Comment Re:those id10ts @ slashdot (Score 1) 111
From the article - https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation/2013-intel-core-processor-family
Comment So with excess capacity the prices stay... Up? (Score 1) 318
Just goes to show how much of cost scam CD are/were. When there is a glut of memory for example, the retail price drops. Now there is a glut of CD production and the cost stays... fixed. I guess their thug business practices are showing. All parts of the cost of production for music have gone down, and the last CD I bought was still the same cost as the CD I bought 5 years ago. Good job, music industry, you've killed your own market with your own greed!
Comment Re:This doesn't sound unreasonable to me. (Score 3, Funny) 600
Well said. Moreover, for those of us who have dealt with hardware piracy, Device and Vendor IDs are critical identification tools, not only to ensure that OUR software runs correctly, but it's one other way to identify pirated hardware. Most pirates aren't smart enough to use the correct information in the flash. Heck it was so important 10 years ago that Microsoft used Windows Update to enforce four-field enforcement on PCI devices. Instead of using two-field matching, that allowed, say, Asus motherboards to coat-tail on Intel drivers, Windows Update required four-field matching (Vendor ID, Device ID, Subvendor ID, subdevice ID). While it added an additional layer of validation cost, Microsoft did it because of the problems with incompatible drivers, not piracy. Also, in the PCI world, falsifying IDs is just as critical as in the USB world.
My main concern is that the purpose of these IDs is to ensure compatibility, which Apple can, in no way, guarantee with the Pre. Had Palm asked and entered into an arrangement, they might've had the opportunity to do it right. It's also true that Apple has no legal requirement to facilitate the functionality and no MORAL obligation, for that matter. The way Palm went about the Pre indicates that no matter how revolutionary the OS is (and it IS), it will be marginalized for both consumers AND business. Palm has developed a pattern on the Pre of half-assing things that actually MATTER (ActiveSync security, anyone?).
Comment now they've increased pollution in another way... (Score 1) 1106
How many folks will simply throw the CFL out when they die? Think about all the mercury this will put in our landfills and how many millions of acres will be poisoned as a result?
Classic idiocy from Congress...next time, perhaps, they'll finally figure out that they don't no anything about unintended consequences (who the hell am I kidding?!)
Classic idiocy from Congress...next time, perhaps, they'll finally figure out that they don't no anything about unintended consequences (who the hell am I kidding?!)
Comment Re:very low power "sleep state" processors. (Score 1) 178
Vellmont - what you are describing is what Intel is marketing as VPro technology. It's targeted at the corporate marketplace and allows IT groups to use management applications such as Altiris or MS SMS to push patches, check inventories, etc. even if the PC has been put in a standby or hibernate state. Google for more info on VPro.
Comment Re:So Intel's going to be a year late ?. (Score 1) 306
Yes, but since the core of Intel's marketplace consists of people who see a monitor and think it is the computer, this is a barrier that Intel can easily hurdle.
Steve Jobs called. Something about iMac G5 and some rather unpleasant remarks about Intel.
Comment Full Disclosure doesn't apply for workers (Score 4, Insightful) 103
When companies must give employees full disclosure on wages of co-workers so they can appropriately value their own work, then transparency will be acheived.
The widest canyon capitalism has is the rules are all one way. Submit salary history with resume? How about submit salary history of potential team members so you can make an informed decision?
I find it interesting that most pro-capitalism libertarians, like the authors are all about access to imformation for the investor and other corporations, but not for the workers.
The widest canyon capitalism has is the rules are all one way. Submit salary history with resume? How about submit salary history of potential team members so you can make an informed decision?
I find it interesting that most pro-capitalism libertarians, like the authors are all about access to imformation for the investor and other corporations, but not for the workers.
Journal Journal: Glaciers swim In and Out of meat that looks like genitalia. 6
- Glaciers swim - like meat.
- In and Out - More meat than you can shake butter at. A stick of butter.
- of meat that looks like genitalia. - or vice versa.
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Journal Journal: So, right... 1
Kind of had it with Slashdot. They banned my entire IP range again and again for over a week now, because someone on my ISP keeps screwing around. Ban expires, I get a few hours of access and after that it's gone again. Repeatedly reported the ban on my IP and asked for a solution, but nothing.
So, fuck Slashdot.
Now, let's give this Kuroshin thing a try...
Journal Journal: Support Nintendo -- Sue camwhores! 1
Help Nintendo sue the living shit out of camwhores!
Temporary using my journal for this because the fools blocked my entire subnet after someone else from my ISP went wild. Yay.
Journal Journal: Slashdot Fuckups 16
Ah yes, Slashdot. Been here for a year or two. Don't really keep track to be honest with you people, considering the exact date isn't really that important unless you're really anal about a time-of-joining based hierachy. In which case, UIDs would be a better indicator of 'status' to start with, but I digress. This is nothing about the Slashdot pecking order but more about the current state of Slashdot
Comment Last Post (Score 1) 56
Thanks for thinking of me, first. Have a great day.
Journal Journal: Slashdot alternatives? 5
Seriously, my patience has a limit and after this article, Slashdot just crossed that limit. I dont want to deal with Hemos' sad sense of humour. Coupled with the fact that the site still fails to render properly on mozilla from time to time, still has a broken and blatantly abused moderating system along with retarded and incompetent admins, I wish to know if there are any sites like Slashdot just without the retarded admins.
Journal Journal: I'm a man 15
It's time to tell the truth. I am a 55 year-old man. My name is Andy Kaufman, and I live in New York City.
I am sincerely sorry to everyone for all my lies.
--Andy
Journal Journal: Personal crap on the internet. 5
Okay, so the last few years "blogging", apart from having an atrocious name, has become a fad. Fair enough, because in essence it's a good thing, allowing people to post stories on the internet and have others comment on it, without the retarded Slashdot admins or the GNAA trolls. Over time, some wonderful journals came online, with examples such as the MSDN journals and Groklaw. These sites function as portals for peo
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