While I agree with you completely, I think you're looking at this backwards. Linux people will put Linux on servers no matter what - but if we know that purchasing a ProLiant server is going to come with less or no headaches as compared to some other brand's unknown experience, maybe we'll be more likely to purchase a ProLiant. At least that seems to be HP's angle in this case.
I think where the judge's analogy falls apart is when he assumes your car would still be "fully functioning" if you avoided the amusement park for cars. If I want to buy (insert some new PS3 game here) and play it without ever connecting to the PSN, I'm going to be forced to install a firmware update just to play the new game, aren't I? I don't see how that would constitute my PS3 being "fully functional" anymore. (and I don't see how that could be worked into this car analogy either)
Not that I own a PS3; I don't. But that's how things are done with my Xbox360.
Exactly. Or perhaps a better analogy would be handsfree Bluetooth.
"I bought this car because it has Bluetooth. It's not a feature every owner of this model will use, but it is one of the reasons I chose THIS car over other cars."
And then the manufacturer remotely bricks the Bluetooth because I got my oil changed somewhere other than the dealership.
I've been loving Firefox for years, but this fast release schedule is driving me nuts. Every time a new "major" version comes out now, at least one or two of my extensions break. The first one to go (on FF4) was Ubiquity, which still isn't fixed, and the stupid thing about that is Ubiquity is a Mozilla Labs extension. It's pretty sad when their own damn extensions can't even keep up, let alone 3rd party stuff.
So, back to your point about extensions being the only downside, honestly, do we use Firefox for any other reason? I could have ditched FF for Chrome or even IE9 (shudder) but it's the extensions that make Firefox so awesome, and that's what's suffering the most with this bullshit release schedule.
I think that making every app work in a browser is the path of least resistance for companies trying to make a multi-platform product. This might not actually be true in all cases, but a lot of executives with a limited knowledge of technology see it this way.
but whenever I hear yet another parrot this exact same asinine statement, I can't help but roll my eyes.
Amen brother. Although the parent didn't really make that specific argument, it sounded like they just wanted to get their Zerg on.
You know, there are some legitimate things one could moan and complain about regarding SC2
I'd like to throw something out there. In SC1 I always wanted the ability to zoom OUT and see more of the battlefield at once. With the ability to select more than 12 units at a time this would have been a great feature for SC2. But what did they do instead? They added the ability to zoom IN. What the fuck is the point of that? I don't need to see how graphically detailed these units are. And with all of the things going on in the game, who has time to admire the scenery?
Replying to the parent poster, I was speaking specifically about the storyline / campaign mode of the game. Lets set multiplayer aside in this discussion (which I will agree it does have some missing features such as a full complement of units or LAN play, but it is basically an entire game worth $60 if all you're going to do with it is play multiplayer).
Perhaps you could argue that the story in SC2 so far has been pretty lacking, but we can only compare 1/3rd of the SC2 story to SC1, which you could argue is two full stories, including Brood War. That's not really a fair comparison. But they added highly detailed cutscenes between every mission, they made the different areas of the Hyperion that you could explore, they made lots of things you could click on in there that does stuff, they added the armoury and tech research, and they also made that arcade game in the bar. I'm not suggesting any of these things are killer features, but it is clear that they spent a fair amount of time on a visually stunning game, and I feel that they are well within their right as developers to ask for $60 in compensation for all of their hard work. If you don't feel that the price point is adequate, play some other game.
Also, your comment about the 26 missions with only 10 advancing the story, that is fairly understandable from their point of view. They needed to make enough content to justify the price, and they did. The fact that only 10 advance the story is to allow you to play a lot of the missions in any order you choose, giving you different combinatons of units as you go. That bodes well for the re-playability of the game. I look forward to getting siege tanks before I do the Great Train Robbery mission on my next playthrough.
I'm not trying to start a flame war here or anything, but I got a copy of SC2: Wings of Liberty for x-mas, and I think there is enough content in this game to make it well worth the $60. Granted, I know I only received 1/3rd of the story, but this game is so much better and has so many more features than SC1 that I can overlook that part. SC2 sales would suggest that enough consumers would agree with me that boycotting isn't really going to get Blizzard's attention. I'm also not a fan of their DRM model and it has its problems, but it is the only game that, to me, is worth putting up with the crappy DRM just to play.
Perhaps for you, game = story, but there is so much more to the game than just the story (which by comparison was very lacking in SC1).
