Not just paying people off but politics as well. It could have been that Sony simply had better connections or called in a lot of favors owed to them by other companies. Not to mention they own a movie studio and produce a popular game console. Toshiba as far as I know does not.
The problem with the scientific argument is in the semantics. We call theories as such because they are difficult factually prove. There could be a huge stack of supporting evidence but we still call it a theory because it allows us to challenge the theory with new concepts and build evidence in support of another theory. That's the beauty of science.
Many theologians the other hand use the word "fact" loosely when describing stories in books written centuries ago. It's a "fact" to them not through evidence or testing but because someone wrote it in a book centuries ago and was convincing enough for people to believe it. I'd call that a theory with no evidence, not a fact. These same theologians use the fact that we call theories "theories" to insinuate that these theories are weaker than their facts.
Not to mention it gets dark at 4:00pm in the winter making me want to sleep (or at least leave work) early. It's not so bad in Hawaii though. The daylight hours hardly change there.
Of course I didn't read the article (this is Slashdot) but it would seem that as long as the premium class sections are in front of the main entry and the other classes are at the rear it wouldn't matter if the premium class passengers are seated first or last.
The race is not to the bottom it's a race to the top of the bottom. While the Eee PC may be cheap it's certainly not poorly made. I tried a demo model at the store and it felt quite robust. In fact there was an article a video a few days back with some guy dropping his Eee PC from chairs and tables. Eee PC set the standard and now the race is on to see who can create the best product in a narrow and low price range, not the lowest priced product.
Maybe he thought MS actually created a MORE efficient OS than it's predecessor. It's sad that we tend to assume new versions will have higher system requirements.
This is true. While these new advances in high capacity trunk lines are great it's not noticeable for end users if their connections to the trunks the bottleneck. There needs to be a bigger push for fiber to the home.
If they're hiding other performance enhancing APIs this could really hurt them when people do cross platform benchmarks. For example, IF the Photoshop on Windows outperforms the Mac version because Adobe doesn't know about a secret API then people may lean towards Windows PCs.
The main point is that nothing is secure with physical access to the machine. That's kind of always been the point. Restated, if an attacker is sufficiently interested in the data on your machine, he will be able to take it from your cold dead hands and get it.
He could also kill you while you are using your computer with the encrypted containers open then he wouldn't have to worry about stealing the machine within the the RAM discharge time.
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While this may help in a copyright case, there's no way to copy proof Internet viewable images without adding artifacts the image itself. Once an image hits someone's screen they can simply use a screen capture program to re-save your image pixel for pixel without all the meta data. The only way to truly watermark an image is to add a visual watermark in an important area that is not likely to be cropped by thieves. The visual watermark will also exist in any duplication. If done properly the watermark should not be easily visible to the naked eye but that would still add some artifacts that may distort the perfection of the original image.
I can see how this can help but it's a risky move. My 100% rating was tarnished by a retaliating seller so I'm in favor of this but it also means that sellers will be even less likely to sell to users with imperfect or no feedback. New users may have to look harder for sellers that will deal with them and may end up paying more.
Many apartments come bundled with Internet so there's no choice. Others impose physical restrictions such as no new cable lines so you're options are reduced. Fortunately my apartment came with B-Flets OCN fiber. Gotta love Tokyo.
True, it's can't really be called a downgrade especially since most OEMs offer
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for XP Pro machines. If they want to market it as a downgrade they should differ the price for XP and Vista to give the appearance of increased value in Vista or perhaps call it a Free Upgrade!. Unfortunately though I think a price difference would not only save XP fans a few dollars but also turn some potential Vista customers XP.
the parent-technology gap? I mean who's going to educate the kids about the dangers of the Internet when the kids know more about the Internet than their parents? I know a lot of parents that click on those "warning your computer is infected with viruses" banners. Can you imagine if they told their kids, "Click on that! We must have a virus!"
Here in Japan Yahoo is huge. Yahoo is the default portal for many Japanese on their computer and mobile browsers, in fact all Softbank (formerly Vodafone in Japan) phones don't have an Internet button but instead a Y! button. Unlike Americans who favor simplistic websites with lots of space for easy readability, Japanese tend to like cluttered pages with noisy interfaces. Perhaps it reminds them of the crowded streets and electronic billboards in Shibuya.
