I enjoy browsing Reddit but I think it would be a terrible place for a community like Slashdot. The comment sections deteriorate WAY faster as soon as a sub-reddit gets mildly popular.
I agree, but that is the point of a protest. Sacrifices must be made. You can't take Dice out of their comfort zone without taking the community outside of it as well.
I'd say that applies to half of Slashdot too. Most comments about BitCoin are generally hostile even though it is an interesting technological concept that you'd think would be well received in a community of geeks.
I particularly hate when Google identifies my country and redirects me to the local version. It prioritizes results in my native language and for technical searches it is incredibly annoying because the best material is always in English.
Why do most of the top comments have to be about bashing Apple? It's not news that they have questionable business practices. I, for one, am glad someone put out a laptop screen with this resolution in an industry that has just settled for 1900x1080 max years ago and doesn't seem to be very interested in changing it any time soon. Maybe now they'll be forced too.
So they moved to a faster release rate so they could show off numbers as big as Internet Explorer and Chrome... and now they remove numbers altogether to the end user? What the hell was the point of all that? Was is the point of any of these two changes?
They should get some credit for spending money encrypting their data but it's still another case of a company that only does the right thing AFTER shit hits the fan.
Terrorist know they'll never going to bring down America by blowing up a plane or building. Hell they could blow up 1000 planes and it wouldn't matter. What they really want is to terrorize the citizens into changing their way of life and making them live in fear. I'd say they're doing a pretty good job on that.
These companies have payed millions of dollars to buy patents. HTC didn't buy the IP therefore it has to pay a licensing fee.
I'm not a hater so the point of my question wasn't that Apple's claim is baseless (I honestly don't have the knowledge to take a position here since I haven't done any research). I agree that companies should be rewarded for their innovations but the patent system is so messy with the trolls and everything that I naturally take this kind of news with a grain of salt.
I might not be well informed but has this kind of move ever worked in the industry? Has any significantly big company ever stop selling their products because of moves like this?
If I had $500,000 worth of bitcoins I would definitly encrypt the wallet file and create a new one for regular use.
And yeah the BitCoin stories are getting out of hand. Time to move on Slashdot.
What I find interesting is that this whole XP thing is probably gonna repeat itself with Windows 8 IMO. Windows 7 users won't upgrade for the same reason: it's just good enough. In fact, Windows 8 better be really crappy so Windows 9 will have more chances of being a success.
My $0.02.
Microsoft has for so long depended on it's Windows monopoly for business and now that platforms that aren't Windows-required for regular people to want it are showing up (read not x86 PCs) they realized they have a lot of trouble competing regularly. The solution? "More Windows everywhere of course! It's how we know to play the game."
You might argue about the problems patents bring us but this at least isn't a "systems and methods" patent which I hate so much. It's a pretty solid one... if they were really granted it they got a solid case in my opinion. I hope they won't win because this could really stifle innovation (I'd hate to see a smartphone without a camera, music player, and so on because patents are stopping it or making it too expensive). But in a legal way I think Kodak is unfortunately right.
In the subject of piracy in developing countries: This is an interesting point that seems to be left completely out of the discussion. The governments of developing countries are responsible for, say, American products (which in today's world are basically a necessity) getting astronomical price tags and therefore they are partially responsible for piracy. For instance, here in Brazil I just checked out a website which sells Windows 7 Professional boxes at the equivalent of nearly U$250. An iPhone 4 32GB is sold for the equivalent of over U$1500 without a network contract. Difference between them is, you can pirate Windows. And therefor piracy is absolutely rampant over here. It's almost cultural, even the ISPs don't care at all.
My point is if piracy is bad enough in the US because of high prices imagine in places where the stuff cost over three times the original price tag. Sorry but you'll never ever stop or even reduce piracy in certain countries.
Why should I care about your personal legal troubles?
You shouldn't. For example, if I was taken to court for sex crimes in Sweden, I would never ask for donations.
Yeah, lose potential donators by taking sides in a controversial topic.
Computers could be considered as "means to access illegal content" as much as Thepiratebay gets to be guilty of "providing means to get illegal content". One lawsuit and kiss your processor goodbye.
Awesome news for AMD fanboys though. This could mean several new clients for AMD.
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Turning the lights off was described as a way to escape the TV in 1984. Apparently that doesn't even work for the xbox one so it's worse.
I enjoy browsing Reddit but I think it would be a terrible place for a community like Slashdot. The comment sections deteriorate WAY faster as soon as a sub-reddit gets mildly popular.
