"Pinch to Zoom" is a gesture. Why should it be possible to patent a hard-coded gesture? People have been writing gesture-based solutions for EVER. On a touch screen, all you have are gestures made up of touching and dragging. Does it make much sense to force users to use different gestures on different devices?
Uh.. fuck yeah? Also, bush had been in office for 9 months before 9/11 happened, and he hadn't done ANYTHING remotely violent at that point, or even by the point in his term that we are at in Obama's current term. All he did was hang out at the ranch and spout off "i'm a uniter not a divider". And he could have dragged out our role in Yugoslavia that Clinton gave him. So based on current performance, Obama could have yanked our troops from Iraq, and that would arguably be a more "peaceful" action.
So far, Obama is LESS peaceful than Bush with regard to violent actions over time served in office.
Sure, Obama will probably prove to be a far more peaceful president once he's been in office for more than a YEAR. But how on earth can you award a president for less than a year of hardly doing any work? He's got four to eight more years to either fuck up or not. Nobody can know what he'll do.
Shit I hate to godwin this, but how long did it take hitler to start rounding up jews? Was all that done before his tenth month in office was up?
What an awful comment to get a +5. It is substantially more than a remote. Your ps3 becomes a file server for your phone, so you can access the ps3 content from "anywhere in the world". That's not the most ground-breaking thing in the world, but it's kind of a big deal.
also note that venus fly traps only need the flies because their soil is deficient in nitrogen. they don't NEED to feed if they can get sufficient nitrogen from their soil. why can't the sarlac work that way? the answer: because the people criticizing this element in star wars have no imagination.
Same with asteroid worms. A worm sits in a hole in an asteroid that will in all probability never see another space ship other than the millennium falcon. Completely improbable. Now, enter imagination: perhaps the worm doesn't eat space ships, but the asteroid? Perhaps the worm was not trying to eat the ship, but attack it, because it was potentially a threat, or perhaps simply because it was perturbed by the ship (they did shoot the worm in the mouth)?
If you're a guild leader then you're probably so hardcore into the game that you're already hooked to the game and you're willing to fumble through horrible management UIs.
Game developers don't need to get your attention. They need to get the attention of a bunch of half-witted 12-year-olds and a bunch of 28-year-old guys' girlfriends in order to build up a big enough subscription base in order to earn the first 'M' in MMO.
I think you're making the mistake of assuming that what is right for a minority such as yourself is what will save a fledgeling MMO. I would bet good bones or clams that you're wrong.
Yes, yes, and I'm sure only a fool would think that no general purpose computer will ever be able to replace the mainframe either, right? I'm sure nobody will ever be able to read books on smart phone, browse the web on smart phones, or watch movies on them either, right? For every mobile task that exists, there must also exist a dedicated device right?
We haven't changed out business model per say. But expanded it.
The drastic (as I see it) change has been the way they "eliminated" late fees, with the catch being that your late fee was if you kept the dvd too long you got charged for it and could keep it. Then they changed that again and said that if you keep a disc you got from the store, it counts toward your X movies per month plan. Both of those policies kinda leave the customer between a rock and a hard place (IMHO). Look at how much the rental policy for netflix has changed over the same period of time (it really hasn't, with the exception of adding blu-ray and hd pricing).
We offer an online service to combat net flix.Not sure how its worse?
I said it was failing, not that it was worse. I read somewhere that it was failing. I could be mistaken though.
The only better thing between the two was that Blockbuster allowed me to take the mailers back into the store to get another movie while I waited for my next to be mailed to me.
The in-store crap can be nice, but it's HUGELY dependent on the quality of the BBs that surround you (the ones near me suck). Netflix's instant viewing (while kinda crappy sometimes, with DRM and performance on slower machines, and lack of native support on PS3) pushes netflix waaay into the lead (for me). You didn't mention that one!
Because it's hella easier, the quality is often better, and Netflix seems to treat its customers like they actually need/respect them. People have been jumping off the sinking blockbuster ship in droves for quite some time.
Why do you think BB keeps drastically changing their business model every year, and Netflix/Redbox have been sticking to their guns, with the exception of minor augmentations for the past several years?
Only people who don't know what computers are, and the few who are giving BB's failing online service a try are still clinging to that old model.
WOW that's a troll? Most of the stuff on bash.org is insanely contrived. Is the hunter2 conversation contrived? Yeah I'd say so... I think it's funny, but yeah it's pretty contrived. Not nearly half as contrived as most of the stuff on bash.org.
Are you really unable to grasp that there are both pros and cons to having content centrally stored, as well as pros and cons to hosting your own content?
Opera knows about facebook, youtube, etc. They are offering users the capability to host their OWN content easily. Did they say you'll want to do that in every scenario? Nope. They seem to have stated that there might be situations where you want to host your own content, rather than uploading it to some other location before somebody has the ability to download it.
They acknowledge that central servers for content are valid and necessary. They are simply providing users with an easy way to forgo that IF they want to.
I call them because my Internet connection is down. I verify my identity with them. "Do I have permission to access your account, sir?"
No, you don't. I expect you to investigate my connection problems without looking into my account. Furthermore, I do not grant you permission to access any other data on YOUR network either.
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"Pinch to Zoom" is a gesture. Why should it be possible to patent a hard-coded gesture? People have been writing gesture-based solutions for EVER. On a touch screen, all you have are gestures made up of touching and dragging. Does it make much sense to force users to use different gestures on different devices?
Alright mister, no more use of the word 'craptacular' for you today!
Uh.. fuck yeah? Also, bush had been in office for 9 months before 9/11 happened, and he hadn't done ANYTHING remotely violent at that point, or even by the point in his term that we are at in Obama's current term. All he did was hang out at the ranch and spout off "i'm a uniter not a divider". And he could have dragged out our role in Yugoslavia that Clinton gave him. So based on current performance, Obama could have yanked our troops from Iraq, and that would arguably be a more "peaceful" action.
