I don't think e-books were ever widely promoted, with the exception of a couple of titles. Couple that with the fact that reading an e-book simply doesn't have the same feeling as a regular book, and it's not so hard to see why these things haven't taken off. I think, in time, the concept will eventually become popular, given enough technological improvements and mass marketing.
A conversation with my buddy Chris on this article...
Me: the satellite's name is NOAA-N Prime haha...it should have an autobot symbol
Chris: But the question is, what does it transform into?
Me: i think it's already in vehicle mode
Chris: Yeah, it damages its enemies by falling over on them and causing severe damage, according to the article
Chris: I'm not sure it deserves the title "autobot"
Chris: "NOAA-N Prime finally defeats the mighty Megatron by falling on its side on him. Megatron, not strong enough to lift NOAA-N Prime off of him, eventually gave up"
Exactly, what I was wondering. This is a complete paradigm shift in that plugging in the laptop won't recharge it if you're using fuel cells. That doesn't sit well with me. I mean, fuel cells will have to be as easily available as a power outlet because as it is people get peeved when inkjet cartridges need to be replaced. Also the fuel cells refills will have to cost the same as a conventional recharge. 2004 release? Forgive me if I believe DNF will be available first.
I'm still trying to figure out when BSD is going to die.
Seriously though, I'm glad I work at a company that doesn't require me to use Word to perform documentation. PDF and plain ascii files are as prevalent as DOC here.
In order to implement this rights management system, an organization has to set up a windows 2003 server for authentication, right? Well, it looks like small companies won't bother wasting money on hardware to support a software feature like this unless they're coerced. The UNIX file permission model is sufficient imho.
DELL is NOT directly to blame for not providing the license
How do you figure that? It's their BIOS and they're making you agree to a license you can't see!
this guy just wants to gripe
Actually, he's trying to inform the public about something everyone who buys one of these Dell laptops will encounter
If he's competent enough to put up a website, then he's competent enough to grab the EULA from elsewhere.
He's not even sure which EULAs apply because no one can tell him. You do realize that there are different OEM versions very many different products don't you?
Many here think they are big thinkers, but some are also big gripers.
My entire UNIX account from school, including all my read mail and web pages, is backed up on my USB drive. I store anything I think I might need to work on just in case I don't have internet access.
"He tasks me....He tasks me and I shall have him. I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares Maelstrom and round Perdition's flames before I give him up!"
--Khan
I know a few women who have played and enjoyed The Sims and SimCity on the PC. On the console side, the Final Fantasy and Diablo series...and more recently I've observed surpisingly that the Tekken series is popular with my lady friends.
My friend's 7 year old niece plays those Barbie PC games but she also plays some sports games geared for little kids (I don't recall the title).
How many female game designers are out there and what's the ratio in relation to male? The numbers are probably low. If you have have a sudden influx of female game designers, does that mean if you create more female-oriented games that they'll be played?
SMB: 40/18 = 2.22 million copies per year.
Mario64: 11/7 = 1.56 million copies per year.
Halo: 3/2 = 1.5 million per year.
Your numbers suggest that sales of all 3 games are at a constant rate. Significant sales of SMB hasn't occured in a decade and Mario 64 probably hasn't sold more than a few in the past 3 or 4 years.
Halo didn't become bundles for until later, and even then you had a choice of non-bundled usually.
Before the bundling took place, remember that there weren't that many XBox games. What was the one game an Xbox purchaser was likely to buy even if it wasn't going to bundled? Halo
In the US, quality is no match for marketing tied to a big movie (unfortunatly).
Don't tell me Microsoft didn't spend millions upon millions on Halo marketing.
You hit the nail right on its head. You have to wonder about the upcoming PC version. (I hesitate to call it a port since most believe that Halo was meant for the PC to begin with) With the XBox version being out for a while now and everybody anticipating games like Doom 3, will the PC version sell a significant number of copies of what is essentially a game that's nearly 2 years old (released Nov 9, 2001)?
Halo is arguably X-Box' flagship title. If you consider that Super Mario Bros. has sold over 40 million copies and Super Mario 64 has sold over 11 million copies (see here) and that Enter the Matrix has already sold 1 million copies in the brief time it's been released, this isn't that big a deal. Posted by an anonymous coward? More like posted by a desperate XBox sales force.
