People who do technical stuff prefer doing that technical stuff, rather than doing maintenance and configuring stuff. You're confusing technical stuff with administrative stuff.
FWIW, I'm IQ intelligent (smart enough), I started with Yggsdrasil Linux (hardcore and old school), but I use Macs with OSX (nübcakes).
Thought about it a bit (may have been obvious.. i don't keep track of the gaming sites though).. DRM has nothing to do with preventing piracy. DRM in gaming was designed to 1) prevent selling used games - we've all seen the topics here about the ire over the used console game market.. and 2) prevent renting of games through the netflix-style mailing services. If you can't reuse or recycle something, your only option (in the 'I gotta have' consumer mindset) is to buy new. Which is more money in the publishers pocket.
Firewire will most definitely be staying with the pro products. Too many cameras, audio interfaces, disk arrays, etc etc depend on firewire, not to mention .
This is primarily Apple removing a feature that is next to useless on a product for a given audience.
Republicans and conservatives are simple. And liberals are complex. That's sort of the point between the two.
Conservatives desire hard and fast and all encompassing. There's no wiggle room, there's not much debate tolerated. And if you disagree with a conservative view, you're labeled as liberal - which basically dictates the above - simple.
Liberals want wiggle room, want to challenge, and (most of the time) support debate. Liberals both view and desire things to be multi-faceted.
To use the McCain/Obama budget slashing strategy.. McCain with his hatchet, Obama with his scalpel. More than ideology, more than tendencies and leanings, those right are very good, simple examples of the major differences between conservative and liberal thinking.
Not really.. firewire/DV has been fading over the last few years for consumer products. Flash/tapeless/USB transfer is pretty standard now in the consumer world. Old stuff won't really be useful, but Apple has never been about holding on to the old longer than necessary.
McCain has been in Washington for 25+ years, which essentially puts him in the lineup of those [you blame] who caused the mess. Again, simply by going with what you wrote, Obama, having been there for only 2ish years, kind of eliminates him from blame. Also, prior to Obama's senate run, he actually contributed to and led real 'change' in his home state (campaign finance reform, e85 gas, govt tax accounting, Russian weapon proliferation, STOP FRAUD act, fight no-bid contracts, etc etc etc).
What exactly is it about Palin that makes you think she will be able to do anything amazing? The only real benefits she brings are those mainly involved with marketing and PR. She's not very smart (and not saying this due to views - a lot are similar). And I doubt she's going to get people wanting to work with her, she's basically the non-Republican version of what the Repub's thought of Hillary Clinton.
Also, blame Bush and Cheney (esp. Cheney). Their administration is the one that made it fashionable to bypass all of our constitutional checks and balances. We've had 8 years of Bush/Cheney and 10-12 years of conservative/deregulation/Republican control in Congress. No wonder you don't want to focus on the past.
You have a limited mortgage or rent, limited TV bill, limited cell phone bill (VZW or any other unlimited plan), chances are a limited regular phone bill (most places advertise flat rate per month long distance now). You may do something that incurs additional cost, but the basic charge is stable and unvarying, and doesn't depend on how much you actively use them.
And we have unlimited water where I live (flat rate - not charged by usage).
The biggest problem with a bandwidth cap is once you hit and go over, you suddenly get raped on overage charges (example: look at the kid who downloaded the internet via international roaming). This is an artificial scare ceiling. It doesn't cost anything significantly near to provide the service that went over the cap, it's just a ridiculous extra charge to make sure you don't go there again. On the flip side, if you go under the cap, there's no advantage to you.
If I download 250GB of Linux Isos, the cost to Comcast if I went that extra to 260GB is insignificant. But Comcast will either cut your service, or impose an exorbanent fee should that happen.
If I download less than 250GB, I'm not going to see a decrease in what I pay.
If Comcast wants to pose this limit on users, than it should be granted that $price will give you 250GB. If you go over, you pay whatever that overage figure equates to based on $price==250GB. When you stay under, you should only be billed for what you actually use, again based on the $price==250GB equation.
That's what's wrong with having a cap. It's only there to promote fear and generate revenue. It's not there to provide sane billing or usage control.
but the activation requirement is a deal breaker for me. DRM doesn't bother me - along the lines of the original Crysis - but having a limited number of activations is just WRONG.
In the 'pirating spore' topic I brought up how I bought Spore and also downloaded in order to play it properly. In that post I also stated that in the future, I'm just going to do without the game, and EA can do without my money.
Install/activation limitations are ultimately going to kill PC gaming. The few PC games that I'm interested in playing - Stalker CS, Crysis redux.. (I'm sure there will be a few others) I just don't trust buying now. From now on, my only real gaming consideration will be for the console.
