Also, the DLC in Dragon Age is a clever disguise for DRM. You make an account, attach the serial key to it and purchase the DLC. DLC can only be purchased once per serial key.
I am disgusted by statements like this. You really have to stand back and think about what Schmidt is saying here. Keep in mind that Schmidt is the CEO of one of the largest data hoarding companies in the world.
The decimation of privacy is almost embarrassing now.
250 years ago, an American citizen would fight and die for their own (and their fellow citizens) privacy and freedom. Now, if you read Schmidt's comment... it seems like you are guilty if you want to retain privacy. Extrapolate his comments to other fields:
-[Airline travelers] shouldn't worry about [taking their shoes off] unless they have something to hide. -[High school students] shouldn't worry about [getting searched for weapons] unless they have something to hide. -[Drivers] shouldn't worry about [DUI checkpoints] unless they have something to hide. -[Internet Users] shouldn't worry about [privacy] unless they have something to hide.
I am amazed how quick we are to forfeit our rights in fear of being considered guilty.
When I was a child, there were no metal detectors or pat downs when I entered school. Our children will grow up in a world where this is the norm, so the envelop will continue to be pushed.
No, that is not my point, sorry for being unclear.
</tin foil>
There exists a balance between limiting third party licensing (by price) and increasing their own sales such that margin is maximized. I speculate that that pricing point is somewhere north of where it is currently, which effectively raises prices throughout the industry.
Obviously, the motivation is profit. A stranglehold can maximize that quite effectively!
However, looking at the link that you provided, check the right-most link... Almost every "open source" entry there is "Used In" MAC OSX or Xcode. So, fine... they are open-source with their own platform, and only to an extent. You have to first buy something Apple before you can utilize their "open source", kind of a conundrum, don't you think?
My point is, open source material that funnels the developer to a SINGLE platform that costs them money is not much to brag about.
ARM is one of the better generic processors for embedded and small systems. Apple purchasing them may (read: will) limit the usage of ARM or price them out of the market.
As much as I appreciate what Apple is doing with mobile computing, a move like this (assuming they change the current state of ARM) is going to affect the industry (even markets that do not directly compete with Apple) in a non-positive way.
I hope this doesn't happen, but if it does, I hope they leave the current ISA/availability/pricing scheme alone and just use ARM resources to improve their own products, but that is unlike Apple.
You make a nice point, but I think you are stretching a bit.
Minimum wages in the USA are almost exclusively for unskilled labor. Programming is certainly a skilled labor (Yes, even for MS employees, people:p), so there is a glaring discrepancy there.
Also, I think you need to include other forms of income here as well. What does the ratio look like when you include benefits?
I think the difference here is, while you were doing this:
1) You made 0.52USD in a fraction of an hour 2) You could have quit and found another programming job, most likely within a drivable distance from where you live.
The netbooks will have no flash support either, only Silverlight is allowed on the Mobile IE Browser. You can play WMA files using Windows Media Player and buy new songs through the Windows Media Player Store.
I have a feeling that the browser of the future is going to look like the browser of the present, just without the IE logo. Third-party browsers like FF and Chrome are rapidly gaining market-share and, for the most part, provide a superior browsing experience.
Interestingly enough, there are actually people that would be willing to give up the privacy of their email if it makes the world safer.
You hear it all the time... "I am willing to take more time going through airport security, since it will make the skies safer." This, along with many other one-liners roll our forefathers over.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Ben Franklin
If you think about it, Google Chrome with AdThwart is the one of the greatest contradictions in computing. Only topped by the fact that MS Office is one of the best selling software titles for Mac.
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There should be a way to mod down for retardation, sorry folks!
This is what happens when a Ubuntu user does not find a software package in the integrated package manager.
Anyone try this out?
I have awful luck with XPDF, and the default reader. I will not touch Adobe on Linux...
If FoxIt is gaining ground on Windows, they should consider releasing it for Linux. Abode actually beat them to that (more important, IMO) punch.
Plus, it will hopefully be the first decent PDF reader for Linux.
Also, the DLC in Dragon Age is a clever disguise for DRM. You make an account, attach the serial key to it and purchase the DLC. DLC can only be purchased once per serial key.
This guy.
And:
Sabma = Samba
that = the
Therefore
me = more coffee
For those of you curious... The latest build of 10.04 still has not fixed the Network bug where you can not map Sabma network drives.
Such as pain in that ass as this did once work in 9.10.
