As silly as what the you said may sound, its would actually make a lot of sense for something as simple as an outrageous/uncommon name might be a key factor of success. However, I also have a slight notion that the tables might possibly have been turned if only the xbox360 had come standard with HD-DVD as the PS3 did with blu ray. In this stage its all a guessing game, whats done is done. Honestly until we $100 blu ray players at walmart, and blu-ray movies that don't cost 50-75% more than their DVD counterparts, the pickup will be extremely slow even as it becomes possibly the definite standard for high def movies.
thats right, my disintegration ray would sound like a toy gun you can find at the dollar store.
Maybe instead they should just find a way to push the satellites out of orbit into space maybe even toward to sun for future disposals? Otherwise we're gonna need to come up with either much stronger material to not get damaged by space debris, or make some big magnet that can scoop it up out of orbit.
Maybe its just that I get bored with all those kinds of games because I prefer "stimulation" that changes as I play a game over time, rather than staying fairly consistent. I guess I forget that some people prefer to have the same stimulous that doesn't change much to get the same level of enjoyment out of things, such as games (maybe even movies, books, etc too). Not saying its a bad thing, just different in that kind of way i guess.
The only problem with bringing up such outstanding classics as Tetris, Pac Man, etc. is how much time can you really spend playing each of those games? I'm not just talking about one single sitting, but multiple sittings over the course of a week or a month. The point is that those are good pick up and leave games when you're bored once in a while, but then you tend to not play them for a longer period of time while finding something else to do. Granted for people who only play games a few times a month, this may have no effect on them, but those who play daily or semi-daily are going to want to play more than tetris, pacman, wii play, wii sports, warioware, et. al.
I believe the main intent here is to hurt phishing attacks (more of a con than a spam), where the sender appears to come from an authentic source (ebay, paypal, etc), but I doubt it could do much against actual spam where they are trying to get you to buy a product of generate page view ad revenue. Fortunately I have found that GMail manages to knock out a good 99.9% of all spam, so it looks like at least someone has it right.
The trouble is that I frequently give my directories extremely long and descriptive names like (this is a real example) "Flash-Player-8.5.0.246-beta2.downloaded-2006-03-20-from-labs.macromedia.com" so that I can keep track of where and when I got each piece of downloaded software, in case I ever need to go back to a previous version that the software maker no longer makes available because they're trying to steer me away from it
that quote from the author of the article made me realize I didn't want to continue reading the article. This is the kind of person who thinks they know something about computers because they can come out of the control panel without killing the PC.
Sure, if it's not required. I like being able to grab a game off my shelf and bring it to a friend's house to play and having it just work.
an excellent point I could not argue with. This is where the ingenuity of the developers would have to come in. Would they allow you to play games either from the disk or take a few minutes to load first, then take the disk out and never do it again? Could you start playing the game while all the data loads in the background while you play? Could you have it so it loads in the background, then have to option to simply overwrite the temporary files when the next game is put in for it to load its temporary files, or to keep it so you can play again without the CD? There's so many possibilities that are simply untapped because of the control that is generally exhibited over consoles. Oh well, whats a few seconds anyway:)
Likely because the more casual player base expects low load times, and on a Wii you have typically smaller textures anyway, however that is besides the point. If you could load in all your Wii games in just once (not counting Virtual Console games), then never have to swap CDs again, you would probably come to like that little bit of convenience. And thats all it really is, convenience. Plus there's the added benefit of less chances of scratching or otherwise maiming your game disc, especially helpful since all consoles have gone out of their way to make sure you can't make a legal backup copy.
Consoles also have longer load times on average... not to mention once the console is a couple years old, PC games surpass the graphics capabilities. Besides you can't tell me that if you could put your game CD in your console only once when you bought the game, then never have to swap out again that you wouldn't do it. Same goes for DVDs.
perhaps the associative property wasn't on my side, as I read through the post the first time as the converse of what it actually was, however that doesn't mean that the statement was logical
according to the grandparents halfbaked logic... yes. However that would also make Napoleon, Ceasar, Hitler, and Bush all engineers too because they screwed up and people died too.
