That's an important distinction to make too. I read an article that said pretty much just that - that the PC isn't going anywhere - we're just keeping them longer because the spec war is pretty much over. Buying a PC is now like buying a TV. If it works - keep it. Hell, you might even keep it ten, maybe fifteen years. So long as it runs why buy a new one?
You mean like a laptop? And before you say something about, "You can work with the laptop plugged in!", remember you can do the exact same with a tablet.
Some tablets... probably most... but not the Nook Color. The device will not boot if the battery doesn't have at least 15 minutes worth of charge in it. At some point, they will become paperweights, because you can't boot them on just power adapter power alone. Then again, what can you expect for just $199?.
So in the future, lets say... 18 years from now, you won't be able to legally play that game that came out in 2013 because there are no more keys left and the servers are down. You might still have the console, and the disk, and perhaps you paid money for it, but with that game, with that anti-used-game protection, it's useless. And of course, going around the copy protection would be the only way to play it again, which is illegal.
Where is in modern times, you can play an 18 year old game without breaking any laws. Buy a Sega Genesis or a Saturn, buy the game, and so long as it isn't scratched up you can have a nostalgiagasm.
It stinks, won't stop anybody, and make criminals out of everybody, eventually. This idea is worthless.
The problem with that is while HDMI to DVI adapters exist, the DVI portion of that does not include analog connectors, which means you will not be able to stack a DVI to VGA adapter on top of that. I've actually tried this - they just don't fit.
Even the connectors that 'convert' HDMI to VGA can't convert digital to analog. Taken from Amazon a comment sums this up nicely,
"What everyone needs to understand here is that you need to research before you buy. This product is not meant to take a digitanl signal and allow you to connect to an analog display, or vica versa. This cable does not do a digital to analog, or analog to digital, converion. Most HDMI devices are going to be digital, while most VGA devices are going to be analog. You cannot connect the two with a cable. You have to actually convert the signal. This cable is meant for the very few devices that can actually output analog from the HDMI connector. This is very rare and you should pretty much always assume your HDMI connection cannot support analog, and your VGA connection cannot support digital.
As you can see, you're going to spend about $100-$150 for the convenience, and no doubt these devices do not work on copy protected material without down sampling or failing outright. It's probably illegal if it did.
It takes up more space to connect a dual link DVI. For video cards, this could mean less connections for large monitors... though it's not a terribly huge problem.
Meanwhile, I sit down, open my binder, and begin writing right away.
I have a laptop and a tablet. I've written notes with it. But after a while I just got tired of it... there's nothing wrong with my hand writing, there's nothing wrong with my hands. Paper is cheap, it doesn't need a battery, and it doesn't need time to boot up. I can't get a virus, and I won't be tempted to check on Facebook or chat with a friend online.
I had an American flag shirt that I got one 4th of July. I wore it a lot, and it was one of my favorite shirts (not because I was overly patriotic or anything, just because it was comfortable). Granted, my high-school tenure was between 2000 and 2004, and it was in Arkansas, I was able to do it without any problems. In fact, at the time I didn't even think that it might ever become an issue... anywhere
If kids are being stopped for doing something so innocent... wow... What a crazy state.
You know, Apple isn't the only one that does this. Microsoft spent quite a while building up their Windows CE/Mobile ecosystem, and while it certainly wasn't the greatest, a lot of people had the WinMo phones. There was a lot of compatibility between them too, so if you upgraded you could bring your apps with you. You could have spent $500 for a huge HTC HD2 in mid 2010 and you would have been happy for a few months. Then Windows Phone 7 comes out, it's completely different, all the developers pull away their support for the WinMo platform, and by mid 2011 you're left with a phone even more useless than a Palm Pre.
Gotta keep your ear to the technology grape vine, stay up to date with developments, and make your choices wisely. It doesn't always work, but for me, had I done it I could have gotten an Android phone a lot sooner.
(Truthfully though, I wasn't awesome enough to be able to afford an HD2. I'm on a family plan with my mother and I proposed an phone-upgrade-slot swap in exchange for her Touch Pro 2.... terrible terrible choice that was. She got a nice new Android phone and I was stuck on a dead platform for several months. I can only imagine the anguish felt by those poor souls who bought an HD2.)
It allows them to say it's $$ in ads when it's actually $$$ by the time you get it. Of course by then it's too late, and you're stuck paying $$$$ by the time your contract ends.
Not to worry, they'd just send in the children to replace the broken gears.
Maybe they wouldn't be the size of watch gears, but I can easily imagine warehouses full of moving parts. After all, we would come to have exactly that in the Industrial Revolution that was born out of the Victorian Age.
