So what if it was? It has been cheaper than playstation 2 for a long time (yes I know, microsoft has shittier margins but the real unit price difference can't be much) and it pretty much beats the shit out of anything else on the market.
Considering that PC stands for Personal Computer I would say some standard intel hardware slapped together without a keyboard or a mouse won't make a "PC" since it is not used in the same manner.
I'd love to see the BBC's Jeremy Paxman interview George Bush, for example - nah! never going to happen.
If I dont recall wrong Henry Kissinger once walked out on him and Kissinger has pretty damn thick skin compared to the neoconvict gang in charge at the moment.
They're damaging Nintendo (a pure games company) - do you really think Nintendo were or are able to compete? If not, then how is this not anti-competitive? And is this behaviour good for gamers in any case?
You actually sound like Nintendo was some poor defenceless newcomer on the console market. They had their chance and they blew it.
They have revisited several myths already, in fact I recall them having a whole episode in which they revisited bunch of their previous myths (ie. the infamous chicken cannon).
Hmh, quite odd considering that all RFID-type ID badges I have used require usually going real near the reader. You can just require to keep photo IDs visible at all times and have them "scanned" without your knowledge too.
Would have RMS thrown a fit of same scale if he had been asked to show photo ID that he had been given prior to the summit?
I do not support RFID'ing everything on sight but I think it's reasonable for guests of a voluntary summit that could be a good target for terrorists or just plain kind of criminals.
You'd end up with a Jacob's Ladder scenario where they become afraid of - and attack - friends and enemies at random.
Probably not unless overdosed. However PCP would still be utterly useless because it's a strong anesthetic, the soldiers would be just staring blankly and would have difficulties understanding even the most basic orders. You'd be better off giving them bottles of hard liquor.
Well.. maybe for the US but the local supermarket here had an XBOX + DVD kit for 99e and Apple Finland sells mac mini for 549e. 400e really is'nt worth the form factor for me anyway.;)
You are missing the point. The whole point is that GSM was developed in Europe well AFTER cell phones were in widespread use in the US with a different technology.
Fine, want to beyond digital cellular networks? Read about NMT (and ARP too, there was a wide mobile network in Finland in 1970s) and find out what the N stands for.
Of course most under informed Europeans just go directly to Anti-American mode and start complaining about how the US has to be "special" and "different" and how we are a bunch of jerks who can't tow the "world line". This tends to be counter-productive and somewhat unpersuasive.
I have not complained about anything. Maybe somebody just went directly to anti-anti-american mode?
Of course this works in reverse as well. When a new technology is invented in Asia or Europe first the US usually gets the "world" standard.
Not for mobile phones at least. The GSM standard was pioneered in Europe and has been adopted just about everywhere besides the US. Well, fully at least.
'People have an impression of sci-fi fans being small men who sit in the dark watching Star Trek but it's not like that now... There has been an increase in positive female role models, whereas in Star Trek, all the women were either aliens or wore short skirts.'
Was'nt Babylon 5 giving women equal treatment long before these series?
America, as a whole, can be considered none of the above. There's roughly 250,000,000 people in the US. Even if 95% of them absolutely hated science, that'd leave millions left to fight for reason.
As opposed to hundreds of millions non-americans fighting for reason..?
Let's hope the US picks up the slack soon enough, your leaders have more than enough faults yet american hegemony beats the idea of chinese rule 10-0.
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So what if it was? It has been cheaper than playstation 2 for a long time (yes I know, microsoft has shittier margins but the real unit price difference can't be much) and it pretty much beats the shit out of anything else on the market.
Considering that PC stands for Personal Computer I would say some standard intel hardware slapped together without a keyboard or a mouse won't make a "PC" since it is not used in the same manner.
The hell I care, only thing that matters is that I got my first smartphone for less than 100 euros. ;)
They were quite shitty gaming consoles but more than adequate series 60 smartphones for the price.
And for chrissakes, before you start posting any sidetalking-jokes try to remember that those models havent been made for ages now.
I'd love to see the BBC's Jeremy Paxman interview George Bush, for example - nah! never going to happen.