Apparently the Steam version also carries the same install activation/limitation, and apparently a lot of recently released Steam games are doing the same thing. I own no less than 5 copies of Half Life 2 (original PC, original Ep1, orange box, original xbox and now 360 orange box - kinda love the game - also the HL1: Source). But I'll be damned if I spend another dime on a boxed PC game or a Steam game. I bought all of those out of 1) my choice, and 2) the upgrades or additional playability provided. I will never buy another game simply because I ran out of installs and need to 'refresh'.
RANT: Why don't activation schemes use MAC addresses, or CPU serial #s, or any of the completely unique identifiers (a la dongles)? Those I could live with. I've had too many failures/reformats/upgrades over the years, hell - over the months, to risk these crap activations.
Up until your post.. I figured pretty much every state was at-will. [from there I could make a snide comment about politics/lobbying/at-will/big business, but I'll pass]
I don't buy or play PC games. When I do any gaming it's on the 360 so none of this stuff is an issue.
But this time.. I bought the game mainly because of a very cool special I was able to catch on the Hist Channel - went into both the tech and also the lore/idea behind it. Wasn't familiar with Spore until this. Saw all of the negative pub on Amazon before I purchased.
I've opened the original (just so it can't be returned/exchanged when I'm done - that's wrong) but I downloaded and am playing the cracked version. I've done it this way to 1) support whoever needs to be financially supported (not paying and then playing is plain stealing), but also 2) hopefully send a message to someone somewhere (even if it ends up just being to me) that DRM/limited activation is the more evil of two evils. I'm not a gamer (tho WOW ftw) and I've got no problem next time just keeping my cash and doing without.
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People who do technical stuff prefer doing that technical stuff, rather than doing maintenance and configuring stuff. You're confusing technical stuff with administrative stuff.
FWIW, I'm IQ intelligent (smart enough), I started with Yggsdrasil Linux (hardcore and old school), but I use Macs with OSX (nübcakes).
Thought about it a bit (may have been obvious.. i don't keep track of the gaming sites though).. DRM has nothing to do with preventing piracy. DRM in gaming was designed to 1) prevent selling used games - we've all seen the topics here about the ire over the used console game market.. and 2) prevent renting of games through the netflix-style mailing services. If you can't reuse or recycle something, your only option (in the 'I gotta have' consumer mindset) is to buy new. Which is more money in the publishers pocket.
DRM = new sale
Firewire will most definitely be staying with the pro products. Too many cameras, audio interfaces, disk arrays, etc etc depend on firewire, not to mention .
This is primarily Apple removing a feature that is next to useless on a product for a given audience.
Republicans and conservatives are simple. And liberals are complex. That's sort of the point between the two.
Conservatives desire hard and fast and all encompassing. There's no wiggle room, there's not much debate tolerated. And if you disagree with a conservative view, you're labeled as liberal - which basically dictates the above - simple.
Liberals want wiggle room, want to challenge, and (most of the time) support debate. Liberals both view and desire things to be multi-faceted.
To use the McCain/Obama budget slashing strategy.. McCain with his hatchet, Obama with his scalpel. More than ideology, more than tendencies and leanings, those right are very good, simple examples of the major differences between conservative and liberal thinking.
Not really.. firewire/DV has been fading over the last few years for consumer products. Flash/tapeless/USB transfer is pretty standard now in the consumer world. Old stuff won't really be useful, but Apple has never been about holding on to the old longer than necessary.
(fwiw i own mbp and am pro cam operator)
That's exactly what it was. Nefarious and walmart go hand in hand.
Excellent! Macbook & Pro users can finally have wifi support.
It's not about the technique, it's about the intent behind it.
(assuming the summary is correct and it will likely burn up)
and some of the best tags I've ever seen.
Keep up the good work!
Uhm.. going by what you just wrote.
McCain has been in Washington for 25+ years, which essentially puts him in the lineup of those [you blame] who caused the mess. Again, simply by going with what you wrote, Obama, having been there for only 2ish years, kind of eliminates him from blame. Also, prior to Obama's senate run, he actually contributed to and led real 'change' in his home state (campaign finance reform, e85 gas, govt tax accounting, Russian weapon proliferation, STOP FRAUD act, fight no-bid contracts, etc etc etc).
What exactly is it about Palin that makes you think she will be able to do anything amazing? The only real benefits she brings are those mainly involved with marketing and PR. She's not very smart (and not saying this due to views - a lot are similar). And I doubt she's going to get people wanting to work with her, she's basically the non-Republican version of what the Repub's thought of Hillary Clinton.
