So who exactly are they selling it to? If one needs full function PC, there're plenty of sub-compact sized (thin & light) laptops that has almost full functionality of desktop, which is a bit bigger than these modular PC thingie (thick magazine size vs 200g chocolate bar size) but cheaper. If one only needs basic of email/read-doc...etc. than a PDA suffices. So these stuff trying to fit in 'gaps' where people want more than PDA with size smaller than sub-compact laptop, but also has big pockets. Wow, no wonder selling hardware is a cut-throat business.
(side note: I have no clue why there are more laptops getting BIGGER and BIGGER with big wide-screen as selling point, instead of smaller size).
Why can't they just make proprietary format for new console? I guess there're 2 things: next-gen console should be able to play (or other functions) the next-gen video/music/media (e.g. PS-2 plays DVD movies); infrastructure cost - eventually it will be that 'new' format anyway, why waste $$ on 2 different sets of facilities on manufacturing.
We allowed one of our partner to log on to our system to do some setup/testings as 'toor' with a different password but with root privileges. Oh yeah, like the unimaginable, he did a 'rm -rf *' on the wrong window with / as current dir. At least he can't logon to our production server to do the same thing.
Believe it or not, China's like other places in the world and a big chunk of economy is driven by the internet. Check out places like globalsources.com - that's how we get cheap electronics and dollar-store stuff so fast so cheap.
Is it really effective at all? How much stuff can you block? Isn't that similar as junk-mail filter software/gateway? I've seen mainlanders posts political diatribe on taiwan p0rn-picture posting web sites.
It is all driven by the market. If adware/pop-up/flash doesn't work, they'll find a way to get to us. If they cannot find any way via browser, maybe prices will adjust accordingly.
Not a new idea. This Band-in-a-box product does all that: automatically generated melody, chord progression, accompaniment... all you need to do is to pick the style (e.g. punk, new age, Eagle's-alike 70's rock...etc.). It also generate a song title if you don't have one.
http://www.pgmusic.com/
I question the validity of initially calling it, or any other prediction, a law. Although not defined as such, calling it a 'law' makes people think it's a timeless governing principle that does not change. And now we tell people that the 'law' is overruled? It puzzled me since I was in college 15 years ago.
I understand what you guys are saying, but what I mean is, for most IT related businesses, profit always comes from goods developed with a lot of intellectual properties. For example, the 'goods' part of a distributed filesystem, is quite different from a burger or a pop. Something that we can't cook it, wrap it and sell it.
Why it always comes down to this? It could be conspiracy, corruption, foreign slave students do nothing but trained for the contest...etc. If it's a fair competition and we're beat fair and square, can't we for once admit that we're beaten?
We've won it before, and now this time we lost it. Let's move on and do better next time. Shall we?
'Any contest that we don't win or do well at, is not a good gauge of any sort. And deep in our heart and soul, we american are still the champion.'
I am disappointed not at the american not winning but at our general attitude towards competition. Don't blame the government about alienating the world. It starts here.
Kinda pissed coz once I was modded down with a mistaken redundant post, now I'm given initial zero where virtually no moderator view/rate anything for me. Talk about 'encouraging +ve posts'... What I got is indifference.
That's why a year-end terminal bash is necessary, like we had in my university. A controlled environment where people take turns to apply an lumberjack axe to a specifically assigned terminal, not that we discriminate this terminal against the others.
So if someone never meant to give it away for free, even he/she has billions of dollars in the bank, does that mean you can steal it and use it at your own leisure?
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So who exactly are they selling it to? If one needs full function PC, there're plenty of sub-compact sized (thin & light) laptops that has almost full functionality of desktop, which is a bit bigger than these modular PC thingie (thick magazine size vs 200g chocolate bar size) but cheaper. If one only needs basic of email/read-doc...etc. than a PDA suffices. So these stuff trying to fit in 'gaps' where people want more than PDA with size smaller than sub-compact laptop, but also has big pockets. Wow, no wonder selling hardware is a cut-throat business. (side note: I have no clue why there are more laptops getting BIGGER and BIGGER with big wide-screen as selling point, instead of smaller size).
