I never really thought about it until now. It is certainly a different naming convention than what exists for the Pentium. I think part of the reason may be that the Pentium 4 name has been used for so long and for a number of different processor families. I really don't know what would have been so wrong with calling it Pentium 5 or maybe getting away from the Pentium moniker altogether and calling it Sexium. I also wonder if Ma and Pa will be wondering why the new Core 2 processors have a lower clock speed (and in their mind lower performance) than their old Pentium 4 system. Don't laugh, I've already seen it. Intel trained their customers only too well to associate clock speed with performance.
DRM may be legitimate, but it is still stupid and should be eliminated. If one were to buy content from an online store (like iTunes), why would one want to put the content on a file-sharing network in the first place? I realize that there may be a few people who would do it because they can, but these are probably in the minority. After all, if I paid for something why should you get it for free? A better system might consist of uniquely watermarking the file with the purchaser's details. If the content finds its way to a file-sharing network, it would be easy to track down the person responsible and cut off his/her access to the online store. I don't currently subscribe to any online content provider because of the DRM.
I just checked out the system guide for the "Hot Rod". Since the Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard has Dolby 7.1 channel audio on board, why would one need to spend $110 on a separate audio card? Is there really a difference between on-board audio and the audio cards that are mentioned in this article?
I have a feeling that a lot of people won't be voting for Governor Rod. We voted for this guy thinking that we were getting a cool governor for a change. Instead we got a fool.
At least this took some effort. I thought that he would at least use the water cooling to provide some extra cooling. This is just a fan. You can buy a regular fan in the store for about $5. For a little more, you can even get oscillation!
The problem with the death penalty is that it is only applied to the very worst of the worst offenders. It may be possible for a person to justify killing someone even if that person knows that he will eventually be executed. Applying the death penalty to spammers would be very effective. Once the first spammer is on death row, the amount of spam will drop precipitously. I just don't think that very many people would think it worth the risk of execution to send spam. If the penalty for speeding was death, how fast would you drive?
When I was in college, my buddies and I ate these sprinkled with cheese powder (the kind that is normally sprinkled on popcorn). They tasted sort of like bland Cheetos with a slightly less crunchy texture. We later tried them with the cheese powder and Tabasco sauce and they were quite good. Tabasco makes anything taste better!
I have never understood why it is said that someone is "throwing their vote away" by voting for a 3rd party. You are not throwing your vote away. Unless there is some technical difficulty, it is still counted. What we really need in this country is a third party to win a number of seats in congress to help gum up the works so that these idiots won't be able to pass new laws.
After following the links, I can find no quotes from her speech. As mentioned in a previous post, she may have been talking about something other than digital restrictions management. Until I see quotes of the speech, this is nothing but hearsay.
How does Microsoft make more money selling an OS license with new hardware than selling either an upgrade or a new installation? From what I can tell, an OEM license costs around $90 for XP Home and $130 for XP Pro. I am sure that the large computer manufacturers (Dell, HP, etc.)get these licenses for far less than I could buy them from zipzoomfly.com. In comparison, an upgrade to XP Home costs around $100 and the full version is around $200. For XP Pro, the cost for the upgrade is around $200 and the full version is around $300.
I always thought that the way to reform copyright would be to have a cost associated with keeping works copyrighted with the costs escalating as time went on. For example:
To copyright a work for the first 5 years would be free. The second five years would cost $1000. The third five years would cost $1 million. This could continue on indefinitely. At some point the cost of keeping the work copyrighted would be higher than what the work could earn in the 5-year term.
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I never really thought about it until now. It is certainly a different naming convention than what exists for the Pentium. I think part of the reason may be that the Pentium 4 name has been used for so long and for a number of different processor families. I really don't know what would have been so wrong with calling it Pentium 5 or maybe getting away from the Pentium moniker altogether and calling it Sexium. I also wonder if Ma and Pa will be wondering why the new Core 2 processors have a lower clock speed (and in their mind lower performance) than their old Pentium 4 system. Don't laugh, I've already seen it. Intel trained their customers only too well to associate clock speed with performance.
DRM may be legitimate, but it is still stupid and should be eliminated. If one were to buy content from an online store (like iTunes), why would one want to put the content on a file-sharing network in the first place? I realize that there may be a few people who would do it because they can, but these are probably in the minority. After all, if I paid for something why should you get it for free? A better system might consist of uniquely watermarking the file with the purchaser's details. If the content finds its way to a file-sharing network, it would be easy to track down the person responsible and cut off his/her access to the online store. I don't currently subscribe to any online content provider because of the DRM.
I just checked out the system guide for the "Hot Rod". Since the Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard has Dolby 7.1 channel audio on board, why would one need to spend $110 on a separate audio card? Is there really a difference between on-board audio and the audio cards that are mentioned in this article?
I have a feeling that a lot of people won't be voting for Governor Rod. We voted for this guy thinking that we were getting a cool governor for a change. Instead we got a fool.
You are correct. I deal with the heat by cranking up the A/C! It is the most effective solution I've discovered.
At least this took some effort. I thought that he would at least use the water cooling to provide some extra cooling. This is just a fan. You can buy a regular fan in the store for about $5. For a little more, you can even get oscillation!
The problem with the death penalty is that it is only applied to the very worst of the worst offenders. It may be possible for a person to justify killing someone even if that person knows that he will eventually be executed. Applying the death penalty to spammers would be very effective. Once the first spammer is on death row, the amount of spam will drop precipitously. I just don't think that very many people would think it worth the risk of execution to send spam. If the penalty for speeding was death, how fast would you drive?
When I was in college, my buddies and I ate these sprinkled with cheese powder (the kind that is normally sprinkled on popcorn). They tasted sort of like bland Cheetos with a slightly less crunchy texture. We later tried them with the cheese powder and Tabasco sauce and they were quite good. Tabasco makes anything taste better!
I have never understood why it is said that someone is "throwing their vote away" by voting for a 3rd party. You are not throwing your vote away. Unless there is some technical difficulty, it is still counted. What we really need in this country is a third party to win a number of seats in congress to help gum up the works so that these idiots won't be able to pass new laws.
After following the links, I can find no quotes from her speech. As mentioned in a previous post, she may have been talking about something other than digital restrictions management. Until I see quotes of the speech, this is nothing but hearsay.
How does Microsoft make more money selling an OS license with new hardware than selling either an upgrade or a new installation? From what I can tell, an OEM license costs around $90 for XP Home and $130 for XP Pro. I am sure that the large computer manufacturers (Dell, HP, etc.)get these licenses for far less than I could buy them from zipzoomfly.com. In comparison, an upgrade to XP Home costs around $100 and the full version is around $200. For XP Pro, the cost for the upgrade is around $200 and the full version is around $300.
I always thought that the way to reform copyright would be to have a cost associated with keeping works copyrighted with the costs escalating as time went on. For example: To copyright a work for the first 5 years would be free. The second five years would cost $1000. The third five years would cost $1 million. This could continue on indefinitely. At some point the cost of keeping the work copyrighted would be higher than what the work could earn in the 5-year term.