Making predictions about the future of computing (or about anything else for that matter) is useless. Most likely things will develop in a totally unforeseen way that is not described in the five models. That is why I didn't read the fine article.
I totally agree with you, even on the point of child pornography. Filtering child pornography does not stop it from being made. People who need child pornography will get their share in other ways if it's filtered on the 'net or anywhere else.
I would put the same thing on top. For the first time in over 100 years we have an electric car again that can do over 100 km/h! And not a bit over, but more than twice as fast! Now if it only ran on fuel cells instead of batteries. Or better, you could choose between batteries and solar cells. That would be a real breakthrough.
The fact that the App store is called the most incredible technological breakthrough of 2008 proves for me that Steves RDF is bigger than ever. Its not new )we have had internet shops for more than 10 years now', and no new technology is involved.
All those members are commercial companies. They will eventually stop funding the RIAA because the RIAA wastes their money on futile attempts to eradicate illegal copying.
I can't believe sueing people like the RIAA does is a viable business model. The costs must outweigh the benefits by far. Even if the RIAA manages to win a case against a poor grandmother who has never heard of P2P and the like, she won't be able to pay the fine because the costs of defending herself have bankrupted her for good. I have a very hard time understanding the people who work for the RIAA and sue people for a living.
What an extremely crappy article. The title makes you expect a nifty program for the iPhone to watch 3D images, and it turns out you can view these images in a not-too-good way on any screen and even on paper! You need an iPhone because of its high resolution screen?! Apple fanboi I say.
2008 was a great year for adventure gamers, with lots of new titles coming out. This will continue in the next year. We will see the return of Chris Jones and Aaron Conners to the adventure genre with their new game Three Cards to Midnight. Also Jane Jensen will finally return to the scene with her new game Gray Matter. We will also see more episodal series emerging.
That's a good point that I hadn't considered. I must say it would be nice to walk through a city in a game and see real ads, as long as they don't interfere with the gameplay. Thay make the game more 'real' if done well.
Newspapers depend on ads to make the price low enough for people to afford them. But I bet most/.-ers never read a newspaper because they get all the news from the web. For free. Payed by advertizers.
This is very good news. Myst Online has an amazingly dedicated fanbase consisting of people who have patiently waited for years for the game to come back up after it went back to a coma. This is now the third time it will rise from the ashes. Like a phoenix it keeps coming back. A big 'hurray' to all the Cyan people out there for doing their best for their dedicated fanbase! I will be very happy indeed to be able to roam the Ages again.
I still use Linux at work. Ubuntu no less, touted by many as the most user-friendly desktop Linux out there. Yesterday I downloaded Acrobat Reader, because that bloated piece of rubbish is a better pdf-viewer than the standard viewer that comes with Ubuntu. On my Macs I never had the feeling I needed something better than Preview.
A friend of mine recently switched back from Ubuntu to Windows because she couldn't get her microphone working. What the..?!!
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This is a start
I'm old. What do /b/ and 4chan mean?
As long as it's not running on all three platforms equally well I'll continue to use Firefox.
Speculation is not news and should not be on /.. The are enough Apple-centered websites with discussions like this.
Making predictions about the future of computing (or about anything else for that matter) is useless. Most likely things will develop in a totally unforeseen way that is not described in the five models. That is why I didn't read the fine article.
If I had mod points I would mod you +1 Funny. You made me LOL!
I totally agree with you, even on the point of child pornography. Filtering child pornography does not stop it from being made. People who need child pornography will get their share in other ways if it's filtered on the 'net or anywhere else.
It's 'you're', not 'your'.
I would put the same thing on top. For the first time in over 100 years we have an electric car again that can do over 100 km/h! And not a bit over, but more than twice as fast! Now if it only ran on fuel cells instead of batteries. Or better, you could choose between batteries and solar cells. That would be a real breakthrough.
Still on IE 6 are you?
The fact that the App store is called the most incredible technological breakthrough of 2008 proves for me that Steves RDF is bigger than ever. Its not new )we have had internet shops for more than 10 years now', and no new technology is involved.
Nonsense. Monkey see, monkey do is enough for most people.
How do they repair the cables? Especially with glass fibre I wouldn't know what to do.
All those members are commercial companies. They will eventually stop funding the RIAA because the RIAA wastes their money on futile attempts to eradicate illegal copying.
Nonono, every year is the year of Linux on the desktop.
Life is a rocky road...
I can't believe sueing people like the RIAA does is a viable business model. The costs must outweigh the benefits by far. Even if the RIAA manages to win a case against a poor grandmother who has never heard of P2P and the like, she won't be able to pay the fine because the costs of defending herself have bankrupted her for good. I have a very hard time understanding the people who work for the RIAA and sue people for a living.
Is it Firefox, or does InformationWeek really have an amazingly crappy looking website? I only see plain text on a white background.
What an extremely crappy article. The title makes you expect a nifty program for the iPhone to watch 3D images, and it turns out you can view these images in a not-too-good way on any screen and even on paper! You need an iPhone because of its high resolution screen?! Apple fanboi I say.
For a third of the price of a developer you can buy an enormous amount of hardware.
2008 was a great year for adventure gamers, with lots of new titles coming out. This will continue in the next year. We will see the return of Chris Jones and Aaron Conners to the adventure genre with their new game Three Cards to Midnight. Also Jane Jensen will finally return to the scene with her new game Gray Matter. We will also see more episodal series emerging.
That's a good point that I hadn't considered. I must say it would be nice to walk through a city in a game and see real ads, as long as they don't interfere with the gameplay. Thay make the game more 'real' if done well.
Newspapers depend on ads to make the price low enough for people to afford them. But I bet most /.-ers never read a newspaper because they get all the news from the web. For free. Payed by advertizers.
This is very good news. Myst Online has an amazingly dedicated fanbase consisting of people who have patiently waited for years for the game to come back up after it went back to a coma. This is now the third time it will rise from the ashes. Like a phoenix it keeps coming back. A big 'hurray' to all the Cyan people out there for doing their best for their dedicated fanbase! I will be very happy indeed to be able to roam the Ages again.
Well said. A few examples:
I still use Linux at work. Ubuntu no less, touted by many as the most user-friendly desktop Linux out there. Yesterday I downloaded Acrobat Reader, because that bloated piece of rubbish is a better pdf-viewer than the standard viewer that comes with Ubuntu. On my Macs I never had the feeling I needed something better than Preview.
A friend of mine recently switched back from Ubuntu to Windows because she couldn't get her microphone working. What the..?!!