Alternatively, could I purchase a house in one of these areas and not have a TV license for a valid reason? I haven't watched TV for some years now; If I had a TV, it would be for a media centre PC or games console. As it is, I just have a big PC monitor for DVDs etc:)
I didn't know such a thing existed, and it seems unintuitive to me for it to be that way. An attachment is separate to the body of the email, not a part of it. Besides, having to drag the file over the taskbar to open the window, then into the window itself was always a PITA as far as I'm concerned. I've pretty much always used dialog boxes to include files in a document of any kind. Maybe it's just me, but we are talking anecdotally here.
For what it's worth, I disagree; I can't see anyone that's making money from Flash games (e.g. Zynga) targetting a single browser, and most if not all of the Flash games I've played simply won't work on a smartphone. They might work on a tablet, but that's currently still a niche market (though one that is growing, I'll grant you).
I said a Chrome app (Angry Birds?) or ported to mobile devices. QED?
You must not get out much. I just checked BBC, CNN and they both use flash.
Maybe (s)he gets out plenty, and therefore doesn't use the BBC or CNN websites? Alternatively, I use a script blocker at home and have no problem with the BBC site as long as I don't use iPlayer.
I use Flash a lot, but by no means is it enabled by default.
I'm fairly certain that a team of lawyers could come up with some new terms for those which breached EU law which were ambiguous enough to not cause the same problems getting it through the ECJ, but have the same effect for the general public. "Lesser of Two Evils" is a political system for the US; I'm confident they can shoehorn enough weasel-words in.
Then they'll rename it the Protecting Efforts to Distribute Offerings to Stabilised Current eUroprean Markets Act.
with fire. This thing needs to be buried and forgotten so we can be just as outraged at "ACTA 2.0; Now with a name to make you look like a pedo if you vote against it!"
I don't mean the actual Flash games on Newgrounds etc will become apps for Chrome. I meant that web games will be developed as Chrome apps, or for mobile devices instead. Flash is dying because nobody will code for it anymore.
Frankly I'm amazed that I had to make that distinction; I guess my grammar isn't as good as I thought.
All the existing Flash animations and games on Weebl's Stuff, Homestar Runner, Kongregate, and Newgrounds are likely to keep SWF on life support for a very long time, be it through Adobe Flash Player or through Gnash.
You're kidding, right? The games will become apps for Chrome or your mobile device, and the animations are already on YouTube. Go check JoeCartoon's offerings for examples (X in a blender etc).
Once again, I'll state that despite having had an unlicensed version of Quake IV which ran perfectly fine, the convenience of not having to find the installation disk to play the game alone was justification for me to purchasing the game on Steam. That's one "pirate" turned customer purely because it was convenient, and the price was right. And the real kicker? I've not played it since buying it on Steam! It's a wasted sale!
Your flaw is to assume those "pirating" your software are "potential customers". They are not.
That's an incomplete assumption. Some of those who "pirate" the software are potential customers who won't pay $10,000 for the full product in order to use the two or three tools they actually want. These would maybe pay $50 for a basic version (home user), $200 for extended (mom and pop video editing, semi pro) etc. They may also be interested in paying only for certain features as modules instead of certain package types.
Making paying customers out of pirates is about offering a better service. If I can pay for what I want and have it conveniently offered to me, I more than likely will. I won't, however, pay $X,000 for a funky filter effect as (was?) is the way with Photoshop. Then again, Adobe have already said that those using unlicensed copies of Photoshop just lead to companies using PS as the standard because everyone was familiar with it. Guess that could work too.
No, you paid for software which does these very reasonable online checks in a very stupid way. Once every 30 days is plenty for an app like this, with no online functionality. Offer an offline authentication too, a challenge-response like Windows Activation.
Your issues with this one piece of software do not reflect my own anecdotal experiences. Then again, I don't buy software with shitty DRM schemes; They get left by the wayside and forgotten while my money goes to a competitor.
As I said in a different post on a different subject, it depends on the price. I've used pirated software before I earned my own money, but now I have a modest expendable income I can afford to pay for convenience. If I want to use one feature of this product and my options are $10,000 or piracy, then I'm kind of limited to the latter. If my options are $10,000, piracy (and the risks that entails) or $150 for product + $50 bolt-on functionality, then it looks a lot more likely that I will buy it.
