Yeah, but the operating system doesn't really matter that much when you don't have anything worthwhile to run on it! "Hey, now I can run Photoshop REALLY REALLY fast!"
Well, he does seem to have a point, whether it's the "right" thing to do or not. If there's no place in the license that says it's irrevocable (and, quite to the contrary, actually says that it is revocable), then they shouldn't assume that it is.
How he goes about saying it, though, is quite assholish, and I don't agree with the whole situation, but it seems that the contract does allow them to revoke the licensing.
Finally somone is making good on their promises when they say "Please don't trade this as abandonware, we're actually going to use it again..." If only other companies would get the hint. I'd love to have a compilation of all the old Sierra adventure games, for instance.
Stop downloads of it later this month? They may as well just leave it up, because by then there will be about a million different sites available to download it from. Especially now that the Slashdotters know about it, people will host it just to spite Microsoft.
Exactly. Also, being that they'll know perfectly both the PSX and the portable video player, they/the consumer won't have to worry about programs, drivers, incompatibilities, system requirements, etc. It'll make it nice and easy both for them and the consumer, and it would be really damn cool.
They could also make it so it interfaces with their upcoming PSX. In fact, they could build into the PSX the ability to rip DVDs, resize them, and compress them so they'll work on the portable. They could even include some DRM so you can't just transfer it to your comptuer and share it with everyone.
I think it actually occupies my closet - By looking in there and seeing all the various computers I've had since the early 80's, it already seems like I've got just about everything.
While the Final Fantasy series has excellent music, I find that other series use the music to set up the atmosphere a lot better. For instance, Parasite Eve had a GREAT soundtrack that set the mood incredibly well. A great soundtrack isn't just about having good, catchy music - the music in PE actually added a LOT to the overall experience of the game because it was used like it would be in a movie rather than just being something to listen to while you run through an area.
First, a question: What's up with all this "Ctrl C" and Ctrl V" copy/paste stuff? In almost all Linux programs, when I want to copy a block of text (or a graphic or whatever) I just highlight the original, then click both mouse buttons (or the middle button if I have a 3-button mouse) where I want to paste it. This is fast, easy, and takes little hand motion on my laptop keyboard. All this Ctrl key action slows me down. I don't know about the rest of the world, but I need to work quickly if I want to earn a living, and I don't see why Windows wants me to go through all those extra hand motions just to paste a URL into a story. Geh.
You do realize that in Windows you can highlight the text, then right click on it to bring up a menu with Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All, right?
Sounds like you need a cell phone antenna booster! It works! Really! We swear! Putting a flimsy piece of metal behind the battery will make your reception UNBELIEVABLE!
In your case, paying for two plans at once during a transition is viable, since it's a big part of your business. But the average person won't want to pay an extra $40-$80 when they change plans.
Yes, but if you're paying 3-8 dollars per month like he says, that ends up being $36-$96 per year, so it ends up being MORE expensive if you keep the same number for a long period of time.
I find the Proxomitron to be a far better pop-up blocker, and it's VERY useful for other things as well.
For instance, on the VBulletin forums I frequent, I've added a search box to the top of every page, a quick reply to the bottom of each thread, a sliding sidebar for a quick-jump to each forum, blocked the "edit" button for any post that's not mine, made it stand out more when people are quoting me, and a bunch of other little things.
It's really nice to be able to change any web page to suit my needs/wants.
Hell, you could even set it up so that when it runs across Goatse, it'll change it into a cute kitten. Now THAT's useful.
Not quite, but going to Windows Update relatively frequently and also actually listening to the people who say "DON'T OPEN E-MAIL ATTATCHMENTS" isn't exactly rocket science.
If every Joe Schmoe user did those two simple things, we'd have a LOT less problems to worry about.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
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Who's to blame?
How about the user who doesn't take time to figure out how to work the product they buy?
Ignorance shouldn't be an excuse. If you bought a car or house and didn't take the time to learn how to lock the doors, everyone would laugh at you when you got robbed. Why shouldn't it be the same way with computers? People should learn how to properly operate things before they use them.
