I saw this story and I thought, "Hey, now we won't have all these people whining (no pun intended) about having to boot Windows to watch the latest Final Fantasy/Lord of the Rings trailer!"
Why can't processors dynamically adjust their clock speed based on temperature in the first place?
Apple/Motorola started doing this with (I think) the original Duo series in 1992, and still do it today.
A year ago Intel releases something similar for their notebook line of procs, and it's touted as a new and innovating feature. How will beleagured Apple ever catch up to such engineering marvels as this?:P
Unfortunately, you are not the majority of cell phone users. Just yesterday in study hall, a guy had one of those *really* annoying rings programmed into his cell phone, *really* loud, and it rang every 5-10 minutes or so. When it did, he looked at the caller ID, decided he didnt want to talk to that person, and just let it ring until the caller gave up. This is not the first time I've seen this same exact thing, or something similar.
Hey, I agree with you, I'm just beating on the idiot who put your words in Apple's mouth. As I reread what I posted, I see how it could look like I'm pointing the finger at you.;)
I both agree and disagree with you. I had an absolute blast playing Deus Ex, System Shock 2 (which I just recently picked up for the first time in a bargain bin), Thief, etc. They are all truly innovative and fun games. But, and I don't think I'm alone in this, sometimes I just want a game that DOESN'T make me think, like a Quake twitch match or a Diablo clickfest. It's fun in it's own way. I can play it after a long day of work when my brain has become something similar to Jello.
Same goes for movies. Unbreakable, Sixth Sense, 'thinker' movies, they're great. But sometimes I just need something like South Park, American Pie, or Dude, Where's My Car? to settle, have a cheap laugh, whatever.
So I guess what I'm saying is that we need both kinds of games/movies, just less BAD ones./me kicks Daikatana:P
You're not exactly fluent in comedy either. Maybe you didnt notice that it was a joke, and moderated as such? Currently it has a (Score:4, Funny) moderation on it! Or maybe youre not exactly fluent in reading either.
Oral stimulation of the clitoris or vulva.
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[New Latin from Latin he who licks the vulva: cunnus, vulva; see (s)keu- in Indo-European Roots + lingere, to lick; see leigh- in Indo-European Roots.]
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cunnilingual adj.
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I'm getting tired of all these 'privacy advocates' spouting off every time some net ad agency tries to get some basic info about their targets (in DoubleClick's case, not so basic info). But if we want internet sites to be free, those sites 99% of the time need advertising. If the advertisers don't know who they're advertising to, they make no money, and thus give no money to the site. TV advertisers have MUCH more info than you would think about you. Age demographics, gender, etc.
What I'm saying is that you should lay off a bit, because you can't have it both ways: free with ads, or a subscription service with no/less ads. Just because they have information about you doesn't mean theyre going to do anything with it other than targeted ads!
/incoherent_rant:)
Lowtax from Something Awful has a great article about this that he posted a week or so ago, which is here.
I remember seeing a trailer on TV for a movie called "The Twits" or something, an old Roald Dahl book. Tom Arnold, the main character, went outside and yelled back to Mrs. Twit "HONEY!!! Somebody stole our trash again!"
Anyway, like the other two replys (currently) to this post say, Apple did *not* steal the idea from Xerox. The deal was that Apple sent I think three engineers to see the machine Xerox had. They were not allowed to play with it at all, a Xerox employee did stuff and they watched. Xerox had the very basics of a GUI, icons, windows, mouse. There was no 'desktop', and the windows were not able to overlap. In return, Apple gave Xerox $1 million in Apple stock, which at the time was skyrocketing. So Apple didn't steal anything from Xerox, only M$ from Apple.;)
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I saw this story and I thought, "Hey, now we won't have all these people whining (no pun intended) about having to boot Windows to watch the latest Final Fantasy/Lord of the Rings trailer!"
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-10 -09
Why can't processors dynamically adjust their clock speed based on temperature in the first place?
:P
Apple/Motorola started doing this with (I think) the original Duo series in 1992, and still do it today.
A year ago Intel releases something similar for their notebook line of procs, and it's touted as a new and innovating feature. How will beleagured Apple ever catch up to such engineering marvels as this?
I really like that quote. Did you put it together yourself, or is it from a movie? I'd like to give proper credit when I use it myself. :)
Every time those kids next door get on their trampoline my DSL goes out!
boing... boing... boing...
I agree, but then there was that one Navy destroyer or something (which ran Windows NT) that divided by zero and was dead in the water, pun intended.
