That's what I thought when I skimmed through the review. Not including ethernet is a major omission, imho. It seems that ATI really just wants you to buy their mobo and a couple graphics cards.
Something else to remember--the proc and vidcard in the Wii are evolutions of current GameCube hardware. Five years is a fair amount of time for the price/performance ratio of those parts to come down a whole lot. Meanwhile, the 360 and PS3 are using entirely new processors and techniques, which helps explain their outrageous price points (IMHO--the core 360 ain't horrible, but it is crippled a bit).
I'm an anti-copyright advocate who sees more power in releasing my information for free to the ether of the Internet. Not only do I not copyright my blog posts, e-books and music, I openly request others to copy it and even put their own name on it. I've realized that once I put something into easily copied form, it will be copied. It might be partially used, fully mimiced, or completely turned upside down, yet I've also found that the more I am copied, the more people tend to find out that I am the original author.
For me as a writer, I love to know that people are reading me and replying to me -- that is my "profit" in the short term -- reader input. I tend to make up my own words that I write with, in order to see who might be copying me fully. I then look at what people say about their "writings", too. One such word I created was unanimocracy, but I've invented a few other phrases that are easily searched, too.
I believe the best way to "fix" plagiarism isn't to make it more illegal or immoral, but to work on a free market and open system where content creators can submit their creations to be cataloged as "the first." Let others copy it, but Google or another toolbar can easily flag a new creation as "very similar to another." Imagine if the Google toolbar had a "% of originality" for every site you visit (or every paragraph to highlight with your mouse). This could work for lyrics, guitar tabs, writings, opinion, news articles, etc.
Plagiarism is "OK" is some circles -- do a Google News search and see how many big named media outlets just regurgitate each others' news. Boring. Bloggers do the same thing, but many put a unique spin on the original writer's ideas.
I love when people plagiarize me. In the long run it builds my credibility even if they don't reference me as the original writer. I'd rather find free market solutions (such as the one I outlined above) rather than find penalties for the copying. If someone discovers that the person they respect didn't write the content on their own, the market fixes this by making the reader not read the plagiariser anymore. Easy solution.
In the long run, trying to protect your creative works will be a losing process. I use my previous creations to gain new customers who appreciate the information that I don't share. That is the product/service I sell, and I use my years of writing to show a history of original opinion and beliefs. Anything I write for public consumption is merely a marketing tool to get people to hire me for real face-time -- I could care less if someone else found a better way to make money with my thoughts. Most of my thoughts are based on a lifetime of reading and thinking about what others say.
My blog network forum is based completely on the comments of others -- I even pay my readers who give me the best comments. Their input on my writings is what gives me MORE information to sell at a higher price to those willing to pay for my knowledge. Why should I stop others from using my works to create new opinions that I can learn from?
PC's have had the capabilities of the 360 for a while now. And there've been some games with super hi-res textures to take advantage of the best systems out there. Yet they still tend to fit on a single DVD, and that's with several sets of textures for different vidcard levels. It'll be a while before the need to move beyond 4.5 GB comes along.
Do the obvious thing--submit it as an Ask Slashdot question. ScuttleMonkey or Zonk should get around to posting it to the front page in a few minutes...
At the time of the IE/Netscape war, Navigator wasn't the only product that Netscape made. They also had a variety of server software, which from what I've heard wasn't all that bad, especially compared to the competition at the time. So saying Webroot should make other products in order to avoid the same fate as Netscape may not be particularly good advice. Depends on what other areas they branch into, I guess.
While I think that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a great album, I've always had some problems with the official story. Yes, Reprise (a Warner imprint) chose not to release the album and dropped the band. Yes, Nonesuch (another Warner imprint) chose to pick the band up. All the while, they just happened to have a camera crew documenting the entire thing. It all seems way too contrived for me. After all, bouncing bands aroung between different imprints isn't all that uncommon. And when a documentary is made that just happens to capture the whole sordid saga, it just screams "promotion" to me. And it worked...
Since there are plenty of comments so far, I'll keep mine short. I'll second the Sony Wega rear-projection LCD someone else mentioned. My parents recently picked up the 55" version and it's very nice. It has a fairly easily replacable bulb (not sure what the life is like) and the light distribution is uniform. Looks great with standard and HD content. I personally have a 32" Syntax LCD that I got for 700 bucks a while ago. Again, HD and SD content look great. There is a small amount of light leakage in the corners, but it's only noticable if you happen to stare at the corners of the screen. DVI in works great with my computer. You mention getting something "smaller," so if you're talking 42" or under, I'd recommend a straight LCD. I've heard very nice things about the Westinghouse 32" and 37" LCD sets. Very good price/quality ratio. Also, the newer 37"s do full 1920x1080. Someone else somewhere mentioned that LCD pixels burn out over time. I'm not sure what they're talking about, because my understanding is that either the pixels work or they don't. If they do, the only thing you need to worry about is the backlight going out.
The title originally didn't have the word 'the' in there, which just made the whole thing fairly awkward: Web Release of Open Movie Elephants Dream. The addition of 'the' helps a whole lot, IMHO.
