Holy crap people, RTFA, there's no mention of a lawsuit or anything like that, it just says that they're upset about the way the gaming industry has been using the symbol and they want to work with them to see it used differently. There's no mention of legal action.
-Julius
People need a good explanation of system latencies other than those pertaining to the processor speed; things like FSB speeds and the arrangements of devices off the north and south bridges. I feel like there's so much judgement passed on a system based on just that one aspect that people have no way of knowing what type of system they're buying or using. People need to start paying attention to RAM and FSB speeds as well as HDD and peripheral interfaces. They also need a good explanation of bit depth in different parts of a system. The average user doesn't know what the difference between a 24-bit and 16-bit souncard is, and they don't know how a 64-bit processor differs from a 32-bit one. I think a good book that explains these things in a simple, easy to understand fashion would be a great asset to the casual computer user/comsumer. (I'm not saying it will be easy to write though):)
-Julius
Where do you see brushed metal anywhere in any of those screenshots? If by "Bearing more than a passing resemblance to Aqua and brushed metal looks from Mac OS X" you actually mean "Silver and shiney with a vague resemblance to every other shiny silver-based application out there" then you can just say so in your post without making baseless accusations like that one.
-Julius
Yeah, ok. I guess that's why permafrost in Siberia is melting; because the temperature is staying the same and there's no such thing as global warming. I heard that's why they call it permafrost, because it changes a lot. And it's not like the theory of global warming is based on very basic and fundamental theories of thermodynamics and heat exchange, theories like "if energy goes into a system and does not go back out, the total energy of that system increases." Good thing that's not the case. I also heard that if you coat your processor and heatsink with maple syrup it makes it run cooler. Seriously. That's a scientific fact.
What are you talking about? This is not some huge circuit board they're talking about implanting in people, it's a tiny sliver of platic and metal far less than the size of a dime; http://www.adsx.com/prodservpart/graphics/verichip .jpg. These costs you're talking about won't be any more than a prick in the arm and a minimal charge, especially if you have health insurance. This isn't major surgery or anything. From a Wired magazine article: "The rice-size device costs $200. Those implanted must also pay for the doctor's injection fee and a monthly $10 database maintenance charge, said ADS spokesman Matthew Cossolotto." (http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,55999,00 .html) If this is a govornment-backed movement, then the price would be even less than that, as no doubt the database they are talking about would be govornment-maintained, so we're talking about a $200 initial fee, plus an injection fee (note "injection," not "expensive surgery"), all of which would likely be subsidied by the govornment, so pretty much a minimal cost to the end user. I mean, I can understand being freaked out by the idea, but there's no need to be alarmist.
-Julius
The sources can't be anonymous; someone has to know who the source is, or else there would be no way to tell whether the source was valid or not. If they were entirely anonymous, then how could you tell some jerk feeding you BS from the true deep throats?
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There was an article in CHADD about this at least 5 years ago.
Holy crap people, RTFA, there's no mention of a lawsuit or anything like that, it just says that they're upset about the way the gaming industry has been using the symbol and they want to work with them to see it used differently. There's no mention of legal action. -Julius
I had tried to, until you brought it up again. :-P
People need a good explanation of system latencies other than those pertaining to the processor speed; things like FSB speeds and the arrangements of devices off the north and south bridges. I feel like there's so much judgement passed on a system based on just that one aspect that people have no way of knowing what type of system they're buying or using. People need to start paying attention to RAM and FSB speeds as well as HDD and peripheral interfaces. They also need a good explanation of bit depth in different parts of a system. The average user doesn't know what the difference between a 24-bit and 16-bit souncard is, and they don't know how a 64-bit processor differs from a 32-bit one. I think a good book that explains these things in a simple, easy to understand fashion would be a great asset to the casual computer user/comsumer. (I'm not saying it will be easy to write though) :)
-Julius
I wouldn't normally think of 4 hours and 6 zillion reboots as "efficient" or "easy". -Julius
Where do you see brushed metal anywhere in any of those screenshots? If by "Bearing more than a passing resemblance to Aqua and brushed metal looks from Mac OS X" you actually mean "Silver and shiney with a vague resemblance to every other shiny silver-based application out there" then you can just say so in your post without making baseless accusations like that one.
-Julius
Yeah, ok. I guess that's why permafrost in Siberia is melting; because the temperature is staying the same and there's no such thing as global warming. I heard that's why they call it permafrost, because it changes a lot. And it's not like the theory of global warming is based on very basic and fundamental theories of thermodynamics and heat exchange, theories like "if energy goes into a system and does not go back out, the total energy of that system increases." Good thing that's not the case. I also heard that if you coat your processor and heatsink with maple syrup it makes it run cooler. Seriously. That's a scientific fact.
What are you talking about? This is not some huge circuit board they're talking about implanting in people, it's a tiny sliver of platic and metal far less than the size of a dime; http://www.adsx.com/prodservpart/graphics/verichip .jpg. These costs you're talking about won't be any more than a prick in the arm and a minimal charge, especially if you have health insurance. This isn't major surgery or anything. From a Wired magazine article: "The rice-size device costs $200. Those implanted must also pay for the doctor's injection fee and a monthly $10 database maintenance charge, said ADS spokesman Matthew Cossolotto." (http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,55999,00 .html) If this is a govornment-backed movement, then the price would be even less than that, as no doubt the database they are talking about would be govornment-maintained, so we're talking about a $200 initial fee, plus an injection fee (note "injection," not "expensive surgery"), all of which would likely be subsidied by the govornment, so pretty much a minimal cost to the end user. I mean, I can understand being freaked out by the idea, but there's no need to be alarmist.
-Julius
Where is Marble Madness!??!?!!?!
The sources can't be anonymous; someone has to know who the source is, or else there would be no way to tell whether the source was valid or not. If they were entirely anonymous, then how could you tell some jerk feeding you BS from the true deep throats?