This must be why all our quartz space
heaterslookalike. (I had the first one, it lasted 2 years before one of the quartz tubes died and became a potential fire hazard)
You're right. I'm out of my league on this subject. Never-mind. I'll just go back to my art and programming stuff... stick with what I can do for sure.
If you can't own something, you can't steal it either. There is no 'theft' without property. I commit no sin by buying a car. The cars original owner was Toyota. Toyota, naturally having a huge surplus of cars, lawfully sold me the vehicle. A transaction was made, the title was signed over, and now it's mine. The title represents the government's recognition that it is in fact my car. Like with other contracts, it is something that facilitates and makes lawful some particular action. In this case, it is the ownership of property.
Libertarians do not have a problem with the government's enforcement of individual property rights. This is a basic function of the government, similar to the protection of your country's borders. This system is what we Americans had to start with - it worked, but was far from perfect.
Communists do not have a problem with the government at all, and would prefer to put more control and ownership in to the hands government rather than those of any one individual. The government is then asked to ration out the property and enforce fairness and the sharing of equal benefits. This system never works.
What we have today is a sort of compromise between pure capitalism and pure socialism. There are benefits for the needy, as well as benefits for the wealthy. If you are poor, you are given a chance. If you are rich, you aren't punished for it. (I do not consider taxes a punishment.) Republicans tend to want to benefit the wealthy more, and Democrats tend to want to benefit the poor. Both do it to further their own agenda, because they are human.
The system as it is, keeps most humans in line, and allows most humans to succeed if they try. But the system isn't perfect. The original authors of the constitution knew this, and thus allowed for an amendment process.
Your disdain for the government, for private property, and your lack of solutions, lead me to believe that you are an Anarchist. You probably wouldn't be satisfied until most human beings were dead, and the rest are forced to live like dumb animals.
Besides, history is important. The people studying it don't expect to make money with it anyway. They study out of genuine interest, and they serve to keep history alive. Without the historians, the politicos will have complete control to rewrite it to say whatever it is they want.
The Christian monks in the middle ages saved a lot of our pre-Dark Age history. They weren't paid very much to do it, but without them we wouldn't know half of what we do now about our history as a human race. If you use money as an excuse to dictate everything and everyone (naturally this is a kind of socialism), then you're in for a wild ride.
Nothing the government does seem to put a dent in this. I had a neighbor do it when I lived in the projects. It just happens... it's like trying to prevent deadly lighting strikes by forcing curfew during thunder storms. You can't control everybody like that, and you especially can't control the people who are driven to break the law anyway.
What you're doing here is killing innovation, but you guys here don't see that. You're thanking the government for forcing you to pay $1200 for no productive purpose.
It's better than it used to be. I'd put it on par with Maya and Max as far as 'user-friendliness' goes... which is appropriate. If you want a super easy 3d program, there is always Anim8or. Beyond that there is the Japanese program DOGA, which is probably as easy as it will ever get for 3d graphics.
Corruption is everywhere, just because you don't live in a country with conspiracies under a media spot-light does not mean you live in a utopia.
And you're right, we're not a democracy. We're a representative republic. We leave it to the socialist and communist countries to claim that they are a democracy.
As a black nerd guy, the only thing I think you got right is the culture aspect. My parents didn't like me 'wasting time' with computers, but I worked around them and 'wasted time' with computers anyway.
Granted I am not the picture of success, but I think I did OK for what I had. In my opinion, we don't need assistance, we get enough of that. This isn't a problem the government can fix. It has to be fixed from within, by people like myself who know better.
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An F-15 pilot wouldn't even see the F-22. As far as the pilot knows, their obsolete fighter would just suddenly explode and fall into the ocean. That's how far in advancement the new fighter is.
Extreme weather created by greenhouse gasses should at some point hurt our economy too, reducing our output even more, so you could say "Earth will fight back." Considering the drought we're experiencing now, perhaps it's already started.
A $1500 GS in 1998? My dad bought a 200mhz, 32mb Hewlett Packard in 1998. I remember because I played Descent II on it. Those GS systems were classics by then. Steve Jobs had just come back to Apple a year earlier, and they released the first iMac in 1998. At the time though, schools were just beginning to get rid of their older Apple computers in favor of newer PCs. I know this too because the Boys and Girls Club that I went to at the time received a lot of donated Apple II systems. So you could still get an Apple II GS in usable condition, but it would have been much cheaper
That doesn't matter. Thanks to the likes of Samsung, HTC, and others, Microsoft is emboldened and willing to go after more businesses who depend on Linux.
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That's an important distinction to make too. I read an article that said pretty much just that - that the PC isn't going anywhere - we're just keeping them longer because the spec war is pretty much over. Buying a PC is now like buying a TV. If it works - keep it. Hell, you might even keep it ten, maybe fifteen years. So long as it runs why buy a new one?