Engineers are people who do more than simply what they are told. They are not black boxes. They find solutions to problems, sometimes even everyday problems, and solve them using some form of technology.
Example: an architect is an engineer, a brick layer is not 2nd Example: a software engineer is an engineer, a programmer (what I consider someone who simply writes what you tell them) is not 3rd Example: the CEO of a mega tech corporation is not an engineer, because engineering requires that you do more than simply come up with the idea. You have to actually be the one figuring out how to go about implementing the solution.
My idea may certainly have some fallacy in there somewhere, but its certainly more robust.
"Lately I am finding myself moving away from the desktop, more and more. Other than graphics design and CAD, I am almost entirely performing my computing duties in client-server mode. I've moved to Google Docs (buggy, but SO convenient since I have no need for a hard drive or memory stick), Google Mail for Domains, my blogs for newsletter dispersal (Wordpress) and phpBB for group comms. The underlying software and hardware is irrelevant to me as all my servers run different OS and hardware combos."
that right there sounds like a perfect reason to use Linux to me, but most likely a trimmed down version like what you see in some of those fancy new linux BIOSes that can use firefox/webkit straight out of the motherboard... or even the eeePC version of Xandros. What more do you need beyond internet, music, videos, documents, pictures, and games for the everyday computer user?
Sure everyone talks about it, but when it comes down to buying it a lot of people are left high and dry due to the high cost of adoption. I know many people now who have a few year old laptop, don't have the money for a new one especially not a mac, and their XP installs are slowly but surely crumbling. Those people will decide when the "year" of linux shall be.
seriously though your "second rate" hardware is now and will be perfectly capable of performing well for a few years to come (assuming you actually bought decent hardware), so just enjoy it and care not about the new stuff until you have a need to get new stuff again, its that simple!
Especially with a touchscreen version coming out soon, it would be pretty nice to have an alternative to the current fullscreen implementation in firefox (though the MiniFox theme does help out quite a bit at the moment)
"You know what? They're a fucking vaporware, a PR move for Asus, NO store anywhere in the world will ever sell a computer that's lighter, more silent, and has better battery life than ALL those $2,000 overpriced turds just beside them."
Probably not quite a valid point, the stores who sell laptops I'd imagine they make little money off the laptops and more from accessories anyway. And if accessorization of the iPod can get so huge, why not for the eee also? I bought my eee from Best Buy, online, so I would only have to wonder if they plan to ever sell it in the store... though I doubt they would until they can come preloaded with Vista/XP or something (as if you'd wanna run Vista on it, yeeesh), but you never know, they may decide there's enough potential sales in it as is sometime this year, maybe when the next version of the thing comes out.
whats wrong with saying Swing is decent? Agreed its not great, nor the greatest... but it has certainly gotten the job done in many cases wouldn't you say. I mean, FFS, thats what having an opinion is all about!
Therefore, I call the parent a piece of flamebait.
quite possibly best OS distro out there, even among the likes of commercial offerings like OSX and WinXP. Sure each has its advantages in certain areas, but as a jack of all trades ubuntu can get it all done without much fuss. What it really comes down to is application support, if you are using software that absolutely requires any one OS in exclusion of all others, then you are screwing yourself for the future (this mostly applies to businesses however)
Just in the last year or so, most of what you could previously only do in windows is now possible in OSX or Linux. It seems the only thing missing still is the existence of a good Netmeeting alternative/compatible in linux. Sure Ekiga does sound okay, but since it doesn't do desktop sharing I find myself keeping a windows virtual machine just for the purpose of netmeetings. While i know there are commercial alternatives that work in linux well enough using java, free is a much better price. Here's hoping Ekiga can accomplish this soon!
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As silly as what the you said may sound, its would actually make a lot of sense for something as simple as an outrageous/uncommon name might be a key factor of success. However, I also have a slight notion that the tables might possibly have been turned if only the xbox360 had come standard with HD-DVD as the PS3 did with blu ray. In this stage its all a guessing game, whats done is done. Honestly until we $100 blu ray players at walmart, and blu-ray movies that don't cost 50-75% more than their DVD counterparts, the pickup will be extremely slow even as it becomes possibly the definite standard for high def movies.