Dude, I'm no fan of the President and most of his policies (or the master puppets' policies), but even most leftists will tell you that that we've spent billions on Iraq and we're going to continue to spend billions because the occupation could take a long time (4 years according to Gen. Tommy Franks). Budgeting for this war and those stupid tax cuts have made the national debt impossible to pay off.
Also, although I totally disagree with the idea of quickly granting all the contracts to American companies (especially Bechtel, after the Central Artery fiasco), you'll hear few, if any, economists tell you that the reconstruction of Iraq is a real boon for the US' attempt to come out of this recession. You're more likely to see a return on investment from buying Enron stock.
Much of my family emigrated out from Vietnam in the years following the war. I think they would question your 3-4 million estimate at least in terms of it's specifics. 4 million did die, but this was during the entire conflict and was evenly divided on both sides of a civil war. These are numbers released by the Vietnamese government. Let's not lose sight on the fact that the north, being supported by other communist countries such as China, was trying to take over the south, which the US was trying to protect. People seem to believe we were being aggressors invading a country.
I do however agree that our central and south american policies have been and continue to be severely flawed. There is little excuse for Pinochet.
On the other hand, your accusation that the US has done nothing to restore power to Iraq is totally without merit. As this article shows, most facilities were left intact by US assaults but were vandalized and looted afterwards. Reports yesterday indicate that the US is spending $4 billion a month on the rebuilding of Iraq. Needless to say, a large portion is going towards the restoration of utilities.
How many people really need a computer that's even over 1GHz? If your computer feels slow at that speed it's because the OS has not been optimised for responsiveness, it's not the fault of the CPU - just ask anyone using BeOS or MorphOS.
I just love blanket statements...and I was trying to remember why I avoid reading osnews. At least the article wasn't written by Eugenia a.k.a. "It's not BeOS, so it must suck" Loli-Queru.
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I don't think e-books were ever widely promoted, with the exception of a couple of titles. Couple that with the fact that reading an e-book simply doesn't have the same feeling as a regular book, and it's not so hard to see why these things haven't taken off. I think, in time, the concept will eventually become popular, given enough technological improvements and mass marketing.
A conversation with my buddy Chris on this article...
Me: the satellite's name is NOAA-N Prime haha...it should have an autobot symbol
Chris: But the question is, what does it transform into?
Me: i think it's already in vehicle mode
Chris: Yeah, it damages its enemies by falling over on them and causing severe damage, according to the article
Chris: I'm not sure it deserves the title "autobot"
Chris: "NOAA-N Prime finally defeats the mighty Megatron by falling on its side on him. Megatron, not strong enough to lift NOAA-N Prime off of him, eventually gave up"
Here is an article on that incident. It does force you to wonder what the licensing scheme will be.
I question it.
Anyone remember this?
Exactly, what I was wondering. This is a complete paradigm shift in that plugging in the laptop won't recharge it if you're using fuel cells. That doesn't sit well with me. I mean, fuel cells will have to be as easily available as a power outlet because as it is people get peeved when inkjet cartridges need to be replaced. Also the fuel cells refills will have to cost the same as a conventional recharge. 2004 release? Forgive me if I believe DNF will be available first.
I'm still trying to figure out when BSD is going to die.
Seriously though, I'm glad I work at a company that doesn't require me to use Word to perform documentation. PDF and plain ascii files are as prevalent as DOC here.
In order to implement this rights management system, an organization has to set up a windows 2003 server for authentication, right? Well, it looks like small companies won't bother wasting money on hardware to support a software feature like this unless they're coerced. The UNIX file permission model is sufficient imho.
Actually, I didn't characterize everyone as goons. RTFC a bit more carefully.
I've talked to some pretty helpful people at Dell
And the places I've worked at have had completely opposite experiences.
DELL is NOT directly to blame for not providing the license
How do you figure that? It's their BIOS and they're making you agree to a license you can't see!
this guy just wants to gripe
Actually, he's trying to inform the public about something everyone who buys one of these Dell laptops will encounter
If he's competent enough to put up a website, then he's competent enough to grab the EULA from elsewhere.
He's not even sure which EULAs apply because no one can tell him. You do realize that there are different OEM versions very many different products don't you?
Many here think they are big thinkers, but some are also big gripers.
You're not much of a thinker, I gather.
So are you saying you don't care what's in the license you can't see but that you have to agree to?
How mind-blowingly naive can you possibly be? You sound like one of the Dell tech support goons the guy was talking about.
These license agreements are making OUR lives difficult, not the other way around.
