Yes, going to a cinema is a different experience from watching it at home. At home you don't have cell phones going off and other peoples kids crying.
Having said that, a lot of the current crop of movies aren't worth watching at movie theatre prices. Then again, buying DVDs until the HD-DVD/BluRay debacle is settled isn't really worth it either.
Renting DVDs is probably the way to go these days.
But I do agree that some movies are absolutely worth watching on a big screen. (Lord of the Rings for example.)
Other peoples opinions can and will differ. All I can say is taht if the movie studios made fewer movies of better quality they would probably make more money. I remember when a good movie could be in a theatre for months instead of weeks. There were a lot fewer theatres (and very few theatres with more than 2 or 3 screens) and yet there was still enough good movies to go out each week and watch one. Then again this was before VCRs had taken off also.
Between not wanting to buy any more movies until the stupid HDDVD/BluRay issue is doen with, this gives another reason not to bother buying any more DVDs.
And of course with the lowered sales, movie studios will scream piracy even louder.
And another thought, what if you mail ordered a movie and they forgot to activate it before shipping? This could kill on line purchasing of movies as who would want to wait for the round trip to get the disc activated. And who pays for shipping if a store forgets to activate your DVD?
Q : Why are New Yorkers so depressed?
A : Because the light at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey! If NJ is so great, why are all the tolls at the NJ state border to get out of NJ to any of the adjacant states? (And no toll to enter NJ.) Also, if NJ is so great why does the Statue of Liberty face the other way?
How many users actually *use* how much power they already have? I use a lot, but it's mostly dependent on the graphics card.
You're correct that people don't need this much power for their desktops but there are still plenty of uses for more speed in servers and for certain other applications. Actually I think the correct phrase is "most people don't need.... and at that, it may be inaccurate. Someone who does heavy video work can certainly chew up a lot of processing power. Heavy image work can use a lot of prcessing power in bursts.
Then there is the big fact that progammers these days are sloppy and waste resources. A machine that is faster than one needs today will only be adequate in 2 or 3 years given upgrades to all the programs. (Am I being cynical? Maybe, but then again, maybe not.)
If one is using ta software, sometime in early February one should enter all the data into the ta software and have all the paperwork in a file folder. When one is fairly certain they are getting no more updates (to the forms or the software) then they should go through the taxx stuff again and file (or wait if they owe money).
On the one hand, Verizon with an idiot patent. I am not sure if "idiot" is the correct word, but I can't think of a better one.
On the other, Vonage thinks customers just naturally leave at random and not because they might be unhappy with their service. Quite true.
On one hand, the patent situation is out of hand. On the other hand, well, I have a tough time saying who I would want to win this lawsuit. (Although I am leaning towards Verizon.)
Eg, if I buy a book from Amazon they will deliver it practically anywhere. Electronics from the same site are restricted to the country that the site represents.
Actually with electronics, there is another issue. Electronics have to be approved (in a lot of countries at least) by various regulatory agencies. In the US, electronics have to be certified that they meet the FCC guidlines for RF emissions. And sometimes products only have the approvals listed on them for the country they're manufactured for. (Different model numbers for some countries would be one of the causes for this.) And of course there would be the power cord and possibly voltage issues.
For these reasons and others, it makes sense not to ship electronics into other countries. Although one would hope that eventually the EU would make the regulatory approval process be an EU thing instead of a per country thing there.
DVD had more to offer over VHS compared to HD-DVD and BluRay over DVD. DVD offered no rewinding, special features, easy chapter browsing.. All things that VHS lacked. That's why DVD won over VHS. All they're offering in HD-DVD and BluRay is Slightly Higher Def, which is lost on like 95% of the TV owning public. Oh, and restrictive phone-in DRM. Also, when DVDs came it it worked with the TVs that people had in their houses already. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray require new TV sets and who knows what else for people to be able to make use of them.
Of course, until this format debacle is decided I am not buying regular DVDs either.
From the article: While the two reports look strictly at sales at major U.S. electronics retailers, online sales of the Zune appear not to be as favorable.
So do they also skip the Apple Store? You can makeany numbers you want if you ask the "correct" set of stores for their sales data.
All LSI really produces nowadays is intellectual property. They got rid of their last fabrication facility a year or so ago, and subcontract all their fabrication needs to other companies now.
At least LSI has a product even if someone else makes it for them. Unlike companies that only exist to sue for patents thay have.
