If you don't think Excel is widely used for all sorts of meaningless crap across a wide array of corporate and non-corporate jobs you're being willfully ignorant.
The ads, or how bad Hulu is, is completely unrelated to the topic WaywardGeek was bringing up.
I assume they meant to ask, what happens with Netflix 2, when there is some new streaming service that's even BETTER than Netflix in every way. Will they also have to go through the same growing pains, eventually forking over cash to get access to the "full internet"?
A majority of the money goes to Valve on these, but a good chunk (25%? not certain) DOES go to the creator. Valve is the only company doing F2P correctly but that isn't to say they aren't making money hand over fist.
I am not sure if ACs like you exist solely to create a "whoosh" sound.
Between having to "out-car-analogy" each other, and just complete "not getting the joke" comments, I'd a bit amazed Slashdot is looked at as a place of intelligent discussion most days:(
Until this is addressed, we will find some way to look at our phones.
It's an awful situation but it really is just going to be a fact of life. We are NOT going to put away our phones until they are physically disabled from working while driving a vehicle. Pandora's Box is already open here.
Has it? I mean it was literal/hours/ when you made this post, after the announcement, and already you can state that the entire environment has drastically changed?
Can you please fill us in on the details, or is this just conjecture because "facebook sux"?
(I do not deny that facebook does indeed suck, but let's try to tamper down on these VR IS OVER!!! posts because of a sale)
I mean I get that it's an "important backer" (what percentage of $2.4M is $10k?) pulling out, but there really has been no discussion or public planning of Minecraft to the OR.
I don't like Facebook owning OR, but at the same time I don't like people treating notch like some god of indies. I guess it was unfair to ask why this was "news" worthy.
I should be asking: why does anyone care what notch thinks about a device he has no input on other than: "yo fuck facebook"?
*toot* You should get some award for this comment. I'm wondering if you're michelcolman posting as AC just to point out the fact that there are idiots who still think like this.
This is a bit of "no duh" but I think that completely depends on the angle of entry and how choppy the waters are, would be hard to say just how "smooth" a plane could land in the middle of an ocean.
You: have a phone on that is constantly pinging both cell and wifi towers/hotspots - all which help you be identified. You also probably travel around the same places every day, even further narrowing down where exactly you'll be at any given hour.
MH370: has had all of it's communications turned off, turned around, then flew in a pretty much unknown heading for 7+ HOURS, in a FREAKING PLANE.
So no, they cannot track down a plane over the middle of an ocean nobody watches because it's the middle of a god damned ocean and nobody watches it.
I've gone off the (assumption) that it's just a combination of money & effort.
It costs money to upgrade the black boxes, might cost money to change how we can "read' this information (if they are all some standard device that is) and even more money (and/or effort) to get all planes to use these new black boxes.
Every time a plane goes missing or down there is a huge outcry for better plane tracking technology. But then time goes on, planes aren't constantly being lost, and the amount of money it would take to upgrade everyone ends up looking like more effort than it's worth. Kind of a sad situation.
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If you don't think Excel is widely used for all sorts of meaningless crap across a wide array of corporate and non-corporate jobs you're being willfully ignorant.
So the EULAs before that state you only have a license to play/use the software - that still counts as "owning" it?
The game will be bad, or is being completely oversold.
I'm trying to think of a case where this level of PR blitz/buying people off has ever resulted in a truly "good" game.
Perhaps the issue is weak analogies are called such for a reason.
The ads, or how bad Hulu is, is completely unrelated to the topic WaywardGeek was bringing up.
I assume they meant to ask, what happens with Netflix 2, when there is some new streaming service that's even BETTER than Netflix in every way. Will they also have to go through the same growing pains, eventually forking over cash to get access to the "full internet"?
Blaming Steam for the program's fault due to circumstance?
Blaming Steam for outdated retail distribution of PC games?
Just to clarify Point b:
A majority of the money goes to Valve on these, but a good chunk (25%? not certain) DOES go to the creator. Valve is the only company doing F2P correctly but that isn't to say they aren't making money hand over fist.
If everyone sucks then it's ok, right?
I don't get where this line of defense is going.
Hello strawman!
I am not sure if ACs like you exist solely to create a "whoosh" sound.
Between having to "out-car-analogy" each other, and just complete "not getting the joke" comments, I'd a bit amazed Slashdot is looked at as a place of intelligent discussion most days :(
Until this is addressed, we will find some way to look at our phones.
It's an awful situation but it really is just going to be a fact of life. We are NOT going to put away our phones until they are physically disabled from working while driving a vehicle. Pandora's Box is already open here.
I'm glad someone corrected this story. The kid cheated, then lied to his mom, who then (unknowingly) lied to Microsoft.
Has it? /hours/ when you made this post, after the announcement, and already you can state that the entire environment has drastically changed?
I mean it was literal
Can you please fill us in on the details, or is this just conjecture because "facebook sux"?
(I do not deny that facebook does indeed suck, but let's try to tamper down on these VR IS OVER!!! posts because of a sale)
They don't release budgets for most video games.
I would also post uninformed baseless guesses as AC as well.
Remember your first hard drive?
Remember your first internet?
If you don't think we will be able to capture that much data in your lifetime then I hope you are really old, or really naive.
+5, Insightful, Utterly Clueless
We need more mod tools.
Whoa whoa whoa, the OR (a fancy monitor), can track what you're doing now?
Can my Dell monitor do this?
I mean I get that it's an "important backer" (what percentage of $2.4M is $10k?) pulling out, but there really has been no discussion or public planning of Minecraft to the OR.
I don't like Facebook owning OR, but at the same time I don't like people treating notch like some god of indies. I guess it was unfair to ask why this was "news" worthy.
I should be asking: why does anyone care what notch thinks about a device he has no input on other than: "yo fuck facebook"?
Is software development speak for: "literally no work has been done".
Why is this news worthy?
*toot*
You should get some award for this comment. I'm wondering if you're michelcolman posting as AC just to point out the fact that there are idiots who still think like this.
bad day champ?
What network are these channels on, I'd like to support the cause!
This is a bit of "no duh" but I think that completely depends on the angle of entry and how choppy the waters are, would be hard to say just how "smooth" a plane could land in the middle of an ocean.
You: have a phone on that is constantly pinging both cell and wifi towers/hotspots - all which help you be identified. You also probably travel around the same places every day, even further narrowing down where exactly you'll be at any given hour.
MH370: has had all of it's communications turned off, turned around, then flew in a pretty much unknown heading for 7+ HOURS, in a FREAKING PLANE.
So no, they cannot track down a plane over the middle of an ocean nobody watches because it's the middle of a god damned ocean and nobody watches it.
I've gone off the (assumption) that it's just a combination of money & effort.
It costs money to upgrade the black boxes, might cost money to change how we can "read' this information (if they are all some standard device that is) and even more money (and/or effort) to get all planes to use these new black boxes.
Every time a plane goes missing or down there is a huge outcry for better plane tracking technology. But then time goes on, planes aren't constantly being lost, and the amount of money it would take to upgrade everyone ends up looking like more effort than it's worth. Kind of a sad situation.