I've learned that the answer to "Who the hell uses (insert old program here) anymore?" is always "FAR more people than you think..."
My website has had around 3800 unique visitors. 16 of them are STILL running at 640x480. 28 of them are STILL running in 8-bit color. Crazy.
Some people are just too lazy to update anything on their machines. I propose that the number one security problem on both lists be changed to "Lazy Users/Sysadmins who never update their systems."
I hope this thing isn't too sensitive - it would be quite annoying if a bumpy car ride or turbulence on an airplane would interrupt any hard drive activity...
It's marked on the back of the CD case that software will automatically install when you put the CD in the drive. It even tels you how to install it if it doesn't automatically install.
Although I'm sure you're just making a joke, I haven't seen many programs work together better than Word and IE. Word can run inside IE if you need a little text editing box on a page. IE can run inside word for HTML editing. Copying and pasting things from IE to Word keeps all formatting and tables and everything.
I wish all applications worked together as flawlessly as those two do.
It may make Windows more popular, too. I've come across a bunch of people who want to play Windows-only games, but don't want to go through the hassle of going into Windows whenever they want to play something. If all you had to do was instantly switch over, it wouldn't be a big deal and I'm sure a lot more people would do it.
Anyways, the only way I can see the ability to run Windows and Linux simultaneously actually making Linux significantly more popular is in the workplace where the admins want to switch everybody over to Linux, but there's that one critical app that only runs on Windows...
It's especially bad when trying to find hardware drivers. There's one site that comes up for just about any link there is, and it's a completely useless one.
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Yeah, but the operating system doesn't really matter that much when you don't have anything worthwhile to run on it! "Hey, now I can run Photoshop REALLY REALLY fast!"
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Well, he does seem to have a point, whether it's the "right" thing to do or not. If there's no place in the license that says it's irrevocable (and, quite to the contrary, actually says that it is revocable), then they shouldn't assume that it is.
How he goes about saying it, though, is quite assholish, and I don't agree with the whole situation, but it seems that the contract does allow them to revoke the licensing.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Finally somone is making good on their promises when they say "Please don't trade this as abandonware, we're actually going to use it again..." If only other companies would get the hint. I'd love to have a compilation of all the old Sierra adventure games, for instance.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Stop downloads of it later this month? They may as well just leave it up, because by then there will be about a million different sites available to download it from. Especially now that the Slashdotters know about it, people will host it just to spite Microsoft.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Exactly. Also, being that they'll know perfectly both the PSX and the portable video player, they/the consumer won't have to worry about programs, drivers, incompatibilities, system requirements, etc. It'll make it nice and easy both for them and the consumer, and it would be really damn cool.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
They could also make it so it interfaces with their upcoming PSX. In fact, they could build into the PSX the ability to rip DVDs, resize them, and compress them so they'll work on the portable. They could even include some DRM so you can't just transfer it to your comptuer and share it with everyone.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
I think it actually occupies my closet - By looking in there and seeing all the various computers I've had since the early 80's, it already seems like I've got just about everything.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It looks like you're trying to write a thank you letter.
Would you like...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
While the Final Fantasy series has excellent music, I find that other series use the music to set up the atmosphere a lot better. For instance, Parasite Eve had a GREAT soundtrack that set the mood incredibly well. A great soundtrack isn't just about having good, catchy music - the music in PE actually added a LOT to the overall experience of the game because it was used like it would be in a movie rather than just being something to listen to while you run through an area.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
First, a question: What's up with all this "Ctrl C" and Ctrl V" copy/paste stuff? In almost all Linux programs, when I want to copy a block of text (or a graphic or whatever) I just highlight the original, then click both mouse buttons (or the middle button if I have a 3-button mouse) where I want to paste it. This is fast, easy, and takes little hand motion on my laptop keyboard. All this Ctrl key action slows me down. I don't know about the rest of the world, but I need to work quickly if I want to earn a living, and I don't see why Windows wants me to go through all those extra hand motions just to paste a URL into a story. Geh.
