It's not "war". It's about non-violent totalitarianism, plain and simple. That's what the EU has always been about, and what it will always be about. It's about Germany and France controlling the rest of Europe, without having to resort to destructive wars like in the past. And for the most part, they've succeeded. Germany and France now dictate economic policy for countries like Greece, they dictate social policy, and now they dictate technological policies.
So instead of people asking "What can this do for me right now?" they should consider "What can this do for everyone in the future thanks to legal precedent?"
Sorry, lawperson, that sounds a little atypical of people these days...
At least Sony tried it. Then someone hacked it and opened up the platform to pirated games [...]
Not really, George Hotz showed a great potential for getting by the hypervisor, but it does require hardware modification and in his case an FPGA. Ripping the blu-rays will still have to be worked out, then either burning them or devouring the hard drive with the images, and even having complete access to the memory does not guarantee free execution of code.
That's an advertisement? Seems more like documentation.
Like many websites I bet Sony has support pages up for old products like VHS camcorders. Should I go cry to my lawyer that I can't buy those products anymore?
If they forced you to reduce their functionality to continue recording video, then maybe.
Seems like a dick move, but I already found a way around it before I even bought a PS3 slim; I have a real computer connected to my television.
I don't exploit distributed computing in any way, however, but the previous "Other OS" still gimped the potential of a PS3 for it. It was just inexpensive and on Sony's tab because they're not selling a computer, they'll selling a gaming system and the fact is they have some price competition to deal with. They subsidize with the expectations people will buy games, lots of games, and lots of people do.
No love lost here for me, and besides... this will only force the hand of the homebrew community. Sony turned a challenge into a tournament and now they'll have to face that. In the next couple years we'll really see how sturdy the PS3 is.
If you do any real exercise then you need a pretty high proportion of your total calorie intake in complex carbs . It's worth distinguishing between simple carbs and complex carbs, You don't really need much sugar in your diet, but you need a reasonable amount of complex carbs.
If you're a total couch potato you're going to have health issues whatever kind of diet you take.
Though I agree, I ask of you to suggest some numbers, some reasonable proportions rather than "much" and "reasonable".
It's not only high-fat thats the problem, but also high-carb. I never really crave for food food food. Food? Fooooooooood. You're hungry? Aren't you? Want something to eat? The kitchen's only right around the corner, you could go heat up a nice, convenient pizza in your toaster over.
*nods* I agree with you completely. We must... uh... self control and eat pizza.
If you consider what the most fast and junk food are: pizzas, hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, sandwiches, kebab rolls, baguettes, kfc's fried chicken, pan pizzas, nuggets and so on.. like this illustrative image shows.
Let's not forget that nVidia sued, then purchased at a discount, then killed 3Dfx, the first company to create a fully Open Source stack for 3D hardware. You can still find their "Glide" stack, there's a Debian package for it, but the hardware isn't produced any longer.
I got a VooDoo5 5500 like, 4 months before nVidia bought them. I thought, "this can't be so bad! I'm sure they'll pick up on the development and make XP drivers since it's coming out". Of course, they didn't, but the third-party drivers worked fine. It's just shit because the motherfucker cost 200 dollars.
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It's not "war". It's about non-violent totalitarianism, plain and simple. That's what the EU has always been about, and what it will always be about. It's about Germany and France controlling the rest of Europe, without having to resort to destructive wars like in the past. And for the most part, they've succeeded. Germany and France now dictate economic policy for countries like Greece, they dictate social policy, and now they dictate technological policies.
Sounds like a war to me.
You heard the man, time for WAR! Blood for the blood-god. Tear out their eyes and rip their throats as open as the GNU
It has begun.
Oh, we're all a little gay. Isn't that right, Matt and Trey?
Oh. Okay! I guess that makes sense. We'll call it Bitchiness instead.
This is terribly exciting and I'm not even sure why...
So instead of people asking "What can this do for me right now?" they should consider "What can this do for everyone in the future thanks to legal precedent?"
