I would think developers that wanted to or were developing for webOS would be more inclined to focus more on Android over Windows Phone. The WebOS was already on the fringe and Windows 7 for the phone was already at their disposal of choice. So moving from WebOS to Windows is well yucky feeling.
That's a good point. Microsoft should come up with some sort of campaign to win these developers over. They could maybe even include free phones, dev tools, and training, etc.
It did only take 2 to flatten japan, but you do have to compare the square mileage of japan vs Russia or china.
You also have to take the yield into comparison. Both bombs dropped on Japan had a combined yield equivalent of approximately 38 kilotons TNT. These days we have plenty of 100+ kt nuclear weapons, with delivery systems ranging from stealth to fighter jets to ballistic missiles.
Also, we didn't flatten Japan so much as we forced them to either risk further immense destruction or surrender. A couple of well-placed nukes could have a similar effect on a larger nation, provided that they also lack the ability to successfully retaliate. The situation gets more complicated with a country like Russia that has a diverse nuclear stockpile that we aren't likely to incapacitate before a return strike.
The inherent problem with Mutually Assured Destruction is that it only works when both sides view destruction as an absolutely negative outcome that must be avoided at all costs. We still tend to think of the world in Cold War terms. These days it's like playing chess against someone who thinks you're playing antichess.
I'm actually in the same boat where 4 GB and no expandability is less than ideal. I am a huge fan of being able to load and read PDF documents onto an e-reader, which can easily hit 20+ MB each.
Or maybe it's all just part of an even bigger false flag operation! Maybe their apparent ineptitude is just a show to make it seem like they couldn't possibly pull off something of this magnitude...
\Why MUST it be a NASA developped rocket? Is it because parts NASA have turned into the aerospace work assurance administration?
I'm a manned space exploration fan but I have come to the conclusion that it would be better off for Manned space explorattion were Nasa to get out of the development of it's own launchers & buy from SpaceX or whoever else develops a reliable launcher without falling into the trap of growing a self justifying administration.
I don't see why NASA couldn't follow the same development model as the United States military has. For example, the Air Force doesn't develop its own aircraft; they simply announce what they want and let contractors do the engineering. Add in multiple competing contractors and you get some of the best technology being actively used in the world.
Airborne Laser programs in the United States are dying in the near-term. Maybe a good old demonstration would put some enthusiasm back into the research.
They do make some decent movies. But they also produce a ton of crap designed solely to make money. The problem isn't that they make it, it's that consumers continue to pay to see the terrible movies. If people quit watching terrible movies, there would be no money to be made in producing one. Every month or so we get another variation on the ( talking animal / animal is actually a secret agent / The Rock has a child and turns out to be a sweet guy after all ). You know why? Because kids see the ads and go crazy and demand that their parents take them to see it. Kids don't care about plot, or dialogue, or really anything other than cute/"awesome". Parents will yield to their want, and Hollywood will continue to take advantage.
...I have an "Unlimited" card where I can see as many movies as I want a month for a flat rate.. except for the 3D ones which I now have to pay extra per movie, even if I bring my own glasses.. wtf?
As a guy who worked in the business, it's because:
Movie prices are effectively set by the distributors, not the theater.
3D is considered to be a "premium experience", and thus costs more than the standard 2D version of the same film, which you can still see for the standard price.
In order to display movies in 3D, movie theaters typically have to invest in new equipment that far exceeds the simple cost of 3D glasses. Even if every movie-goer brought their own glasses, the ticket price still has to reflect the additional investment in production, distribution, and performance.
Sony is losing more than features and functionality in the current system. They're losing consumer faith. I have been a loyal Playstation fan since the original. After the PS2, I debated briefly over whether or not to go with the Xbox360 instead of the PS3. I went with the PS3 on confidence that Sony would win out as the better console. I now regret that decision, and when the day comes I am going to be much more willing to invest in an Xbox instead. Say what you will about Microsoft, but they seem to be doing a whole lot less evil than their reputation has traditionally suggested.
I bought a PS3 in 2008, and at the time I had to make a decision to go with either an Xbox360 or the PS3. At the time Sony was still behind on available content, but the fact that the PS3 had the official ability to run Linux without all kinds of hackery was a huge motivation behind my choice. Think about this another way: Imagine if Microsoft were to decide to remove Xbox Live from the 360. How many people chose Xbox with Live as a major contributing factor to their decision?
"Without limitation, services may include the provision of the latest update or download of new release that may include security patches, new technology or revised settings and features which may prevent access to unauthorized or pirated content, or use of unauthorized... software in connection with the PS3 system."
It doesn't say anything about removal of features. just adding them or changing them..
I've adjusted your emphasis to the more appropriate sections. Sony is claiming that removal of "Other OS" functionality is an attempt to prevent piracy and use of "unauthorized software". Any legal system is going to agree that Sony is acting in compliance with the EULA. The real debate is whether the EULA can legally allow Sony these kinds of rights in the first place.
