I've heard places like California and Texas compete for "Biggest economies" of the world. Why don't individual states support internet broadband development? Is this a restriction at the Federal level?
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I humbly disagree that Myspace is anywhere near as useful as Geocities could be*. Or at least entertaining.
You could spend hours on interesting geocities sites devoted to a very particular subject. Anyone remember the website "Spatula City"? I think it was hosted on geocities for a time.
Then you had the websites that were kind of like mini-wikipedias for tv shows, Star Trek, the simpsons, and so on.
There was the odd personal webpage that was actually interesting (I remember "Tales from a loser" or something like that, a blog before the word even existed), links, and who could forget, "those" sites that begged you "IF YOU DON'T OWN THIS SOFTWARE ERASE IT AFTER 24HRS OTHERWISE IT'S ILLEGAL! FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!"
90% of it was crap, but it was interesting crap. Myspace on the other hand, besides hosting the music for some bands, seems really useless to me as a host. And as a social network, Facebook is just better.
That's nice that you buy the CD, but you're part of group of consumers that are fast becoming a minority.
Obviously game stores won't disappear soon, but they'll definitely become very niche, for collectors. Forget about nationwide chains. Remember "Tower Records"?
Exactly. You both prove that it's not whether it's closed source or open source - it's the quality of your support.
The greatest open source application has no place in a critical position of a business environment if it has no good support. (leaving aside precise definitions of "greatest" because that would imply it would never fail, crash, etc etc)
Likewise, I've bought many closed source apps where I can't get no frickin' support. At one place I worked, they had a 150,000 dollar system in place that provided no support on weekends. How ridiculous is that?
On the other hand, I'm sure most of you have had the experience of open source developers answer questions via some mailing list or forum at 3am in the morning... Not the norm, but a nice possibility.
So saying Open Source is ALWAYS the right choice is just not true for every business. I'd say it's more generally the right choice for certain consumers, but not for every business.
To be fair, the first 3 or so years of XP weren't so great. Before the first Service pack, it was very unpopular. The 2nd service pack helped a lot, and the latest 3rd service pack made the OS finally usable and stable for a regular user.
So that means Windows XP just had at most a couple of years of "good" support, with the 3rd service pack.
I'm a former Azureus / Vuze user, I loved the thing because at the time uTorrent was neither stable nor very good in general.
Azureus (plain old Azureus) was excellent, top 3 of the bittorrent clients at the time.
But it took a hard nosedive after Vuze appeared, I was amazed at how bloated it quickly became. It was a matter of weeks, not months or years like other apps that get bloated.
Slow, bad memory management, horrible UI, etc etc.
I even stuck with it for a year, hoping that all the bugs would get worked out, but month after month just brought more bugs, and MORE FEATURES which no one wanted.
After a year and a half of suffering with Vuze, I finally decided to try uTorrent again, and was AMAZED that this less than 1mb app was all I needed to download and manage torrents. It even has some options I never use (torrent search and other stuff), and it's FAST.
Anyway, RIP Azureus.
I guess it just proves that if you want a feature rich client, you better think twice about doing it in Java.
Your IQ has just placed you within 1 stdev of mainstream intelligence. Prepare to laugh at fart jokes, cry at the plight of 2 dimensional characters, and rabidly justify gaping plot holes with the theory of intelligent design!
Yes! Finally, I will learn to enjoy Star Trek: Nemesis!
"I agree that one download does not mean one lost sale e.t.c. and that half of the stuff these companies say is crap, but it does not mean I deserve to download anything I see."
Absolutely, but it doesn't mean you should go to jail for 5 years for downloading Bono's latest, nor that you should pay 150,000 dollars if your kid downloads some Harry Potter movie!
I don't want to get into an immigration debate but aren't the illegal immigrants you don't want doing the jobs americans don't want to do? Otherwise they wouldn't find any jobs out there, and they'd come back.
Not only that, there is a lot of racism still in the USA. Add to that the fact that smart people don't seem to be very admired in America (ie Britney Spears vs your average google engineer)...
I agree, and add the lack of RESALE value of your digital books(which is something I'm sure Amazon is just giddy about, killing second hand book sales), and the kindle is not really THAT much more attractive, economically speaking.
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I mean, it's a zombie game, and it doesn't even have a chainsaw or flamethrower. You just run around and kill zombies. Sometimes you die.
Wow, I think you completely missed the point of L4D. You clearly want another game. =)
Oh yeah, heroin addicts, that subsection of the populace that is so well known for parental planning and control...
I've heard places like California and Texas compete for "Biggest economies" of the world. Why don't individual states support internet broadband development? Is this a restriction at the Federal level?
