I'm jaded enough to realize someone says so and so will be getting into the CPU market soon every few months. I've heard Creative and NVIDIA, probably some others I've forgotten. The thing that stands out to me is that VIA gave up. IBM gave up. Motorola gave up. Maybe the FTC can change things, but if they do it will probably break a few patent laws apart or force some fairly broad cross licensing agreements. Anything monetary is really just some fodder for the bankers to burn.
Yeah, I remember how PC gaming died. I miss it still sometimes./sarcasm
Actually can you any platform where gaming died? I'm trying but can't really think of any. As long as people are playing games, you can make money, you just need to make a better product and innovate (or flood the market with clones).
Get used to it, its synonymous with smartphone, but saying iPhone gets more readers, so everyone will keep using it. It got you to click and comment after all.
It is generally accepted to try to use the prefix that will best keep the number of units between 1-999. More people might still speak parts of Latin if people used the correct terms. Also Slashdot is a technical crowd and I would bet that less than 1% doesn't know what a Tera means.
Its not really a "camera", it does have a CCD, but apparently it uses diffraction grating and a mirror rotating along a single plane to make images. My guess is that this allows super-accurate mapping of light frequencies, but hurts the resolution. Also at this kind of distance the slightest imperfections in the lens would have much bigger impact, as would uneven gravitation fields. I just kind of expect clearer images from NASA by this point (especially after the upgrades to Hubble). Dually so for "proof".
Actually I might place more trust any of those. They have the sound of a extremely quirky scientist (1/2 NASA still uses miles, remember). Especially with decimal places.
A billion kilometers sounds like it went through a news source and was dumbed down for someone who doesn't understand powers of 10 (eg That's a one followed by 12 zeros!).
The picture, even in "full resolution" is fuzzy. It reminds me of the original Quake logo. Considering that our atmosphere has strange phenomena causing glowing orbs that can be seen from space, I would see this "proof" as suspect.
I don't necessarily make purchase decisions based on the advertising. Sometimes its links to a charity or alerts me to the existence of products. Sometimes it just helps me find the correct search terms for something I can't find. Purchasing isn't the only use, but if I conversing with someone about shopping and a link for a product I want comes up (Gmail is a typical source for Google ads in my case), then yes, I would certainly consider checking it out.
The point is I like ads if they support websites I use and pertain to my interests. I'm not making purchase decisions because it is the first thing I see, but I'd be foolish to ignore extra sources of potentially competitive prices if I am looking for something.
Some of us non-subscribers can turn them off due to good karma. I'm not sure how long it lasts though. I prefer to leave them up to support the cause. Plus I'm a sucker for Tux items.
I think you and the GP stumbled on the idea. Googles ads, IMHO at least, have always seemed intrusive and sometimes downright useful. They generally don't break web layout either.
That makes Google a winner either way. If people who don't like ads, refuse to use them and most important won't click them want to block ads, Google as the biggest web advertiser can get a higher click-through rate. Conversely, the people that actually interact with helpful ads will block some annoying ones, which will probably leave the remaining ones to be a higher percent of Google ads. Win - win.
I was standing on top of a mountain and could get 4 networks.
That is not necessarily a meaningful metric. Mountains tend to be the highest point in the area so you get bonus distance due to a clear line of sight.
Avant is another good one, if you include one that borrows IE's renderer. I'm sure there's a ton of other ones that these Slashdot articles always miss. Lynx is always a good choice to avoid web bloat.
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Bung is the past tense, as in, I really Bunged up that search. Bettered Google it next time.
Where do you think they got Clippy?
I'm jaded enough to realize someone says so and so will be getting into the CPU market soon every few months. I've heard Creative and NVIDIA, probably some others I've forgotten. The thing that stands out to me is that VIA gave up. IBM gave up. Motorola gave up. Maybe the FTC can change things, but if they do it will probably break a few patent laws apart or force some fairly broad cross licensing agreements. Anything monetary is really just some fodder for the bankers to burn.
