Those people seem not to understand that the clichedness of bragging about not watching television outweighs any positive impression it makes.
Why does one have to brag about not watching TV? I watch rented movie once a month maybe, other than that I avoid it like the plague. It's not that it's bragging, its that I fin that watching TV results in me learning less, and getting less done. It's too easy to zone out on the preview channel for hours, and I just end up tired. Instead, I find programming or interacting with my family in my spare time to be much more enjoyable and stimulating.
I have serious doubts about the validity of this author's points. I think as previous posters have mentioned, it has far more to do with the idea that perhaps many people would not have this intellectual stimulation at all without TV, and therefore something is better than nothing.
Yep, skip Wine, go to Cedega. WoW a supported app, and although Cedega (WineX), by Transgaming, is based on Wine, they have made adjustments geared more towards gaming apps. Runs smoothly, and occasionally hiccups when they release a new patch. Transgaming
Here's the problem though. We moved away from the gold standard long ago. Now, when inflation happens, the value of a coin can become less than the value to make said coin. With paper, the value doesn't really inflate that much. Paper is renewable, we don't have to find another mine to produce it cheaply. It's easy to put out new currency and make changes, as opposed to retooling a minting press. Paper is economically more feasible (and just happens to be lighter to carry).
Actually, this was taken out of context. The first list is the board members of Blu-Ray. The following is the list of HD-DVD board members.
Memory-Tech Corporation
NEC Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co.
Yep, just three, as opposed to the 16 board members of Blu-Ray. In comparison, the supporting member companies for BluRay total more than 119 members as opposed to the 100 for HD-DVD. Yes, both have a lot of support, but you were comparing apples and oranges, and it doesn't work that way. Try it on an even playing field next time. Blu-Ray has a much larger core of board members, and as you said, "some companies are in both sides". For a more detailed listing, see this site.
I guess I should correct my statement. It went like this:
I used to use a Mac, they can be useful, but the user base has far too many zealots (even than *nix) for my taste.
It should have gone like this:
I used to use a Mac. They can be useful. The user base has far too many zealots (even than *nix) for my taste.
I don't use Macs because I moved to a system that carried more software (back at System 7ish). As a seperate issue, I personally find that the Mac world has way too many extremists per capita that refuse to accept the possibility that Mac OS isn't the Holy Grail, but merely another option. The *nix comment is because I largely use Linux and Unix systems, which I realize Mac is Unix based now. *nix is notorious for zealots as well, which is why the comment.
English... It's amazing what a couple of poorly placed periods on my part can do.
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In all fairness there is more than one application for publishing on Windows. You can use PDF if you like, Post Script, OpenOffice, etc. While I'm assuming you meant MS Office, don't discount the multitude of options. I used to use a Mac, they can be useful, but the user base has far too many zealots (even than *nix) for my taste.
I looked for some older requirements, but it's a good start, and shows approximately the equivalent of solid state advances etc. Yes, they beef it up, but fairly on par with new tech.
This is a much different strategy than the Microsoft sieze and conquer. MS takes over companies to get technologies, and then through culture the effectiveness of the subsidiary becomes null. Google, however, invests instead in obtaining highly innovative, creative, and motivated individuals, and they're doing it en mass. I know there is a lot of speculation about them working on an operating system or something similarly large, but whatever it is, it is big. There are too many bright minds there for it not to be.
It's a joke, nothing more. It is based on the common misconception that people get mod points just for supporting F/OSS (which I do, but that's not the issue) and bashing MS (which I try to minimize but sometimes it happens). If we can't laugh at ourselves, what's the point?
It's not that easy. Where you live, standard of living costs, specialized training and abilities, years of experience, etc, all influence and alter this. Averages give you an idea, but you have to go on your abilities and what you can find. If you like your job, it often means more than an extra 5-10k per year. I think the real issue here is that people like to know how they rank compared to others, and reality is way to gray for that black & white approach.
The problem is though that it did interfere. By allowing illegal copies to play, they were decreasing the profits by allowing people to avoid purchasing their product.