Yahoo is also an ISP in Japan with a rather large penetration.
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Not just paying people off but politics as well. It could have been that Sony simply had better connections or called in a lot of favors owed to them by other companies. Not to mention they own a movie studio and produce a popular game console. Toshiba as far as I know does not.
The problem with the scientific argument is in the semantics. We call theories as such because they are difficult factually prove. There could be a huge stack of supporting evidence but we still call it a theory because it allows us to challenge the theory with new concepts and build evidence in support of another theory. That's the beauty of science.
Many theologians the other hand use the word "fact" loosely when describing stories in books written centuries ago. It's a "fact" to them not through evidence or testing but because someone wrote it in a book centuries ago and was convincing enough for people to believe it. I'd call that a theory with no evidence, not a fact. These same theologians use the fact that we call theories "theories" to insinuate that these theories are weaker than their facts.
Or the gravity is weaker on his planet so it was 100,000 hours of his time but 25 years or less on Earth.
Not to mention it gets dark at 4:00pm in the winter making me want to sleep (or at least leave work) early. It's not so bad in Hawaii though. The daylight hours hardly change there.
Not to worry, slashdotters practice abstinence by choice... (the girl's choice that is)
It's only a "feature" in the Winter.
Of course I didn't read the article (this is Slashdot) but it would seem that as long as the premium class sections are in front of the main entry and the other classes are at the rear it wouldn't matter if the premium class passengers are seated first or last.
The race is not to the bottom it's a race to the top of the bottom. While the Eee PC may be cheap it's certainly not poorly made. I tried a demo model at the store and it felt quite robust. In fact there was an article a video a few days back with some guy dropping his Eee PC from chairs and tables. Eee PC set the standard and now the race is on to see who can create the best product in a narrow and low price range, not the lowest priced product.
Maybe he thought MS actually created a MORE efficient OS than it's predecessor. It's sad that we tend to assume new versions will have higher system requirements.
This is true. While these new advances in high capacity trunk lines are great it's not noticeable for end users if their connections to the trunks the bottleneck. There needs to be a bigger push for fiber to the home.
If they're hiding other performance enhancing APIs this could really hurt them when people do cross platform benchmarks. For example, IF the Photoshop on Windows outperforms the Mac version because Adobe doesn't know about a secret API then people may lean towards Windows PCs.
Actually, calling the Cleveland Clinic "a clinic in Cleveland" is like calling the New York Times "a times in New York"
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True, in fact LRC (Left Right and Center) is an NPR program dedicated to discussing the issues from all angles.
While this may help in a copyright case, there's no way to copy proof Internet viewable images without adding artifacts the image itself. Once an image hits someone's screen they can simply use a screen capture program to re-save your image pixel for pixel without all the meta data. The only way to truly watermark an image is to add a visual watermark in an important area that is not likely to be cropped by thieves. The visual watermark will also exist in any duplication. If done properly the watermark should not be easily visible to the naked eye but that would still add some artifacts that may distort the perfection of the original image.
Automobile manufacturers look to humans on ideas to make cars move on land...
It has 67.1m cores but the graphics card doesn't support Aero.
I can see how this can help but it's a risky move. My 100% rating was tarnished by a retaliating seller so I'm in favor of this but it also means that sellers will be even less likely to sell to users with imperfect or no feedback. New users may have to look harder for sellers that will deal with them and may end up paying more.
Many apartments come bundled with Internet so there's no choice. Others impose physical restrictions such as no new cable lines so you're options are reduced. Fortunately my apartment came with B-Flets OCN fiber. Gotta love Tokyo.
Or having a low id on Slashdot (I don't seem to have that problem)
for XP Pro machines. If they want to market it as a downgrade they should differ the price for XP and Vista to give the appearance of increased value in Vista or perhaps call it a Free Upgrade! . Unfortunately though I think a price difference would not only save XP fans a few dollars but also turn some potential Vista customers XP.[ ] Vista business add $0
the parent-technology gap? I mean who's going to educate the kids about the dangers of the Internet when the kids know more about the Internet than their parents? I know a lot of parents that click on those "warning your computer is infected with viruses" banners. Can you imagine if they told their kids, "Click on that! We must have a virus!"
Yahoo is also an ISP in Japan with a rather large penetration.