WHOOSH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUIP_9fl1IM
Does anyone have any reliable information about the fate of Mr. Gray Powell? Did he get shit-canned?
I am disgusted by statements like this. You really have to stand back and think about what Schmidt is saying here. Keep in mind that Schmidt is the CEO of one of the largest data hoarding companies in the world.
The decimation of privacy is almost embarrassing now.
250 years ago, an American citizen would fight and die for their own (and their fellow citizens) privacy and freedom. Now, if you read Schmidt's comment... it seems like you are guilty if you want to retain privacy. Extrapolate his comments to other fields:
-[Airline travelers] shouldn't worry about [taking their shoes off] unless they have something to hide.
-[High school students] shouldn't worry about [getting searched for weapons] unless they have something to hide.
-[Drivers] shouldn't worry about [DUI checkpoints] unless they have something to hide.
-[Internet Users] shouldn't worry about [privacy] unless they have something to hide.
I am amazed how quick we are to forfeit our rights in fear of being considered guilty.
When I was a child, there were no metal detectors or pat downs when I entered school. Our children will grow up in a world where this is the norm, so the envelop will continue to be pushed.
Where will it end?
He was 21ish and 5'7" in 1997 and 6'1" and in his 40s now?
I understand the DNA links, but the other cases?
Do new games come with updates on them? I know they do on the XBOX360.
If so, the new list is:
-Hacked Firmware
-Offline Only
-No new games
Awesome.
But, my patient friend, how would you use it without one?
No, that is not my point, sorry for being unclear.
</tin foil>
There exists a balance between limiting third party licensing (by price) and increasing their own sales such that margin is maximized. I speculate that that pricing point is somewhere north of where it is currently, which effectively raises prices throughout the industry.
Obviously, the motivation is profit. A stranglehold can maximize that quite effectively!
You make a good point.
However, looking at the link that you provided, check the right-most link... Almost every "open source" entry there is "Used In" MAC OSX or Xcode. So, fine... they are open-source with their own platform, and only to an extent. You have to first buy something Apple before you can utilize their "open source", kind of a conundrum, don't you think?
My point is, open source material that funnels the developer to a SINGLE platform that costs them money is not much to brag about.
ARM is one of the better generic processors for embedded and small systems. Apple purchasing them may (read: will) limit the usage of ARM or price them out of the market.
As much as I appreciate what Apple is doing with mobile computing, a move like this (assuming they change the current state of ARM) is going to affect the industry (even markets that do not directly compete with Apple) in a non-positive way.
I hope this doesn't happen, but if it does, I hope they leave the current ISA/availability/pricing scheme alone and just use ARM resources to improve their own products, but that is unlike Apple.
You make a nice point, but I think you are stretching a bit.
:p), so there is a glaring discrepancy there.
Minimum wages in the USA are almost exclusively for unskilled labor. Programming is certainly a skilled labor (Yes, even for MS employees, people
Also, I think you need to include other forms of income here as well. What does the ratio look like when you include benefits?
I think the difference here is, while you were doing this:
1) You made 0.52USD in a fraction of an hour
2) You could have quit and found another programming job, most likely within a drivable distance from where you live.
I hope the reset button on the datacenter does not require a fine tip point to reach. :p
The netbooks will have no flash support either, only Silverlight is allowed on the Mobile IE Browser. You can play WMA files using Windows Media Player and buy new songs through the Windows Media Player Store.
Now, that is innovation.
I have a feeling that the browser of the future is going to look like the browser of the present, just without the IE logo. Third-party browsers like FF and Chrome are rapidly gaining market-share and, for the most part, provide a superior browsing experience.
Interestingly enough, there are actually people that would be willing to give up the privacy of their email if it makes the world safer.
You hear it all the time... "I am willing to take more time going through airport security, since it will make the skies safer." This, along with many other one-liners roll our forefathers over.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Ben Franklin
Unless you're afraid of getting caught with porn...
If that porn involves schoolgirls getting raped by tentacles, then yes, I would be afraid of getting caught.
I love slashdot for a lot of reasons. But, witty, coffee-snorting jokes like this really help make my mornings more tolerable. Thanks!
If you think about it, Google Chrome with AdThwart is the one of the greatest contradictions in computing. Only topped by the fact that MS Office is one of the best selling software titles for Mac.
Does that even happen in FF when you open a new tab? I know that happens every single time I paste a link in IE, but not FF.
I believe that this is exactly what Chrome does upon install.