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Check out the US version. The big orange link in the middle tells you that its free, but its a link to the 14 day trial (as listed below.) That would make me (as the person who's never been exposed to the company or their software before) think that, while it is free, it's limited to a 14 day trial. The link to the actual free player is off on the side, and is half off the page (as displayed on my reasonably-sized browser.)
Re:Can DRM ever work?
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Hush, you.
Everyone knows that the only safe media is media that can't be played or watched. And eventually the Companies who know what's Best for us will find a way to make that an appealing thing to purchase. And we'll all be Happy.
I agreee with you, but I would also point out that their Mac OS X client isn't all that bad. None of the "take over your system" traits as on the Windows side. And i still need it to get my C-SPAN fix; it's either that or Windows Media. Talk about rock and hard place.
I think the most annoying thing they do is make the link to the free player a tiny, light grey string at the top of the page with the ad for the $40 (or whatever) player takes up the rest of the page. I've had to explain to two very smart people that there _is_, in fact, a free Real player.
And I say that as someone who used their software back in '98, '99 to run a very popular, linux-based streaming audio app. It was great then, and I still appreciate what they made available for free. I understand that they need to make money, but it's possible to make money without being awful about it.
Real has been moving toward this sort of thing for a long time. I don't know why anone sticks with them: their player is crap, they're just an obnoxious company, and they make it _really_ hard to download the free player.
It doesn't have to do with not meeting him (I never met Kepler, but I don't argue with his contributions.) It has to do with lack of independent corroboration (besides the twelve (eleven?) person fan club.)
No, it's clearly illustrated recipes. Everyone knows that that's what God intended the Internet for. And the illustrations are very large. Where's your mind? Now I'm going to go enjoy my weiner that I've been working on all afternoon.
Ah, you got me. Nope, I don't have a BMW (though I probably knew that, it wasn't near the top of my recollection.) I'm a very happy Volvo owner, though there are a couple of models of BMW that would be fun to drive for a few days.
Ha! You actually made me spray my cranberry juice all over my nice shirt. Congratulations! Your post might be the most genuinely funny thing I've ever read on this site. Well done.
After I got my BMW back in school, I got a Table PC. Not at all portable enough to fit into the sport little 300-series. So I got daddy to get me a 740i. The Table PC fit in, but it was still too bulky. I ended up throwing it away and getting a Tablet PC. Now all the other kids in their BMWs are jealous. It's fun being an affluent college student.
I hope that was a troll, as everything you said was either half informed, or total bunk. I thin the only accurate sentence was your first one. (And don't ask me what Mac OS-10 is.)
You know what's funnier than Doonsbury? The fact that that self-same product (Parahraph's Calligrapher) is the featured handwriting recognition in many Pocket PCs. You know what's funnier? It works better on my 1997 MessagePad 2100 than it does on the latest and greatest faster-than-a-desktop pocket heater.
The subtlety of your nuance is both redundant in its declaration and lacking in its application.
I don't recall ever claiming to be either official or correct. It's my opinion. Just like your opinion is yours. The statement of opinion embodies no claim to be officially correct or anything else along those lines.
24% of respondents secretly love Windows XP in the first poll. And in the second poll, 33% of Slashdot users' main computers run Linux, while (drumroll please) 47% use a form of Windows. I don't think the babies of the world have to worry about their candy just yet.
No they don't. I can use OpenWrite.app on my NeXT until the day the darned thing turns to dust to edit my OpenWrite documents. I don't care if I have the source or not.
The line for me would be if I had to "subscribe" to my software to keep using it like MS wants. (I don't actually use Office, but bear with me.) If they ever did that, I'd standardize on a different program, or if none fulfilled my needs, I'd simply stick with Word 2000 or whatever the current version is.
So what you're saying is that MSIE is responsible for a lot of the/. effect? It seems that all of those windows-using/. readers might think once or twice about their OR or browser if they know that they're ruining the Internet for everyone else.
I'm not complaining about the ability of other people to do other things. I'm complaining about other people saying that my software is immoral. I see that as immature.
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You should if they're ugly as hell.
Especially if it looks like this. That thing makes me physically upset. To so utterly destroy a beautiful, elegant computer.
If it's good enough you do.
It's slashdotted, but I suspect that it's the electro-luminescent vendor that I visited a few weeks ago.
Those stupid hologram CDs are expensive.
