I agree with you about the definition about patent troll, I wanted to refer to the strategy of using the patents to hamper the innovation or squeeze some additional money from their competitors. About their image, most customers (sadly) don't care about the conditions and incidents at the factories, because it doesn't affect them; they want their device as cheap as possible, even if it means looking away from the company manufacturing practices. I hope more people would be concerned about this, but only a minority won't change anything.
Why does Apple need to do this so badly? I understand that U$ 5 for every Motorola/Samsung Android phone/tablet is a hefty sum of money, but this hurts their image. specially for their customers, as it *could* be interpreted as having a difficult competing with Android. I'm very disappointed that they are going the same way as other patent trolls:(
I agree, but using this as evidence is not enough. Anyone could have created that file. It could have been Anonymous, another hacker group and even Sony could have made it up! For me, the important part of the article is:
When asked if Sony had indentified the individuals behind the attack, Hirai answered with a flat, "No."
An article on gamespot http://www.gamespot.com/news/6312141.html says that the evidence they have is a file named "Anonymous" with the content "We are Legion". What a conclusive evidence.
I don't see why not. It would be so easy to program a game for lots of different browsers, as they all follow the same standards. Also, there is nothing like the performance of a hardcore game running in top of another software (that runs on top of a lot of other stuff plus the OS). Who needs those hard to program console SDKs, anyway?
That is because some game company want to turn games in something similar to Hollywood. They only care to make spetacular-looking games, but without paying TOO much attention to the history behind it. And they turn this games into blockbusters. Medal of Honor sells for U$ 59.99 and you can complete in just a few hours. Sure, if you are planning on playing it online everyday, it is worth it. But must people I know, don't do this.
And it gets worse when the game doesn't even have a multiplayer mode. Pay 60 bucks for some hours of entertainment? Sounds expensive.
Right but assuming you put an appropriate time limit on the test, they have their own test to worry about - they can't be copying their answers into an ipod using a scroll wheel and transmitting that to other students.
But that really depends on which type of device we are talking about. Some devices (like cellphones), will let you send files over bluetooth and usually have a search function, making them easier to use for this purpose.
Yes, for you this may be the case. I also prefer data integrity in most of the cases, but sometimes you need the faster filesystem, because the data is not that important (temporary files), like cache and other data that will quickly be erased.
So, like always, it depends on the needs of each environment.
VirtualBox is one of the best free (and open-source) virtualization app, but they already have Oracle VM that is based on Xen. That turns VirtualBox in another product wich fate we don't know...
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I agree with you about the definition about patent troll, I wanted to refer to the strategy of using the patents to hamper the innovation or squeeze some additional money from their competitors. About their image, most customers (sadly) don't care about the conditions and incidents at the factories, because it doesn't affect them; they want their device as cheap as possible, even if it means looking away from the company manufacturing practices. I hope more people would be concerned about this, but only a minority won't change anything.
Why does Apple need to do this so badly? I understand that U$ 5 for every Motorola/Samsung Android phone/tablet is a hefty sum of money, but this hurts their image. specially for their customers, as it *could* be interpreted as having a difficult competing with Android. I'm very disappointed that they are going the same way as other patent trolls :(
They are trying to make a new Steve Jobs? The one that comes back to save the day? WTF?
When asked if Sony had indentified the individuals behind the attack, Hirai answered with a flat, "No."
An article on gamespot http://www.gamespot.com/news/6312141.html says that the evidence they have is a file named "Anonymous" with the content "We are Legion". What a conclusive evidence.
Nowhere in the article does it say that Google is against software patents. I only see them pushing for patent reform.
You don't believe we can eradicate software patents in just one step, do you?
The DS Lite can get 15~19h between recharges in the lowest brightness setting.
I don't see why not. It would be so easy to program a game for lots of different browsers, as they all follow the same standards. Also, there is nothing like the performance of a hardcore game running in top of another software (that runs on top of a lot of other stuff plus the OS). Who needs those hard to program console SDKs, anyway?
imagine all those zombie cellphones... now the will actually be able to move.
How fast is the data access? Can I use them for RAID 10 in my new storage?
"Sorry, the Moon has not allowed us to display street view. Check again later."
That is because some game company want to turn games in something similar to Hollywood. They only care to make spetacular-looking games, but without paying TOO much attention to the history behind it. And they turn this games into blockbusters. Medal of Honor sells for U$ 59.99 and you can complete in just a few hours. Sure, if you are planning on playing it online everyday, it is worth it. But must people I know, don't do this. And it gets worse when the game doesn't even have a multiplayer mode. Pay 60 bucks for some hours of entertainment? Sounds expensive.
I didn't say "use it NOW". But instead of planning it only for micro/nano devices, maybe it could be used for bigger devices as well, in the future.
Why not create a battery that is composed of lots of these tiny batteries that could make a smartphone run for weeks???
Right but assuming you put an appropriate time limit on the test, they have their own test to worry about - they can't be copying their answers into an ipod using a scroll wheel and transmitting that to other students.
But that really depends on which type of device we are talking about. Some devices (like cellphones), will let you send files over bluetooth and usually have a search function, making them easier to use for this purpose.
Yes, for you this may be the case. I also prefer data integrity in most of the cases, but sometimes you need the faster filesystem, because the data is not that important (temporary files), like cache and other data that will quickly be erased. So, like always, it depends on the needs of each environment.
VirtualBox is one of the best free (and open-source) virtualization app, but they already have Oracle VM that is based on Xen. That turns VirtualBox in another product wich fate we don't know...