How about this, car co a made this nifty car that could take regular gasoline or diesel all you had to do was flip a switch.
One day you take it into the shop and the mechanic removes the switch, regular gas only, even though diesel had better than twice the mpg- " The company claims that diesels diminish fuel sales, so they've decided to remove the feature from all models. Didn't you read the EULA in the owner's manual?."
I took the liberty of making this analogy more realistic.
Cigarettes have provided you with an excuse to get away from everything and focus your mind. No offense, but I'm sure you could achieve the same mental experience without a cigarette. Grab a cup of tea instead.
Dilbert: I want to be productive, but the internet is calling to me.
Internet: Hey, buddy. I've got pictures of gadgets.
Dilbert: Cool ones?
Internet: Sure, let's pretend that matters.
(But what if someone slips in a stack of doctored disks?)
Frank Abagnale Jr, the famous con-man of Catch Me If You Can fame, was known to print deposit slips with his own account's number and randomly insert them into stacks of blank slips at the bank. The unsuspecting patron fills out the "compromised" slip and the money goes into the unintended account. It seems like somebody could fairly easily modify the disk image to include a keylogger/MITM, replace disks with compromised copies, and put them back into circulation.
The basis of I Am Legend (the movie) was the modification of a virus to selectively treat cancer. Unless these "nano-bots" learn to replicate themselves, I think we'll be alright.
1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 chipset... 1GB of built-in memory... 512MB of RAM... 8-megapixel camera on the back... 1.3-megapixel unit on the front... also records 720p, high-def video, which it can play through an HDMI out jack on the bottom.
Sounds like every geeks wet dream. And yet I can't help but think to myself... this is a telephone. This is device whose primary purpose is to facilitate verbal communication.
Oblig: "What if I want something more than the pale facsilime of fulfillment brought by a paradise of ever-fancier toys?"
Those curious about what life would be like with application developers managing system resources, should try firing up an old copy of Windows 3.1 or MacOS and running 10 or so applications at the same time.
Cooperative multitasking is great as long as yours is the only application that matters anyway. Why would I want to give away processing time to competing applications? Then it wouldn't be a competition.
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I would think developers that wanted to or were developing for webOS would be more inclined to focus more on Android over Windows Phone. The WebOS was already on the fringe and Windows 7 for the phone was already at their disposal of choice. So moving from WebOS to Windows is well yucky feeling.
That's a good point. Microsoft should come up with some sort of campaign to win these developers over. They could maybe even include free phones, dev tools, and training, etc.
It did only take 2 to flatten japan, but you do have to compare the square mileage of japan vs Russia or china.
You also have to take the yield into comparison. Both bombs dropped on Japan had a combined yield equivalent of approximately 38 kilotons TNT. These days we have plenty of 100+ kt nuclear weapons, with delivery systems ranging from stealth to fighter jets to ballistic missiles.
Also, we didn't flatten Japan so much as we forced them to either risk further immense destruction or surrender. A couple of well-placed nukes could have a similar effect on a larger nation, provided that they also lack the ability to successfully retaliate. The situation gets more complicated with a country like Russia that has a diverse nuclear stockpile that we aren't likely to incapacitate before a return strike.
The inherent problem with Mutually Assured Destruction is that it only works when both sides view destruction as an absolutely negative outcome that must be avoided at all costs. We still tend to think of the world in Cold War terms. These days it's like playing chess against someone who thinks you're playing antichess.
I'm actually in the same boat where 4 GB and no expandability is less than ideal. I am a huge fan of being able to load and read PDF documents onto an e-reader, which can easily hit 20+ MB each.
Or maybe it's all just part of an even bigger false flag operation! Maybe their apparent ineptitude is just a show to make it seem like they couldn't possibly pull off something of this magnitude...
\Why MUST it be a NASA developped rocket? Is it because parts NASA have turned into the aerospace work assurance administration?
I'm a manned space exploration fan but I have come to the conclusion that it would be better off for Manned space explorattion were Nasa to get out of the development of it's own launchers & buy from SpaceX or whoever else develops a reliable launcher without falling into the trap of growing a self justifying administration.
I don't see why NASA couldn't follow the same development model as the United States military has. For example, the Air Force doesn't develop its own aircraft; they simply announce what they want and let contractors do the engineering. Add in multiple competing contractors and you get some of the best technology being actively used in the world.
Airborne Laser programs in the United States are dying in the near-term. Maybe a good old demonstration would put some enthusiasm back into the research.
They're only discontinuing support for OLDER versions of these browsers. The summary almost makes it seem like Google will only support Google Chrome.
Yes. I can see how the summary made this point unclear.