It's not about DRM restriction, it's about convenience and value. I know I can pirate any new game within days of release, but I still buy them on Steam / D2D / GOG etc because it's convenient and good value for money. DRM doesn't come into it.
Is there potential for offering a basic product for a nominal amount, and selling modules which improve functionality to those willing to pay?
I certainly wouldn't pay the many thousands of dollars for Photoshop, but I might pay the hundred or so for the functionality I actually needed. Bolt-ons seem to make sense when appealing to many different markets.
The fault lies entirely with the original owner for not wiping the hard drive before returning the equipment. NewEgg is ot in the data wiping business.
This. Not really on topic (Erase the disk and move on), but I have one policy with drives: If it had confidential data on, it gets destroyed.
I would be irritated at the prospect of receiving a new drive with data on it, but with refurbs I would expect it. Saying that, who doesn't slot the drive into a chassis and wipe it before anything else? I've always zero'd drives which I buy before using them; It proves the drive is without fault. If the wipe hangs or fails, it gets returned.
There are licensing complications with Hiren's CD. A lot of the "Shareware" requires a license to use in a commercial environment, and mini Windows XP isn't licensed at all.
I agree that it is a very useful tool to have, but DBAN is F/OSS. Can't get fined for using that.
The global community has to reorient to a new set of rules for attribution of intellectual work in order to end this self impeding plutocratic movement.
You missed out "synergy". Otherwise, almost a perfect 10 on the B3 (Business BA Buzzword) detector!
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I would have to assume that a Tesla wouldn't be "bricked" by a failed battery either, as the batteries are presumably replaceable by the manufacturer.
Remember: Bricked = Failed and unrepairable.
Firefox, Safari, and IE don't have "app stores" like Google Chrome does, though that might change with Windows 8.
Alternatively, could I purchase a house in one of these areas and not have a TV license for a valid reason? I haven't watched TV for some years now; If I had a TV, it would be for a media centre PC or games console. As it is, I just have a big PC monitor for DVDs etc :)
I didn't know such a thing existed, and it seems unintuitive to me for it to be that way. An attachment is separate to the body of the email, not a part of it. Besides, having to drag the file over the taskbar to open the window, then into the window itself was always a PITA as far as I'm concerned. I've pretty much always used dialog boxes to include files in a document of any kind. Maybe it's just me, but we are talking anecdotally here.
For what it's worth, I disagree; I can't see anyone that's making money from Flash games (e.g. Zynga) targetting a single browser, and most if not all of the Flash games I've played simply won't work on a smartphone. They might work on a tablet, but that's currently still a niche market (though one that is growing, I'll grant you).
I said a Chrome app (Angry Birds?) or ported to mobile devices. QED?
You must not get out much. I just checked BBC, CNN and they both use flash.
Maybe (s)he gets out plenty, and therefore doesn't use the BBC or CNN websites? Alternatively, I use a script blocker at home and have no problem with the BBC site as long as I don't use iPlayer.
I use Flash a lot, but by no means is it enabled by default.
I'm fairly certain that a team of lawyers could come up with some new terms for those which breached EU law which were ambiguous enough to not cause the same problems getting it through the ECJ, but have the same effect for the general public. "Lesser of Two Evils" is a political system for the US; I'm confident they can shoehorn enough weasel-words in.
Then they'll rename it the Protecting Efforts to Distribute Offerings to Stabilised Current eUroprean Markets Act.
with fire. This thing needs to be buried and forgotten so we can be just as outraged at "ACTA 2.0; Now with a name to make you look like a pedo if you vote against it!"
I don't mean the actual Flash games on Newgrounds etc will become apps for Chrome. I meant that web games will be developed as Chrome apps, or for mobile devices instead. Flash is dying because nobody will code for it anymore.
Frankly I'm amazed that I had to make that distinction; I guess my grammar isn't as good as I thought.
All the existing Flash animations and games on Weebl's Stuff, Homestar Runner, Kongregate, and Newgrounds are likely to keep SWF on life support for a very long time, be it through Adobe Flash Player or through Gnash.
You're kidding, right? The games will become apps for Chrome or your mobile device, and the animations are already on YouTube. Go check JoeCartoon's offerings for examples (X in a blender etc).
Flash is in its' death throes.
