Computers made in the last 5 or so years are darn fast, and unless you are a hard core gamer, will be plenty fast for the next 5-10 years. I just built my father a modern computer in the hopes he won't need a new one for about 10 years.
Pretty much this. I run a couple of repair shops and we end up fixing 5 year old computers more often than replacing them simply because for day to day browsing tasks, they are more than sufficient. Hell, most of them can even decode HD to some extent, which pretty much rounds out what 90% of the market uses them for.
PCs are becoming a niche market, get used to it, it wont change. Tablets and phones are the future, especially as input methods improve (attachable keyboards, docking stations and such)
"Dwarf Planet" could be a cool name for a sci-fi sequel to "Dwarf Fortress".
Yeah, and here's how it would go:
You fire up the game and it immediately displays "Your settlers die a horrible death in a vacuum, wondering how the hell they got into space from their island"
Yeah the tax breaks are great but the real reason is network infrastructure. Des Moines (and Omaha 3 hours to the west) sits on pretty much the biggest fiber crossroad in the country, which means that latency will be ridiculously low, which is very important if youre planning on having terabytes of data streaming out of your data center on a daily basis.
We've been trying this with laptops for over 10 years now, and it never really took, why do they think that it's going to work any better for a "Tablet" now?
the issue is taxes dont need to go up, as a new yorker, i already spend over 60% of my income on taxes.
Then go yell at your local government(s), you're paying the exact same taxes that I am in the midwest to the federal government (being a national institution and all). Seeing as it is that your income tax is no more than 35% (and if it is I have no sympathy for your 400k+ per year ass). Assuming youre getting taxed at around 15-25% that would mean that the local and state governments are getting you for far more, and the new taxes woudlnt have applied to you anyways, so your statement is ignorant at best, disingenuous at worst, and either way youre a fucking idiot.
Except there is no injunction against the Nexus, just the Tab 10.1 (the old version noone sells anymore). The Nexus was cleared for US sale last week. This is not only overreaching but blatantly fraudulent. Samsung needs to get their lawyers warmed up.
This is their launch-return vehicle, they're obviously not going to sit in something the size of a small minivan for 6 months on the way to Mars or an asteroid (unless its Apophis or something similar). The idea is they take this to orbit, dock with a spacecraft assembled in space, then go to wherever they want to go (eventually). The shuttle was always a boondoggle, the only reason it had the configuration it did was to return things from orbit, which it almost never did. They had to build a much less efficient reentry platform for that purpose, and even when reusable most of the external components weren't. A conical shape like this is very cheap since it's single use, there is no reason you cant salvage internal components if you want either.
The Russians have been using designs like this for over 50 years and their manned space program is TONS cheaper than ours, and you cant say that they cut safety corners to save money since their record over the last 20 years is FAR better.
Remember what happened the last time Microsoft tried to compete with Apple hardware by themselves.
Like Xbox360?
It's amazing to me how many people don't read the post they're commenting on. Considering I specifically mentioned Apple, which to my knowledge hasn't produced a gaming console in the last decade, I don't think Xbox 360 applies.
But hey, if you want to go there, how many first gen xbox 360s do you think are still out there? I suppose that making people buy 2-3 replacements for the same hardware is a good way to drive sales.
Remember what happened the last time Microsoft tried to compete with Apple hardware by themselves. I predict this hitting the market with the giant *THUD* usually associated with MS products.
Gateway tried this in the early 00s, I was working tech support for them at the time, later on their business unit (MPC) tried it again. The first time Gateway tried it they almost immediately stopped the Assigned Tech stuff and went with an instant access queue, which they again killed off about 6 months later. Neither company really exists anymore (MPC folded over 3 years ago and Gateway exists in name only).
Really HP when you get involved in commodities you either need to produce enough cheap enough to make a profit or you need to get out of the game, there really aren't a lot of alternatives here.
Yes, you could be hit by a large piece even so, but that would be amazing bad luck; space is damn big.
It's not up to luck if there is an explosion in LEO, if something in orbit dies it WILL eventually make it to the surface one way or another, that's just the nature f orbit. The concern is that those large pieces of the spacecraft would be radioactive and an explosion in orbit would undoubtedly send them back into our atmosphere. While the actual fallout from an explosion wouldn't likely cause any damage (the Earth's magnetic field protects us from far worse than nuclear fallout on a daily basis)) any debris left over from the probe and especially the reactor sections would likely be very irradiated and would poison wherever they landed/flew over, and since re-entry can cover a distance of thousands of miles I think you can imagine what kind of damage that could cause.
