to the google van to move on or not to take pictures, several shots were fired...
Seriously, if I saw someone on my property taking pictures of my house, I'd call the cops... makes me wonder what happens when they meet someone who is unreasonable... best to stay off other people's property
Another day, another M$ is going down story. They aren't, and Google isn't going to take them down, nor is Mac or Linux... Billy will still make money hand over fist... At the same rate as the 90's... No, things change, Linux, Mac, and Google will all make money and lots of it, but is it the end of Microsoft? No, even the vista fiasco won't really hurt them in the long run. The pie is big enough for everyone, even MS, Goggle, Mac etc... As for Google out-innovating MS in this, no, MS had these features a long time ago
Actually, the fluctuation in MS brand power (whatever that is exactly) is probably normal for any company that has been in business for a long time. MS used to do more mainstream advertising. I remember lots of ads for XP, but none for Vista (that I can remember).
In the minds of most people (not us folks here on software and hardware boards etc), MS, as an OS, is a mature product and as a result only something really new like the 360 garners much attention. The joe-sixpack crowd isn't moving to vista because they hate it, they aren't moving to it because they are still using that 4 year old machine to browse and e-mail.
A lot of brands fluctuate up and down. I wouldn't take this rating as anything more than a snapshot. Reading anything else into it is iffy.
The US has more trade agreements with Canada than any other country and in Canada's experience it is absolutely true. The US government's negotiators howl about DRM, our approach to health care, pharmacuticals, gay marriage, drug "leniency" etc, etc while ignoring rluling after ruling not just by the WTO, but by the NAFTA boards, and other committees that supposedly govern bilateral trade. Largely they do it because they can get away with it.
I have no doubt that the US will recover from it's financial woes. The world economy is changing though, and competition for resources is increasing. The US's negotiating position is changing as well. Instead of being the one of a few major buyers of commodities, they are now among many. Ignoring multilateral trade rulings as a routine is going to end as a consequence. At least if the US government is smart about it.
While these processors may end up being great, in the end they may very well push AMD over the edge if you consider that AMD's new processors get clobbered by Intel's old processors. In the end, unless AMD pulls a rabbit out of their hat by the end of the year, this may either be the last innovation Intel makes for a while, or the last affordable one. As consumers we owe AMD a vote of thanks for driving Intel to the level they are at now.
The windows market completely dwarfs the mac and Linux markets, especially for games, which leads to most bang for the buck coming to the windows side. Ironically, because of this factor, windows gaming is starting to lose out to consoles in terms of resource focus by the game companies.
It's not about bitterness, it's about insecurity for some, and about making jobs easier for others. On the insecurity side, the if MS really does succeed in improving windows, it makes their position stronger and automatically makes the position of Linux, mac et al weaker (in the view of the insecure). Also, a lot of people have made a lot of money plugging holes in MS products. Witness the howling of "evil" by symantec and macaffee etc when vista cut them out of accessing the kernel, which they never should have had access to in the first place.
In implementing their own code standards (or favouring them) (I am not a developer), it means developers have to make exceptions in their code for MS making more work for them. This is what I have gleaned from reading comments on slashdot over time. Maybe, my interpretation is flawed, but it seems to be more about having to do "extra" work than being impossible to program for...
My theory is that if MS ever really does makes a rock solid, superb OS, a lot of people on this board will piss themselves. Truth be told, they want MS weaker, not better. Whether or not IE8 addresses a lot of MS's problems in the browser arena, time will tell, but I can say that in many quarters, true improvement by MS is feared.
The when MS does something, it is a malicious bug, when Apple (or damn near anyone else) does something, it's a feature!
That said, when you buy something from a company these days, they want to bag and tag you and keep you there. Computer hardware and software companies have a large business advantage in that their products lend themselves particularly well to this game. Apple is (like MS) is notorious for lock-in.
Lemme see, they fine MS more because MS didn't change enough and still hasn't paid previous fines... and these new fines will have the payments from MS rolling in... when?...
And while the fine may be heaps more money than the GNP of say, Chad, it would only send Bill Gates scrambling for his change purse...
The EU may be sending a message to MS to smarten up, but I think MS is sending a message that the EU needs them more than they need the EU... or at least that they don't care...
Actually, I wonder how they would prove that I clicked the EULA box. I purchased a refurb machine for example from a local reseller. A bunch of software was pre-installed. Some I blew away, some I kept.
At that point, I agreed to nothing, nor did anyone ask me to agree to anything.
Like most waivers, EULAs are more to dissuade you from believing you have rights.
While it would be a nice demonstration of ASAT capability, I would think that if the US really has the capability that it would be better to keep it secret. Why tip your hand?
