If you had used flash on a mac you'd probably change your tune. Adobe have almost abandoned apple when most of their apps started on mac os. I can understand apple saying "fuck off" to adobe after the bullshit they've pulled over recent years.
Yeh, when I worked for a media company we had journos in Afghanistan on Immarsat. Not cheap at all, but well worth it if the cost of using is outweighed by the money brought in. I don't see this being the case if you're a geek telecommuting on the open ocean.
Still a very stupid idea, until sat comms become portable to the masses, this is just a fleeting dream.
Indeed, the next photo down, had the GP bothered to look, shows the wings quite symmetrical, taking in to account that it's shot at an angle. The other is harder to compensate for.
Why are PSPs considered "bricked" when you can get a pandora's battery and "unbrick" them. Perspective has nothing to do with it, if the system is shut down and a user cannot reset it to defaults without the aid of specialist "tools", it's bricked.
A USB cable is a specialist tool when it comes to mobiles, most users have never, and probably will never, connected their phone to their computer. This concept is alien to most users.
You talk about perception, get off the high horse and look at things from a user perspective. Bricked is bricked, and there's no interpretation to it.
Funny you say that. I'm a hardcore gamer and have no interest in them.
Maybe it's the definition of hardcore gamer that's changed these days. I grew up gaming, still game all the time (at 30), play anything from TF2 through to Peggle... I think BioWare's ability to tell a story is the big thing, they don't focus on getting the mechanics squeaky clean, but they do get the gameplay and plot spot on.
I recently played through Mass Effect 2 and loved it. They are refining the play style while still having fresh ideas, which is almost unheard of in the gaming industry these days.
I can actually see a use for myself. I don't see what the big blow up is. I run my own personal dyndns domain, have the mail hosted on google... why should I have to log in to 4 accounts to check my personal email?
Having a hissyfit because features are being added that benefit others but not yourself just makes you look like a dickhead.
Thing is, before they made them, they didn't know it'd work. Probably not as much with Dragon Age, but definitely with Mass Effect. SWKOTOR wasn't a blockbuster, but you could see the direction BioWare was going.
Thing is, for me, "blockbuster" aimed games are the ones that interest me least. Gears of War, Halo, and others like them really haven't held my attention as much as SWKOTOR, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.
It's one thing I'm pissed off at a lot of environuts for, they have a short sighted view that is just black and white. We don't have any commercial reactors here in Australia, mainly because of the environut movements. If they wanted to do good they'd stop the crap and find out what's real and what's not.
I think CorporalKlinger needs to learn the first rule of owning tech devices - don't leave them unattended in a car. If you can't observe basic security of your own devices then you kind of deserve to have it stolen.
You might as well just leave it sitting on a park bench. Thieves exist, cops can't do much about it. If it was stolen from your home then I'd have sympathy for you. If you don't have theft insurance on your car that covers items in said car then you should consider getting it if you refuse to observe basic anti-theft protocols.
That said, you might want to pressure your governments to stop using excuses to not follow up on crime. How can an university's rent-a-cops have more power than state or federal authorities? The university is within the state/country, the police are the protection for citizens of said state/country.
I know we don't have the same problems here in Australia, crimes that happen on an university campus are covered by state/federal laws, therefore are to be investigated by state/federal police.
This is not true, iOS is very different under the hood than OS X. There may be similarities, but at the core they have nothing to do with each other. Kind of the opposite to Android & Linux (core is Linux, but that's where the similarities seem to end).
I think MS needs to drop this idea that Silverlight is the panacea for all things mobile. I'm not impressed with them using it with both Win 7 Phone or Win 7 Embeded. It's almost as bad as rumoured the Flash OS that does the rounds every few months. Why you would turn such a resource hog into a mobile platform I have no idea.
While I would love to have seen the Courier get off the ground, I know deep down that MS was never going to release something as cool as that. It's not in their best interest to beat out the iPad, but to create an OS that can compete with iOS. Although I have my doubts they can do this at such a late stage in the game.
