I have an Apple Magic Mouse (and a Wacom tablet) and while at first it was a bit hard to get used to and the high sensitivity of its touchpad is an issue with some games it does have its advantages, it just takes a while getting used to.
You don't play games more complicated than solitaire, do you? Otherwise you wouldn't have mentioned a touchpad in context of gaming...
My thoughts exactly. I am tired of "This video is not available in your region" crap on youtube et al. or "This service is unavailable in your region" even when I'd be happy to pay for it. You don't want my money? Fine, BitTorrent it is.
How about cafes or bars? Here they sometimes give you free (although very slow) access to their wifi if you're customer. So in theory you could buy a beer, pay in cash and start downloading torrents
Sooo... you have to show an ID to buy a pre-paid card but you can use an access point anonymously? Strange... Not that I want to give anyone funny ideas
Upload speed in UK tends to be a small fraction of download speed
It's similar in Poland. Usually something like 3:1, so 6 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up
I'll bet it doesn't test for throttling because it'd have to push through too much data and some people with data-caps would complain.
from their website:
"NOTE: Our Whiteboxes download approximately 3GB per month and upload around 1GB. If you’re on a product with a low usage cap then we’d advise against signing up, or at least informing us beforehand so that we can apply a different testing profile."
So at least you've been warned
If a private company gropes you, public opinion forces them to change or they go out of business from driving away airport travelers.
It kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? "People don't like groping or scanners and it hurts the airposrts' and airlines' business? Very well then, we'll rely on or gut feeling and we'll look at them very carefully." Not that the current system is much more effective, mind you.
While I loved the original Syndicate I'm plain sick and tired of all those reboots. Rebooted comic books, rebooted movies, rebooted games and it seems like 90% of music is either covers or uses samples from old hits that they're hard to distinguish from the original. Why not try something original for a change? Is imagination and creativity in such short supply or is it that the accountants who run all those industries have no imagination at all?
oh, and get offa my lawn!
GFWL is evil and should be killed with fire. The sooner developers realize that the better. I've used it as well as steam and origin and out of the three I find that only GFWL is truly unusable...
Yeah it's not like we have a shortage of digital distribution systems either. What 8 or 9 of them.
And given EA's inane experiments with DRM you're probably better off with a pirated ISO and a crack - no limited number of installs or crap like that. In their case it actually makes sense to pirate their games even if you bought them.
I'm not sure why they want to try to turn the business into a web of red tape for everyone instead of just pushing forward.
The original iPhone was a breakthrough - a smartphone for the masses, but since then it's just been a series of minor updates and they were caught unprepared for the revolution they started. A front camera? Only in iPhone 4, when it was already a standard and it looks like iPhone 5 will not be cutting edge either. iPad vs iPad 2? An updated processor and more memory - nothing breathtaking here. It looks like they're out of revolutionary ideas and afraid of being eaten alive by everyone else, who jumped on the bandwagon they started. Neither a smartphone or a tablet were invented by Apple but they managed to make them mainstream and... that's it. Since then we've only seen them introduce incremental changes to their hardware and software, usually lagging behind the rest of the industry. Once the other players realized that such devices did not have to be marketed only to business users they've managed to innovate much faster than Apple.
Which would just be a failure to understand English?
Note that the Max Planck Institute is located in Germany so I'd say it's safe to assume that whoever wrote this is not a native speaker of English, hence the ambiguity.
So let's hope the German case will be influenced by the fact that Apple provided doctored images comparing iPad to Galaxy tab, and iPhone to Galaxy S II as evidence
Myspace did one thing right: it proved that you should not allow users to make custom backgrounds, change the layout or [shudder] make music play when you land on their profile.
I think custom backgrounds work with twitter because the general layout cannot be changed so no teal letters on pink background or similar crap. I still instantly close any website which tries to play music at me without asking
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Well the price discrimination may have something to do with tariffs and the like.
Nope, at least in EU you pay all import taxes etc. if you order something in the US or Canada.
blah, for some reason I wrote "touchpad" in stead of "tablet"... i need more caffeine
I have an Apple Magic Mouse (and a Wacom tablet) and while at first it was a bit hard to get used to and the high sensitivity of its touchpad is an issue with some games it does have its advantages, it just takes a while getting used to.
You don't play games more complicated than solitaire, do you? Otherwise you wouldn't have mentioned a touchpad in context of gaming...
My thoughts exactly. I am tired of "This video is not available in your region" crap on youtube et al. or "This service is unavailable in your region" even when I'd be happy to pay for it. You don't want my money? Fine, BitTorrent it is.
