Licenses aside, I doubt Linux will be without the needed drivers to read/write unencrypted discs for any format. The Linux community doesn't shut down until manufacturers supply drivers.
Thanks for that, I didn't realise it was picking up so fast. I can remember the launch being a flop, but had no idea people were actually buying such an overpriced piece of hardware.
Well, I'm still going to be a stick-in-the-mud spoilsport, and flying in the face of refuting evidence predict that it was only hardcore gamers who needed their toys NOW dammit, regardless of price, and they won't be sustaining the top spot out of 360/Wii/PS3 for much longer.
You seem to forget how laws are created - with practically no oversight whatsoever. Do you think the politicians who vote these laws in actually read the things, or could even understand them if they did? Instead, hundreds of unaccountable staffers pore through these documents trying to fix them to benefit their lobbyists and whatever spin the PR department is after.
The problem with our legal system is that laws are rarely repealed, and laws are passed in totally unrelated bills, ie. the final bill is usually a result of both sides of parliament sneaking in dozens of caveats for their own purposes with no relation to the original bill. The real problem is our political system has no need or want for well engineered laws, only PR and lobbyist concerns. The two sides of politics have lost any real distinction and seem to shift their ideology from one poll to the next (PR angle) while keeping their pimps, err I mean lobbyists happy.
This all results in society getting its freedoms chopped down one bill at a time, with no recourse except expensive lawyers. This is all from my Aussie perspective, but I'm sure it's very similar across the Pacific.
That's probably their only hope, if they want to sell a console at desktop PC prices and win back their cult following. Alas, it'll never happen, they need those game sales more than ever and will continue to cripple access to eliminate the homebrew 'competition'.
The media circus at its best. They generate much more publicity by 'leaking' rumours then denying them than they ever would just issuing press releases.
I doubt we'll see anything like this. A typical price, ie. on 'sale' at Big W here w/free game is $987. That's around $847 USD. This is also the European model where they ripped out the hardware backwards compatibility.
Or I could get this one imported for $582 AUD but have no warranty. Both options are bad, but the fact I could almost get TWO from America at the same price makes the warranty issue not look so bad after all.
Sony doesn't stand a chance against the Xbox or Wii(which is still regularly sold out) in Australia any time soon. Even with the best damn games on the planet $1000 is a ludicrous price, next to $350ish Wii or $500ish 360. I could in fact get both consoles and some games for the same price... Bluray doesn't even enter into consideration.
Woah, hold of on the Great Wall there a bit. It was one of the few that definitely deserves its place. It is an awe inspiring, wonderous creation. It might not involve staggering technological feats but it sure needed an amazing sophistication to realise. The planning and organization of materials and men would have rivaled the pyramids. It might not have been a great military defense, but it helped create a stable and unified China which is of far more military and social value. It was and is a wonder.
I'm just glad the Sydney Opera House dropped out, it's a lovely building but I'd be embarrassed as an Aussie to have it held up as a wonder - oh and while it looks nice, the acoustics are terrible.
Would you prefer someone ignorant of the legal process, business procedures, political avenues and the telecoms industry? I don't see how seeking coaching from Clear Channel is a bad thing either, it's better than having no clue at all. All those things you said just point to sound hiring practices at the FCC.
Take a look at something like pot, it's often more widely available than other illicit drugs due to widespread disobedience of the laws, because enough people have little or no problem with it. I predict that even with these laws, Britain will stay adequately supplied with hardcore porn, and it will be fairly easy to get to because enough people won't have a problem with it.
They want to use Microsoft to convert file formats? The same company who can't even save/load their own proprietary formats in their tiny little locked-in world... I think these records are in serious danger of being lost forever.
3m in 12 hours would work out to around 0.0003 m/s-1, or a third of a millimetre a second. I don't think thats quite violent enough a movement to cause earthquakes, though it probably would help encourage or dampen an existing shift. Still, this is news to me too, I had a similar notion of only water being affected in any significant way. More info would be great GP!
"They treated 19 accident or rape victims for ten days, during which the patients were asked to describe their memories of the traumatic event that had happened 10 years earlier."
Well that's hardly scientific, perhaps it only helps the people involved in this mysterious decade old mass accident/rape.
We have the CIA lying to the FBI, convicted by the Supreme court yet pardoned by the President, who initiated a War of Terror.. err that is War on Terror which resulted in PATRIOT and homeland security (uber alles) acts partly to stop the CIA and FBI lying to each other and various other laws which eat into our digital freedoms, hence making it geeky.
Not too much of a stretch there.. ok I almost snapped.
The Queen is represented in our political structure by the Governor General. In theory he has the power to dissolve government, to deny any bill of parliament from becoming law and a bunch of other stuff. In practice he rubber stamps laws passed and does a bunch of PR and charity work. Ever noticed what happens to Governor Generals that actually try to use their authority?
While we're replying to sigs, I'd take someone broadminded any day over someone who only sees one side of an issue. I always thought liberal polices were about getting something worthwhile for your tax dollars, not something for nothing.
Anyway, enough political rant:p You said you see no reason to use Vista, and I suspect you can see many reasons not to use Vista. Fair enough you didn't want to soapbox, and I must warn you if you put your family onto Linux you can expect quite a few 'customer service' calls (not that they don't call on me to fix their windows problems anyway, but I digress..) so it's a double edged sword. Though you know the saying, if you love somebody, set them free. Or rather, if you buy a man a beer, he can drink. If you show a man how to get free beer, he can go on a bender for the rest of his life (or something like that). Tune in, turn on, drop support of locked in proprietary systems.. ok I'll stop now. Just put your dad onto Linux before the Vista beast consumes his soul.
