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even if it isnt to replace a netbook....Its not like tablets with touchscreens werent available and at a lower price any way... Like the archos 9 which is 500$ which supports flash. has usb ports and a landscape mode. It also has a kickstand to prop it up so it doesnt have to lay flat and also small tabs on the back so it doesnt wobble. It comes with windows 7 starter. It also has a camera and a hdmi output!!!!!!! Also it comes with a tv tuner and office software that I

[quote]Such a system would also increase profit motivations for brand loyalty and companies like GPG would be scrambling to fix DG just to save face.[/quote] If this were true they would already have fixed these problems since their games require you to be online. With cloud computing there would be LESS incentive since there wouldnt be a work around for people with hard copies. Not to mention if these systems cant even keep up a server just to keep stats how are they goin

I would give you karma but, my house tax refund hasn't come back yet.

Yes but steam doesnt currently have to have server space to run all these games..The cloud services would and will ax the older games after a period of time to save money. I dont care if I"m the last person in the world that plays a game I still want to be able to play it. Hell I'm looking at my jewel case of Lords of Magic Special edition on my desk right now.(1998) . I doubt any cloud computing service will hold a game for 12 years if only&nbs

[quote]Also, when games become obsolete will they eventually be removed from the servers? Perfect example here in this community as some of you still break out MoM every now and again. Will these companies be forever young and store every single game indefinitely?[/quote] this is my biggest fear...I still play some 8 year old games...

One big danger that noone has mentioned is if you by a cloud based agame and then the provider comes out with a sequel and terminates the first game... I don't want the amount of time I can own a game to depend on a service that will terminate it whenever it wants to make you buy something different...Imagine buying command and conquer 3 and then having it wiped so that you would have to play CnC4....Cloud computing is BAAAAAAAD!!!

The other problem for price is that you have to buy all those apps seperate...If you get all of those you could put your cost well over a grand. And to each their own is true but its the cost thats the problem. If someone wants to pay more just to have the new thing even though it has less functionality than what they have then that is fine by me but it doesn't make them a smart consumer.

[quote]Can't do anything? I can write blogs, create word documents, spreadsheets, edit photos, create databases with my iPad, all which I have done this weekend.[/quote] Well sure but if you already had a netbook then why did you rush to get it.... I can see if your netbook went dead but i doubt everyone that went out to buy this thing needed a new netbook/laptop right now.

[quote]Er... showing a child an R rated movie is generally considered illegal, depending on your country, of course. The ratings - at least in most nations - aren't just 'guidelines' rather actual rules that can, albeit usually are not, enforced.[/quote] Well here in the US you always here the disclaimer" this movie is rated r and children are not permitted except with supervision of an adult" at the end of the ad.

[quote] Anyway, as you failed to realise, this is the same for any rating system anywhere in the world; showing rated material to someone under the age of the rating is of course illegal, hence the rating system in the first place.[/quote] Actually it is only illegal without proper adult supervision......children can see r rated movies if accompanied by an adult and so on. I am against censorship completely. As with most things like this the people that

The real question is how many of these people that bought the ipad will still be using it after a month... I would like to see a poll on that .

If your worried about data loss and still want some extra speed go for 4 250 mb drives set up in raid 10. Make sure your motherboard supports it first though. .. you get data backup and double the read speed this way...Writing to the drive will be regular speed. You will only have 500 mb to use however... This is the best deal I could vfind for that setup... this will cost you about 180$ but you wont lose your data again <a href="http://www.newegg.com/

[quote]could just figure out how nerves interface with out brain and just implant computers in our brains [/quote] great then someone can hack my brain....and then steve jobs can release the Ibrain!! [quote]Some say, the Hawk knew about Command and Conquer 4, and if he had the chance, he would have beaten the EA team to death with his VooDoo 5 graphics card....[/quote] the hawk is smart!!! oh and to adder Go Pinstripes!!!

It is pretty crazy especaily considering all the others in the last 3 months... haiti, chile, thailand, china, hawaii,turkey,japan, cayman islands italy, iceland and so on

plus you could buy a kindle and a netbook together for the same price

[quote] But by dividing the Earth into races and hoarding our achievements into spiteful factions, we are not eliminating racism, but rather encouraging it.[/quote] I agree to this. Of course America is the only one that does this because we are thousands of years behind socialogically. There have been leaders of each gender and race all throughout history. (cleopatra etc...) Its because our founding fathers set us back when they made our count

just because nostradamus is christian doesnt mean the bible predicts it either...

[quote]anyway I bet anyone who theinks it will end 1000$ that the world wont end in 2012.[/quote] I like making that bet because if i win then you pay. If you win the world ends and I dont have to pay!!!!!!

there are some countries that are making plans in case something happens. but noone will know until then.... Where do I get my green ticket anyway? The bible doesnt say anythin about 2012 the christians just want to get a little credit when the sh*t goes down.. It was all the mayans and nostradamus baby. The 2000 thing was just a ploy to get money to scare people so they could charge more for changing the one line of code that pointed to dates. 2012 is a little different con

[quote]Thirdly, by 9970, I assume you are joking about the future? Or is it a typo? [/quote] Just a joke.... here are some places selling the 5970 starting at 621$ http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=ati%205970&FORM=EGRE&p1=%5bCommerceService+scenario%3d%22o%22+docid%3d%22AF22EB

[quote]I'm not sure if it is over priced, Sure I would love to get the 64G Wi-Fi 3G model for 499[/quote] That is the price for the 16 gb wifi... the 64gb wifi is 699. The 64 gb 3g+wifi is 829. for a good comarison though the asus eee is currently 450 with full windows 7 operating system. Since its 32 gb I'll compare it to the 32 GB model of Ipad which is currently 600 wifi and 729 for 3g+wifi. thats a 33% price inc

I dont feel there is anything wrong with the ipad its just a little overpriced like every apple product.. especaily since they have those laptops that have the spinable monitor to make it the same thing as an ipad anyway. I just wonder how many people will accidently skip 50 pages ahead in their book by touching the screen on mistake.

getting one with a true sine wave is better for the system....

My 4890 supports physX so I'm sure the 58xx series does as well...Not like many games support that anyway. If you can afford 800 then the ati 5970 is the best if it will fit in your case...Its the fastest and a little cooler then the 480 but will cost 620$. As for support nvidia does quarterly releases but if there is a problem with a driver you still have to wait a whole quarter for a fix..... Ati doesnt have a set schedule but will move quickly to replace driver upda

nevermind I found it .. looks pretty sweet.