Any NYSE-listed company has to comply with SOX
How about cafes or bars? Here they sometimes give you free (although very slow) access to their wifi if you're customer. So in theory you could buy a beer, pay in cash and start downloading torrents
Sooo... you have to show an ID to buy a pre-paid card but you can use an access point anonymously? Strange... Not that I want to give anyone funny ideas
You can't possibly allow people to be permenently disconnected from the internet. To me personally, that is denial of freedoms.
Although the UN has already recognized internet access as a human right relatively few countries have adjusted their legislation to reflect that.
Sure, but I cannot imagine the music industry letting it get too large, fearing a backlash.
Really? Judging by the blanket lawsuits some copyright owners filed in th US and now in Australia they seem to think that it's "the more the merrier"
Upload speed in UK tends to be a small fraction of download speed
It's similar in Poland. Usually something like 3:1, so 6 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up
I'll bet it doesn't test for throttling because it'd have to push through too much data and some people with data-caps would complain.
from their website: "NOTE: Our Whiteboxes download approximately 3GB per month and upload around 1GB. If you’re on a product with a low usage cap then we’d advise against signing up, or at least informing us beforehand so that we can apply a different testing profile." So at least you've been warned
Ethically serving their client means doing EVERYTHING legally possible to further your client's position.
Do you even know what being ethical means? In short it's knowing when to tell your client "No, I won't do this for you even if you fire me"
If a private company gropes you, public opinion forces them to change or they go out of business from driving away airport travelers.
It kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? "People don't like groping or scanners and it hurts the airposrts' and airlines' business? Very well then, we'll rely on or gut feeling and we'll look at them very carefully." Not that the current system is much more effective, mind you.
Return from the stars by Stanislaw Lem also comes to mind
While I loved the original Syndicate I'm plain sick and tired of all those reboots. Rebooted comic books, rebooted movies, rebooted games and it seems like 90% of music is either covers or uses samples from old hits that they're hard to distinguish from the original. Why not try something original for a change? Is imagination and creativity in such short supply or is it that the accountants who run all those industries have no imagination at all? oh, and get offa my lawn!
Ditto for Games for windows.
GFWL is evil and should be killed with fire. The sooner developers realize that the better. I've used it as well as steam and origin and out of the three I find that only GFWL is truly unusable...
Yeah it's not like we have a shortage of digital distribution systems either. What 8 or 9 of them.
And given EA's inane experiments with DRM you're probably better off with a pirated ISO and a crack - no limited number of installs or crap like that. In their case it actually makes sense to pirate their games even if you bought them.
Lungs, kidneys and livers perhaps; but you'd be hard pressed to find even one heart among them
And that made me think of Angelina Jolie.
Put your hands where I can see 'em!
I'm not sure why they want to try to turn the business into a web of red tape for everyone instead of just pushing forward.
The original iPhone was a breakthrough - a smartphone for the masses, but since then it's just been a series of minor updates and they were caught unprepared for the revolution they started. A front camera? Only in iPhone 4, when it was already a standard and it looks like iPhone 5 will not be cutting edge either. iPad vs iPad 2? An updated processor and more memory - nothing breathtaking here. It looks like they're out of revolutionary ideas and afraid of being eaten alive by everyone else, who jumped on the bandwagon they started. Neither a smartphone or a tablet were invented by Apple but they managed to make them mainstream and... that's it. Since then we've only seen them introduce incremental changes to their hardware and software, usually lagging behind the rest of the industry. Once the other players realized that such devices did not have to be marketed only to business users they've managed to innovate much faster than Apple.
Which would just be a failure to understand English?
Note that the Max Planck Institute is located in Germany so I'd say it's safe to assume that whoever wrote this is not a native speaker of English, hence the ambiguity.
It is not inconceivable that the US will elect Big Brother bread-and-circuses socialists
I find it funny that most Americans who are so terrified of socialism apparently have no clue what it is
So let's hope the German case will be influenced by the fact that Apple provided doctored images comparing iPad to Galaxy tab, and iPhone to Galaxy S II as evidence
They're not valid as such but..
Samsung can continue to sell current Galaxy phones and must provide a trivial change to the picture gallery in the next 7 weeks.
Yes! new android version for galaxy S II! Also, Apple lost a battle in their game of suing anyone who looks funny at them. Dutch courts FTW!
Myspace did one thing right: it proved that you should not allow users to make custom backgrounds, change the layout or [shudder] make music play when you land on their profile.
I think custom backgrounds work with twitter because the general layout cannot be changed so no teal letters on pink background or similar crap. I still instantly close any website which tries to play music at me without asking