Sorry, lawperson, that sounds a little atypical of people these days...
Besides, how long is it until Sony decide to remove media client because of security?
More likely it will be due to Big Media paying them to.
Please, installing the other os isn't half the value of the console. Games, bluray movies, web browsing, media client, etc.
I can do that too: Games, Blu-Ray, web browsing, media client, then all the stuff that the console does without Linux installed.
This is SONY, folks.
This is a console, folks. If you want a computer, buy a computer.
Thank you for adding that informative piece of information to this discussion.
At least Sony tried it. Then someone hacked it and opened up the platform to pirated games [...]
Not really, George Hotz showed a great potential for getting by the hypervisor, but it does require hardware modification and in his case an FPGA. Ripping the blu-rays will still have to be worked out, then either burning them or devouring the hard drive with the images, and even having complete access to the memory does not guarantee free execution of code.
No, that was George Hotz.
Not that it was much of a hack to start with...
It's a jerk move, sure, and maybe even class-actionable, but it's not extortion.
Yeah, like giving people the choice "Your money or your life (and your money)."
[...] i didnt give up 10 GB of precious HDD space for nothing.
I didn't either, that's why I still have it.
Too bad I have a slim, I won't get a voucher. *sadness*
That's an advertisement? Seems more like documentation.
Like many websites I bet Sony has support pages up for old products like VHS camcorders. Should I go cry to my lawyer that I can't buy those products anymore?
If they forced you to reduce their functionality to continue recording video, then maybe.
They took down most of the options on their 'Contact Us' page. You can't e-mail, or anything.
They didn't want to confuse you into believing that you might actually get anywhere.
Seems like a dick move, but I already found a way around it before I even bought a PS3 slim; I have a real computer connected to my television.
I don't exploit distributed computing in any way, however, but the previous "Other OS" still gimped the potential of a PS3 for it. It was just inexpensive and on Sony's tab because they're not selling a computer, they'll selling a gaming system and the fact is they have some price competition to deal with. They subsidize with the expectations people will buy games, lots of games, and lots of people do.
No love lost here for me, and besides... this will only force the hand of the homebrew community. Sony turned a challenge into a tournament and now they'll have to face that. In the next couple years we'll really see how sturdy the PS3 is.
Next will be /b/!
So maybe they took out the "Other OS" to finally test the hackers.
This is /.
The only place with less "socially acceptable" people is /b/.
And on /b/ it would be ./
If you do any real exercise then you need a pretty high proportion of your total calorie intake in complex carbs . It's worth distinguishing between simple carbs and complex carbs, You don't really need much sugar in your diet, but you need a reasonable amount of complex carbs.
If you're a total couch potato you're going to have health issues whatever kind of diet you take.
Though I agree, I ask of you to suggest some numbers, some reasonable proportions rather than "much" and "reasonable".
It's not only high-fat thats the problem, but also high-carb. I never really crave for food food food. Food? Fooooooooood. You're hungry? Aren't you? Want something to eat? The kitchen's only right around the corner, you could go heat up a nice, convenient pizza in your toaster over.
*nods* I agree with you completely. We must... uh... self control and eat pizza.
If you consider what the most fast and junk food are:
pizzas, hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, sandwiches, kebab rolls, baguettes, kfc's fried chicken, pan pizzas, nuggets and so on.. like this illustrative image shows.
That picture strangely makes me very hungry...
Let's not forget that nVidia sued, then purchased at a discount, then killed 3Dfx, the first company to create a fully Open Source stack for 3D hardware. You can still find their "Glide" stack, there's a Debian package for it, but the hardware isn't produced any longer.
I got a VooDoo5 5500 like, 4 months before nVidia bought them. I thought, "this can't be so bad! I'm sure they'll pick up on the development and make XP drivers since it's coming out". Of course, they didn't, but the third-party drivers worked fine. It's just shit because the motherfucker cost 200 dollars.
Damn, beat me to it.
I don't see a problem here; proprietary software is for proprietary minds.