Does this really matter? Someone mentioned in another story earlier this week that gamers will simply purchase this game from New Zealand if they want it that bad. Additionally, the PS3 is region-free so buying the game from an online retailer from another area isnt necessarily outta the question barring any silly import laws.
Those people who really want the game will find a way to get it.
Mortal Kombat without the (often hilariously) excessive violence is more or less like going to a strip club to look at shoes.
Typically I would agree with a statement like this, but MK is different. The original arcade versions contained silly red spray and spatter. Dismemberment looked cartoonish. Technology changed that, and today's versions of MK can be quite gruesome. The game evolved to show more blood and gore on purpose
At first i thought it was a clever little play on tech, because the studio execs wanted to avoid trademark infringement, but theres actually marketing for Pear
....so Link P thinks its unfair that they arent chosen.
Lets be real here for a moment.....It might have been a bit unfair that MS had a stranglehold on the browser market for those PCs that had Windows pre-installed. Choice is good, and it's great that the EU evened the playing field. But too many choices will confuse the general public
As a PC support tech, i'd have to argue that average joe consumer wants/needs a browser that will handle everything you throw at it. The top 5 in that list will do just that for the most part or they have a simple add-on scheme that handle's the rest. As internet technologies mature bloat is the way to go. If a customer says to me "my internet wont do this...." its not appropriate for me to say "well, you chose a browser that doesnt have that feature." A company that markets a product as a SlimBrowser sounds like it would put me in that very position.
If you design a browser with a niche feature set(ie. Bare bones browsing) dont complain when the mass market doesnt choose your product
What I do know though is that $200 fee locks out all the under-18 developers out of the market, making it a platform at best one where old people sell established ideas to young people. It clearly locks out all the interesting innovation.
By "innovation", im assuming you mean the thousands of fart apps, hundreds of babe of the day(bikini or nude), and my personal fav "Poop locator." This barrier for entry is going to make apps pricier than on other platforms, but its going to discourage nonsense as well. The only problem i see with this is companies not wanting to port their apps
What you naysayers dont forget is that the mp4 encoded video is wrapped in a flash container.
The apps you speak of either transcode from the flv or extract the mp4(depending on the device) I've used apple, motorola, samsung, nokia, ZTE and Blackberry devices and none seem to access the full youtube library. Some devices default to m.youtube.com which is even more limited. Explaining this to my family, friends and customers is always trouble. Average people just want stuff to work. Those apps do not always work..
It's sort of a bummer if the first honeycomb tablet wont support one of(if not the) largest video sites. After all, that used to be a selling point. I know there are hacked together solutions that convert content "in the cloud" and push to the device, but thats got limited support.
The principle selling point of a laptop is portability. If you get away from being portable you might as well have a desktop. "Entertainment" laptops already push this boundary with some of them being very power hungry(better be plugged in constantly) and/or weighing as much as 15lbs. Weight may be an issue on its own, but consider other things you might be carrying and it could be cumbersome
A friend of mine had a laptop from Dell with a modular slot that would accommodate a 3.5" floppy drive or a slot-load CD/DVD disc drive. The laptop package came with both and promised other accessories were available.
What happens when this keylogging software catches spouses, roommates, guests, and others who expect a bit of privacy? that entry for adultfriendfinder might not be your kid, but instead it could be your spouse. Do you have the right to spy on them? A court would probably say no.
Unless this software has a status icon that shows its recording, and an easy way to disable it(which is the opposite of a good keylogger) the officers shouldnt have the rights to distribute and educate people on the uses of tools that violate privacy.
I worked for a carrier that charged $62.50 for a $45 package that includes talk text & web, so im not paying nearly as much as some people. It was a post-paid monthly service.
After seeing this thread i went and checked out AT&T's offering and it's on par with my carrier. They probably charge just as much too.
My most recent cell phone bill was $53.88. That's on a $40 package that includes 300 minutes and Tmobile's MyFave addon. That rounds out to about 26% in fees and extra charges. I dont have texting. I dont have data. I'd say it's a bit excessive. I paid for my phone outright, and im no longer under contract with them, so in theory the bill should be lower.
The only reason I could think that brings the cost up is that the bill is fixed each month. I cant go over 300mins or it just cuts me off. I can however talk to my MyFave contacts for as long as i want and use nights and weekend minutes starting at 9pm
Bloatware is a major pita for any computer tech whose gotta remove it or for any average joe who actually notice that it's the reason their computer is slower than it can be. I argue that its a necessary evil for retail laptops though
Next time someone asks you to help them pick a laptop tell them they can get x model for a bargain at $899 or they can get x model - hassle of bloatware for $1199. Just about everyone i know would take the model with the bloatware cause its cheaper and deal with the problem later.
