Concerts and track licensing usually occur after the CD has been released. This is the point I'm trying to make - the release of the CD is almost always the first time that music is introduced to the public, and so it is the primary source of revenue for the band.
The cost of a movie is frequently paid (at least, for the most part) when the movie is in the theaters. By the time the DVD is made, there's already been significant revenue to cover the costs. With a CD, however, the only revenue is generated only once the CD is sold.
But movie theaters show lots of rated-R movies, and it's real easy to get in regardless of your age. When's the last time you saw an AO-rated game in a game store?
No movie would be given an NC-17 rating for just violence, only nudity. Yet games are given an AO rating for violence but not nudity. So it's hard to make the claim that AO = NC-17 because of the different standards.
The AO rating for games is basically the same thing as R for movies. The problem is that people think that AO = X, and that's a stigma that needs to be changed. If more games were rated AO for their violent content, then retailers would be forced to carry AO games. This would result in more accurate rating for games. Today, any game with even a minor level of violence is rated M, so you can't tell the difference between Halo (which is just a shooter that has almost no foul language) and Gears of War (wear people curse a lot of slaughter aliens with chainsaws). My 12-year-old nephew plays Halo 2, but he's not allowed to play GoW, yet both are rated M.
You're missing the part where MS refuses to acknowledge that revision 1 is anything less than perfect. If they did that, then a whole bunch of people who don't have any problems with their R1 Xbox 360s will insist on getting a free replacement because MS admits that the product is faulty.
Underlying draw calls change the HTML rendering path how?
That's simple. Rendering the HTML request translating HTML drawing commands into GUI API calls. It makes sense that different APIS, with different capabilities, can result in different appearances. Two examples:
Fonts. Even if two fonts have the same name, they can have different drawing characteristics. A 16-point Times Roman capital "H" can be 18 pixels wide on Windows but 19 pixels wide on the Mac. That extra pixel can cause the whole text to word-wrap and occupy one more line of text, causing a layout cascade affect that screws up a large section of the page. I've seen it happen.
Co-ordinate systems. This is a more obscure example, but it's just as real. On Windows, the (0, 0) co-ordinate is in the upper-left corner. On OS/2, it's in the lower-left corner. HTML, however, is a top-down drawing language, so it fits Windows more easily. On OS/2, you have to calculate the opposite corner of any object you want to draw, and then count *backwards*. If you look at the history of cross-platform Windows and OS/2 applications, you'll find plenty of "off-by-one" errors in the OS/2 apps because someone counted wrong.
When they release a version that will work for me I'll be happy as that means I can test websites for compatibility without having to buy a Mac.
Sorry, but you still won't be able to test Mac compatibility. Safari for Windows is different from Safari for Mac. They're different programs, with different plug-ins and different operating system APIs underneath them.
And there's no way they're going to get more than 10% market share. I'd be surprised if they get 5%.
I was never planning on buying one, so maybe I shouldn't be commenting, but it's bullshit like this why I'm not an "early adopter" for technology, despite the fact that I'm an engineer. I'm amazed at how many high-tech products these days have proprietary restrictions in them. I find it ironic that the worst offenders are communication devices. The iPhone costs $600. Usually, companies form restrictive alliances to keep the price down - if product X only works with service Y from company Z, then company Z will usually give a discount for service Y. But the iPhone costs $600, so at that price you'd think that Apple wouldn't need to partner with anyone.
The whole article is just speculation (some of it stupid) from analysts. The only exception is this sentence:
To lure them, the world's largest software maker says it plans to add more family games and redo retail displays to make the children's titles easier to find.
Of course, there's no mention of what these games will be or when they'll be released, so even with this statement we still don't know anything.
Anyone who's played Viva Piñata knows that it's not a kid's game. It's too difficult for young children and too silly for older children. The marketing droids who came up with that angle should be taken out back and shot.
Viva Piñata is really a game for housewives. I know, because my wife (who doesn't play video games) is absolutely addicted to it.
I work for a company that makes microprocessors. Obviously, I can't give you specifics, but based on our future plans, I can tell you that parallel programming is only going to get harder, not easier, with silicon advancements. Our customers want more features and more performance, and that means exposing the programmer to more of what the hardware is doing, not less.
