I think the PS3 locks down most of the processing power when you boot it into something other than the PS3 OS. Trying to watch a video on my friends ubuntu install on his ps3 was terrible, like 3 or 4 fps.
Video games can be much more effective, if the player actually gets immersed in the game. Maybe it could also be that horror video games are a relatively new thing compared to horror films. Once you have seen the one millionth horror movie preview, you are like, sure, whatever, it will be boring because the same shit happens. Maybe video horror games will reach that point eventually. Also, obligatory PA reference:
I was wondering about why the company wouldn't lay the line if he paid for it too, and then I started thinking. First of all, they would have to pay for any maintenance fees afterwards that were associated with that portion of the line. Also, they have to wonder exactly how much of a problem this guy could be, if high speed internet would be important enough to pay the 7k initial fee. Not really saying it makes them right, but those are a couple things I thought of that may have influenced their decision.
2) the money he is paying is only 100$ more than my commute costs. And I guess his house is much bigger and cheaper than anything I could find in NY. So he probably was wise to pay that price.
If house space is that important to you, then gtfo of NY. You obviously realize the tradeoff between living in a high pop area, and subsequently having many more community type things available to you, and living in a low pop area and the associated benefits and drawbacks. The guy from the article should have realized that too. A few phone calls to the local service provider there before he moved would have informed him that he couldn't get the service he wanted, as well as how much it would cost to get something that was adequate enough.
So the other companies that had a vested interest in OOXML not succeeding are allowed to vote, but not the companies that had a vested interest in OOXML succeeding? Double standard much? If these companies were just shell corporations for MS to stuff the ballot, then yes, it was wrong. IF they are legitimate companies who happen to have an interest in the best for MS since they are MS certified partners, they deserve the same vote as someone who isn't a certified partner.
They do have that software on just about everyone's computers, just like a GPS in a cab driver's cab. Both are at the places of work. If you think any computer usage at work is not monitored, you are either naive, or the guy who setup the monitoring software and can get around it accordingly.
Quite a bit of truth to this. Most recent time I was stopped for speeding, since I was going considerably faster than the people in the right hand lane I stuck out, the question was, "Why are you in such a hurry?" And the truthful answer was, no good reason, which is what got me a warning rather than a ticket.
If you had taken some time to RTFA, it would become apparent that PZ Myers did not call Pivar a crackpot; rather, he called the material of the book "flagrant crackpottery" And this book is not presented as a speculative psuedo-science book, Pivar is proffering this as an actual theory. Writing something like this should mar his record as a serious scientist.
How about casual games then? I think that is more along the lines of what the Parent meant. In wow, and a decent amount of bigger games, you need to play for at least half an hour or longer, depending, to feel like you have achieved anything significant, versus a quick 2-5 minute game on addicting games.
That link would be a bit more interesting if he wasn't trying to use a consumer, non-business line to do business work. If he was getting contacted by comcast for simply downloading alot of movies from a download service, or youtubing alot or something like that, then yeah, that story would irk me. But from his post, he clearly states he is doing work from his house. It almost makes me mad because he could slowing down my bandwidth by doing work on the same shared connection I'm on.
Yes, the receiver gets a copy, from the original copyright owner, who can legally provide copies to people. From TFA, it seems like what happened was the marketing department was routinely reproducing copyrighted articles as some sort of training tool, without contacting the copyright holder. Script/ad blockers on browsers aren't really analogous to this example, because thats one person's browser not rendering said ads when the material is obtained via the copyright holder, versus a mass reproduction of articles used for training purposes. Caching servers on the other hand, are a better match. IIRC, didn't google news get in trouble for reproducing ad-less copyrighted articles from a couple of news outlets? I would imagine thats closer to the same principle.
This definately can be true of some categories of products, but not in others. For instance, TVs. The local guy has control over the quality of the TV, the is entirely up to the manufacturer, which is exactly the same situation the big guy is in. The only difference is that the bug guy gets a bulk discount, whereas the small guy doesn't. So in some situations, yes, but in some, no.
Just because information has a certain classification doesn't mean anyone other than "police" is going to have it. In the US, and I would imagine a fairly similar situation in the UK, quite often contractors will have access to various levels of classified information for their particular project. Chances are though this is not technically "Top Secret" classified information, and just some sensationalist media, as a few other posters have noted.
But google maps mobile being a good application, which it is, doesn't preclude yellowpages.com from being a good online phone directory. I swear, can people not realize the utility of something just because they can't imagine themselves using it?
He was the one that brought up the yellow pages in the first place. I was simply correcting him that searching yellow pages and local.google.com take about the same amount of time. And believe it or not, sometimes all you need is a phone number, in which case yellowpages, along with other simple phone number lookup sites, perform perfectly fine.
You know that yellowpages.com exists right? How is a search there any slower than a search on google? In fact, if I just want the phone number, yellowpages.com is a bit easier to navigate, due to it mainly being a phone directory.
A Government facility my brother worked at for a short while would do this, as well as then melting the drives together in one massive lump of metal, and then storing the hunk in a secret dump somewhere. Then they had to buy new hard drives to put back in the computers that they leased:/
I know I for one would love the flexibility of being able to work at home or even just be a stay at home dad honestly. After a while, the same in and out drone can get a bit boring, and I would imagine taking care of kids is a bit more dynamic.