Thank you! It's not that WoW is monopolizing. They just happen to have made a good game, and the consumer is speaking with their dollar. If a game comes out that can draw attention from WoW, it deserves the money. I'm sorry that EA can't pump out another Madden and make endless cash, but its about damned time that the Free Market and Economic theory returned to the marketplace. There is no anti-competive work at play here, supply and demand. Low supply of quality games, and a high demand for it where WoW fulfills the need.
What if the person was intoxicated and trying to get into a friend's party, and went to the wrong street?
You know, in the middle of the night when a dark figure has come into your house, I don't want to take the time to decide if he's "just a poor drunk." I am going to shoot first, ask questions later, and err on the side of caution. I would rather take the life of some worthless drunk driver that stumbled into my house than risk my wife and family to a violent criminal. All it takes is a second of hesitation to lose control of the situation, and I won't take that second.
Difference being the Star Wars prequels weren't innovative, and largely copied other popular sci-fi. Rather than being genre defining, as the originals were. The Star Wars Trilogy (original) is a source for many a good devices though.
I did the same thing when the 4th came out. I bought the 3rd from Barnes & Noble (locally) 3-4 days before the 4th came out. Although I had the ability to return it. Don't worry excessively though, the 4th is still impressive and recent (only 1.5 yrs old?) and covers tha majority of OpenGL functionality. If you wait until the most recent Blue Book comes out (the Reference) you should be able to function just fine.
Um... or you could use your skills to help people. Help out teachers and other students alike with computer problems and suddenly everyone loves you.
No, help everyone out and you end up being a tool. It's nice to help people, but doing it excessively gets you used. People don't just LIKE you because you fixed their computer. They PRETEND to like you. Social engineering isn't inherently evil, it is how a society interacts. If you don't know the rules of your society, you cannot function within it. If you do, you can make the most of it. Yes, people like nice people, but only when they need something.
I think it's important to point out from the transcript that the mother blames Kazaa for this happening.
MS. SANTANGELO: Okay.I think my biggest issue is, honestly, not with the record company as much as it is with this company called Kazaa that allowed them to do this in the first place. I really can't believe it. And I just, obviously, in the last week, started studying about it, you know. I've never really looked into it before, but -- THE COURT: Yes, that, I can well understand. MS. SANTANGELO: -- that it could even be allowed to do in the first place. It's just mind-boggling.
Try installing Adobe Premiere 1.5 or Macromedia 2004 MX or Adobe Photoshop CS on linux under Cedega or CrossOver Office. Maybe they have long term intentions on linux migration, but in the present they are stopping it in its tracks.
That is exactly what should be emphasized. People go on and on about having the right to rip into other people's work and modify it however they see fit rather than developing something themselves. If they want to apply the amount of time it takes to release a commercial quality game, and give it away, GOOD! More power to them! But riding on someone elses work and possibly even diminishing their rightly earned profit is misguided.
Just FYI, Blizzard games run nearly flawlessly in Cedega. Just because they don't want to dedicate dev's to a linux port doesn't mean they are blocking it. If you want to see a company against linux, check out Macromedia, Adobe, and of course, Microsoft. All of which make software which SPECIFICALLY checks the OS and will refuse to install if it detects non-MS OS's. No matter that the program may actually run under Cedega or CrossOver Office, they go out of their way to block it. Blizzard, on the other hand, is merely not expending excess resources on it.
Okay, no one ever said entertainment software has to be free, nor should it. It has such a short life, that they can't make money on it if someone else is assisting the piracy efforts and allowing illegal players to play for free. The problem here is that people here assume all software should be free, unless they wrote it or need to make a living on it. I'm all for OSS, believe me, but you can't force EVERYONE to give away their time and effort.
Yes, OS's should be free and open, but this is really no different than someone pirating a movie and then doing public theater shows of it next door to the pay theater. It's fine to make your OWN software free, but taking someone elses and distributing it freely (or allowing and encouraging piracy which is exactly what bnetd did) is not appropriate. Since it is free to play on battle.net with a LEGAL copy, it's highly skeptical that it had another purpose, no matter the "disclaimer" that may be attached.
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the vast majority of internet users are not idiots
I have to disagree. The majority of people in general are idiots. Why then can't the majority of people using the internet also be idiots?
Those people seem not to understand that the clichedness of bragging about not watching television outweighs any positive impression it makes.