I dropped $100 or whatever it was on one of the LE books, but I forgot that I did until you just mentioned it. ;)
Unfortunately, you are not the majority of cell phone users. Just yesterday in study hall, a guy had one of those *really* annoying rings programmed into his cell phone, *really* loud, and it rang every 5-10 minutes or so. When it did, he looked at the caller ID, decided he didnt want to talk to that person, and just let it ring until the caller gave up. This is not the first time I've seen this same exact thing, or something similar.
I have the knife, someone get the rubber band... :D
[/bad_fight_club_joke]
I registered my bitches!
I registered my crack!
I registered SteveJobsLivesInMyClosetAndTellsMeThings.com!
Brownie points if you catch the reference.
Hey, I agree with you, I'm just beating on the idiot who put your words in Apple's mouth. As I reread what I posted, I see how it could look like I'm pointing the finger at you. ;)
As I see it, Apple did NOT call itself the world's largest UNIX vendor, maggard did. What was that about the /. knee-jerk reactions? :P
"Or the original Gameboy. Shades of black on the screen. Ergo crap."
The original Gameboy was kind of a Split Pea Soup color on Light Puke, not really "shades of black"
I both agree and disagree with you. I had an absolute blast playing Deus Ex, System Shock 2 (which I just recently picked up for the first time in a bargain bin), Thief, etc. They are all truly innovative and fun games. But, and I don't think I'm alone in this, sometimes I just want a game that DOESN'T make me think, like a Quake twitch match or a Diablo clickfest. It's fun in it's own way. I can play it after a long day of work when my brain has become something similar to Jello.
/me kicks Daikatana :P
Same goes for movies. Unbreakable, Sixth Sense, 'thinker' movies, they're great. But sometimes I just need something like South Park, American Pie, or Dude, Where's My Car? to settle, have a cheap laugh, whatever.
So I guess what I'm saying is that we need both kinds of games/movies, just less BAD ones.
You're right. You can rename something but it's still what it is.
I could call a pile of shit a bed of roses, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a pile of shit.
"...requiring genetic testing of employees who file claims for certain work-related hand injuries."
What the hell are they doing, excessive masturbation on the job?
You missed the part of the article that said it's a wireless display (both input and power) and that it's XML optimized.
...I curl up with my Palm all the time.
;)
Take it as you will.
Four Words: Open Standards.
:P)
(yes, there's four words there
You're not exactly fluent in comedy either. Maybe you didnt notice that it was a joke, and moderated as such? Currently it has a (Score:4, Funny) moderation on it! Or maybe youre not exactly fluent in reading either.
Hehehe, I like your style. :)
cunnilingus (kn-lnggs)
n.
Oral stimulation of the clitoris or vulva.
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[New Latin from Latin he who licks the vulva: cunnus, vulva; see (s)keu- in Indo-European Roots + lingere, to lick; see leigh- in Indo-European Roots.]
--
cunnilingual adj.
--
I'm getting tired of all these 'privacy advocates' spouting off every time some net ad agency tries to get some basic info about their targets (in DoubleClick's case, not so basic info). But if we want internet sites to be free, those sites 99% of the time need advertising. If the advertisers don't know who they're advertising to, they make no money, and thus give no money to the site. TV advertisers have MUCH more info than you would think about you. Age demographics, gender, etc.
:)
What I'm saying is that you should lay off a bit, because you can't have it both ways: free with ads, or a subscription service with no/less ads. Just because they have information about you doesn't mean theyre going to do anything with it other than targeted ads!
/incoherent_rant
Lowtax from Something Awful has a great article about this that he posted a week or so ago, which is here.
Lighten up a bit people! Jeez!
I remember seeing a trailer on TV for a movie called "The Twits" or something, an old Roald Dahl book. Tom Arnold, the main character, went outside and yelled back to Mrs. Twit "HONEY!!! Somebody stole our trash again!"
;)
God damn my free associating mind...
They would think something hokey is up if the sending address is the same as the return address.
Hehe, and he says he's replying to a troll... ;)
;)
Anyway, like the other two replys (currently) to this post say, Apple did *not* steal the idea from Xerox. The deal was that Apple sent I think three engineers to see the machine Xerox had. They were not allowed to play with it at all, a Xerox employee did stuff and they watched. Xerox had the very basics of a GUI, icons, windows, mouse. There was no 'desktop', and the windows were not able to overlap. In return, Apple gave Xerox $1 million in Apple stock, which at the time was skyrocketing. So Apple didn't steal anything from Xerox, only M$ from Apple.