Just another example of what I call "The Taboo Effect." When something isn't allowed, you'll want to do it more. Perfect example: Marijuana. Or downloading music. This new rule could cause an explosion of anti-"public interest" blogs and websites.
Speaking of blogs, how does this rule work for servers that are outside of China? I can just see the headlines now: "Capitalists Use Myspace to Thwart China"
I for one don't understand what the point of this idea is. Yes, it could be done, but why? What advantages would we get from this? All I can see this doing is make it easier for people to lose every single one of their documents.
On some scale or another, this guy is correct. Web services are becoming very popular. But as we can see from the list he's provided, all of the major web services are giving their users something that they wouldn't be able to find in a normal computer application. I think it will be a long time before we see desktop applications such as, for isntance, Powerpoint, get replaced by a web version.
But before web-ified desktop applications become popular, I for one think that we'll need something better and more integrated than AJAX. XUL and XAML are a good step in that direction.
Whatever happened to OneNote? I for one use it to take notes during all of my classes, and I don't even have a Tablet PC (Speaking of which, why aren't we seeing any more of those either?). There really aren't very many programs that are like it... And it's more or less the only reason I still use any Office apps.
Anybody know what's meant by the "RNA world" term? I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but is that the theory where pre-cellular life used purely RNA for all functions?
First it's great publicity, but more so it's a donation that could very well actually help people. Now, that said, from what I can see from the article they are just donating the base station - the mega-router, per se. Nobody has WiMax in their computers yet....
I was watching the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart about two weeks ago, and I seem to remember that Pat Robertson (the crazy televangelist) was praying to god that there would be yet another open slot on the Supreme Justice...
Well, despite his conservativeness (Me = die-hard liberal), RIP Rehnquist...
As somebody's said already, the problem with both DS and with PSP is that it's really not easy to find other people playing them. But that should change soon - That's why the Wifi Connection service is coming out.
Also, a note: Since when does WarioWare have wireless capabilities?!
All of you don't seem to notice something: Intel is simply supporting RAID, not making it a requirement for Centrino laptops. Doing so would, as has been mentioned, severely limit battery power and make it heavier. It'd probably make them take up more room, too, seeing as there's not much space for another HDD in notebooks anyway. Intel has made some pretty stupid decisions in the past (coughcoughNetBurstcoughcough) but this is nothing more than another choice for companies. I could see this feature as an option for business-oriented notebooks like IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads.
And as for solid-state hard-drives, two questions: First, what are the chances solid-state memory would become messed up, the way some laptop HDDs do when their host computer is dropped on the floor? And second, are two solid-state drives that use IDE capable of a RAID array? (Not that that would be at all useful, if my first question's answer is that they don't get messed up...)
I think the best solution we can have (for the moment, until solid-state becomes cheaper) is to have a hard drive which has all the computer-related things like programs and the OS, and then have a solid-state device built in to the computer as well. Employees could be instructed to save all of their work to the SS drive - Simply disguise it as D:\ in Windows, and make it behave like a/dev/hd* in *nix. It would provide the usability of thumb drives without the possibilty of them getting lost... Unless you lose your laptop, in which case you would be fired.
People are saying that this is going to be a format war. Personally, I think it is going to be nothing more than a slaughter. While it is true that Blu-ray can fit more data on to a disc, my question is this: Do we really need it? Do high-definition videos really take up more than 15GB space?
Also, another question: Does anybody know how different they are, price-wise? I know that BR is more expensive than HDDVD, but how much so? I don't mean simply the discs, I also mean the manufacturing equipment. As has already been said, I believe HD-DVD is made the same way as DVD...
After all of that bull*bleep!* hype about Emotion Engine?/ We've never seen anything of the sort on PS2. And take that Killzone video with a grain of salt, it's been proven to be false.
This could (note the could) be a very good move for Nokia. There've been numerous tries to make one of these "internet pads" and all of them have failed. But with a well-known name, like nokia, you never know. They've made mistakes before - nGage, anyone? - but that's because they were trying to enter a market that they had never done stuff with before, and that already had well-established boundaries, those being Nintendo's Gameboy Advance. But with this, they're entering a market that is relatively small, at least for the moment. But then again, knowing Nokia, they'll probably charge some ridiculous price for it... Oh, and to the guy that said something about the PSP, I'd much rather browse with a touchscreen than with an analog nub, thank you very much.:D
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I was really, truly about to rip my brain out and smash it against the TV. I mean, they had a special called "Pimp My Xbox." Wow! You can paint your Xbox! AMAZING!
And how the hell do they expect to keep this machine under $300? It has 3 (Yes, three) PowerPC chips, each running at 3.2GHz, inside its' case. Not only that, it has a 20GB hard drive, and a next-generation ATi card that uses those dynamic pipeline things. I mean, jesus, a Radeon X850 nowadays is $400 by itself or so... End Nintendo fanboyism.
Sounds very similar to that thing Microsoft was hinting at for Xbox 2, with mini-transactions or some idea like that.
Personally, bad idea. The reason people play video games is so they can pretend they are not in their everyday lives. They are in worlds where you can make it yourself. So this will effect this. A lot. Why bring your monetary class into a game? I mean, a spoiled little 9 year old could buy ubar weapons and stuff, while somebody who has more skill is behind him.
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Just another example of what I call "The Taboo Effect." When something isn't allowed, you'll want to do it more. Perfect example: Marijuana. Or downloading music. This new rule could cause an explosion of anti-"public interest" blogs and websites.
Speaking of blogs, how does this rule work for servers that are outside of China? I can just see the headlines now: "Capitalists Use Myspace to Thwart China"
I for one don't understand what the point of this idea is. Yes, it could be done, but why? What advantages would we get from this? All I can see this doing is make it easier for people to lose every single one of their documents.