I don't know who marked my other comment to the parent of this Troll, but they are obviously ill informed. Dr. Jones really did have a case of diarrhea at that particular point in filming.
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I think the PS3 locks down most of the processing power when you boot it into something other than the PS3 OS. Trying to watch a video on my friends ubuntu install on his ps3 was terrible, like 3 or 4 fps.
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/09/29
I was wondering about why the company wouldn't lay the line if he paid for it too, and then I started thinking. First of all, they would have to pay for any maintenance fees afterwards that were associated with that portion of the line. Also, they have to wonder exactly how much of a problem this guy could be, if high speed internet would be important enough to pay the 7k initial fee. Not really saying it makes them right, but those are a couple things I thought of that may have influenced their decision.
So the other companies that had a vested interest in OOXML not succeeding are allowed to vote, but not the companies that had a vested interest in OOXML succeeding? Double standard much? If these companies were just shell corporations for MS to stuff the ballot, then yes, it was wrong. IF they are legitimate companies who happen to have an interest in the best for MS since they are MS certified partners, they deserve the same vote as someone who isn't a certified partner.
They do have that software on just about everyone's computers, just like a GPS in a cab driver's cab. Both are at the places of work. If you think any computer usage at work is not monitored, you are either naive, or the guy who setup the monitoring software and can get around it accordingly.
Quite a bit of truth to this. Most recent time I was stopped for speeding, since I was going considerably faster than the people in the right hand lane I stuck out, the question was, "Why are you in such a hurry?" And the truthful answer was, no good reason, which is what got me a warning rather than a ticket.
If you had taken some time to RTFA, it would become apparent that PZ Myers did not call Pivar a crackpot; rather, he called the material of the book "flagrant crackpottery" And this book is not presented as a speculative psuedo-science book, Pivar is proffering this as an actual theory. Writing something like this should mar his record as a serious scientist.
How about casual games then? I think that is more along the lines of what the Parent meant. In wow, and a decent amount of bigger games, you need to play for at least half an hour or longer, depending, to feel like you have achieved anything significant, versus a quick 2-5 minute game on addicting games.
That link would be a bit more interesting if he wasn't trying to use a consumer, non-business line to do business work. If he was getting contacted by comcast for simply downloading alot of movies from a download service, or youtubing alot or something like that, then yeah, that story would irk me. But from his post, he clearly states he is doing work from his house. It almost makes me mad because he could slowing down my bandwidth by doing work on the same shared connection I'm on.
Yes, the receiver gets a copy, from the original copyright owner, who can legally provide copies to people. From TFA, it seems like what happened was the marketing department was routinely reproducing copyrighted articles as some sort of training tool, without contacting the copyright holder. Script/ad blockers on browsers aren't really analogous to this example, because thats one person's browser not rendering said ads when the material is obtained via the copyright holder, versus a mass reproduction of articles used for training purposes. Caching servers on the other hand, are a better match. IIRC, didn't google news get in trouble for reproducing ad-less copyrighted articles from a couple of news outlets? I would imagine thats closer to the same principle.
Simple, send him/her a link to the source of the article. Co-worker sees the article, original content provider gets their ad money.
This definately can be true of some categories of products, but not in others. For instance, TVs. The local guy has control over the quality of the TV, the is entirely up to the manufacturer, which is exactly the same situation the big guy is in. The only difference is that the bug guy gets a bulk discount, whereas the small guy doesn't. So in some situations, yes, but in some, no.
Just because information has a certain classification doesn't mean anyone other than "police" is going to have it. In the US, and I would imagine a fairly similar situation in the UK, quite often contractors will have access to various levels of classified information for their particular project. Chances are though this is not technically "Top Secret" classified information, and just some sensationalist media, as a few other posters have noted.
But google maps mobile being a good application, which it is, doesn't preclude yellowpages.com from being a good online phone directory. I swear, can people not realize the utility of something just because they can't imagine themselves using it?
He was the one that brought up the yellow pages in the first place. I was simply correcting him that searching yellow pages and local.google.com take about the same amount of time. And believe it or not, sometimes all you need is a phone number, in which case yellowpages, along with other simple phone number lookup sites, perform perfectly fine.
You know that yellowpages.com exists right? How is a search there any slower than a search on google? In fact, if I just want the phone number, yellowpages.com is a bit easier to navigate, due to it mainly being a phone directory.
A Government facility my brother worked at for a short while would do this, as well as then melting the drives together in one massive lump of metal, and then storing the hunk in a secret dump somewhere. Then they had to buy new hard drives to put back in the computers that they leased :/
Dangit, I forget that guys name, but damn was it funny :)
Yet another good key combo to know
Oy, notice what a touchy subject this is. I'm simply trying to better understand what you were saying, and I get marked troll. Yeesh.
Having a kid is usually the first step :P But when I do, it will definitely be a consideration, because thankfully I do have flexibility.
I know I for one would love the flexibility of being able to work at home or even just be a stay at home dad honestly. After a while, the same in and out drone can get a bit boring, and I would imagine taking care of kids is a bit more dynamic.
http://www.theraider.net/films/raiders/trivia.php
I would be all for this assuming the opposite could happen for males who wanted to be a 24/7 father too.