You mean like a laptop? And before you say something about, "You can work with the laptop plugged in!", remember you can do the exact same with a tablet.
Some tablets... probably most... but not the Nook Color. The device will not boot if the battery doesn't have at least 15 minutes worth of charge in it. At some point, they will become paperweights, because you can't boot them on just power adapter power alone. Then again, what can you expect for just $199?.
So in the future, lets say... 18 years from now, you won't be able to legally play that game that came out in 2013 because there are no more keys left and the servers are down. You might still have the console, and the disk, and perhaps you paid money for it, but with that game, with that anti-used-game protection, it's useless. And of course, going around the copy protection would be the only way to play it again, which is illegal.
Where is in modern times, you can play an 18 year old game without breaking any laws. Buy a Sega Genesis or a Saturn, buy the game, and so long as it isn't scratched up you can have a nostalgiagasm.
It stinks, won't stop anybody, and make criminals out of everybody, eventually. This idea is worthless.
The problem with that is while HDMI to DVI adapters exist, the DVI portion of that does not include analog connectors, which means you will not be able to stack a DVI to VGA adapter on top of that. I've actually tried this - they just don't fit.
Even the connectors that 'convert' HDMI to VGA can't convert digital to analog. Taken from Amazon a comment sums this up nicely,
"What everyone needs to understand here is that you need to research before you buy. This product is not meant to take a digitanl signal and allow you to connect to an analog display, or vica versa. This cable does not do a digital to analog, or analog to digital, converion. Most HDMI devices are going to be digital, while most VGA devices are going to be analog. You cannot connect the two with a cable. You have to actually convert the signal. This cable is meant for the very few devices that can actually output analog from the HDMI connector. This is very rare and you should pretty much always assume your HDMI connection cannot support analog, and your VGA connection cannot support digital.
Do some research on your devices. The manual should tell you what is supported on each connector." http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-VGA-HD15-Male-Cable/dp/B001OLCHJ6
What's needed is a Video Converter, such as this one: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Startech-HDMI2VGA-HDMI-to-VGA-Video-Converter-with-Audio/14860180
As you can see, you're going to spend about $100-$150 for the convenience, and no doubt these devices do not work on copy protected material without down sampling or failing outright. It's probably illegal if it did.
It takes up more space to connect a dual link DVI. For video cards, this could mean less connections for large monitors... though it's not a terribly huge problem.
Meanwhile, I sit down, open my binder, and begin writing right away.
I have a laptop and a tablet. I've written notes with it. But after a while I just got tired of it... there's nothing wrong with my hand writing, there's nothing wrong with my hands. Paper is cheap, it doesn't need a battery, and it doesn't need time to boot up. I can't get a virus, and I won't be tempted to check on Facebook or chat with a friend online.
I had an American flag shirt that I got one 4th of July. I wore it a lot, and it was one of my favorite shirts (not because I was overly patriotic or anything, just because it was comfortable). Granted, my high-school tenure was between 2000 and 2004, and it was in Arkansas, I was able to do it without any problems. In fact, at the time I didn't even think that it might ever become an issue... anywhere
If kids are being stopped for doing something so innocent... wow... What a crazy state.
Ahhh, planned obsolescence.
You know, Apple isn't the only one that does this. Microsoft spent quite a while building up their Windows CE/Mobile ecosystem, and while it certainly wasn't the greatest, a lot of people had the WinMo phones. There was a lot of compatibility between them too, so if you upgraded you could bring your apps with you. You could have spent $500 for a huge HTC HD2 in mid 2010 and you would have been happy for a few months. Then Windows Phone 7 comes out, it's completely different, all the developers pull away their support for the WinMo platform, and by mid 2011 you're left with a phone even more useless than a Palm Pre.
Gotta keep your ear to the technology grape vine, stay up to date with developments, and make your choices wisely. It doesn't always work, but for me, had I done it I could have gotten an Android phone a lot sooner.
(Truthfully though, I wasn't awesome enough to be able to afford an HD2. I'm on a family plan with my mother and I proposed an phone-upgrade-slot swap in exchange for her Touch Pro 2.... terrible terrible choice that was. She got a nice new Android phone and I was stuck on a dead platform for several months. I can only imagine the anguish felt by those poor souls who bought an HD2.)
It allows them to say it's $$ in ads when it's actually $$$ by the time you get it. Of course by then it's too late, and you're stuck paying $$$$ by the time your contract ends.
Not to worry, they'd just send in the children to replace the broken gears. Maybe they wouldn't be the size of watch gears, but I can easily imagine warehouses full of moving parts. After all, we would come to have exactly that in the Industrial Revolution that was born out of the Victorian Age.
