Not being from America, I'm not entirely sure what all the hubbub is about, but anyways; I don't think anyone (barring a few nutjobs) is advocating using abortion as a contraception, to be taken as lightly as popping down to the grocery store for some condoms. If you're having trouble understanding the concept of "moderation", think of it in terms of guns; there are all kinds of stances on gun control, ranging from American/Canadian/others' quite lax gun control versus Australia/Britain/etc' strict gun control. No-one (with half a brain) is saying "Absolutely no guns whatsoever, including civil and armed forces", and conversely, no-one (sane) is saying "Everyone should be able to buy any calibre gun they wish, from convicted felons to 3 year olds". Don't put words in peoples' ("liberals" - is this a political persuasion, or a pejorative in America?) mouths by saying that just because they support a thing, they must support it in it's fullest realisation without any exceptions.
Are we going to stop it _BEFORE_ or _AFTER_ it destroys Paris? Also, 15-30 years is a bit longer than usual, it normally only takes 112 minutes or so..
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Ah, but the thing is, DX10 is vista's only mustbuy point. Absolutely every feature advertised can be recreated on the application level on XP, or is available in another OS. Indexing search, meet "Google Desktop", 3 years your senior. BitLocker? I'd like to introduce you to Mr. Encrypted Folders. Hell, I've even seen some Vista UI themes for XP floating around. Even Vista's (in)famous "Aero" can be immitated to a certain degree with a fistful of bloated graphics card suites (not the exact same thing, since that would be copyright infringement, but the same functionality). DX10 is the only thing MS is using (apart from it's own momentum, which doesn't hold water when you give users 6 years to get well and truly settled in with XP) to force people to upgrade.
Hell, if you think that all people are after in a computer is word processing/internet browsing, then just get (insert your favourite *nix distro here) installed on a low-end box, set (insert your favourite word processor here) and (your favourite browser) to open on login, bind all the "F1-12" keys to do various things (forward/back/stop/home/refresh/search/new/save/lo ad/format/print/play+pause), write your bindings on those keys (IBM Model M and/or sharpies) and onsell those boxes to the masses.
Actually that is quite the opposite of what I've found. (Some, not all) release groups are incredibly fussy about how they present their releases; including various data (on the file, on the content of the file, etc) and links to irc channels for help. Just think of the wonderful music those little keygen programs play, I haven't seen that on any small ultra-specific legal app. The only problem is that there is no very stringently organised repository of every warez thing out there, and you have to spend some time looking for the exact thing you want and not something similar (not that this is specific to warez groups, I can't count the number of hours I've spent digging around various music services or hardware companys' websites for drivers).
The reason the release/warez groups don't organise and aggregate their collections is twofold; firstly, any such large united organisation would be quashed by various governments etc, and secondly, they don't need to. They have a demographic that cannot be wrest from them - people who cannot or will not pay for their entertainment. Having said that, a lot of warez groups are actually incredibly organised; tweaking audio/video encoders for that specific file, etc.
You could be right, OR, it could be that it's JUST A PHRASE. Certain phrases have been moving in and out of popularity since the beginning of pop culture itself. Theres no reason to think that it's some massive conspiracy, personally I think it's a fairly cute phrase..
**OR**, you could explain to your child why it's a bad idea to immitate that ad (if not by reason, just make up stuff like "You can only drive if you eat a million brussel sprouts, that's the law"). Children have very little tolerance for delayed gratification (I'm not trying to insult children, it's a fact that the concept of delayed gratification takes a while to understand) so making them do an extremely unpleasant task would stop them. Obviously they can't do it without your permission, since as a good parent you would keep your keys somewhere safe as you would with the poisons, knives, (guns?), electric powertools, exposed electric circuits etc. If you child is really so stupid to not understand why it's a bad idea, then there's little doubt s/he would be able to get a car moving.
For larger structures, you'd probably have the robots start assigning themselves as "leaders" or "coordinator" (either by convenient position, superior hardware or just random), so that it collects all the data of the robots in it's immediate vicinity and then reports to the other coordinator cubes. And then onec it outgrows that, have them create more and more eschelons. It would start to fall apart for complex movements or movements where all pieces are as dependant on their neighbours as the blocks on the other side of the structure, but it would at least help for simpler large-scale problems.
Ah, but the freedom applies to EVERY prisoner, including the ones who are bigger than you. I don't know about you, but with the sort of people you might find in a prison, I'd much rather be locked away safely in my cell then out in harms way...
