My favorite example of this is Castle Crashers right now.
I'm lame, and I didn't discover it until about a month ago, but I'll be damned if it's not my favorite game right now. Flash style animation, simple mechanic, funny elements... That's all I really need.
I've seen this pop up before... On my roommate's computer. It appears a lot like a Windows Vista secure desktop warning by taking up the whole screen with a darkened border. The message follows a format that looks a lot like other Vista menus and messages. To the user, it doesn't look like it's a message from the website... But rather from Windows.
I could easily see how most people could click the screen (literally anywhere) where it asks to download a fix called "install.exe." Plus, if you are one of the poor users who uses the terrible AV solution, that seems to have an agreement with anyone with a large user base, you're totally screwed because this virus seems quite effective at knocking it dead out.
I'm more concerned with the fact that this is popping up in what are normally quite trustworthy sources. I was initially afraid that Yahoo had sold out, it just seems like they got the same treatment as the NYTimes. This speaks more to the vulnerabilities of the webservers that are hosting these sites to me. Does anyone know what platform they're sitting on? I'd like to know if there's a hole out there that I should concern my company with... I'm totally serious.
Seriously though... GP here has a point. There's going to be some variance here. And this comparison of "browsers" is misleading, and possibly stupid. I find it very hard to believe that the browser itself is responsible for much... if anything. Looking at the article, the biggest determining factor in battery life is indeed... Flash itself.
Considering there is a big difference in the flash plugin between browsers on the same platform... How about running this test with [*gasp*] no flash plugin at all? I want to see what happens then.
Value seems to be a theme for you. I figured I'd check your recent posts to see if you really do behave like a MS sponsored poster... Which as far as I can tell, you aren't. Kudos.
I think you are ignoring something quite basic here. IBM is the maintainer for Symphony. I think they *should* use their own product. They get value out of it by extending the testing cycle to all the phases of the SDP. They also get value in not having to pay off a competitor to use a product that they already have. Furthermore, I expect there to be a great return on this investment simply because of all the complaining I hear every day about Microsoft Office. If IBM can truly make a better wheel, use it, refine it and hopefully distribute it, then I'm all for it.
It's not a matter of not paying for it, it's also not a matter of monopoly busting... It's about making a better product. I think most of the office software out there is terrible. I'm also pretty sure that as long as nobody tries to make a better product, we won't see it magically appear from the dominant player. Someday I hope upgrading to a new version of a suite won't completely break what's working in an old edition (See Office 2003->Office 2007... They are similar in name only). I hope that there ends up being a way of defining a document such that you can just freaking open it later regardless of what software you decide to migrate to.
These numbers you give are not generated from any real life indicators, nor purchasing habits. You can state that there *may* be 50K linux users, and they *may* buy 10 albums... But who's to say they would? I'll claim that they're very unlikely to do so in the iTunes way.
Do you think those people who use only Linux would go and buy 10 DRMd albums? That seems a little counter-intuitive to me.
I'd say they'd be much more likely to seek out an Ogg, or at least MP3 format to purchase... That or they'd just go buy the CD and rip it.
My stand is: As long as they don't go around suing folks over this, I'm perfectly fine with them mocking bad patents. If they decide to litigate over this... then... well... EVIL!
I couldn't disagree with you more. There are plenty of gun nerds.
Also: What was the first thing you thought when you saw the article?
Chances are it involved having one of these yourself, firing it, or possibly analyzing it. If so, then this article did indeed interest you. I, for one, welcome my beowulf cluster of muzzle loading cannon overlords, possibly running Linux...
Of course, I do find it quite funny that as the capacity to store my umm... important media increased, I ended up effectively cloudsourcing that material. No more hidden folders for me!
Thank you browser makers for por... private browsing!
I have a request from Slashdot based on this post.
We need a -1: Stupid.
It's not trolling, nor really flamebait, nor offtopic, or redundant. Also, offtopic just isn't quite enough.
As for why I feel that way: Interactive, the way you see it, would mean that radios are interactive. Which would break the whole idea of broadcast to start with. After all, I set my dial to a channel and listen. If I don't like it, I can switch stations. In fact, I know what genres the stations tend to play, so I can add them to a "favorites" list called presets if I like them. The broadcast stations react to listeners by tracking how many they have and adjusting content to keep and expand that base. And, if listeners disappear, a station will react to that input (or lack thereof) and shutdown or change genres.
Oh, even better, many of these stations "take requests" from some listeners and then play those songs. In that regard, broadcast radio is *more interactive* than the services presented by Launch, and Pandora.
