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That's a good point too. Mine was more about not being allowed to watch those channels under any circumstances though, no matter whether you're willing to pay or not.
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The Internet is the new Radio/TV. Controlling what content (software, or media) you are allowed to install on your internet-access devices is tantamount to controlling what you can watch on your TV or listen on your radio. Can you imagine not being allowed to watch Fox or MSNBC ?
I used to be the first-line filter for my (small, 2 or 3 interviews got you in, after me you moved on to CEO then CTO) tech company's recruitment. On of the things we did was ask people to clone a 4-ops desktop calculator. Which was a trick, devs had to work out for themselves that they had to handle priorities and/0. About 60% of people failed at one or both, and that rose lotsa flags with us about the required level of hand-holding.
The main issue with the US voting system (well, apart from "lobbying" which is actually legalized corruption) is gerrymandering, with which outgoing politicians try and tailor constituencies to maximize the probably they'll be reelected, and the numbers of successful candidates on their sides. Apart from the judiciary, who's gonna stop them ?
I think it's a social gap, not skills. Skills can be acuqired, with motivation, and motivation is created by social pressure.
Hardcore gamers are hardcore either because they've got no friends and games are a way to cope, or because their friends are hardcore also. So games are a core part of their social make-up.
Casual gamers don't care about the games, their friends neither.
To switch someone over from casual to hardcore, you need to change their friends, which is a tall order.
I have Wifi at home, at work, and pretty much everywhere in between. So I barely need data. If there was a very cheap data plan, I'd take it. Right now, I have no data plan at all because it's too expensive for very little utility.
Also, I don't object to heavy users of a scarce commodity (bandwidth) paying more than light users.
That's assuming that telcos are investing sufficiently, and are not sneakily raising prices... but that's another issue, really.
There are disagrees of closedness. I don't really mind the OS itself being proprietary (I probably should, though), I do mind a lot when my content (media and apps) is in a proprietary format, or, worse, DRMed, and when the distribution channels are censored.
you can have DRMed content on an "open" OS.. I'd rather have the contray, but even better, open content on an open OS, indeed. We should not condemn all "closed" things indiscriminately though, there are degrees of closedness.
You mean, as opposed to nice cozy China ? We've been disregarding the political regimes of our sweatshops/oil suppliers for ever (well, at best disregarding, at worst helping along), so...
1- The best security is something you know + something you have, so password + face sounds good.
2- Oftentimes, when you use only one of the two (password, key card...) or even with both, people misuse security so much (staying logged in, reusing passwords, weak passwords...) that face on its own feels better.
3- And it can re-authenticate periodically without being too intrusive, which is good, too. It could maybe even detect as soon as the user changes ?
The one question is , how often do webcams fail, because the day I'm locked out of my computer by a faulty cam, I'll be pissed.
All the restrictions are still in place, with the added restriction that your competitors may have the restrictions waived if Apple fancy it. Like for the "Boobs" restriction, this probably means small independent developer can't do scripts (and can't do boos), but big-money conglomerates can. And even if you manage to snag an exemption, it may be cancelled at any time... but then again, so may your Appstore listing in any case anyway.
I'm glad that I'm not a developer and that, as a consumer, I can tell Apple to go f*** themselves.
The main issue is, there is indeed SOME need for SOME info to be classified, mainly for national security reason. Once that need is established, people start stretching it. Care to explain to me why/how that specific video should be kept classified/secret ?
Second, I'm starting to have doubts about how free and democratic some societies are. What's the yardstick ?
There's so many reasons: - Mostly, games are bad material. No games compare to what a book can supply in terms of universe, character background, plot, psychological elements... - those films are kinda low-budget anyway. The gamers market is not as big as the general market - the target audience are not very discerning. Adolescents are mainly in a herd phase were they do stuff because their peers do it, so the film will get some audience regardless of quality. - no upside for a good film. There little chance of the film actually reaching over to non-gamers, so why bother ? - the settings, special effects, and license cost a lot.. no money left for actors, director, scriptwriter - games have little staying power, so the whole thing is rushed, and has to come out before the game becomes last year's buzz.
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That's a good point too. Mine was more about not being allowed to watch those channels under any circumstances though, no matter whether you're willing to pay or not.
The Internet is the new Radio/TV. Controlling what content (software, or media) you are allowed to install on your internet-access devices is tantamount to controlling what you can watch on your TV or listen on your radio. Can you imagine not being allowed to watch Fox or MSNBC ?
I used to be the first-line filter for my (small, 2 or 3 interviews got you in, after me you moved on to CEO then CTO) tech company's recruitment. On of the things we did was ask people to clone a 4-ops desktop calculator. Which was a trick, devs had to work out for themselves that they had to handle priorities and /0. About 60% of people failed at one or both, and that rose lotsa flags with us about the required level of hand-holding.
surely. except they're not doing it, so it seems, as usual, that the way the get closer to The True Right Way is a sneaky roundabout.
