The value of compatibility hinges on the savings. If we're talking about $100, yeah, I can keep my old PS2 around for when I am Jonesing for some Wipeout action. If we're talking $10, then I'd prefer the convenience of one machine in my living room.
The real question is, if the laboratory machines are using more or less the same technology as the CD drives, why do the actual lab machines cost so much more? From TFA, the machine this replaces costs 30-60k Euro, compared to 15 Euro for a generic CD drive.
How many people rejected participation in the study out-of-hand, simply because it involved online banking with their personal account in a non-secure environment? I know I would.
There's different packages available, the most affordable is 15Mb down/2Mb up for $40/month. You can get up to 30/5, they reserve 10Mb for the phone and 60Mb for TV. All fiber connections are currently running at 100Mb.
The biggest benefit was the latency. I'm getting 10ms to anything off the main trunks, including dozens of counterstrike servers. It's been rock-solid since it was installed, never been down for even a minute.
Our public schools strive for mediocrity. The No Child Left Behind fiasco is making it a lot worse. Any time you draw bright lines in the sand, as No Child does, you're going to encourage silly policies around those lines. In our school district, the result of No Child was that they dump tons of resources on the "borderline" kids around the 60-75% mark (70 passes). If you're above 75% -- hey, you don't need any help, you already know enough to pass the test. And if you're below 60%, you're a lost cause and not worth wasting time on.
This policy extends up through highschool. We need to be encouraging gifted students to excel, but instead we're encouraging them to slack off and just slide by, doing just enough to pass the tests. If the gifted programs got the money and attention they deserved, we'd hear a lot less about what a third world education system we've got in this country.
The new console wars are encouraging, and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out of it. But MMORPG's are entering a dark age, not a golden age. WoW's success means few companies are willing to gamble, because they don't think they can beat it. (And they're right -- without spending $50 million on content, they can't.)
There's not a decent PvP game on the market, and the selection for future pvp games is very slim. Compare this to five years ago when we had Daoc, Shadowbane, and the promise of WoW on the horizon.
Someone needs to set up a realtime blackhole list for blog spammers. I realize there's challenges there, but anything to put a dent in the problem will help.
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The value of compatibility hinges on the savings. If we're talking about $100, yeah, I can keep my old PS2 around for when I am Jonesing for some Wipeout action. If we're talking $10, then I'd prefer the convenience of one machine in my living room.
The real question is, if the laboratory machines are using more or less the same technology as the CD drives, why do the actual lab machines cost so much more? From TFA, the machine this replaces costs 30-60k Euro, compared to 15 Euro for a generic CD drive.
How many people rejected participation in the study out-of-hand, simply because it involved online banking with their personal account in a non-secure environment? I know I would.
There's different packages available, the most affordable is 15Mb down/2Mb up for $40/month. You can get up to 30/5, they reserve 10Mb for the phone and 60Mb for TV. All fiber connections are currently running at 100Mb. The biggest benefit was the latency. I'm getting 10ms to anything off the main trunks, including dozens of counterstrike servers. It's been rock-solid since it was installed, never been down for even a minute.
Our public schools strive for mediocrity. The No Child Left Behind fiasco is making it a lot worse. Any time you draw bright lines in the sand, as No Child does, you're going to encourage silly policies around those lines. In our school district, the result of No Child was that they dump tons of resources on the "borderline" kids around the 60-75% mark (70 passes). If you're above 75% -- hey, you don't need any help, you already know enough to pass the test. And if you're below 60%, you're a lost cause and not worth wasting time on. This policy extends up through highschool. We need to be encouraging gifted students to excel, but instead we're encouraging them to slack off and just slide by, doing just enough to pass the tests. If the gifted programs got the money and attention they deserved, we'd hear a lot less about what a third world education system we've got in this country.
I second that. Thanks guys -- your work and information is appreciated.
The inflatable colon looked pretty popular. http://www.preventcancer.org/colorectal/events/sup er.cfm
Wonder if they could work colonic health and the new controller into some kind of compelling game.
The new console wars are encouraging, and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out of it. But MMORPG's are entering a dark age, not a golden age. WoW's success means few companies are willing to gamble, because they don't think they can beat it. (And they're right -- without spending $50 million on content, they can't.) There's not a decent PvP game on the market, and the selection for future pvp games is very slim. Compare this to five years ago when we had Daoc, Shadowbane, and the promise of WoW on the horizon.
Someone needs to set up a realtime blackhole list for blog spammers. I realize there's challenges there, but anything to put a dent in the problem will help.