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"Intel won the CPU war on desktop PCs."
Really? I can't help but notice that AMD has been able to fight back a bit and claim some land in this war. Maybe they aren't winning by a huge margin yet, but they are fighting, and doing well.
Until everyone in the consumer sector owns an intel (which almost was several years back in the pc market...) and continues to buy only intel, intel hasn't won yet.
" Top Story of the day! Today WorldCom states that indeed, it has never earned a profit at all, explaining that what they had previously thought was only an error of about $7 billion, actually was much more.
'Apparently after some more thorough investigation, not only has WorldCom never turned a profit, but all figures that could have been called profit were in personal bank accounts in the Swiss. We found that 90% of all documents pertaining to the company were also forged... leading us to believe that the very existance of WorldCom maybe fraudulent,' explains an investigator.
Another investigator merely states, 'It's just a front used to collect money. Now they owe everyone everything that they've ever taken in.' "
It may sound accurate to those who are the ones getting the support, but it may not sound accurate to the ones giving the tech support.
How many times would those low scores be attributed to the consumer not having a clue, blowing up, and then thinking to him/her self that the entire tech support thing was evil?
Of course, there will be times where the reverse is true, when tech support will really be the ones who screw up, but being the tech support is their job.
They can actually get fired... the consumer can't get fired.
Step into Liquid, which I don't think is released yet, seems like a good choice for imax, if it isn't for imax already. That first cam angle where it goes into the wave would be one amazing effect on a huge imax screen.
http://www.stepintoliquid.com/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/step_i nt o_liquid.html
First... this is from the article, and silly: "It's unfortunate that disabled people are constantly used as a reason for inventing new gadgets "
Wasn't there a quote like... Necessity is the mother of all inventions? Well disabled people are just that, disabled. They have something that limits them from doing eveything they want, so why not build stuff to allow them to do what they want. And this is unfortunate?
And is it just me, or does this arm thing seem to opperate autonomously? It doesn't seem like its going to be a prothetic that you control, but more like some helper thing that responds to what you want it to do. Well, i suppose that is the better way since controlling the hand would be rather difficult without some kind of direct link into your existing muscles, or nervous system, and even then, it may take quite some time to master. But i'd assume most people would want to control it themselves, rather than have it do what the programming tells it to do.
Yea, we all love that clearer and prettier picture on those tv's. But for me... I'm not going to buy one anytime soon. Why? Well... what am I going to with it? What show on tv is going to be better than it already is with a better picture? Not many. Most shows aren't that great to begin with, so a better picture won't help.
Yea, it might be nice to get it just for DVD's, so you get a better display, but then i always have my computer there, though it does have a small screen, it has better resolution. Or borrow a projector and screen and plug it into the computer.
But other than having the perfect home MOVIE entertainment system, I don't really see any need to buy, or push, for hdtv in the home, when the shows don't even warrant this.
Of course, if they can somehow make these tv's cheap, then people will buy them, on their own accord. Forcing upgrades isn't exactly the most fun thing for consumers, who are the ones who actually pay for this stuff.
The obvious solution, IMHO, is that there should be fees... that are based on percent profit. Why should the RIAA profit from someone who isn't profitting in the first place? This would essentially be free advertising, that the RIAA would not have to pay for.
Besides, who pays for radio anyway? So unless someone actually does pay, and the internet radio guys have ads... they get zero profit, and so the RIAA gets zero profit.
But still gets free advertising for whatever is being played. So what exactly was the problem?
And if they think that people will record songs from them and what not... well, its more difficult than it sounds. Recording a live stream is very annoying... similar to recording a radio stream. First, you have no idea when a specific song will play. And even if you continually recorded the stream to get to the song... or for more than once song, you still gotta edit it down to the individual songs. This is more trouble than its worth, when Kazaa or the like would do just fine.
One possibility, though, is that the structure of the vacuum in space has changed. This is where we get into the rather spooky world of quantum physics. When light travels through a medium other than a vacuum, such as glass or water, it slows down. A vacuum, far from being empty, is teeming with quantum "virtual" particles that flit in and out of existence.
Sometimes those particles become real, such as under a strong electric charge, Lineweaver says. If the vacuum of space is changing uniformly across the universe, just as the universe is expanding uniformly, it could affect the speed of light.
Well... this was the hypothesis that was given in the article... and from the looks of this, it seems that there is a possibility that light didn't slow down at all. Here he explains that it is the medium that light is travelling in that is slowing it down. So light's top speed in a vacuum may still be the same... c, but the medium, the universe, is changing. Who knows.
