Accurately remembering hte past is not he same as living it. Google has NOWHERE NEAR the influence Microsoft had at the height of its power, and there is VAST choice in the marketplace now. I dont think you understand the minor dark age of computing MS introduced, all the way back to Bill G formalizing the license in the asshole ways that he did.
The MOBILE fanboys, i stopped calling it a phone quite some time ago. Smartphones are more computer then phone now. Ive been using the term 'pocket computer', as that is what it really is.
Becasue i PAID FOR LINUX on PS3, THATS WHY. It was MINE, not theirs to decide and in any sane system of government they would not have been allowed to do it.
They are NOT forbidden to ask. What is forbidden is using the answer to deny employment. Its fairly distinct. Its not simply "they asked me how old i was so they are automatically guilty of something." If it can be proven you were denied the job for protected reasons, THEN it is an issue.
Ive seen the Best Buy vending machines. The prices at the location I was at (L.A. Union Station) were right in line with retail best buy pricing. WHat I wanted to know is who is buying $200 headphones from a vending machine in a train station.
Microcenter is just as bad. They have this new thing now where their floor people's sales are tracked via this little stickers they put on stuff you buy. Sounds innocent right? I cant tell you how annoying it is for a pimply faced kid who jsut got done not finding what you were asking for and then seeing something else unrelated in your hand that he had no help with and ask "Can I put my sticker on that?"
The point is, hardware is so cheap now, they are going ot put it in EVERYTHING. I really hate that this can be patented. Its an OBVIOUS benefit of having sensored floors. The rest is data collection and analysis, nothing truly new or novel. I really hate that all the myriad shit that we all envisioned when we were kids is now being patented because its cost viable now. Most that dwell on this site saw the great hardware deluge coming decades ago.
Im quite sure the kinect has a backdoor system built in. The Xbox can download files even while appearing off. im sure the kinect camera (not the IR field generator) can be turned on without the user knowing.
it was DLNA that caused the barf. Trying to watch a file on Xbox 360 through the standard video player app(not MCE). It played for about 2 minutes and then complained that that the Xbox couldnt play that format. The box works flawlessly over SMB, CIFs, AFP, iSCSI, but the DLNA 'standard' itself is what is broken.
It has nothing to do with bias and everything ot do with reliability. Consumer desktop OS's are a real pain in the ass to 'consolize'. Desktop OSs also require alot of user intervention or alot of background administration to keep up with updates, patches etc.
i have had a PC in my living room since 2000, hooked up to a 32" Sony Trinitron and beyond. i currently run a Win 7 MCE machine at my in laws for recording TV i dont get, but other wise i have no need for a PC just to serve up video streams. I just want a NAS server with dumb endpoints all running homogenous data types. The best way to get great results is to realize that you dont need the full functionality of a PC for this. Pick a video format stick with it, re-encode if needed (i can re-encode a DVD in 30 mins or less on a core i5 for HD output, 10 mins for mobile versions. yes i know this takes a PC, but in a workstation capacity) I just dont like relying on a consumer OS to serve up my media reliably. Give me appliances for this low level shit, keep your workstations for doing work.
Even with the best of tools and setups, pure streaming is not always an option. My synology NAS barfs on.mp4s sometimes. Flat out, dont use DLNA, it sucks, it has always sucked, it will always suck. Streaming is great, but it still not a universal thing that always works unless you very tightly control the media you feed into the system. You got things like the netatalk devs playing games, Apple messing around, its still complicated. LOVE my synology NAS, but DLNA sucks donkey dick. Im typing this as im waiting for handbrake to finish another pass trying to find the optimal format/size for xbox, android (nook color, hrdwre lmtd) and iOS.
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The fundamental problem is that you have this stupid idea that without campaign funding at this level, there would be no politicians.....
Accurately remembering hte past is not he same as living it. Google has NOWHERE NEAR the influence Microsoft had at the height of its power, and there is VAST choice in the marketplace now. I dont think you understand the minor dark age of computing MS introduced, all the way back to Bill G formalizing the license in the asshole ways that he did.
I really hate when people trivialize Microsoft's horrible abusive monopoly practices.
