You are free to continue using your PS3 as it was bought, you just have no right to continued free support from the manufacturer. Sony has changed the conditions of that free support, which you are totally able to reject.
So it's a choice - get something from Sony in exchange for agreeing to let them modify your firmware, or keep full control of the machine yourself and lose out on official Sony support from here on forward.
They aren't taking anything away, they just aren't giving you anything anymore. Only on Slashdot could the two possibly be confused by people who call themselves intelligent.
Yeah, actually, that sits on the top of my page unchecked. I have adblock so it's six of one, half dozen of the other. I also don't bother enabling the karma bonus because that just seems like masturbation.
Did you have a point, or did you just want to chat?
I prefer all the people who are taking this story as an opportunity to hate Apple. It's kinda telling that the emotional involvement is such that they need to grab the flimsiest of excuses to spew forth bile.
Everything is limited, but the actual limits are so large as to be practically non-existent. Of course in pragmatic terms, the vast majority of everything is well out of our reach, but it does exist.
This reply has no real purpose to the conversation, by the way, so don't bother rebutting me. I am, after all, technically correct.
Re:This will be great! IF we get MSOffice Pro for
on
Is OS/2 Coming Back?
·
· Score: 1
Browsers permit pseudo-threading now with timeout polling. HTML5 just makes it an explicit feature. That is the browser managed threadpool you "really want."
Who needs reasons? Here on Slashdot, all you need is a slippery slope and a willingness to slide down.
Re:Had IBM used UNIX
on
Ubuntu on a Dime
·
· Score: 3, Insightful
Shhh, don't spoil the fun for the zealots. They love pretending that Unix folks had their shit together back then. It lets them believe that Microsoft won through some underhanded marketing bullshit instead of the fact that there were no realistic alternatives.
Hi! I'm here to make you aware that your opinions about technology don't make you better than other people. The world is not divided between those who see things your way and "sheep." People like things because they do. Your reasoning has nothing to do with it at all, no matter how compelling your find it to be in your own head. You know why? Your own head is the only place in the universe that your reasoning matters.
Thank you for your time, please resume your normal arrogant bullshit.
You're right about it being about control, but I lose you with the "forcing" bit. Where does the force come in, exactly? From my perspective, it is utterly non-existent.
But I deserve free apps with no ads! I'm not sure why I deserve it, or how I can force people to provide what I desire, but I'm gonna whine while I'm not getting my way.
Since nothing is holy, your swearing is pure theatre.
In any case, it's not like Apple owns the entire PC market, phone market, or consumer electronics market. They simply don't have the power to dictate the sorts of things you are warning about. They can provide it as a choice, but that's not really an issue unless you are one of those people who believes that everyone should only have the choices you've blessed. If that is indeed the case, you're fucked and always have been. Sorry if I am the one to break it to you.
Sense of entitlement? He pays people to perform services for him. That's not entitlement, that's value for money.
Entitlement is things like expecting Verizon wireless to ignore contractual caps on data service just because it's the "right" thing to do, right being defined by the geek code of ethics that states that charging for things a geek really wants is wrong.
Slashdot Mirror
Sony forced you to access their network? Did they use a gun or threats against your family or something?
Oh, right, they enticed you with features you want. Force had nothing to do with it at all.
It's a silly kind of tyranny that you get to opt into. Or maybe Sony somehow forces people to buy PS3s?
But that's not what is happening here.
You are free to continue using your PS3 as it was bought, you just have no right to continued free support from the manufacturer. Sony has changed the conditions of that free support, which you are totally able to reject.
So it's a choice - get something from Sony in exchange for agreeing to let them modify your firmware, or keep full control of the machine yourself and lose out on official Sony support from here on forward.
They aren't taking anything away, they just aren't giving you anything anymore. Only on Slashdot could the two possibly be confused by people who call themselves intelligent.
NO! When a nerd does it, it is good and ethical and moral because everything a nerd does is right.
People trying to get money in exchange for services are the people committing the crimes, man.
No, since that's the only point to Slashdot.
Incidentally, considering your point, you either replied to the wrong person or you really need to learn how to direct your bad feelings.
Yeah, actually, that sits on the top of my page unchecked. I have adblock so it's six of one, half dozen of the other. I also don't bother enabling the karma bonus because that just seems like masturbation.
Did you have a point, or did you just want to chat?
I prefer all the people who are taking this story as an opportunity to hate Apple. It's kinda telling that the emotional involvement is such that they need to grab the flimsiest of excuses to spew forth bile.
You are utterly correct, I would just like to make an addendum.
Please, by all means, keep bitching. Nothing is funnier to me than the whining of nerds.
Entertainment wants to be free!
Everything is limited, but the actual limits are so large as to be practically non-existent. Of course in pragmatic terms, the vast majority of everything is well out of our reach, but it does exist.
This reply has no real purpose to the conversation, by the way, so don't bother rebutting me. I am, after all, technically correct.
It's good to have dreams.
Browsers permit pseudo-threading now with timeout polling. HTML5 just makes it an explicit feature. That is the browser managed threadpool you "really want."
What productivity is lost by using an online office suite?
Who needs reasons? Here on Slashdot, all you need is a slippery slope and a willingness to slide down.
Shhh, don't spoil the fun for the zealots. They love pretending that Unix folks had their shit together back then. It lets them believe that Microsoft won through some underhanded marketing bullshit instead of the fact that there were no realistic alternatives.
What was wrong with Fear and Loathing?
Hi! I'm here to make you aware that your opinions about technology don't make you better than other people. The world is not divided between those who see things your way and "sheep." People like things because they do. Your reasoning has nothing to do with it at all, no matter how compelling your find it to be in your own head. You know why? Your own head is the only place in the universe that your reasoning matters.
Thank you for your time, please resume your normal arrogant bullshit.
What special APIs do VLC and mplayer have access to, then?
Yes, the prospect of a properly working free market is horrifying. If only we were all forced to use the hippie-approved choices.
You're right about it being about control, but I lose you with the "forcing" bit. Where does the force come in, exactly? From my perspective, it is utterly non-existent.
I'm sure Apple is dying to pattern their business after Palm.
But I deserve free apps with no ads! I'm not sure why I deserve it, or how I can force people to provide what I desire, but I'm gonna whine while I'm not getting my way.
Since nothing is holy, your swearing is pure theatre.
In any case, it's not like Apple owns the entire PC market, phone market, or consumer electronics market. They simply don't have the power to dictate the sorts of things you are warning about. They can provide it as a choice, but that's not really an issue unless you are one of those people who believes that everyone should only have the choices you've blessed. If that is indeed the case, you're fucked and always have been. Sorry if I am the one to break it to you.
Yes, troll. That's because here on Slashdot, reality has a well known troll bias.
Sense of entitlement? He pays people to perform services for him. That's not entitlement, that's value for money.
Entitlement is things like expecting Verizon wireless to ignore contractual caps on data service just because it's the "right" thing to do, right being defined by the geek code of ethics that states that charging for things a geek really wants is wrong.