It's not up to you to agree or disagree with it. That's the parent's right to make the decision and since she bought it for her kid knowing what was in it, it's now her responsibility. When her kid pulls his car over to kick prostitutes, she is going to have a hard time taking the game maker to court since she knowingly bought the game. It might even help further if a big label was on the cover of the game that says something to the affect of "Hey, mom! This game has whore kicking!"
Oh I agree, I was more surprised by the hypocrisy of complaining about violent games then turning around and buying her son the exact sort of game she was just complaining about.
That is a huge mistake, my guess is on Microsoft's part (assuming it's not photoshopped). If the ESRB actually gave it that rating then that is a complete and utter failure of the system but for the most part they rate the games well.
There's also that handy little rating they always seem to ignore. They don't even need to play the game, just take a minute to realize what that rating is telling them.
I have little hope that will help anything considering I've seen a woman in EB with her 8 year old (my estimation) in tow complaining to the clerk how violent and horrible some of the games they sell are. 15 minutes later (after 10 minutes of pestering from her son) she was buying the kid Grand Theft Auto.
In my experience all of the chain stores will refuse to sell an M rated game to a minor as store policy. I was even asked for ID at one of the local GameStops (and I normally don't get carded at the bar so it's not that I look like a kid).
It would if enough people voted for a candidate who meets the right qualifications: reasonably intelligent, genuinely wants to benefit the country, and can't be bought. Sadly that seems to be a nonexistant combination of traits in politics.
Considering that he dealt with it enough to come here legally, remain here legally, and now become a citizen here legally despite his apparent frustration with the process I don't find it hard to blame those who just sneak across. If someone isn't willing to do it the right way perhaps they should reconsider how much they want to be here.
I would argue those people either don't know what it is or tolerate it because they want the content. I have met very few people that like the DRM itself.
Please exercise some reading comprehension before you go around calling people idiots. Notice I stated all the equipment I had seen not all equipment in existence. You also ignored where I said that regardless of that exhausting hot air out the bottom is completely impractical which is still true.
Calling people idiots and trying to display your "intellectual superiority" on the internet just comes across as childish. If you want to be taken seriously you should change your approach.
Have you ever looked at any home theater equipment? The bottom is nearly always filled with components, no room there to exhaust heat, not to mention how impractical that would be.
The problem with that is that English is not the official language of the US. It is the de facto national language, but it is not the official language. I'm not about to get into arguments over whether it should be, I'm not even going to state my position. I'm merely going to say that this alone is why you probably won't find any federally funded educational institutions that have such a policy.
I'll bite. It should be. I don't say this because I hate 'X' nationality or because I think no other language should be spoken. I say it because to have a multicultural mix of people that works we need to be able to communicate with each other. Communication helps to break down barriers of distrust and misperceptions of "they're nothing like me". Communication ensures that everyone can understand signage in public areas or communicate with a police officer who may or may not speak a language other than English.
If we can't all communicate with each other the country will continue to become divided and things will go downhill. If someone wants to come live here learning the language is not a lot to ask. I have a few friends for whom English is not their native tongue yet they actually speak it better than many people I know who were born and raised in an English speaking household.
Nice to know our latest appointee to the Supreme Court is looking out for our privacy rights.
From TFA:
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, as solicitor general last year, had urged the court to reverse itself amid complaints that federal prosecutions were being complicated, and computer searches were grinding to a halt, because of the detailed guidelines.
Heck if you already have a decent PC and it's in the same room you can have a setup that plays everything for the price of a 25ft HDMI cable... (Studio apartments do have their advantages)
I'll definitely grant you the stock batteries are on the small side. For me it's not a huge issue since I just set my N1 in the dock while I'm at work and while I sleep at night. If I couldn't charge it at work I would definitely invest in a larger battery, streaming Rdio all day can run it down pretty fast without a charger handy.
I didn't word that very well. When I wrote it I was thinking of overall file system access (such as to shared directories multiple apps can use, etc). I guess a clearer way of saying it would be file system access outside that app's sandbox.
You act like I'm angry about it, which is certainly not the case. When I hear someone say IOS (or iOS or ios, they all sound the same spoken) the first thing that comes to mind is Cisco IOS. Since I don't naturally associate it with Apple's OS I just call it iphone OS to remove the ambiguity. I noted what I did in parentheses because I figured the grammar/spelling nazi's would pounce on it otherwise.
Unless they changed this with iphone os 4 (the three letter IOS will always apply to Cisco devices in my mind regardless of capitalization) there is no file system access on the iphone. If VLC can't access the library due to Apple restrictions you would have to get music/videos on the phone through VLC itself (since the sandboxing prevents it from accessing other apps data).
Early leaked benchmarks show the g2 blowing the nexus one out of the water, even though its clocked at 1ghz.
Link to these benchmarks? Were they testing the g2 with 2.2 against the N1 in it's shipping state (2.1)? Not enough information has been provided to make a good comparison.
Even if he gave up on waiting he can get Android handsets now with 1Ghz. I would think if Tmobile wants the G2 to be their flagship phone they would have gone at least on par with the N1.