Not so... WDTV Live (SMB, UPNP-AV, YouTube) has been around for a while and supports custom firmware. I have one, I can even play DVDs over USB DVD drive or SMB share (providing you have some sort of DeCSS tool running on the server/machine you're streaming from). To me, it looks like a bit of a waste if you just want to stream off your network. Other applications it may work well for, but I'll stick to my WDTV Live in the bedroom and my Beyonwiz DP-P1 in the lounge.
That's why I laugh at US citizens crying about PayPal. For PayPal to operate in Australia they have to adhere to Australian regulations, so I've never actually had any real problems with them. We have strong consumer protection laws (providing people are willing to use them) so screwing over customers isn't a huge option.
Maybe instead of crying foul in PayPal, cry foul on your consumer protection laws. Oh wait, you want small government. The prices you pay for your supposed freedoms.
It seems that it's not even fair use if you have express permission from the artist. My fiancée has had DMCA takedown notices from recording companies even after having express permission to use music on her blog from the artists themselves. The blog is a music blog reviewing bands, somehow using short clips of music attached to a positive review is seen as copyright infringement.
I don't see how this is not fair use. Then again, record companies seem to love to twist the DMCA to mean anything they want. This stupid act is a waste of time and money, it protects no one and persecutes people doing the right thing. I have no doubt that these laws were developed to remove power from artists and fans.
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If you had used flash on a mac you'd probably change your tune. Adobe have almost abandoned apple when most of their apps started on mac os. I can understand apple saying "fuck off" to adobe after the bullshit they've pulled over recent years.
Yeh, when I worked for a media company we had journos in Afghanistan on Immarsat. Not cheap at all, but well worth it if the cost of using is outweighed by the money brought in. I don't see this being the case if you're a geek telecommuting on the open ocean.
Still a very stupid idea, until sat comms become portable to the masses, this is just a fleeting dream.
I'd say a lot of instrumentation runs on Windows only.
Sad but true.
Indeed, the next photo down, had the GP bothered to look, shows the wings quite symmetrical, taking in to account that it's shot at an angle. The other is harder to compensate for.
Riddle me this:
Why are PSPs considered "bricked" when you can get a pandora's battery and "unbrick" them. Perspective has nothing to do with it, if the system is shut down and a user cannot reset it to defaults without the aid of specialist "tools", it's bricked.
A USB cable is a specialist tool when it comes to mobiles, most users have never, and probably will never, connected their phone to their computer. This concept is alien to most users.
You talk about perception, get off the high horse and look at things from a user perspective. Bricked is bricked, and there's no interpretation to it.
1. Sure, but you need a large expanse to crash into as per GPs post.
2. Sure, but it's an unmanned space craft. And needs to land in a great expanse.
You've ignored exactly what the GP said, and gone off on a self promotion journey. Your points are moot as your response is redundant.
I give you an F for effort and an F for content.
Funny you say that. I'm a hardcore gamer and have no interest in them.
Maybe it's the definition of hardcore gamer that's changed these days. I grew up gaming, still game all the time (at 30), play anything from TF2 through to Peggle... I think BioWare's ability to tell a story is the big thing, they don't focus on getting the mechanics squeaky clean, but they do get the gameplay and plot spot on.
I recently played through Mass Effect 2 and loved it. They are refining the play style while still having fresh ideas, which is almost unheard of in the gaming industry these days.
I can actually see a use for myself. I don't see what the big blow up is. I run my own personal dyndns domain, have the mail hosted on google... why should I have to log in to 4 accounts to check my personal email?
Having a hissyfit because features are being added that benefit others but not yourself just makes you look like a dickhead.
Thing is, before they made them, they didn't know it'd work. Probably not as much with Dragon Age, but definitely with Mass Effect. SWKOTOR wasn't a blockbuster, but you could see the direction BioWare was going.
Thing is, for me, "blockbuster" aimed games are the ones that interest me least. Gears of War, Halo, and others like them really haven't held my attention as much as SWKOTOR, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.