Finnish anti-virus vendor F-Secure said a successful exploit allows the attacker to create, read, write, delete and search for files and directories; access and modify the Registry; manipulate services; start and kill processes; take screenshots; enumerate open windows; create its own application window; and lock, restart or shut down Windows.
While it is certainly a humorous gaffe, I think it's part of a larger marketing ploy by Sony. Over the next 6 months, we are going to be bombarded with quotes saying that 600 bucks is "really quite cheap." The thing is, knowing how much the average consumer thinks about things, this Jedi mind trick will probably work. Come November, you'll see lots of people stating with perfectly straight faces that "600 dollars for a console isn't expensive."
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That's what I thought when I skimmed through the review. Not including ethernet is a major omission, imho. It seems that ATI really just wants you to buy their mobo and a couple graphics cards.
Okay, so long as the camper and model are included.
Will it help me win all the prizes in a big sweepstakes?
Something else to remember--the proc and vidcard in the Wii are evolutions of current GameCube hardware. Five years is a fair amount of time for the price/performance ratio of those parts to come down a whole lot. Meanwhile, the 360 and PS3 are using entirely new processors and techniques, which helps explain their outrageous price points (IMHO--the core 360 ain't horrible, but it is crippled a bit).
You may want to check our past records of price points when launching past hardware.
Okay. 200 bucks it is then. I'm in.
I can only assume you are a complete idiot. Hence the low UID--you must be friends with Zonk or ScuttleMonkey.
My brother used to call it telegraph. Except it was all done in morse code. Transmitted in punches. And one way only...
PC's have had the capabilities of the 360 for a while now. And there've been some games with super hi-res textures to take advantage of the best systems out there. Yet they still tend to fit on a single DVD, and that's with several sets of textures for different vidcard levels. It'll be a while before the need to move beyond 4.5 GB comes along.
You never know. It could be a lycanthropic apple. Under a full moon...
Do the obvious thing--submit it as an Ask Slashdot question. ScuttleMonkey or Zonk should get around to posting it to the front page in a few minutes...
If we can not recover your stolen Mac, we will fully refund Undercover
Sweet! So if my laptop gets stolen and they can't find it, I get 30 bucks back! How can you possibly go wrong?
At the time of the IE/Netscape war, Navigator wasn't the only product that Netscape made. They also had a variety of server software, which from what I've heard wasn't all that bad, especially compared to the competition at the time. So saying Webroot should make other products in order to avoid the same fate as Netscape may not be particularly good advice. Depends on what other areas they branch into, I guess.
While I think that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a great album, I've always had some problems with the official story. Yes, Reprise (a Warner imprint) chose not to release the album and dropped the band. Yes, Nonesuch (another Warner imprint) chose to pick the band up. All the while, they just happened to have a camera crew documenting the entire thing. It all seems way too contrived for me. After all, bouncing bands aroung between different imprints isn't all that uncommon. And when a documentary is made that just happens to capture the whole sordid saga, it just screams "promotion" to me. And it worked...
Since there are plenty of comments so far, I'll keep mine short. I'll second the Sony Wega rear-projection LCD someone else mentioned. My parents recently picked up the 55" version and it's very nice. It has a fairly easily replacable bulb (not sure what the life is like) and the light distribution is uniform. Looks great with standard and HD content. I personally have a 32" Syntax LCD that I got for 700 bucks a while ago. Again, HD and SD content look great. There is a small amount of light leakage in the corners, but it's only noticable if you happen to stare at the corners of the screen. DVI in works great with my computer. You mention getting something "smaller," so if you're talking 42" or under, I'd recommend a straight LCD. I've heard very nice things about the Westinghouse 32" and 37" LCD sets. Very good price/quality ratio. Also, the newer 37"s do full 1920x1080. Someone else somewhere mentioned that LCD pixels burn out over time. I'm not sure what they're talking about, because my understanding is that either the pixels work or they don't. If they do, the only thing you need to worry about is the backlight going out.
Crap stays crap. No matter how high the resolution.
Yeah, but if the resolution is high enough, you can sometimes see the steam coming off it...
Holy crap, man! Do you have a patent on that idea? I'd hurry up and get one before someone else steals your idea...
The title originally didn't have the word 'the' in there, which just made the whole thing fairly awkward: Web Release of Open Movie Elephants Dream. The addition of 'the' helps a whole lot, IMHO.
Finnish anti-virus vendor F-Secure said a successful exploit allows the attacker to create, read, write, delete and search for files and directories; access and modify the Registry; manipulate services; start and kill processes; take screenshots; enumerate open windows; create its own application window; and lock, restart or shut down Windows.
Yeah, but can they do any real damage? : p
WMDs imminent threat wuh?
Anyone else have to read that title a few times before it made sense?
You see, that's the thing. They program for you! ; )
While it is certainly a humorous gaffe, I think it's part of a larger marketing ploy by Sony. Over the next 6 months, we are going to be bombarded with quotes saying that 600 bucks is "really quite cheap." The thing is, knowing how much the average consumer thinks about things, this Jedi mind trick will probably work. Come November, you'll see lots of people stating with perfectly straight faces that "600 dollars for a console isn't expensive."
Is that anything like a cyberathlete?
The problem is that the phrase is actually to all intents and purposes.