PEW! PEW! PEW! PKSSHHHHHH!
thats right, my disintegration ray would sound like a toy gun you can find at the dollar store.
Maybe instead they should just find a way to push the satellites out of orbit into space maybe even toward to sun for future disposals? Otherwise we're gonna need to come up with either much stronger material to not get damaged by space debris, or make some big magnet that can scoop it up out of orbit.
Maybe its just that I get bored with all those kinds of games because I prefer "stimulation" that changes as I play a game over time, rather than staying fairly consistent. I guess I forget that some people prefer to have the same stimulous that doesn't change much to get the same level of enjoyment out of things, such as games (maybe even movies, books, etc too). Not saying its a bad thing, just different in that kind of way i guess.
The only problem with bringing up such outstanding classics as Tetris, Pac Man, etc. is how much time can you really spend playing each of those games? I'm not just talking about one single sitting, but multiple sittings over the course of a week or a month. The point is that those are good pick up and leave games when you're bored once in a while, but then you tend to not play them for a longer period of time while finding something else to do. Granted for people who only play games a few times a month, this may have no effect on them, but those who play daily or semi-daily are going to want to play more than tetris, pacman, wii play, wii sports, warioware, et. al.
Where's my two free TVs?
wait... should be getting my third free TV soon!
I believe the main intent here is to hurt phishing attacks (more of a con than a spam), where the sender appears to come from an authentic source (ebay, paypal, etc), but I doubt it could do much against actual spam where they are trying to get you to buy a product of generate page view ad revenue. Fortunately I have found that GMail manages to knock out a good 99.9% of all spam, so it looks like at least someone has it right.
If you have a genuine copy, and all of a sudden your windows thinks its not, I don't believe any court will convict you of piracy.
Ok they probably will, oh well thats what we get for being duped into buying a completely unnecessary OS upgrade.
The trouble is that I frequently give my directories extremely long and descriptive names like (this is a real example) "Flash-Player-8.5.0.246-beta2.downloaded-2006-03-20-from-labs.macromedia.com" so that I can keep track of where and when I got each piece of downloaded software, in case I ever need to go back to a previous version that the software maker no longer makes available because they're trying to steer me away from it
that quote from the author of the article made me realize I didn't want to continue reading the article. This is the kind of person who thinks they know something about computers because they can come out of the control panel without killing the PC.
Sure, if it's not required. I like being able to grab a game off my shelf and bring it to a friend's house to play and having it just work.
:)
an excellent point I could not argue with. This is where the ingenuity of the developers would have to come in. Would they allow you to play games either from the disk or take a few minutes to load first, then take the disk out and never do it again? Could you start playing the game while all the data loads in the background while you play? Could you have it so it loads in the background, then have to option to simply overwrite the temporary files when the next game is put in for it to load its temporary files, or to keep it so you can play again without the CD? There's so many possibilities that are simply untapped because of the control that is generally exhibited over consoles. Oh well, whats a few seconds anyway
Likely because the more casual player base expects low load times, and on a Wii you have typically smaller textures anyway, however that is besides the point. If you could load in all your Wii games in just once (not counting Virtual Console games), then never have to swap CDs again, you would probably come to like that little bit of convenience. And thats all it really is, convenience. Plus there's the added benefit of less chances of scratching or otherwise maiming your game disc, especially helpful since all consoles have gone out of their way to make sure you can't make a legal backup copy.
Consoles also have longer load times on average... not to mention once the console is a couple years old, PC games surpass the graphics capabilities. Besides you can't tell me that if you could put your game CD in your console only once when you bought the game, then never have to swap out again that you wouldn't do it. Same goes for DVDs.
sure, if it helps. You may also use one of these in case you are only able to wave your hands like you do care.
"which some people might see as a risk of newly-introduced instability."
now who would think that? Honestly now, lets see some hands. You in the back, PUT YOUR DAMN HANDS IN THE AIR!
well its obviously not currently working, so i think thats why they're still trying to find a cure/preventative.
"The only thing I use Yahoo for is a junk email account that I give away liberally when an email address is required."
