Yeah, I see your point and as an ex-commodore user, understand it.
But I still think the way things are marketed play a big role in what people buy. Macs are badly marketed, I don't remember seeing an Ads for Mac at the TV since ages. You go shopping for stuff and find no Mac. I would had buy that new Mac Mini if I was able to easly buy one localy, but that's not the case.
Marketing play a big role in everything, that's why the Amiga failled in the long run.
Of course PC don't need marketing because it's almost the only thing you can buy.
While I find your comment interesting, I don't agree that
simplicity vs power is a tradeoff
Look at any Sci-Fi movie, the simplicity is there and the power too. You just ask the computer what you want and he does it for you. It's how things should work.
"As to why the masses don't migrate en-masse to the Mac Mini.. That's an easy one... "
A very easy one. There is no more local MAC shop where I live. People rejected MAC over here since years(too expensive/dumb hardware monopoly) and 99% of the population is on PC. It's just too late for a Mac Mini. Apple is dead here.
Just today with all the latest updates/anti-virus, I got a trojan from Internet Explorer(my anti-virus detected it but the trojan has still been automaticly downloaded). Why do this kind of stuff happens ?
Because these products are made by humans with limited time.
I'm a programmer and I know how things work from the inside(not Microsoft but another comp), we are overloaded with projects. The bosses think when it's works it's ready(so we can move on to another project). The accent is not on the security, it's on how quick you can make things work.
People don't talk much about Security, probaly because we don't have problems with hackers for now.
Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com FBI guy : Great p0rn! Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com FBI guy : Damn, that user got tastes! Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com
FBI guy to others FBI agents : I will keep watching user Joe#23153445 for a while, his activities seem suspecious. I will need extreme concentration, you can dismiss now.
It seems like the.com(Dot-Com) crash is finaly over. Companies such as Google.com are having a bright success. Are we at the doors of another Dot-Com boom ?
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lol, yeah that notice was pretty dumb,specialy with the : " Although this site is running the PostNuke software it has no other connection to the PostNuke Developers. Please refrain from sending messages about this site or its content
to the PostNuke team, the end will result in an ignored e-mail."
Certainly charity is respected and NEEDED from the more wealthy in the country, but when it is done PURELY as a tax write off to hide money and refrain from paying your share,then it is questionable whether it is heartfelt or a good business decision, thus the donor really doesn't warrant too much credit as a humanitarian that is looking out for the less privaledge with a heartfelt act. No sincerity.
Titan IV were developed to launch secret NRO cargos and other stuff by the military(last launch will be one btw http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b30/040825rollout. html). It's less expensive for the NASA to have a deal with the U.S. Air Force than having to build 2 separate projects to do the same thing. It's just that it's less expensive to have 1 contract than 2 separate one for the governement.
Interviewer : Are rich are you ? Bill Gates: Rich Interviewer : You mean very rich ? Bill Gates: Yeah, very rich Interviewer : You mean very very rich ? Bill Gates: Yeah, very very rich Interviewer : You mean very very very rich ? Bill Gates: Yeah, very very very rich Interviewer : Can you give me some money then ? Bill Gates : No Interviewer : Why not ? Bill Gates : Because I want your money
1-Holodeck, you get a full virtual suit with helmet, gloves, foots etc... (like in the Lawnmower movie)
2-3D holographic projector with humanoid interactive interface, you just ask the humanoid what you want him to do and he does it(like in the Andromeda sci-fi series).
Norrath, the setting for the online game Everquest, has been found to be the 77th richest country in the world, sandwiched between Russia and Bulgaria.
Online gaming has attracted millions of players and their rise in popularity in recent years is mainly down to improved graphics and more players to interact with.
Research carried out in the United States shows that virtual internal markets, combined with illegal online trading on auction websites, mean that Norrath has a gross national product per capita of $2,266, bigger than China and India.
You do realize that what pushed the advancement of these technologies in the US is the U.S. Army ?
computers = Military calculation
Internet = DARPA
GPS = "on June 26, 1993, the U.S. Air Force launched the 24th Navstar satellite into orbit, completing a network of satellites known as the Global Positioning System"
This is called poor buisness, an alternative should be offered at least such as a free upgrade. In the worst case, users should be advertised how many days are left before their product expire completly and it should be written on the box that this product is only good for 3 years. It also reflects a poorly written core engine that can't adapt it-self over the time.
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Where I work, they have to cut off on the projects because they are not enough people to develop them.
Her vibrator has been lost too.
Yeah, I see your point and as an ex-commodore user, understand it.
But I still think the way things are marketed play a big role in what people buy. Macs are badly marketed, I don't remember seeing an Ads for Mac at the TV since ages. You go shopping for stuff and find no Mac. I would had buy that new Mac Mini if I was able to easly buy one localy, but that's not the case.