So... I don't know what exactly you were going for in your post, but this has nothing to do with just hate for the RIAA... This is a case where we finally see someone applying common sense and *law* to a lawsuit.
This is a very interesting post. In fact, I believe that you are dead on. Taking it a step further, as posters above state, Flickr has government business (contracts, etc). Does Google?
I can't just take a harry potter book and slap a picture of Bush boxing with Obama on the cover and call it fair use due to its political interpretations.
Flaw with your post: The flickr user did not publish the whole magazine. Try this: Take a cover of a Harry Potter book, and slap Obama's head on in place of Harry's and proceeded to add a message saying, "Magical spending will save us all!"
This a much more apt comparison.
In fact, something similar was done. Does that change your opinion?
As an admitted WoW addict (I've been playing a lot more lately due to increased free time... That'll change in about a month):
I have a habit where I really get into the storytelling and exploration aspect of a game. I'll play a particular game obsessively, reach the end, and never go back to it. I treat my games the way many of my friends (and fiancee) treat books. I'm sure you see where I'm going with this...
WoW has no "end." It slowly expands, and I don't think that there's a way that I'm ever going to experience everything in that game. That's probably the biggest difference between WoW (and other MMORPGs) and the other games that AC experienced. It's something that I find dangerous, and very very compelling. I'm pretty sure that I'll be entertained as long as Blizzard keeps the service running. For me, it's not about depression, or isolation (although the game may contribute to the latter), it's about poking around and finding something that keeps my attention.
I also enjoy cooperative play. It's one of my favorite curiosities. I find it fun to see how groups of relative strangers will cooperate, form large groups to accomplish complex tasks, and then go off to repeat the process in a matter of mere minutes. Well... That and I find it a lot of fun to tank.
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I seriously don't think there's any amount of filth and nasty that can ever approach my keyboard... except maybe my mouse.
My favorite example of this is Castle Crashers right now.
I'm lame, and I didn't discover it until about a month ago, but I'll be damned if it's not my favorite game right now. Flash style animation, simple mechanic, funny elements... That's all I really need.
I've seen this pop up before... On my roommate's computer. It appears a lot like a Windows Vista secure desktop warning by taking up the whole screen with a darkened border. The message follows a format that looks a lot like other Vista menus and messages. To the user, it doesn't look like it's a message from the website... But rather from Windows.
I could easily see how most people could click the screen (literally anywhere) where it asks to download a fix called "install.exe." Plus, if you are one of the poor users who uses the terrible AV solution, that seems to have an agreement with anyone with a large user base, you're totally screwed because this virus seems quite effective at knocking it dead out.
I'm more concerned with the fact that this is popping up in what are normally quite trustworthy sources. I was initially afraid that Yahoo had sold out, it just seems like they got the same treatment as the NYTimes. This speaks more to the vulnerabilities of the webservers that are hosting these sites to me. Does anyone know what platform they're sitting on? I'd like to know if there's a hole out there that I should concern my company with... I'm totally serious.
Lolz. Ur FunnIE!
Seriously though... GP here has a point. There's going to be some variance here. And this comparison of "browsers" is misleading, and possibly stupid. I find it very hard to believe that the browser itself is responsible for much... if anything. Looking at the article, the biggest determining factor in battery life is indeed... Flash itself.
Considering there is a big difference in the flash plugin between browsers on the same platform... How about running this test with [*gasp*] no flash plugin at all? I want to see what happens then.
Value seems to be a theme for you. I figured I'd check your recent posts to see if you really do behave like a MS sponsored poster... Which as far as I can tell, you aren't. Kudos.
I think you are ignoring something quite basic here. IBM is the maintainer for Symphony. I think they *should* use their own product. They get value out of it by extending the testing cycle to all the phases of the SDP. They also get value in not having to pay off a competitor to use a product that they already have. Furthermore, I expect there to be a great return on this investment simply because of all the complaining I hear every day about Microsoft Office. If IBM can truly make a better wheel, use it, refine it and hopefully distribute it, then I'm all for it.
It's not a matter of not paying for it, it's also not a matter of monopoly busting... It's about making a better product. I think most of the office software out there is terrible. I'm also pretty sure that as long as nobody tries to make a better product, we won't see it magically appear from the dominant player. Someday I hope upgrading to a new version of a suite won't completely break what's working in an old edition (See Office 2003->Office 2007... They are similar in name only). I hope that there ends up being a way of defining a document such that you can just freaking open it later regardless of what software you decide to migrate to.
Very true. Forcing a company to eat their own food could certainly benefit all of us who use it.
That's quite a shocking realization.
I happen to like the 60 pages of glossy shwag you insensitive clod!