Elmer Fudd might become president(he meets all the criteria + we already had Bush v2.0) and Bugs Bunny uses social media to convince everyone that its rabbit season. Daffy Duck, his VP of course, might call a foul and shut down twitter and xanga games for all US citizens.
Numb3rs was a tv series that focused on the FBI solving crimes with the help of a mathematician. One of the episodes centered around a plot very similar to this.
A person who worked with the state lottery commission tried to and succeeded in cracking the code for one of the scratch off tickets. However, they never cashed in the small winners. The end goal was to find and cash in a ticket worth 10 million. It seemed like one of the more farfetched ideas until i read about this
I recently looked into my Tmobile account to find that i have my upgrade available and to my surprise they offer a low-end android based phone. Granted, it's no Droid or Galaxy S model, but the barrier for entry has been broken. MetroPCS, a popular prepaid carrier in the area, rolled out a few Android-powered smartphones for the $100-200 price point. You can consider that to be a "free, with contract" phone on any other carrier.
If everyone jumps onboard the OS is going to dominate the market. Take Windows for example, any PC manufacturer can preload it on their machine's for sale. MacOS....not so much(Hackintoshs excluded)
Seriously, the only way you can protect users is to take the phone from them. be consious about whatt youre doing with your phone. despite it acting like a computer that fits your pocket its still just a phone.
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Does this really matter? Someone mentioned in another story earlier this week that gamers will simply purchase this game from New Zealand if they want it that bad. Additionally, the PS3 is region-free so buying the game from an online retailer from another area isnt necessarily outta the question barring any silly import laws.
Those people who really want the game will find a way to get it.
Mortal Kombat without the (often hilariously) excessive violence is more or less like going to a strip club to look at shoes.
Typically I would agree with a statement like this, but MK is different. The original arcade versions contained silly red spray and spatter. Dismemberment looked cartoonish. Technology changed that, and today's versions of MK can be quite gruesome. The game evolved to show more blood and gore on purpose
All of Ma Bell's offspring collude to bring us the same shitty network at ever rising prices
Im getting a Pear
At first i thought it was a clever little play on tech, because the studio execs wanted to avoid trademark infringement, but theres actually marketing for Pear
....so Link P thinks its unfair that they arent chosen.
Lets be real here for a moment.....It might have been a bit unfair that MS had a stranglehold on the browser market for those PCs that had Windows pre-installed. Choice is good, and it's great that the EU evened the playing field. But too many choices will confuse the general public
As a PC support tech, i'd have to argue that average joe consumer wants/needs a browser that will handle everything you throw at it. The top 5 in that list will do just that for the most part or they have a simple add-on scheme that handle's the rest. As internet technologies mature bloat is the way to go. If a customer says to me "my internet wont do this...." its not appropriate for me to say "well, you chose a browser that doesnt have that feature." A company that markets a product as a SlimBrowser sounds like it would put me in that very position.
If you design a browser with a niche feature set(ie. Bare bones browsing) dont complain when the mass market doesnt choose your product
What I do know though is that $200 fee locks out all the under-18 developers out of the market, making it a platform at best one where old people sell established ideas to young people. It clearly locks out all the interesting innovation.
By "innovation", im assuming you mean the thousands of fart apps, hundreds of babe of the day(bikini or nude), and my personal fav "Poop locator." This barrier for entry is going to make apps pricier than on other platforms, but its going to discourage nonsense as well. The only problem i see with this is companies not wanting to port their apps
What you naysayers dont forget is that the mp4 encoded video is wrapped in a flash container.
The apps you speak of either transcode from the flv or extract the mp4(depending on the device) I've used apple, motorola, samsung, nokia, ZTE and Blackberry devices and none seem to access the full youtube library. Some devices default to m.youtube.com which is even more limited. Explaining this to my family, friends and customers is always trouble. Average people just want stuff to work. Those apps do not always work..
It's sort of a bummer if the first honeycomb tablet wont support one of(if not the) largest video sites. After all, that used to be a selling point. I know there are hacked together solutions that convert content "in the cloud" and push to the device, but thats got limited support.
