Well, at least it's a start. God knows we need some regulation to stop the wireless cartels from gouging the prices beyond belief. I don't know what the hell they were thinking when they sold our souls to the devil thus far.
Still, why only one third? With something so limited as a spectrum, why the hell would you license our future to corporations?
Don't answer that, unfortunately, I know all too well. Greed is a very strong part of our government.
Wrong on that one. Condoms have been in use since ancient Egyptian times. The oldest known physical condom was found in 1640, made of animal intestine. I'd hardly call that high-tech.
Hold on for a second here. The graphics are usually very GPU intensive, but the CPU is generally not overworked by them at all. If they wanted to write good AI, they could do so without sacrificing graphics quality at all.
Of course they do. Just about any desktop that you buy from Dell/HP/etc. comes with Intel GMA. And that's my whole point: if they can rule the low end market, why can't they rule the high end?
If you've EVER used an ATI product, their drivers suck on WINDOWS, let ALONE Linux... Opening their drivers would/will be a great step forward, but to say it's going to be good, at least any time soon, is just ridiculous.
Regardless, as far as low end graphics are concerned, Intel's GMA 950 has actually proved that they don't completely suck. Now if they attempted to enter the high end market, I think they could provide some valuable competition to get rid of the semi-stagnation that has sort of appeared, since people who generally buy ATI will still generally do so and people who generally buy nVidia still generally do so. A new contestant would shake things up a little, I think.
I don't mean the current minor onboard garbage they're putting out now. I mean real, high end chips to combat the GeForce 8800 series or the Radeon x2900 series. With their own GPU development department, and their open drivers, they could really blow open the market.
I also wouldn't be surprised that they have people looking out for any procedural issues that would give them an excuse to deny the rebates, but I've never heard any evidence that there's an active conspiracy to defraud or anything.
What could honestly be bad about having a GPS installed in your taxi? The only thing it could possibly be used for is stopping taxi drivers from ripping off customers, really.
Privacy threat? How is it any worse than having a camera in your office at a desk job?
Interesting, I was under the impression that the price of the phone was subsidized like phones with Verizon and such, even at the $600 price tag. So the price of the phone is only under the condition that you sign the contract with AT&T.
Just like the way the right to property is a privilege, right? Except for the fact that if you don't pay your taxes, the state can take your hard earned property right out of your hands.
Excuse me, but my primary computer is still an Athlon XP 2600+, with only IDE slots. I'd have to install a PCI card, which I could do, but I'd prefer not to go out and buy one. It's not unexpected that they would discontinue the manufacturing of IDE drives; I've thought the master and slave system felt outdated since I first learned about it at the age of 6 (I'm 16, give me a break). My point, though, is that IDE is far from dead. For some people, it does matter.
Also, you can get RAID compatibility with PATA. I have a board that has it onboard.
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Don't worry, there's no such thing as twos.
Well, at least it's a start. God knows we need some regulation to stop the wireless cartels from gouging the prices beyond belief. I don't know what the hell they were thinking when they sold our souls to the devil thus far.
Still, why only one third? With something so limited as a spectrum, why the hell would you license our future to corporations?
Don't answer that, unfortunately, I know all too well. Greed is a very strong part of our government.
Wrong on that one. Condoms have been in use since ancient Egyptian times. The oldest known physical condom was found in 1640, made of animal intestine. I'd hardly call that high-tech.
Hold on for a second here. The graphics are usually very GPU intensive, but the CPU is generally not overworked by them at all. If they wanted to write good AI, they could do so without sacrificing graphics quality at all.
Of course they do. Just about any desktop that you buy from Dell/HP/etc. comes with Intel GMA. And that's my whole point: if they can rule the low end market, why can't they rule the high end?
If you've EVER used an ATI product, their drivers suck on WINDOWS, let ALONE Linux... Opening their drivers would/will be a great step forward, but to say it's going to be good, at least any time soon, is just ridiculous.
Regardless, as far as low end graphics are concerned, Intel's GMA 950 has actually proved that they don't completely suck. Now if they attempted to enter the high end market, I think they could provide some valuable competition to get rid of the semi-stagnation that has sort of appeared, since people who generally buy ATI will still generally do so and people who generally buy nVidia still generally do so. A new contestant would shake things up a little, I think.
Why not actually enter the GPU market?
I don't mean the current minor onboard garbage they're putting out now. I mean real, high end chips to combat the GeForce 8800 series or the Radeon x2900 series. With their own GPU development department, and their open drivers, they could really blow open the market.
Why not?
I've been saying this exact same thing for ages. Thank you.
Are you saying we might be nearing an end to overpriced cell phone chargers?
I wish the US government would follow suit. The chargers, at this point, often cost as much as buying a new phone (subsidized, of course).
What could honestly be bad about having a GPS installed in your taxi? The only thing it could possibly be used for is stopping taxi drivers from ripping off customers, really.
Privacy threat? How is it any worse than having a camera in your office at a desk job?
Interesting, I was under the impression that the price of the phone was subsidized like phones with Verizon and such, even at the $600 price tag. So the price of the phone is only under the condition that you sign the contract with AT&T.
Am I wrong?
but what are you going to do now that you just bought a 2-year contract with AT&T that was required with the purchase of your iPhone?
Clearly you didn't read the previous article about the one-watt VIA setup that runs at 500mhz. Doesn't seem so crazy now, does it?
That never stopped the RIAA before, now did it?
Wow those sound really cheap! I'll have to pick one up next time I'm out at the mall shopping for 24kt gold t-shirts.
Just like the way the right to property is a privilege, right? Except for the fact that if you don't pay your taxes, the state can take your hard earned property right out of your hands.
Excuse me, but my primary computer is still an Athlon XP 2600+, with only IDE slots. I'd have to install a PCI card, which I could do, but I'd prefer not to go out and buy one. It's not unexpected that they would discontinue the manufacturing of IDE drives; I've thought the master and slave system felt outdated since I first learned about it at the age of 6 (I'm 16, give me a break). My point, though, is that IDE is far from dead. For some people, it does matter.
Also, you can get RAID compatibility with PATA. I have a board that has it onboard.
Cleavage properties, indeed. As in, if you give her cubic zirconia, she'll show you a whole lot less cleavage than if you give her real diamonds.
gb2gaia If you get it, you'll shit bricks.
Good thing, too, cause their nuts would be sore from all the kicking the OSS community is going to be doing once they hear about this.
I don't understand why this was modded funny. Mod parent up, insightful.
Of course not, my mother died that way, you insensitive clod!