If it is a matter of scaring their "enemies"*, they already have enough to be scared of... and they still cause trouble. If the test is successful, why give them a demo of what you would actually do so they have real world ideas of how to make counter-measures?
*enemies the US really has to worry about couldn't make a sputnik with present technologies.
actually, I have played (play) crysis... a mix of high and medium settings at 1680 x 1050... I use a HIS Ice 3850, 4 gigs of ram (yeah only 3 are used) and an E8400... I will say that I never said you could use a $200 card to run a game at high settings with great rate (and crysis is a pig for resources), just that you could get great frame rates, and you can by playing with the settings. And the games still look really good.
The other guy who has trouble playing call of duty 4, that I don't get, I found it has fairly modest hardware needs. I play it with all at max.
Of course the best video card will not give you good results if you have other weaknesses in your system
Give you an idea relative to other cards tested using the same benchmark. However, I have always found them misleading and somewhat gratuitous. Declaring a card superior over another just because it gives five more frames a second than another card is dumb. Especially when it is the difference between 110 and 115 frames per second.
As long as you don't run two 30 inch monitors, any name brand video card for about 200 bucks will give you great playable rates at 1680 x 1050.
A lot of benchmarks imply you need to sell you child to get great frame rates. In the end, playing games etc is the only way to determine real performance. Benchmarks are mainly a marketing tool. Kind of an equivalent of spam's how big you need to be to have a satisfying sex life.
No money for biology and other "iffy" sciences like meteorology, lots of money for geologists to find proof that the oldest rock on earth is 5999 years old.
When I compared the cost of a DVR to adding a TV card to my my old retired socket A PC, it was cheaper to just add the card. If you have an older machine, you get a better device with more functionality for not much cash. I can record and erase, or burn as I see fit.
Good use for all those machines that are sitting in closets.
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They may not get a fine, but how would you like your incompetence becoming a part of the public record...
Legally rendered for all who care to look...
That use of adblock has been called "immoral" http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/11/157256/
I wonder how this will be received...
And if they (the trackers) said they would comply, would you believe them?
I just want the unlimited package that I was promised by my ISP when I signed up! Quit giving us this when we pay for that!
to the google van to move on or not to take pictures, several shots were fired...
Seriously, if I saw someone on my property taking pictures of my house, I'd call the cops... makes me wonder what happens when they meet someone who is unreasonable... best to stay off other people's property
Another day, another M$ is going down story. They aren't, and Google isn't going to take them down, nor is Mac or Linux... Billy will still make money hand over fist... At the same rate as the 90's... No, things change, Linux, Mac, and Google will all make money and lots of it, but is it the end of Microsoft? No, even the vista fiasco won't really hurt them in the long run. The pie is big enough for everyone, even MS, Goggle, Mac etc... As for Google out-innovating MS in this, no, MS had these features a long time ago
Actually, the fluctuation in MS brand power (whatever that is exactly) is probably normal for any company that has been in business for a long time. MS used to do more mainstream advertising. I remember lots of ads for XP, but none for Vista (that I can remember).
In the minds of most people (not us folks here on software and hardware boards etc), MS, as an OS, is a mature product and as a result only something really new like the 360 garners much attention. The joe-sixpack crowd isn't moving to vista because they hate it, they aren't moving to it because they are still using that 4 year old machine to browse and e-mail.
A lot of brands fluctuate up and down. I wouldn't take this rating as anything more than a snapshot. Reading anything else into it is iffy.
The US has more trade agreements with Canada than any other country and in Canada's experience it is absolutely true. The US government's negotiators howl about DRM, our approach to health care, pharmacuticals, gay marriage, drug "leniency" etc, etc while ignoring rluling after ruling not just by the WTO, but by the NAFTA boards, and other committees that supposedly govern bilateral trade. Largely they do it because they can get away with it.
I have no doubt that the US will recover from it's financial woes. The world economy is changing though, and competition for resources is increasing. The US's negotiating position is changing as well. Instead of being the one of a few major buyers of commodities, they are now among many. Ignoring multilateral trade rulings as a routine is going to end as a consequence. At least if the US government is smart about it.
Four mob families in conjunction with a number of street gangs is suing the US Department of Justice for restriction of trade.
While these processors may end up being great, in the end they may very well push AMD over the edge if you consider that AMD's new processors get clobbered by Intel's old processors. In the end, unless AMD pulls a rabbit out of their hat by the end of the year, this may either be the last innovation Intel makes for a while, or the last affordable one. As consumers we owe AMD a vote of thanks for driving Intel to the level they are at now.
If they succeed I'll never get my kids out of the basement!