Google Incrementally Dropping Support For Older Browsers
Google announced on its blog that it is dropping support for Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7 and Safari 3
They do make some decent movies. But they also produce a ton of crap designed solely to make money. The problem isn't that they make it, it's that consumers continue to pay to see the terrible movies. If people quit watching terrible movies, there would be no money to be made in producing one. Every month or so we get another variation on the ( talking animal / animal is actually a secret agent / The Rock has a child and turns out to be a sweet guy after all ). You know why? Because kids see the ads and go crazy and demand that their parents take them to see it. Kids don't care about plot, or dialogue, or really anything other than cute/"awesome". Parents will yield to their want, and Hollywood will continue to take advantage.
...I have an "Unlimited" card where I can see as many movies as I want a month for a flat rate.. except for the 3D ones which I now have to pay extra per movie, even if I bring my own glasses.. wtf?
As a guy who worked in the business, it's because:
Pictured here.
Sony is losing more than features and functionality in the current system. They're losing consumer faith. I have been a loyal Playstation fan since the original. After the PS2, I debated briefly over whether or not to go with the Xbox360 instead of the PS3. I went with the PS3 on confidence that Sony would win out as the better console. I now regret that decision, and when the day comes I am going to be much more willing to invest in an Xbox instead. Say what you will about Microsoft, but they seem to be doing a whole lot less evil than their reputation has traditionally suggested.
The shuttle is like a giant wing catching as much air as possible. It doesn't seem to be the best design to minimize drag...
I know, right? And don't get me started on the drag coefficient of those parachutes. It's like they're trying to slow themselves down.
I knew it! I knew there was a reason that Koreans were so good at StarCraft. They're actually aliens in disguise.
I bought a PS3 in 2008, and at the time I had to make a decision to go with either an Xbox360 or the PS3. At the time Sony was still behind on available content, but the fact that the PS3 had the official ability to run Linux without all kinds of hackery was a huge motivation behind my choice. Think about this another way: Imagine if Microsoft were to decide to remove Xbox Live from the 360. How many people chose Xbox with Live as a major contributing factor to their decision?
"Without limitation, services may include the provision of the latest update or download of new release that may include security patches, new technology or revised settings and features which may prevent access to unauthorized or pirated content, or use of unauthorized ... software in connection with the PS3 system."
It doesn't say anything about removal of features. just adding them or changing them..
I've adjusted your emphasis to the more appropriate sections. Sony is claiming that removal of "Other OS" functionality is an attempt to prevent piracy and use of "unauthorized software". Any legal system is going to agree that Sony is acting in compliance with the EULA. The real debate is whether the EULA can legally allow Sony these kinds of rights in the first place.
How about this, car co a made this nifty car that could take regular gasoline or diesel all you had to do was flip a switch.
One day you take it into the shop and the mechanic removes the switch, regular gas only, even though diesel had better than twice the mpg- " The company claims that diesels diminish fuel sales, so they've decided to remove the feature from all models. Didn't you read the EULA in the owner's manual?."
I took the liberty of making this analogy more realistic.
Cigarettes have provided you with an excuse to get away from everything and focus your mind. No offense, but I'm sure you could achieve the same mental experience without a cigarette. Grab a cup of tea instead.
Wednesday March 31, @09:29AM
I think they jumped the gun. At least I hope that's the case.
this is a useless toy
Yes, and that's why we love it!
Dilbert: I want to be productive, but the internet is calling to me.
Internet: Hey, buddy. I've got pictures of gadgets.
Dilbert: Cool ones?
Internet: Sure, let's pretend that matters.
(But what if someone slips in a stack of doctored disks?)
Frank Abagnale Jr, the famous con-man of Catch Me If You Can fame, was known to print deposit slips with his own account's number and randomly insert them into stacks of blank slips at the bank. The unsuspecting patron fills out the "compromised" slip and the money goes into the unintended account. It seems like somebody could fairly easily modify the disk image to include a keylogger/MITM, replace disks with compromised copies, and put them back into circulation.
The basis of I Am Legend (the movie) was the modification of a virus to selectively treat cancer. Unless these "nano-bots" learn to replicate themselves, I think we'll be alright.
1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 chipset ... 1GB of built-in memory ... 512MB of RAM ... 8-megapixel camera on the back ... 1.3-megapixel unit on the front ... also records 720p, high-def video, which it can play through an HDMI out jack on the bottom.
Sounds like every geeks wet dream. And yet I can't help but think to myself ... this is a telephone. This is device whose primary purpose is to facilitate verbal communication.
Oblig: "What if I want something more than the pale facsilime of fulfillment brought by a paradise of ever-fancier toys?"
What's the point? It just exploits the hope of those guys to get a real date, without the actual hope of getting a real one..
Somebody should go tell strip clubs that their business model is flawed.
Those curious about what life would be like with application developers managing system resources, should try firing up an old copy of Windows 3.1 or MacOS and running 10 or so applications at the same time.
Cooperative multitasking is great as long as yours is the only application that matters anyway. Why would I want to give away processing time to competing applications? Then it wouldn't be a competition.