Even worse, like in the summary, they claim that IE addins *don't exist*. The summary doesn't say "Firefox has better addins than IE", it says "IE has no addins" which is a blatant lie-- hell, IE had addins long before Firefox even existed. (Given, in IE 5-6 they were mostly nothing but malware toolbars, but they still existed.)
I can't even count the number of times some Firefox fan has told me it's superior because it has addins and IE doesn't. I hate FUD, no matter who's spreading it.
But can someone explain to me how IE toolbars (which IE8 does support) *aren't* add-ins? Because they have a slightly different name? I don't get why people call Google Toolbar on Firefox a "add-in" but when you install the same thing on IE, suddenly it's... what?
I don't get how this does anything other than annoy the Australian censors. What point are they trying to prove? "It you put fetus pictures on a webpage, it'll be blocked?" Isn't that point already proven?
I've always thought "release early, release often" is a terrible idea. That just means all your end-users will see the crap you're working on before you do the testing, and get a bad impression of your software right from the get-go. It makes sense to do that *after* you hit 1.0 and have a pretty clean product, but why would you want people forming their first impression of your software from untested development releases?
Out of curiosity, what makes you think we have high confidence on American Idol votes? I've never seen any kind of investigation of independent review of them, do you know something I don't?
Or are you just trying for some "shocking" example without worrying about if your example is even close to correct, much less relevant.
Fine, it fits the "dictionary definition." Whoopee. It's still misleading, and annoying, and despite how *technically* correct its name is, the San Jose Tech "Museum" of Innovation can still kiss my ass.
From my classes, also: * Pop balloons full of hydrogen, to demonstrate the coolness of things exploding. (I guess? I don't remember the point of that, really.) * I had a chemistry teacher who had some chemical concoction he called the "flaming snowball." It was a whiteish, gel-like material he rolled into a ball and lit on fire, but the cool thing was that it's combustion point was so low that it was perfectly safe to handle while flaming. We'd throw it around the classroom and such. A little googling, here's a "flaming snowball" lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CUZ94lXYM
The "facility" for this in Seattle is called the Seattle Science Center. It's *not* called the Seattle Museum of Science. Why is that important? Because if you name something a "museum", people expect there to be an actual museum there.
A few years ago, a buddy and I went to the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation, expecting to see, gee I dunno, a museum of the history of the development of computers or something interesting at least. Turns out it was actually a Science Center, and *not* a museum, and a total waste of our money and time. Huge disappointment, there was virtually nothing in it interesting for adults.
Anyway, if it's not a museum, if it's just a place for class field trips to go ride a Segway, then please don't call it a museum. I don't know what you call that type of facility (although Science Center works), but it's not a museum! That is all.
Also, San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation: You suck.
As long as you buy the same make of cards, you're probably fine. The real problem is that the built-in cards are usually Intel, and normally you wouldn't think of buying an Intel card as an expansion. Also, it took me ages to figure this all out because the error message when MS rejects your old driver is really vague.:)
It might interest you to know that Windows' new driver model actually sucks for multiple monitors in a similar way.
New Vista-style drivers are incompatible with older XP-style drivers, which means that if you have Intel video hardware and NVidia video hardware, the Intel drivers aren't run at all. Which means that I can no longer use 3 monitors on my Dell at work, because of the driver incompatibilities. But here's the worst part: even if Intel had Vista-style drivers, I still wouldn't be able to use a third monitor because Windows Vista+ will *only* allow multiple video cards if all cards share the same driver.
Which means if you buy a off-the-shelf Dell with Intel video hardware, and add an additional video card from ATI or NVidia, you can either use the two monitors from your Intel card, or the two from your ATI/NVidia card, but not both. Ditto for any combination of video card vendors. If you're running two NVidia cards, but they're different models, you can only use both if they both happen to have the same driver. (Fortunately, Intel, ATI, and NVidia cover the majority of their card lines in a single driver.)
1. The PS3 comes with wireless capability. The XBOX 360 requires a $100 wireless kit. That right there makes up the price difference.
Ok; so where do I buy a cheaper one without wifi, which I don't need and don't want to pay for?
2. The XBOX 360's controllers require batteries. An add-on rechargeable battery system costs about $20 per controller. The PS3's controllers are all rechargeable right out of the box.
Fair point.
3. If you buy something from the PlayStation store that costs $5 or more, you pay the exact amount. On the XBOX store, you have to buy "Microsoft Points" at the rate of $12.50 (USD) for 1,000 points. You have to buy these in bulk. So if you want something that costs 800 points, you have to pay for 1,000 points, leaving you with 200 points ($2.50) left over. Of course, Microsoft manipulates things, so you are always left with small amount of points left over. In other words, Microsuck is keeping your change. Bastards.