*dons tin foil hat* we'll meet on the docks at 0200 - make sure no one follows *takes tin foil hat off*
It's one thing I'm pissed off at a lot of environuts for, they have a short sighted view that is just black and white. We don't have any commercial reactors here in Australia, mainly because of the environut movements. If they wanted to do good they'd stop the crap and find out what's real and what's not.
It wouldn't work for someone like me.
My desk has so much clutter and junk on it that it just wouldn't be able to get an uninterrupted IR beam.
And no, I will not start cleaning up my desk... you sound like my fiancée.
No such thing as a "duck billed platypus"... there are Platypus though.
Nice strawman, how's the farm?
I think CorporalKlinger needs to learn the first rule of owning tech devices - don't leave them unattended in a car. If you can't observe basic security of your own devices then you kind of deserve to have it stolen.
You might as well just leave it sitting on a park bench. Thieves exist, cops can't do much about it. If it was stolen from your home then I'd have sympathy for you. If you don't have theft insurance on your car that covers items in said car then you should consider getting it if you refuse to observe basic anti-theft protocols.
That said, you might want to pressure your governments to stop using excuses to not follow up on crime. How can an university's rent-a-cops have more power than state or federal authorities? The university is within the state/country, the police are the protection for citizens of said state/country.
I know we don't have the same problems here in Australia, crimes that happen on an university campus are covered by state/federal laws, therefore are to be investigated by state/federal police.
Wooosh
This is not true, iOS is very different under the hood than OS X. There may be similarities, but at the core they have nothing to do with each other. Kind of the opposite to Android & Linux (core is Linux, but that's where the similarities seem to end).
I think MS needs to drop this idea that Silverlight is the panacea for all things mobile. I'm not impressed with them using it with both Win 7 Phone or Win 7 Embeded. It's almost as bad as rumoured the Flash OS that does the rounds every few months. Why you would turn such a resource hog into a mobile platform I have no idea.
While I would love to have seen the Courier get off the ground, I know deep down that MS was never going to release something as cool as that. It's not in their best interest to beat out the iPad, but to create an OS that can compete with iOS. Although I have my doubts they can do this at such a late stage in the game.
Not so... WDTV Live (SMB, UPNP-AV, YouTube) has been around for a while and supports custom firmware. I have one, I can even play DVDs over USB DVD drive or SMB share (providing you have some sort of DeCSS tool running on the server/machine you're streaming from). To me, it looks like a bit of a waste if you just want to stream off your network. Other applications it may work well for, but I'll stick to my WDTV Live in the bedroom and my Beyonwiz DP-P1 in the lounge.
Just be thankful it's not Michael "Baysplosion" Bay doing it!
That's why I laugh at US citizens crying about PayPal. For PayPal to operate in Australia they have to adhere to Australian regulations, so I've never actually had any real problems with them. We have strong consumer protection laws (providing people are willing to use them) so screwing over customers isn't a huge option.
Maybe instead of crying foul in PayPal, cry foul on your consumer protection laws. Oh wait, you want small government. The prices you pay for your supposed freedoms.
No idea what you just said dude.
Not only that, but it's a fail video. Trying to be funny but not.
It seems that it's not even fair use if you have express permission from the artist. My fiancée has had DMCA takedown notices from recording companies even after having express permission to use music on her blog from the artists themselves. The blog is a music blog reviewing bands, somehow using short clips of music attached to a positive review is seen as copyright infringement.
I don't see how this is not fair use. Then again, record companies seem to love to twist the DMCA to mean anything they want. This stupid act is a waste of time and money, it protects no one and persecutes people doing the right thing. I have no doubt that these laws were developed to remove power from artists and fans.
No, Facebook is intended to harvest as much information from you and your friends so Mark Zuckerberg can line his coats with Panda fur.
When I had a Facebook account I would have done it to everyone on my friends list. Even my fiancée... especially my fiancée.