But if light is slowing down, then that faster than light travel maybe possible. However, how the hell do you see anything when your going faster than any signal? Well... maybe you can communicate with the spooky particles and get instant communication while travelling at faster than light speeds. Of course you'd best be sure your data arrived promptly, as you'll never see the planet you just rammed.
How exactly can any company or group of companies threaten to not provide a service or product? Or in this case... not provide the full service that we as consumers are entitled too... even if we are still paying the full price (price of the cable bill).
I mean, how stupid would it be if there was a gas station that pitched up a sign that said, "Sorry, we are not going to sell gas here till you all agree to only buy gas here for the rest of your lives." Or maybe a sign like, "We will only now be offering you gas that you can't use outside of this state... as that would cut on the sales of another state's gas station."
Wait... isn't there a law that allows people to sell their stuff? Like... a tag sale or something? I shouldn't have to pay anyone if I bought it from the corp, and then sold it to someone else (even if i put a bit extra for my own profit). Otherwise, tag sales and pawn shops would be illegal.
So if these companies bought the originals from the studio, and then proceeded to edit it and sell that back... that should be fine.
Of course, what do they owe is the question. Should they only have to buy one copy, edit it, and make reproductions of the edit and sell and profit, or do they have to own a copy for each copy they edit or sell. Where do you drop the line between screwing the corp, and screwing the business/customer in this case?
Remember, if you want them to have free reign over selling (as in profiting from footage from someone else) this stuff without some compensation to the original guys who made the thing, your being just as evil as the suits.
Um, what exactly is a dreambox? Is that the Sega MS console hybrid? Hmm... maybe not only does it have dozens of software upgrades from MS, it'll have dozens have hardware upgrades from Sega. It'll also be out months before Nintendo and Sony variants, yet be completely bug ridden, and won't be stable till after Nintendo and Sony release.
At least it will have great games, from bought out companies.
RIAA CEO Hilary Rosen said in a statement that Berman's bill was "an innovative approach," adding that "it makes sense to clarify existing laws to ensure that copyright owners--those who actually take the time and effort to create an artistic work--are at least able to defend their works from mass piracy."
what? so who actually owns the copyright? I thought those artists had to sell their souls to work for these companies... and now they own the copyrights? er... unless the riaa actually creates the artistic works... in that case we now know why these new songs and singers are so similar in style and such
Don't forget Grave of the Fireflies. That was one incredible anime... and also in Ebert's list of the best of the best movies, ever (along with Totoro).
GotF is just insanely emotional. It got me worked up more than Shindler's List. Yet, its just so simple. Half the time there isn't even talking, yet its just incredibly difficult to watch and not shed a tear from the situational sadness.
If you think a cartoon can't make you cry... try this one on for size. Not only one of the best anime i've ever seen, but one of the best movies i've ever seen... period.
the more recipients that you spam, the less likely they are to respond
Well, statistically, its wrong. The more you hit, the more return your going to get. Of course, what I think he was trying to say, was that the more you spam a single person, the less likely they are to respond to each subsequent hit.
Sure one or two emails directed into your interests might be cool, and may get you to buy stuff (personally, i kinda like reading the new stuff from the think geek op in stuff... but if its op in, it isn't spam? ), but then you get into tens or even hundreds of emails that people don't even look at, delete based on sender, or filter all together and boom, there goes your return rate for the spam.
In this case, less is more for the individual. However, more is still more for how many individuals you are going to spam.
Great news for us guys in the northwest majoring in some kind of computer tech. I live in Connecticut... and there are basically no interesting computer jobs here. Yea, we got the UTC stuff, and that is quite interesting, but not what I'm looking for as a career.
What I am looking for was some of the stuff in California... but the problem was that it was in California, which is all the way across the country, plus with its 2x price on everything... it doesn't seem very inviting to a poor college student. So sticking some stuff in New York is quite the advantage for students up here... considering the schools up here in the Boston area and such.
All I gotta say is... it's about time we got to see a chunk of the action:)
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"Intel won the CPU war on desktop PCs."
Really? I can't help but notice that AMD has been able to fight back a bit and claim some land in this war. Maybe they aren't winning by a huge margin yet, but they are fighting, and doing well.
Until everyone in the consumer sector owns an intel (which almost was several years back in the pc market...) and continues to buy only intel, intel hasn't won yet.
Now all they have to do is make a portable version so the dentists can make housecalls.
I can just see it now...
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Top Story of the day! Today WorldCom states that indeed, it has never earned a profit at all, explaining that what they had previously thought was only an error of about $7 billion, actually was much more.
'Apparently after some more thorough investigation, not only has WorldCom never turned a profit, but all figures that could have been called profit were in personal bank accounts in the Swiss. We found that 90% of all documents pertaining to the company were also forged... leading us to believe that the very existance of WorldCom maybe fraudulent,' explains an investigator.
