(yes , overpriced, and 'upgraded' too often with pointless features, but still).
It's only "overpriced" if you're buying the full professional version for home use. Photoshop is a drop in the bucket in the total software costs for doing professional work. The amount you pay for just one license (assuming you don't do bulk, discounted licenses) barely amounts to 2 days pay for a professional.
Actually the submitter is the one that turned it into something "geeky". The original article doesn't contain the word "geek" at all and just said it was the world's most expensive christmas card.
Or movies or music either. Oh and he can't pirate books because that also comes from those media dinosaurs too. He's probably just torrenting Linux ISOs and public domain music and movies.
No it's not. Uncompressed 1080p would take something around 750 mbits of bandwidth to transmit. I highly doubt that Verizon is providing that much bandwith to each of their customers for HDTV service.
As to my musical preferences, I think Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Jedi Mind Tricks, Talib Kweli, and Sniper provide us with a more authentic and more literate example of the anti-conformist message.
So your tastes are actually worse than I thought. Secondly, the more times you have to point out that you're non-conformist just goes to show how much of a tool you are.
Which is why the media companies are already dead. They pander to the least common denominator and that ultimately satisfies nobody.
And yet you still download their content from bittorrent. I'm sure that shows them good, right?!??! Right??!
I'm a grown man with a live-in girlfriend and a full time job.
Translation: I have a fleshlight and my "job" is to make sure the house is swept and I clean the bathrooms every day before I can post on Slashdot otherwise I don't get my weekly allowance.
That was pretty hardcore dude. You're soooo nonconformist. Keep raging against the machine while Cheetos dust covers your neckbeard down in your parent's basement.
And what strikes me as even more silly is when people use the comeback of "But [insert person, group, company, etc] is (probably) already doing it too!" as if that justifies the actions of someone else.
But even assuming ms would use an open filesystem, they would want to alter it to make it incompatible with everyone else's implementation...
So what? People take GPLed programs and make incompatible forks with it often. Why is it wrong if Microsoft wants to do the same with BSD code it would want to use?
Now, MS can't can old DX versions per-se since they need old software to run but they can make it a pain in the ass to use for new stuff (Deliberately sabotage the development tools for example).
Yes, because pissing off developers and having them not want to use your dev tools anymore is clearly how Microsoft has achieved the success that it has!
I Personally view DX11 as I do sonys push from DVD to blueray. Sure blueray has some nice features but I'm still enjoying my DVDs, and I don't really need uncompressed audio tracks for every language on my disks.
Doesn't paying $20million in ransom to pirates also reduce profits? Surely a convoy or detour can't cost >$20million...
If it didn't then the companies would be doing the alternatives. Apparently it does cost more than they'd lose otherwise or they wouldn't keep going out unescorted.
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(yes , overpriced, and 'upgraded' too often with pointless features, but still).
It's only "overpriced" if you're buying the full professional version for home use. Photoshop is a drop in the bucket in the total software costs for doing professional work. The amount you pay for just one license (assuming you don't do bulk, discounted licenses) barely amounts to 2 days pay for a professional.
That's only because he's trying to murder my data.
Meaning we're in the same situation, only PCs have much better graphics.
Many PCs have worse graphics.
And multitasking.
Huh? PS3s and 360s can multitask.
And better input.
In what way? One can use a mouse and keyboard with both the 360 and a PS3. What other inputs would one need?
And full stereoscopic 3d.
Which is lame and gimmicky.
And multiple monitors.
How many people actually play games with multiple monitors? You'll probably find this a non-selling point for almost anyone.
Unfortunately for you, when they crop up, there is nothing you can do, whereas for PC a patch should be along shortly.
Unfortunately for you, you know jack shit about what you're talking about. They can patch 360 and PS3 games for bug fixes.
Yes, they re talking about DXVA support.
Beceause samzenpus knows that everyone has blocked idle stories so he posts his crap into other boards to get hits.
Actually the submitter is the one that turned it into something "geeky". The original article doesn't contain the word "geek" at all and just said it was the world's most expensive christmas card.
Or movies or music either. Oh and he can't pirate books because that also comes from those media dinosaurs too. He's probably just torrenting Linux ISOs and public domain music and movies.
No it's not. Uncompressed 1080p would take something around 750 mbits of bandwidth to transmit. I highly doubt that Verizon is providing that much bandwith to each of their customers for HDTV service.
As to my musical preferences, I think Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Jedi Mind Tricks, Talib Kweli, and Sniper provide us with a more authentic and more literate example of the anti-conformist message.
So your tastes are actually worse than I thought. Secondly, the more times you have to point out that you're non-conformist just goes to show how much of a tool you are.
Which is why the media companies are already dead. They pander to the least common denominator and that ultimately satisfies nobody.
And yet you still download their content from bittorrent. I'm sure that shows them good, right?!??! Right??!
I'm a grown man with a live-in girlfriend and a full time job.
Translation: I have a fleshlight and my "job" is to make sure the house is swept and I clean the bathrooms every day before I can post on Slashdot otherwise I don't get my weekly allowance.
BTW it's also amusing how much you disparage their content and yet you still download it from BitTorrent to watch it. Rage out, dude!!!
Let me guess, you're typing this all while listening to Linkin Park, NIN or Rage Against the Machine, right? Thanks for making my point, though.
That was pretty hardcore dude. You're soooo nonconformist. Keep raging against the machine while Cheetos dust covers your neckbeard down in your parent's basement.
Gee, it was almost as if the GP was being sarcastic and making a joke.
And what strikes me as even more silly is when people use the comeback of "But [insert person, group, company, etc] is (probably) already doing it too!" as if that justifies the actions of someone else.
Thus you don't need to hunt for drivers every time Microsoft decide to change driver model
Which has happened how many times? Oh and let's not forget how you can use XP drivers in Vista and 7.
WoW does no longer require skill
WoW ever required skill?
But even assuming ms would use an open filesystem, they would want to alter it to make it incompatible with everyone else's implementation...
So what? People take GPLed programs and make incompatible forks with it often. Why is it wrong if Microsoft wants to do the same with BSD code it would want to use?
And such an attitude goes contrary to the spirit of the BSD license.
Why would it need to be under a proprietary license for Windows? BSD code can live perfectly fine along side of the proprietary code in windows.
Now, MS can't can old DX versions per-se since they need old software to run but they can make it a pain in the ass to use for new stuff (Deliberately sabotage the development tools for example).
Yes, because pissing off developers and having them not want to use your dev tools anymore is clearly how Microsoft has achieved the success that it has!
I Personally view DX11 as I do sonys push from DVD to blueray. Sure blueray has some nice features but I'm still enjoying my DVDs, and I don't really need uncompressed audio tracks for every language on my disks.
I still watch VHS tapes you insensitive clod!
Doesn't paying $20million in ransom to pirates also reduce profits? Surely a convoy or detour can't cost >$20million...
If it didn't then the companies would be doing the alternatives. Apparently it does cost more than they'd lose otherwise or they wouldn't keep going out unescorted.
Yes and Yes.