Uhhhh, maybe in america and other countries that don't have compulsary voting (TFA is not about america). But here in Australia, it's mandatory to vote; an "I'd rather be at home" box might be a good thing here.
What's more ironic is that Gmail _already_ has instant messaging capabilities (albeit only to other Gmail accounts and/or people with googletalk capable messangers running). It's integrated by default to the inbox sidebar and the compose message tabs..
PS. I also run gmail in a dedicated tab, god bless firefox and its multiple homepage abilities
Yes, but it's equally as foolish to say that there is a direct causation between virtual violence and actual violence (correlation yes, causation no) - you didn't specifically state that you can go to far either way (too much censorship VS not enough). It's likely that the virtual violence, while providing an immediate outlet for the violent tendancies, will ultimately have people thinking that it's OK to stab someone in the face (etc) - which they may or may not have already believed. But ask yourself; if the gamer/viewer was completely non-agressive to begin with, then why would they want to watch something with violence in it?
This might work in cases of raw data (the kind of stuff that lies around on your hard drive for years), but it wouldn't work so well for streaming type things (IM chat, voip, gaming, etc). I like the idea, but the medium sized regional companies will never go for it ("Why should we pour money into this server when someone else in another country is doing it for us?) even whilst declaring a bandwidth "crisis". Sometimes it'd be good if the internet was made way back when the biggest countries weren't run by lucifer himself, always saying one thing and doing another.
You're being a bit naive:P. Microsoft have not only routed all of those links to some banner ads, but they've also implemented a scheme in which the manufacturer of replacement keyboards (enter/escape button) and mice (left mouse button) pay them a percentage for every sale due directly to shooing away the nagbox (which is automatically assumed to be every sale, even with evidence to the contrary). Also, they've patented the concept of being paid for performing a service which aids someone elses' income, and installed DRM for the printscreen button.
Wow, that is the single greatest comment I've seen this year.. if only you hadn't posted AC so you could get the mod points. Though,
Not only are they the most avid non-computer-literate computer-user group
I've often found that gamers are incredibly computer literate - they frequently build their own PCs (no great feat itself, but certainly beyond the abilities of Ma and Pa), are experts at troubleshooting their systems (can't wait for the technician to pop by, they're losing vital killing time!) and end up learning how the operating system does things by picking up all these tiny pieces whilst troubleshooting. Often the only way to tell gamers apart from real nerds (or geeks, whichever you think to be the smart ones) is whether they can program and/or game; some people are both gamers and nerds, some people are just gamers and others are just nerds.
Did you read the article? The semiconductor in question operates at a minimum threshold of 250-400* C (about 480-750* F). I don't think that any part of the microgenerator reach these temperatures - the whole point of these things is to generate power without the unwanted side effects of regular sized generators (mainly massive thermal waste and the related material stress). It would be far more efficient (although they would take up a large area of space) to use a kind of reverse peltier device - one that expands (with the waste heat) fluid with a low boiling point with the leftover heat and then compresses it with a coolant (eg, outside air, water). However, given the length of time it would take to heat the fluid relative to how fast it would expand with said heat energy (ie, the amount of power returned), coupled with the inherent problems of mechanical systems, and it's just far easier and cheaper to dissipate the heat. You wouldn't recycle garbage if it had as bad a return as recycling thermal energy..
Of course the prices should rise! They're now including FREE OF CHARGE some DRM just for us LUCKY consumers! Why pay for an internet connection, when you can BUY similar system-crippling virii for a FRACTION of the cost?
The real question is, do we still tip robots the standard 12%, or do they get 15% for doing such a good job?
(disclaimer: I don't actually come from a "tipping" country, so I dont know if the 12% is correct)
I know people (if that's what you can call them) have been spamming for years, even before the internet - with telemarketers, junk mail and people handing out leaflets. But isn't this the first instance of someone advertising on ANOTHER person's content? With TV ads, the money advertisers give the station is given (in part) to the content providers.. junk mailers pay for their own paper, and even spam doesn't piggyback on legitimate emails (for the most part). IMHO, this is one of the lowest things they've done to date - they are completely destroying the already shaky advertising process by not themselves contributing towards their advertising costs (ie not paying content), ignoring the very minimal video editing and uploading costs). This isn't just another spam scam..
