well, an 8MB PS2 Memory Card retails at $24.99 , while the 128MB Memory Stick is at $39.99. Per MB, that's $3.12 vs. $0.31. They've placed the memory stick in everything Sony(tm) for several years now. It's just common sense for them to place it in a practically guarunteed multi-million selling product that can hopefully finally bring the acceptance of the Memory Stick to the forefront. I'd like to believe that the Memory Stick will go down in price, though i doubt it, but I do find it a lot more useful than having the 8MB PS2 memory card specifically just for playstations. Mind you, I hate memory sticks and Sony's constant forced product tie-ins, but from their perspective it makes good business sense.
Bob buys a PS3 and uses a memory stick to save his game data. He decides to buy a digital camera and lo and behold, he sees that the sony digital cameras use the same memory format his PS3 uses. no need for him to buy that extra memory card or at least if he does, he can use it along with his ps3. imagine if he brings his camera over to a friend's house. friend has a PS3 as well. Want to see the pictures? Plug it into the PS3. Want to play that party game with everything unlocked? Wait a minute, it's in his memory card that he uses for both PS3 and digital camera so he has it with him because he has his digital camera. What? He didn't save it onto his camera's memory stick? Why, just download it from some gaming website, copy it to the memory stick through your sony vaio, and play the party game with all games unlocked that way.
sure, they could have used an SD, CF, xD, smart media, or even iPod but they didn't. they don't control those formats, nor do they make money directly (memory stick sales) or indirectly (other products using the memory sticks).
"One place Windows beats out OSX is that I'm still running Windows 2K..... But most of all, I haven't had to spend $129 a year keeping it updated."
this from someone running windows 2000? you chose not to upgrade to windows XP, correct? but microsoft still releases software/security updates for the system. guess what. many mac users can choose not to upgrade to the latest version of mac os x, yet still receive updates.
they are releasing an updated version which i think is the reason for this whole giant board game stunt. this version adds the newer, more expensive properties in London and drops some of the older properties. i didn't see Wimbledon in there, though.
here is probably the best source saying what will be in the new Intel based Macs. it's the universal programming guidelines from Apple. it states that the instruction set developers should use revolves around x86, not x86-64. it would be stupid for Apple to tell developers one thing now, then change it again a year from now when Apple releases the consumer Intel based Macs. they are trying to make it easy for developers to support both PPC and Intel based Macs. the easiest way to do this is to have something in common, and both have 32-bit lineage.
This also gives us a good look at what will be in the first Intel based Macs. It will not be a 64-bit chip. If it were, Apple would tell the developers they are free to program for that architecture because that's what all the new Macs would be based on. Since Apple isn't saying to use x86-64 instructions, we can at least assume that some of the Intel based Macs aren't 64-bit. It would be easier on the developers to support the Intel side. Eventually, though, Apple will no doubt use the 64-bit chips because the x86 is getting a bit stale.
in the commentary for season 5 they talk about how an episode of the recent series is 2 minutes shorter (more adverts) than a season 5 episode. this forces them to remove an entire mini-story, which are often the source of many of the funniest moments.
i'm sorry, but why not keep those 2 minutes / mini-story that seems to be the srouce of many of the funniest moments and get rid of another 2 minutes that isn't so funny? it seems like a cheap excuse to say, "Oh, we had to cut out the best part. It would have been a lot funnier if we didn't have to." is it to sell more DVDs? do you get those lost 2 minutes per episode?
The 680x0 was not a growable architecture; the PPC architecture was (and still is).
interesting that you know much more about the PPC architecture then Apple. considering how they own IP in the PPC architecture themselves, as well as being the main software developer for it since it's inception. let's face it. Apple knows more about the PPC's future than we can speculate. They would know it's limitations. Would you prefer they stick to the PPC and be stuck with another Motorola situation? I've been a long time mac user myself and loved it when the 604e was killing the pentium line in benchmarks. Then we mac users were stuck at 400mhz because Motorola couldn't deliver. I love the G5 chip and all, but i'd rather have a transitional period such as this and have a viable processor as opposed to another "400mhz" like bottleneck. The 3.0ghz G5 was promised to us 2 years ago. We're still stuck at 2.7ghz.
safari, iWork, final cut, iCal, iChat, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD (not to mention the PRO versions), MS office (yeah, right..), Photoshop, Illustrator.. okay.. you get the point.
super mario all-stars consisted of remakes (enhancements) of super mario 1-3 and the "lost levels" placed in an SNES cartridge. was the "lost levels" version ever released as a stand-alone game?
wow, i think you should re-read all the posts made from the one you originally replied to, all the way to this one. maybe you'll realize who was the jerk.
and uhm, yes uhm, obviously uhm I uhm meant circumference and uhm wouldn't have asked the uhm questions in the first place uhm if the parent uhm hand't uhm... FORGOT to mention radians when he said "2 pi = 360" as 2 pi equals more like 9.9.
