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Skriven 2011-06-27 22:24:24 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 12701 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Wrong, wrong, wrong
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> You haven't been paying attention, Geln. Just as XXX porn drove the
 DD> home video industry to new technological heights, gamers have driven
 DD> the confuser industry to where it is today. All (without exception)
 DD> cutting edge hardware is built and optimised to run the latest "Zap
 DD> them hooligans" or "Crash that car" or "Slap that pinball" iteration.

 ML> Without exception? There must be purpose-built hardware that
 ML> doesn't conform to your description. Or even general-purpose
 ML> stuff, someplace, even if Geek Today magazine doesn't run
 ML> features on it.

It *ALL* traces back to gamers and those who make obscene amounts of money
marketing to them. That purpose built hardware most likely uses stuff that was
designed to play graphics intensive games slicker and faster. The general
purpose stuff gets in an a pass and the marketroids who push the stuff onto the
great unwashed public takes it and starts chanting meaningless, but, important
sounding numbers as a part of their marketing ploys. They have to do that
because they certainly have no concept of what those numbers mean.
 
 DD> The mundane business apps coming along in the wake of all of this with
 DD> enhanced graphics, sound and FX is merely a side benefit of the latest
 DD> gamer's delight.
 DD> If it were strictly business and productivity we would still be
 DD> dealing with huge mainframe confusers and monochrome screens with
 DD> little or no graphics ... like back in the mid-70s.

 ML> I certainly take issue with that. Portability had nothing to
 ML> do with recreation, certainly at first. As far as monochrome
 ML> screens with little or no graphics, that's my ideal, and the
 ML> fact that what I want isn't available is quite irksome. Sure,
 ML> I can set a monochrome screen, but why do I have to pay for
 ML> hardware that I don't want?

Portability first came into the picture when marketers wanted a computer they
could sell to the average person or business man who could then take it to his
home or office without the services of a large truck, a crane to lift it and a
scissors-leg to move it about. 
 
 DD> It's gamers who are driving, also, the upcoming virtual reality gear
 DD> that lets you put on your computer, projects the (3-D) images onto the
 DD> insides of goggle which you wear, pumps stereo (or better) sound
 DD> directly into your ear-buds and takes it's input from the tactile
 DD> gloves or suit which you wear. Coming soon (already in development) are
 DD> smell-o-vision, taste-o-vision, etc. And damned near as good as
 DD> reality. Oh, and the leaders in this development ... scientists in that
 DD> little country surrounded by religious enemies - Israel.

 ML> And that's all to be anticipated with bated breath for
 ML> what reason?

Because progress, in general, is a good thing. And because in this competitive
world everyone (nearly) wants to have access to the newest, slickest, fastest
wedding tackle substitute available. Me, I don't care tuppence either way.
Except that it will make the stuff I do use obsolete - and thus, much cheaper.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Tuppence Magazine's Beef Rogan Josh
 Categories: Asian, Beef, Vegetables, Rice, 
      Yield: 4 servings

    500 g  Beef; in strips
      2 lg Onions; rough chopped
      1 lg Sweet potato; in cubes
      1    Cauliflower; rough chopped
      1 lg Yellow pepper; rough chopped
    825 g  (2 tins) chopped tomatoes
      2 tb Tomato puree
      4 ts Rogan josh powder
      1 ts Garam masala
      1 ts Turmeric
           A light dusting of chile
           - powder
      1 tb Olive oil or ghee
           Basmati rice
           Salt & pepper

  A good beef rogan josh recipe is great for winter. It'll
  blast out your sinuses, give you a good hit of veg and
  super-spice the cockles of your soul.

  Boil the sweet potato in a pan of water for 5 minutes,
  before adding cauliflower to the same pan to boil also.
 
  While they're both boiling away, brown the beef in a frying
  with the olive oil or ghee over a medium-high heat and add
  the onions for a few minutes.

  When the onions have started to go translucent, drain the
  sweet potato & cauliflower and add them to the frying pan
  for a couple of minutes over a medium heat.

  Next, cover the beef and vegetables with the rogan josh
  powder and stir in, followed by the garam masala, turmeric,
  chile powder and a few twists of salt & pepper.

  Then stir in the tomatoes and tomato puree and leave the
  Beef Rogan Josh to simmer while you cook the rice with a
  little salt & pepper to make sure that the beef is good and
  tender.
 
  From: http://www.tuppencemagazine.co.uk

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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