Windows is just the platform. Office is the cash cow which requires Windows to run. Office and corporate sales (exchange, developer tools, etc) outsell Windows licenses. At the OEM level to OEMs that push computers, Windows licenses only run $10-$30 a pop.
To the mom and pop shops, maybe, if they don't work their magic with Microsoft. To any company that is pushing machines out the door at a fairly steady rate (you don't have to be a Dell to do it) the OEM cost can drop as low as $10-$30.
Read up a few posts. Guy knocked his over and both the console and the disc made it just fine.
It knocked it around enough that the console never worked quite right again. but Micro$oft with all their funds can't make a console that can be moved from vertical to horizontal without scratching the disk?
Doesn't sound like Sony did too well in the department either, heh, if the console never worked quite right again...
Second, the terrifying success of WoW, Everquest, CoH, etc. would suggest that games with some basis in social interaction are actually mind bogglingly popular.
Not Necessarily. Especially when you take into consideration the PvP focus of WoW (and EQ, if you are playing on the PVP servers). Havent played CoH so I can't comment on it. I'm a highly antisocial gamer, I play all my MMO's prettymuch solo save for any real-life friends that I know are playing. MMO's are about dominance especially now with WoW and their PvP rank system. Get powerful, get your skill set, and dominate. Most of the "social interactions" I have result in someone respawning at their bind point...
I play Everquest... at $100 a year (bulk subscription rate) it is cheaper than buying 3 new console games a year (they go for what, like, $50 a pop new?), not to mention the console. I work 40 hours a week and am trucking through grad school but I try and play a few hours a week, its a good way to get rid of stress, and a lot of fun. A lot of people whine about the monthly subscription rate but again, I'm pretty sure if you are buying relatively new console games, I am paying less for my gaming experiance than you are...
You have two very different types of gamer demographics: MMO players and console gamers. MMO players tend to dedicate massive amounts of time to their game (tend to... there are a few exceptions). Console gamers... while some do play a lot many are casual or play in bursts. Consoles let you do that. You can save your game, turn off the console and walk away. Also bear in mind until just recently consoles did not allow for networked play, much less internet play.
I think microsoft will be successful but they do realize they are hitting up a different demographic then the typical PC gamer.
Not proud just odd. Just a statement of fact. Huntsville is one of those cities you just don't *hear* about until you've been here, unless you are a space buff. Another fact, Huntsville has more PhD's per square mile than anywhere on earth, except silicon valley...
Soviet Union. Its on Wikipedia , other sources. Huntsville has been mentioned as a high priority target recently amid other threats as well. Most government missile development work goes on here, along with a lot of army research.
You kid, but yea, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (the UA he speaks of is in Tuscaloosa) is actually an excellent engineering school. Huntsville is the home of one of the 2nd largest research park in the US (fourth in the world), huge missile and space access R&D occurs here (Marshall space flight center, Army Aviation & Missile Command, Strategic Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal [where I work])... we're #4 on the hit list if nuclear war ever breaks out... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama
So, uh, which operating system were you complaining about not being able to watch Media Player files on? And yes, Microsoft *does* have a better track record than Sony with respect to DRM. It is in their best interest. They are an operating system manufacturer, not a digital media provider. (for the most part) (we've been over this before... I have references, at home, but I'm at work...)
* giving computer manufacturers the flexibility to contract with competing software developers and place their middleware products on Microsoft's operating system;
They are giving incentives to HD-DVD over BlueRay, not banning BlueRay development. There is a difference between incentives and Microsoft saying no.
Can't say i've run into many airports that charge, then again I mostly fly in the midwest and east coast... but FYI unless I'm missing something RSS=XML; runs on port 80 (thats the same as HTML...)
What a load of FUD. I came home from Christmas break, my parents computer had slowed to a crawl (adware - my siblings play a lot of flash games on sites I would call questionable; banner ads with spyware). Out of curiocity I decided to download Norton on my machine and see if there was anything running in the background (you can get the full version free for 15 days; just need a unique email address each time. I refuse to run a virus scanner/firewall/etc 24/7 on principle). My system was COMPLETELY clean - and it has been up for over a year. Not hard to do, less than 15 minutes of tweaking after installing windows will do it. I dont have a firewall, or adware/spyware/virus software. Use Firefox if it makes you feel safer but IE works fine too... stop the fud, Windows is a mature OS and XP with the default firewall/automatic updates can hold its own.
Don't make assumptions. I do simulation programming under linux using multiple rather large API's, in c++. When you don't have IntelliSense... grep is your friend. If you forget the syntax either (a) reference the (online/printed) documentation or (b) alt-tab to the next console and grep for the header definition.
And it all comes back to the argument that you should *study* the API before you start to program in it. you should know the precidence of common arguments, IE, in graphics layouts does x come first or y? etc. Having to assign x= and y= is redundant. It was already declared in the header, you should have read it, or the documentation documenting it.