Another investigator merely states, 'It's just a front used to collect money. Now they owe everyone everything that they've ever taken in.'
"
It may sound accurate to those who are the ones getting the support, but it may not sound accurate to the ones giving the tech support.
How many times would those low scores be attributed to the consumer not having a clue, blowing up, and then thinking to him/her self that the entire tech support thing was evil?
Of course, there will be times where the reverse is true, when tech support will really be the ones who screw up, but being the tech support is their job.
They can actually get fired... the consumer can't get fired.
That's actually a picture of his server after this story was posted.
Well the obvious use for this now is to put this tech into Sony's Aibo.
Now you got a smart dog wandering around sniffing for heat, and pissing... er I mean spraying on it to put it out.
Step into Liquid, which I don't think is released yet, seems like a good choice for imax, if it isn't for imax already. That first cam angle where it goes into the wave would be one amazing effect on a huge imax screen.
i nt o_liquid.html
http://www.stepintoliquid.com/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/step_
You know, most computers nowadays have a reset button on the main box... and its just 1 button.
First... this is from the article, and silly: "It's unfortunate that disabled people are constantly used as a reason for inventing new gadgets "
Wasn't there a quote like... Necessity is the mother of all inventions? Well disabled people are just that, disabled. They have something that limits them from doing eveything they want, so why not build stuff to allow them to do what they want. And this is unfortunate?
And is it just me, or does this arm thing seem to opperate autonomously? It doesn't seem like its going to be a prothetic that you control, but more like some helper thing that responds to what you want it to do. Well, i suppose that is the better way since controlling the hand would be rather difficult without some kind of direct link into your existing muscles, or nervous system, and even then, it may take quite some time to master. But i'd assume most people would want to control it themselves, rather than have it do what the programming tells it to do.
Yea, we all love that clearer and prettier picture on those tv's. But for me... I'm not going to buy one anytime soon. Why? Well... what am I going to with it? What show on tv is going to be better than it already is with a better picture? Not many. Most shows aren't that great to begin with, so a better picture won't help.
Yea, it might be nice to get it just for DVD's, so you get a better display, but then i always have my computer there, though it does have a small screen, it has better resolution. Or borrow a projector and screen and plug it into the computer.
But other than having the perfect home MOVIE entertainment system, I don't really see any need to buy, or push, for hdtv in the home, when the shows don't even warrant this.
Of course, if they can somehow make these tv's cheap, then people will buy them, on their own accord. Forcing upgrades isn't exactly the most fun thing for consumers, who are the ones who actually pay for this stuff.
"and now must be penalized in the usual Microsoft fashion - they must promise not to do it again."
I hope Bill Gates wasn't crossing his finger behind his back...
Better make sure and force him into a pinky swear and swear his soul to the dark lord.... er, too late, nevermind.
It's not that amazing. The blasted thing is a model plane... still uses fuel, still can fly on its own accord. Wow...
Call me when they do the first transatlantic paperplane.
And don't cheat and use a paperclip on the nose.
The obvious solution, IMHO, is that there should be fees... that are based on percent profit. Why should the RIAA profit from someone who isn't profitting in the first place? This would essentially be free advertising, that the RIAA would not have to pay for.
Besides, who pays for radio anyway? So unless someone actually does pay, and the internet radio guys have ads... they get zero profit, and so the RIAA gets zero profit.
But still gets free advertising for whatever is being played. So what exactly was the problem?
And if they think that people will record songs from them and what not... well, its more difficult than it sounds. Recording a live stream is very annoying... similar to recording a radio stream. First, you have no idea when a specific song will play. And even if you continually recorded the stream to get to the song... or for more than once song, you still gotta edit it down to the individual songs. This is more trouble than its worth, when Kazaa or the like would do just fine.
This is obviously a plot... who the hell in their right mind would have a crush on me?!?!
One possibility, though, is that the structure of the vacuum in space has changed. This is where we get into the rather spooky world of quantum physics. When light travels through a medium other than a vacuum, such as glass or water, it slows down. A vacuum, far from being empty, is teeming with quantum "virtual" particles that flit in and out of existence.
Sometimes those particles become real, such as under a strong electric charge, Lineweaver says. If the vacuum of space is changing uniformly across the universe, just as the universe is expanding uniformly, it could affect the speed of light.
Well... this was the hypothesis that was given in the article... and from the looks of this, it seems that there is a possibility that light didn't slow down at all. Here he explains that it is the medium that light is travelling in that is slowing it down. So light's top speed in a vacuum may still be the same... c, but the medium, the universe, is changing. Who knows.