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Licenses aside, I doubt Linux will be without the needed drivers to read/write unencrypted discs for any format. The Linux community doesn't shut down until manufacturers supply drivers.
Well, I'm still going to be a stick-in-the-mud spoilsport, and flying in the face of refuting evidence predict that it was only hardcore gamers who needed their toys NOW dammit, regardless of price, and they won't be sustaining the top spot out of 360/Wii/PS3 for much longer.
I'm simply amazed that you found the logical fallacy in my statement. Next time I try sarcasm on /., I'll add a smiley face just for you ok?
The problem with our legal system is that laws are rarely repealed, and laws are passed in totally unrelated bills, ie. the final bill is usually a result of both sides of parliament sneaking in dozens of caveats for their own purposes with no relation to the original bill. The real problem is our political system has no need or want for well engineered laws, only PR and lobbyist concerns. The two sides of politics have lost any real distinction and seem to shift their ideology from one poll to the next (PR angle) while keeping their pimps, err I mean lobbyists happy.
This all results in society getting its freedoms chopped down one bill at a time, with no recourse except expensive lawyers. This is all from my Aussie perspective, but I'm sure it's very similar across the Pacific.
That's probably their only hope, if they want to sell a console at desktop PC prices and win back their cult following. Alas, it'll never happen, they need those game sales more than ever and will continue to cripple access to eliminate the homebrew 'competition'.
The media circus at its best. They generate much more publicity by 'leaking' rumours then denying them than they ever would just issuing press releases.
Or I could get this one imported for $582 AUD but have no warranty. Both options are bad, but the fact I could almost get TWO from America at the same price makes the warranty issue not look so bad after all.
Sony doesn't stand a chance against the Xbox or Wii(which is still regularly sold out) in Australia any time soon. Even with the best damn games on the planet $1000 is a ludicrous price, next to $350ish Wii or $500ish 360. I could in fact get both consoles and some games for the same price... Bluray doesn't even enter into consideration.
Indeed. Bleeding hearts like to call Taser recipients 'victims', but I tell you, if they were innocent they wouldn't be tasered now, would they?
Also in the future, people won't use proper nouns anymore, they'll just use links entitled 'this'.
Actually, that's hardly an aside, it helps to validate the inclusion of the Taj Mahal.
I'm just glad the Sydney Opera House dropped out, it's a lovely building but I'd be embarrassed as an Aussie to have it held up as a wonder - oh and while it looks nice, the acoustics are terrible.
The WELL, USENET, BBS's...Though I think you're best off citing the first non hardcore nerd source, which probably makes your quote relevant.
Would you prefer someone ignorant of the legal process, business procedures, political avenues and the telecoms industry? I don't see how seeking coaching from Clear Channel is a bad thing either, it's better than having no clue at all. All those things you said just point to sound hiring practices at the FCC.
Oh, forget it..
think of the Xena fans!
Take a look at something like pot, it's often more widely available than other illicit drugs due to widespread disobedience of the laws, because enough people have little or no problem with it. I predict that even with these laws, Britain will stay adequately supplied with hardcore porn, and it will be fairly easy to get to because enough people won't have a problem with it.
They want to use Microsoft to convert file formats? The same company who can't even save/load their own proprietary formats in their tiny little locked-in world... I think these records are in serious danger of being lost forever.
If in defeating our enemies we become like our enemies, we have lost.
3m in 12 hours would work out to around 0.0003 m/s-1, or a third of a millimetre a second. I don't think thats quite violent enough a movement to cause earthquakes, though it probably would help encourage or dampen an existing shift. Still, this is news to me too, I had a similar notion of only water being affected in any significant way. More info would be great GP!
Well that's hardly scientific, perhaps it only helps the people involved in this mysterious decade old mass accident/rape.
Yeah, you're right. You'd need to adjust it for, say a 5 digit combo. Let's see, 12345, 00000, 99999 and 66666. That should do it.
Not an EMP, just a directional antenna would probably suffice to still tap your WiFi, esp. if you aim at a tiled roof or a ventilation duct etc.
We have the CIA lying to the FBI, convicted by the Supreme court yet pardoned by the President, who initiated a War of Terror.. err that is War on Terror which resulted in PATRIOT and homeland security (uber alles) acts partly to stop the CIA and FBI lying to each other and various other laws which eat into our digital freedoms, hence making it geeky.
Not too much of a stretch there.. ok I almost snapped.
The Queen is represented in our political structure by the Governor General. In theory he has the power to dissolve government, to deny any bill of parliament from becoming law and a bunch of other stuff. In practice he rubber stamps laws passed and does a bunch of PR and charity work. Ever noticed what happens to Governor Generals that actually try to use their authority?
Anyway, enough political rant :p You said you see no reason to use Vista, and I suspect you can see many reasons not to use Vista. Fair enough you didn't want to soapbox, and I must warn you if you put your family onto Linux you can expect quite a few 'customer service' calls (not that they don't call on me to fix their windows problems anyway, but I digress..) so it's a double edged sword. Though you know the saying, if you love somebody, set them free. Or rather, if you buy a man a beer, he can drink. If you show a man how to get free beer, he can go on a bender for the rest of his life (or something like that). Tune in, turn on, drop support of locked in proprietary systems.. ok I'll stop now. Just put your dad onto Linux before the Vista beast consumes his soul.