So rather than research how to come up with a better strategy than the sell the ink and give away the printer approach. They put their money into hiring scientists and lawyers and to go after small companies because they are selling ink for the printers. Whats next? Go after Epson because their printers kind of look like the ones we make.
You say that putting dead batteries or cutting a cord is violating his property, yet go on to say physically altering the device is a good solution. Isnt altering the device the same as violating his property? Seems the dead battery theory is the minimal of all intrusions to his property.
Geeks have always known this was the inevitable. I cant count how many movies I have seen that have shown image or video manipulation as the wave of the future with advertisements and big brother messages being blurted on big screens everywhere. It was just a matter of having technology cheap enough or accessible enough to be done cost effectively. Now it appears any 13 year old with a below average PC can manipulate images to make them look authentic.
So according the same movies soon there will be an underground group of rebels that wishes to break the masses from the chains of manipulation or make information free than filtered. While constantly battling government forces or agencies that wish to stop them.
Because it makes sense and is a valid point. The same people big brothers that told the consultant to hack the passwords have managed to mod down the parent post.
This is not different than how Apple has always approached things. They have always been about form and function. Developing the next killer app or killer hardware. And making everything as proprietary or closed as possible. Doesnt matter how stubborn it may seem at the time and goes against potential profits or their customer base, its just classic Apple thinking.
While people may remark that Jobs should be thrilled at their level of success and want things opened up or looking towards Mac's as a game machine, or whatever else it may be. This was more Woz's thinking not so much Job's. Job's has always been the suit side of it all, that happens to be in jeans and loafers.
It may not make sense to us regular folk that go to work and collect our checks to keep wasting time and effort of forcing a proprietary format but for someone like Sony that has the resources if I were Sony I keep trying to do it. Its one thing to develop, market, manufacture, distribute etc... the next new radio/tv/gaming/remote control... to earn large profits to feed the 800lb gorilla. But how little effort would it take to earn some extra change if you controlled a widely used format? Considering they already have a level of control in all facets of entertainment, film, tv, hardware, gaming, PC's, music,...
If we look at history and culture, it would appear slacking started occuring during the baby-boomer generation. Some people's parents or grandparents.
The transition from loyalty and hard work all of a sudden shifted to feeling good and rebelling. Since then the mindset is still the same just evolved to match the current time we live in.
This applies to almost anything. Clothing, appliances, food, etc... Most people, if its not their hobby or interested in something and feel they need it will opt for what they percieve as the best quality they can get at the price they are willing to spend. Which explains why WalMarts do well, everything they sell is junk and will fall apart faster than if the average consumer just spent a couple extra bucks. For instance if I were asked to buy a toaster or iron why would I want to spend $200.00 when I can get the same item for $29.99?
He is just like any other technical layman. He had a false sense of security by using some form of security.
I dont know how many managers, executives, or non IT type people I have talked to that think once the firewall is in place we never have to think about it again. Or now that we have an antivirus we can go and do whatever we want and not worry about downloads and such again. Then they turn the deaf ear until... unfortunately for this guy its going to cost him more than just a few dollars and some downtime.
While the machines may be manufactured from the same place, I had to call for my offices recently for an invoice on a particular Thinkpad requested by the CFO. After being transferred to half a dozen people over the course of about 4 hours and providing the serial number and model number it was something they could not figure out or do for me. Apparently a request like this was never made before and baffled their customer, technical service, and sales.
Whereas when it was IBM run, it would have taken 1 call and 10 minutes.
Me and my geek friends have come to realize that multitasking not only leads to errors, but can make one irritable. We have now decided that concentrating on one task as much as possible not only gets it done faster and with less errors but usually takes much less time than adding it to the multi-scheme. We also came to realize when one multitasks we tend to forget a thing or two in the mix of multitasking.
Isnt this the same company that laughed at M$ when they came out with Xbox with the same model of losing money on the hardware and making it up with games? Seems even though Sony claims Xbox has not hurt their sales and is not a threat, taking up this give away the razors and make money on the blades approach says otherwise.
Unfortunately for college students, colleges sometimes seem to impose their own laws and regulations that seem to supersede real federal and state laws. I would be curious to find out who could make them change their policies.
While shacknews is unimpressed with the PSP this is the same thing they said about Xbox and look at it now. Its a viable contender to the PS2, even though it was considered a joke and future failure at release.
I am sure people are buying is what keeps spam alive. I cant see people spending the money, legal mess, and hassle in doing something that isnt making money or just for the hell of it. The article is just stating the obvious.
I think the big deal behind the green/blue screen is that this movie didnt suck. Yes we all saw Star Wars EP I and II, but movies that suck dont count, we try to erase them from memory.
Much like Matrix it was all that people talked about, then after 2nd and 3rd one. That movie dissapeared from people's minds within months.
