I called it "successful" because it rejuvenated the series and got people my age (early 20s) interested who were not alive or old enough when the series first started. That, to me, is successful.
Also, I don't think the Enterprise was built on the Earth's surface in the new film.
Somehow I see this as being less successful than other reboots (like the Star Trek reboot) since they're essentially hitting the reset button on EVERYTHING. It's like a DC Big Bang.
I agree. I just replaced my 1st generation iPhone with a Tilt (the ability to run more than one program at once is amazing btw) and since the iPhone needs a special SIM card, I just used a blank one to activate my Tilt. Whenever I ported my service off, I never turned off my iPhone. This was 2 weeks ago. Yesterday, I looked at my iPhone and was surprised to see it still on and running. It said that it had No Service, but, amazingly, the battery level was still above 50%.
That just shows you how much the antenna sucks out of the battery.
Your CPU only hits 5.9 because that's the top of the scale right now for the Window's experience meter.
The base score levels at a glance:
1.0 - 1.9
Basic performance. Productivity applications, IM, web, email, simple games - like Solitaire, educational games.
Minimum specification needed to run Windows Vista(TM).
2.0 - 2.9
Improved responsiveness. Same applications as a base score of 1.0 - 1.9.
PCs will run Windows Vista but in most cases will not be Aero capable.
3.0-3.9
Aero graphics, Media Center with standard definition TV, basic graphical games, basic performance while running high-end graphical games.
Minimum specification needed to run Windows Vista Premium features, including the new Aero user interface.
4.0 - 4.9
Snappy performance, high definition video, high resolution monitors, dual monitors.
Very good performing PCs.
5.0 - 5.9
Fast moving games with amazingly rich graphics, 3D modeling, high-end multimedia and high performance applications.
Top end of the PC market for the Vista time frame.
6.0
Base scores of 6.0 and higher are not defined yet. They will be defined when the time comes and new innovations in hardware allow new capabilities. From past experience, it is expected this will happen at a rate of once every 12-18 months.
from the Vista blog (http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/458117.aspx)
"Man, it's too hard to say web log, let's shorten it." "Okay, how about wlog" "What?" "Never mind. Elog?" "Nah, too 'failed internet endevour'-y" "Blog?" "BRILLIANT!"
"I feel like something is missing in my life. Like there's a hole I just can't fill." - Man "Oh, that sucks. Here, have a clone." - Therapist "Oh, I feel all better now! Thanks, Doc!" - Man
If everything works under XP then they have absolutely no incentive to upgrade to Vista. These machines can in some extreme cases keep going for upwards of 7-10 years. This market segment is the one that is hurting Microsoft because they see no reason whatsoever to dish out $120-400 for Vista when everything works perfectly fine under XP.
Ah, but they do have incentive. Remember that whole "buy a PC between this date and this date and get Vista free"?
Many people won't know (or care) that Vista is DRMed up and will just say to their non-tech savvy friends, "Man, you should see this Microsoft Veesta I have! It's so purdy."
The word of mouth may be enough to keep Vista afloat.
This is true, but HP was kind enough to give me a reinstall DVD, so I feel somewhat better about messing around with the partitions to dual-boot Ubuntu + Windows.
"The lights, the fans and, thank God, the potty, all those things are working," Suffredini said.
Well at least he has his priorities in order. God knows you don't want anyone looking into the Hubble to see the ISS going by with your ass hanging out of the window.
Well it is NASA's website, there's bound to be some bias.
If you went to the Russian's space website, it probably says something like "Russian software fails after Americans install new solar panels, thought new ploy to embarrass Russian pride" or something of the like.
I'm slightly apprehensive at the AT&T brand name ever since they sold their wireless business to Cingular (forcing their former customers to eventually switch phones) and then reacquired Cingular to become AT&T again.
See, I think it really is a question not of why they knocked these bills down, but you figure the average user feels comfortable in MS's cozy Office suite. You thrown something like Open Office in front of them and the techs will spend more time training people rather than doing tech work.
For example, I just did a contract job where I had to upgrade a company's three computers (ha). The contract specified Vista because it's new (and shiny!). I built the three computers and had them up, runnning and networked in about 20 hours. I deployed them to the company and spent 30 hours just training the two users how to find things in Vista and how to run it. I think the g'ment would rather just continue to throw money at MS rather than have the techs complaining that they're being overburdened with stupid questions and the secretaries being overburdened with "I don't know how to use this".
It can also be compared to the Windows vs Ubuntu debate. Sure, the average/. reader knows how to run Ubuntu, but the average user likes Windows because it's cozy for them. Ubuntu is new and scary. It's simple.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/insiders-selling-at-unusually-fast-pace-2011-07-28
...open container for an energy drink?
I was wrong - the beginning of the movie. Sorry.
I called it "successful" because it rejuvenated the series and got people my age (early 20s) interested who were not alive or old enough when the series first started. That, to me, is successful.
Also, I don't think the Enterprise was built on the Earth's surface in the new film.
Somehow I see this as being less successful than other reboots (like the Star Trek reboot) since they're essentially hitting the reset button on EVERYTHING. It's like a DC Big Bang.
I agree. I just replaced my 1st generation iPhone with a Tilt (the ability to run more than one program at once is amazing btw) and since the iPhone needs a special SIM card, I just used a blank one to activate my Tilt. Whenever I ported my service off, I never turned off my iPhone. This was 2 weeks ago. Yesterday, I looked at my iPhone and was surprised to see it still on and running. It said that it had No Service, but, amazingly, the battery level was still above 50%.
