Probably not as much as the 6 degree change. A liberal government might cost you 1,600 Canadian play moneys, but a conservative one will cost you your life.
Maybe you should think for yourself before entertaining every stupid idea you read on the Internet as if it had a point. There's no question of ethics here. When the creators gave permission for anyone to modify and redistribute their code they also gave permission for them to change the affiliate codes used. How is that at all unclear?
What does ethics have to do with it? A piece of software was released with the source code and a set of guidelines under which that source code can be used and redistributed (GPL). By releasing their code under these terms the original creators have implicitly given their permission for anyone to do anything they want with that code, so long as the terms of the GPL are met.
Were you dropped on your head as a small child or something? There's nothing difficult to understand about this, nor is there any ambiguity regarding the "ethics" of making this change.
Perhaps you haven't noticed, but PC games are moving toward $60 price points without having to pay the console licensing fees. Even if that $10 savings were worthwhile in the past (and you'd have to buy a LOT of games to make it so) it's becoming less and less so every day.
Plants vs Zombies is pretty sweet on PC. I'd much rather have more games like that coming from phones/tablets than top tier games from consoles, which should stay where they are because (and the whining PC fanatics hate this fact) consoles are just better for playing games.
How do you figure? The top tier games are all going to a $59.99 MSRP, every other game will play on a $300 budget computer from 3 years ago, and even then you can generally pick up recent console releases for $30 within a couple months.
If you care about the graphics that much, or prefer the mouse and keyboard experience (I can't imagine why anymore; must be getting old), sure, get a high-end PC for gaming. But if price is your main concern you're better off with a $200 Xbox or Playstation and an affordable computer that will serve as a computer and play the majority of PC games that aren't on consoles and also don't require a lot of horsepower.
Why are people still listening to this guy? The most relevant things he's done in the last decade are tie himself to doomed MMO projects and buy himself a ticket on a spaceship.
How is it at all difficult to understand that Apple makes crap products that I would never want to use, even if they paid ME, but that they charge too much and thus allow the inflation of pricing on other products in the same category, some of which I would want to own? Seriously, you've got to be a moron. Probably why you're using Apple products in the first place.
So it's a pro-Apple semi-advertisement that also slags off Apple's competition, even if that's not quite (or at all) the tone you get from reading the full article? Isn't that exactly what Slashdot has been all about the last several years?
What do you mean "what do the buttons do"? The gamepad buttons function just about identically to the stock PS3 video player.
Also keep in mind that Netflix has multiple interfaces for PS3 and which one you get will change from time to time. Really unfortunate, since some of them are significantly better than others and there's no way to pick.
Amazon Cloud Drive is free, up to $5GB. Prime just gets you access to their unlimited streaming service, Kindle borrowing program (wtf they called it), and free 2-day shipping.
There's a flaw in your analysis. How is Apple supposed to sell anything if people stopped buying technology that makes simple tasks more awkward, difficult, and expensive? Think of Steve Jobs's poor, starving children!
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French is easy, man. Just replace the second half of an English word with "hohohoho" and you're there.
Probably not as much as the 6 degree change. A liberal government might cost you 1,600 Canadian play moneys, but a conservative one will cost you your life.
Maybe you should think for yourself before entertaining every stupid idea you read on the Internet as if it had a point. There's no question of ethics here. When the creators gave permission for anyone to modify and redistribute their code they also gave permission for them to change the affiliate codes used. How is that at all unclear?
What does ethics have to do with it? A piece of software was released with the source code and a set of guidelines under which that source code can be used and redistributed (GPL). By releasing their code under these terms the original creators have implicitly given their permission for anyone to do anything they want with that code, so long as the terms of the GPL are met.
Were you dropped on your head as a small child or something? There's nothing difficult to understand about this, nor is there any ambiguity regarding the "ethics" of making this change.
I'm allergic to dairy, you insensitive clods!
Angry Nerds is that game where you fling RMS into capitalist pigs who stole his eggs, right?
Perhaps you haven't noticed, but PC games are moving toward $60 price points without having to pay the console licensing fees. Even if that $10 savings were worthwhile in the past (and you'd have to buy a LOT of games to make it so) it's becoming less and less so every day.
Plants vs Zombies is pretty sweet on PC. I'd much rather have more games like that coming from phones/tablets than top tier games from consoles, which should stay where they are because (and the whining PC fanatics hate this fact) consoles are just better for playing games.
How do you figure? The top tier games are all going to a $59.99 MSRP, every other game will play on a $300 budget computer from 3 years ago, and even then you can generally pick up recent console releases for $30 within a couple months.
If you care about the graphics that much, or prefer the mouse and keyboard experience (I can't imagine why anymore; must be getting old), sure, get a high-end PC for gaming. But if price is your main concern you're better off with a $200 Xbox or Playstation and an affordable computer that will serve as a computer and play the majority of PC games that aren't on consoles and also don't require a lot of horsepower.
Does the Guild of Retards have its own shills? Or did they have to spin that division off to prevent infighting?
Why are people still listening to this guy? The most relevant things he's done in the last decade are tie himself to doomed MMO projects and buy himself a ticket on a spaceship.
Though it's really corporations that benefit the most from public education, and they don't pay a fucking dime for it.
Are you really that stupid?
How is it at all difficult to understand that Apple makes crap products that I would never want to use, even if they paid ME, but that they charge too much and thus allow the inflation of pricing on other products in the same category, some of which I would want to own? Seriously, you've got to be a moron. Probably why you're using Apple products in the first place.
Slashdot is a heavily pro-Apple website. You'd have to be a severally delusional Apple fanboy to not realize it.
So it's a pro-Apple semi-advertisement that also slags off Apple's competition, even if that's not quite (or at all) the tone you get from reading the full article? Isn't that exactly what Slashdot has been all about the last several years?
The eReader app turns a page at a time. How is smooth scrolling at all important to Fire as an eReader?
What do you mean "what do the buttons do"? The gamepad buttons function just about identically to the stock PS3 video player.
Also keep in mind that Netflix has multiple interfaces for PS3 and which one you get will change from time to time. Really unfortunate, since some of them are significantly better than others and there's no way to pick.
Sounds like you're looking for a Roku.
I don't like Apple or iOS. I think the format makes shitting products like the latter and then charges too much for everything. I hope this helps.
Amazon Cloud Drive is free, up to $5GB. Prime just gets you access to their unlimited streaming service, Kindle borrowing program (wtf they called it), and free 2-day shipping.
There's a flaw in your analysis. How is Apple supposed to sell anything if people stopped buying technology that makes simple tasks more awkward, difficult, and expensive? Think of Steve Jobs's poor, starving children!
No, the largest "gaming base" in the world would be either a) Facebook or b) Steam.
I'm not sure why Unity was designed, but it's probably a similar reason to GNOME 3: GNOME 2 just wasn't crappy enough.
So how much weight does it add to my Kindle when I put a Library of Congress on it?
I'm more interested in how many licks to the center of a tootsie pop it is...