4th grade here. We were all gathered in the school 'lobby' in front of the gym where they had a TV set up on an A/V cart. I think what upset all the kids the most was the reactions from the teachers. At that age it was hard to comprehend that 7 people just died. (Or were falling to their deaths, what the fuck ever, this author should be modded -1, Pedantic). But when an elementary student sees Mr. Johnson tearing up, they know SOMETHING is very, very wrong.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster agrees with you LoyalOpposition. These "Creationist Zealots" are waaay too close minded. I mean, what makes more sense: "Natural selection" (yeah right) or His Noodly Appendage? I think the answer is clear. And delicious.
Notice you never see him from the waist down during those conferences? If rationalizing conflicting information stimulates pleasure centers in your brain, I'm guessing he's sportin' one heck of an erection...
Not everything in life is about competing. Christ, I swear that there are some capitalists who'd love to license and market the very air we breathe.
Genius! You're on to something here. Why should everyone have free use of the oxygen created by trees on privately owned land? I'm thinking an annual 'oxygen tax' for everyone on the planet that will payout to landowners based on how much forest they own. This is also the solution to global deforestation! Why slash and burn when you can kick back and let the cash roll in? (you know, just like welfare!)
Heck, my MP3 player's (DRM'd to hell) software only supports Windows XP. And that's even with a sticker on the box that says it will run with Win2k! So the answer is: Support whatever you feel like, you can even lie about it on the box.
On a related note: Anyone know how to hack a Creative Zen so it can be accessed as a universal mass storage device?
Oh good god! We've lost another one to Creative Labs' marketing!
Quick son! Repeat after me: "I only have two ears. I only have two ears. I only have two ears." Good, just keep that up until we can get you to a deprogramming facility.
My coworkers thought I was choking when I read the headline. This needs to be on a t-shirt, STAT! Something I can get on the ThinkGeek store or something. A profile of a backhoe with "The Internet's Natural Enemy" under it. LOL!
You stopped paying attention to the hardware market and now you're annoyed because you don't know what's going on in the hardware market?
If you don't care, don't get annoyed about it. If you want to know but just fell behind, Tom's Hardware, Ars Technica and Anandtech have good articles to get you up to speed. If you're annoyed because you want to know but don't want to do any reading, well, I can't help you there.
Of course as it stands right now "64-bit" is a marketing gimmick. It doesn't increase gaming or desktop performance at ALL. If you're running a SQL server and need 16GB of RAM or something, then yeah, a 64-bit system is what you need. But Quake 4 will NOT run faster with a 64 bit CPU.
I'm a huge AMD fan (hell I have 4 AMD PCs in my house), but there seems to be a perception that 64 automatically is better. Well, IF your OS supports it AND your peripherals support it AND your drivers support it AND the app you're running supports it you MIGHT get performance gains, depending on what you're doing.
Umm, where did you get your numbers? Intel's market cap is $136.56B and AMD's is $15.06B. Intel is a mammoth company, but the issue here is their current product line is measurably weaker than AMD's.
With regards to competition - I want to build a PC. I can build an Intel based box or an AMD based box. How is that not competition? Do you think consumers think "Wellll, the AMD CPU is faster, cooler and cheaper, but boy their market cap just isn't impressive enough."?
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4th grade here. We were all gathered in the school 'lobby' in front of the gym where they had a TV set up on an A/V cart. I think what upset all the kids the most was the reactions from the teachers. At that age it was hard to comprehend that 7 people just died. (Or were falling to their deaths, what the fuck ever, this author should be modded -1, Pedantic). But when an elementary student sees Mr. Johnson tearing up, they know SOMETHING is very, very wrong.
"that damn spaghetti monster" Yarrrgh! May ye fer'ever be crushed by His giant meatball!
Arrrgh! That should be "Evolutionist Zealots". Yarrrgh!
The Flying Spaghetti Monster agrees with you LoyalOpposition. These "Creationist Zealots" are waaay too close minded. I mean, what makes more sense: "Natural selection" (yeah right) or His Noodly Appendage? I think the answer is clear. And delicious.