What they need to do is make a Muti-Core NATIVE OS, so even single-thread apps can use more then 1 core
Actually many of the Unix and Unix like OSes out there do something like this. Anytime a system call is made, you might wind up with multiple threads for the application.
Also, at the very least, on a dual core (or dual processor) system, you get one core running your heavy application and the other one running the rest of the stuff - IM client, mail client, system stuff, etc.
As it stands, on my Mac I have a handful of applications that make pretty efficient use of 2 cores. And of course not all applications are worth writing as threaded applications as they don't use enough resources for it to matter. As the hardware gets ot there, the applications will follow.
below the sticker that read "this CD does not conform to CD Audio specifications and may not play in all CD players"
This is an indication that there is in all probability some sort of copy protection on the CD. It's a downcheck on the CD and means I for one will not be buying it...
This just points out that the income tax laws in this country are overly complicated and need to be cleaned up.
Right now the income tax laws are just a job program for tax lawyers and accountants and the IRS. Unfortunately the only way to fix it is to totally replace the tax laws and not just amend them.
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And you can solve this problem by leaving your USB mouse and keyboard plugged into a hub on your desktop, so you only have one thing to plug in.
This makes the presumption that I use the laptop at home and at a desk. The laptop gets used in all sorts of places. Sometimes I use the trackpad and sometimes I pull out the mouse.
The situation you describe is for someone who is using a laptop as a desktop replacement system.
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Double that at least as computer displays run at 60+ fps
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Data security...
wirelss interference from another computer
wireless interference from other electronics and wireless devices
I am all for wireless devices that make sense. I sitll however use a wired keyboard and mouse on my desktop computer. On my laptop I use a bluetooth mouse to avoud the hassles of dealing with plugging and unplugging the mouse from the laptop.
2500 messages delived (some of it spam that made its way past the filters)
11700 blocked using RBLs
and another 18000 rejected due to invalid (or no longer valid) recipients. (some of which are abandoned usernames due to the spam level)
And remember it's not just processing power, it's all the additional disk space that would be required to store the spam. And since this server has a bandwidth cap, rejecting spam (instead of having it delivered) leaves more bandwidth for its intended purpose.
However, even the non-hazardous stuff needs recycling. We already have steel, so why have to mine more raw materials in order to make more steel. And plastic is not hazardous really, but is made from limited resources.
And of course there is landfill space to worry about.
Recycling is not just about hazardous material, it's also about nature resource conservation and management.
Is it possible that one can earn enough coin by selling information where they never have to work again, and hence firing is worth it?
In a word: Yes!
In more detail, a credit card number with enough information to use it (name, address, phone number, etc) is worth about $100. So if you work at a place that has lots of customers (Amazon or Paypal for examples) you could very well make enough money with all that data.
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Yes, going to a cinema is a different experience from watching it at home. At home you don't have cell phones going off and other peoples kids crying.
Having said that, a lot of the current crop of movies aren't worth watching at movie theatre prices. Then again, buying DVDs until the HD-DVD/BluRay debacle is settled isn't really worth it either.
Renting DVDs is probably the way to go these days.
But I do agree that some movies are absolutely worth watching on a big screen. (Lord of the Rings for example.)
Other peoples opinions can and will differ. All I can say is taht if the movie studios made fewer movies of better quality they would probably make more money. I remember when a good movie could be in a theatre for months instead of weeks. There were a lot fewer theatres (and very few theatres with more than 2 or 3 screens) and yet there was still enough good movies to go out each week and watch one. Then again this was before VCRs had taken off also.
Between not wanting to buy any more movies until the stupid HDDVD/BluRay issue is doen with, this gives another reason not to bother buying any more DVDs.
And of course with the lowered sales, movie studios will scream piracy even louder.
And another thought, what if you mail ordered a movie and they forgot to activate it before shipping? This could kill on line purchasing of movies as who would want to wait for the round trip to get the disc activated. And who pays for shipping if a store forgets to activate your DVD?
A : Because the light at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey! If NJ is so great, why are all the tolls at the NJ state border to get out of NJ to any of the adjacant states? (And no toll to enter NJ.)
Also, if NJ is so great why does the Statue of Liberty face the other way?
You're correct that people don't need this much power for their desktops but there are still plenty of uses for more speed in servers and for certain other applications. Actually I think the correct phrase is "most people don't need.... and at that, it may be inaccurate. Someone who does heavy video work can certainly chew up a lot of processing power. Heavy image work can use a lot of prcessing power in bursts.