I'm sure techies won't mind administrating C and D CUPS.
MS abandoning gay rights bill? Gees, that's gay.
Why can't they just make proprietary format for new console? I guess there're 2 things: next-gen console should be able to play (or other functions) the next-gen video/music/media (e.g. PS-2 plays DVD movies); infrastructure cost - eventually it will be that 'new' format anyway, why waste $$ on 2 different sets of facilities on manufacturing.
Minus the shipping, handling and processing fee.
Yeah... same deal: just ask the prof. for permission. What's the diff? Tapes, iPod, MP3-players, laptops, vid-cams, mobile phone...etc.
We allowed one of our partner to log on to our system to do some setup/testings as 'toor' with a different password but with root privileges. Oh yeah, like the unimaginable, he did a 'rm -rf *' on the wrong window with / as current dir. At least he can't logon to our production server to do the same thing.
Believe it or not, China's like other places in the world and a big chunk of economy is driven by the internet. Check out places like globalsources.com - that's how we get cheap electronics and dollar-store stuff so fast so cheap.
Is it really effective at all? How much stuff can you block? Isn't that similar as junk-mail filter software/gateway? I've seen mainlanders posts political diatribe on taiwan p0rn-picture posting web sites.
It is all driven by the market. If adware/pop-up/flash doesn't work, they'll find a way to get to us. If they cannot find any way via browser, maybe prices will adjust accordingly.
Is it just me? The entire discussion here is like the randomly generated paper thing.. :)
Not a new idea. This Band-in-a-box product does all that: automatically generated melody, chord progression, accompaniment... all you need to do is to pick the style (e.g. punk, new age, Eagle's-alike 70's rock...etc.). It also generate a song title if you don't have one. http://www.pgmusic.com/
then you'll also like this. A tool to randomly generate product name. http://www.acmevaporware.com/
I question the validity of initially calling it, or any other prediction, a law. Although not defined as such, calling it a 'law' makes people think it's a timeless governing principle that does not change. And now we tell people that the 'law' is overruled? It puzzled me since I was in college 15 years ago.
I understand what you guys are saying, but what I mean is, for most IT related businesses, profit always comes from goods developed with a lot of intellectual properties. For example, the 'goods' part of a distributed filesystem, is quite different from a burger or a pop. Something that we can't cook it, wrap it and sell it.
I feel that in IT, in most cases, services are the goods.
When I am in need of any software/tools, the first place I look is sourceforge. Others start at BestBuy.
Hmm... What does tech-savy folks do that consuming public don't? Encrypted peer-to-peer? Mass mailing?
Aside from cost, I wonder what's the MTBF.
Why it always comes down to this? It could be conspiracy, corruption, foreign slave students do nothing but trained for the contest...etc. If it's a fair competition and we're beat fair and square, can't we for once admit that we're beaten? We've won it before, and now this time we lost it. Let's move on and do better next time. Shall we?
'Any contest that we don't win or do well at, is not a good gauge of any sort. And deep in our heart and soul, we american are still the champion.' I am disappointed not at the american not winning but at our general attitude towards competition. Don't blame the government about alienating the world. It starts here.
Kinda pissed coz once I was modded down with a mistaken redundant post, now I'm given initial zero where virtually no moderator view/rate anything for me. Talk about 'encouraging +ve posts'... What I got is indifference.
That's why a year-end terminal bash is necessary, like we had in my university. A controlled environment where people take turns to apply an lumberjack axe to a specifically assigned terminal, not that we discriminate this terminal against the others.
So if someone never meant to give it away for free, even he/she has billions of dollars in the bank, does that mean you can steal it and use it at your own leisure?
Using ms-dos 5.0 could be faster than windoz on the same machine. You want it customizable? Use .bat scripting!