This is so ridiculous. It could be ANYTHING in the environment at these schools. Tainted water, Chinese drywall, toxic mold, contaminated food. The list is endless. But I can tell you one this it's not is the wi-fi.
The article was specifically talking about "tech" innovations, which doesn't include things like aesthetics, battery life (unless it's a new kind of battery altogether), or other practical concerns.
Since Apple doesn't actually make any hardware, I'm at loss as to how anyone could call them a tech innovator.
Wait... Apple is a "tech innovator"? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Wrong. Apple uses last gen (or barely current gen) tech in their devices, and trots them out in shiny packages with pretty UIs. Sorry, epic fail.
So basically what they're saying is that you should avoid any chick with an iPhone cause she's not only pretentious, she's a whore too. Sounds like sound advice to me.
And when all the ISPs adopt the exact same policy that allows them to make the most money while screwing over their customers, then exactly who do you choose as an ISP (provided you even have a choice in your area)???
I know, First Amendment and all, but sometimes stupid people just need to keep their mouths shut, both for their own good and the good of anyone within earshot.
THIS. As long as they're making money stop bitching about lost sales that aren't. And I'd like to know how they get these numbers? If there is no serial code or "phone home" activation how exactly can they possibly track the number of games that are pirated? I call bullshit.
I think you're being paranoid. Keep your personal stuff separate from your work stuff. Problem solved.
If you really need some kind of crypto-storage why not use a USB key with something like TruCrypt? Putting stuff on a remote web server isn't really my idea of privacy.
But I still have to wonder what's so secret that you need to sequester it away. Your child porn collection or some equally unsavory and/or illegal content???
All of this. Flying used to be such a pleasure, and now it's like a root canal. Between all the extra fees that make it impossible to compare rates and know exactly how much it's going to cost you in the end, the ridiculous security rules that seem to change daily, the overcrowded planes with seats designed to extract pain from even a normal-sized adult male, and all the damned nickel and diming to death and I swear I'd rather take the train. Or a ship. Or hitchhike for Christ's sake.
THIS. And it's the fundamental problem with DLC. You never really own it. You can't resell it. If you need to reinstall the game you have to download it all over again. Sorry, but this is lame. I have boxes of computer games from the last decade and beyond. Any of them I can pop into my computer and play, in full, at any time. I don't need to worry about the authentication servers. I don't need to worry about if the DLC download server is still up and running. And the game is MINE. I own it. I can sell it, or keep it, or do anything else with it I want. Try doing anything with DLC. You can't.
Why should paying customers have to lose all their rights to games they buy? It's retarded. And I won't have any part of it. If you try to sell me an unfinished game with DLC I'm not gonna buy it. I don't care if it's the best game ever made. It's as simple as that.
Wow, you mean consumers are smart enough to realize that paying $60 for a digital download gives them less than paying $60 for a disc with a case and a manual?
What you're talking about is inserting an ad into the video stream on-the-fly. This is not a trivial thing to do. It would require re-rendering the video in real time with post-processing effects. While it's entirely possible to do, I don't think it's probable given the scale of the YouTube service.
No, cause I can flip to another tab and simply ignore these kinds of ads (which is what any Hulu-watcher will tell you). The pop up ads are especially insidious because they obscure what you're trying to watch so you can't ignore it and requires manual intervention to get them to go away.
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Maybe we should convince them to issue tin foil hats to all the kids?
Probably both.
This is so ridiculous. It could be ANYTHING in the environment at these schools. Tainted water, Chinese drywall, toxic mold, contaminated food. The list is endless. But I can tell you one this it's not is the wi-fi.
Still not going to pay for it. Nice try old man.
Might all be true, but none of which is "tech" as described by the article.
The article was specifically talking about "tech" innovations, which doesn't include things like aesthetics, battery life (unless it's a new kind of battery altogether), or other practical concerns.
Since Apple doesn't actually make any hardware, I'm at loss as to how anyone could call them a tech innovator.
Wait... Apple is a "tech innovator"? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Wrong. Apple uses last gen (or barely current gen) tech in their devices, and trots them out in shiny packages with pretty UIs. Sorry, epic fail.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Cause it's not like touch screen tablets ever existed before the iPad. Uh-huh. Revolutionary my ass.
So basically what they're saying is that you should avoid any chick with an iPhone cause she's not only pretentious, she's a whore too. Sounds like sound advice to me.
And when all the ISPs adopt the exact same policy that allows them to make the most money while screwing over their customers, then exactly who do you choose as an ISP (provided you even have a choice in your area)???
I know, First Amendment and all, but sometimes stupid people just need to keep their mouths shut, both for their own good and the good of anyone within earshot.
THIS. As long as they're making money stop bitching about lost sales that aren't. And I'd like to know how they get these numbers? If there is no serial code or "phone home" activation how exactly can they possibly track the number of games that are pirated? I call bullshit.
I think you're being paranoid. Keep your personal stuff separate from your work stuff. Problem solved.
If you really need some kind of crypto-storage why not use a USB key with something like TruCrypt? Putting stuff on a remote web server isn't really my idea of privacy.
But I still have to wonder what's so secret that you need to sequester it away. Your child porn collection or some equally unsavory and/or illegal content???
All of this. Flying used to be such a pleasure, and now it's like a root canal. Between all the extra fees that make it impossible to compare rates and know exactly how much it's going to cost you in the end, the ridiculous security rules that seem to change daily, the overcrowded planes with seats designed to extract pain from even a normal-sized adult male, and all the damned nickel and diming to death and I swear I'd rather take the train. Or a ship. Or hitchhike for Christ's sake.
THIS. And it's the fundamental problem with DLC. You never really own it. You can't resell it. If you need to reinstall the game you have to download it all over again. Sorry, but this is lame. I have boxes of computer games from the last decade and beyond. Any of them I can pop into my computer and play, in full, at any time. I don't need to worry about the authentication servers. I don't need to worry about if the DLC download server is still up and running. And the game is MINE. I own it. I can sell it, or keep it, or do anything else with it I want. Try doing anything with DLC. You can't.
Why should paying customers have to lose all their rights to games they buy? It's retarded. And I won't have any part of it. If you try to sell me an unfinished game with DLC I'm not gonna buy it. I don't care if it's the best game ever made. It's as simple as that.
Jem Stansfield on Bang Goes The Theory did this last season.
Wow, you mean consumers are smart enough to realize that paying $60 for a digital download gives them less than paying $60 for a disc with a case and a manual?
No shit sherlock. Fer real?
I hate to say I told you so, but for the better part of a decade I've been saying how people should stay as far away from Dell as humanly possible.
Pity...
Freecycle them or put them on Craigslist in the free section. Someone will come get em.
What you're talking about is inserting an ad into the video stream on-the-fly. This is not a trivial thing to do. It would require re-rendering the video in real time with post-processing effects. While it's entirely possible to do, I don't think it's probable given the scale of the YouTube service.
Because HTML5 won't allow that either. This isn't much different than the popups they use now.
No, cause I can flip to another tab and simply ignore these kinds of ads (which is what any Hulu-watcher will tell you). The pop up ads are especially insidious because they obscure what you're trying to watch so you can't ignore it and requires manual intervention to get them to go away.
Oh, you mean like the inability to have pop up ads like you've recently added to a huge portion of your flash videos??? Yeah, thought so.
The day I build a computer with an Nvidia graphics processor as a CPU is when it's time to call 911, cause I will have completely lost my mind.
Phew... that's good. Cause a bacon double cheeseburger without bacon is just sad.