And, uhm, thanks for being all like... sarcastic and demonstrating why nerds are.. uhm, always at the bottom of any social ladder. Hope your elite math skills keep you company on prom night.
three people genuinely try to help you because you had stated that "I'm not saying you are wrong, only that I don't understand." then you get upset because we actually did try explaining it to you. who's the one with the social problems?
blowing into the carts doesn't even accomplish what people think it does. what's actually taking place is you taking the cartridge in and out of the system. when u do this, you're realigning the connectors and achieving a connection that lets the system recognize the cart. the whole "blowing-into-cart" myth is false.
the radius is the line segment from any point on the circle to the center.
the diameter is a line segment that goes from one point on the circle, through the center, then to another point on the circle.
and uhm.. there are precisely 2Pi
radians in a circle (where Pi is the ratio of the circumference to its diameter). 2Pi radians in a circle = 360 degrees in a circle.
I've never personally been able to understand the whole hooplah over the Ipod shuffle, or even the Ipod mini?
i personally own the ipod shuffle. what got me was how lightweight it was compared to the regular iPod or even the mini. i use it all the time when i workout or go jogging. it's quite unnoticeable.
aside from the weight factor, the main thing that differentiates this with other flash-based mp3 players i've seen is iTunes. no, not the store. i have a lot of music already and usually buy the CDs used anyway.
when i say iTunes, i mean the software itself. you see, i have yet to find a better software/hardware music player combo. i've rated all my songs (a 5-star system) from most to least favorite. i've used their smart playlists to differentiate between genre, song times (this helps keep out the skits/etc from CDs), and song rating. when i feel like working out, i plug in the shuffle and tell it to pick from my "work out" smart playlist. this playlist has all the high-rated, uptempo songs. when i feel like relaxing, i just choose the playlist with all my high-rated, mellow songs. what about when i feel like hearing random songs? i just tell it to replace all songs on the shuffle with ones picked randomnly from my library. with USB 2.0, it's quite quick. and at 1GB, i've got hours of playtime. the battery would probably run out before i'd even go through all the songs, so who needs to cary all those songs if i can't even listen to them?
iTunes (the software) is wonderful. it can be argued whether the price of the iPod shuffle is competative with others in the same class (i've found that it is), but like any other piece of Apple hardware, the software included with it seperates it from the rest of the class.
didn't adobe sue macromedia for trade dress? macromedia imitated adobe's use of panels, though macromedia countered with another suit and they both settled and cross-licensed certain aspects of each other's technology.
i'm not too sure if this project is "safe" from any lawsuits
what surprises me is, there are thousands of programmers that give up their time to spend on projects, but the community seems to lack good UI designers. can someone point out an open source related project that works similar to how Apple does their Human Interface Guidelines? i don't even see a problem if the open source community adopts similar guidelines to one put to such rigorous testing as Apple's.
you know, it would be great when companies actually mean what they say. i hate when companies say "Free," "Unlimited," or in this case "No late fees" when there really is some catch that makes the previous statement false.
how can companies get away with this? there are even some "deals" that don't include an asterisk. it's sad when you start thinking, well, thank god this company had an asterisk next to their deal. this way, i actually know there's a catch. other companies are starting to have the balls not to put an asterisk, just simply hiding the "terms" in the fine print.
with people attacking their DRM constantly (psymusique, hymm, etc), they have no choice but to tighten it more and more. yes, they could "loosen" their control, but i honestly believe they were able to find harmony between DRM and users rights with what they have in iTunes.
the real way to stick it to them if you don't agree with DRM is not to use/buy their product. no one's forcing people to buy from iTunes or to even buy an iPod. yet, people bitch and moan about Apple's DRM. the mainstream music industry will never let go of their control. at the same time, many users will not buy DRM. what's the solution? honestly, i think it means the music industry loses out on sales and the users lose out on content.
Q20: Are Social Security numbers reused after a person dies?
A: No. We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder's death. Even though we have issued over 415 million SSNs so far, and we assign about 5 and one-half million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide us with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system.
from the article though, it is assumed that the person who stole the laptop did not know it contained such private information. most thefts are usually for the property itself (ie the laptop, the desktop, etc) and thieves don't actually care what's on the hard drive. if things like this were encrypted, then i highly doubt they would bother using a linux live cd or other tools to try and crack encryption. most of the time the laptop will be sold out of someone's trunk and the new user will not even realize what data they have on their new computer. fixing many computers, i've seen some people have data, settings, etc that obviously did not belong to them.