Yarrrgh!
What?!? Everything in the Christian bible can't be taken as literal absolute truth?? You've warped my fragile little mind! *shock* *horror* *gasp*
"In fact you started as a single cell"
1 /25/1311231) when they rationalize away your arguments.
Oh yeah??? Prove it! What if he doesn't believe he started out as a single cell? Were you there to witness it? I think not! Q.E.D.
That's the problem trying to argue facts with people who think in beliefs and feelings. You can't win. Heck, they even get wood (http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/0
Notice you never see him from the waist down during those conferences? If rationalizing conflicting information stimulates pleasure centers in your brain, I'm guessing he's sportin' one heck of an erection...
Who'd think you could define Slashdot with such an elegant formula?
WTF, how is this a troll?? Kudos mods! /sarcasm
10 minutes, really? I've never seen HL2 take more than a minute to start up.
To leak it would have to not return some RAM after the app is closed. I've not seen that behavior in Firefox at all.
Sucks to be you. My server (Blackhand) is running like a champ.
Not everything in life is about competing. Christ, I swear that there are some capitalists who'd love to license and market the very air we breathe.
Genius! You're on to something here. Why should everyone have free use of the oxygen created by trees on privately owned land? I'm thinking an annual 'oxygen tax' for everyone on the planet that will payout to landowners based on how much forest they own. This is also the solution to global deforestation! Why slash and burn when you can kick back and let the cash roll in? (you know, just like welfare!)
Heck, my MP3 player's (DRM'd to hell) software only supports Windows XP. And that's even with a sticker on the box that says it will run with Win2k! So the answer is: Support whatever you feel like, you can even lie about it on the box.
On a related note: Anyone know how to hack a Creative Zen so it can be accessed as a universal mass storage device?
Java based orbit tracker courtesy of NASA:
3 D.html
http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/JTrack/3D/JTrack
Oh good god! We've lost another one to Creative Labs' marketing!
Quick son! Repeat after me: "I only have two ears. I only have two ears. I only have two ears." Good, just keep that up until we can get you to a deprogramming facility.
Mmmmm, the blog server smells like burning.
The trouble is you can only trench as deep as you can dig. That's the dilema. If you deprive backhoes of their prey, they WILL start digging deeper. :)
Hehe, nice username BushCheney08! :)
My coworkers thought I was choking when I read the headline. This needs to be on a t-shirt, STAT! Something I can get on the ThinkGeek store or something. A profile of a backhoe with "The Internet's Natural Enemy" under it. LOL!
It's a perfect example of the amount of bamboozling a good marketing campaign can generate. Textbook example, actually.
You stopped paying attention to the hardware market and now you're annoyed because you don't know what's going on in the hardware market?
If you don't care, don't get annoyed about it. If you want to know but just fell behind, Tom's Hardware, Ars Technica and Anandtech have good articles to get you up to speed. If you're annoyed because you want to know but don't want to do any reading, well, I can't help you there.
Of course as it stands right now "64-bit" is a marketing gimmick. It doesn't increase gaming or desktop performance at ALL. If you're running a SQL server and need 16GB of RAM or something, then yeah, a 64-bit system is what you need. But Quake 4 will NOT run faster with a 64 bit CPU.
I'm a huge AMD fan (hell I have 4 AMD PCs in my house), but there seems to be a perception that 64 automatically is better. Well, IF your OS supports it AND your peripherals support it AND your drivers support it AND the app you're running supports it you MIGHT get performance gains, depending on what you're doing.
LOL, another analogy down in flames. What if they both weigh the same and the 12,000 RPM moter runs hotter and burns more gas? :)
Umm, where did you get your numbers? Intel's market cap is $136.56B and AMD's is $15.06B. Intel is a mammoth company, but the issue here is their current product line is measurably weaker than AMD's.
With regards to competition - I want to build a PC. I can build an Intel based box or an AMD based box. How is that not competition? Do you think consumers think "Wellll, the AMD CPU is faster, cooler and cheaper, but boy their market cap just isn't impressive enough."?