What makes more sense?
color = NSColor(128, 128, 64, 0);
or
color = [NSColor colorWithRed:128 Green:128 Blue:64 Alpha:0];
Assuming you are programming on a regular basis the first one is consise and to the point. Assuming you are a newbie programming for the first time the second syntax is a nice... i dont know... guide. If you are programming on a regular basis you SHOULD know your functions. The additional information presented requires me to type more and isn't necessary. How hard is it to grep the header file for the declaration if you forget?
Google says it all the time - they want to index the world.
Bill Gates and Microsoft have said several times - they want to give YOU the tools to index your information.
Note the difference in semantics. Google wants all the information in the world indexed in one place. Microsoft wants to sell each company the tools to index their own information.
I would be inclined to agree with you. Science (the magazine) is making its stance known in the whole debacle (in case anyone didn't know already). To me the science article here wasn't that convincing. Most of it was genetics anyways - one could argue genetics was the big breakthrough. (personally I'm a fan of runner up #2...)
IF they were made by the same company, as you propose, nothing would be wrong, as there is nothing wrong in this case, here (AFAIK in the US. IANAL). But the truth is Apache and Firefox are made by two different companies. Two different companies teaming up and not allowing a third vendor in is wrong, at least here in the US. If Firefox was allowed to "buy in" to the protocols of Apache to allow flawless integration, Microsoft must be allowed to do so too, at the same going rate.
Difference in this case is Microsoft owns all products in question, they can have proprietary protocols between their own software. If they make protocols available to outside companies, they have to make the entry barrier the same for everyone.
Only thing gmail has going for it is conversation threading. I still prefer Outlook web access... right click menu interfaces (why hasnt gmail tried this yet?), no breaking the back button (occasionally it doesnt work with firefox in gmail... they say they don't but they do) advanced rule sets and scripting.
Brother won one in the Mountain Dew Sweepstakes. Been home for Christmas this week and I've been impressed with it as well. Very slick piece of machinery.
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Windows is just the platform. Office is the cash cow which requires Windows to run. Office and corporate sales (exchange, developer tools, etc) outsell Windows licenses. At the OEM level to OEMs that push computers, Windows licenses only run $10-$30 a pop.
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Windows XP is quite expensive from the OEM's
To the mom and pop shops, maybe, if they don't work their magic with Microsoft. To any company that is pushing machines out the door at a fairly steady rate (you don't have to be a Dell to do it) the OEM cost can drop as low as $10-$30.
-everphilski-
Read up a few posts. Guy knocked his over and both the console and the disc made it just fine.
It knocked it around enough that the console never worked quite right again.
but Micro$oft with all their funds can't make a console that can be moved from vertical to horizontal without scratching the disk?
Doesn't sound like Sony did too well in the department either, heh, if the console never worked quite right again...
-everphilski-
You want to turn people on to this project? Come up with a killer app for these boxes. Until there is one, we'd be better off buying books.
You get it. At this point compiling a good almanac for these kids is going to be way more cost effective and educational.
Second, the terrifying success of WoW, Everquest, CoH, etc. would suggest that games with some basis in social interaction are actually mind bogglingly popular.
Not Necessarily. Especially when you take into consideration the PvP focus of WoW (and EQ, if you are playing on the PVP servers). Havent played CoH so I can't comment on it. I'm a highly antisocial gamer, I play all my MMO's prettymuch solo save for any real-life friends that I know are playing. MMO's are about dominance especially now with WoW and their PvP rank system. Get powerful, get your skill set, and dominate. Most of the "social interactions" I have result in someone respawning at their bind point...
-everphilski-
I play Everquest... at $100 a year (bulk subscription rate) it is cheaper than buying 3 new console games a year (they go for what, like, $50 a pop new?), not to mention the console. I work 40 hours a week and am trucking through grad school but I try and play a few hours a week, its a good way to get rid of stress, and a lot of fun. A lot of people whine about the monthly subscription rate but again, I'm pretty sure if you are buying relatively new console games, I am paying less for my gaming experiance than you are...
-everphilski-
You have two very different types of gamer demographics: MMO players and console gamers. MMO players tend to dedicate massive amounts of time to their game (tend to... there are a few exceptions). Console gamers... while some do play a lot many are casual or play in bursts. Consoles let you do that. You can save your game, turn off the console and walk away. Also bear in mind until just recently consoles did not allow for networked play, much less internet play.
I think microsoft will be successful but they do realize they are hitting up a different demographic then the typical PC gamer.
Not proud just odd. Just a statement of fact. Huntsville is one of those cities you just don't *hear* about until you've been here, unless you are a space buff. Another fact, Huntsville has more PhD's per square mile than anywhere on earth, except silicon valley...
-everphilski-
Soviet Union. Its on Wikipedia , other sources. Huntsville has been mentioned as a high priority target recently amid other threats as well. Most government missile development work goes on here, along with a lot of army research.
-everphilski-
Its no worse than the prereqs a classified or secret level job; except for the polygraph test.