Why does one have to brag about not watching TV? I watch rented movie once a month maybe, other than that I avoid it like the plague. It's not that it's bragging, its that I fin that watching TV results in me learning less, and getting less done. It's too easy to zone out on the preview channel for hours, and I just end up tired. Instead, I find programming or interacting with my family in my spare time to be much more enjoyable and stimulating.
I have serious doubts about the validity of this author's points. I think as previous posters have mentioned, it has far more to do with the idea that perhaps many people would not have this intellectual stimulation at all without TV, and therefore something is better than nothing.
Yep, skip Wine, go to Cedega. WoW a supported app, and although Cedega (WineX), by Transgaming, is based on Wine, they have made adjustments geared more towards gaming apps. Runs smoothly, and occasionally hiccups when they release a new patch. Transgaming
Here's the problem though. We moved away from the gold standard long ago. Now, when inflation happens, the value of a coin can become less than the value to make said coin. With paper, the value doesn't really inflate that much. Paper is renewable, we don't have to find another mine to produce it cheaply. It's easy to put out new currency and make changes, as opposed to retooling a minting press. Paper is economically more feasible (and just happens to be lighter to carry).
So, basically they just did some graphics editing on Firefox. Why isn't this just an extension to FF?
Actually, this was taken out of context. The first list is the board members of Blu-Ray. The following is the list of HD-DVD board members.
Memory-Tech Corporation NEC Corporation Sanyo Electric Co.
Yep, just three, as opposed to the 16 board members of Blu-Ray. In comparison, the supporting member companies for BluRay total more than 119 members as opposed to the 100 for HD-DVD. Yes, both have a lot of support, but you were comparing apples and oranges, and it doesn't work that way. Try it on an even playing field next time. Blu-Ray has a much larger core of board members, and as you said, "some companies are in both sides". For a more detailed listing, see this site.
I guess I should correct my statement. It went like this:
I used to use a Mac, they can be useful, but the user base has far too many zealots (even than *nix) for my taste.
It should have gone like this:
I used to use a Mac. They can be useful. The user base has far too many zealots (even than *nix) for my taste.
I don't use Macs because I moved to a system that carried more software (back at System 7ish). As a seperate issue, I personally find that the Mac world has way too many extremists per capita that refuse to accept the possibility that Mac OS isn't the Holy Grail, but merely another option. The *nix comment is because I largely use Linux and Unix systems, which I realize Mac is Unix based now. *nix is notorious for zealots as well, which is why the comment.
English... It's amazing what a couple of poorly placed periods on my part can do.
In all fairness there is more than one application for publishing on Windows. You can use PDF if you like, Post Script, OpenOffice, etc. While I'm assuming you meant MS Office, don't discount the multitude of options. I used to use a Mac, they can be useful, but the user base has far too many zealots (even than *nix) for my taste.
For a rate of their beefing up...
Windows XP: 128MB RAM, 300MHz
Windows 2000: 64MB RAM, 133MHz
Windows 98: 16MB, 66 MHz
Windows 95: 4MB RAM, 386 or higher
I looked for some older requirements, but it's a good start, and shows approximately the equivalent of solid state advances etc. Yes, they beef it up, but fairly on par with new tech.
It all depends on the day.
This is a much different strategy than the Microsoft sieze and conquer. MS takes over companies to get technologies, and then through culture the effectiveness of the subsidiary becomes null. Google, however, invests instead in obtaining highly innovative, creative, and motivated individuals, and they're doing it en mass. I know there is a lot of speculation about them working on an operating system or something similarly large, but whatever it is, it is big. There are too many bright minds there for it not to be.
It's a joke, nothing more. It is based on the common misconception that people get mod points just for supporting F/OSS (which I do, but that's not the issue) and bashing MS (which I try to minimize but sometimes it happens). If we can't laugh at ourselves, what's the point?
It's not that easy. Where you live, standard of living costs, specialized training and abilities, years of experience, etc, all influence and alter this. Averages give you an idea, but you have to go on your abilities and what you can find. If you like your job, it often means more than an extra 5-10k per year. I think the real issue here is that people like to know how they rank compared to others, and reality is way to gray for that black & white approach.
The problem is though that it did interfere. By allowing illegal copies to play, they were decreasing the profits by allowing people to avoid purchasing their product.
