If you think they are the same cpu/gpu/ram etc in a 1200 machine and a 300 dollar machine then it is you that should not be giving computing advise. both macs and PC's use identical hardware bases of which there is a wide range to choose from, Apple use a custom motherboard but that makes a very very small difference. There is no such thing as business class hardware, whoever sold you that line is trying to justify overcharging you, There is enterprise class hardware but I can assure you except for highend workstations and servers that certainly isn't what goes in the consumer lines. both PC's and Mac's use the same i5/i7 procerssor lines, one does not magically become better by being put in the other, the same with memory and harddisks.
I find it amusing that you think your examples are compelling. As someone that values my time and certainly doesn't want to gamble on the value of some digital currency I would tell you to go take a hike on every one of your examples. For small sums it simply is worth the effort or time, for large amounts it doesn't have the tracability or security.
So you're saying these contracts are actual real contracts written against assets? my reading of it left me a little unsure of this as it seemed it is more a virtual contract and hence has no real tie to the real world at all, apart from them artificially pegging it against those futures. Happy to be shown to be wrong though?
In what sense are international payments difficult? they are about as easy now as they have ever been, I can go online and do an international money transfer in seconds to just about anywhere in the world, not only that I can trace it and in many cases even reverse the payment depending on the type of transfer (try that with a bitcoin). As for why no one accepts bitcoins, just take a look at the bitcoin coin values over the past 12 months, even the worst currencies in the world look like a shining example of stability by comparison.
It is bad enough the article doesn't understand what trolling is and mislabels the stalkers actions as trolling, please don't compound the issue by calling what Alan Jones does as trolling. He is obnoxious, insulting, abusive, rude but that doesn't make him a troll.
yep it isn't actually trolling at all. It seems nowadays any bad or obnoxious behaviour gets labeled with troll, I guess this is what happens when people try to use a catchy term without actually understanding what it means.
I bought civilization in a box at my local game retailer, I had to go online and activate to play OFFLINE. Not only that but not that long ago the piece of shit called steam decided to change the format of locally stored games, It gave you no choice, I could either choose not to play civilization or wait 2 hours while it converted my perfectly woring single player game. Steam is many things, but "DRM done right" is certainly not one of them.
Arrest the responsible people? Did Google produce the video? Did the specific Brazilian Google President produce the video personally himself and post it on his own Youtube account?
No.
The responsible people are those who produced and uploaded the video. Not Youtube.
There is nothing inherently illegal with the video, however most countries in the world have very specific laws around advertising just before an election and all forms of media need to comply with those laws, it doesn't mater who produced it, what matters is that google refused to remove it in a timely manner. In most western countries this is actually considered a pretty severe breach of advertising and election laws that can result in criminal prosecutions.
Why are you trying to explain version control/revision control from a technical perspective? This concept existed long before IT started using it, it is about as ancient as writing itself. IF they have never heard of or handled versions of documents in written form let alone electronic form I would be very very concerned about their capabilities to successfully do any sort of research.
never underestimate the undesirability of abbott or his ability to completely fuck up the coalitions chances. Unless they wake up and dump abbott then labor still have a decent chance at the next election (though Gillard is about as useless as Abbott so your probably right)/
The filtering legislation is most definitely not dead. Labor are just not completely stupid, there is no point them putting it before parliament at the moment as they know it won't pass. If after the next election they somehow do have the numbers you can be almost certain it will be tabled within weeks of them having the power.
They may be forbidden from becoming an ISP, but just like Telstra were with the copper they are a monopoly that controls the base infrastructure pricing.
If they win maybe they can use the proceeds to pay the swiss railway. by the sounds of it apple believes in harsh penalty for wilful violation. Swiss Rail will be very happy to hear apple feels this way.
Actually yes I have. Not intentionally, some of my friends buy whatever is cheapest (beer or bottles) and several times I have asked why the beer tastes funky an every time it has been because it was poured from a can.
There is nothing wrong with a company not growing and instead just producing a healthy profit. However that is not how google has its shares currently priced, to move to that model would see Google shares halve in value, nothing wrong with that but it would sure piss off all their investors.
They get access to your email accounts, they get the right to create more email accounts under your name. They get the ability with internode to disable certain firewall protections or alter your ADSL profile. They can actually do quite a lot of damage.
They invented this little thing called automated testing. a product that does one thing (scans files memory and downloads for viri) is actually extremely easy to created automated regression tests and break tests for that do not require massive investments in time and money, banks of preconfigured virtual machines and a physicals require very little time or money. Nothing is free, but they seem to consider even the basics aren't important enough. Every single update should be running through a set of these tests every day, I would be shocked if they don't and what I suspect happened here is someone either screwed up the testing or some moron didn't bother to check the test results, though I would doubt they would ever tell us the truth on that.
I completely disagree, beer definitely tastes better from a bottle, I find the can seems to do something nasty to the taste, similar to soda cans. beer is also best drunk while relatively freshly bottled and you should never store it in the light anyway.
The RT Devices are consumer oriented locked down Ipad equivalents, The Win 8 Pro tablets are announced but won't be available till some weeks/months after oct 26 release. The Win 8 Pro tablets are based on x86 architecture and will be manageable.
One is a consumer focused device the other is an enterprise/business focused device, it isn't really about the processor so much as the target market and most likely I would expect the RT version to be much more locked down, similar to an Ipad. No different to the current situation with home editions of windows really when it comes to home/business versions.