The main issue with the US voting system (well, apart from "lobbying" which is actually legalized corruption) is gerrymandering, with which outgoing politicians try and tailor constituencies to maximize the probably they'll be reelected, and the numbers of successful candidates on their sides. Apart from the judiciary, who's gonna stop them ?
and that one
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/FracCumBallot.gif/180px-FracCumBallot.gif
that one is harder
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Wcumballot.gif/160px-Wcumballot.gif
I have problems with additions when I'm tired :-p
I think it's a social gap, not skills. Skills can be acuqired, with motivation, and motivation is created by social pressure.
Hardcore gamers are hardcore either because they've got no friends and games are a way to cope, or because their friends are hardcore also. So games are a core part of their social make-up.
Casual gamers don't care about the games, their friends neither.
To switch someone over from casual to hardcore, you need to change their friends, which is a tall order.
yep, same as the casual readers, casual exercisers, casual gourmets, casual sports fans. Oh, wait ...
in theory
I have Wifi at home, at work, and pretty much everywhere in between. So I barely need data. If there was a very cheap data plan, I'd take it. Right now, I have no data plan at all because it's too expensive for very little utility.
Also, I don't object to heavy users of a scarce commodity (bandwidth) paying more than light users.
That's assuming that telcos are investing sufficiently, and are not sneakily raising prices... but that's another issue, really.
there's a good CLI for Windows: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/powershell.aspx
There are disagrees of closedness. I don't really mind the OS itself being proprietary (I probably should, though), I do mind a lot when my content (media and apps) is in a proprietary format, or, worse, DRMed, and when the distribution channels are censored.
you can have DRMed content on an "open" OS.. I'd rather have the contray, but even better, open content on an open OS, indeed. We should not condemn all "closed" things indiscriminately though, there are degrees of closedness.
is there any legal way to obtain and install an iApp apart from the official apple appstore ?
an arse-bandit having plans to blow and pound into the ground some hapless chap ?
anandtech ? the tech report ? silentpcreview ?
the fact that others are idiots does NOT excuse my being an idiot, too ?
and how outlawing production and trade of drugs instantly creates a very lucrative market for shady organizations abroad.
You mean, as opposed to nice cozy China ? We've been disregarding the political regimes of our sweatshops /oil suppliers for ever (well, at best disregarding, at worst helping along), so...
1- The best security is something you know + something you have, so password + face sounds good.
2- Oftentimes, when you use only one of the two (password, key card...) or even with both, people misuse security so much (staying logged in, reusing passwords, weak passwords...) that face on its own feels better.
3- And it can re-authenticate periodically without being too intrusive, which is good, too. It could maybe even detect as soon as the user changes ?
The one question is , how often do webcams fail, because the day I'm locked out of my computer by a faulty cam, I'll be pissed.
All the restrictions are still in place, with the added restriction that your competitors may have the restrictions waived if Apple fancy it. Like for the "Boobs" restriction, this probably means small independent developer can't do scripts (and can't do boos), but big-money conglomerates can. And even if you manage to snag an exemption, it may be cancelled at any time... but then again, so may your Appstore listing in any case anyway.
I'm glad that I'm not a developer and that, as a consumer, I can tell Apple to go f*** themselves.
The main issue is, there is indeed SOME need for SOME info to be classified, mainly for national security reason. Once that need is established, people start stretching it. Care to explain to me why/how that specific video should be kept classified/secret ?
Second, I'm starting to have doubts about how free and democratic some societies are. What's the yardstick ?
hey ! great movie ! thanks :-)
There's so many reasons:
- Mostly, games are bad material. No games compare to what a book can supply in terms of universe, character background, plot, psychological elements...
- those films are kinda low-budget anyway. The gamers market is not as big as the general market
- the target audience are not very discerning. Adolescents are mainly in a herd phase were they do stuff because their peers do it, so the film will get some audience regardless of quality.
- no upside for a good film. There little chance of the film actually reaching over to non-gamers, so why bother ?
- the settings, special effects, and license cost a lot.. no money left for actors, director, scriptwriter
- games have little staying power, so the whole thing is rushed, and has to come out before the game becomes last year's buzz.
FYI, I'm French, but culturally aware and psychologically flexible, so since I'm posting on a US site and the original data is in imperial units...
The European way:
Gazoline need for 100 miles:
@10 mpg: 10 gallons
@20 mpg: 5 gallons... saved: 5 gallons, 50%
@33 mpg: 3 gallons .... saved: 1 gallon, 33%
@50 mpg: 2 gallons
kinda more intuitive.