This seems to be happening in a lot these days. A similar situation is happening with valve software, players of the online valve-developed games are becoming fed up with the constant stream of updates that don't actually seem to fix bugs.
Now another developer is releasing more software that's bad enough to generate word of a 24-hour boycott.
Laziness is slowly making it's way into software companies. Eventually, I use this term loosely as it may take 5 years for anything to happen, people will stop buying games until the developers fix them.
Of course, with a huge advertising budget the companies can always discredit complaints. Unfortunately, I only foresee the lying in advertising getting worse in the near future.
How does Google know what content works for/is better for Linux?
Now don't get me wrong I love Google, but if an image search for "AMD 64" turns up 50% pornography; I'm not sure how accurate this Linux search can be.
The test is flawed to begin with, then of course companies might be inclined to "loose" the results from people that actually get the answers "correct".
Also, given the fact that both cybercrime and drug trafficking are illegal, how do they know how much of each occurs? Seems to me that if they had the resources to get an accurate count, there wouldn't be any more cybercrime or drug trafficking.
I wonder what kind of new laws are going to be passed based on this questionable study. Perhaps because we aren't smart enough to verify the email ourselves, the government has to do it for us?
Power supplies overheating when not in the right position seems like a problem that Microsoft should have noticed when they tested the machines.
I think that they probably did test them....in their air-conditioned laboratories.
They should test the boxes like they will be used. On a shag carpeted floor, in a small cabinet, in direct sunlight, etc.
I quite personally would not be surprised if the wires that connect the xbox to the controllers start breaking within 2 months. They probably tested those by leaving them straight the entire time they weren't used. Not wrapped up around the controller and thrown into the back of a cabinet under the T.V.
One last note: people who wait 12 hours outside a store for an xbox are crazy.
I can't even get the buttons on my keyboard for email, search, connect, etc. to work. If I could, I wouldn't use them either.
Also, I already have 7 buttons and a scroll wheel on my mouse and I use all of them. Adding 2 more that only work for IM/email would seem to add more junk to the mouse than it does functionality.
Think about it, you only have to click roughly 3 times to open your IM or email client.
And of course, it doesn't work in Linux until you write your own driver for it.
This "caste" system isn't really that big of an idea if you really think about it. It should be a no-brainer actually. All (OK, there probably an exception somewhere) companies should work this way.
"Listen to the people actually writing the code and making your products."
"Supreme Court spokesman Steven Bakker said the court found Pessers' claim of having suffered damages sufficient to order Lycos to release the client's name and address, even though no criminal offense had been committed. It issued a sweeping rejection of Lycos' argument that personal client details should only be released if they"
This seems to be an all too common occurrence today. The music industry just throws money at the lawmakers, says something about terrorism and illegal file sharing, and BOOM! All of a sudden you can force companies to release personal data that no one should see.
This case doesn't even have anything to do with music, or movies, and yet everyone involved in the situation is talking about nothing EXCEPT music and illegal file sharing.
Is it really worth paying that much money so that customers don't have to type in 4 extra characters? You'd also have a huge problm with people "impersonating" other sites. And it would be perfectly legal, because anyone can register any non-registerd domain name.
I can't imagine that too many small bussinesses are very fond of this idea.
I've used these toilets before in public places such as hospitals and restaurants. I noticed no foul odors coming from the urinals. (Better than the bathrooms that try to cover it up with crappy air freshener).
The design seems simple and efficient. Though, it would be interesting to see if the toilet could dispense the blue oil-like stuff by itself.
"Seeing as how urine is fairly sterile, I just pee in the sink. no splash back, and it all gets washed down when i wash my hands. I learned about this environmentally friendly tip from Adam Carolla."
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This seems to be happening in a lot these days.
A similar situation is happening with valve software, players of the online valve-developed games are becoming fed up with the constant stream of updates that don't actually seem to fix bugs.