The windows market completely dwarfs the mac and Linux markets, especially for games, which leads to most bang for the buck coming to the windows side. Ironically, because of this factor, windows gaming is starting to lose out to consoles in terms of resource focus by the game companies.
It's not about bitterness, it's about insecurity for some, and about making jobs easier for others. On the insecurity side, the if MS really does succeed in improving windows, it makes their position stronger and automatically makes the position of Linux, mac et al weaker (in the view of the insecure). Also, a lot of people have made a lot of money plugging holes in MS products. Witness the howling of "evil" by symantec and macaffee etc when vista cut them out of accessing the kernel, which they never should have had access to in the first place.
In implementing their own code standards (or favouring them) (I am not a developer), it means developers have to make exceptions in their code for MS making more work for them. This is what I have gleaned from reading comments on slashdot over time. Maybe, my interpretation is flawed, but it seems to be more about having to do "extra" work than being impossible to program for...
My theory is that if MS ever really does makes a rock solid, superb OS, a lot of people on this board will piss themselves. Truth be told, they want MS weaker, not better. Whether or not IE8 addresses a lot of MS's problems in the browser arena, time will tell, but I can say that in many quarters, true improvement by MS is feared.
the 90's are the equivalent of most facebook etc users today. Unsophisticated is being kind, it's a gullibility farm.
The when MS does something, it is a malicious bug, when Apple (or damn near anyone else) does something, it's a feature!
That said, when you buy something from a company these days, they want to bag and tag you and keep you there. Computer hardware and software companies have a large business advantage in that their products lend themselves particularly well to this game. Apple is (like MS) is notorious for lock-in.
Lemme see, they fine MS more because MS didn't change enough and still hasn't paid previous fines... and these new fines will have the payments from MS rolling in... when?...
And while the fine may be heaps more money than the GNP of say, Chad, it would only send Bill Gates scrambling for his change purse...
The EU may be sending a message to MS to smarten up, but I think MS is sending a message that the EU needs them more than they need the EU... or at least that they don't care...
Cell phone companies don't pay any heed to anyone. I suspect this ridiculous plea will get the same attention as someone wanting a fairer contract.
Actually, I wonder how they would prove that I clicked the EULA box. I purchased a refurb machine for example from a local reseller. A bunch of software was pre-installed. Some I blew away, some I kept.
At that point, I agreed to nothing, nor did anyone ask me to agree to anything.
Like most waivers, EULAs are more to dissuade you from believing you have rights.
While it would be a nice demonstration of ASAT capability, I would think that if the US really has the capability that it would be better to keep it secret. Why tip your hand?
If it is a matter of scaring their "enemies"*, they already have enough to be scared of... and they still cause trouble. If the test is successful, why give them a demo of what you would actually do so they have real world ideas of how to make counter-measures?
*enemies the US really has to worry about couldn't make a sputnik with present technologies.
is that at it's heart, artificial intelligence is fake intelligence
remember we were told tasers were safe
actually, I have played (play) crysis... a mix of high and medium settings at 1680 x 1050... I use a HIS Ice 3850, 4 gigs of ram (yeah only 3 are used) and an E8400... I will say that I never said you could use a $200 card to run a game at high settings with great rate (and crysis is a pig for resources), just that you could get great frame rates, and you can by playing with the settings. And the games still look really good.
The other guy who has trouble playing call of duty 4, that I don't get, I found it has fairly modest hardware needs. I play it with all at max.
Of course the best video card will not give you good results if you have other weaknesses in your system
Give you an idea relative to other cards tested using the same benchmark. However, I have always found them misleading and somewhat gratuitous. Declaring a card superior over another just because it gives five more frames a second than another card is dumb. Especially when it is the difference between 110 and 115 frames per second.
As long as you don't run two 30 inch monitors, any name brand video card for about 200 bucks will give you great playable rates at 1680 x 1050.
A lot of benchmarks imply you need to sell you child to get great frame rates. In the end, playing games etc is the only way to determine real performance. Benchmarks are mainly a marketing tool. Kind of an equivalent of spam's how big you need to be to have a satisfying sex life.
No money for biology and other "iffy" sciences like meteorology, lots of money for geologists to find proof that the oldest rock on earth is 5999 years old.
I thought it was a beanstalk! They travel along the ground (and into water sometimes) before they go up to the clouds!
Jack
into something like a museum of human gullibility, a museum of political credibility or some other absurdity.
When I compared the cost of a DVR to adding a TV card to my my old retired socket A PC, it was cheaper to just add the card. If you have an older machine, you get a better device with more functionality for not much cash. I can record and erase, or burn as I see fit.
Good use for all those machines that are sitting in closets.