Why should they even care to test the game before launch? There are hundrends/thousands of beta testers who are more than willing to pay a bunch only to be among the first to have the new shiny. Oh, did I say beta testers? I meant users/players.
As someone who has spent the last decade virtualizing anything with a power supply that wasn't critical, you would be astounded as to the savings from yes, *gasp* running apps in the 'cloud'.
You mean savings for YOU, not for the environment. You just moved the energy cost to somebody else.
Hmm, just like every major software company is doing: sell first version of software, let the paying crowd find the bugs, sell second version of software with (some) bug fixed. Rinse, repeat. Profit!
By nicely you mean very little content compared to today.
I beg to differ. Today there is very little content. Only movies, pics and a shitload of 'professional' opinions from self-appointed independent/expert/investigator/journalist.... assholes whose only purpose is throwing more ads in your face.
Haven't you heard? USPTO stands for United States Patent The Obvious.
So, in order to be able to patent something, you must be sure it's been done before for a number of years but the sucker forgot to patent it.
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Of course they didn't. We're talking about the government here.
What the hell gives them the right to patent either the technology or the design?
Money.
Of course, because they're doing it to the enemy.
Almost dead on, but you will not BUY an account, you will just RENT it.
Why should they even care to test the game before launch? There are hundrends/thousands of beta testers who are more than willing to pay a bunch only to be among the first to have the new shiny.
Oh, did I say beta testers? I meant users/players.
Only on those people with weak minds. Just like (violent) computer games.
And why not? The US seems to be doing this all the time.
You mean something like adblock? I haven't see ads in gogle for quite some time.
Moral of your story: don't spend a whole year developing some useless app.
Wrong! A terrorist is someone who targets our PEOPLE while a freedom fighter is someone who targets our ENEMY.
Just wait until they're hooked onto this Internet thing. Then they'll start charging.
Wasn't Java supposed to do just that?
Don't forget self-destructing cookies, ghostery (yes, yes, I know, but it does it's job), better privacy, privacy badger and smart referer.
As someone who has spent the last decade virtualizing anything with a power supply that wasn't critical, you would be astounded as to the savings from yes, *gasp* running apps in the 'cloud'.
You mean savings for YOU, not for the environment.
You just moved the energy cost to somebody else.
Or just use the esr release.
Try the esr version. It still keeps some measure of sanity.
You mean when US kids won't be able to read, right?
Hmm, just like every major software company is doing: sell first version of software, let the paying crowd find the bugs, sell second version of software with (some) bug fixed. Rinse, repeat. Profit!
Of course Apple said nothing, they are waiting for the product to gain popularity then wham! sue for patent infringement.
By nicely you mean very little content compared to today.
I beg to differ. Today there is very little content. Only movies, pics and a shitload of 'professional' opinions from self-appointed independent/expert/investigator/journalist.... assholes whose only purpose is throwing more ads in your face.
Haven't you heard? USPTO stands for United States Patent The Obvious. So, in order to be able to patent something, you must be sure it's been done before for a number of years but the sucker forgot to patent it.
I don't get it.
And you never will :P
You (The United States) offer them the guarantee that you will make war on their country whenever your corporate overlords need some kind of resource.
When I search something using your engine, I expect to find what I am searching for, not what YOU want me to search for. Got it?
Erm, you know you can disable the automatic update, right?