"As far as toyed with... I feel toyed with when plotlines are left unresolved, a promising show is cancelled before it's given a chance to find it's audience, and wrestling and ghosthunters displace science fiction on a science fiction network"
If one man has a grievance and sues a company he's portrayed in the press as crackpot. A class action takes the same grievance and because numerous people are involved there's the appearance of wrongdoing, no matter if it's real or not. Lawyers representing the plaintiffs try the case in the court of public opinion until a settlement is forced because the defendant feels their reputation is becoming tarnished. A settlement will mean pennies on the dollar for the numerous plaintiffs, and that's after the attorneys take out their costs.
Microsoft thinks they are clever enough to circumvent this cycle. Does anyone think they class action lawsuit industry will let Microsoft's new license stand? Not without a fight.
1) You can put your whole life online and it still doesn't mean you're famous. 2) People you know will post snarky crap on your page and shrug their shoulder when you meet them face to face. 3) Everything you've ever been told to safegaurd your privacy is out the window at Facebook. If you don't post it, someone you know already posted about you. 4) A website is automatically uncool the moment your parents join. 5) Facebook is just an ugly background away from being Myspace.
True. I tried to carry an Android from another provider to Sprint and they wouldn't allow it. In this case the service provider was Cox Communications, who briefly offered cell service based on Sprint infrastructure. There shouldn't have been a compatibility issue.
As it turned out I made quite a bit of money during that switch. Cox gave me 150 dollar per line (x2) to switch since they broke the contract (Cox quit offering cell service). Sprint gave me 100 dollars per line as a Cox Customer switching over to them. Sprint also gave me 60 bucks for my old android device. This more than paid for my Samsung Galaxy SII.
The downside of Sprint is they still don't have their 4G shit together in many cities. My 3G transfer speed is.12Mbps download and.10Mbps upload (speedtest.net) . Needless to say I use a lot of wifi. Later this year Sprint will start offering 4G LTE in these markets, but I've heard that will be due to arrangements they made with other providers.
Downside: Once you sell people a phone and they see the whole price they might be more inclined to own it longer. With cell providers currently offering upgrades and freebees to customers most people have a new phone in their hands ever two or three years. If people outright buy an Android they might decide to keep that phone for five or six years. That could lead to a level of stagnation.
Upside: Thrifty consumers will pick up on this if Google really commits. It could be a game changer for the US cell market and bring about a much needed round of competitive (hopefully somewhat fair) plan pricing.
One advantage of CG is the elimination of concern over buildings and landmarks that must be licensed to appear in film or advertising. Movies and TV shows filming in NYC (especially Times Square) commonly replace buildings and advertising with computer images to avoid licensing and copyright concerns. It can be expesive when something falls between the cracks. An example - The movie poster for Spiderman featured a reflection of the Chrystler Building in Spidey's lens. The owners of the Chrystler Building sued and the poster was recalled, reprinted with a photoshoped image, and redistributed.
When starting from scratch with a full CG image all parties involved can be sure there will be no such FUBARs. Advertisers want eye popping images. Most are pretty flexible about the source.
An all glass laptop sounds cool, and from a design POV I can see Apple doing it. I think the determining factor will be performance of iPhone 5's case and cost of materials over time. Aluminum is cheap and can be recycled. I don't know how cost effective it will be to melt down and recycle liquidmetal.
The liquidmetal process would probably involve a pouring or injection molds, where the laptop unibody fabrication is a milling process. Not that Apple hasn't retooled factories before.
Fenec requires resources, but smartphone processing power is getting cheaper and an impressive rate. On my Samsung Galaxy SII running a gingerbread spin Fenic is not noticeably slower than the native browser. My biggest criticism of Fenic on Android is how very little it feels like Firefox.
Most businesses when re-doing floorspace are going to move a few walls around. If they embed the silver particles in the drywall the business owner has the option of painting or wallpapering.
To carry your metaphor a step further - This is like buying a Nikon camera and Nikon claiming ownership of the pictures you take with that camera. My understanding is this opens the door to the creators of programming languages trolling created works for fees, if not outright ownership.
>> "I would brand them a prescient prophet, not a lunatic, since neither Android nor Google even existed then."