My entire UNIX account from school, including all my read mail and web pages, is backed up on my USB drive. I store anything I think I might need to work on just in case I don't have internet access.
"He tasks me....He tasks me and I shall have him. I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares Maelstrom and round Perdition's flames before I give him up!"
--Khan
Mr. O'Reilly, run away as fast as you can.
just as when your X box gets a green screen of death.
Motown musicians?
I know a few women who have played and enjoyed The Sims and SimCity on the PC. On the console side, the Final Fantasy and Diablo series...and more recently I've observed surpisingly that the Tekken series is popular with my lady friends.
My friend's 7 year old niece plays those Barbie PC games but she also plays some sports games geared for little kids (I don't recall the title).
How many female game designers are out there and what's the ratio in relation to male? The numbers are probably low. If you have have a sudden influx of female game designers, does that mean if you create more female-oriented games that they'll be played?
SMB: 40/18 = 2.22 million copies per year. Mario64: 11/7 = 1.56 million copies per year. Halo: 3/2 = 1.5 million per year.
Your numbers suggest that sales of all 3 games are at a constant rate. Significant sales of SMB hasn't occured in a decade and Mario 64 probably hasn't sold more than a few in the past 3 or 4 years.
Halo didn't become bundles for until later, and even then you had a choice of non-bundled usually.
Before the bundling took place, remember that there weren't that many XBox games. What was the one game an Xbox purchaser was likely to buy even if it wasn't going to bundled? Halo
In the US, quality is no match for marketing tied to a big movie (unfortunatly).
Don't tell me Microsoft didn't spend millions upon millions on Halo marketing.
You hit the nail right on its head. You have to wonder about the upcoming PC version. (I hesitate to call it a port since most believe that Halo was meant for the PC to begin with) With the XBox version being out for a while now and everybody anticipating games like Doom 3, will the PC version sell a significant number of copies of what is essentially a game that's nearly 2 years old (released Nov 9, 2001)?
3 million?
Halo is arguably X-Box' flagship title. If you consider that Super Mario Bros. has sold over 40 million copies and Super Mario 64 has sold over 11 million copies (see here) and that Enter the Matrix has already sold 1 million copies in the brief time it's been released, this isn't that big a deal. Posted by an anonymous coward? More like posted by a desperate XBox sales force.
Dude, I'm no fan of the President and most of his policies (or the master puppets' policies), but even most leftists will tell you that that we've spent billions on Iraq and we're going to continue to spend billions because the occupation could take a long time (4 years according to Gen. Tommy Franks). Budgeting for this war and those stupid tax cuts have made the national debt impossible to pay off.
Also, although I totally disagree with the idea of quickly granting all the contracts to American companies (especially Bechtel, after the Central Artery fiasco), you'll hear few, if any, economists tell you that the reconstruction of Iraq is a real boon for the US' attempt to come out of this recession. You're more likely to see a return on investment from buying Enron stock.
Much of my family emigrated out from Vietnam in the years following the war. I think they would question your 3-4 million estimate at least in terms of it's specifics. 4 million did die, but this was during the entire conflict and was evenly divided on both sides of a civil war. These are numbers released by the Vietnamese government. Let's not lose sight on the fact that the north, being supported by other communist countries such as China, was trying to take over the south, which the US was trying to protect. People seem to believe we were being aggressors invading a country.
I do however agree that our central and south american policies have been and continue to be severely flawed. There is little excuse for Pinochet.
On the other hand, your accusation that the US has done nothing to restore power to Iraq is totally without merit. As this article shows, most facilities were left intact by US assaults but were vandalized and looted afterwards. Reports yesterday indicate that the US is spending $4 billion a month on the rebuilding of Iraq. Needless to say, a large portion is going towards the restoration of utilities.
killed several million people, and condemned many millions more to lives of agony, poverty and despair, not bad for a nation of "peace lovers"
Excuse me? WTF are you getting your facts from?
Well someone's gotta pay for that snazzy flash intro .
Which dies first, BSD or x86?
How many people really need a computer that's even over 1GHz? If your computer feels slow at that speed it's because the OS has not been optimised for responsiveness, it's not the fault of the CPU - just ask anyone using BeOS or MorphOS.
I just love blanket statements...and I was trying to remember why I avoid reading osnews.
At least the article wasn't written by Eugenia a.k.a. "It's not BeOS, so it must suck" Loli-Queru.
It should work well with the ATI Radeon 9500 ASC!