Publishers realize that they are not needed in a system where people buy e-books. They don't serve any purpose. The idea is to slow down progress till they can sell their stock and find jobs in another industry.
The enormous library is the major problem that ebooks solves for me. I filled up two book shelves with physical books in my small apartment. I purchased an ereader instead of purchasing another book shelf. I simply don't want to fill up my place with stuff.
Nonsense books are trashed all the time. Libraries throw out books every year to make room for newer books. Used books stores won't buy any book you bring in. If you see a garage sale with books in it chances are the unsold books will be trashed or recycled. Then there is the big books stores. If a book doesn't sell they rip the cover off and ship it back to the publisher. Maybe the paper is recycled. Rare books are rare because the majority of books wind up in a dump at some point. Collectors who keep books for a long period of time are an exception not the rule.
Nah, the truth is probably more simple than that. In the United States you have a ton of spending on Internet Security. That equates to a 1000's of people working in that field. Some of them like the job enough they keep doing it off the clock. Most of them have common biases and interests.
Maybe they will wear masks?
I think this is more of a feel good party than a boycott. Show up someplace easy to get to. Wear a mask. Get a thrill when the mall cop asks you to leave. Network with like minded people later.
Empire builders do interesting things. You can't do anything interesting without being disruptive.
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft all broke the law to get where they are at. They all pissed off some people.
Anon is using Facebook to organize this event. How ironic is that? Why are they not boycotting Facebook over the privacy breaches.
How many of these people are going to rsvp using their Jailbroken IPhones? Or their rooted Androids?
People forgive companies for making mistakes if they put out good product.
Also going after GeoHot is good for Sony's customers. I expect and want them to keep pirates, hackers, and cheaters off the PSN. His hobby is too break stuff. Why should I support that? When he did it for the IPhone it provided a useful service the market wanted. Namely using an IPhone on another carrier. What did breaking the security on the PS3 give us?... A subpar Linux box? 20 year old Zelda roms? He needs to work on his message about how he added value before he gets my support.
I have been really happy with Sony as well. I may spend a few bucks on the 16th to show my support for Sony. Not sure what I would spend my money on. Nothing I want at the moment.
I think it is more about manufacturers than about custom roms. They know that it will be put on phones and marketed as the "Next Best Thing". Then there will be all kinds of comparisons in blogs between these crap Android Honeycomb phones and the Iphone. They should of named it Google Tablet OS Edition. Then they would not have this problem. (GoTOSE for short)
A phone is not a store owned by apple. It is a device Apple sold to its customers. Apple doesn't own it customers. There is only a store within a store because Apple forces applications to be installed through the store.
Nope. Most of these apps are just free ebook viewers applications. All these businesses have existing subscription/CC processor back-ends. Both Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Comixology, and magazines will be forced to add in app purchasing through Apple. And if they can't do so for contractual reasons then the application will be gone.
Basically 30% is 100% of Amazon's cut. It doesn't matter though. Amazon is going to do what Google did when Apple tried to block Google Voice. They will will release a mobile web application. Everything will just run in the browser. This will last a few months before Apple gives up and lets Kindle back in.
IT is about the destruction of jobs. Its about replacing two people with one person or better yet with software. Travel agents, bank clerks, secretaries, cashiers at groceries, and paper pushers of all stripes have lost their jobs because of IT, If it is unethical to take a job outsourcing IT work then it is unethical to work in IT at all.
Are you kidding me? They were making it so anyone could run homebrew on their OWN consoles. What they did in no way affected anyone's PS3 who didn't want have anything to do with it. The only people taking dumps on property is Sony. They have proven time and time again that they will gladly abuse their own customers. If you want to get in line for the anal rape, have at it. Some of us have some self respect.
I see you have blinders on.
Cheating effects people not involved. And it is already occurring. That happens when you break the security on other peoples devices.
I didn't buy a PS3 to play homebrew. I have a PC that runs that crap perfectly fine. I purchased a PS3 to play $30 - $60 video games. Games like Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet. Trading that for homebrew is a foolish. Sony has been good to me in the past. My PlayStation, PS2, and PS3 never had any issues. My Sony TV works great. I am hardly an abused customer. I am a Sony fanboy and I have good reason to be. I have plenty of self respect. And a firmware update that prevents me from running a twenty year old ROM of Zelda is hardly anal rape.
It is not the same. Jail breaking mobile devices was allowed so you can switch your mobile service provider. What does hacking PS3 get you? Nothing you cant get elsewhere. Unless your a software pirate or a cheater. Sony is protecting their customers here. And as a PS3 owner I am happy they are harassing Geohotz. I'm not sure if its legal. But I don't really care.
Fuck you nateand. Sony is looking out for the communities interest on this one. If you want Linux there are hundreds of other ways of getting it without shitting all over the PS3 ecosystem. And that is what Geohotz and FailOverFlow did. The took a big fat dump on a lot of peoples property. If Sony can harass that jerk then good for them.
How fast do you need to type if your only going to wind up with 10 to 100 lines of production code a day?
"Great programmers spend little of their time writing code – at least code that ends up in the final product. Programmers who spend much of their time writing code are too lazy, too ignorant, or too arrogant to find existing solutions to old problems. "
- August 17th, 2010 David Veksler
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Publishers realize that they are not needed in a system where people buy e-books. They don't serve any purpose. The idea is to slow down progress till they can sell their stock and find jobs in another industry.
Your doing it wrong. The last ebook I purchased was 99 cents. The next one will be $2.99
The enormous library is the major problem that ebooks solves for me. I filled up two book shelves with physical books in my small apartment. I purchased an ereader instead of purchasing another book shelf. I simply don't want to fill up my place with stuff.