Once again, I'll state that despite having had an unlicensed version of Quake IV which ran perfectly fine, the convenience of not having to find the installation disk to play the game alone was justification for me to purchasing the game on Steam. That's one "pirate" turned customer purely because it was convenient, and the price was right. And the real kicker? I've not played it since buying it on Steam! It's a wasted sale!
So no, I'm not "that kind of person". QED, bitch.
Meh, doesn't work that well, because not everybody can speak Spanish.
Apparently not everyone can hablar francés, either.
Zooooooom!
(German for "Wooooosh!")
Your flaw is to assume those "pirating" your software are "potential customers". They are not.
That's an incomplete assumption. Some of those who "pirate" the software are potential customers who won't pay $10,000 for the full product in order to use the two or three tools they actually want. These would maybe pay $50 for a basic version (home user), $200 for extended (mom and pop video editing, semi pro) etc. They may also be interested in paying only for certain features as modules instead of certain package types.
Making paying customers out of pirates is about offering a better service. If I can pay for what I want and have it conveniently offered to me, I more than likely will. I won't, however, pay $X,000 for a funky filter effect as (was?) is the way with Photoshop. Then again, Adobe have already said that those using unlicensed copies of Photoshop just lead to companies using PS as the standard because everyone was familiar with it. Guess that could work too.
No, you paid for software which does these very reasonable online checks in a very stupid way. Once every 30 days is plenty for an app like this, with no online functionality. Offer an offline authentication too, a challenge-response like Windows Activation.
Your issues with this one piece of software do not reflect my own anecdotal experiences. Then again, I don't buy software with shitty DRM schemes; They get left by the wayside and forgotten while my money goes to a competitor.
As I said in a different post on a different subject, it depends on the price. I've used pirated software before I earned my own money, but now I have a modest expendable income I can afford to pay for convenience. If I want to use one feature of this product and my options are $10,000 or piracy, then I'm kind of limited to the latter. If my options are $10,000, piracy (and the risks that entails) or $150 for product + $50 bolt-on functionality, then it looks a lot more likely that I will buy it.
It's not about DRM restriction, it's about convenience and value. I know I can pirate any new game within days of release, but I still buy them on Steam / D2D / GOG etc because it's convenient and good value for money. DRM doesn't come into it.
Is there potential for offering a basic product for a nominal amount, and selling modules which improve functionality to those willing to pay?
I certainly wouldn't pay the many thousands of dollars for Photoshop, but I might pay the hundred or so for the functionality I actually needed. Bolt-ons seem to make sense when appealing to many different markets.
On second thought, maybe "Jamiroquai Effect" might sound hipper.
Maybe in the 90's.
jfij2oijf93j(*J#*(@(#*&$@#*(&JIEWJFiofjeoiwjifojio
The prevalence of *, (, o, i, and j indicate that you are right handed. The proximity of £, @, and #' indicate and American keyboard setup.
Either way, this isn't encrypted text, and can be rejected as worthy of analysis.
The thing about encryption is that you have to convince the other party that it's a good idea too.
Some people (your friends, family) may decide it's easier to just not talk to you any more.
Over 168 children have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan. You're right about one thing - the US is not at the level of Iran, nowhere close.
How many kids were left as orphans after the WTC attacks? Which country was OBL found in again?
Your being to picky. People could care less about grammar these days ten most other things. Irregardless, there doing the best they can
FTFY. I think.
Age of Empires II always made me think a petard was a medieval suicide bomber. Those guys always got blown up with their own bomb.
Close. The last five letters are the same.
The fault lies entirely with the original owner for not wiping the hard drive before returning the equipment. NewEgg is ot in the data wiping business.
This. Not really on topic (Erase the disk and move on), but I have one policy with drives: If it had confidential data on, it gets destroyed.
I would be irritated at the prospect of receiving a new drive with data on it, but with refurbs I would expect it. Saying that, who doesn't slot the drive into a chassis and wipe it before anything else? I've always zero'd drives which I buy before using them; It proves the drive is without fault. If the wipe hangs or fails, it gets returned.
There are licensing complications with Hiren's CD. A lot of the "Shareware" requires a license to use in a commercial environment, and mini Windows XP isn't licensed at all.
I agree that it is a very useful tool to have, but DBAN is F/OSS. Can't get fined for using that.
The global community has to reorient to a new set of rules for attribution of intellectual work in order to end this self impeding plutocratic movement.
You missed out "synergy". Otherwise, almost a perfect 10 on the B3 (Business BA Buzzword) detector!