C++/CLI is not allowed on WP7, because it can emit bytecode not supported there even in the simplest of operations. This was the case with Silverlight (which WP7 is based off of). Not sure if/clr:safe would fix that.
All those desktop programs are design for desktop input, so I would expect that experience to suck in so many ways. Plus with Linux, why bother with x86? You can get full Linux pretty much anywhere; that's the beauty of open source.
The fact that it takes you 20 minutes to get to your mailbox just might have something to do with why you don't have decent broadband. That's 15 miles at 45 MPH.
Probably from their currency manipulation schemes that lower the value of their currency (and, in turn, lower the cost to buy their goods). That scheme subsidizes Americans more than any debt ownership. Still, we're mutually dependent, I'm not worried about them.
I don't expect the stereotypical Grandma to plug her PC into the TV. There are even people my age (21) and younger who can't be bothered to hook up a DVD player to a TV. Yes, it's dead simple, but tell them that. To them it's recalibrating the field matrix converter to correct for quantum leptonium fields to enable maximum warp drive efficiency.
Yeah, no one wants to see such rinky dink films such as Star Wars, no one watched Family Guy (and similar), The Simpsons was cancelled midway through a season, Futurama only released a pilot episode, etc. etc. It's not like we're crying for the return of Firefly either. That's just Fox. Disney and Paramount have some big names too, like Star Trek for instance. Both have a pretty large collection of classic movies. A lot of their newer crap (all of these studios) sucks (e.g. Family Guy; I hate that shit), but they bring in viewers. Disney especially brings in kids.
Corporations, though powerful, aren't as powerful as governments. The most powerful governments can launch world-destroying nuclear attacks. I don't recall too many Fortune 500 companies with stockpiles of ICBMs and nuclear warheads.
I agree with the whole defending yourself thing; if someone breaks in, does not identify themself, and proceeds to trash the place, I just might have to act as though I'm getting robbed. If I were in charge, I'd use them only in situations where I expect possible deadly force or imminent harm, such as a hostage situation. I would never use them for routine searches of the houses of those who have been accused of non-violent offenses, offenses which most of the police force probably has committed at some point.
No knock raids are becoming more and more common, even for less serious offenses, and are dangerous for everyone involved. Raid me at night and I might think you're a thief breaking in and defend myself, likely killing someone or getting killed. I could even be right; there is at least one instance of these raiders robbing the accused victims of cash and drugs for the police officers' personal gains.
Do such hyper-mileage cars meet safety and other regulatory standards? Can they travel at highway speeds, and if so, do they maintain their high mileage at those speeds? Do they have some sort of exotic construction (materials, etc.) that would be difficult to mass produce?
13k apps is nice, but phone and app sales aren't all that great now. I was interested in XNA, so I paid the $99. I released a small app first, and it's seen ~300 downloads in a month or two. With ads, I make ~$2-1 per day. I'm hoping my game (when released) will make more, but MS has decided to rank all indie games after Xbox Live games from what I understand.
I could be #1 in sales of all apps everywhere but unless I have the Xbox Live mark, I'm automatically ranked lower, making it hard to find my game. Plus, there's currently no indie game tab. This kind of thing makes me not want to work with the platform, at least for games.
I have this image of an old guy in the left lane, with his blinker on, complaining about how 150 Mbps is "good enough" and it's his right to go 150 Mbps.
Science use, 3D work (Maya runs natively under Linux), perhaps CAD work (no AutoCAD, but others), maybe programming work. There're plenty of other uses.
As someone who lived near a military base, I wish they wouldn't run faster than sound too. Of course, that's preferrable to firing live artillery rounds.
I've dealt with the same thing. I clean off computers for clients with dozens of toolbars and spyware that they installed themselves. When they say they didn't do it, I download a simple program and ask them to install it. The program will have a checkbox for "Would you also like to install this (toolbar | spyware)? They are simply amazed and stunned when I point that out, but worst of all they continue doing it. Simply reading the plain English would prevent most of this crap.
I remain convinced that most people cannot or will not read anything present on a computer screen.
I enjoyed CoD and its expansion pack far more than any other CoD game. The "hide behind a crate to heal" mechanic ruined CoD2 for me. All games break with reality, but that break is just too big for me to be able to accept, and IMO not very fun.
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C++/CLI is not allowed on WP7, because it can emit bytecode not supported there even in the simplest of operations. This was the case with Silverlight (which WP7 is based off of). Not sure if /clr:safe would fix that.
All those desktop programs are design for desktop input, so I would expect that experience to suck in so many ways. Plus with Linux, why bother with x86? You can get full Linux pretty much anywhere; that's the beauty of open source.