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Bob buys a PS3 and uses a memory stick to save his game data. He decides to buy a digital camera and lo and behold, he sees that the sony digital cameras use the same memory format his PS3 uses. no need for him to buy that extra memory card or at least if he does, he can use it along with his ps3. imagine if he brings his camera over to a friend's house. friend has a PS3 as well. Want to see the pictures? Plug it into the PS3. Want to play that party game with everything unlocked? Wait a minute, it's in his memory card that he uses for both PS3 and digital camera so he has it with him because he has his digital camera. What? He didn't save it onto his camera's memory stick? Why, just download it from some gaming website, copy it to the memory stick through your sony vaio, and play the party game with all games unlocked that way.
sure, they could have used an SD, CF, xD, smart media, or even iPod but they didn't. they don't control those formats, nor do they make money directly (memory stick sales) or indirectly (other products using the memory sticks)."One place Windows beats out OSX is that I'm still running Windows 2K. .... But most of all, I haven't had to spend $129 a year keeping it updated."
this from someone running windows 2000? you chose not to upgrade to windows XP, correct? but microsoft still releases software/security updates for the system. guess what. many mac users can choose not to upgrade to the latest version of mac os x, yet still receive updates.
you do know they have toasters booting linux nowadays right? ;)
they are releasing an updated version which i think is the reason for this whole giant board game stunt. this version adds the newer, more expensive properties in London and drops some of the older properties. i didn't see Wimbledon in there, though.
and damn them for making people watch it...
here is probably the best source saying what will be in the new Intel based Macs. it's the universal programming guidelines from Apple. it states that the instruction set developers should use revolves around x86, not x86-64. it would be stupid for Apple to tell developers one thing now, then change it again a year from now when Apple releases the consumer Intel based Macs. they are trying to make it easy for developers to support both PPC and Intel based Macs. the easiest way to do this is to have something in common, and both have 32-bit lineage.
This also gives us a good look at what will be in the first Intel based Macs. It will not be a 64-bit chip. If it were, Apple would tell the developers they are free to program for that architecture because that's what all the new Macs would be based on. Since Apple isn't saying to use x86-64 instructions, we can at least assume that some of the Intel based Macs aren't 64-bit. It would be easier on the developers to support the Intel side. Eventually, though, Apple will no doubt use the 64-bit chips because the x86 is getting a bit stale.
surprisingly, they're mac users themselves: click
i'm sorry, but why not keep those 2 minutes / mini-story that seems to be the srouce of many of the funniest moments and get rid of another 2 minutes that isn't so funny? it seems like a cheap excuse to say, "Oh, we had to cut out the best part. It would have been a lot funnier if we didn't have to." is it to sell more DVDs? do you get those lost 2 minutes per episode?
they even speak english... what's up with that
WDPUAWTAGTWOTWPA?
(why do people use acronyms when they are going to write out the whole phrase anyway?
http://developer.apple.com/transitionkit.html
$999, an intel based system included
interesting that you know much more about the PPC architecture then Apple. considering how they own IP in the PPC architecture themselves, as well as being the main software developer for it since it's inception. let's face it. Apple knows more about the PPC's future than we can speculate. They would know it's limitations. Would you prefer they stick to the PPC and be stuck with another Motorola situation? I've been a long time mac user myself and loved it when the 604e was killing the pentium line in benchmarks. Then we mac users were stuck at 400mhz because Motorola couldn't deliver. I love the G5 chip and all, but i'd rather have a transitional period such as this and have a viable processor as opposed to another "400mhz" like bottleneck. The 3.0ghz G5 was promised to us 2 years ago. We're still stuck at 2.7ghz.
safari, iWork, final cut, iCal, iChat, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD (not to mention the PRO versions), MS office (yeah, right..), Photoshop, Illustrator.. okay.. you get the point.
10 years ago i was paying about $19.99 for unlimited dial-up internet. hrrm.. how i'm paying $9.99. damn that inflation!!
super mario all-stars consisted of remakes (enhancements) of super mario 1-3 and the "lost levels" placed in an SNES cartridge. was the "lost levels" version ever released as a stand-alone game?
wow, i think you should re-read all the posts made from the one you originally replied to, all the way to this one. maybe you'll realize who was the jerk.
and uhm, yes uhm, obviously uhm I uhm meant circumference and uhm wouldn't have asked the uhm questions in the first place uhm if the parent uhm hand't uhm ... FORGOT to mention radians when he said "2 pi = 360" as 2 pi equals more like 9.9.