Years and years ago, people would have vomited IN TERROR at the thought of paying so much for firstly the hardware, then the OS, and then applications, then the internet connection, and then the electricity, and then having ads on the screen that they've paid for, and then paying more for content/plugins for the applications, and then paying more when the system breaks down from all the bloat to have it upgraded. Oh, and this cycle repeats itself every 2 to 8 years. This octuple-dipping nonsense smacks of 1984 - people are slowly being more and more screwed over whilst not doing anything about it; and attempts to do are looking nigh impossible. Microsoft wanting to be cut in on the hardware installation process makes sense (at least from an incredibly evil standpoint) - users have demonstrated for years that they're willing to put up with spending thousands of dollars to make their computers work. Having said that, it's a little stupid of Microsoft to do this on the launch of this particular OS - there haven't been any features (that I've heard) that makes this a must-upgrade-to OS in comparison to XP (Microsoft seem to be entirely using their momentum as a monopoly for this one); especially since they've released a 64 bit version of XP, which XP-packrats will jump to when applications start to switch to 64 bit and 32 bit CPUs fall fully into obscelence.
What would be nice is if Microsoft's OS department was in the same boat as Microsoft's XBOX department - since there's fierce competition between PS3 (Mac?) and Wii (*nix?) we haven't seen a single "let's screw with the consumer" initiative by any of the three.
Back in my day, we had competitions to see who had the BEST computer... you damn crazy kids!
[disclaimer: I'm not actually old, but it seemed appropriate]
Likely the PC will become a sort of a "light server" in the futuristic world of ultra-mobile computing - a speciality product for businesses (and nerds). Since there will obviously be a void for processing(as parent mentions)/hard disk space requirements between these new ultra-mobile devices and full sized servers (the type full-sized businesses would use), I'm guessing that's where the PC will end up.
As for laptops/notebooks, who knows? The only thing they'd have on these ultra-mobile devices is that you can actually type as you would a desktop (much more comfortable), which could be remedied by mainstreaming some very imaginative leaps in UI (projection keyboards, paper thin/foldable keyboards, motion tracking glove-and-vr-helmet combinations (to make a "virtual" keyboard), non keyboarded interfaces such as voice/thought/etc even!)
I'm not trolling but this is not actually a first - I've bought dozens of copies of "XP Pro Upgrade Edition" (or something similar). At the very beginning of the install it asks you to insert a Windows '95/'98/NT/2000/ME/XP(Home or Pro). The catch is, that the "upgrade" copy (although it's cheaper) doesn't actually specify clearly that you need pre-existing versions of windows (at least not on any of the boxes that I bought). Considering the Vista pack in question is called an "upgrade" pack, and microsoft have a history of being rather kind (to the point of confusion) in their choice of words for product names, it's reasonable to assume that "upgrade" would be from a microsoft product to a newer MS product RATHER THAN from Mac/*nix/BSD to an MS product (that wouldn't be an "upgrade" IMHO).
But this thread has gone to 4 pages, so it's not like anyone will read this (EXCEPT YOU - CONGRATULATIONS!)..
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Not being from America, I'm not entirely sure what all the hubbub is about, but anyways; I don't think anyone (barring a few nutjobs) is advocating using abortion as a contraception, to be taken as lightly as popping down to the grocery store for some condoms. If you're having trouble understanding the concept of "moderation", think of it in terms of guns; there are all kinds of stances on gun control, ranging from American/Canadian/others' quite lax gun control versus Australia/Britain/etc' strict gun control. No-one (with half a brain) is saying "Absolutely no guns whatsoever, including civil and armed forces", and conversely, no-one (sane) is saying "Everyone should be able to buy any calibre gun they wish, from convicted felons to 3 year olds". Don't put words in peoples' ("liberals" - is this a political persuasion, or a pejorative in America?) mouths by saying that just because they support a thing, they must support it in it's fullest realisation without any exceptions.
Are we going to stop it _BEFORE_ or _AFTER_ it destroys Paris? Also, 15-30 years is a bit longer than usual, it normally only takes 112 minutes or so..
You could be right, OR, it could be that it's JUST A PHRASE. Certain phrases have been moving in and out of popularity since the beginning of pop culture itself. Theres no reason to think that it's some massive conspiracy, personally I think it's a fairly cute phrase..
**OR**, you could explain to your child why it's a bad idea to immitate that ad (if not by reason, just make up stuff like "You can only drive if you eat a million brussel sprouts, that's the law"). Children have very little tolerance for delayed gratification (I'm not trying to insult children, it's a fact that the concept of delayed gratification takes a while to understand) so making them do an extremely unpleasant task would stop them. Obviously they can't do it without your permission, since as a good parent you would keep your keys somewhere safe as you would with the poisons, knives, (guns?), electric powertools, exposed electric circuits etc. If you child is really so stupid to not understand why it's a bad idea, then there's little doubt s/he would be able to get a car moving.