As has been discussed before fueling and launching the probe from a La Grange point or Lunar Orbit would be the safest way to do this, using chemical rockets to provide the initial thrust to fire it out of our immediate orbit will help to minimize this risk. Now getting the fuel into orbit is a bit trickier, you would need to send small amounts of fuel multiple times and I believe it could be performed safely, we already have casks used to transport nuclear material and these are already proven to be capable of withstanding large forces so I'm not too terribly concerned about that as long as most of it's launch transit occurs over ocean)
comparing creating fire to creating a super flu is retarded. When they screw up and it is released, and they will f*ck up, they are humans, i hope your the first one infected.
This statement is just fucking retarded and ignorant. There has been research going on like this for the better part of a century, including WEAPONIZING even more dangerous bugs than the flu, and none of that has ever been released. Why does everyone think that this one will be any different, the system is proven to work and I'm not the least bit concerned.
I completed the books when I was 10 and have read them probably 6 times since then, most recently when the movies came out. I'll be the first to tell you that when I was younger I would skip over vast swathes of the books just because they were incredibly dull, I had no desire to read about singing elves in Lothlorien or the triumphant march of the King through Ithilien for an entire chapter. While I enjoyed them if someone watches the movies and comes up to me and asks "Should I read the books", generally I ask them if they could stomach reading the entire Bible, if they say yes then I tell them to go ahead, otherwise I tell them not to bother and sorta fill in the blanks that the movies didn't cover.
TV doesn't make people stupid, it just keeps stupid people entertained and out of the public eye, so why is excessively entertaining media a bad thing?
Personally I'd rather have my idiots at home glued to the TV than out doing idiotic things...
I doubt you will get paid for it, employers usually aren't too keen on shelling out for things they didn't specifically ask for, and they can get a bit pissy if you hold something out on them that they could actually get use out of. Think about it like this, if it makes your/your employee's jobs easier, then that means you should theoretically get more done in the day. This makes you look better, and in turn could turn into a promotion later.
Another solution, as stated elsewhere, is to just open source it before you tell them about it, then let them use it. At least then you get credit for the work and if you ever want to do more work in the field later (paid work especially) you can use this.
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Computers made in the last 5 or so years are darn fast, and unless you are a hard core gamer, will be plenty fast for the next 5-10 years. I just built my father a modern computer in the hopes he won't need a new one for about 10 years.
Pretty much this. I run a couple of repair shops and we end up fixing 5 year old computers more often than replacing them simply because for day to day browsing tasks, they are more than sufficient. Hell, most of them can even decode HD to some extent, which pretty much rounds out what 90% of the market uses them for. PCs are becoming a niche market, get used to it, it wont change. Tablets and phones are the future, especially as input methods improve (attachable keyboards, docking stations and such)
"Dwarf Planet" could be a cool name for a sci-fi sequel to "Dwarf Fortress".
Yeah, and here's how it would go:
You fire up the game and it immediately displays "Your settlers die a horrible death in a vacuum, wondering how the hell they got into space from their island"
Yeah the tax breaks are great but the real reason is network infrastructure. Des Moines (and Omaha 3 hours to the west) sits on pretty much the biggest fiber crossroad in the country, which means that latency will be ridiculously low, which is very important if youre planning on having terabytes of data streaming out of your data center on a daily basis.
We've been trying this with laptops for over 10 years now, and it never really took, why do they think that it's going to work any better for a "Tablet" now?
the issue is taxes dont need to go up, as a new yorker, i already spend over 60% of my income on taxes.
Then go yell at your local government(s), you're paying the exact same taxes that I am in the midwest to the federal government (being a national institution and all). Seeing as it is that your income tax is no more than 35% (and if it is I have no sympathy for your 400k+ per year ass). Assuming youre getting taxed at around 15-25% that would mean that the local and state governments are getting you for far more, and the new taxes woudlnt have applied to you anyways, so your statement is ignorant at best, disingenuous at worst, and either way youre a fucking idiot.
So that means there would be somewhere north of 11,600 representatives. And you think nothing gets done now...
How about a specific subject line in the email, and if the email doesn't have it, it gets filtered into the trash?
Except there is no injunction against the Nexus, just the Tab 10.1 (the old version noone sells anymore). The Nexus was cleared for US sale last week. This is not only overreaching but blatantly fraudulent. Samsung needs to get their lawyers warmed up.
This is their launch-return vehicle, they're obviously not going to sit in something the size of a small minivan for 6 months on the way to Mars or an asteroid (unless its Apophis or something similar). The idea is they take this to orbit, dock with a spacecraft assembled in space, then go to wherever they want to go (eventually). The shuttle was always a boondoggle, the only reason it had the configuration it did was to return things from orbit, which it almost never did. They had to build a much less efficient reentry platform for that purpose, and even when reusable most of the external components weren't. A conical shape like this is very cheap since it's single use, there is no reason you cant salvage internal components if you want either.