:)
i've started using the 10 minute email instead of yahoo for junk, works wonders
perhaps the associative property wasn't on my side, as I read through the post the first time as the converse of what it actually was, however that doesn't mean that the statement was logical
according to the grandparents halfbaked logic... yes. However that would also make Napoleon, Ceasar, Hitler, and Bush all engineers too because they screwed up and people died too.
Engineers are people who do more than simply what they are told. They are not black boxes. They find solutions to problems, sometimes even everyday problems, and solve them using some form of technology.
Example: an architect is an engineer, a brick layer is not
2nd Example: a software engineer is an engineer, a programmer (what I consider someone who simply writes what you tell them) is not
3rd Example: the CEO of a mega tech corporation is not an engineer, because engineering requires that you do more than simply come up with the idea. You have to actually be the one figuring out how to go about implementing the solution.
My idea may certainly have some fallacy in there somewhere, but its certainly more robust.
"Lately I am finding myself moving away from the desktop, more and more. Other than graphics design and CAD, I am almost entirely performing my computing duties in client-server mode. I've moved to Google Docs (buggy, but SO convenient since I have no need for a hard drive or memory stick), Google Mail for Domains, my blogs for newsletter dispersal (Wordpress) and phpBB for group comms. The underlying software and hardware is irrelevant to me as all my servers run different OS and hardware combos."
that right there sounds like a perfect reason to use Linux to me, but most likely a trimmed down version like what you see in some of those fancy new linux BIOSes that can use firefox/webkit straight out of the motherboard... or even the eeePC version of Xandros. What more do you need beyond internet, music, videos, documents, pictures, and games for the everyday computer user?
Sure everyone talks about it, but when it comes down to buying it a lot of people are left high and dry due to the high cost of adoption. I know many people now who have a few year old laptop, don't have the money for a new one especially not a mac, and their XP installs are slowly but surely crumbling. Those people will decide when the "year" of linux shall be.
one word: Zoloft
seriously though your "second rate" hardware is now and will be perfectly capable of performing well for a few years to come (assuming you actually bought decent hardware), so just enjoy it and care not about the new stuff until you have a need to get new stuff again, its that simple!
Especially with a touchscreen version coming out soon, it would be pretty nice to have an alternative to the current fullscreen implementation in firefox (though the MiniFox theme does help out quite a bit at the moment)
"You know what? They're a fucking vaporware, a PR move for Asus, NO store anywhere in the world will ever sell a computer that's lighter, more silent, and has better battery life than ALL those $2,000 overpriced turds just beside them."
Probably not quite a valid point, the stores who sell laptops I'd imagine they make little money off the laptops and more from accessories anyway. And if accessorization of the iPod can get so huge, why not for the eee also? I bought my eee from Best Buy, online, so I would only have to wonder if they plan to ever sell it in the store... though I doubt they would until they can come preloaded with Vista/XP or something (as if you'd wanna run Vista on it, yeeesh), but you never know, they may decide there's enough potential sales in it as is sometime this year, maybe when the next version of the thing comes out.
whats wrong with saying Swing is decent? Agreed its not great, nor the greatest... but it has certainly gotten the job done in many cases wouldn't you say. I mean, FFS, thats what having an opinion is all about!
Therefore, I call the parent a piece of flamebait.
*ahem* Ubuntu
quite possibly best OS distro out there, even among the likes of commercial offerings like OSX and WinXP. Sure each has its advantages in certain areas, but as a jack of all trades ubuntu can get it all done without much fuss. What it really comes down to is application support, if you are using software that absolutely requires any one OS in exclusion of all others, then you are screwing yourself for the future (this mostly applies to businesses however)
Just in the last year or so, most of what you could previously only do in windows is now possible in OSX or Linux. It seems the only thing missing still is the existence of a good Netmeeting alternative/compatible in linux. Sure Ekiga does sound okay, but since it doesn't do desktop sharing I find myself keeping a windows virtual machine just for the purpose of netmeetings. While i know there are commercial alternatives that work in linux well enough using java, free is a much better price. Here's hoping Ekiga can accomplish this soon!