The principle selling point of a laptop is portability. If you get away from being portable you might as well have a desktop. "Entertainment" laptops already push this boundary with some of them being very power hungry(better be plugged in constantly) and/or weighing as much as 15lbs. Weight may be an issue on its own, but consider other things you might be carrying and it could be cumbersome
A friend of mine had a laptop from Dell with a modular slot that would accommodate a 3.5" floppy drive or a slot-load CD/DVD disc drive. The laptop package came with both and promised other accessories were available.
Aside from this, hdd, and ram; what else would you like to upgrade in your average laptop? I have seen Gigabit Ethernet via ExpressCard Slot, clunky video card solution and a few vendors sell USB 2.0 sound cards that beat laptop audio for performance.
These are certainly clunky solutions that probably wouldnt fit in your laptop's case, but they do exist.
What happens when this keylogging software catches spouses, roommates, guests, and others who expect a bit of privacy? that entry for adultfriendfinder might not be your kid, but instead it could be your spouse. Do you have the right to spy on them? A court would probably say no.
Unless this software has a status icon that shows its recording, and an easy way to disable it(which is the opposite of a good keylogger) the officers shouldnt have the rights to distribute and educate people on the uses of tools that violate privacy.
How can we be sure the X-Prize isnt just a cover for Gru and his minions?
excuse me sir, but i believe the term you are looking for is boxen. yes, boxen
I worked for a carrier that charged $62.50 for a $45 package that includes talk text & web, so im not paying nearly as much as some people. It was a post-paid monthly service.
After seeing this thread i went and checked out AT&T's offering and it's on par with my carrier. They probably charge just as much too.
My most recent cell phone bill was $53.88. That's on a $40 package that includes 300 minutes and Tmobile's MyFave addon. That rounds out to about 26% in fees and extra charges. I dont have texting. I dont have data. I'd say it's a bit excessive. I paid for my phone outright, and im no longer under contract with them, so in theory the bill should be lower.
The only reason I could think that brings the cost up is that the bill is fixed each month. I cant go over 300mins or it just cuts me off. I can however talk to my MyFave contacts for as long as i want and use nights and weekend minutes starting at 9pm
Bloatware is a major pita for any computer tech whose gotta remove it or for any average joe who actually notice that it's the reason their computer is slower than it can be. I argue that its a necessary evil for retail laptops though
Next time someone asks you to help them pick a laptop tell them they can get x model for a bargain at $899 or they can get x model - hassle of bloatware for $1199. Just about everyone i know would take the model with the bloatware cause its cheaper and deal with the problem later.
err....duck season!
Elmer Fudd might become president(he meets all the criteria + we already had Bush v2.0) and Bugs Bunny uses social media to convince everyone that its rabbit season. Daffy Duck, his VP of course, might call a foul and shut down twitter and xanga games for all US citizens.
Numb3rs was a tv series that focused on the FBI solving crimes with the help of a mathematician. One of the episodes centered around a plot very similar to this.
A person who worked with the state lottery commission tried to and succeeded in cracking the code for one of the scratch off tickets. However, they never cashed in the small winners. The end goal was to find and cash in a ticket worth 10 million. It seemed like one of the more farfetched ideas until i read about this
Current operating systems support IPv6, but consumer grade routers and a few ISP's havent jumped on the bandwagon yet
IPv6 or Duke Nukem Forever?
The race to the consumer roll out is on!
I recently looked into my Tmobile account to find that i have my upgrade available and to my surprise they offer a low-end android based phone. Granted, it's no Droid or Galaxy S model, but the barrier for entry has been broken. MetroPCS, a popular prepaid carrier in the area, rolled out a few Android-powered smartphones for the $100-200 price point. You can consider that to be a "free, with contract" phone on any other carrier.
Tmobile Comet(manufactured by Hauwei) -- http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/11/04/t-mobile-comet-review/
Huawei Acend -- http://www.metropcs.com/shop/PhoneDetails.aspx?ProductId=HW-M860(Phones)
I think it's the same phone rebranded, but the Tmobile review doesnt show a model number
Heres a list of OS by manufacturer
If everyone jumps onboard the OS is going to dominate the market. Take Windows for example, any PC manufacturer can preload it on their machine's for sale. MacOS....not so much(Hackintoshs excluded)
Just make sure they stay clear of areas where "fireworks" are going off.
no no.....if you want something thats completely secure you must go with 2ab96390c7dbe3439de74d0c9b0b1767. Its even better than *******
You'll see boobies. I promise
Seriously, the only way you can protect users is to take the phone from them. be consious about whatt youre doing with your phone. despite it acting like a computer that fits your pocket its still just a phone.