I think this is Chromebook's biggest failing, price. People just do not want to spend laptop money on a thin-client laptop
The MOBILE fanboys, i stopped calling it a phone quite some time ago. Smartphones are more computer then phone now. Ive been using the term 'pocket computer', as that is what it really is.
Flat out, the memory card thing is solely so they could hit the $250 price point. Without it, they felt they would have to charge $300 for a PSVITA
Exactly, hardware differentiation is coming to a crushing end. Its all software from here on out.
Thanks for conceding the argument by attempting to trivialize our point. You lose.
Becasue i PAID FOR LINUX on PS3, THATS WHY. It was MINE, not theirs to decide and in any sane system of government they would not have been allowed to do it.
1080p content isnt worth the hoops Blu-Ray forces you through. On the whole its utter garbage and an insult to modern technology.
Pick up that can, citizen!
Yes, exactly. Asking the question merely opens up a possible legal attack vector, nothing more.
For the millionth time, after everyone realized it was a ToS violation they simply ASKED THE APPLICANT TO LOG IN THEMSELVES.
They are NOT forbidden to ask. What is forbidden is using the answer to deny employment. Its fairly distinct. Its not simply "they asked me how old i was so they are automatically guilty of something." If it can be proven you were denied the job for protected reasons, THEN it is an issue.
I fully realize what its for, and its a severe customer annoyance.
Ive seen the Best Buy vending machines. The prices at the location I was at (L.A. Union Station) were right in line with retail best buy pricing. WHat I wanted to know is who is buying $200 headphones from a vending machine in a train station.
Microcenter is just as bad. They have this new thing now where their floor people's sales are tracked via this little stickers they put on stuff you buy. Sounds innocent right? I cant tell you how annoying it is for a pimply faced kid who jsut got done not finding what you were asking for and then seeing something else unrelated in your hand that he had no help with and ask "Can I put my sticker on that?"
'back in the day' Circuit City had incredible service, with trained, commissioned salesmen.
The point is, hardware is so cheap now, they are going ot put it in EVERYTHING. I really hate that this can be patented. Its an OBVIOUS benefit of having sensored floors. The rest is data collection and analysis, nothing truly new or novel. I really hate that all the myriad shit that we all envisioned when we were kids is now being patented because its cost viable now. Most that dwell on this site saw the great hardware deluge coming decades ago.
Im quite sure the kinect has a backdoor system built in. The Xbox can download files even while appearing off. im sure the kinect camera (not the IR field generator) can be turned on without the user knowing.
it was DLNA that caused the barf. Trying to watch a file on Xbox 360 through the standard video player app(not MCE). It played for about 2 minutes and then complained that that the Xbox couldnt play that format. The box works flawlessly over SMB, CIFs, AFP, iSCSI, but the DLNA 'standard' itself is what is broken.
It has nothing to do with bias and everything ot do with reliability. Consumer desktop OS's are a real pain in the ass to 'consolize'. Desktop OSs also require alot of user intervention or alot of background administration to keep up with updates, patches etc.
i have had a PC in my living room since 2000, hooked up to a 32" Sony Trinitron and beyond. i currently run a Win 7 MCE machine at my in laws for recording TV i dont get, but other wise i have no need for a PC just to serve up video streams. I just want a NAS server with dumb endpoints all running homogenous data types. The best way to get great results is to realize that you dont need the full functionality of a PC for this. Pick a video format stick with it, re-encode if needed (i can re-encode a DVD in 30 mins or less on a core i5 for HD output, 10 mins for mobile versions. yes i know this takes a PC, but in a workstation capacity) I just dont like relying on a consumer OS to serve up my media reliably. Give me appliances for this low level shit, keep your workstations for doing work.
Requires a PC to run, not everyone wants that burden and in fact Ive been trying to pull the PC out of the equation for a very long time.
Even with the best of tools and setups, pure streaming is not always an option. My synology NAS barfs on .mp4s sometimes. Flat out, dont use DLNA, it sucks, it has always sucked, it will always suck. Streaming is great, but it still not a universal thing that always works unless you very tightly control the media you feed into the system. You got things like the netatalk devs playing games, Apple messing around, its still complicated. LOVE my synology NAS, but DLNA sucks donkey dick. Im typing this as im waiting for handbrake to finish another pass trying to find the optimal format/size for xbox, android (nook color, hrdwre lmtd) and iOS.