On some scale or another, this guy is correct. Web services are becoming very popular. But as we can see from the list he's provided, all of the major web services are giving their users something that they wouldn't be able to find in a normal computer application. I think it will be a long time before we see desktop applications such as, for isntance, Powerpoint, get replaced by a web version.
But before web-ified desktop applications become popular, I for one think that we'll need something better and more integrated than AJAX. XUL and XAML are a good step in that direction.
...This could actually be a good use for a Clicker! A) Terrorists! B) IT'S A TRAP! C) Violent, drunken American redneck! D) STAB
How the hell haven't they gone out of business yet?!
Whatever happened to OneNote? I for one use it to take notes during all of my classes, and I don't even have a Tablet PC (Speaking of which, why aren't we seeing any more of those either?). There really aren't very many programs that are like it... And it's more or less the only reason I still use any Office apps.
Anybody know what's meant by the "RNA world" term? I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but is that the theory where pre-cellular life used purely RNA for all functions?
First it's great publicity, but more so it's a donation that could very well actually help people. Now, that said, from what I can see from the article they are just donating the base station - the mega-router, per se. Nobody has WiMax in their computers yet....
I was watching the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart about two weeks ago, and I seem to remember that Pat Robertson (the crazy televangelist) was praying to god that there would be yet another open slot on the Supreme Justice...
Well, despite his conservativeness (Me = die-hard liberal), RIP Rehnquist...
My god, it's been four years or so since I heard that word!
...what the Ringworld shadow square ropes are made of! Zomg!
As somebody's said already, the problem with both DS and with PSP is that it's really not easy to find other people playing them. But that should change soon - That's why the Wifi Connection service is coming out. Also, a note: Since when does WarioWare have wireless capabilities?!
All of you don't seem to notice something: Intel is simply supporting RAID, not making it a requirement for Centrino laptops. Doing so would, as has been mentioned, severely limit battery power and make it heavier. It'd probably make them take up more room, too, seeing as there's not much space for another HDD in notebooks anyway. Intel has made some pretty stupid decisions in the past (coughcoughNetBurstcoughcough) but this is nothing more than another choice for companies. I could see this feature as an option for business-oriented notebooks like IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads.
/dev/hd* in *nix. It would provide the usability of thumb drives without the possibilty of them getting lost... Unless you lose your laptop, in which case you would be fired.
And as for solid-state hard-drives, two questions: First, what are the chances solid-state memory would become messed up, the way some laptop HDDs do when their host computer is dropped on the floor? And second, are two solid-state drives that use IDE capable of a RAID array? (Not that that would be at all useful, if my first question's answer is that they don't get messed up...)
I think the best solution we can have (for the moment, until solid-state becomes cheaper) is to have a hard drive which has all the computer-related things like programs and the OS, and then have a solid-state device built in to the computer as well. Employees could be instructed to save all of their work to the SS drive - Simply disguise it as D:\ in Windows, and make it behave like a
People are saying that this is going to be a format war. Personally, I think it is going to be nothing more than a slaughter. While it is true that Blu-ray can fit more data on to a disc, my question is this: Do we really need it? Do high-definition videos really take up more than 15GB space?
Also, another question: Does anybody know how different they are, price-wise? I know that BR is more expensive than HDDVD, but how much so? I don't mean simply the discs, I also mean the manufacturing equipment. As has already been said, I believe HD-DVD is made the same way as DVD...
I'm wondering: Could AMD's marketting department actually be Athlon 64-enhanced monkies that are writing HTML instead of Shakespeare?
That's a beautiful story.
...but can they run OSx86?
After all of that bull*bleep!* hype about Emotion Engine?/ We've never seen anything of the sort on PS2. And take that Killzone video with a grain of salt, it's been proven to be false.
This could (note the could) be a very good move for Nokia. There've been numerous tries to make one of these "internet pads" and all of them have failed. But with a well-known name, like nokia, you never know. They've made mistakes before - nGage, anyone? - but that's because they were trying to enter a market that they had never done stuff with before, and that already had well-established boundaries, those being Nintendo's Gameboy Advance. But with this, they're entering a market that is relatively small, at least for the moment. But then again, knowing Nokia, they'll probably charge some ridiculous price for it... Oh, and to the guy that said something about the PSP, I'd much rather browse with a touchscreen than with an analog nub, thank you very much. :D
I was really, truly about to rip my brain out and smash it against the TV. I mean, they had a special called "Pimp My Xbox." Wow! You can paint your Xbox! AMAZING! And how the hell do they expect to keep this machine under $300? It has 3 (Yes, three) PowerPC chips, each running at 3.2GHz, inside its' case. Not only that, it has a 20GB hard drive, and a next-generation ATi card that uses those dynamic pipeline things. I mean, jesus, a Radeon X850 nowadays is $400 by itself or so... End Nintendo fanboyism.
This should certainly be an interesting read. I guess I have something to do during history class now, thanks! :D
I'm sorry, but really, what an asshole. Can't accept a little competition?
Perhaps this is a retaliation against the three slashads in a row we've had :D
That's really quite impressive. I wish I could see it in motion, though ;_;
Sounds very similar to that thing Microsoft was hinting at for Xbox 2, with mini-transactions or some idea like that. Personally, bad idea. The reason people play video games is so they can pretend they are not in their everyday lives. They are in worlds where you can make it yourself. So this will effect this. A lot. Why bring your monetary class into a game? I mean, a spoiled little 9 year old could buy ubar weapons and stuff, while somebody who has more skill is behind him.