Also, blame Bush and Cheney (esp. Cheney). Their administration is the one that made it fashionable to bypass all of our constitutional checks and balances. We've had 8 years of Bush/Cheney and 10-12 years of conservative/deregulation/Republican control in Congress. No wonder you don't want to focus on the past.
No no, you mean God sneezed and the place got in the way.
(intelligent design ftw)
Before 1GB was typical, I always used 1.5 * total memory.
Now with 1GB and more being typical, I've gone with .5 or .75 * total memory.
exorbitant - i can't spell late in the afternoon =)
You have a limited mortgage or rent, limited TV bill, limited cell phone bill (VZW or any other unlimited plan), chances are a limited regular phone bill (most places advertise flat rate per month long distance now). You may do something that incurs additional cost, but the basic charge is stable and unvarying, and doesn't depend on how much you actively use them.
And we have unlimited water where I live (flat rate - not charged by usage).
The biggest problem with a bandwidth cap is once you hit and go over, you suddenly get raped on overage charges (example: look at the kid who downloaded the internet via international roaming). This is an artificial scare ceiling. It doesn't cost anything significantly near to provide the service that went over the cap, it's just a ridiculous extra charge to make sure you don't go there again. On the flip side, if you go under the cap, there's no advantage to you.
If I download 250GB of Linux Isos, the cost to Comcast if I went that extra to 260GB is insignificant. But Comcast will either cut your service, or impose an exorbanent fee should that happen.
If I download less than 250GB, I'm not going to see a decrease in what I pay.
If Comcast wants to pose this limit on users, than it should be granted that $price will give you 250GB. If you go over, you pay whatever that overage figure equates to based on $price==250GB. When you stay under, you should only be billed for what you actually use, again based on the $price==250GB equation.
That's what's wrong with having a cap. It's only there to promote fear and generate revenue. It's not there to provide sane billing or usage control.
but the activation requirement is a deal breaker for me. DRM doesn't bother me - along the lines of the original Crysis - but having a limited number of activations is just WRONG.
In the 'pirating spore' topic I brought up how I bought Spore and also downloaded in order to play it properly. In that post I also stated that in the future, I'm just going to do without the game, and EA can do without my money.
Install/activation limitations are ultimately going to kill PC gaming. The few PC games that I'm interested in playing - Stalker CS, Crysis redux.. (I'm sure there will be a few others) I just don't trust buying now. From now on, my only real gaming consideration will be for the console.
Apparently the Steam version also carries the same install activation/limitation, and apparently a lot of recently released Steam games are doing the same thing. I own no less than 5 copies of Half Life 2 (original PC, original Ep1, orange box, original xbox and now 360 orange box - kinda love the game - also the HL1: Source). But I'll be damned if I spend another dime on a boxed PC game or a Steam game. I bought all of those out of 1) my choice, and 2) the upgrades or additional playability provided. I will never buy another game simply because I ran out of installs and need to 'refresh'.
RANT: Why don't activation schemes use MAC addresses, or CPU serial #s, or any of the completely unique identifiers (a la dongles)? Those I could live with. I've had too many failures/reformats/upgrades over the years, hell - over the months, to risk these crap activations.
(just a little pissed at the state of things :) )
I vote out of anger (of what 'the other side' will do or has done) rather than out of fear.
PLEASE!
Woosh++;
Finally, the missing step 2.
1) Grow large enough to entrench into every facet of the populous.
2) Mismanage to the point of bankruptcy.
3) Government takeover == Profit!!!11
Not in a trial of public opinion..
Maryland, DC and Virginia are all at-will.
Up until your post.. I figured pretty much every state was at-will. [from there I could make a snide comment about politics/lobbying/at-will/big business, but I'll pass]
(in that order)
I don't buy or play PC games. When I do any gaming it's on the 360 so none of this stuff is an issue.
But this time.. I bought the game mainly because of a very cool special I was able to catch on the Hist Channel - went into both the tech and also the lore/idea behind it. Wasn't familiar with Spore until this. Saw all of the negative pub on Amazon before I purchased.
I've opened the original (just so it can't be returned/exchanged when I'm done - that's wrong) but I downloaded and am playing the cracked version. I've done it this way to 1) support whoever needs to be financially supported (not paying and then playing is plain stealing), but also 2) hopefully send a message to someone somewhere (even if it ends up just being to me) that DRM/limited activation is the more evil of two evils. I'm not a gamer (tho WOW ftw) and I've got no problem next time just keeping my cash and doing without.
I think the clarify only really needs to be made here.. my inlaws brought it up to me (as I'm the computer guy) and they thought it was pretty funny.
Mod Insightful! Damn.. out of points.