I have always wondered how much would it have cost AOL to ship those millions of CDs? And what kind of Return on Investments did they get from spending all that money. Certainly if you're looking to produce those CDs in quantities, they would have cost close to $1 a piece (including expense of shipping and CD spaming). So that would bring the price in hundreds of millions of Dollars.
I wonder what would the characters be like? What type of guns could we use etc? And would it be more like Team fortress classic? For $10, I might even give it a try, just to see the feeling of an el-cheapo game.
With all the buzz and everything, GameWinners has the minimum system requirements listed for people without the spare cash for faster rigs. That means, we still could run the came(barely), unlike some other games *cough*doom3*cough*
I wonder how Earth weather would effect the propagation of Laser, and not to mention solar wind. I guess we have to wait till US spends a lot of money and then I can hear them say Duh!!!! on their newly built laser system.
Hey, wasn't there a guy in the US who actually is selling land on the Moon? I want to know how legal his clames are as things like that could get sketchy. Also, all these laws only apply if we (Earthlings) are the only living things in the universe (doubtful). I sure hope that things like these don't get tangled like the Patent process.
I'm interested in seeing if searching for Mozilla or any other competition, will it give censured results or would it try to stay unbiased. Although, considering M$'s history, unbiased is far-fetch. And, more important is how many users would actually switch from Google, even if it's superior to Google (highly doubtful). I for one, would like to see a benchmark to see the difference.
I'm definite that one of the high profile sites would be taken over soon and someone's is going to get fired for not checking their emails while on vacation. Sounds a little extreme, but wait till it happens.
Please make sure that you uninstall any previous Firefox version before installing FireFox 1.0, as it could create some problems with the older version. Just trying to help out fellow slashdotters and hoping in the process that someone would dump some mod points on me.
People must be having problems accessing Mozilla.org so, here's a mirror list where you could get Firefox 1.0. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/mirrors.ht ml
I have been waiting, watching, with my unblinkey eyes for making the first post. But some nut was even nuttier than me and beat me to the first post. Why???
Nokia phone adopts handwriting recognition
By Dinesh C. Sharma, Special to CNETAsia
Wednesday, November 3 2004 11:04 AM
Nokia on Tuesday announced it plans to start selling a new smart phone capable of handwriting recognition.
The 7710 model features a touch screen, pen input, a digital camera, an Internet browser, a radio, video playback and streaming and recording capabilities, the company said.
The phone is among the new offerings that Nokia showcased at a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The company is expected to start shipping the gadget in Asia and China before the end of the year. The product will hit Europe and Africa in the first quarter of 2005. Pricing for the phone was not announced.
The phone maker has been losing market share and recently reported a drop in its third-quarter earnings. The company hopes the new products will help it plug gaps in its product line and win back market share.
"Smart phones are now at the heart of the industry," Anssi Vanjoki, general manager of multimedia at Nokia, said in statement. "Mobility is a powerful force. Not only are smart phones reaching the mainstream, they are drawing on cross-industry technologies to spur further innovation."
The 7710 also includes e-mail functions, VPN (virtual private network) software, user memory of up to 128MB, and an application that lets people connect to their Web logs. It is designed to run on the Symbian operating system.
The gizmo's visual radio function allows people to view information on the song and artist playing on the radio or participate in competitions, while the eBook software can be used to download and read books from eBooks.com, Nokia said.
Another new product from Nokia, the 3230, features a camera sensor, software for video recording and editing and wireless connectivity via Bluetooth. The third new model, the 6020, features a VGA camera and XHTML support.
The company said shipments for the 3230 are expected to begin during the first quarter of 2005 in Europe and Asia. The phone is priced at 350 euros, or about US$444. The 6020 phone will start shipping in the first quarter of 2005 at US$253.
Nokia also announced an art project, in which four painters have prepared a series of audiovisual works of art--each lasting 15 to 20 seconds--for mobile phones. The artworks can be downloaded free from the company Web site using certain Nokia phones.
Phone fare
Also Tuesday, the company said it plans to launch a project to test wireless public transport fares in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Germany, beginning early next year.
The trial, in cooperation with the public transport authority for Frankfurt's greater area and electronics group Royal Philips Electronics, will let owners of Nokia's 3220 handset equip their phone with a high-tech shell used to pay for and store electronic tickets.
The shell, developed by Philips, contains technology that makes the phone compatible with Hanau's existing ticketing system.
"Users will simply need to touch their phones against the contactless reader as they get on and off the bus to register their journey," Nokia said in a statement.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Still no replies, or mod points. Snif snif
I have always wondered how much would it have cost AOL to ship those millions of CDs? And what kind of Return on Investments did they get from spending all that money. Certainly if you're looking to produce those CDs in quantities, they would have cost close to $1 a piece (including expense of shipping and CD spaming). So that would bring the price in hundreds of millions of Dollars.
As the processors getting more intensive in crunching numbers, heat is becoming a major problem. Would PS3 feature liquid cooling? Just a speculation.