For larger structures, you'd probably have the robots start assigning themselves as "leaders" or "coordinator" (either by convenient position, superior hardware or just random), so that it collects all the data of the robots in it's immediate vicinity and then reports to the other coordinator cubes. And then onec it outgrows that, have them create more and more eschelons. It would start to fall apart for complex movements or movements where all pieces are as dependant on their neighbours as the blocks on the other side of the structure, but it would at least help for simpler large-scale problems.
Ah, but the freedom applies to EVERY prisoner, including the ones who are bigger than you. I don't know about you, but with the sort of people you might find in a prison, I'd much rather be locked away safely in my cell then out in harms way...
Or from 32 bit XP to Vista (home premium)... upgrade kit my butt.
Uhhhh, maybe in america and other countries that don't have compulsary voting (TFA is not about america). But here in Australia, it's mandatory to vote; an "I'd rather be at home" box might be a good thing here.
Yes, but it's equally as foolish to say that there is a direct causation between virtual violence and actual violence (correlation yes, causation no) - you didn't specifically state that you can go to far either way (too much censorship VS not enough). It's likely that the virtual violence, while providing an immediate outlet for the violent tendancies, will ultimately have people thinking that it's OK to stab someone in the face (etc) - which they may or may not have already believed. But ask yourself; if the gamer/viewer was completely non-agressive to begin with, then why would they want to watch something with violence in it?
This might work in cases of raw data (the kind of stuff that lies around on your hard drive for years), but it wouldn't work so well for streaming type things (IM chat, voip, gaming, etc). I like the idea, but the medium sized regional companies will never go for it ("Why should we pour money into this server when someone else in another country is doing it for us?) even whilst declaring a bandwidth "crisis". Sometimes it'd be good if the internet was made way back when the biggest countries weren't run by lucifer himself, always saying one thing and doing another.
You're being a bit naive :P. Microsoft have not only routed all of those links to some banner ads, but they've also implemented a scheme in which the manufacturer of replacement keyboards (enter/escape button) and mice (left mouse button) pay them a percentage for every sale due directly to shooing away the nagbox (which is automatically assumed to be every sale, even with evidence to the contrary). Also, they've patented the concept of being paid for performing a service which aids someone elses' income, and installed DRM for the printscreen button.
I've often found that gamers are incredibly computer literate - they frequently build their own PCs (no great feat itself, but certainly beyond the abilities of Ma and Pa), are experts at troubleshooting their systems (can't wait for the technician to pop by, they're losing vital killing time!) and end up learning how the operating system does things by picking up all these tiny pieces whilst troubleshooting. Often the only way to tell gamers apart from real nerds (or geeks, whichever you think to be the smart ones) is whether they can program and/or game; some people are both gamers and nerds, some people are just gamers and others are just nerds.
Did you read the article? The semiconductor in question operates at a minimum threshold of 250-400* C (about 480-750* F). I don't think that any part of the microgenerator reach these temperatures - the whole point of these things is to generate power without the unwanted side effects of regular sized generators (mainly massive thermal waste and the related material stress). It would be far more efficient (although they would take up a large area of space) to use a kind of reverse peltier device - one that expands (with the waste heat) fluid with a low boiling point with the leftover heat and then compresses it with a coolant (eg, outside air, water). However, given the length of time it would take to heat the fluid relative to how fast it would expand with said heat energy (ie, the amount of power returned), coupled with the inherent problems of mechanical systems, and it's just far easier and cheaper to dissipate the heat. You wouldn't recycle garbage if it had as bad a return as recycling thermal energy..
Of course the prices should rise! They're now including FREE OF CHARGE some DRM just for us LUCKY consumers! Why pay for an internet connection, when you can BUY similar system-crippling virii for a FRACTION of the cost?
pretty please?
I know people (if that's what you can call them) have been spamming for years, even before the internet - with telemarketers, junk mail and people handing out leaflets. But isn't this the first instance of someone advertising on ANOTHER person's content? With TV ads, the money advertisers give the station is given (in part) to the content providers.. junk mailers pay for their own paper, and even spam doesn't piggyback on legitimate emails (for the most part). IMHO, this is one of the lowest things they've done to date - they are completely destroying the already shaky advertising process by not themselves contributing towards their advertising costs (ie not paying content), ignoring the very minimal video editing and uploading costs). This isn't just another spam scam..