3/ After all this preloading the user gets their interactive shell and starts an application that is not normally used (time for disk access required) that requires more memory that is available. The OS is not stupid so it moves some stuff that it might not need yet but isn't sure to virtual memory
Why would it go to virtual memory? It's not the application itself that gets loaded, it's the files for the application. If the memory is needed by something else, it'll just free up the memory. The file is already on disk.
The article works out the supposed loss from the console, and then add further loss from sale of cables and the like... it makes no sense at all - how would Sony lose $100/console from selling cables?
I've been trying out 'google mail for your domain', and I quite like it. However, what I would really like is the option to pay for it as that would at least give me some leverage if something was to go wrong.
Hopefully I just need to wait for it to come out of beta.
The GP poster was simply pointing out that public transport isn't feasible for some. Rolling out a pat answer about moving house or job won't solve the situation either. You may be able to move house easily, but for many it's not so straightforward.
Just proves that it's very easy making excuses. Or you could try moving to another apt/house or switching jobs. It's all about choices, friend.
What an idiotic thing to say. Moving house and changing jobs are huge life changes, and not the thing you do just so that you can take the bus in the morning...
That makes no sense at all. Huge numbers are already connected to the phone network via their landlines. The reason mobiles are so popular in emerging nations is that it's much cheaper to set up a cell in an area and sell people mobiles than it is to lay cable to everybody's house.
I think that may be a slight overreaction. Would you react the same way if they just write your name on your wheelie bin? I don't really see the difference.
What happens if your computer gets destroyed by flood or fire, or if it gets stolen? Your RAID drive won't help you then. If your data is at all valuable to you you need it stored seperately from the computer.
RAID provides you with fault tolerance, not a backup.
Wait... if you made $0.50 an hour off it, then at $1600, you would have had to have spent 3200 hours getting your character to that level; how much time were you spending on it? You'd have to spend over eight hours a day every day for a year to rack up that kind of time!
I'd guess that it'll only run CLR-based code, i.e. C# or managed C++. You'll be able to run any code you've got the source for, but not any arbitary binaries.
What the hell are you talking about? The low-end PS3 still has networking and an (albeit smaller) hard drive; the things that are missing are HDMI output, memory card slots and WiFi. Nothing that would prevent a game from playing on the lower end PS3. Of course, if you've got some references, feel free to correct me, but otherwise I'd like to humbly sumbit that you are talking out of your arse.
How many people have a couple of kids and have to fit a car seat? A lot. Sure they could drive a minivan, but the mileage isn't too much different in a lot of cases.
Why would you need a SUV or a minivan just to fit a couple of kids in the car?
The vast majority of cars can easily transport five people.
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3/ After all this preloading the user gets their interactive shell and starts an application that is not normally used (time for disk access required) that requires more memory that is available. The OS is not stupid so it moves some stuff that it might not need yet but isn't sure to virtual memory
Why would it go to virtual memory? It's not the application itself that gets loaded, it's the files for the application. If the memory is needed by something else, it'll just free up the memory. The file is already on disk.
I'm guessing that higher violent crime rates are due to a much higher urban population compared to the US, rather than gun control.
The article works out the supposed loss from the console, and then add further loss from sale of cables and the like... it makes no sense at all - how would Sony lose $100/console from selling cables?
I've been trying out 'google mail for your domain', and I quite like it. However, what I would really like is the option to pay for it as that would at least give me some leverage if something was to go wrong.
Hopefully I just need to wait for it to come out of beta.
the warmth of the needle moving with the grooves, as opposed to the cold laser scanning data
You can achieve the same effect by placing your CD player in direct sunlight, or an oven.
The GP poster was simply pointing out that public transport isn't feasible for some. Rolling out a pat answer about moving house or job won't solve the situation either. You may be able to move house easily, but for many it's not so straightforward.
Just proves that it's very easy making excuses. Or you could try moving to another apt/house or switching jobs. It's all about choices, friend.
What an idiotic thing to say. Moving house and changing jobs are huge life changes, and not the thing you do just so that you can take the bus in the morning...
If I could "finish" playing the flute, why would I even start?
If I could "finish" reading a book, why would I even start?
Back tire? Wheelie?
Do you even know what a Segway is?
I prefer to 'Play' the game.
If it's good, I might finish it.
That makes no sense at all. Huge numbers are already connected to the phone network via their landlines. The reason mobiles are so popular in emerging nations is that it's much cheaper to set up a cell in an area and sell people mobiles than it is to lay cable to everybody's house.
I imagine that's more due to Apple holding the keys to Mac/iPod DRM'd content, rather than to any ill feeling against Mac users.
I think that may be a slight overreaction. Would you react the same way if they just write your name on your wheelie bin? I don't really see the difference.
That sounds neat.
What happens though when you put one of the cartridges back in after being out of the machine for a week or so? Will it know to sync it all up?
I don't see why it wouldn't work.
What happens if your computer gets destroyed by flood or fire, or if it gets stolen? Your RAID drive won't help you then. If your data is at all valuable to you you need it stored seperately from the computer.
RAID provides you with fault tolerance, not a backup.
Yes, but if they downloaded it via a torrent, then they did re-share it. That's the way torrents work.
Crikey! Well, congratulations on breaking the habit before it broke your marriage! ;-)
Wait... if you made $0.50 an hour off it, then at $1600, you would have had to have spent 3200 hours getting your character to that level; how much time were you spending on it? You'd have to spend over eight hours a day every day for a year to rack up that kind of time!
I'd guess that it'll only run CLR-based code, i.e. C# or managed C++. You'll be able to run any code you've got the source for, but not any arbitary binaries.
What the hell are you talking about? The low-end PS3 still has networking and an (albeit smaller) hard drive; the things that are missing are HDMI output, memory card slots and WiFi. Nothing that would prevent a game from playing on the lower end PS3. Of course, if you've got some references, feel free to correct me, but otherwise I'd like to humbly sumbit that you are talking out of your arse.
To be fair, that last link is five years old, and the lighter in question looked like a gun and he was pointing it at a 'hostage' at the time.
However, I agree that both those other cases are disgraceful.
It is a real rule in 'Junior Monopoly'.
How many people have a couple of kids and have to fit a car seat? A lot. Sure they could drive a minivan, but the mileage isn't too much different in a lot of cases.
Why would you need a SUV or a minivan just to fit a couple of kids in the car?
The vast majority of cars can easily transport five people.
The money will be added to the total EU budget.
In other words, the biggest chunk of it will go towards subsidising farmers as part of the Common Agricultural Policy. Great.
The latter never formally ended (Saddam Hussein never signed the surrender documents), so the US has been at war with Iraq since 1991.
That doesn't follow; surrender of one side is not neccesary for a war to end.