That's irrelevant. The topic here is a large, pervasive tech organization that may or may not have too much influence. If being a 'convicted monopolist' is your criteria for having too much influence, was Microsoft just fine in your eyes until the legal decision? And as soon as the decision was passed down, did you then have to change your view of them?
Change the company to Microsoft and pose similar questions. Do they have too much power? Are they too pervasive? I suspect the response on Slashdot would be far different.
Of course, Nintendo is the worst perpetrator when it comes to sequels. The entire strategy centers around pumping out sequels and spinoffs to their main characters.
Actually, that usually won't be a gold farmer that ninja's the loot. It would make no sense for a farmer to join a 1-2hr instance to ninja an item that will need to be DE'ed into a 7g shard. It makes much more sense to keep farming the same area over and over.
Besides, everyone in the game is a gold farmer. The entire point of the game is greed & obtaining items. Every player is a farmer - the only difference is that some get paid to farm, and some pay for the ability to farm.
No battle has been lost yet! (Unfortunately) Some comments have been made but there has been no decision, even in the slightest. Indeed, they haven't even decided whether or not the suit can continue.
Although this practice is common in many, many, other U.S. corporations (and is by no means a good practice), this gets posted in Slashdot only because it is more fuel for the "MS=Evil Empire" fire. And in typical fashion, the Slashdot fanboys run to jump on the bandwagon.
Lame.
Ok, there is lots of bitching and moaning, but nothing will happen unless we let Palm know how bad of an idea this is. Any ideas who to contact?...And why is everyone talking about the $20 covering retail materials & packaging? I've never seen a Palm OS upgrade through retail - they've just been internet downloads.
Here's my prediction (if the movie comes out)
1. Tons of people will see it immediately.
2. Tons of people will bitch about how it sucked and was nowhere near as good as the earlier episodes.
3. 2 years later, after seeing the movie a few times, the same people will say that the movie is brilliant.
4. A year after that, when the sequel is released, tons of people will say that the first movie was better.
Any ideas regarding what the best file format is? For many of us that read ebooks, ascii is the preferred format, as it can be formatted for any situation (can be read on pc, formatted to a Palm, etc...), and stands the best chance of being a valid format in the future.
For me, the big holdup in ebooks is the format. I wouldn't buy a hardcover book that would be unreadable in 4 years, so why would I accept that in an ebook? I'll just stick to the Gutenberg Project, rather than support limited formats.
About a month ago, Palm and Adobe agreed to create an app for reading pdfs on Palms. Personally, I think pdfs are just bloated web pages that can't be manipulated. Given the premium that memory holds on the Palm, it will be interesting to see how this is accomplished.
As far as this King story goes, a Palm version is available at peanutpress.com for the PeanutReader.
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That's irrelevant. The topic here is a large, pervasive tech organization that may or may not have too much influence. If being a 'convicted monopolist' is your criteria for having too much influence, was Microsoft just fine in your eyes until the legal decision? And as soon as the decision was passed down, did you then have to change your view of them?
Change the company to Microsoft and pose similar questions. Do they have too much power? Are they too pervasive? I suspect the response on Slashdot would be far different.
Of course, Nintendo is the worst perpetrator when it comes to sequels. The entire strategy centers around pumping out sequels and spinoffs to their main characters.
Actually, that usually won't be a gold farmer that ninja's the loot. It would make no sense for a farmer to join a 1-2hr instance to ninja an item that will need to be DE'ed into a 7g shard. It makes much more sense to keep farming the same area over and over.
Besides, everyone in the game is a gold farmer. The entire point of the game is greed & obtaining items. Every player is a farmer - the only difference is that some get paid to farm, and some pay for the ability to farm.
No battle has been lost yet! (Unfortunately) Some comments have been made but there has been no decision, even in the slightest. Indeed, they haven't even decided whether or not the suit can continue.
Geez, it's a repost, and it's not even correct!
The proper name to use is "Leonardo", or "Leonardo Da Vinci", not "Da Vinci". That's like referring to someone as "of Dallas".
Although this practice is common in many, many, other U.S. corporations (and is by no means a good practice), this gets posted in Slashdot only because it is more fuel for the "MS=Evil Empire" fire. And in typical fashion, the Slashdot fanboys run to jump on the bandwagon. Lame.
You could try, if you want to be laughed out of the store.
Ok, there is lots of bitching and moaning, but nothing will happen unless we let Palm know how bad of an idea this is. Any ideas who to contact? ...And why is everyone talking about the $20 covering retail materials & packaging? I've never seen a Palm OS upgrade through retail - they've just been internet downloads.
Here's my prediction (if the movie comes out)
1. Tons of people will see it immediately.
2. Tons of people will bitch about how it sucked and was nowhere near as good as the earlier episodes.
3. 2 years later, after seeing the movie a few times, the same people will say that the movie is brilliant.
4. A year after that, when the sequel is released, tons of people will say that the first movie was better.
Any ideas regarding what the best file format is? For many of us that read ebooks, ascii is the preferred format, as it can be formatted for any situation (can be read on pc, formatted to a Palm, etc...), and stands the best chance of being a valid format in the future.
For me, the big holdup in ebooks is the format. I wouldn't buy a hardcover book that would be unreadable in 4 years, so why would I accept that in an ebook? I'll just stick to the Gutenberg Project, rather than support limited formats.
About a month ago, Palm and Adobe agreed to create an app for reading pdfs on Palms. Personally, I think pdfs are just bloated web pages that can't be manipulated. Given the premium that memory holds on the Palm, it will be interesting to see how this is accomplished.
As far as this King story goes, a Palm version is available at peanutpress.com for the PeanutReader.