So officially this is the first movie that was done entirely on a green screen.
Sounds your not too happy with the neighborhood or current world that your home is in. So the question that always baffles me is why dont you move. Hopefully to a nicer place so that you dont worry about crack dealers and breakins and being a target. Yes ideally one should not have to move and things should be nice and everyone happy. But it isnt so why not remove yourself from this horrible area?
Lets hope Earthlink keeps it just a little program to help promote their ISP. I would hate to think they are starting down the road of many other P2P companies which eventually start throwing spyware on your machine and making money the sleazy internet way.
I see people stacking those christmas trees that come in a variety of fruit smelling flavors in their cars, why not take a bunch of those and hang them all about the computers?
Its hard to imagine the future or an ideal futuristic world when we have no heros. Star Wars, Trek, Blade Runner, etc... were all created by people that were kids during the Gemini, Apollo runs, possibly inspiring them and dreaming infinite possibilities and helping create the technology we have today.
Current generation of Sci-Fi would be writers saw recession, budget cuts, unemployment, NASA becoming a big bureaucrat.
Hopefully the XPrize will inspire the next to crank out some new and interesting ideas.
I thought Carmack already made this known prior to the release of Doom3, saying there was no more he could do and losing interest. Now his thing is the space travel endeavor he has started.
But as I said before without Romero Doom 3 isnt the same, perhaps it is time to leave while on top.
Whomever came up with that old saying figured it out long ago. It just depends on how you view your situation.
We can all recall how jazzed everyone was during the.com period regardless how much work and little pay and crappy cubicle or office we worked in, because for many/.'ers we thought we were in our own nirvana and when money was part of it the equation other non-geeks felt the same way. Anyone that has every worked in entertainment industry will see the same, long hours, crappy attitudes and treatment, non-existant pay, no promise of success, but people are drawn to those positions like moths to flame.
Yet on the flip side a highly paid lawyer will frequently leave their partner positions to do something like be a florist, real estate agent, or golf instructor for 1/4 the pay.
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So rather than research how to come up with a better strategy than the sell the ink and give away the printer approach. They put their money into hiring scientists and lawyers and to go after small companies because they are selling ink for the printers. Whats next? Go after Epson because their printers kind of look like the ones we make.
This should be an episode of "The Office"
You say that putting dead batteries or cutting a cord is violating his property, yet go on to say physically altering the device is a good solution. Isnt altering the device the same as violating his property?
Seems the dead battery theory is the minimal of all intrusions to his property.
Geeks have always known this was the inevitable. I cant count how many movies I have seen that have shown image or video manipulation as the wave of the future with advertisements and big brother messages being blurted on big screens everywhere.
It was just a matter of having technology cheap enough or accessible enough to be done cost effectively.
Now it appears any 13 year old with a below average PC can manipulate images to make them look authentic.
So according the same movies soon there will be an underground group of rebels that wishes to break the masses from the chains of manipulation or make information free than filtered. While constantly battling government forces or agencies that wish to stop them.
Because it makes sense and is a valid point. The same people big brothers that told the consultant to hack the passwords have managed to mod down the parent post.
This is not different than how Apple has always approached things. They have always been about form and function. Developing the next killer app or killer hardware. And making everything as proprietary or closed as possible.
Doesnt matter how stubborn it may seem at the time and goes against potential profits or their customer base, its just classic Apple thinking.
While people may remark that Jobs should be thrilled at their level of success and want things opened up or looking towards Mac's as a game machine, or whatever else it may be. This was more Woz's thinking not so much Job's. Job's has always been the suit side of it all, that happens to be in jeans and loafers.
It may not make sense to us regular folk that go to work and collect our checks to keep wasting time and effort of forcing a proprietary format but for someone like Sony that has the resources if I were Sony I keep trying to do it.
Its one thing to develop, market, manufacture, distribute etc... the next new radio/tv/gaming/remote control... to earn large profits to feed the 800lb gorilla. But how little effort would it take to earn some extra change if you controlled a widely used format?
Considering they already have a level of control in all facets of entertainment, film, tv, hardware, gaming, PC's, music,...
If we look at history and culture, it would appear slacking started occuring during the baby-boomer generation. Some people's parents or grandparents.
The transition from loyalty and hard work all of a sudden shifted to feeling good and rebelling. Since then the mindset is still the same just evolved to match the current time we live in.
This applies to almost anything. Clothing, appliances, food, etc...
Most people, if its not their hobby or interested in something and feel they need it will opt for what they percieve as the best quality they can get at the price they are willing to spend.
Which explains why WalMarts do well, everything they sell is junk and will fall apart faster than if the average consumer just spent a couple extra bucks.
For instance if I were asked to buy a toaster or iron why would I want to spend $200.00 when I can get the same item for $29.99?
He is just like any other technical layman. He had a false sense of security by using some form of security.