Step 1: Change default background picture from ugly orange/brown to even uglier pinky purple.
Step 2: Move window controls to the left.
Step 3: Design a new interface that steals window menu bars and moves them to the top of the screen, only for the active window.
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Change their name to FreeMac
Seriously, though... Are they trying to copy OSX?
I used Unity for about 15 minutes before I decided I'm never going to like it. Returning to Gnome 2.x was pretty easy though, but for some reason Emerald is totally broken. I also gave Gnome 3 a spin and while it has some nice features, I prefer the classic "Applications | Places | System" menu that has become so familiar. If this mess keeps up, I'll have to give KDE another spin.
Mod parent up! Have the/. editors gotten so sick of listening to complaints about non-stories that they decided to just start merging stories together? I'm not even sure either of these two stories alone is worth posting, and one of them doesn't even have a link.
As a fellow Canadian, I agree with both of you. The one thing they did to really enrage me is when they started charging a small fee for INCOMING text messages. I soon found myself berating my friends for sending one-word text messages, especially a string of them because they couldn't organize their thoughts before they hit send. They were on unlimited texting plans and couldn't care less what stupid plan I was stuck with.
Just a quick note on your Fido story - I had a similar problem with Telus once. I stopped paying for a contract I never actually signed (the phone was an x-mas present) after the phone battery stopped working 9 months into a 2 year contract. Telus wanted either $100 to replace the battery or ~ $250 to buy out the contract. At that point I decided Telus wasn't going to get any more of my money. It went through collections for a little while but nothing ever came of it. The funny thing about that was just as they were giving up, I ended up getting a cheap Telus landline connected with the same name, different address. They never made the connection that I was the same person, and my credit rating never really took any sort of hit from that at all.
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Undoing my mods in this thread because I have to ask - have you never used the "shutdown" or "restart" options? Do you ever turn off your computer?
While I agree with you completely, I think you're looking at this backwards. Linux people will put Linux on servers no matter what - but if we know that purchasing a ProLiant server is going to come with less or no headaches as compared to some other brand's unknown experience, maybe we'll be more likely to purchase a ProLiant. At least that seems to be HP's angle in this case.
I think where the judge's analogy falls apart is when he assumes your car would still be "fully functioning" if you avoided the amusement park for cars. If I want to buy (insert some new PS3 game here) and play it without ever connecting to the PSN, I'm going to be forced to install a firmware update just to play the new game, aren't I? I don't see how that would constitute my PS3 being "fully functional" anymore. (and I don't see how that could be worked into this car analogy either)
Not that I own a PS3; I don't. But that's how things are done with my Xbox360.
Exactly. Or perhaps a better analogy would be handsfree Bluetooth.
"I bought this car because it has Bluetooth. It's not a feature every owner of this model will use, but it is one of the reasons I chose THIS car over other cars."
And then the manufacturer remotely bricks the Bluetooth because I got my oil changed somewhere other than the dealership.
it's not negatively harming others
In the case of geohot and the PS3 hacking, Sony might argue that it is harming their business. Because corporations are people, after all.
It appears with posts like this, that perhaps the opposite of your signature is also true.
Off-topic I know, but sorry, I couldn't resist.
Mod parent up! It's great to have Ubiquity back!
The only downside is extensions
I've been loving Firefox for years, but this fast release schedule is driving me nuts. Every time a new "major" version comes out now, at least one or two of my extensions break. The first one to go (on FF4) was Ubiquity, which still isn't fixed, and the stupid thing about that is Ubiquity is a Mozilla Labs extension. It's pretty sad when their own damn extensions can't even keep up, let alone 3rd party stuff.
So, back to your point about extensions being the only downside, honestly, do we use Firefox for any other reason? I could have ditched FF for Chrome or even IE9 (shudder) but it's the extensions that make Firefox so awesome, and that's what's suffering the most with this bullshit release schedule.
"Yes, I was really sad too, when the artist stopped drawing the deer."
I think that making every app work in a browser is the path of least resistance for companies trying to make a multi-platform product. This might not actually be true in all cases, but a lot of executives with a limited knowledge of technology see it this way.
but whenever I hear yet another parrot this exact same asinine statement, I can't help but roll my eyes.
Amen brother. Although the parent didn't really make that specific argument, it sounded like they just wanted to get their Zerg on.
