The licensed sets make more money, thats the reason they do it. Has nothing to do with IP in that sense.
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I picked up a small Mega Blok kit last night (Engineer Mount from World of Warcraft). It is definitely of slightly inferior quality to lego, but not as far as some would make out. If Legos didnt exist, i doubt i would be so nit-pickey.
Please go read about the early radiation testing blunders by real scientists. Guys sticking their heads in particle beams, working with barely sub-critical hemispheres by hand. They used to cause critical events for funsies.
And it is the choice of society to allow or deny behavior when selling to the public. It is a simple matter of telling Apple, 'if you want to continue to operate in this market, provide standard based connections, provide easy licensing for anyone that asks, or lose your ability to sell to the public.' There are a billion examples of us telling companies to change how they do things for the benefit of society.
As of right now, it is a base assumption that the ipad is better due to being common and well received. The RT tab is new with very little common-man buzz or any other social clues for people to work from. This is social comms 101.
That is you enslaving men even as they venture out into the stars. "Dont go too far bold adventurer, you owe us and we shall be paid, no matter how far afield you wander." Fuck you.
Why do you need a special app to take pictures? I dont understand the need to make it complicated. Take picture, use normal tools that dont demand your first born, publish.
Planetside 2 is amazing, until you go to upgrade anything and it all costs money, ridiculous amounts of money. Every little upgrade in the entire game has a paid option to it. I really enjoy the game, but im afraid im always going to be low-powered because i refuse to spend real money on a gun for EACH class and vehicle.
Planetside 2 is all we feared would come to pass, a great game shackled with a horrible 'pay for every little piece of functionality' mode. For the record, i have no problem buying TF2 gear because its tradeable, craftable, sellable and confers no true advantage.. Planetside offers none of that, its just a huge money sink.
I am of two minds about Instagram, much like twitter. Both have their place, but both are so overused that it makes it hard for the good uses of it to shine. I want to scold people for using it instead of doing the 'darkroom' work later on a real workstation but there is something to be said for living in the moment too.
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I also have the natural right to take their output, watch it, and give nothing back. Their business model sucks, you cant have it both ways.
They were themed, but Lego themed, not outside IP.
The licensed sets make more money, thats the reason they do it. Has nothing to do with IP in that sense.
I picked up a small Mega Blok kit last night (Engineer Mount from World of Warcraft). It is definitely of slightly inferior quality to lego, but not as far as some would make out. If Legos didnt exist, i doubt i would be so nit-pickey.
SMART is not a useful indicator of anything, dont rely on it.
SMART itself is mostly useless and we should ignore it completely.
It's "lighten up, Francis", do not misquote Sgt. Hulka
Please go read about the early radiation testing blunders by real scientists. Guys sticking their heads in particle beams, working with barely sub-critical hemispheres by hand. They used to cause critical events for funsies.
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And it is the choice of society to allow or deny behavior when selling to the public. It is a simple matter of telling Apple, 'if you want to continue to operate in this market, provide standard based connections, provide easy licensing for anyone that asks, or lose your ability to sell to the public.' There are a billion examples of us telling companies to change how they do things for the benefit of society.
As of right now, it is a base assumption that the ipad is better due to being common and well received. The RT tab is new with very little common-man buzz or any other social clues for people to work from. This is social comms 101.
They should not have that right, and its time we strip the ability to engage in that sort of conduct.
You should not have to ask permission to create interoperability.
Even my computer (Asus Z77 mini-itx) has a 2 Amp USB charger in it.
Thats not just any lady, thats Ladyada, Entrepreneur of the Year.
If by 'tablets disappear' you mean they will become so ubiquitous and cheap as to not even register as 'devices' anymore, then I agree.
Alot of people use ventrilo, a voice program that could easily be used anon.
Car crashes are, by and large, not accidents either. It is almost ALWAYS the result of someone being negligent.
And now you see at what cost that convenience comes.
That is you enslaving men even as they venture out into the stars. "Dont go too far bold adventurer, you owe us and we shall be paid, no matter how far afield you wander." Fuck you.
Because all laws are just and written with all of mankind in mind......
Why do you need a special app to take pictures? I dont understand the need to make it complicated. Take picture, use normal tools that dont demand your first born, publish.
Planetside 2 is amazing, until you go to upgrade anything and it all costs money, ridiculous amounts of money. Every little upgrade in the entire game has a paid option to it. I really enjoy the game, but im afraid im always going to be low-powered because i refuse to spend real money on a gun for EACH class and vehicle.
Planetside 2 is all we feared would come to pass, a great game shackled with a horrible 'pay for every little piece of functionality' mode. For the record, i have no problem buying TF2 gear because its tradeable, craftable, sellable and confers no true advantage.. Planetside offers none of that, its just a huge money sink.
I am of two minds about Instagram, much like twitter. Both have their place, but both are so overused that it makes it hard for the good uses of it to shine. I want to scold people for using it instead of doing the 'darkroom' work later on a real workstation but there is something to be said for living in the moment too.
I REALLY hope you dont think we should be mandated to install this in everyone's home...