So far, Obama is LESS peaceful than Bush with regard to violent actions over time served in office.
Sure, Obama will probably prove to be a far more peaceful president once he's been in office for more than a YEAR. But how on earth can you award a president for less than a year of hardly doing any work? He's got four to eight more years to either fuck up or not. Nobody can know what he'll do.
Shit I hate to godwin this, but how long did it take hitler to start rounding up jews? Was all that done before his tenth month in office was up?
they just sniggered and ordered me to leave
He's not going to win any friends with racist comments like that...
It all started when they divided the Earth up into hemispheres...
a project I am doing on a 18th century scholar
Hm... I'm not so sure I'd call you a scholar...
What an awful comment to get a +5. It is substantially more than a remote. Your ps3 becomes a file server for your phone, so you can access the ps3 content from "anywhere in the world". That's not the most ground-breaking thing in the world, but it's kind of a big deal.
Yeah because there is no way that this ruling could be used as a precedent in a libel case against a web host.
also note that venus fly traps only need the flies because their soil is deficient in nitrogen. they don't NEED to feed if they can get sufficient nitrogen from their soil. why can't the sarlac work that way? the answer: because the people criticizing this element in star wars have no imagination.
Same with asteroid worms. A worm sits in a hole in an asteroid that will in all probability never see another space ship other than the millennium falcon. Completely improbable. Now, enter imagination: perhaps the worm doesn't eat space ships, but the asteroid? Perhaps the worm was not trying to eat the ship, but attack it, because it was potentially a threat, or perhaps simply because it was perturbed by the ship (they did shoot the worm in the mouth)?
If you're a guild leader then you're probably so hardcore into the game that you're already hooked to the game and you're willing to fumble through horrible management UIs.
Game developers don't need to get your attention. They need to get the attention of a bunch of half-witted 12-year-olds and a bunch of 28-year-old guys' girlfriends in order to build up a big enough subscription base in order to earn the first 'M' in MMO.
I think you're making the mistake of assuming that what is right for a minority such as yourself is what will save a fledgeling MMO. I would bet good bones or clams that you're wrong.
What kind of world are we living in where a comment like this doesn't get modded 5 funny? Or at least -1 troll?
Quit it, it's ought. Ought means zero as well as naught, but to abbreviate a year, you would say ought, not naught. Gawd look what you made me write.
Yes, yes, and I'm sure only a fool would think that no general purpose computer will ever be able to replace the mainframe either, right? I'm sure nobody will ever be able to read books on smart phone, browse the web on smart phones, or watch movies on them either, right? For every mobile task that exists, there must also exist a dedicated device right?
... if it is complete.
How about we let them go to the damn library where they can get it already?
We haven't changed out business model per say. But expanded it.
The drastic (as I see it) change has been the way they "eliminated" late fees, with the catch being that your late fee was if you kept the dvd too long you got charged for it and could keep it. Then they changed that again and said that if you keep a disc you got from the store, it counts toward your X movies per month plan. Both of those policies kinda leave the customer between a rock and a hard place (IMHO). Look at how much the rental policy for netflix has changed over the same period of time (it really hasn't, with the exception of adding blu-ray and hd pricing).
We offer an online service to combat net flix.Not sure how its worse?
I said it was failing, not that it was worse. I read somewhere that it was failing. I could be mistaken though.
The only better thing between the two was that Blockbuster allowed me to take the mailers back into the store to get another movie while I waited for my next to be mailed to me.
The in-store crap can be nice, but it's HUGELY dependent on the quality of the BBs that surround you (the ones near me suck). Netflix's instant viewing (while kinda crappy sometimes, with DRM and performance on slower machines, and lack of native support on PS3) pushes netflix waaay into the lead (for me). You didn't mention that one!
Because it's hella easier, the quality is often better, and Netflix seems to treat its customers like they actually need/respect them. People have been jumping off the sinking blockbuster ship in droves for quite some time.
Why do you think BB keeps drastically changing their business model every year, and Netflix/Redbox have been sticking to their guns, with the exception of minor augmentations for the past several years?
Only people who don't know what computers are, and the few who are giving BB's failing online service a try are still clinging to that old model.
That's the way it looks to this consumer anyway!
I think that the purported "definitive evidence" of the lake's existence would be a step toward eventual "proof" that the body of water existed.
So I think "proof" would consist of the evidence, and some accompanying logical arguments that tie it all together.
Haha why the hell is this "interesting"??
WOW that's a troll? Most of the stuff on bash.org is insanely contrived. Is the hunter2 conversation contrived? Yeah I'd say so... I think it's funny, but yeah it's pretty contrived. Not nearly half as contrived as most of the stuff on bash.org.
Great... it's not working for me...
hunter2
Are you really unable to grasp that there are both pros and cons to having content centrally stored, as well as pros and cons to hosting your own content?
Opera knows about facebook, youtube, etc. They are offering users the capability to host their OWN content easily. Did they say you'll want to do that in every scenario? Nope. They seem to have stated that there might be situations where you want to host your own content, rather than uploading it to some other location before somebody has the ability to download it.
They acknowledge that central servers for content are valid and necessary. They are simply providing users with an easy way to forgo that IF they want to.
It's totally BOGUS that this got modded down. We should go back in time and get mod points so we can mod this up before it is posted!
They've got that privacy thing down!
I call them because my Internet connection is down. I verify my identity with them. "Do I have permission to access your account, sir?"
No, you don't. I expect you to investigate my connection problems without looking into my account. Furthermore, I do not grant you permission to access any other data on YOUR network either.
Thank you.