You know, there are some legitimate things one could moan and complain about regarding SC2
I'd like to throw something out there. In SC1 I always wanted the ability to zoom OUT and see more of the battlefield at once. With the ability to select more than 12 units at a time this would have been a great feature for SC2. But what did they do instead? They added the ability to zoom IN. What the fuck is the point of that? I don't need to see how graphically detailed these units are. And with all of the things going on in the game, who has time to admire the scenery?
You sir, are spot on with my experience at University. I wish I had mod points to give you.
Replying to the parent poster, I was speaking specifically about the storyline / campaign mode of the game. Lets set multiplayer aside in this discussion (which I will agree it does have some missing features such as a full complement of units or LAN play, but it is basically an entire game worth $60 if all you're going to do with it is play multiplayer).
Perhaps you could argue that the story in SC2 so far has been pretty lacking, but we can only compare 1/3rd of the SC2 story to SC1, which you could argue is two full stories, including Brood War. That's not really a fair comparison. But they added highly detailed cutscenes between every mission, they made the different areas of the Hyperion that you could explore, they made lots of things you could click on in there that does stuff, they added the armoury and tech research, and they also made that arcade game in the bar. I'm not suggesting any of these things are killer features, but it is clear that they spent a fair amount of time on a visually stunning game, and I feel that they are well within their right as developers to ask for $60 in compensation for all of their hard work. If you don't feel that the price point is adequate, play some other game.
Also, your comment about the 26 missions with only 10 advancing the story, that is fairly understandable from their point of view. They needed to make enough content to justify the price, and they did. The fact that only 10 advance the story is to allow you to play a lot of the missions in any order you choose, giving you different combinatons of units as you go. That bodes well for the re-playability of the game. I look forward to getting siege tanks before I do the Great Train Robbery mission on my next playthrough.
I'm not trying to start a flame war here or anything, but I got a copy of SC2: Wings of Liberty for x-mas, and I think there is enough content in this game to make it well worth the $60. Granted, I know I only received 1/3rd of the story, but this game is so much better and has so many more features than SC1 that I can overlook that part. SC2 sales would suggest that enough consumers would agree with me that boycotting isn't really going to get Blizzard's attention. I'm also not a fan of their DRM model and it has its problems, but it is the only game that, to me, is worth putting up with the crappy DRM just to play.
Perhaps for you, game = story, but there is so much more to the game than just the story (which by comparison was very lacking in SC1).
Unless their license fee includes sharing of the collected data... then things could get worse.
Sadly, the Google Streetview team hasn't driven past the place yet.
+1 to Best Analogy Ever!
Step 1: Change default background picture from ugly orange/brown to even uglier pinky purple.
Step 2: Move window controls to the left.
Step 3: Design a new interface that steals window menu bars and moves them to the top of the screen, only for the active window.
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Change their name to FreeMac
Seriously, though... Are they trying to copy OSX?
I used Unity for about 15 minutes before I decided I'm never going to like it. Returning to Gnome 2.x was pretty easy though, but for some reason Emerald is totally broken. I also gave Gnome 3 a spin and while it has some nice features, I prefer the classic "Applications | Places | System" menu that has become so familiar. If this mess keeps up, I'll have to give KDE another spin.
Like "blogging", "twitter" and "app"
If people dreamed of these things 500 years ago, I weep for humanity.
Because they do no evil...?
(for select definitions of evil, of course)
in a fully integrated federal facility.
You mean a federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Why hold back?
Mod parent up! Have the /. editors gotten so sick of listening to complaints about non-stories that they decided to just start merging stories together? I'm not even sure either of these two stories alone is worth posting, and one of them doesn't even have a link.
April First Post! There, now i never have to do this again.
And me too.
As a fellow Canadian, I agree with both of you. The one thing they did to really enrage me is when they started charging a small fee for INCOMING text messages. I soon found myself berating my friends for sending one-word text messages, especially a string of them because they couldn't organize their thoughts before they hit send. They were on unlimited texting plans and couldn't care less what stupid plan I was stuck with.
Just a quick note on your Fido story - I had a similar problem with Telus once. I stopped paying for a contract I never actually signed (the phone was an x-mas present) after the phone battery stopped working 9 months into a 2 year contract. Telus wanted either $100 to replace the battery or ~ $250 to buy out the contract. At that point I decided Telus wasn't going to get any more of my money. It went through collections for a little while but nothing ever came of it. The funny thing about that was just as they were giving up, I ended up getting a cheap Telus landline connected with the same name, different address. They never made the connection that I was the same person, and my credit rating never really took any sort of hit from that at all.