Its implied, haha. Thanks. I missed that one.
Yeah, I remember how PC gaming died. I miss it still sometimes. /sarcasm
Actually can you any platform where gaming died? I'm trying but can't really think of any. As long as people are playing games, you can make money, you just need to make a better product and innovate (or flood the market with clones).
Get used to it, its synonymous with smartphone, but saying iPhone gets more readers, so everyone will keep using it. It got you to click and comment after all.
It is generally accepted to try to use the prefix that will best keep the number of units between 1-999. More people might still speak parts of Latin if people used the correct terms. Also Slashdot is a technical crowd and I would bet that less than 1% doesn't know what a Tera means.
Its 1024 ^ n. Everyone knows that!
Its not really a "camera", it does have a CCD, but apparently it uses diffraction grating and a mirror rotating along a single plane to make images. My guess is that this allows super-accurate mapping of light frequencies, but hurts the resolution. Also at this kind of distance the slightest imperfections in the lens would have much bigger impact, as would uneven gravitation fields. I just kind of expect clearer images from NASA by this point (especially after the upgrades to Hubble). Dually so for "proof".
Actually I might place more trust any of those. They have the sound of a extremely quirky scientist (1/2 NASA still uses miles, remember). Especially with decimal places.
A billion kilometers sounds like it went through a news source and was dumbed down for someone who doesn't understand powers of 10 (eg That's a one followed by 12 zeros!).
The picture, even in "full resolution" is fuzzy. It reminds me of the original Quake logo. Considering that our atmosphere has strange phenomena causing glowing orbs that can be seen from space, I would see this "proof" as suspect.
Its called a terameter. What is the point of the metric system if you don't use the other scales?
We're talking about geeks here. Having an extra button to push is awesome no matter what it does!
I don't necessarily make purchase decisions based on the advertising. Sometimes its links to a charity or alerts me to the existence of products. Sometimes it just helps me find the correct search terms for something I can't find. Purchasing isn't the only use, but if I conversing with someone about shopping and a link for a product I want comes up (Gmail is a typical source for Google ads in my case), then yes, I would certainly consider checking it out.
The point is I like ads if they support websites I use and pertain to my interests. I'm not making purchase decisions because it is the first thing I see, but I'd be foolish to ignore extra sources of potentially competitive prices if I am looking for something.
I can't wait for the upcoming "Leave Britney Alone [2011]" and "Cat and Box [2012]".
Some of us non-subscribers can turn them off due to good karma. I'm not sure how long it lasts though. I prefer to leave them up to support the cause. Plus I'm a sucker for Tux items.
I think you and the GP stumbled on the idea. Googles ads, IMHO at least, have always seemed intrusive and sometimes downright useful. They generally don't break web layout either.
That makes Google a winner either way. If people who don't like ads, refuse to use them and most important won't click them want to block ads, Google as the biggest web advertiser can get a higher click-through rate. Conversely, the people that actually interact with helpful ads will block some annoying ones, which will probably leave the remaining ones to be a higher percent of Google ads. Win - win.
I really want this to work out. Unfortunately with the US government, this is an investment opportunity for tube manufacturing and installation.
I use post-it notes. The only downside is sometimes my passwords are mistaken for critical updates.
That is not necessarily a meaningful metric. Mountains tend to be the highest point in the area so you get bonus distance due to a clear line of sight.
Notice how the graph in TFA dips on the weekend--and also how the article comments "IE6 loses a lot of share on the weekend"?
If you think that's strange, you should see how it dips on the 31st for their Zune market share.
Avant is another good one, if you include one that borrows IE's renderer. I'm sure there's a ton of other ones that these Slashdot articles always miss. Lynx is always a good choice to avoid web bloat.
Not a big deal, that's just the data they have on you.
No I believe you have open software confused with our economy.
Unless it was one of his inventions posting.