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If you think they are the same cpu/gpu/ram etc in a 1200 machine and a 300 dollar machine then it is you that should not be giving computing advise. both macs and PC's use identical hardware bases of which there is a wide range to choose from, Apple use a custom motherboard but that makes a very very small difference. There is no such thing as business class hardware, whoever sold you that line is trying to justify overcharging you, There is enterprise class hardware but I can assure you except for highend workstations and servers that certainly isn't what goes in the consumer lines. both PC's and Mac's use the same i5/i7 procerssor lines, one does not magically become better by being put in the other, the same with memory and harddisks.
feel free to share your spec, We will show you where to buy equivalent quality it far less cost.
I find it amusing that you think your examples are compelling. As someone that values my time and certainly doesn't want to gamble on the value of some digital currency I would tell you to go take a hike on every one of your examples. For small sums it simply is worth the effort or time, for large amounts it doesn't have the tracability or security.
So you're saying these contracts are actual real contracts written against assets? my reading of it left me a little unsure of this as it seemed it is more a virtual contract and hence has no real tie to the real world at all, apart from them artificially pegging it against those futures. Happy to be shown to be wrong though?
In what sense are international payments difficult? they are about as easy now as they have ever been, I can go online and do an international money transfer in seconds to just about anywhere in the world, not only that I can trace it and in many cases even reverse the payment depending on the type of transfer (try that with a bitcoin). As for why no one accepts bitcoins, just take a look at the bitcoin coin values over the past 12 months, even the worst currencies in the world look like a shining example of stability by comparison.
It is bad enough the article doesn't understand what trolling is and mislabels the stalkers actions as trolling, please don't compound the issue by calling what Alan Jones does as trolling. He is obnoxious, insulting, abusive, rude but that doesn't make him a troll.
yep it isn't actually trolling at all. It seems nowadays any bad or obnoxious behaviour gets labeled with troll, I guess this is what happens when people try to use a catchy term without actually understanding what it means.
Ahhhh so Steam is not to blame, it is the companies that choose to use them, silly me.
I bought civilization in a box at my local game retailer, I had to go online and activate to play OFFLINE. Not only that but not that long ago the piece of shit called steam decided to change the format of locally stored games, It gave you no choice, I could either choose not to play civilization or wait 2 hours while it converted my perfectly woring single player game. Steam is many things, but "DRM done right" is certainly not one of them.
Arrest the responsible people? Did Google produce the video? Did the specific Brazilian Google President produce the video personally himself and post it on his own Youtube account?
No.
The responsible people are those who produced and uploaded the video. Not Youtube.
There is nothing inherently illegal with the video, however most countries in the world have very specific laws around advertising just before an election and all forms of media need to comply with those laws, it doesn't mater who produced it, what matters is that google refused to remove it in a timely manner. In most western countries this is actually considered a pretty severe breach of advertising and election laws that can result in criminal prosecutions.
Why are you trying to explain version control/revision control from a technical perspective? This concept existed long before IT started using it, it is about as ancient as writing itself. IF they have never heard of or handled versions of documents in written form let alone electronic form I would be very very concerned about their capabilities to successfully do any sort of research.
never underestimate the undesirability of abbott or his ability to completely fuck up the coalitions chances. Unless they wake up and dump abbott then labor still have a decent chance at the next election (though Gillard is about as useless as Abbott so your probably right)/
The filtering legislation is most definitely not dead. Labor are just not completely stupid, there is no point them putting it before parliament at the moment as they know it won't pass. If after the next election they somehow do have the numbers you can be almost certain it will be tabled within weeks of them having the power.
They may be forbidden from becoming an ISP, but just like Telstra were with the copper they are a monopoly that controls the base infrastructure pricing.
He's an A/C troll, what can you expect.
If they win maybe they can use the proceeds to pay the swiss railway. by the sounds of it apple believes in harsh penalty for wilful violation. Swiss Rail will be very happy to hear apple feels this way.
Actually yes I have. Not intentionally, some of my friends buy whatever is cheapest (beer or bottles) and several times I have asked why the beer tastes funky an every time it has been because it was poured from a can.
There is nothing wrong with a company not growing and instead just producing a healthy profit. However that is not how google has its shares currently priced, to move to that model would see Google shares halve in value, nothing wrong with that but it would sure piss off all their investors.
They get access to your email accounts, they get the right to create more email accounts under your name. They get the ability with internode to disable certain firewall protections or alter your ADSL profile. They can actually do quite a lot of damage.
They invented this little thing called automated testing. a product that does one thing (scans files memory and downloads for viri) is actually extremely easy to created automated regression tests and break tests for that do not require massive investments in time and money, banks of preconfigured virtual machines and a physicals require very little time or money. Nothing is free, but they seem to consider even the basics aren't important enough. Every single update should be running through a set of these tests every day, I would be shocked if they don't and what I suspect happened here is someone either screwed up the testing or some moron didn't bother to check the test results, though I would doubt they would ever tell us the truth on that.
because obese people are far more likely to lie about how much they eat. It can be embaressing.
I completely disagree, beer definitely tastes better from a bottle, I find the can seems to do something nasty to the taste, similar to soda cans. beer is also best drunk while relatively freshly bottled and you should never store it in the light anyway.
If you were a patent troll would you seriously want people to have a way to contact you?
The RT Devices are consumer oriented locked down Ipad equivalents, The Win 8 Pro tablets are announced but won't be available till some weeks/months after oct 26 release. The Win 8 Pro tablets are based on x86 architecture and will be manageable.
One is a consumer focused device the other is an enterprise/business focused device, it isn't really about the processor so much as the target market and most likely I would expect the RT version to be much more locked down, similar to an Ipad. No different to the current situation with home editions of windows really when it comes to home/business versions.