I dont know how many managers, executives, or non IT type people I have talked to that think once the firewall is in place we never have to think about it again. Or now that we have an antivirus we can go and do whatever we want and not worry about downloads and such again.
Then they turn the deaf ear until... unfortunately for this guy its going to cost him more than just a few dollars and some downtime.
While the machines may be manufactured from the same place, I had to call for my offices recently for an invoice on a particular Thinkpad requested by the CFO. After being transferred to half a dozen people over the course of about 4 hours and providing the serial number and model number it was something they could not figure out or do for me. Apparently a request like this was never made before and baffled their customer, technical service, and sales.
Whereas when it was IBM run, it would have taken 1 call and 10 minutes.
Me and my geek friends have come to realize that multitasking not only leads to errors, but can make one irritable.
We have now decided that concentrating on one task as much as possible not only gets it done faster and with less errors but usually takes much less time than adding it to the multi-scheme.
We also came to realize when one multitasks we tend to forget a thing or two in the mix of multitasking.
Isnt this the same company that laughed at M$ when they came out with Xbox with the same model of losing money on the hardware and making it up with games?
Seems even though Sony claims Xbox has not hurt their sales and is not a threat, taking up this give away the razors and make money on the blades approach says otherwise.
Unfortunately for college students, colleges sometimes seem to impose their own laws and regulations that seem to supersede real federal and state laws.
I would be curious to find out who could make them change their policies.
While shacknews is unimpressed with the PSP this is the same thing they said about Xbox and look at it now.
Its a viable contender to the PS2, even though it was considered a joke and future failure at release.
I am sure people are buying is what keeps spam alive. I cant see people spending the money, legal mess, and hassle in doing something that isnt making money or just for the hell of it.
The article is just stating the obvious.
Why does an Ipod need a book.
If it sells well I may consider writing a few myself:
- Dell Inspiron 8000 book
- Microsoft Optical Intellimouse book
- Sony Cybershot Digital Camera book
that leave tires, cars on blocks or several project cars in the lawn and backyard, along with the vicious unfed scary big dog.
So once Virgin gets his space travel thing together it wont be much different than looking down the block of our earth neighborhoods.
So now they are IPO'd it seems they are under a different microscope.
Pre-IPO couple of college kids that worked hard and are smart and made the world better.
Post-IPO, this company is the new MS, look at all the sinister, conspiring things they do, always knew they were no good.
Whats next Google supports terrorism? I guess whatever sells papers or click throughs.
I think the big deal behind the green/blue screen is that this movie didnt suck.
Yes we all saw Star Wars EP I and II, but movies that suck dont count, we try to erase them from memory.
Much like Matrix it was all that people talked about, then after 2nd and 3rd one. That movie dissapeared from people's minds within months.
So officially this is the first movie that was done entirely on a green screen.
Sounds your not too happy with the neighborhood or current world that your home is in. So the question that always baffles me is why dont you move. Hopefully to a nicer place so that you dont worry about crack dealers and breakins and being a target.
Yes ideally one should not have to move and things should be nice and everyone happy. But it isnt so why not remove yourself from this horrible area?
Lets hope Earthlink keeps it just a little program to help promote their ISP.
I would hate to think they are starting down the road of many other P2P companies which eventually start throwing spyware on your machine and making money the sleazy internet way.
I see people stacking those christmas trees that come in a variety of fruit smelling flavors in their cars, why not take a bunch of those and hang them all about the computers?
Its hard to imagine the future or an ideal futuristic world when we have no heros. Star Wars, Trek, Blade Runner, etc... were all created by people that were kids during the Gemini, Apollo runs, possibly inspiring them and dreaming infinite possibilities and helping create the technology we have today.
Current generation of Sci-Fi would be writers saw recession, budget cuts, unemployment, NASA becoming a big bureaucrat.
Hopefully the XPrize will inspire the next to crank out some new and interesting ideas.
I thought Carmack already made this known prior to the release of Doom3, saying there was no more he could do and losing interest.
Now his thing is the space travel endeavor he has started.
But as I said before without Romero Doom 3 isnt the same, perhaps it is time to leave while on top.
Whomever came up with that old saying figured it out long ago. It just depends on how you view your situation.
.com period regardless how much work and little pay and crappy cubicle or office we worked in, because for many /.'ers we thought we were in our own nirvana and when money was part of it the equation other non-geeks felt the same way. Anyone that has every worked in entertainment industry will see the same, long hours, crappy attitudes and treatment, non-existant pay, no promise of success, but people are drawn to those positions like moths to flame.
We can all recall how jazzed everyone was during the
Yet on the flip side a highly paid lawyer will frequently leave their partner positions to do something like be a florist, real estate agent, or golf instructor for 1/4 the pay.
Just depends on how you view your circumstances.