Innovate or get out of the way.
Thank you! It's not that WoW is monopolizing. They just happen to have made a good game, and the consumer is speaking with their dollar. If a game comes out that can draw attention from WoW, it deserves the money. I'm sorry that EA can't pump out another Madden and make endless cash, but its about damned time that the Free Market and Economic theory returned to the marketplace. There is no anti-competive work at play here, supply and demand. Low supply of quality games, and a high demand for it where WoW fulfills the need.
What if the person was intoxicated and trying to get into a friend's party, and went to the wrong street?
You know, in the middle of the night when a dark figure has come into your house, I don't want to take the time to decide if he's "just a poor drunk." I am going to shoot first, ask questions later, and err on the side of caution. I would rather take the life of some worthless drunk driver that stumbled into my house than risk my wife and family to a violent criminal. All it takes is a second of hesitation to lose control of the situation, and I won't take that second.
Difference being the Star Wars prequels weren't innovative, and largely copied other popular sci-fi. Rather than being genre defining, as the originals were. The Star Wars Trilogy (original) is a source for many a good devices though.
It's not 2.0, but they do have the Orange Book. Still covers quite a bit of the shading language.
I did the same thing when the 4th came out. I bought the 3rd from Barnes & Noble (locally) 3-4 days before the 4th came out. Although I had the ability to return it. Don't worry excessively though, the 4th is still impressive and recent (only 1.5 yrs old?) and covers tha majority of OpenGL functionality. If you wait until the most recent Blue Book comes out (the Reference) you should be able to function just fine.
Um... or you could use your skills to help people. Help out teachers and other students alike with computer problems and suddenly everyone loves you.
No, help everyone out and you end up being a tool. It's nice to help people, but doing it excessively gets you used. People don't just LIKE you because you fixed their computer. They PRETEND to like you. Social engineering isn't inherently evil, it is how a society interacts. If you don't know the rules of your society, you cannot function within it. If you do, you can make the most of it. Yes, people like nice people, but only when they need something.
I think it's important to point out from the transcript that the mother blames Kazaa for this happening.
MS. SANTANGELO: Okay.I think my biggest issue is, honestly, not with the record company as much as it is with this company called Kazaa that allowed them to do this in the first place. I really can't believe it. And I just, obviously, in the last week, started studying about it, you know. I've never really looked into it before, but --
THE COURT: Yes, that, I can well understand.
MS. SANTANGELO: -- that it could even be allowed to do in the first place. It's just mind-boggling.
Try installing Adobe Premiere 1.5 or Macromedia 2004 MX or Adobe Photoshop CS on linux under Cedega or CrossOver Office. Maybe they have long term intentions on linux migration, but in the present they are stopping it in its tracks.
That is exactly what should be emphasized. People go on and on about having the right to rip into other people's work and modify it however they see fit rather than developing something themselves. If they want to apply the amount of time it takes to release a commercial quality game, and give it away, GOOD! More power to them! But riding on someone elses work and possibly even diminishing their rightly earned profit is misguided.
Just FYI, Blizzard games run nearly flawlessly in Cedega. Just because they don't want to dedicate dev's to a linux port doesn't mean they are blocking it. If you want to see a company against linux, check out Macromedia, Adobe, and of course, Microsoft. All of which make software which SPECIFICALLY checks the OS and will refuse to install if it detects non-MS OS's. No matter that the program may actually run under Cedega or CrossOver Office, they go out of their way to block it. Blizzard, on the other hand, is merely not expending excess resources on it.
Okay, no one ever said entertainment software has to be free, nor should it. It has such a short life, that they can't make money on it if someone else is assisting the piracy efforts and allowing illegal players to play for free. The problem here is that people here assume all software should be free, unless they wrote it or need to make a living on it. I'm all for OSS, believe me, but you can't force EVERYONE to give away their time and effort.
Yes, OS's should be free and open, but this is really no different than someone pirating a movie and then doing public theater shows of it next door to the pay theater. It's fine to make your OWN software free, but taking someone elses and distributing it freely (or allowing and encouraging piracy which is exactly what bnetd did) is not appropriate. Since it is free to play on battle.net with a LEGAL copy, it's highly skeptical that it had another purpose, no matter the "disclaimer" that may be attached.