If it is a scam, what exactly are they promising and not delivering? I'm paying for a service, and they are providing it. When I stop paying for it, they stop providing it. I fail to see the scam.
I hate DRM as much as the next guy, but crazy accusations like this make us all look bad.
Even when mobile devices are more powerful than the PS3, they will still have absolutely horrible controls. And because of that, they will never be good for anything more than lightweight casual games.
How come there are all these stories this week about how powerful mobile devices are? Anyone with half a brain knows that power is only part of the equation.
That is what is being done now. Go to the store and pick up a video game box. Each game is rated by the ESRB. The ratiings are far more detailed and less arbitrary than the MPAA. This is what is so frustrating - the info is right there in front of people's faces and they are too blind to see it.
If I but $20 worth of points and purchase $20 worth of content, how am I "getting bamboozled"? This just sounds like people looking for a reason to complain.
Not to mention that you can often find sales on cards so that you can get $20 worth of content for the price of a $15 card.
Seems all the more strange that such an expensive router would go missing. If I had some rackmount hardware that cost 4k, I can pretty much guarantee that I'd always know where it is.
If you think there was nothing innovative about an American console in a Japanese dominated market that allowed cross-development (PC-Xbox) in a proprietary market and online-capabilities in an offline world, you are either blind to history or just have an axe to grind.
simply making a good tablet does not guarantee that it will sell â" much to the chagrin of Motorola and its Xoom product.
A "good" tablet will fail. Especially when it is more expensive than the iPad. The challenge that the Xoom faces is that it is a good tablet, but not *as* good as the iPad, and it's more expensive to boot. A sucessful competitor will need to be as good as or better than the iPad, and have a competitive price.
Nintendo has quasi-acknowledged that its 3DS can cause headaches and should not be used by children under 7.
No, they didn't. They attached a disclaimer warning as a legal CYA. It's more equivalent to a "Warning: Toy cape does not allow the wearer to fly" warning than an acknowledgement of a flaw. Stop spreading the FUD.
Secondly, the cost of e-books doesn't represent much (or any) savings over new paperbacks.
Unfortunately ebooks are often *more* expensive than physical books. Worse yet, people are apparently willing to pay that price so the situation will just continue (or get worse).
This is very misleading. The poster two levels up mentioned an Augen device, and the link here is for a series of Archos devices. Entirely difference devices and different price points.
FWIW, I think the Augen is Android 2.1 (un-upgradeable), although I could be mistaken.
Exactly. This article selectively looks at the history of prices, choosing the data that supports their thesis and ignoring that which doesn't. It's concerned mainly with cartridge based games that grew to insanely high prices, but neglects the major drop in prices when companies moved to optical disc based systems. At the Playstation launch, many titles debuted at $39.
The current pricing scheme is quite a hike. And more so when you figure that you often don't even get the full game at that price. You need to buy DLC to unlock content on the disc that you already paid for. The price can easily bump up to $69.99.
Actually, it *was* because there were a lot of people that thought they were going to lose access to ammo. There were numerous new reports at the time featuring interviews with shop owners and customers. It was quite eye opening at the time - I didn't realize that people were that nuts.
and profits are being squeezed even lower by ebooks
Bull.
Ebooks now usually cost the same as their physical counterparts, yet do incur the costs of physical production (which has traditionally been cited as the main reason for high prices).
So if production costs are down and sales are the same, profits would be up.
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If it is a scam, what exactly are they promising and not delivering? I'm paying for a service, and they are providing it. When I stop paying for it, they stop providing it. I fail to see the scam.
I hate DRM as much as the next guy, but crazy accusations like this make us all look bad.
He's being accused of being an Englishman? Seems like that should be easily verifiable.
You are overlooking the fact that not too long ago, Blockbuster *was* the competition. They were the established king, and Netflix was the newcomer.
Even when mobile devices are more powerful than the PS3, they will still have absolutely horrible controls. And because of that, they will never be good for anything more than lightweight casual games.