Also a fair point. Microsoft claims that use this system so that they can manage purchases in different currencies without having to have many price points for each game. I think your reason is the real reason... that, and it makes it (kind of) hard to figure out what you're actually paying. But oh well.
Anyway, the theory behind charging for Live is that it keeps trolls and griefers off the system, since they actually have something to lose if they get kicked. I don't think this works in practice, because Microsoft isn't aggressive enough about banning people with complaints.
Ok; so where can I buy a PS3 without wireless networking (which I don't need) or Blu-Ray (which I don't care about)? By your reckoning that should cost about $140 right? ($400 - $175 Blu-Ray - $87 wifi) Which store do I pick it up at?
BTW, Sony Home might be free compared to Xbox Live Gold, but it's also only comparable to Xbox Live Silver, which is also free. If that makes sense.
"Does Linux work with different hardware?" "Of course." (show rapid-fire shots of CUPS recognition, multiple monitors, etc.)
I wouldn't recommend showing multiple monitors until the detection and configuration of such is an order of magnitude more automatic and easy than it is now. Frankly, multiple monitor support in Linux *does* suck.
But the original question still makes no sense. He makes it sound as if hardcore fetish porn sites is OK, as long as they don't have any advertising... most people worried about filters focus on the *content* of the site, not on the advertising. It's just weird.
One's a tablet PC and lives in its laptop case, getting carted back and forth to places. One's a cheap MSI Wind I keep in my bedroom. There's also a work Dell laptop I use from time to time, for example, I took it home today because I called in sick.
Anyway, I'm not saying that everybody is like me. I'm just saying that people on this site treat un-removable batteries like it's some kind of contagious disease or disaster that will end humanity when, in all likelihood, Apple and Dell have actually (get this) talked to their customers and determined that the benefits of getting rid of the battery outweigh the negatives.
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Even worse, like in the summary, they claim that IE addins *don't exist*. The summary doesn't say "Firefox has better addins than IE", it says "IE has no addins" which is a blatant lie-- hell, IE had addins long before Firefox even existed. (Given, in IE 5-6 they were mostly nothing but malware toolbars, but they still existed.)
I can't even count the number of times some Firefox fan has told me it's superior because it has addins and IE doesn't. I hate FUD, no matter who's spreading it.
Har har.
But can someone explain to me how IE toolbars (which IE8 does support) *aren't* add-ins? Because they have a slightly different name? I don't get why people call Google Toolbar on Firefox a "add-in" but when you install the same thing on IE, suddenly it's... what?
At least it worked. That's better than most "released early" open source software I've tried.
All the censors have to do is to tell Wikipedia that the fetus website is actually a webcomic, then they'll pull the link post-haste.
I don't get how this does anything other than annoy the Australian censors. What point are they trying to prove? "It you put fetus pictures on a webpage, it'll be blocked?" Isn't that point already proven?
I've always thought "release early, release often" is a terrible idea. That just means all your end-users will see the crap you're working on before you do the testing, and get a bad impression of your software right from the get-go. It makes sense to do that *after* you hit 1.0 and have a pretty clean product, but why would you want people forming their first impression of your software from untested development releases?
Someone make a note, that's probably the first (and last) time a Facebook link will ever appear on Slashdot. And even it's a 404. Heh.
Out of curiosity, what makes you think we have high confidence on American Idol votes? I've never seen any kind of investigation of independent review of them, do you know something I don't?
Or are you just trying for some "shocking" example without worrying about if your example is even close to correct, much less relevant.
Fine, it fits the "dictionary definition." Whoopee. It's still misleading, and annoying, and despite how *technically* correct its name is, the San Jose Tech "Museum" of Innovation can still kiss my ass.
From my classes, also:
* Pop balloons full of hydrogen, to demonstrate the coolness of things exploding. (I guess? I don't remember the point of that, really.)
* I had a chemistry teacher who had some chemical concoction he called the "flaming snowball." It was a whiteish, gel-like material he rolled into a ball and lit on fire, but the cool thing was that it's combustion point was so low that it was perfectly safe to handle while flaming. We'd throw it around the classroom and such. A little googling, here's a "flaming snowball" lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CUZ94lXYM
Completely unrelated and off-topic gripe:
The "facility" for this in Seattle is called the Seattle Science Center. It's *not* called the Seattle Museum of Science. Why is that important? Because if you name something a "museum", people expect there to be an actual museum there.
A few years ago, a buddy and I went to the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation, expecting to see, gee I dunno, a museum of the history of the development of computers or something interesting at least. Turns out it was actually a Science Center, and *not* a museum, and a total waste of our money and time. Huge disappointment, there was virtually nothing in it interesting for adults.
Anyway, if it's not a museum, if it's just a place for class field trips to go ride a Segway, then please don't call it a museum. I don't know what you call that type of facility (although Science Center works), but it's not a museum! That is all.
Also, San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation: You suck.