That just shows you how much the antenna sucks out of the battery.
The important thing if you drop your ipod or whatever into the toilet, is to take out the batteries as soon as possible...
And to think that I recognized that before I realized I was fishing around in a toliet...
Your CPU only hits 5.9 because that's the top of the scale right now for the Window's experience meter.
The base score levels at a glance:
1.0 - 1.9
Basic performance. Productivity applications, IM, web, email, simple games - like Solitaire, educational games.
Minimum specification needed to run Windows Vista(TM).
2.0 - 2.9
Improved responsiveness. Same applications as a base score of 1.0 - 1.9.
PCs will run Windows Vista but in most cases will not be Aero capable.
3.0-3.9
Aero graphics, Media Center with standard definition TV, basic graphical games, basic performance while running high-end graphical games.
Minimum specification needed to run Windows Vista Premium features, including the new Aero user interface.
4.0 - 4.9
Snappy performance, high definition video, high resolution monitors, dual monitors.
Very good performing PCs.
5.0 - 5.9
Fast moving games with amazingly rich graphics, 3D modeling, high-end multimedia and high performance applications.
Top end of the PC market for the Vista time frame.
6.0
Base scores of 6.0 and higher are not defined yet. They will be defined when the time comes and new innovations in hardware allow new capabilities. From past experience, it is expected this will happen at a rate of once every 12-18 months.
from the Vista blog (http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/458117.aspx)
If you have a Wordpress blog, FAlbum is a wonderful plugin for linking WP to Flickr, otherwise, Coppermine is a very good choice.
Some of us have to finish reading it, you insensitive clod!
It probably went like this.
"Man, it's too hard to say web log, let's shorten it."
"Okay, how about wlog"
"What?"
"Never mind. Elog?"
"Nah, too 'failed internet endevour'-y"
"Blog?"
"BRILLIANT!"
Looks like global warming is off the hook this time around.
Yeah, because global warming obviously leaves huge chunks of ice when it makes lakes disappear.
Next time, the news without the hot-button bias, please?
Thanks. Now I'm going to have nightmares.
What did my therapist tell me to do?
Oh, yeah, where's my clone?
"I feel like something is missing in my life. Like there's a hole I just can't fill." - Man
"Oh, that sucks. Here, have a clone." - Therapist
"Oh, I feel all better now! Thanks, Doc!" - Man
Maybe not...
If everything works under XP then they have absolutely no incentive to upgrade to Vista. These machines can in some extreme cases keep going for upwards of 7-10 years. This market segment is the one that is hurting Microsoft because they see no reason whatsoever to dish out $120-400 for Vista when everything works perfectly fine under XP.
Ah, but they do have incentive. Remember that whole "buy a PC between this date and this date and get Vista free"?
Many people won't know (or care) that Vista is DRMed up and will just say to their non-tech savvy friends, "Man, you should see this Microsoft Veesta I have! It's so purdy."
The word of mouth may be enough to keep Vista afloat.
I agree. Facebook is getting MySpaced.
The fact that this was modded insightful and not funny makes me believe that Slashdot can only afford untrained monkeys to do it's modding.
This is true, but HP was kind enough to give me a reinstall DVD, so I feel somewhat better about messing around with the partitions to dual-boot Ubuntu + Windows.
Actually documentation at all is one of the first things cut.
I bought a new computer and the CD-ROM didn't work and the manual was, ha, on a CD-ROM.
I was begging the tech to ask me why I didn't RTFM.
It seems that the price of admission to play in the sand keeps on rising...
From TFA:
"The lights, the fans and, thank God, the potty, all those things are working," Suffredini said.
Well at least he has his priorities in order. God knows you don't want anyone looking into the Hubble to see the ISS going by with your ass hanging out of the window.
Well it is NASA's website, there's bound to be some bias.
If you went to the Russian's space website, it probably says something like "Russian software fails after Americans install new solar panels, thought new ploy to embarrass Russian pride" or something of the like.
At this point, as a US taxpayer, I'd much rather see the ISS finished rather than just leaving it up there as a pile of space junk.
It's kinda like finding out your house you're current building will cost twice as much as normal.
Do you just leave it half finished and abandon it or do you keep pumping money into it?
I'm slightly apprehensive at the AT&T brand name ever since they sold their wireless business to Cingular (forcing their former customers to eventually switch phones) and then reacquired Cingular to become AT&T again.
Absolutely ridiculous.
See, I think it really is a question not of why they knocked these bills down, but you figure the average user feels comfortable in MS's cozy Office suite. You thrown something like Open Office in front of them and the techs will spend more time training people rather than doing tech work.
/. reader knows how to run Ubuntu, but the average user likes Windows because it's cozy for them. Ubuntu is new and scary. It's simple.
For example, I just did a contract job where I had to upgrade a company's three computers (ha). The contract specified Vista because it's new (and shiny!). I built the three computers and had them up, runnning and networked in about 20 hours. I deployed them to the company and spent 30 hours just training the two users how to find things in Vista and how to run it. I think the g'ment would rather just continue to throw money at MS rather than have the techs complaining that they're being overburdened with stupid questions and the secretaries being overburdened with "I don't know how to use this".
It can also be compared to the Windows vs Ubuntu debate. Sure, the average