How come there are all these stories this week about how powerful mobile devices are? Anyone with half a brain knows that power is only part of the equation.
That is what is being done now. Go to the store and pick up a video game box. Each game is rated by the ESRB. The ratiings are far more detailed and less arbitrary than the MPAA. This is what is so frustrating - the info is right there in front of people's faces and they are too blind to see it.
It sounds like 'Attila Dimedici' either has an axe to grind or has poor reading/summarization skills.
Probably both.
Why did that summary get approved? It's obviously false.
That article that claimed iOS was the most secure was pretty much ripped to shreds when it was posted here. So don't go around quoting it as fact.
If I but $20 worth of points and purchase $20 worth of content, how am I "getting bamboozled"? This just sounds like people looking for a reason to complain.
Not to mention that you can often find sales on cards so that you can get $20 worth of content for the price of a $15 card.
It's the difference between unlocking a door to find a big pile of cash and unlocking a door to find a locked safe.
So yeah, it helps.
Seems all the more strange that such an expensive router would go missing. If I had some rackmount hardware that cost 4k, I can pretty much guarantee that I'd always know where it is.
The poster never said that they were no-knock raids. Just said that people were getting busted. Big difference.
Is it really a misnamed genre if no one has heard of it?
If you think there was nothing innovative about an American console in a Japanese dominated market that allowed cross-development (PC-Xbox) in a proprietary market and online-capabilities in an offline world, you are either blind to history or just have an axe to grind.
This is one of my pet peeves about Slashdot: Random jabs/commentary/unexplained references thrown in as if everyone knows what it's about.
A "good" tablet will fail. Especially when it is more expensive than the iPad. The challenge that the Xoom faces is that it is a good tablet, but not *as* good as the iPad, and it's more expensive to boot. A sucessful competitor will need to be as good as or better than the iPad, and have a competitive price.
No, they didn't. They attached a disclaimer warning as a legal CYA. It's more equivalent to a "Warning: Toy cape does not allow the wearer to fly" warning than an acknowledgement of a flaw. Stop spreading the FUD.
In fact, "Nintendo 3DS could help spot kids' vision problems, according to optometrists":http://www2.newsadvance.com/business/2011/mar/18/nintendo-3ds-could-help-spot-kids-vision-problems--ar-914736//.
Unfortunately ebooks are often *more* expensive than physical books. Worse yet, people are apparently willing to pay that price so the situation will just continue (or get worse).
Well, according to the Firefox addon page, NoScript has 367,131 weekly downloads.
This is very misleading. The poster two levels up mentioned an Augen device, and the link here is for a series of Archos devices. Entirely difference devices and different price points.
FWIW, I think the Augen is Android 2.1 (un-upgradeable), although I could be mistaken.
Exactly. This article selectively looks at the history of prices, choosing the data that supports their thesis and ignoring that which doesn't. It's concerned mainly with cartridge based games that grew to insanely high prices, but neglects the major drop in prices when companies moved to optical disc based systems. At the Playstation launch, many titles debuted at $39.
The current pricing scheme is quite a hike. And more so when you figure that you often don't even get the full game at that price. You need to buy DLC to unlock content on the disc that you already paid for. The price can easily bump up to $69.99.
Actually, it *was* because there were a lot of people that thought they were going to lose access to ammo. There were numerous new reports at the time featuring interviews with shop owners and customers. It was quite eye opening at the time - I didn't realize that people were that nuts.
AvP on the Jag was one of the best gaming experiences I ever had. It was a fantastic game and well worth all of the delays.
Bull. Ebooks now usually cost the same as their physical counterparts, yet do incur the costs of physical production (which has traditionally been cited as the main reason for high prices). So if production costs are down and sales are the same, profits would be up.
I can't log in to my Target credit card account anymore.
Correction: won't. Hyperbole isn't an effective way of arguing your point.
When did this happen? I don't recall this ever happening.