But if light is slowing down, then that faster than light travel maybe possible. However, how the hell do you see anything when your going faster than any signal? Well... maybe you can communicate with the spooky particles and get instant communication while travelling at faster than light speeds. Of course you'd best be sure your data arrived promptly, as you'll never see the planet you just rammed.
How exactly can any company or group of companies threaten to not provide a service or product? Or in this case... not provide the full service that we as consumers are entitled too... even if we are still paying the full price (price of the cable bill).
I mean, how stupid would it be if there was a gas station that pitched up a sign that said, "Sorry, we are not going to sell gas here till you all agree to only buy gas here for the rest of your lives." Or maybe a sign like, "We will only now be offering you gas that you can't use outside of this state... as that would cut on the sales of another state's gas station."
Would anyone even go there to get gas anymore?
Wait... isn't there a law that allows people to sell their stuff? Like... a tag sale or something? I shouldn't have to pay anyone if I bought it from the corp, and then sold it to someone else (even if i put a bit extra for my own profit). Otherwise, tag sales and pawn shops would be illegal.
So if these companies bought the originals from the studio, and then proceeded to edit it and sell that back... that should be fine.
Of course, what do they owe is the question. Should they only have to buy one copy, edit it, and make reproductions of the edit and sell and profit, or do they have to own a copy for each copy they edit or sell. Where do you drop the line between screwing the corp, and screwing the business/customer in this case?
Remember, if you want them to have free reign over selling (as in profiting from footage from someone else) this stuff without some compensation to the original guys who made the thing, your being just as evil as the suits.
Wait, they got recess after lunch at these companies now? Damn... I'm working at the wrong place, we actually have to work here.
Um, what exactly is a dreambox? Is that the Sega MS console hybrid? Hmm... maybe not only does it have dozens of software upgrades from MS, it'll have dozens have hardware upgrades from Sega. It'll also be out months before Nintendo and Sony variants, yet be completely bug ridden, and won't be stable till after Nintendo and Sony release.
At least it will have great games, from bought out companies.
Well, we all know what the common application for the x10 cams are... er, I mean the hinted application.
So what else would people do with a fully mobile flying camera with a live video feed?
RIAA CEO Hilary Rosen said in a statement that Berman's bill was "an innovative approach," adding that "it makes sense to clarify existing laws to ensure that copyright owners--those who actually take the time and effort to create an artistic work--are at least able to defend their works from mass piracy."
what? so who actually owns the copyright? I thought those artists had to sell their souls to work for these companies... and now they own the copyrights? er... unless the riaa actually creates the artistic works... in that case we now know why these new songs and singers are so similar in style and such
Why do you need a cookbook for a coding session or lan party?
The phone is God in this case, as it is THE resource for anything that is holy... er, you can call the local pizza place and get a delivery.
As for a coding session for any reason, anything microwavable works. Or chocolate... I could live off that. Or anything caffiene. Or soda.
Why cook when you can be a lazy bum eating freeze dried food out of a foam cup?
Don't forget Grave of the Fireflies. That was one incredible anime... and also in Ebert's list of the best of the best movies, ever (along with Totoro).
GotF is just insanely emotional. It got me worked up more than Shindler's List. Yet, its just so simple. Half the time there isn't even talking, yet its just incredibly difficult to watch and not shed a tear from the situational sadness.
If you think a cartoon can't make you cry... try this one on for size. Not only one of the best anime i've ever seen, but one of the best movies i've ever seen... period.
Seems like everyone is hitting on this...
the more recipients that you spam, the less likely they are to respond
Well, statistically, its wrong. The more you hit, the more return your going to get. Of course, what I think he was trying to say, was that the more you spam a single person, the less likely they are to respond to each subsequent hit.
Sure one or two emails directed into your interests might be cool, and may get you to buy stuff (personally, i kinda like reading the new stuff from the think geek op in stuff... but if its op in, it isn't spam? ), but then you get into tens or even hundreds of emails that people don't even look at, delete based on sender, or filter all together and boom, there goes your return rate for the spam.
In this case, less is more for the individual. However, more is still more for how many individuals you are going to spam.
Great news for us guys in the northwest majoring in some kind of computer tech. I live in Connecticut... and there are basically no interesting computer jobs here. Yea, we got the UTC stuff, and that is quite interesting, but not what I'm looking for as a career.
... it's about time we got to see a chunk of the action :)
What I am looking for was some of the stuff in California... but the problem was that it was in California, which is all the way across the country, plus with its 2x price on everything... it doesn't seem very inviting to a poor college student. So sticking some stuff in New York is quite the advantage for students up here... considering the schools up here in the Boston area and such.
All I gotta say is