You may not have noticed, but Microsoft doesn't profit from making users happy. They profit by making users buy more Microsoft software. Did anyone really expect Microsoft to design this in a way that gave them a disadvantage?
We have a similar situation in the US Senate, where abuse of procedural rules effectively requires at least 60% approval for any legislation. The end result is not cooperation and compromise, but individual senators essentially holding vital legislation hostage to get stuff for their pet projects. Maybe it's because we only have two major parties and winner-take-all elections, maybe it's because we allow bills about many subjects, but it's a dysfunctional system.
Actually it's "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." -- Mark Twain
Actually you gain the privilege of becoming an administrator for the rest of your career. The only professors I knew who spent a decent amount of time doing real research were retired. The rest spent their time teaching, chasing grant money, and attending meetings. You really have to be a little crazy to go for an academic career these days.
A large portion of PHP's library is just a thin PHP wrapper around C libraries. If you just port PHP to an embedded platform, you won't get most of the library without a lot of extra work.
I'll usually kick the poop into the street, but this might not pass muster with the 'authorities'.
And it shouldn't. Aside from being disgusting for your neighbors, you're spreading whatever diseases and parasites your dog might have. It's really not hard to clean up after your dog.
As I understand it the paid certificates don't need a "web of trust" because verisign will verify your identity directly. The web of trust was just a way for them to save on administrative costs.
Everyone's already upgraded to shiny-new HDTVs and premium HD services
According to Nielsen, only one-third of US homes had HDTVs in February 09. Most people don't care about HD, they'll just get one when their current TV breaks.
The US has accumulated that much waste because it is illegal in the US to reprocess that waste into more uranium pellets. Other countries with active nuclear programs recycle their waste, drastically reducing the volume and half-life of the net waste output.
I suppose you think no one anywhere cares about anything, the future will be worse than the past, and our society is heading downhill at even ever-increasing speed.
If copyright law wasn't so badly bent and twisted, there would be few pirates.
No, there would still be many pirates. Piracy isn't some grand statement against the state of copyright law, it's just a bunch of people who want to be entertained for free.
imagine the prosecution telling the jury that the fingerprint/DNA test is 99.99% accurate, therefore he must be guilty
Those are different circumstances than what is discussed in TFA. The police don't round up 10,000 random people, give them all DNA tests, then charge the people that match with the crime.
Mapping for OSM is easy. Set your GPS to record your trail, and record street names and businesses as you drive/walk around. As long as the GPS and whatever device you use for street names have synchronized clocks, the work of matching them up and drawing the streets can be done later.
Maybe once people are used to getting something for free, legitimately or not, you can't get them to pay anything for it. Qualcomm might think $10 is a low price point, but it's still too much if the product represents no value to the customer.
I'd argue the same for hardcore games too, only the hits will be profitable. The difference is in the cost of production. Suppose you can make eight casual games with the person-hours it takes to make one hardcore game. Two things happen: you're more likely to get a hit casual game, and a failed hardcore game is far more expensive.
I don't know the exact numbers, but anyway you look at it casual games will be more profitable and less risky. I doubt market saturation will be a problem. Popular games have a short life span and usually low investment from players, so good, novel games will always rise to the top.
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You may not have noticed, but Microsoft doesn't profit from making users happy. They profit by making users buy more Microsoft software. Did anyone really expect Microsoft to design this in a way that gave them a disadvantage?
First it's just plain politeness and good business to avoid calling your customers fat, even if they are.
Second, it's not just fat people. A large linebacker would probably also have trouble fitting in one seat.
Leftover meaty sludge pressure washed off the bones after the real meat has been stripped away.
Stop, you're making me hungry.
We have a similar situation in the US Senate, where abuse of procedural rules effectively requires at least 60% approval for any legislation. The end result is not cooperation and compromise, but individual senators essentially holding vital legislation hostage to get stuff for their pet projects. Maybe it's because we only have two major parties and winner-take-all elections, maybe it's because we allow bills about many subjects, but it's a dysfunctional system.
Anyway, good luck with your empty seat plan!
Actually it's "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." -- Mark Twain
Sadly, reports of real sex have been greatly exaggerated.
I like how you assume that they will die to save us.
Get your degree, then stop showing up until they fire you. Free degree! Although this plan might backfire and land you in middle management.
Actually you gain the privilege of becoming an administrator for the rest of your career. The only professors I knew who spent a decent amount of time doing real research were retired. The rest spent their time teaching, chasing grant money, and attending meetings. You really have to be a little crazy to go for an academic career these days.
A large portion of PHP's library is just a thin PHP wrapper around C libraries. If you just port PHP to an embedded platform, you won't get most of the library without a lot of extra work.
I'll usually kick the poop into the street, but this might not pass muster with the 'authorities'.
And it shouldn't. Aside from being disgusting for your neighbors, you're spreading whatever diseases and parasites your dog might have. It's really not hard to clean up after your dog.
There have been hardware Java machines, why not a hardware Actionscript machine? It's just bytecode.
As I understand it the paid certificates don't need a "web of trust" because verisign will verify your identity directly. The web of trust was just a way for them to save on administrative costs.
Everyone's already upgraded to shiny-new HDTVs and premium HD services
According to Nielsen, only one-third of US homes had HDTVs in February 09. Most people don't care about HD, they'll just get one when their current TV breaks.
I don't think you'd want your waste to pool around your armour, either...
That's called passive deterrence.
Go talk to some older chemists about the days before strict lab safety. Days gone by were pretty exciting.
The US has accumulated that much waste because it is illegal in the US to reprocess that waste into more uranium pellets. Other countries with active nuclear programs recycle their waste, drastically reducing the volume and half-life of the net waste output.
I suppose you think no one anywhere cares about anything, the future will be worse than the past, and our society is heading downhill at even ever-increasing speed.
Yes. Now get off my lawn.
If copyright law wasn't so badly bent and twisted, there would be few pirates.
No, there would still be many pirates. Piracy isn't some grand statement against the state of copyright law, it's just a bunch of people who want to be entertained for free.
imagine the prosecution telling the jury that the fingerprint/DNA test is 99.99% accurate, therefore he must be guilty
Those are different circumstances than what is discussed in TFA. The police don't round up 10,000 random people, give them all DNA tests, then charge the people that match with the crime.
You forgot about buying legislation to make your competitors' activities illegal while mandating use of your product.
Mapping for OSM is easy. Set your GPS to record your trail, and record street names and businesses as you drive/walk around. As long as the GPS and whatever device you use for street names have synchronized clocks, the work of matching them up and drawing the streets can be done later.
I've seen every episode, and I still say the show sucked
Then why in the world did you watch every episode?
Maybe once people are used to getting something for free, legitimately or not, you can't get them to pay anything for it. Qualcomm might think $10 is a low price point, but it's still too much if the product represents no value to the customer.
I'd argue the same for hardcore games too, only the hits will be profitable. The difference is in the cost of production. Suppose you can make eight casual games with the person-hours it takes to make one hardcore game. Two things happen: you're more likely to get a hit casual game, and a failed hardcore game is far more expensive.
I don't know the exact numbers, but anyway you look at it casual games will be more profitable and less risky. I doubt market saturation will be a problem. Popular games have a short life span and usually low investment from players, so good, novel games will always rise to the top.