You're correct, but in the abstract you will remember this was the period where Bill Gates was using his straw-man argument "There could be kids in their garage right now that will dominate the market in coming years...". Everyone would have a good laugh because MS owned the so much of the market.
This was also the same time the DOJ went after Microsoft for Monopolistic practices, so MS propped up Apple so they could say there was a viable home computer alternative.
How times change. Microsoft seems punch-drunk and unable to focus on a direction forward.
If anyone said back in the mid 90's that Microsoft would ceed the cell phone market to Android and Apple, hemorage market share on the desktop and lose browser dominance they would be labeled a lunatic. Or Steve Ballmer.
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Yes, I want to upload my financial information, work history, scans of legal documents, and anything else personal from my hard drive and have it spidered by Google. I'm sure they can be trusted. They've been so respectful so far of people's privacy.
>> "The American people behave like a battered spouse to an abusive government."
So blame the wife? A wife is not decent when she packs her bags instead of striking back? Do you seriously advocate violence on the part of the wife to resolve an already bad situation? I would hope not. The american people want legal reform, not chaos.
And if you feel neither party has decent ideas then you can vote 3rd party. Stop feeding the two part stronghold on goverment.
The scope of software assisted grading goes beyond standardized testing. We've not talking about software looking at what ovals you filled in. It's using in grading essays, book reports, research papers, and I shudder to think perhaps even thesis papers.
Our system of government is broken and dysfunctional. It's in need of reform. Left or right, nobody thinks this is working as designed.
Government is not the same as country. The american people are still mostly decent people trying to get around with bloated fat bureaucrats mucking up the works.
Our biggest problem is people in charge trying to brainwash us into believing only one political party has all good ideas. There's a word for that kind on blind faith. It's called religion.
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http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/06/ubuntu-app-showdown-no-longer-requires-quickly/
It's not every day you see someone make the RIAA and MPAA look like amateurs.
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!
Whenever I see announcements of "We're creating a fork!!!" the first thing I think of:
http://www.levenez.com/unix/
Lots of tiny branches that just stop.
I love this quote. It says it all:
"As far as toyed with... I feel toyed with when plotlines are left unresolved, a promising show is cancelled before it's given a chance to find it's audience, and wrestling and ghosthunters displace science fiction on a science fiction network"
...and don't even think of using curved screens!!!
If one man has a grievance and sues a company he's portrayed in the press as crackpot. A class action takes the same grievance and because numerous people are involved there's the appearance of wrongdoing, no matter if it's real or not. Lawyers representing the plaintiffs try the case in the court of public opinion until a settlement is forced because the defendant feels their reputation is becoming tarnished. A settlement will mean pennies on the dollar for the numerous plaintiffs, and that's after the attorneys take out their costs.
Microsoft thinks they are clever enough to circumvent this cycle. Does anyone think they class action lawsuit industry will let Microsoft's new license stand? Not without a fight.
1) You can put your whole life online and it still doesn't mean you're famous.
2) People you know will post snarky crap on your page and shrug their shoulder when you meet them face to face.
3) Everything you've ever been told to safegaurd your privacy is out the window at Facebook. If you don't post it, someone you know already posted about you.
4) A website is automatically uncool the moment your parents join.
5) Facebook is just an ugly background away from being Myspace.
True. I tried to carry an Android from another provider to Sprint and they wouldn't allow it. In this case the service provider was Cox Communications, who briefly offered cell service based on Sprint infrastructure. There shouldn't have been a compatibility issue.
As it turned out I made quite a bit of money during that switch. Cox gave me 150 dollar per line (x2) to switch since they broke the contract (Cox quit offering cell service). Sprint gave me 100 dollars per line as a Cox Customer switching over to them. Sprint also gave me 60 bucks for my old android device. This more than paid for my Samsung Galaxy SII.
The downside of Sprint is they still don't have their 4G shit together in many cities. My 3G transfer speed is .12Mbps download and .10Mbps upload (speedtest.net) . Needless to say I use a lot of wifi. Later this year Sprint will start offering 4G LTE in these markets, but I've heard that will be due to arrangements they made with other providers.