You do realize that in Windows you can highlight the text, then right click on it to bring up a menu with Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All, right?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Sounds like you need a cell phone antenna booster! It works! Really! We swear! Putting a flimsy piece of metal behind the battery will make your reception UNBELIEVABLE!
-- Dr. Eldarion --
In your case, paying for two plans at once during a transition is viable, since it's a big part of your business. But the average person won't want to pay an extra $40-$80 when they change plans.
Yes, but if you're paying 3-8 dollars per month like he says, that ends up being $36-$96 per year, so it ends up being MORE expensive if you keep the same number for a long period of time.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
I find the Proxomitron to be a far better pop-up blocker, and it's VERY useful for other things as well.
For instance, on the VBulletin forums I frequent, I've added a search box to the top of every page, a quick reply to the bottom of each thread, a sliding sidebar for a quick-jump to each forum, blocked the "edit" button for any post that's not mine, made it stand out more when people are quoting me, and a bunch of other little things.
It's really nice to be able to change any web page to suit my needs/wants.
Hell, you could even set it up so that when it runs across Goatse, it'll change it into a cute kitten. Now THAT's useful.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
I don't really see where this is cause for alarm. For all we know it could be a counter.
Anyways, what's the worst that could happen? AT&T knows which web browsers people use and what resolution they're at? Oh no!
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Not quite, but going to Windows Update relatively frequently and also actually listening to the people who say "DON'T OPEN E-MAIL ATTATCHMENTS" isn't exactly rocket science.
If every Joe Schmoe user did those two simple things, we'd have a LOT less problems to worry about.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Who's to blame?
How about the user who doesn't take time to figure out how to work the product they buy?
Ignorance shouldn't be an excuse. If you bought a car or house and didn't take the time to learn how to lock the doors, everyone would laugh at you when you got robbed. Why shouldn't it be the same way with computers? People should learn how to properly operate things before they use them.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
But who the hell uses 8 any more?
I've learned that the answer to "Who the hell uses (insert old program here) anymore?" is always "FAR more people than you think..."
My website has had around 3800 unique visitors. 16 of them are STILL running at 640x480. 28 of them are STILL running in 8-bit color. Crazy.
Some people are just too lazy to update anything on their machines. I propose that the number one security problem on both lists be changed to "Lazy Users/Sysadmins who never update their systems."
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Yeah, but he'll be going to a minimum security white-collar RESORT. He should BE so lucky. He'll even get conjugal visits.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
I hope this thing isn't too sensitive - it would be quite annoying if a bumpy car ride or turbulence on an airplane would interrupt any hard drive activity...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's marked on the back of the CD case that software will automatically install when you put the CD in the drive. It even tels you how to install it if it doesn't automatically install.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Apparently this text is on the back of the CD:
THIS CD IS ENHANCED WITH MEDIAMAX SOFTWARE
Enhanced! Since when does taking functionality away from something mean you're enhancing it?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Who wants to make a little bet?
I have $10 on him being contacted by RIAA lawyers with DMCA references by the end of the day. Any takers?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Although I'm sure you're just making a joke, I haven't seen many programs work together better than Word and IE. Word can run inside IE if you need a little text editing box on a page. IE can run inside word for HTML editing. Copying and pasting things from IE to Word keeps all formatting and tables and everything.
I wish all applications worked together as flawlessly as those two do.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It may make Windows more popular, too. I've come across a bunch of people who want to play Windows-only games, but don't want to go through the hassle of going into Windows whenever they want to play something. If all you had to do was instantly switch over, it wouldn't be a big deal and I'm sure a lot more people would do it.
Anyways, the only way I can see the ability to run Windows and Linux simultaneously actually making Linux significantly more popular is in the workplace where the admins want to switch everybody over to Linux, but there's that one critical app that only runs on Windows...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's especially bad when trying to find hardware drivers. There's one site that comes up for just about any link there is, and it's a completely useless one.
-- Dr. Eldarion --