The Russians have been using designs like this for over 50 years and their manned space program is TONS cheaper than ours, and you cant say that they cut safety corners to save money since their record over the last 20 years is FAR better.
Remember what happened the last time Microsoft tried to compete with Apple hardware by themselves.
Like Xbox360?
It's amazing to me how many people don't read the post they're commenting on. Considering I specifically mentioned Apple, which to my knowledge hasn't produced a gaming console in the last decade, I don't think Xbox 360 applies.
But hey, if you want to go there, how many first gen xbox 360s do you think are still out there? I suppose that making people buy 2-3 replacements for the same hardware is a good way to drive sales.
Remember what happened the last time Microsoft tried to compete with Apple hardware by themselves. I predict this hitting the market with the giant *THUD* usually associated with MS products.
...who really wanted to see Titanic in 3D?
Anyone that wants to see 1997 Kate Winslet's bosom in 3-D. Don't lie, you're tempted...
Yeah this year they didn't spam out fake stories, everything today was real. Honestly I'm a bit disapointed.
WTF? It's 4/1, it's not allowed to have real news on 4/1!
if you want things the way they were you can always just turn Metro off...
And with antics like this we all know it's going to be Obama, so why spend alot of time conversing about the crazy?
Gateway tried this in the early 00s, I was working tech support for them at the time, later on their business unit (MPC) tried it again. The first time Gateway tried it they almost immediately stopped the Assigned Tech stuff and went with an instant access queue, which they again killed off about 6 months later. Neither company really exists anymore (MPC folded over 3 years ago and Gateway exists in name only).
Really HP when you get involved in commodities you either need to produce enough cheap enough to make a profit or you need to get out of the game, there really aren't a lot of alternatives here.
Yes, you could be hit by a large piece even so, but that would be amazing bad luck; space is damn big.
It's not up to luck if there is an explosion in LEO, if something in orbit dies it WILL eventually make it to the surface one way or another, that's just the nature f orbit. The concern is that those large pieces of the spacecraft would be radioactive and an explosion in orbit would undoubtedly send them back into our atmosphere. While the actual fallout from an explosion wouldn't likely cause any damage (the Earth's magnetic field protects us from far worse than nuclear fallout on a daily basis)) any debris left over from the probe and especially the reactor sections would likely be very irradiated and would poison wherever they landed/flew over, and since re-entry can cover a distance of thousands of miles I think you can imagine what kind of damage that could cause.
As has been discussed before fueling and launching the probe from a La Grange point or Lunar Orbit would be the safest way to do this, using chemical rockets to provide the initial thrust to fire it out of our immediate orbit will help to minimize this risk. Now getting the fuel into orbit is a bit trickier, you would need to send small amounts of fuel multiple times and I believe it could be performed safely, we already have casks used to transport nuclear material and these are already proven to be capable of withstanding large forces so I'm not too terribly concerned about that as long as most of it's launch transit occurs over ocean)
comparing creating fire to creating a super flu is retarded. When they screw up and it is released, and they will f*ck up, they are humans, i hope your the first one infected.
This statement is just fucking retarded and ignorant. There has been research going on like this for the better part of a century, including WEAPONIZING even more dangerous bugs than the flu, and none of that has ever been released. Why does everyone think that this one will be any different, the system is proven to work and I'm not the least bit concerned.
Then the machine is an idiot.
I completed the books when I was 10 and have read them probably 6 times since then, most recently when the movies came out. I'll be the first to tell you that when I was younger I would skip over vast swathes of the books just because they were incredibly dull, I had no desire to read about singing elves in Lothlorien or the triumphant march of the King through Ithilien for an entire chapter. While I enjoyed them if someone watches the movies and comes up to me and asks "Should I read the books", generally I ask them if they could stomach reading the entire Bible, if they say yes then I tell them to go ahead, otherwise I tell them not to bother and sorta fill in the blanks that the movies didn't cover.
Great suggestion, thanks!
TV doesn't make people stupid, it just keeps stupid people entertained and out of the public eye, so why is excessively entertaining media a bad thing?
Personally I'd rather have my idiots at home glued to the TV than out doing idiotic things...
I doubt you will get paid for it, employers usually aren't too keen on shelling out for things they didn't specifically ask for, and they can get a bit pissy if you hold something out on them that they could actually get use out of. Think about it like this, if it makes your/your employee's jobs easier, then that means you should theoretically get more done in the day. This makes you look better, and in turn could turn into a promotion later.
Another solution, as stated elsewhere, is to just open source it before you tell them about it, then let them use it. At least then you get credit for the work and if you ever want to do more work in the field later (paid work especially) you can use this.
At least Charlie Sheen's ego has some success to support it, what has this guy done other than troll the entire internet?