The fact that it takes you 20 minutes to get to your mailbox just might have something to do with why you don't have decent broadband. That's 15 miles at 45 MPH.
Probably from their currency manipulation schemes that lower the value of their currency (and, in turn, lower the cost to buy their goods). That scheme subsidizes Americans more than any debt ownership. Still, we're mutually dependent, I'm not worried about them.
I don't expect the stereotypical Grandma to plug her PC into the TV. There are even people my age (21) and younger who can't be bothered to hook up a DVD player to a TV. Yes, it's dead simple, but tell them that. To them it's recalibrating the field matrix converter to correct for quantum leptonium fields to enable maximum warp drive efficiency.
Yeah, no one wants to see such rinky dink films such as Star Wars, no one watched Family Guy (and similar), The Simpsons was cancelled midway through a season, Futurama only released a pilot episode, etc. etc. It's not like we're crying for the return of Firefly either. That's just Fox. Disney and Paramount have some big names too, like Star Trek for instance. Both have a pretty large collection of classic movies. A lot of their newer crap (all of these studios) sucks (e.g. Family Guy; I hate that shit), but they bring in viewers. Disney especially brings in kids.
I'm thinking some Sony executives could use a Christmas present...
Just split the screen however you need it, just like on consoles. Then all of your personalities can come play!
Corporations, though powerful, aren't as powerful as governments. The most powerful governments can launch world-destroying nuclear attacks. I don't recall too many Fortune 500 companies with stockpiles of ICBMs and nuclear warheads.
I agree with the whole defending yourself thing; if someone breaks in, does not identify themself, and proceeds to trash the place, I just might have to act as though I'm getting robbed. If I were in charge, I'd use them only in situations where I expect possible deadly force or imminent harm, such as a hostage situation. I would never use them for routine searches of the houses of those who have been accused of non-violent offenses, offenses which most of the police force probably has committed at some point.
No knock raids are becoming more and more common, even for less serious offenses, and are dangerous for everyone involved. Raid me at night and I might think you're a thief breaking in and defend myself, likely killing someone or getting killed. I could even be right; there is at least one instance of these raiders robbing the accused victims of cash and drugs for the police officers' personal gains.
Do such hyper-mileage cars meet safety and other regulatory standards? Can they travel at highway speeds, and if so, do they maintain their high mileage at those speeds? Do they have some sort of exotic construction (materials, etc.) that would be difficult to mass produce?
I can see this being imposed on all cars, while the gas taxes remain in place too.
13k apps is nice, but phone and app sales aren't all that great now. I was interested in XNA, so I paid the $99. I released a small app first, and it's seen ~300 downloads in a month or two. With ads, I make ~$2-1 per day. I'm hoping my game (when released) will make more, but MS has decided to rank all indie games after Xbox Live games from what I understand.
I could be #1 in sales of all apps everywhere but unless I have the Xbox Live mark, I'm automatically ranked lower, making it hard to find my game. Plus, there's currently no indie game tab. This kind of thing makes me not want to work with the platform, at least for games.
I have this image of an old guy in the left lane, with his blinker on, complaining about how 150 Mbps is "good enough" and it's his right to go 150 Mbps.
You forgot to add synergy in there
There's also a metric ton of local building codes and regulations that have to be updated to use metric units.
Any cost at all is enough to make it impossible to include in GPL software, legally anyways.
At least on some 360 models, the MAC address can be changed. It's very helpful for beating MAC based network access at colleges.
Science use, 3D work (Maya runs natively under Linux), perhaps CAD work (no AutoCAD, but others), maybe programming work. There're plenty of other uses.
In some cases, you can get a (limited) license at 14 if you're a farm kid.
Even going through customs in the 90s wasn't as bad as domestic flights are now, at least from what I remember.
As someone who lived near a military base, I wish they wouldn't run faster than sound too. Of course, that's preferrable to firing live artillery rounds.
I've dealt with the same thing. I clean off computers for clients with dozens of toolbars and spyware that they installed themselves. When they say they didn't do it, I download a simple program and ask them to install it. The program will have a checkbox for "Would you also like to install this (toolbar | spyware)? They are simply amazed and stunned when I point that out, but worst of all they continue doing it. Simply reading the plain English would prevent most of this crap.
I remain convinced that most people cannot or will not read anything present on a computer screen.
I enjoyed CoD and its expansion pack far more than any other CoD game. The "hide behind a crate to heal" mechanic ruined CoD2 for me. All games break with reality, but that break is just too big for me to be able to accept, and IMO not very fun.