If I dont recall wrong Henry Kissinger once walked out on him and Kissinger has pretty damn thick skin compared to the neoconvict gang in charge at the moment.
They're damaging Nintendo (a pure games company) - do you really think Nintendo were or are able to compete? If not, then how is this not anti-competitive? And is this behaviour good for gamers in any case?
You actually sound like Nintendo was some poor defenceless newcomer on the console market. They had their chance and they blew it.
They have revisited several myths already, in fact I recall them having a whole episode in which they revisited bunch of their previous myths (ie. the infamous chicken cannon).
Well.. most ringtones I have seen have been under 2EUR but guess it's because you do not get nearly as much ringtones as "real music" obviously.
The listmania part is even more amusing, gay BDSM books anyone?
Hmh, quite odd considering that all RFID-type ID badges I have used require usually going real near the reader. You can just require to keep photo IDs visible at all times and have them "scanned" without your knowledge too.
Would have RMS thrown a fit of same scale if he had been asked to show photo ID that he had been given prior to the summit?
I do not support RFID'ing everything on sight but I think it's reasonable for guests of a voluntary summit that could be a good target for terrorists or just plain kind of criminals.
You read the "unless overdosed" part right? ;)
You'd end up with a Jacob's Ladder scenario where they become afraid of - and attack - friends and enemies at random.
Probably not unless overdosed. However PCP would still be utterly useless because it's a strong anesthetic, the soldiers would be just staring blankly and would have difficulties understanding even the most basic orders. You'd be better off giving them bottles of hard liquor.
Well.. maybe for the US but the local supermarket here had an XBOX + DVD kit for 99e and Apple Finland sells mac mini for 549e. 400e really is'nt worth the form factor for me anyway. ;)
TV output - yup
Digital audio output - yes
Remote control - Ditto
And it costs like one fifth of a vanilla mac mini..
Well.. they have outlawed any cryptography stronger than ROT-13 or DES already so I don't think that is the issue here.
So what if they invent an effective cure? They will just use something else as deadly to scare people.
Terrorism is almost as overrated as F.E.A.R.
It's not really about free speech here. It's just the chinese goverment protecting it's profits.
Well.. guess that's why the corporations seem to get so well along with these guys.
You are missing the point. The whole point is that GSM was developed in Europe well AFTER cell phones were in widespread use in the US with a different technology.
Fine, want to beyond digital cellular networks? Read about NMT (and ARP too, there was a wide mobile network in Finland in 1970s) and find out what the N stands for.
Of course most under informed Europeans just go directly to Anti-American mode and start complaining about how the US has to be "special" and "different" and how we are a bunch of jerks who can't tow the "world line". This tends to be counter-productive and somewhat unpersuasive.
I have not complained about anything. Maybe somebody just went directly to anti-anti-american mode?
Of course this works in reverse as well. When a new technology is invented in Asia or Europe first the US usually gets the "world" standard.
Not for mobile phones at least. The GSM standard was pioneered in Europe and has been adopted just about everywhere besides the US. Well, fully at least.
Police action anyone?
XBOX was kind of like the turning point of WW2 in the eastern front, sure, Stalin lost a LOT of people but it was a strategic victory.
The fact that the first-time console manufacturer Microsoft could get it's foot in the door on it's first try is huge.
It's illegal to mod your gaming console or copy your copy-protected CDs to your iPod but go ahead and fuck up some email servers? Got it.
'People have an impression of sci-fi fans being small men who sit in the dark watching Star Trek but it's not like that now ... There has been an increase in positive female role models, whereas in Star Trek, all the women were either aliens or wore short skirts.'
Was'nt Babylon 5 giving women equal treatment long before these series?
America, as a whole, can be considered none of the above. There's roughly 250,000,000 people in the US. Even if 95% of them absolutely hated science, that'd leave millions left to fight for reason.
As opposed to hundreds of millions non-americans fighting for reason..?
Let's hope the US picks up the slack soon enough, your leaders have more than enough faults yet american hegemony beats the idea of chinese rule 10-0.