Nonsense books are trashed all the time. Libraries throw out books every year to make room for newer books. Used books stores won't buy any book you bring in. If you see a garage sale with books in it chances are the unsold books will be trashed or recycled. Then there is the big books stores. If a book doesn't sell they rip the cover off and ship it back to the publisher. Maybe the paper is recycled. Rare books are rare because the majority of books wind up in a dump at some point. Collectors who keep books for a long period of time are an exception not the rule.
I think the spectacle would be better served if it targeted politicians or Judges instead of Sony.
Nah, the truth is probably more simple than that. In the United States you have a ton of spending on Internet Security. That equates to a 1000's of people working in that field. Some of them like the job enough they keep doing it off the clock. Most of them have common biases and interests.
Maybe they will wear masks? I think this is more of a feel good party than a boycott. Show up someplace easy to get to. Wear a mask. Get a thrill when the mall cop asks you to leave. Network with like minded people later.
Empire builders do interesting things. You can't do anything interesting without being disruptive. Apple, Facebook, Microsoft all broke the law to get where they are at. They all pissed off some people. Anon is using Facebook to organize this event. How ironic is that? Why are they not boycotting Facebook over the privacy breaches. How many of these people are going to rsvp using their Jailbroken IPhones? Or their rooted Androids? People forgive companies for making mistakes if they put out good product. Also going after GeoHot is good for Sony's customers. I expect and want them to keep pirates, hackers, and cheaters off the PSN. His hobby is too break stuff. Why should I support that? When he did it for the IPhone it provided a useful service the market wanted. Namely using an IPhone on another carrier. What did breaking the security on the PS3 give us?... A subpar Linux box? 20 year old Zelda roms? He needs to work on his message about how he added value before he gets my support.
Sony should throw a sale that day. Stuff an Anon might want.
I have been really happy with Sony as well. I may spend a few bucks on the 16th to show my support for Sony. Not sure what I would spend my money on. Nothing I want at the moment.
This is a good point. Asking for a portfolio of work is not unheard of in other disciplines.
Do they think a phone manufacturer is going to ship a honeycomb based phone that gives a really bad user experience?
Yes
I think it is more about manufacturers than about custom roms. They know that it will be put on phones and marketed as the "Next Best Thing". Then there will be all kinds of comparisons in blogs between these crap Android Honeycomb phones and the Iphone. They should of named it Google Tablet OS Edition. Then they would not have this problem. (GoTOSE for short)
I don't think there is any Mass Hysteria. The masses don't care about this.
A phone is not a store owned by apple. It is a device Apple sold to its customers. Apple doesn't own it customers. There is only a store within a store because Apple forces applications to be installed through the store.
My phone is not a shopping mall owned by Apple. Last time I checked I owned my phone seeing as I paid for it.
Nope. Most of these apps are just free ebook viewers applications. All these businesses have existing subscription/CC processor back-ends. Both Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Comixology, and magazines will be forced to add in app purchasing through Apple. And if they can't do so for contractual reasons then the application will be gone.
No they specifically blocked Sony's ereader application for this very reason.
Basically 30% is 100% of Amazon's cut. It doesn't matter though. Amazon is going to do what Google did when Apple tried to block Google Voice. They will will release a mobile web application. Everything will just run in the browser. This will last a few months before Apple gives up and lets Kindle back in.
IT is about the destruction of jobs. Its about replacing two people with one person or better yet with software. Travel agents, bank clerks, secretaries, cashiers at groceries, and paper pushers of all stripes have lost their jobs because of IT, If it is unethical to take a job outsourcing IT work then it is unethical to work in IT at all.
Are you kidding me? They were making it so anyone could run homebrew on their OWN consoles. What they did in no way affected anyone's PS3 who didn't want have anything to do with it. The only people taking dumps on property is Sony. They have proven time and time again that they will gladly abuse their own customers. If you want to get in line for the anal rape, have at it. Some of us have some self respect.
I see you have blinders on. Cheating effects people not involved. And it is already occurring. That happens when you break the security on other peoples devices.
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/01/25/modern-warfare-2-online-play-crippled-by-ps3-security-breach/ http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/trophy-hack-ps3-ruining/
I didn't buy a PS3 to play homebrew. I have a PC that runs that crap perfectly fine. I purchased a PS3 to play $30 - $60 video games. Games like Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet. Trading that for homebrew is a foolish. Sony has been good to me in the past. My PlayStation, PS2, and PS3 never had any issues. My Sony TV works great. I am hardly an abused customer. I am a Sony fanboy and I have good reason to be. I have plenty of self respect. And a firmware update that prevents me from running a twenty year old ROM of Zelda is hardly anal rape.
It is not the same. Jail breaking mobile devices was allowed so you can switch your mobile service provider. What does hacking PS3 get you? Nothing you cant get elsewhere. Unless your a software pirate or a cheater. Sony is protecting their customers here. And as a PS3 owner I am happy they are harassing Geohotz. I'm not sure if its legal. But I don't really care.
Bottom line if you break the law you can expect legal fees and harassment.
Fuck you nateand. Sony is looking out for the communities interest on this one. If you want Linux there are hundreds of other ways of getting it without shitting all over the PS3 ecosystem. And that is what Geohotz and FailOverFlow did. The took a big fat dump on a lot of peoples property. If Sony can harass that jerk then good for them.
How fast do you need to type if your only going to wind up with 10 to 100 lines of production code a day? "Great programmers spend little of their time writing code – at least code that ends up in the final product. Programmers who spend much of their time writing code are too lazy, too ignorant, or too arrogant to find existing solutions to old problems. " - August 17th, 2010 David Veksler