On a side note, let me just add that IMHO 90% of programmers I've seen really aren't very good, so complaining about such-and-such being "too hard" is cliché. I'm sorry that some companies out there are having a hard time finding programmers who know what they're doing, but that's just the way it is.
The alternative would be for the courts to examine the protection method and decide (without any empirical evidence) whether the method is effective. That will never work. Frankly, I think the court's ruling is a huge victory for us - because it means that crappy security systems will eventually lose any protection under copyright law.
Brew an entire pound of coffee in one shot, then dilute a cup's worth whenever you want some. It's easy to adjust the strength, and all you need to do is heat the coffee to your taste (or stick in a couple ice cubes for iced coffee).
A recent CS degree from CMU and you can't find a job? Then you either:
Have a really low GPA.
Have *zero* social skills (not surprising for a CMU student).
Insist on working on a location that doesn't have a software industry.
I just read an article today about how recent graduates are being snapped up left and right, even liberal arts majors, with most receiving multiple offers. Bookings at job fairs are at record levels. Graduates are getting huge signing bonuses. If you can't get a job, then it means that there's something wrong with *you*.
Then turn it off. WLM support can be disabled separately from everything else, so you can continue sending messages to others on Xbox Live and no one using WLM will even know you're online.
Raise your hands everybody who has Xbox and was "thinking about an Apple TV for playing back video". Anyone? Anyone...?
I was.
The only desktop computers in my house are older Macs, so they're unsuitable for playing games. Even so, my 19" monitor can't compare to my 80" projection TV, so I got an Xbox 360. Unfortunately, it supports only a couple video formats. When I heard about Apple TV, I thought it might be a good addition; that is, until I found out about the iTunes limitation. So now, I just use VisualHub to convert any videos I download into WMV format and watch them on my Xbox 360. But it would be nice if I didn't have to do even that.
Why don't you just wait until the shows become available on DVD, and rent them through Netflix? Then you'll be paying a small fee just to watch the shows you want, without commercials, and your money will go (in)directly to the companies making the show.
It turned out that he thought Free Software was software they don't charge for.
And he's right!
If he had said "open source software", then you'd have a point. But he just said free software, which only means software that is provided without charge. Sorry Bruce, I normally agree with everything you say, but not this time. The open source community has no right to redefine common English words.
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Concerts and track licensing usually occur after the CD has been released. This is the point I'm trying to make - the release of the CD is almost always the first time that music is introduced to the public, and so it is the primary source of revenue for the band.
The cost of a movie is frequently paid (at least, for the most part) when the movie is in the theaters. By the time the DVD is made, there's already been significant revenue to cover the costs. With a CD, however, the only revenue is generated only once the CD is sold.
Not only that, but it's been five days, and she's still not dead!
But movie theaters show lots of rated-R movies, and it's real easy to get in regardless of your age. When's the last time you saw an AO-rated game in a game store?
No movie would be given an NC-17 rating for just violence, only nudity. Yet games are given an AO rating for violence but not nudity. So it's hard to make the claim that AO = NC-17 because of the different standards.
The AO rating for games is basically the same thing as R for movies. The problem is that people think that AO = X, and that's a stigma that needs to be changed. If more games were rated AO for their violent content, then retailers would be forced to carry AO games. This would result in more accurate rating for games. Today, any game with even a minor level of violence is rated M, so you can't tell the difference between Halo (which is just a shooter that has almost no foul language) and Gears of War (wear people curse a lot of slaughter aliens with chainsaws). My 12-year-old nephew plays Halo 2, but he's not allowed to play GoW, yet both are rated M.
What a coincidence. My yang is in charge, too!
Rendering the HTML request translating HTML
That should be, "Rendering the HTML requires translating HTML".
You're missing the part where MS refuses to acknowledge that revision 1 is anything less than perfect. If they did that, then a whole bunch of people who don't have any problems with their R1 Xbox 360s will insist on getting a free replacement because MS admits that the product is faulty.
That's simple. Rendering the HTML request translating HTML drawing commands into GUI API calls. It makes sense that different APIS, with different capabilities, can result in different appearances. Two examples:
When they release a version that will work for me I'll be happy as that means I can test websites for compatibility without having to buy a Mac.