-everphilski-
You kid, but yea, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (the UA he speaks of is in Tuscaloosa) is actually an excellent engineering school. Huntsville is the home of one of the 2nd largest research park in the US (fourth in the world), huge missile and space access R&D occurs here (Marshall space flight center, Army Aviation & Missile Command, Strategic Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal [where I work]) ... we're #4 on the hit list if nuclear war ever breaks out... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama
-everphilski-
*Official* Microsoft Windows Media Player for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/soft ware/Macintosh/osx/default.aspx
MPlayer with Microsoft wmv Codec Packs: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
So, uh, which operating system were you complaining about not being able to watch Media Player files on? And yes, Microsoft *does* have a better track record than Sony with respect to DRM. It is in their best interest. They are an operating system manufacturer, not a digital media provider. (for the most part) (we've been over this before... I have references, at home, but I'm at work...)
-everphilski-
Free, secure, better OS + Blu-Ray (higher capacity & quality) AND BADA$$ DRM
Bloated, expensive OS + HD-DVD (lower capacity and quality). LESS RESTRICTIVE DRM
IMO Microsoft is backing the right technology...
-everphilski-
* giving computer manufacturers the flexibility to contract with competing software developers and place their middleware products on Microsoft's operating system;
They are giving incentives to HD-DVD over BlueRay, not banning BlueRay development. There is a difference between incentives and Microsoft saying no.
-everphilski-
with the majority of such titles being in the $25.909 - $39.99 range
When $25.90 just isn't enough, but $25.91 is just too much...
-everphilski-
most WiFi networks that charge (like in airports)
Can't say i've run into many airports that charge, then again I mostly fly in the midwest and east coast... but FYI unless I'm missing something RSS=XML; runs on port 80 (thats the same as HTML...)
-everphilski-
What a load of FUD. I came home from Christmas break, my parents computer had slowed to a crawl (adware - my siblings play a lot of flash games on sites I would call questionable; banner ads with spyware). Out of curiocity I decided to download Norton on my machine and see if there was anything running in the background (you can get the full version free for 15 days; just need a unique email address each time. I refuse to run a virus scanner/firewall/etc 24/7 on principle). My system was COMPLETELY clean - and it has been up for over a year. Not hard to do, less than 15 minutes of tweaking after installing windows will do it. I dont have a firewall, or adware/spyware/virus software. Use Firefox if it makes you feel safer but IE works fine too... stop the fud, Windows is a mature OS and XP with the default firewall/automatic updates can hold its own.
-everphilski-
Don't make assumptions. I do simulation programming under linux using multiple rather large API's, in c++. When you don't have IntelliSense... grep is your friend. If you forget the syntax either (a) reference the (online/printed) documentation or (b) alt-tab to the next console and grep for the header definition.
And it all comes back to the argument that you should *study* the API before you start to program in it. you should know the precidence of common arguments, IE, in graphics layouts does x come first or y? etc. Having to assign x= and y= is redundant. It was already declared in the header, you should have read it, or the documentation documenting it.
-everphilski-
Assuming you are programming on a regular basis the first one is consise and to the point. Assuming you are a newbie programming for the first time the second syntax is a nice... i dont know... guide. If you are programming on a regular basis you SHOULD know your functions. The additional information presented requires me to type more and isn't necessary. How hard is it to grep the header file for the declaration if you forget?
-everphilski-
Google says it all the time - they want to index the world.
Bill Gates and Microsoft have said several times - they want to give YOU the tools to index your information.
Note the difference in semantics. Google wants all the information in the world indexed in one place. Microsoft wants to sell each company the tools to index their own information.
-everphilski-
And even if they are evil, don't you think Google can use its position to force them to do better?
Nope, they don't have a big enough stake in AOL. (5%). 5% is nothing.
-everphilski-
I would be inclined to agree with you. Science (the magazine) is making its stance known in the whole debacle (in case anyone didn't know already). To me the science article here wasn't that convincing. Most of it was genetics anyways - one could argue genetics was the big breakthrough. (personally I'm a fan of runner up #2...)
-everphilski-
IF they were made by the same company, as you propose, nothing would be wrong, as there is nothing wrong in this case, here (AFAIK in the US. IANAL). But the truth is Apache and Firefox are made by two different companies. Two different companies teaming up and not allowing a third vendor in is wrong, at least here in the US. If Firefox was allowed to "buy in" to the protocols of Apache to allow flawless integration, Microsoft must be allowed to do so too, at the same going rate.
Difference in this case is Microsoft owns all products in question, they can have proprietary protocols between their own software. If they make protocols available to outside companies, they have to make the entry barrier the same for everyone.
-everphilski-
Only thing gmail has going for it is conversation threading. I still prefer Outlook web access... right click menu interfaces (why hasnt gmail tried this yet?), no breaking the back button (occasionally it doesnt work with firefox in gmail... they say they don't but they do) advanced rule sets and scripting.
-everphilski-
Brother won one in the Mountain Dew Sweepstakes. Been home for Christmas this week and I've been impressed with it as well. Very slick piece of machinery.
-everphilski-