You made me think of an interesting way to solve the "death penalty question" once and for all. Have the execution be a rotating responsibility, similar to jury duty. If we as a society deem it to be worthy we should have a shared responsibility to do it. If people don't have it in them to pull the lever, then perhaps it should be abolished. Conversely if we really feel strongly enough in the concept of the penalty then it should be no problem, since we agree that the person in the chair is deserving of the punishment.
Sometimes it takes a spade to call a spade. He is only hypocritical if he doesn't realize he is not in the mainstream either. I see no indication one way or the other on his part, so you are just jumping to conclusions.
It is also troubling how you think that their self isolation is admirable. I hope you do realize insulated societies have a pretty bad track record with personal freedom, which by choosing to live in this country they must abide by. The same is true if it was a state of Catholics, Gays/Lesbians, or Muslims. Diversity of many types is a staple of our society.
Yeah I laugh every time I read an article like this, you don't have to go as far as China to buy pirated shit, its everywhere in Mexico. There is really no point in enforcement because despite what they tell us, most countries couldn't give a shit if its happening
When the government sells the spectrum and makes money they should certainly use some of that money to assist people in upgrading. I mean when they brokered the deal they certainly budgeted for it.
Hell yeah, I mean they do have the the code for the combat version of Flight Sim, I just can't remember the name. Seriously though, I really miss flight/space sims. That is one of the best genres if you ask me. Freespace, xWing, Tie Fighter, F16, F18 oh hell yeah!
Have you ever heard of damages arising from negligence? Do you work for Monster or something? This seems like a pretty obvious breach of trust, especially since it has happened twice and they are not taking reasonable measures to secure this data- it is unencrypted for heaven's sake.
I agree with your interpretation, but I think they are dead wrong. A highly graphical flight sim isn't the same a solid word processor, it needs frequent update to satisfy the graphics junkies. Maybe they will figure that out, or maybe its just not worth it to them anymore. Who knows.
Wow man, you set a new level of trolling. Did you even read my post? I'll retype it- I hate this new move to glossy "slick" interface shit. Yes OS X did it first, AND I HATE IT. This is not a good thing, now Vista and KDE have followed them down this same stupid path- I blame Apple not MS for starting this stupid trend. I don't think it is asinine to suggest that Windows 7 is what Vista should have been (just like it took Apple 3 revisions to get OS X to match OS 9)Win7 it is a speedy as XP, the kernel is solid, and it just seems generally smoother than Vista or XP. But hey man since you just seem to want to take a complement as an insult so you can cry about how unfair Slashdot is then sure Windows 7 sucks. It always amazes me how people like you are sooooo convinced you are the victim that you have to read every comment through shit covered glasses.
Yeah I wasn't very clear about Flight Sim, I thought they would hang onto it just to keep people away from OSS like X-Plane. While the realistic flight sim is a small category, they owned it, and kept it tied to Windows. Many OS's can use X-Plane- though again it is certainly a niche. I do expect that MS will make sure Flight Sim works on any new Windows version for a long time.
Are you serious? Really? I must have missed the clause where they say that they are free to lose all my info at any time. And yes we are "paying" because they shove ads at us all the time, I'm pretty sure that is how the site is funded.
Seconded. I don't use one of their players any more, since I upgraded to an iPhone, but when I did I thought that they were solid. Were they better than the iPod? For us techies, quite likely. Though I do think they needed some work to mesh with the mass market. Still they deserve more coverage than they get, they are far better than the crap Sony and many others keep cranking out- and usually quite cheap.
Seriously this one cracked me up. Win 7 is fine, its a nice service pack for Vista, which brings it up to par with XP for usability, but to make it sound like it is some kind of messiah is misplaced. It is simply a massive bug fix- which will cost customers a big bundle of money. Instead of fixing Vista, MS decided to see if they can extract some more cash. Frankly I'm also getting sick of the glam interfaces, and as far as I can tell Win7/Vista are just a ripoff of something Apple has been doing for years. I wish they would both cut it out, good looks don't replace function. KDE is in the same boat as well.
While I do agree with the thrust of your argument; MS just cut Flight Sim. They have also killed things like Plays for Sure, MSN (ISP) for Mac, Windows Media for Mac, a various other apps, which certainly served the same purpose of keeping others "in check".
Not sure why this is marketed as troll, I think it is quite apparent that Apple has little interest in the Classic, it wont die because of the compacity, but it is little changed from the 5G iPod, and has recently been reduced to only one size config. If and when flash can be used as a replacement (pricewise) I fully expect the Nano to be the new "iPod".
The thing is, like you said Palm was a disaster, they leaned on their inertia and WinMo won. Funny enough by the time the battle was over, so was the market for PDA's and neither has seen significant penetration in the smartphone market when compared to the others. On the other hand Apple really hasn't dropped the ball in any significant way as far as consumers are concerned. I would venture to guess that while MS was smarter than Palm, Apple is smarter than MS in this marketspace.
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that most games are these days it seems inevitable. The last few years it seems the mentality has been to ship first patch later.
If I want access to their content I can pull out my card and buy it. I don't like paying for things I don't use like ESPN.