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It's not up to you to agree or disagree with it. That's the parent's right to make the decision and since she bought it for her kid knowing what was in it, it's now her responsibility. When her kid pulls his car over to kick prostitutes, she is going to have a hard time taking the game maker to court since she knowingly bought the game. It might even help further if a big label was on the cover of the game that says something to the affect of "Hey, mom! This game has whore kicking!"
Oh I agree, I was more surprised by the hypocrisy of complaining about violent games then turning around and buying her son the exact sort of game she was just complaining about.
That is a huge mistake, my guess is on Microsoft's part (assuming it's not photoshopped). If the ESRB actually gave it that rating then that is a complete and utter failure of the system but for the most part they rate the games well.
There's also that handy little rating they always seem to ignore. They don't even need to play the game, just take a minute to realize what that rating is telling them.
I have little hope that will help anything considering I've seen a woman in EB with her 8 year old (my estimation) in tow complaining to the clerk how violent and horrible some of the games they sell are. 15 minutes later (after 10 minutes of pestering from her son) she was buying the kid Grand Theft Auto.
In my experience all of the chain stores will refuse to sell an M rated game to a minor as store policy. I was even asked for ID at one of the local GameStops (and I normally don't get carded at the bar so it's not that I look like a kid).
Oh wow, completely missed that. Apparently my brain still thinks it's Monday.
It would if enough people voted for a candidate who meets the right qualifications: reasonably intelligent, genuinely wants to benefit the country, and can't be bought. Sadly that seems to be a nonexistant combination of traits in politics.
Considering that he dealt with it enough to come here legally, remain here legally, and now become a citizen here legally despite his apparent frustration with the process I don't find it hard to blame those who just sneak across. If someone isn't willing to do it the right way perhaps they should reconsider how much they want to be here.
I would argue those people either don't know what it is or tolerate it because they want the content. I have met very few people that like the DRM itself.
Which one of those options allows me to view the media on any of my devices?
Please exercise some reading comprehension before you go around calling people idiots. Notice I stated all the equipment I had seen not all equipment in existence. You also ignored where I said that regardless of that exhausting hot air out the bottom is completely impractical which is still true.
Calling people idiots and trying to display your "intellectual superiority" on the internet just comes across as childish. If you want to be taken seriously you should change your approach.
So DRM and laws that erode privacy are loved by many? Those are two common targets of the EFF, I'm not following your logic here.
Have you ever looked at any home theater equipment? The bottom is nearly always filled with components, no room there to exhaust heat, not to mention how impractical that would be.
The problem with that is that English is not the official language of the US. It is the de facto national language, but it is not the official language. I'm not about to get into arguments over whether it should be, I'm not even going to state my position. I'm merely going to say that this alone is why you probably won't find any federally funded educational institutions that have such a policy.
I'll bite. It should be. I don't say this because I hate 'X' nationality or because I think no other language should be spoken. I say it because to have a multicultural mix of people that works we need to be able to communicate with each other. Communication helps to break down barriers of distrust and misperceptions of "they're nothing like me". Communication ensures that everyone can understand signage in public areas or communicate with a police officer who may or may not speak a language other than English.
If we can't all communicate with each other the country will continue to become divided and things will go downhill. If someone wants to come live here learning the language is not a lot to ask. I have a few friends for whom English is not their native tongue yet they actually speak it better than many people I know who were born and raised in an English speaking household.
Nice to know our latest appointee to the Supreme Court is looking out for our privacy rights.
From TFA:
Heck if you already have a decent PC and it's in the same room you can have a setup that plays everything for the price of a 25ft HDMI cable... (Studio apartments do have their advantages)
Considering most home A/V devices take in air from the sides (or sometimes top) that would be awfully difficult to do.
is a hell of a drug.
I'll definitely grant you the stock batteries are on the small side. For me it's not a huge issue since I just set my N1 in the dock while I'm at work and while I sleep at night. If I couldn't charge it at work I would definitely invest in a larger battery, streaming Rdio all day can run it down pretty fast without a charger handy.
I didn't word that very well. When I wrote it I was thinking of overall file system access (such as to shared directories multiple apps can use, etc). I guess a clearer way of saying it would be file system access outside that app's sandbox.
Interesting, they must have added that since I had a 3gs. Guess I learned something today.
You act like I'm angry about it, which is certainly not the case. When I hear someone say IOS (or iOS or ios, they all sound the same spoken) the first thing that comes to mind is Cisco IOS. Since I don't naturally associate it with Apple's OS I just call it iphone OS to remove the ambiguity. I noted what I did in parentheses because I figured the grammar/spelling nazi's would pounce on it otherwise.
Unless they changed this with iphone os 4 (the three letter IOS will always apply to Cisco devices in my mind regardless of capitalization) there is no file system access on the iphone. If VLC can't access the library due to Apple restrictions you would have to get music/videos on the phone through VLC itself (since the sandboxing prevents it from accessing other apps data).
Early leaked benchmarks show the g2 blowing the nexus one out of the water, even though its clocked at 1ghz.
Link to these benchmarks? Were they testing the g2 with 2.2 against the N1 in it's shipping state (2.1)? Not enough information has been provided to make a good comparison.
Even if he gave up on waiting he can get Android handsets now with 1Ghz. I would think if Tmobile wants the G2 to be their flagship phone they would have gone at least on par with the N1.