Then there is the big fact that progammers these days are sloppy and waste resources. A machine that is faster than one needs today will only be adequate in 2 or 3 years given upgrades to all the programs. (Am I being cynical? Maybe, but then again, maybe not.)
If one is using ta software, sometime in early February one should enter all the data into the ta software and have all the paperwork in a file folder. When one is fairly certain they are getting no more updates (to the forms or the software) then they should go through the taxx stuff again and file (or wait if they owe money).
On the other, Vonage thinks customers just naturally leave at random and not because they might be unhappy with their service. Quite true.
On one hand, the patent situation is out of hand. On the other hand, well, I have a tough time saying who I would want to win this lawsuit. (Although I am leaning towards Verizon.)
Actually with electronics, there is another issue. Electronics have to be approved (in a lot of countries at least) by various regulatory agencies. In the US, electronics have to be certified that they meet the FCC guidlines for RF emissions. And sometimes products only have the approvals listed on them for the country they're manufactured for. (Different model numbers for some countries would be one of the causes for this.) And of course there would be the power cord and possibly voltage issues.
For these reasons and others, it makes sense not to ship electronics into other countries. Although one would hope that eventually the EU would make the regulatory approval process be an EU thing instead of a per country thing there.
Of course, until this format debacle is decided I am not buying regular DVDs either.
I have one scenario involving a "honest mistake". (Honest as in nobody was trying to do anything malicious.)
What if you are standing too close to the RFID reader and it picks up your card details instead of the person who is paying in front of you?
I take it you havent't spent much time near RMS in person?
So do they also skip the Apple Store? You can makeany numbers you want if you ask the "correct" set of stores for their sales data.
At least LSI has a product even if someone else makes it for them. Unlike companies that only exist to sue for patents thay have.
The best person to answer that question would be their proctologist.
When they weigh the plans, I hope they don't break the scale.
Actually many of the Unix and Unix like OSes out there do something like this. Anytime a system call is made, you might wind up with multiple threads for the application.
Also, at the very least, on a dual core (or dual processor) system, you get one core running your heavy application and the other one running the rest of the stuff - IM client, mail client, system stuff, etc.
As it stands, on my Mac I have a handful of applications that make pretty efficient use of 2 cores. And of course not all applications are worth writing as threaded applications as they don't use enough resources for it to matter. As the hardware gets ot there, the applications will follow.
This is an indication that there is in all probability some sort of copy protection on the CD. It's a downcheck on the CD and means I for one will not be buying it...
This just points out that the income tax laws in this country are overly complicated and need to be cleaned up. Right now the income tax laws are just a job program for tax lawyers and accountants and the IRS. Unfortunately the only way to fix it is to totally replace the tax laws and not just amend them.
This makes the presumption that I use the laptop at home and at a desk. The laptop gets used in all sorts of places. Sometimes I use the trackpad and sometimes I pull out the mouse.
The situation you describe is for someone who is using a laptop as a desktop replacement system.
Double that at least as computer displays run at 60+ fps
- Data security...
- wirelss interference from another computer
- wireless interference from other electronics and wireless devices
I am all for wireless devices that make sense. I sitll however use a wired keyboard and mouse on my desktop computer. On my laptop I use a bluetooth mouse to avoud the hassles of dealing with plugging and unplugging the mouse from the laptop.This is doomed to be a pain in the ass if people actually start shipping products based on this.
For an average week on a small mail server:
2500 messages delived (some of it spam that made its way past the filters)
11700 blocked using RBLs
and another 18000 rejected due to invalid (or no longer valid) recipients. (some of which are abandoned usernames due to the spam level)
And remember it's not just processing power, it's all the additional disk space that would be required to store the spam. And since this server has a bandwidth cap, rejecting spam (instead of having it delivered) leaves more bandwidth for its intended purpose.
However, even the non-hazardous stuff needs recycling. We already have steel, so why have to mine more raw materials in order to make more steel. And plastic is not hazardous really, but is made from limited resources.
And of course there is landfill space to worry about.
Recycling is not just about hazardous material, it's also about nature resource conservation and management.
In a word: Yes!
In more detail, a credit card number with enough information to use it (name, address, phone number, etc) is worth about $100. So if you work at a place that has lots of customers (Amazon or Paypal for examples) you could very well make enough money with all that data.
Beans, beans,
The musical fruit.
The more you eat.
The more you toot.
[Someone had to say it.]