I agree, but that is the point of a protest. Sacrifices must be made. You can't take Dice out of their comfort zone without taking the community outside of it as well.
I'd say that applies to half of Slashdot too. Most comments about BitCoin are generally hostile even though it is an interesting technological concept that you'd think would be well received in a community of geeks.
I particularly hate when Google identifies my country and redirects me to the local version. It prioritizes results in my native language and for technical searches it is incredibly annoying because the best material is always in English.
Why do most of the top comments have to be about bashing Apple? It's not news that they have questionable business practices. I, for one, am glad someone put out a laptop screen with this resolution in an industry that has just settled for 1900x1080 max years ago and doesn't seem to be very interested in changing it any time soon. Maybe now they'll be forced too.
I hope they get the investment. Wine will probably also benefit from the development of ReactOS.
So they moved to a faster release rate so they could show off numbers as big as Internet Explorer and Chrome... and now they remove numbers altogether to the end user? What the hell was the point of all that? Was is the point of any of these two changes?
They should get some credit for spending money encrypting their data but it's still another case of a company that only does the right thing AFTER shit hits the fan.
Terrorist know they'll never going to bring down America by blowing up a plane or building. Hell they could blow up 1000 planes and it wouldn't matter. What they really want is to terrorize the citizens into changing their way of life and making them live in fear. I'd say they're doing a pretty good job on that.
These companies have payed millions of dollars to buy patents. HTC didn't buy the IP therefore it has to pay a licensing fee.
I'm not a hater so the point of my question wasn't that Apple's claim is baseless (I honestly don't have the knowledge to take a position here since I haven't done any research). I agree that companies should be rewarded for their innovations but the patent system is so messy with the trolls and everything that I naturally take this kind of news with a grain of salt.
I might not be well informed but has this kind of move ever worked in the industry? Has any significantly big company ever stop selling their products because of moves like this?
If I had $500,000 worth of bitcoins I would definitly encrypt the wallet file and create a new one for regular use. And yeah the BitCoin stories are getting out of hand. Time to move on Slashdot.
House M.D. will get a lot less interesting now.
this being used as a justification by bigots.
To think that aimbot will soon be a requirement for realism in war games.
What I find interesting is that this whole XP thing is probably gonna repeat itself with Windows 8 IMO. Windows 7 users won't upgrade for the same reason: it's just good enough. In fact, Windows 8 better be really crappy so Windows 9 will have more chances of being a success. My $0.02.
Microsoft has for so long depended on it's Windows monopoly for business and now that platforms that aren't Windows-required for regular people to want it are showing up (read not x86 PCs) they realized they have a lot of trouble competing regularly. The solution? "More Windows everywhere of course! It's how we know to play the game."
Slashdot tries to turn April's Fool into Torture-Your-Readers day. Oh God. Make it stop!
You might argue about the problems patents bring us but this at least isn't a "systems and methods" patent which I hate so much. It's a pretty solid one... if they were really granted it they got a solid case in my opinion. I hope they won't win because this could really stifle innovation (I'd hate to see a smartphone without a camera, music player, and so on because patents are stopping it or making it too expensive). But in a legal way I think Kodak is unfortunately right.
Good. Now they should ask for only a little over 42 trillion.
In the subject of piracy in developing countries: This is an interesting point that seems to be left completely out of the discussion. The governments of developing countries are responsible for, say, American products (which in today's world are basically a necessity) getting astronomical price tags and therefore they are partially responsible for piracy. For instance, here in Brazil I just checked out a website which sells Windows 7 Professional boxes at the equivalent of nearly U$250. An iPhone 4 32GB is sold for the equivalent of over U$1500 without a network contract. Difference between them is, you can pirate Windows. And therefor piracy is absolutely rampant over here. It's almost cultural, even the ISPs don't care at all. My point is if piracy is bad enough in the US because of high prices imagine in places where the stuff cost over three times the original price tag. Sorry but you'll never ever stop or even reduce piracy in certain countries.
From his website's FAQ:
Why should I care about your personal legal troubles?
You shouldn't. For example, if I was taken to court for sex crimes in Sweden, I would never ask for donations.
Yeah, lose potential donators by taking sides in a controversial topic.
I hope no person in this simulated world becomes The One, gets out of there and kick our asses.
Computers could be considered as "means to access illegal content" as much as Thepiratebay gets to be guilty of "providing means to get illegal content". One lawsuit and kiss your processor goodbye. Awesome news for AMD fanboys though. This could mean several new clients for AMD.