I've been to a Dell Kiosk, and it wasn't terribly impressive. In fact, it was quite unimpressive. Most of the machines there were low-to-mid range systems, and the only one I was interested in (an XPC Gaming Machine) had the hard drive torn out of it. The thing wouldn't even boot...good work lads. Perhaps they're nicer elsewhere (the one I saw was in Miami), but it didn't really bode well.
There was an Apple Store in the same mall, and it kicked the crap out of the Dell Kiosk. Plus, I looked hip enough to get mistaken for an employee...
Agreed. Why is this tool being installed on public machines anyway? I can almost justify it for use on my machine (because I have 320GB and a poor long-term memory), but installing this on cafe or library comptuers doesn't even make sense. Said computers should be locked down already. Arguably, the security flaw is the fault of the outfits that are installing the utility onto public machines.
Not that it is, but nonetheless. It still doesn't make sense.
I don't see why everyone is so up-in-arms about this thing. It was an alternative-reality advertising campaign for Halo 2. If you didn't get anything out of it, it probably wasn't for you. If you're a rampant conspiracy theorist like me, then you probably found it interesting. If you got into the story, answered some payphones, etc, then it was definitely meant for you.
If you followed it every instant of every day, forfeiting sleep, food, and work time for the purpose of tracking it, then it probably means you need to get a significant other.;)
Am I the only one who's dissapointed with the announcement of multi-core chips? Certainly, they'll net performance gains in the short-term, but the process has to cieling at some point. And then what?
The companies are only doing this to keep down the amount of money they have to spend on researching new process technologies (such as carbon) while keeping their share prices high.
Why are we praising them for it?
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I've been to a Dell Kiosk, and it wasn't terribly impressive. In fact, it was quite unimpressive. Most of the machines there were low-to-mid range systems, and the only one I was interested in (an XPC Gaming Machine) had the hard drive torn out of it. The thing wouldn't even boot...good work lads. Perhaps they're nicer elsewhere (the one I saw was in Miami), but it didn't really bode well.
There was an Apple Store in the same mall, and it kicked the crap out of the Dell Kiosk. Plus, I looked hip enough to get mistaken for an employee...
Agreed. Why is this tool being installed on public machines anyway? I can almost justify it for use on my machine (because I have 320GB and a poor long-term memory), but installing this on cafe or library comptuers doesn't even make sense. Said computers should be locked down already. Arguably, the security flaw is the fault of the outfits that are installing the utility onto public machines.
Not that it is, but nonetheless. It still doesn't make sense.
I don't see why everyone is so up-in-arms about this thing. It was an alternative-reality advertising campaign for Halo 2. If you didn't get anything out of it, it probably wasn't for you. If you're a rampant conspiracy theorist like me, then you probably found it interesting. If you got into the story, answered some payphones, etc, then it was definitely meant for you.
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If you followed it every instant of every day, forfeiting sleep, food, and work time for the purpose of tracking it, then it probably means you need to get a significant other.
Am I the only one who's dissapointed with the announcement of multi-core chips? Certainly, they'll net performance gains in the short-term, but the process has to cieling at some point. And then what? The companies are only doing this to keep down the amount of money they have to spend on researching new process technologies (such as carbon) while keeping their share prices high. Why are we praising them for it?
They paid a pretty penny for the rights to use said conventions, as I recall.