Now another developer is releasing more software that's bad enough to generate word of a 24-hour boycott.
Laziness is slowly making it's way into software companies. Eventually, I use this term loosely as it may take 5 years for anything to happen, people will stop buying games until the developers fix them.
Of course, with a huge advertising budget the companies can always discredit complaints. Unfortunately, I only foresee the lying in advertising getting worse in the near future.
How does Google know what content works for/is better for Linux?
Now don't get me wrong I love Google, but if an image search for "AMD 64" turns up 50% pornography; I'm not sure how accurate this Linux search can be.
If you keep trying, you can access it.
Pretty neat site too. I haven't found the animations yet, but the pictures work quite well.
The test is flawed to begin with, then of course companies might be inclined to "loose" the results from people that actually get the answers "correct".
Also, given the fact that both cybercrime and drug trafficking are illegal, how do they know how much of each occurs? Seems to me that if they had the resources to get an accurate count, there wouldn't be any more cybercrime or drug trafficking.
I wonder what kind of new laws are going to be passed based on this questionable study. Perhaps because we aren't smart enough to verify the email ourselves, the government has to do it for us?
Power supplies overheating when not in the right position seems like a problem that Microsoft should have noticed when they tested the machines.
I think that they probably did test them....in their air-conditioned laboratories.
They should test the boxes like they will be used. On a shag carpeted floor, in a small cabinet, in direct sunlight, etc.
I quite personally would not be surprised if the wires that connect the xbox to the controllers start breaking within 2 months. They probably tested those by leaving them straight the entire time they weren't used. Not wrapped up around the controller and thrown into the back of a cabinet under the T.V.
One last note: people who wait 12 hours outside a store for an xbox are crazy.
I can't even get the buttons on my keyboard for email, search, connect, etc. to work. If I could, I wouldn't use them either.
Also, I already have 7 buttons and a scroll wheel on my mouse and I use all of them. Adding 2 more that only work for IM/email would seem to add more junk to the mouse than it does functionality.
Think about it, you only have to click roughly 3 times to open your IM or email client.
And of course, it doesn't work in Linux until you write your own driver for it.
Google just did things right from the start.
This "caste" system isn't really that big of an idea if you really think about it. It should be a no-brainer actually. All (OK, there probably an exception somewhere) companies should work this way.
"Listen to the people actually writing the code and making your products."
"Supreme Court spokesman Steven Bakker said the court found Pessers' claim of having suffered damages sufficient to order Lycos to release the client's name and address, even though no criminal offense had been committed. It issued a sweeping rejection of Lycos' argument that personal client details should only be released if they"
This seems to be an all too common occurrence today. The music industry just throws money at the lawmakers, says something about terrorism and illegal file sharing, and BOOM! All of a sudden you can force companies to release personal data that no one should see.
This case doesn't even have anything to do with music, or movies, and yet everyone involved in the situation is talking about nothing EXCEPT music and illegal file sharing.
Is it really worth paying that much money so that customers don't have to type in 4 extra characters?
You'd also have a huge problm with people "impersonating" other sites. And it would be perfectly legal, because anyone can register any non-registerd domain name.
I can't imagine that too many small bussinesses are very fond of this idea.
Why not just use static to get the dust off too?
You could simply use static emitters in the lunar module to trap dust, just like a 5 billion duster.
Cheaper alternative, stick a sign on the door that says: "Please remove your shoes before entering lunar lander."
I've used these toilets before in public places such as hospitals and restaurants. I noticed no foul odors coming from the urinals. (Better than the bathrooms that try to cover it up with crappy air freshener).
The design seems simple and efficient. Though, it would be interesting to see if the toilet could dispense the blue oil-like stuff by itself.
"Seeing as how urine is fairly sterile, I just pee in the sink. no splash back, and it all gets washed down when i wash my hands. I learned about this environmentally friendly tip from Adam Carolla."
Sterile as it may be, it's disgusting.