"These phones have no downloadable apps, no games, not even a calendar. They're not meant to be expandable smart phones; instead very good messaging phones."
Nice job, Microsoft. Way to ignore the growing trends in favor of your own way. After all, you certainly know better than those lousy consumers.
In all fairness, though, they'll probably sell like hotcakes in the niche market they're designed for. I just don't see it as a very big market.
"If true, this is bad news for the already delayed Asimov Foundation trilogy: it’s likely Roland Emmerich will direct the Independance Day film after his latest film Anonymous about the life of William Shakespeare, delaying the Foundation start date even further."
Bad news? No. They seem to be under the impression that we want him to direct the Foundation Trilogy. Anything bringing the possibility of him not doing it is good news indeed.
Even with this, there's still too much of a stigma associated with Microsoft and Bing for many internet users to take them seriously. Leave Bing to the uncaring and the uninformed.
They go to all this effort to put massive, brilliant pictures online, but they forget to put it on a server remotely capable of handling it? Way to go.
I can't remember the name of it, but I read about an island somewhere off the coast of Africa. It's a giant chunk of rock that's split in such a way that its eventual collapse into the ocean is near certain. When it happens, the amount of water suddenly displaced could potentially cause a tsunami that we here on the East coast would definitely notice.
I really wish that I had mod points for the parent here. Having been on a FIRST team myself, I cannot possibly overestimate the value of everything I learned and experienced there. The organization not only teaches students how to use science and technology, but also makes it extremely enjoyable.
The article goes on an extensive analogy about DRM equaling Door Locks, and it completely misses the point. Yes, DRm prevents the majority of hackers from being able to do anything to the actual, hard copy of the game. This is worthless, though. All it take is for one person to break through the protection and upload it to a torrent site, and then everybody with internet access can have the game for free. It does not matter that most people couldn't break the encryption themselves. They don't need to, because somebody else already has.
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http://xkcd.com/54/
E=MC^2 is the classic, possibly to the point of being cliche. Your call.
"These phones have no downloadable apps, no games, not even a calendar. They're not meant to be expandable smart phones; instead very good messaging phones."
Nice job, Microsoft. Way to ignore the growing trends in favor of your own way. After all, you certainly know better than those lousy consumers.
In all fairness, though, they'll probably sell like hotcakes in the niche market they're designed for. I just don't see it as a very big market.
Independence Day II: The Endor Holocaust.
The article says,
"If true, this is bad news for the already delayed Asimov Foundation trilogy: it’s likely Roland Emmerich will direct the Independance Day film after his latest film Anonymous about the life of William Shakespeare, delaying the Foundation start date even further."
Bad news? No. They seem to be under the impression that we want him to direct the Foundation Trilogy. Anything bringing the possibility of him not doing it is good news indeed.
Even with this, there's still too much of a stigma associated with Microsoft and Bing for many internet users to take them seriously. Leave Bing to the uncaring and the uninformed.
Anybody else notice that there are still copies of the book up on the scribd website?
They go to all this effort to put massive, brilliant pictures online, but they forget to put it on a server remotely capable of handling it? Way to go.
That's no moon rock...
...The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
An actual use for Arisoft guns.
I'm never going to click on ads whether or not I can see them. There's no reason to have them sitting around annoying me.
I'll be sure to buy my faster than light ship, once the nice man from Nigeria finishes transferring me the money he promised!
How do you think us Wheel of Time fans feel?
I can't remember the name of it, but I read about an island somewhere off the coast of Africa. It's a giant chunk of rock that's split in such a way that its eventual collapse into the ocean is near certain. When it happens, the amount of water suddenly displaced could potentially cause a tsunami that we here on the East coast would definitely notice.
The entire website was blocked by NoScript. I allowed it, and within 30 seconds changed my mind and blocked it again. That website is atrocious.
I really wish that I had mod points for the parent here. Having been on a FIRST team myself, I cannot possibly overestimate the value of everything I learned and experienced there. The organization not only teaches students how to use science and technology, but also makes it extremely enjoyable.
2020, you say? Well, That should be right around the release date for StarCraft III, if Blizzard quickens their normal pace a bit.
One (compund) word: StarCraft.
I presume politicians are corrupt until proven honest.
I presume all politicians are corrupt until... actually, forget the "until" part.
Ask not how you would treat a catgirl, but how a catgirl would "treat" you.
Really? Performance can vary from system to system? I never would have guessed.
The article goes on an extensive analogy about DRM equaling Door Locks, and it completely misses the point. Yes, DRm prevents the majority of hackers from being able to do anything to the actual, hard copy of the game. This is worthless, though. All it take is for one person to break through the protection and upload it to a torrent site, and then everybody with internet access can have the game for free. It does not matter that most people couldn't break the encryption themselves. They don't need to, because somebody else already has.
EA doing something intelligent? Something that is appreciated by users? No... It can't possibly be true.