I wonder what would the characters be like? What type of guns could we use etc? And would it be more like Team fortress classic? For $10, I might even give it a try, just to see the feeling of an el-cheapo game.
Monkius Eatalotis>Ape-is Stupidius>Chimpus Imbecilis>Neanderslob>Homersapien ....Doh!!
aaaahh.... I think this guy needs to screen his customers to make sure that they don't love playing Quake ;-)
What are they going to do next? RFID shit balls to see how they go through the toilet?
What I'm interested in is would the FCC would start cracking their whip on consumers/business?
With all the buzz and everything, GameWinners has the minimum system requirements listed for people without the spare cash for faster rigs. That means, we still could run the came(barely), unlike some other games *cough*doom3*cough*
I wonder how Earth weather would effect the propagation of Laser, and not to mention solar wind. I guess we have to wait till US spends a lot of money and then I can hear them say Duh!!!! on their newly built laser system.
Hey, wasn't there a guy in the US who actually is selling land on the Moon? I want to know how legal his clames are as things like that could get sketchy. Also, all these laws only apply if we (Earthlings) are the only living things in the universe (doubtful). I sure hope that things like these don't get tangled like the Patent process.
I'm interested in seeing if searching for Mozilla or any other competition, will it give censured results or would it try to stay unbiased. Although, considering M$'s history, unbiased is far-fetch. And, more important is how many users would actually switch from Google, even if it's superior to Google (highly doubtful). I for one, would like to see a benchmark to see the difference.
The question remains, for how many months it will remain as "Beta"?
I'm definite that one of the high profile sites would be taken over soon and someone's is going to get fired for not checking their emails while on vacation. Sounds a little extreme, but wait till it happens.
Please make sure that you uninstall any previous Firefox version before installing FireFox 1.0, as it could create some problems with the older version. Just trying to help out fellow slashdotters and hoping in the process that someone would dump some mod points on me.
"Would you like insurance with that?" TM
People must be having problems accessing Mozilla.org so, here's a mirror list where you could get Firefox 1.0. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/mirrors.ht ml
Sorry guys, I was hyped up because of FF 1.0 release and typed BDS instead of BSD.
Lets wait and see how many companies actually incorporates it.
After looking at the G5 cluster, would we see a shift in supercomputers made out of clusters? Anyone for Athlon 64 based clusters?
I have been waiting, watching, with my unblinkey eyes for making the first post. But some nut was even nuttier than me and beat me to the first post. Why???
can I dare say "First post" Damit, two people beat me to it.
Mister Poll.
GameSpy.
Nokia phone adopts handwriting recognition By Dinesh C. Sharma, Special to CNETAsia Wednesday, November 3 2004 11:04 AM Nokia on Tuesday announced it plans to start selling a new smart phone capable of handwriting recognition. The 7710 model features a touch screen, pen input, a digital camera, an Internet browser, a radio, video playback and streaming and recording capabilities, the company said. The phone is among the new offerings that Nokia showcased at a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The company is expected to start shipping the gadget in Asia and China before the end of the year. The product will hit Europe and Africa in the first quarter of 2005. Pricing for the phone was not announced. The phone maker has been losing market share and recently reported a drop in its third-quarter earnings. The company hopes the new products will help it plug gaps in its product line and win back market share. "Smart phones are now at the heart of the industry," Anssi Vanjoki, general manager of multimedia at Nokia, said in statement. "Mobility is a powerful force. Not only are smart phones reaching the mainstream, they are drawing on cross-industry technologies to spur further innovation." The 7710 also includes e-mail functions, VPN (virtual private network) software, user memory of up to 128MB, and an application that lets people connect to their Web logs. It is designed to run on the Symbian operating system. The gizmo's visual radio function allows people to view information on the song and artist playing on the radio or participate in competitions, while the eBook software can be used to download and read books from eBooks.com, Nokia said. Another new product from Nokia, the 3230, features a camera sensor, software for video recording and editing and wireless connectivity via Bluetooth. The third new model, the 6020, features a VGA camera and XHTML support. The company said shipments for the 3230 are expected to begin during the first quarter of 2005 in Europe and Asia. The phone is priced at 350 euros, or about US$444. The 6020 phone will start shipping in the first quarter of 2005 at US$253. Nokia also announced an art project, in which four painters have prepared a series of audiovisual works of art--each lasting 15 to 20 seconds--for mobile phones. The artworks can be downloaded free from the company Web site using certain Nokia phones. Phone fare Also Tuesday, the company said it plans to launch a project to test wireless public transport fares in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Germany, beginning early next year. The trial, in cooperation with the public transport authority for Frankfurt's greater area and electronics group Royal Philips Electronics, will let owners of Nokia's 3220 handset equip their phone with a high-tech shell used to pay for and store electronic tickets. The shell, developed by Philips, contains technology that makes the phone compatible with Hanau's existing ticketing system. "Users will simply need to touch their phones against the contactless reader as they get on and off the bus to register their journey," Nokia said in a statement. Reuters contributed to this report.
And would also make my Duke Nukem Forever run!!