Downside: Once you sell people a phone and they see the whole price they might be more inclined to own it longer. With cell providers currently offering upgrades and freebees to customers most people have a new phone in their hands ever two or three years. If people outright buy an Android they might decide to keep that phone for five or six years. That could lead to a level of stagnation.
Upside: Thrifty consumers will pick up on this if Google really commits. It could be a game changer for the US cell market and bring about a much needed round of competitive (hopefully somewhat fair) plan pricing.
Chalk another one for the lawyers.
One advantage of CG is the elimination of concern over buildings and landmarks that must be licensed to appear in film or advertising. Movies and TV shows filming in NYC (especially Times Square) commonly replace buildings and advertising with computer images to avoid licensing and copyright concerns. It can be expesive when something falls between the cracks. An example - The movie poster for Spiderman featured a reflection of the Chrystler Building in Spidey's lens. The owners of the Chrystler Building sued and the poster was recalled, reprinted with a photoshoped image, and redistributed.
When starting from scratch with a full CG image all parties involved can be sure there will be no such FUBARs. Advertisers want eye popping images. Most are pretty flexible about the source.
An all glass laptop sounds cool, and from a design POV I can see Apple doing it. I think the determining factor will be performance of iPhone 5's case and cost of materials over time. Aluminum is cheap and can be recycled. I don't know how cost effective it will be to melt down and recycle liquidmetal.
The liquidmetal process would probably involve a pouring or injection molds, where the laptop unibody fabrication is a milling process. Not that Apple hasn't retooled factories before.
Fenec requires resources, but smartphone processing power is getting cheaper and an impressive rate. On my Samsung Galaxy SII running a gingerbread spin Fenic is not noticeably slower than the native browser. My biggest criticism of Fenic on Android is how very little it feels like Firefox.
Shit, responded to wrong parent. When is Slashdot going to get a comment "edit"?
I'm drinking soda and it's listed on the back as an ingredient! What can I do?!?
Most businesses when re-doing floorspace are going to move a few walls around. If they embed the silver particles in the drywall the business owner has the option of painting or wallpapering.
Then tell me where it's flawed.
To carry your metaphor a step further - This is like buying a Nikon camera and Nikon claiming ownership of the pictures you take with that camera. My understanding is this opens the door to the creators of programming languages trolling created works for fees, if not outright ownership.
>> "I would brand them a prescient prophet, not a lunatic, since neither Android nor Google even existed then."
You're correct, but in the abstract you will remember this was the period where Bill Gates was using his straw-man argument "There could be kids in their garage right now that will dominate the market in coming years...". Everyone would have a good laugh because MS owned the so much of the market.
This was also the same time the DOJ went after Microsoft for Monopolistic practices, so MS propped up Apple so they could say there was a viable home computer alternative.
How times change. Microsoft seems punch-drunk and unable to focus on a direction forward.
LMFAO!!!
If anyone said back in the mid 90's that Microsoft would ceed the cell phone market to Android and Apple, hemorage market share on the desktop and lose browser dominance they would be labeled a lunatic. Or Steve Ballmer.
Yes, I want to upload my financial information, work history, scans of legal documents, and anything else personal from my hard drive and have it spidered by Google. I'm sure they can be trusted. They've been so respectful so far of people's privacy.
Don't feed the trolls. It's embarrassing enough that he posted in my thread.
>> "The American people behave like a battered spouse to an abusive government."
So blame the wife? A wife is not decent when she packs her bags instead of striking back? Do you seriously advocate violence on the part of the wife to resolve an already bad situation? I would hope not. The american people want legal reform, not chaos.
And if you feel neither party has decent ideas then you can vote 3rd party. Stop feeding the two part stronghold on goverment.
The scope of software assisted grading goes beyond standardized testing. We've not talking about software looking at what ovals you filled in. It's using in grading essays, book reports, research papers, and I shudder to think perhaps even thesis papers.
Our system of government is broken and dysfunctional. It's in need of reform. Left or right, nobody thinks this is working as designed.
Government is not the same as country. The american people are still mostly decent people trying to get around with bloated fat bureaucrats mucking up the works.
Our biggest problem is people in charge trying to brainwash us into believing only one political party has all good ideas. There's a word for that kind on blind faith. It's called religion.