Too bad we can cite NTP as prior art...
That, or your example doesn't hit the radar.
These numbers you give are not generated from any real life indicators, nor purchasing habits. You can state that there *may* be 50K linux users, and they *may* buy 10 albums... But who's to say they would? I'll claim that they're very unlikely to do so in the iTunes way.
Do you think those people who use only Linux would go and buy 10 DRMd albums? That seems a little counter-intuitive to me.
I'd say they'd be much more likely to seek out an Ogg, or at least MP3 format to purchase... That or they'd just go buy the CD and rip it.
Guarantees future supply. It's self sustaining!
So wait, the japanese had the technology to do liposuction and generate induced pluripotent stem cells, and couldn't find anything other than boobs?
I'm sorry, I don't understand how that's a problem. I mean, if I were them, I'd have a very difficult time forcing myself to find other uses.
My stand is: As long as they don't go around suing folks over this, I'm perfectly fine with them mocking bad patents. If they decide to litigate over this... then... well... EVIL!
I couldn't disagree with you more. There are plenty of gun nerds.
Also: What was the first thing you thought when you saw the article?
Chances are it involved having one of these yourself, firing it, or possibly analyzing it. If so, then this article did indeed interest you. I, for one, welcome my beowulf cluster of muzzle loading cannon overlords, possibly running Linux...
Maybe we should just see if the moon floats.
That's so 5 years ago.
Of course, I do find it quite funny that as the capacity to store my umm... important media increased, I ended up effectively cloudsourcing that material. No more hidden folders for me!
Thank you browser makers for por... private browsing!
That's exactly what I was thinking of... But by the sounds of it, these users are the types that have 'their site' that they 'can't remember.'
That or they're afraid that onset of blindness might them from typing the proper URL.
Dangit... correction: "Also, overrated just isn't quite enough."
Sorry.
I have a request from Slashdot based on this post.
We need a -1: Stupid.
It's not trolling, nor really flamebait, nor offtopic, or redundant. Also, offtopic just isn't quite enough.
As for why I feel that way: Interactive, the way you see it, would mean that radios are interactive. Which would break the whole idea of broadcast to start with. After all, I set my dial to a channel and listen. If I don't like it, I can switch stations. In fact, I know what genres the stations tend to play, so I can add them to a "favorites" list called presets if I like them. The broadcast stations react to listeners by tracking how many they have and adjusting content to keep and expand that base. And, if listeners disappear, a station will react to that input (or lack thereof) and shutdown or change genres.
Oh, even better, many of these stations "take requests" from some listeners and then play those songs. In that regard, broadcast radio is *more interactive* than the services presented by Launch, and Pandora.
So... I don't know what exactly you were going for in your post, but this has nothing to do with just hate for the RIAA... This is a case where we finally see someone applying common sense and *law* to a lawsuit.
Done
This is a very interesting post. In fact, I believe that you are dead on. Taking it a step further, as posters above state, Flickr has government business (contracts, etc). Does Google?
It doesn't. People just want to make a link claiming a conspiracy. BRB, I need to grab my anti-tin-foil hat.
I can't just take a harry potter book and slap a picture of Bush boxing with Obama on the cover and call it fair use due to its political interpretations.
Flaw with your post: The flickr user did not publish the whole magazine. Try this: Take a cover of a Harry Potter book, and slap Obama's head on in place of Harry's and proceeded to add a message saying, "Magical spending will save us all!"
This a much more apt comparison.
In fact, something similar was done. Does that change your opinion?
As an admitted WoW addict (I've been playing a lot more lately due to increased free time... That'll change in about a month):
I have a habit where I really get into the storytelling and exploration aspect of a game. I'll play a particular game obsessively, reach the end, and never go back to it. I treat my games the way many of my friends (and fiancee) treat books. I'm sure you see where I'm going with this...
WoW has no "end." It slowly expands, and I don't think that there's a way that I'm ever going to experience everything in that game. That's probably the biggest difference between WoW (and other MMORPGs) and the other games that AC experienced. It's something that I find dangerous, and very very compelling. I'm pretty sure that I'll be entertained as long as Blizzard keeps the service running. For me, it's not about depression, or isolation (although the game may contribute to the latter), it's about poking around and finding something that keeps my attention.
I also enjoy cooperative play. It's one of my favorite curiosities. I find it fun to see how groups of relative strangers will cooperate, form large groups to accomplish complex tasks, and then go off to repeat the process in a matter of mere minutes. Well... That and I find it a lot of fun to tank.
And you could label the hubs with cheeky names like Wilma, Andrew, Ivan, and Camille.