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« Last post by Stoic Joker on June 02, 2011, 04:23 PM »
Damn app103, that was beautiful! 
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Damn app103, that was beautiful! I wouldn't worry about it. My guess is that Microsoft is already working with some select hardware vendors to come up with solutions that will address all the UI/input device concerns.-Renegade (June 02, 2011, 07:18 AM)
I like the software version too.Well, of course! He had that entire set long before he got the dictionary! Cmon now...
But if I had a grand to blow I'd rather spend it on the 60 volume Great Books of the Western World collection put out out by Encyclopedia Britannica. I've read a little over half of them. I intend to read them all before I'm in my dotage.
That or save up the additional $400-$500 and get the encyclopedia itself.-40hz (June 01, 2011, 08:46 PM)-superboyac (June 02, 2011, 08:56 AM)
He had the entire set? (40hz surpresses a rare twinge of envy.)
-40hz (June 02, 2011, 09:44 AM)
I am NOT trading in my taskbar full of icons for that stupid start screen!-app103 (June 01, 2011, 08:48 PM)
rmdir /S /Q dirnamehere-Krishean (June 01, 2011, 05:56 PM)
eh,
hope it's going well there Renegade-tomos (June 01, 2011, 12:52 PM)
IMO, if you're doing professional video editing, CGI/animation, or serious 3D modeling, the i7 may be worth the extra money. For everything else most mortals will be doing, the i5 2500 should do just fine. And then some. It should be overkill for what you're using it for. If I had an extra $100 burning a hole in my pocket, I'd opt for a more powerful video card rather than spend it on a hotter CPU. But that's me. I'm usually out for more 'bang for the buck' than I am for absolute specs. So I always look for that sweet spot. Which is usually two or three down from the flagship when it comes to Intel's CPUs.
Not having deep pockets does that to you.-40hz (May 31, 2011, 07:59 PM)
@Stoic JokerMe too man ... but never the less. That (rather dark) cloud... is (rather obviously) on the horizon.
I hope you're wrong.-Renegade (May 30, 2011, 10:05 AM)
Though, I'm still partial to paid software... Feel free to call me on that one. Yes. I have a vested interest.-Renegade (May 30, 2011, 10:05 AM)
It only has the potential to be 'monetized' (oh how I hate that term)-40hz (May 30, 2011, 11:26 AM)
I've written about this so much I must sound like a broken record, but I think I have the opposite impression than Stoic Joker.-mouser (May 30, 2011, 08:08 AM)
I'm still on 1 mbps! (see attachment in previous post)-nosh (May 27, 2011, 10:55 PM)
And I'm lucky to get 26 kbps! The only downside to living in a forest.-cranioscopical (May 28, 2011, 10:19 AM)
Is that fast enough for anyone here?I'm a bit scared of how to view all those DVD's in that short timespan, afraid that my head will explode-Renegade (May 27, 2011, 10:14 PM)-Ath (May 28, 2011, 05:17 AM)
+2 (one for each)Wouldn't you love to see all the devices on the table and be able to say:
I want THAT tablet,
with THIS OS,
without a cellphone contract,
with THESE apps.-superboyac (May 26, 2011, 05:21 PM)
If only I could say it with such brevity. Thanks! And as you say, we have to ability and for the most part, the [open] formats to make it so. But as you note, companies are after excessive profit, and to get that, they run a continuous series of lawsuits against everyone else under the guise of patent infringements. Patents were around for centuries before the US adopted its own Patent Act in 1790. In the following century a certified Steve Jobs-like jerk named Tom Edison patented everything he looked at, and then spent the rest of his life suing everyone on the planet (sound familiar to today tech landscape?). Until this line of thinking is changed by governments, then my Holodeck ain't never gonna come true.
Patents are not the sole evil of the modern world, but they are a big one. Capitalism has always been far too wasteful with resources:
-- Kill the environment, to hell with the future;
-- Distribute all the wealth to few at the top, creating a plutocracy;
-- Enact laws like DMCA, ACTA, et al., then sue everyone from former employees to competitors to even your own customers;
-- Find ways to charge people for every little move they make --Oy.
- Want to own and drive a car? Let me see how many ways I can tax it and fine you over it.
- Want to start a business? Let's see if you have the guts to withstand the crushing regulations and taxes you'll pay every three months.
- Want to listen to a song? Let me see how many ways I can make that act illegal.
- Want to read a book? Let me make sure you pay for every time you try to read it for the rest of your life.
- Want a college education? Let's saddle you with crushing debt that will last a lifetime and hinder your future with each decade that passes.
-zridling (May 28, 2011, 01:51 AM)
+1
You said what I could never say without resorting to massive amounts of obscenity and profanity.-Renegade (May 28, 2011, 02:02 AM)
Some of this has to do with the end consumer too. I kind of see it as similar to the IPv4 story. The end user doesn't want to care as long as youtube videos work (or in IPv6's case, as long as you can just type youtube.com and go)
This kind of 'as long as it works' attitude doesn't create motivation at the business level.-rgdot (May 27, 2011, 02:44 PM)
Maybe when governments finally wrest control of the internet from the people by calling it a "civil right" we'll see some of that, but hopefully that's still a long way off...-Edvard (May 27, 2011, 11:55 AM)
Sounds like we get screwed by corporations or by governments. Sigh...-Renegade (May 27, 2011, 11:58 AM)