Marketing play a big role in everything, that's why the Amiga failled in the long run.
Of course PC don't need marketing because it's almost the only thing you can buy.
- simplicity vs power is a tradeoff
Look at any Sci-Fi movie, the simplicity is there and the power too. You just ask the computer what you want and he does it for you. It's how things should work.Overlooking...
Most people don't hear about Mac or Linux because 1-You don't run into them when you go shopping.
2-They don't have the games
That's the reason why consoles sell(they are computers in reality), 1-We find them at the shops 2-they have games.
"As to why the masses don't migrate en-masse to the Mac Mini.. That's an easy one... " A very easy one. There is no more local MAC shop where I live. People rejected MAC over here since years(too expensive/dumb hardware monopoly) and 99% of the population is on PC. It's just too late for a Mac Mini. Apple is dead here.
Just today with all the latest updates/anti-virus, I got a trojan from Internet Explorer(my anti-virus detected it but the trojan has still been automaticly downloaded). Why do this kind of stuff happens ?
Because these products are made by humans with limited time.
I'm a programmer and I know how things work from the inside(not Microsoft but another comp), we are overloaded with projects. The bosses think when it's works it's ready(so we can move on to another project). The accent is not on the security, it's on how quick you can make things work.
People don't talk much about Security, probaly because we don't have problems with hackers for now.
YOU ARE OWNED
just before a war.
Someone at FBI watching ...
Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com
FBI guy : Great p0rn!
Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com
FBI guy : Damn, that user got tastes!
Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com
FBI guy to others FBI agents : I will keep watching user Joe#23153445 for a while, his activities seem suspecious. I will need extreme concentration, you can dismiss now.
True, imagine the frustration of team 2 not being millionnaire while working with the millionnaire team 1.
It seems like the .com(Dot-Com) crash is finaly over. Companies such as Google.com are having a bright success. Are we at the doors of another Dot-Com boom ?
lol, yeah that notice was pretty dumb,specialy with the : " Although this site is running the PostNuke software it has no other connection to the PostNuke Developers. Please refrain from sending messages about this site or its content to the PostNuke team, the end will result in an ignored e-mail."
"Problem in Database Connection" I think this site just flopped.
After a futher analysis, the doodles say : "Linux ownz!".
Mac users are still confused with 1 mouse button.
Interesting fact, Bill Gates used the word rich 2 times and Richness 3 times in this very short interview :)
Certainly charity is respected and NEEDED from the more wealthy in the country, but when it is done PURELY as a tax write off to hide money and refrain from paying your share,then it is questionable whether it is heartfelt or a good business decision, thus the donor really doesn't warrant too much credit as a humanitarian that is looking out for the less privaledge with a heartfelt act. No sincerity.
Titan IV were developed to launch secret NRO cargos and other stuff by the military(last launch will be one btw http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b30/040825rollout. html). It's less expensive for the NASA to have a deal with the U.S. Air Force than having to build 2 separate projects to do the same thing. It's just that it's less expensive to have 1 contract than 2 separate one for the governement.
Interviewer : Are rich are you ?
Bill Gates: Rich
Interviewer : You mean very rich ?
Bill Gates: Yeah, very rich
Interviewer : You mean very very rich ?
Bill Gates: Yeah, very very rich
Interviewer : You mean very very very rich ?
Bill Gates: Yeah, very very very rich
Interviewer : Can you give me some money then ?
Bill Gates : No
Interviewer : Why not ?
Bill Gates : Because I want your money
1-Holodeck, you get a full virtual suit with helmet, gloves, foots etc... (like in the Lawnmower movie) 2-3D holographic projector with humanoid interactive interface, you just ask the humanoid what you want him to do and he does it(like in the Andromeda sci-fi series).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1899420. stm
Norrath, the setting for the online game Everquest, has been found to be the 77th richest country in the world, sandwiched between Russia and Bulgaria.
Online gaming has attracted millions of players and their rise in popularity in recent years is mainly down to improved graphics and more players to interact with.
Research carried out in the United States shows that virtual internal markets, combined with illegal online trading on auction websites, mean that Norrath has a gross national product per capita of $2,266, bigger than China and India.
Btw, I could add Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears as psychological war tools, they drive us nuts. :p
Only in Soviet Russia they own space.
Also only old people in Korea don't launch their own satellites.
You do realize that what pushed the advancement of these technologies in the US is the U.S. Army ? computers = Military calculation Internet = DARPA GPS = "on June 26, 1993, the U.S. Air Force launched the 24th Navstar satellite into orbit, completing a network of satellites known as the Global Positioning System"
This is called poor buisness, an alternative should be offered at least such as a free upgrade. In the worst case, users should be advertised how many days are left before their product expire completly and it should be written on the box that this product is only good for 3 years. It also reflects a poorly written core engine that can't adapt it-self over the time.