Check out the US version. The big orange link in the middle tells you that its free, but its a link to the 14 day trial (as listed below.) That would make me (as the person who's never been exposed to the company or their software before) think that, while it is free, it's limited to a 14 day trial. The link to the actual free player is off on the side, and is half off the page (as displayed on my reasonably-sized browser.)
Hush, you.
Everyone knows that the only safe media is media that can't be played or watched. And eventually the Companies who know what's Best for us will find a way to make that an appealing thing to purchase. And we'll all be Happy.
I agreee with you, but I would also point out that their Mac OS X client isn't all that bad. None of the "take over your system" traits as on the Windows side. And i still need it to get my C-SPAN fix; it's either that or Windows Media. Talk about rock and hard place.
I think the most annoying thing they do is make the link to the free player a tiny, light grey string at the top of the page with the ad for the $40 (or whatever) player takes up the rest of the page. I've had to explain to two very smart people that there _is_, in fact, a free Real player.
And I say that as someone who used their software back in '98, '99 to run a very popular, linux-based streaming audio app. It was great then, and I still appreciate what they made available for free. I understand that they need to make money, but it's possible to make money without being awful about it.
Real has been moving toward this sort of thing for a long time. I don't know why anone sticks with them: their player is crap, they're just an obnoxious company, and they make it _really_ hard to download the free player.
It doesn't have to do with not meeting him (I never met Kepler, but I don't argue with his contributions.) It has to do with lack of independent corroboration (besides the twelve (eleven?) person fan club.)
Love me batboy, hold me batboy...(http://www.batboy-themusical.com/)
Seriously, keep an eye out for people with Spock ears buying kool-aid and tennis shoes.
Have you seen their website? (http://www.rael.org/) I can't believe anyone with that Flash intro can actually take themselves seriously.
Well, yea, obviously.
No, it's clearly illustrated recipes. Everyone knows that that's what God intended the Internet for. And the illustrations are very large. Where's your mind? Now I'm going to go enjoy my weiner that I've been working on all afternoon.
Ah, you got me. Nope, I don't have a BMW (though I probably knew that, it wasn't near the top of my recollection.) I'm a very happy Volvo owner, though there are a couple of models of BMW that would be fun to drive for a few days.
Ha! You actually made me spray my cranberry juice all over my nice shirt. Congratulations! Your post might be the most genuinely funny thing I've ever read on this site. Well done.
After I got my BMW back in school, I got a Table PC. Not at all portable enough to fit into the sport little 300-series. So I got daddy to get me a 740i. The Table PC fit in, but it was still too bulky. I ended up throwing it away and getting a Tablet PC. Now all the other kids in their BMWs are jealous. It's fun being an affluent college student.
I hope that was a troll, as everything you said was either half informed, or total bunk. I thin the only accurate sentence was your first one. (And don't ask me what Mac OS-10 is.)
You know what's funnier than Doonsbury? The fact that that self-same product (Parahraph's Calligrapher) is the featured handwriting recognition in many Pocket PCs. You know what's funnier? It works better on my 1997 MessagePad 2100 than it does on the latest and greatest faster-than-a-desktop pocket heater.
The subtlety of your nuance is both redundant in its declaration and lacking in its application.
I don't recall ever claiming to be either official or correct. It's my opinion. Just like your opinion is yours. The statement of opinion embodies no claim to be officially correct or anything else along those lines.
Ho ho! The starry-eyed optimism of youth.
24% of respondents secretly love Windows XP in the first poll. And in the second poll, 33% of Slashdot users' main computers run Linux, while (drumroll please) 47% use a form of Windows. I don't think the babies of the world have to worry about their candy just yet.
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=898&aid=- 1
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=848&aid=- 1
No they don't. I can use OpenWrite.app on my NeXT until the day the darned thing turns to dust to edit my OpenWrite documents. I don't care if I have the source or not.
The line for me would be if I had to "subscribe" to my software to keep using it like MS wants. (I don't actually use Office, but bear with me.) If they ever did that, I'd standardize on a different program, or if none fulfilled my needs, I'd simply stick with Word 2000 or whatever the current version is.
Most accurate thing said all day.
So what you're saying is that MSIE is responsible for a lot of the /. effect? It seems that all of those windows-using /. readers might think once or twice about their OR or browser if they know that they're ruining the Internet for everyone else.
I'm not complaining about the ability of other people to do other things. I'm complaining about other people saying that my software is immoral. I see that as immature.
Isn't that because GNUStep is working on the open OpenStep specification?