Setting up a corporation does not necessarily mean that they will be taking home any money they make. Money can be used for all sorts of things, including advertising and the like. This allows them a way (outside of donations) to make money for various things they would like to do.
I didn't know about this, but it's good to see at least someone in the Congress sees some of the issues here. Does anyone know the current status of this bill?
Is Microsoft working to allow the documents created by the next version of Microsoft Office to be usable across OSes? Primarily, will it be simple for an open source program (ie OpenOffice) to read and write documents that will be usable with Microsoft Office?
I believe the point is not that the UI is determining the feature set, but that the UI should be drawn up during the design phase and before any code is ever written. Now assuming they didn't just write bad code, that is a poorly designed user interface. It is possible, though, that the interface is movable and therefore the design would matter less, but I wouldn't like to see that as my default interface.
Unreachable code proves intent? Have you ever coded? When something doesn't work (or you don't like it), it's usually a good idea to leave that bit of code in there and just remove all calls to it in case you ever want it again. It's just how things are done in many cases. I can't see some coder leaving it in there with the intent to unlock it later just to bypass the ratings system. It seems to me that it was probably in there and someone higher-up saw it and wanted it removed, so the person who had coded it just removed it. Maybe he forgot to clean it up later, or maybe he didn't care knowing that it couldn't be reached through any of R*'s code. It really makes a lot more sense that way.
After reading the headline, all I can picture are a bunch of special ops dressed in black crashing through the windows of the corporate headquarters throwing flashbangs and ripping computers out of the wall.
Although I wouldn't say the PS2 "blows chunks" compared to the other two, you are right that is less powerful. However, I don't see how this relates to HDTV. I suppose you could say since the PS2 sold the best and has the least quality that users don't care about visual quality, and that may be true, but I don't think that will hold up in the next generation. Maybe HDTV won't be the deciding factor in a console purchase, but it is certain to factor in.
Consider that HDTV's are becoming more widespread already, and that user base will only increase with time (even spreading over non home theater people, for example my family recently). If someone sees a system that does not take advantage their shiny new HDTV, they are going to be less inclined to buy it. Also remember that a lot of people are going to see bigger numbers on one console than another and assume that is the best one to buy despite knowing nothing about what those numbers mean.
In any case, there are groups of people that will buy each system and I would think that this generation of consoles' market share will pretty much mirror that of the previous generation, although I could see Microsoft and Sony a little more even if only because XBox360 will be out first.
I lived in the Cayman Islands for 12 years and experienced pretty much the same thing. It's fun for awhile, and during tourist season you can have fun just sitting on the beach, but after awhile you get tired of the very limited number of things to do and just sort of get bored with the whole place.
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Setting up a corporation does not necessarily mean that they will be taking home any money they make. Money can be used for all sorts of things, including advertising and the like. This allows them a way (outside of donations) to make money for various things they would like to do.
I didn't know about this, but it's good to see at least someone in the Congress sees some of the issues here. Does anyone know the current status of this bill?
Is Microsoft working to allow the documents created by the next version of Microsoft Office to be usable across OSes? Primarily, will it be simple for an open source program (ie OpenOffice) to read and write documents that will be usable with Microsoft Office?
I believe the point is not that the UI is determining the feature set, but that the UI should be drawn up during the design phase and before any code is ever written. Now assuming they didn't just write bad code, that is a poorly designed user interface. It is possible, though, that the interface is movable and therefore the design would matter less, but I wouldn't like to see that as my default interface.
And replace "should be" with "have been"
Unreachable code proves intent? Have you ever coded? When something doesn't work (or you don't like it), it's usually a good idea to leave that bit of code in there and just remove all calls to it in case you ever want it again. It's just how things are done in many cases. I can't see some coder leaving it in there with the intent to unlock it later just to bypass the ratings system. It seems to me that it was probably in there and someone higher-up saw it and wanted it removed, so the person who had coded it just removed it. Maybe he forgot to clean it up later, or maybe he didn't care knowing that it couldn't be reached through any of R*'s code. It really makes a lot more sense that way.
One word: Ubuntu. Easiest installer ever and it comes on one disk. Very nice.
So what's the new format for booting into DOS to flash my video card BIOS?
After reading the headline, all I can picture are a bunch of special ops dressed in black crashing through the windows of the corporate headquarters throwing flashbangs and ripping computers out of the wall.
I've actually had this issue as well. Seems to happen most on sites with heavy use of flash videos.
The way I see it, ads are ads (unless they are text ads). I'm going to block them all anyways, so it doesn't matter what's in them.
Although I wouldn't say the PS2 "blows chunks" compared to the other two, you are right that is less powerful. However, I don't see how this relates to HDTV. I suppose you could say since the PS2 sold the best and has the least quality that users don't care about visual quality, and that may be true, but I don't think that will hold up in the next generation. Maybe HDTV won't be the deciding factor in a console purchase, but it is certain to factor in.
Consider that HDTV's are becoming more widespread already, and that user base will only increase with time (even spreading over non home theater people, for example my family recently). If someone sees a system that does not take advantage their shiny new HDTV, they are going to be less inclined to buy it. Also remember that a lot of people are going to see bigger numbers on one console than another and assume that is the best one to buy despite knowing nothing about what those numbers mean.
In any case, there are groups of people that will buy each system and I would think that this generation of consoles' market share will pretty much mirror that of the previous generation, although I could see Microsoft and Sony a little more even if only because XBox360 will be out first.
I lived in the Cayman Islands for 12 years and experienced pretty much the same thing. It's fun for awhile, and during tourist season you can have fun just sitting on the beach, but after awhile you get tired of the very limited number of things to do and just sort of get bored with the whole place.
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http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=4
That seems....dangerous =\