You made me think of an interesting way to solve the "death penalty question" once and for all. Have the execution be a rotating responsibility, similar to jury duty. If we as a society deem it to be worthy we should have a shared responsibility to do it. If people don't have it in them to pull the lever, then perhaps it should be abolished. Conversely if we really feel strongly enough in the concept of the penalty then it should be no problem, since we agree that the person in the chair is deserving of the punishment.
It is also troubling how you think that their self isolation is admirable. I hope you do realize insulated societies have a pretty bad track record with personal freedom, which by choosing to live in this country they must abide by. The same is true if it was a state of Catholics, Gays/Lesbians, or Muslims. Diversity of many types is a staple of our society.
People with time on their hands to protest are generally useless anyhow.
God I'm glad the founding fathers didn't hear you say that. I agree the argument you are making, but to blame protest is insane.
Yeah I laugh every time I read an article like this, you don't have to go as far as China to buy pirated shit, its everywhere in Mexico. There is really no point in enforcement because despite what they tell us, most countries couldn't give a shit if its happening
Well they keep talking about getting into the living room...
When the government sells the spectrum and makes money they should certainly use some of that money to assist people in upgrading. I mean when they brokered the deal they certainly budgeted for it.
Hell yeah, I mean they do have the the code for the combat version of Flight Sim, I just can't remember the name. Seriously though, I really miss flight/space sims. That is one of the best genres if you ask me. Freespace, xWing, Tie Fighter, F16, F18 oh hell yeah!
? Don't get it
Somehow I just don't think the 360 fanbase is well matched to Flight Sim, nor the input device. But hey it's MS so anything could happen.
Have you ever heard of damages arising from negligence? Do you work for Monster or something? This seems like a pretty obvious breach of trust, especially since it has happened twice and they are not taking reasonable measures to secure this data- it is unencrypted for heaven's sake.
I agree with your interpretation, but I think they are dead wrong. A highly graphical flight sim isn't the same a solid word processor, it needs frequent update to satisfy the graphics junkies. Maybe they will figure that out, or maybe its just not worth it to them anymore. Who knows.
Wow man, you set a new level of trolling. Did you even read my post? I'll retype it- I hate this new move to glossy "slick" interface shit. Yes OS X did it first, AND I HATE IT. This is not a good thing, now Vista and KDE have followed them down this same stupid path- I blame Apple not MS for starting this stupid trend. I don't think it is asinine to suggest that Windows 7 is what Vista should have been (just like it took Apple 3 revisions to get OS X to match OS 9)Win7 it is a speedy as XP, the kernel is solid, and it just seems generally smoother than Vista or XP. But hey man since you just seem to want to take a complement as an insult so you can cry about how unfair Slashdot is then sure Windows 7 sucks. It always amazes me how people like you are sooooo convinced you are the victim that you have to read every comment through shit covered glasses.
If you needed another reason to not buy from MS...
Jesus MS, you've had years to knockoff GarageBand and this the result. Wow, can't wait to see the updated iMovieMaker.
...must have gotten a pre-release version decades ago.
Seriously guys, I'm pretty sure I just saw the dad in a porn movie. He certainly acts like it.
Yeah I wasn't very clear about Flight Sim, I thought they would hang onto it just to keep people away from OSS like X-Plane. While the realistic flight sim is a small category, they owned it, and kept it tied to Windows. Many OS's can use X-Plane- though again it is certainly a niche. I do expect that MS will make sure Flight Sim works on any new Windows version for a long time.
Are you serious? Really? I must have missed the clause where they say that they are free to lose all my info at any time. And yes we are "paying" because they shove ads at us all the time, I'm pretty sure that is how the site is funded.
Seconded. I don't use one of their players any more, since I upgraded to an iPhone, but when I did I thought that they were solid. Were they better than the iPod? For us techies, quite likely. Though I do think they needed some work to mesh with the mass market. Still they deserve more coverage than they get, they are far better than the crap Sony and many others keep cranking out- and usually quite cheap.
Seriously this one cracked me up. Win 7 is fine, its a nice service pack for Vista, which brings it up to par with XP for usability, but to make it sound like it is some kind of messiah is misplaced. It is simply a massive bug fix- which will cost customers a big bundle of money. Instead of fixing Vista, MS decided to see if they can extract some more cash. Frankly I'm also getting sick of the glam interfaces, and as far as I can tell Win7/Vista are just a ripoff of something Apple has been doing for years. I wish they would both cut it out, good looks don't replace function. KDE is in the same boat as well.
While I do agree with the thrust of your argument; MS just cut Flight Sim. They have also killed things like Plays for Sure, MSN (ISP) for Mac, Windows Media for Mac, a various other apps, which certainly served the same purpose of keeping others "in check".
Not sure why this is marketed as troll, I think it is quite apparent that Apple has little interest in the Classic, it wont die because of the compacity, but it is little changed from the 5G iPod, and has recently been reduced to only one size config. If and when flash can be used as a replacement (pricewise) I fully expect the Nano to be the new "iPod".
The thing is, like you said Palm was a disaster, they leaned on their inertia and WinMo won. Funny enough by the time the battle was over, so was the market for PDA's and neither has seen significant penetration in the smartphone market when compared to the others. On the other hand Apple really hasn't dropped the ball in any significant way as far as consumers are concerned. I would venture to guess that while MS was smarter than Palm, Apple is smarter than MS in this marketspace.