As long as you buy the same make of cards, you're probably fine. The real problem is that the built-in cards are usually Intel, and normally you wouldn't think of buying an Intel card as an expansion. Also, it took me ages to figure this all out because the error message when MS rejects your old driver is really vague. :)
It might interest you to know that Windows' new driver model actually sucks for multiple monitors in a similar way.
New Vista-style drivers are incompatible with older XP-style drivers, which means that if you have Intel video hardware and NVidia video hardware, the Intel drivers aren't run at all. Which means that I can no longer use 3 monitors on my Dell at work, because of the driver incompatibilities. But here's the worst part: even if Intel had Vista-style drivers, I still wouldn't be able to use a third monitor because Windows Vista+ will *only* allow multiple video cards if all cards share the same driver.
Which means if you buy a off-the-shelf Dell with Intel video hardware, and add an additional video card from ATI or NVidia, you can either use the two monitors from your Intel card, or the two from your ATI/NVidia card, but not both. Ditto for any combination of video card vendors. If you're running two NVidia cards, but they're different models, you can only use both if they both happen to have the same driver. (Fortunately, Intel, ATI, and NVidia cover the majority of their card lines in a single driver.)
Let's just say I don't recommend going to your local police office and asking that.
1. The PS3 comes with wireless capability. The XBOX 360 requires a $100 wireless kit. That right there makes up the price difference.
Ok; so where do I buy a cheaper one without wifi, which I don't need and don't want to pay for?
2. The XBOX 360's controllers require batteries. An add-on rechargeable battery system costs about $20 per controller. The PS3's controllers are all rechargeable right out of the box.
Fair point.
3. If you buy something from the PlayStation store that costs $5 or more, you pay the exact amount. On the XBOX store, you have to buy "Microsoft Points" at the rate of $12.50 (USD) for 1,000 points. You have to buy these in bulk. So if you want something that costs 800 points, you have to pay for 1,000 points, leaving you with 200 points ($2.50) left over. Of course, Microsoft manipulates things, so you are always left with small amount of points left over. In other words, Microsuck is keeping your change. Bastards.
Also a fair point. Microsoft claims that use this system so that they can manage purchases in different currencies without having to have many price points for each game. I think your reason is the real reason... that, and it makes it (kind of) hard to figure out what you're actually paying. But oh well.
... except the Xbox 360 can play all those formats, as well, so that's not really something that pushes Sony ahead.
Some of the new games will play with the free membership but an Xbox 360 costs you an additional $59.00US a year to own if you want to play online.
You're either spreading FUD, or getting ripped-off. The LIST price is $49.99 for 13 months, but you can easily find them for $35-40 if you even bother looking. Hell, here's the first entry on the Amazon search: http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Live-Month-Gold-Bonus/dp/B000B9RI00/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1237408682&sr=8-1
Anyway, the theory behind charging for Live is that it keeps trolls and griefers off the system, since they actually have something to lose if they get kicked. I don't think this works in practice, because Microsoft isn't aggressive enough about banning people with complaints.
Ok; so where can I buy a PS3 without wireless networking (which I don't need) or Blu-Ray (which I don't care about)? By your reckoning that should cost about $140 right? ($400 - $175 Blu-Ray - $87 wifi) Which store do I pick it up at?
BTW, Sony Home might be free compared to Xbox Live Gold, but it's also only comparable to Xbox Live Silver, which is also free. If that makes sense.
Kaz Hirai is a lunatic and he's going to run the PS3 into the ground.
While I agree with you, what are we going to do for entertainment when that happens!?
I'd like to recommend Sony hire this guy to head the PS4 department: http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
"Does Linux work with different hardware?" "Of course." (show rapid-fire shots of CUPS recognition, multiple monitors, etc.)
I wouldn't recommend showing multiple monitors until the detection and configuration of such is an order of magnitude more automatic and easy than it is now. Frankly, multiple monitor support in Linux *does* suck.
Hm, I don't pirate, so I wouldn't know.
But the original question still makes no sense. He makes it sound as if hardcore fetish porn sites is OK, as long as they don't have any advertising... most people worried about filters focus on the *content* of the site, not on the advertising. It's just weird.
One's a tablet PC and lives in its laptop case, getting carted back and forth to places. One's a cheap MSI Wind I keep in my bedroom. There's also a work Dell laptop I use from time to time, for example, I took it home today because I called in sick.
Anyway, I'm not saying that everybody is like me. I'm just saying that people on this site treat un-removable batteries like it's some kind of contagious disease or disaster that will end humanity when, in all likelihood, Apple and Dell have actually (get this) talked to their customers and determined that the benefits of getting rid of the battery outweigh the negatives.
You should start a business and manufacture one. That's not a bad idea at all.
That would have been much funnier as a "your momma so fat..." joke. Still good though.
Are you for real? Christ, and I thought I had too much free time.