationing happend, and they were forced to use 30% less than had been used over the last few months, meaning even if they kept on saving water the way they had been, they would get hit with HUGE overuse fees. They arent the only ones in town who do that. So at least locally, water conservation just plain doesnt work.
What I was trying to get at is sega was a big player in expanding the console market, yet they dropped the ball and fell out of favor in the same market. They did alot of the legwork for sony to swoop in with the playstation.
Anyone remember the Saturn? I had one of those. It didn't have anywhere near the number of good games that the playstation had.
That being said, I returned my saturn and bought a Nintendo 64 on the day it was released. I didn't get a playstation untill after I'd had my xbox for over a year.
This can be microsoft's only goal. Without fans willing to do your marketing for you, they would be doomed to the fate of sega, 3d0, atari, and the other companies that tried to break into the console market. Sega helped CREATE the market, but sony stole the fans with the playstation, and kept them even when the superior dreamcast came out. If sony stopped making consoles right now, games for the playstation 2 would continue to be released for years, simply because the sony fans out there would refuse to accept something made by anyone other than sony could be worth playing.
Speaking of, I think I'm gonna go get some popcorn.
The FSM put the grass in the dung for the scientists to find, just to keep the controversey going over if god exists or not. Although I wonder how much money is spent on looking at dinosaur dung anyways? Makes me think of the term "flushing it down the toilet" I'm sorry, that was a shitty joke.
But I've always hated the term "wall warts"
I was waiting for someone to bring this up. If any of you were car guys, you'd know how simple it is. The hydrogen is probably just acting the same way propane injection does. It's not so much being added to the diesel, as it is replacing some of the diesel. It burns cleaner, and the byproduct of that is the efficiency of the diesel is increased (and the efficiency of the hydrogen is similarly decreased)
But really now, wouldnt a toothbrush and toothpaste be cheaper than developing gum a different agency already has from scratch? Or we could just play connect the dots on this one and have some inter-agency sharing.
I can see it now "Do you hate brushing your teeth? So do we. Join the army today and chew space gum after every meal!"