This must be why all our quartz space heaters look alike.
(I had the first one, it lasted 2 years before one of the quartz tubes died and became a potential fire hazard)
You're right. I'm out of my league on this subject. Never-mind. I'll just go back to my art and programming stuff... stick with what I can do for sure.
If you can't own something, you can't steal it either. There is no 'theft' without property. I commit no sin by buying a car. The cars original owner was Toyota. Toyota, naturally having a huge surplus of cars, lawfully sold me the vehicle. A transaction was made, the title was signed over, and now it's mine. The title represents the government's recognition that it is in fact my car. Like with other contracts, it is something that facilitates and makes lawful some particular action. In this case, it is the ownership of property.
Libertarians do not have a problem with the government's enforcement of individual property rights. This is a basic function of the government, similar to the protection of your country's borders. This system is what we Americans had to start with - it worked, but was far from perfect.
Communists do not have a problem with the government at all, and would prefer to put more control and ownership in to the hands government rather than those of any one individual. The government is then asked to ration out the property and enforce fairness and the sharing of equal benefits. This system never works.
What we have today is a sort of compromise between pure capitalism and pure socialism. There are benefits for the needy, as well as benefits for the wealthy. If you are poor, you are given a chance. If you are rich, you aren't punished for it. (I do not consider taxes a punishment.) Republicans tend to want to benefit the wealthy more, and Democrats tend to want to benefit the poor. Both do it to further their own agenda, because they are human.
The system as it is, keeps most humans in line, and allows most humans to succeed if they try. But the system isn't perfect. The original authors of the constitution knew this, and thus allowed for an amendment process.
Your disdain for the government, for private property, and your lack of solutions, lead me to believe that you are an Anarchist. You probably wouldn't be satisfied until most human beings were dead, and the rest are forced to live like dumb animals.
Besides, history is important. The people studying it don't expect to make money with it anyway. They study out of genuine interest, and they serve to keep history alive. Without the historians, the politicos will have complete control to rewrite it to say whatever it is they want.
The Christian monks in the middle ages saved a lot of our pre-Dark Age history. They weren't paid very much to do it, but without them we wouldn't know half of what we do now about our history as a human race. If you use money as an excuse to dictate everything and everyone (naturally this is a kind of socialism), then you're in for a wild ride.
Is "reminisce" a euphemism for punch in the face?
Nothing the government does seem to put a dent in this. I had a neighbor do it when I lived in the projects. It just happens... it's like trying to prevent deadly lighting strikes by forcing curfew during thunder storms. You can't control everybody like that, and you especially can't control the people who are driven to break the law anyway.
What you're doing here is killing innovation, but you guys here don't see that. You're thanking the government for forcing you to pay $1200 for no productive purpose.
It's better than it used to be. I'd put it on par with Maya and Max as far as 'user-friendliness' goes... which is appropriate. If you want a super easy 3d program, there is always Anim8or. Beyond that there is the Japanese program DOGA, which is probably as easy as it will ever get for 3d graphics.
That's not the American Dream, this is.
Corruption is everywhere, just because you don't live in a country with conspiracies under a media spot-light does not mean you live in a utopia.
And you're right, we're not a democracy. We're a representative republic. We leave it to the socialist and communist countries to claim that they are a democracy.
Conservative sissies? What planet do you live on? Who has the guns here?
As a black nerd guy, the only thing I think you got right is the culture aspect. My parents didn't like me 'wasting time' with computers, but I worked around them and 'wasted time' with computers anyway.
Granted I am not the picture of success, but I think I did OK for what I had. In my opinion, we don't need assistance, we get enough of that. This isn't a problem the government can fix. It has to be fixed from within, by people like myself who know better.
An F-15 pilot wouldn't even see the F-22. As far as the pilot knows, their obsolete fighter would just suddenly explode and fall into the ocean. That's how far in advancement the new fighter is.
Extreme weather created by greenhouse gasses should at some point hurt our economy too, reducing our output even more, so you could say "Earth will fight back." Considering the drought we're experiencing now, perhaps it's already started.
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A $1500 GS in 1998? My dad bought a 200mhz, 32mb Hewlett Packard in 1998. I remember because I played Descent II on it. Those GS systems were classics by then. Steve Jobs had just come back to Apple a year earlier, and they released the first iMac in 1998. At the time though, schools were just beginning to get rid of their older Apple computers in favor of newer PCs. I know this too because the Boys and Girls Club that I went to at the time received a lot of donated Apple II systems. So you could still get an Apple II GS in usable condition, but it would have been much cheaper
Maybe... you mean 1989?
That doesn't matter. Thanks to the likes of Samsung, HTC, and others, Microsoft is emboldened and willing to go after more businesses who depend on Linux.