Sorry, but you still won't be able to test Mac compatibility. Safari for Windows is different from Safari for Mac. They're different programs, with different plug-ins and different operating system APIs underneath them.
And there's no way they're going to get more than 10% market share. I'd be surprised if they get 5%.
Illegal, or just a violation of the agreement with Visa and Mastercard?
I was never planning on buying one, so maybe I shouldn't be commenting, but it's bullshit like this why I'm not an "early adopter" for technology, despite the fact that I'm an engineer. I'm amazed at how many high-tech products these days have proprietary restrictions in them. I find it ironic that the worst offenders are communication devices. The iPhone costs $600. Usually, companies form restrictive alliances to keep the price down - if product X only works with service Y from company Z, then company Z will usually give a discount for service Y. But the iPhone costs $600, so at that price you'd think that Apple wouldn't need to partner with anyone.
The whole article is just speculation (some of it stupid) from analysts. The only exception is this sentence:
To lure them, the world's largest software maker says it plans to add more family games and redo retail displays to make the children's titles easier to find.
Of course, there's no mention of what these games will be or when they'll be released, so even with this statement we still don't know anything.
Anyone who's played Viva Piñata knows that it's not a kid's game. It's too difficult for young children and too silly for older children. The marketing droids who came up with that angle should be taken out back and shot.
Viva Piñata is really a game for housewives. I know, because my wife (who doesn't play video games) is absolutely addicted to it.
I work for a company that makes microprocessors. Obviously, I can't give you specifics, but based on our future plans, I can tell you that parallel programming is only going to get harder, not easier, with silicon advancements. Our customers want more features and more performance, and that means exposing the programmer to more of what the hardware is doing, not less.
On a side note, let me just add that IMHO 90% of programmers I've seen really aren't very good, so complaining about such-and-such being "too hard" is cliché. I'm sorry that some companies out there are having a hard time finding programmers who know what they're doing, but that's just the way it is.
The alternative would be for the courts to examine the protection method and decide (without any empirical evidence) whether the method is effective. That will never work. Frankly, I think the court's ruling is a huge victory for us - because it means that crappy security systems will eventually lose any protection under copyright law.
Not necessarily. Some people may only be semi-fluent, and they might need to study the movie and slowly create their own translation on paper.
http://www.toddycafe.com/.
Brew an entire pound of coffee in one shot, then dilute a cup's worth whenever you want some. It's easy to adjust the strength, and all you need to do is heat the coffee to your taste (or stick in a couple ice cubes for iced coffee).
If they're only here for 6 weeks, I don't think they need an H1-B visa.
- Have a really low GPA.
- Have *zero* social skills (not surprising for a CMU student).
- Insist on working on a location that doesn't have a software industry.
I just read an article today about how recent graduates are being snapped up left and right, even liberal arts majors, with most receiving multiple offers. Bookings at job fairs are at record levels. Graduates are getting huge signing bonuses. If you can't get a job, then it means that there's something wrong with *you*.Then turn it off. WLM support can be disabled separately from everything else, so you can continue sending messages to others on Xbox Live and no one using WLM will even know you're online.
Raise your hands everybody who has Xbox and was "thinking about an Apple TV for playing back video". Anyone? Anyone...?
I was.
The only desktop computers in my house are older Macs, so they're unsuitable for playing games. Even so, my 19" monitor can't compare to my 80" projection TV, so I got an Xbox 360. Unfortunately, it supports only a couple video formats. When I heard about Apple TV, I thought it might be a good addition; that is, until I found out about the iTunes limitation. So now, I just use VisualHub to convert any videos I download into WMV format and watch them on my Xbox 360. But it would be nice if I didn't have to do even that.
Why don't you just wait until the shows become available on DVD, and rent them through Netflix? Then you'll be paying a small fee just to watch the shows you want, without commercials, and your money will go (in)directly to the companies making the show.
It turned out that he thought Free Software was software they don't charge for.
And he's right!
If he had said "open source software", then you'd have a point. But he just said free software, which only means software that is provided without charge. Sorry Bruce, I normally agree with everything you say, but not this time. The open source community has no right to redefine common English words.
Out of curiosity, do you have a degree in computer science? Because these questions sound like real-world examples of basic computer science concepts.