And, uhm, thanks for being all like... sarcastic and demonstrating why nerds are.. uhm, always at the bottom of any social ladder. Hope your elite math skills keep you company on prom night.
three people genuinely try to help you because you had stated that "I'm not saying you are wrong, only that I don't understand." then you get upset because we actually did try explaining it to you. who's the one with the social problems?
btw, pi < 3.15. so 2pi < 6.30 < 9.9
blowing into the carts doesn't even accomplish what people think it does. what's actually taking place is you taking the cartridge in and out of the system. when u do this, you're realigning the connectors and achieving a connection that lets the system recognize the cart. the whole "blowing-into-cart" myth is false.
uhm.. diameter / radius would give u 2.
and uhm.. there are precisely 2Pi radians in a circle (where Pi is the ratio of the circumference to its diameter). 2Pi radians in a circle = 360 degrees in a circle.
i personally own the ipod shuffle. what got me was how lightweight it was compared to the regular iPod or even the mini. i use it all the time when i workout or go jogging. it's quite unnoticeable.
aside from the weight factor, the main thing that differentiates this with other flash-based mp3 players i've seen is iTunes. no, not the store. i have a lot of music already and usually buy the CDs used anyway.
when i say iTunes, i mean the software itself. you see, i have yet to find a better software/hardware music player combo. i've rated all my songs (a 5-star system) from most to least favorite. i've used their smart playlists to differentiate between genre, song times (this helps keep out the skits/etc from CDs), and song rating. when i feel like working out, i plug in the shuffle and tell it to pick from my "work out" smart playlist. this playlist has all the high-rated, uptempo songs. when i feel like relaxing, i just choose the playlist with all my high-rated, mellow songs. what about when i feel like hearing random songs? i just tell it to replace all songs on the shuffle with ones picked randomnly from my library. with USB 2.0, it's quite quick. and at 1GB, i've got hours of playtime. the battery would probably run out before i'd even go through all the songs, so who needs to cary all those songs if i can't even listen to them?
iTunes (the software) is wonderful. it can be argued whether the price of the iPod shuffle is competative with others in the same class (i've found that it is), but like any other piece of Apple hardware, the software included with it seperates it from the rest of the class.
didn't adobe sue macromedia for trade dress? macromedia imitated adobe's use of panels, though macromedia countered with another suit and they both settled and cross-licensed certain aspects of each other's technology.
i'm not too sure if this project is "safe" from any lawsuits
what surprises me is, there are thousands of programmers that give up their time to spend on projects, but the community seems to lack good UI designers. can someone point out an open source related project that works similar to how Apple does their Human Interface Guidelines? i don't even see a problem if the open source community adopts similar guidelines to one put to such rigorous testing as Apple's.
you know, it would be great when companies actually mean what they say. i hate when companies say "Free," "Unlimited," or in this case "No late fees" when there really is some catch that makes the previous statement false.
how can companies get away with this? there are even some "deals" that don't include an asterisk. it's sad when you start thinking, well, thank god this company had an asterisk next to their deal. this way, i actually know there's a catch. other companies are starting to have the balls not to put an asterisk, just simply hiding the "terms" in the fine print.
with people attacking their DRM constantly (psymusique, hymm, etc), they have no choice but to tighten it more and more. yes, they could "loosen" their control, but i honestly believe they were able to find harmony between DRM and users rights with what they have in iTunes.
the real way to stick it to them if you don't agree with DRM is not to use/buy their product. no one's forcing people to buy from iTunes or to even buy an iPod. yet, people bitch and moan about Apple's DRM. the mainstream music industry will never let go of their control. at the same time, many users will not buy DRM. what's the solution? honestly, i think it means the music industry loses out on sales and the users lose out on content.
Q20: Are Social Security numbers reused after a person dies?
A: No. We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder's death. Even though we have issued over 415 million SSNs so far, and we assign about 5 and one-half million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide us with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system.
from the article though, it is assumed that the person who stole the laptop did not know it contained such private information. most thefts are usually for the property itself (ie the laptop, the desktop, etc) and thieves don't actually care what's on the hard drive. if things like this were encrypted, then i highly doubt they would bother using a linux live cd or other tools to try and crack encryption. most of the time the laptop will be sold out of someone's trunk and the new user will not even realize what data they have on their new computer. fixing many computers, i've seen some people have data, settings, etc that obviously did not belong to them.