I don't get it. I just get a Wikipedia link:
Jamie Lee Curtis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ] ... Curtis's parents divorced in 1962 and her mother then married Robert Brandt. ...
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American film actress and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis - 66k
What's next, a seven-bladed razor?
I mostly agree with your post, but what is this in reference to?
I humbly disagree that Myspace is anywhere near as useful as Geocities could be*. Or at least entertaining.
You could spend hours on interesting geocities sites devoted to a very particular subject. Anyone remember the website "Spatula City"? I think it was hosted on geocities for a time.
Then you had the websites that were kind of like mini-wikipedias for tv shows, Star Trek, the simpsons, and so on.
There was the odd personal webpage that was actually interesting (I remember "Tales from a loser" or something like that, a blog before the word even existed), links, and who could forget, "those" sites that begged you "IF YOU DON'T OWN THIS SOFTWARE ERASE IT AFTER 24HRS OTHERWISE IT'S ILLEGAL! FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!"
90% of it was crap, but it was interesting crap. Myspace on the other hand, besides hosting the music for some bands, seems really useless to me as a host. And as a social network, Facebook is just better.
* Operative word could
A couple of countries have already moved to ban all meat related items from Mexico and the USA citing this outbreak.
Even if it has been proven the virus is not spread this way. People will take advantage whenever they can, even in the middle of a crisis.
81 deaths official as of Saturday night, and unofficial 200 deaths.
That's nice that you buy the CD, but you're part of group of consumers that are fast becoming a minority.
Obviously game stores won't disappear soon, but they'll definitely become very niche, for collectors. Forget about nationwide chains. Remember "Tower Records"?
Is H.264 royalty-free?
Exactly. You both prove that it's not whether it's closed source or open source - it's the quality of your support.
The greatest open source application has no place in a critical position of a business environment if it has no good support. (leaving aside precise definitions of "greatest" because that would imply it would never fail, crash, etc etc)
Likewise, I've bought many closed source apps where I can't get no frickin' support. At one place I worked, they had a 150,000 dollar system in place that provided no support on weekends. How ridiculous is that?
On the other hand, I'm sure most of you have had the experience of open source developers answer questions via some mailing list or forum at 3am in the morning... Not the norm, but a nice possibility.
So saying Open Source is ALWAYS the right choice is just not true for every business. I'd say it's more generally the right choice for certain consumers, but not for every business.
To be fair, the first 3 or so years of XP weren't so great. Before the first Service pack, it was very unpopular. The 2nd service pack helped a lot, and the latest 3rd service pack made the OS finally usable and stable for a regular user.
So that means Windows XP just had at most a couple of years of "good" support, with the 3rd service pack.
They probably just ask you to upgrade or disconnect you until next month? Or worse, throttle your net connection to modem-like speeds.
I'm a former Azureus / Vuze user, I loved the thing because at the time uTorrent was neither stable nor very good in general.
Azureus (plain old Azureus) was excellent, top 3 of the bittorrent clients at the time.
But it took a hard nosedive after Vuze appeared, I was amazed at how bloated it quickly became. It was a matter of weeks, not months or years like other apps that get bloated.
Slow, bad memory management, horrible UI, etc etc.
I even stuck with it for a year, hoping that all the bugs would get worked out, but month after month just brought more bugs, and MORE FEATURES which no one wanted.
After a year and a half of suffering with Vuze, I finally decided to try uTorrent again, and was AMAZED that this less than 1mb app was all I needed to download and manage torrents. It even has some options I never use (torrent search and other stuff), and it's FAST.
Anyway, RIP Azureus.
I guess it just proves that if you want a feature rich client, you better think twice about doing it in Java.
This was intentional. It was, in effect, DRM.
Except it wasn't really digital, it was Analog =)
The pen IS a fantastic gift. It's so thoughtful.
In this case, the songbook by Richard Rodgers could be equally nice.
And with Steam, if your IPs are different enough, you'll be banned (Say one login from the USA and another from Canada).
"C:\Documents and Settings\pino\Application Data\SomeCompany\SomeTitle\SavedGames\ "
Because it's a horrible directory format? I like to manage my folders and if I install a game, I'd rather just backup
C:\Starcraft\
And move it around as I wish.
Your IQ has just placed you within 1 stdev of mainstream intelligence. Prepare to laugh at fart jokes, cry at the plight of 2 dimensional characters, and rabidly justify gaping plot holes with the theory of intelligent design!
Yes! Finally, I will learn to enjoy Star Trek: Nemesis!
"I agree that one download does not mean one lost sale e.t.c. and that half of the stuff these companies say is crap, but it does not mean I deserve to download anything I see."
Absolutely, but it doesn't mean you should go to jail for 5 years for downloading Bono's latest, nor that you should pay 150,000 dollars if your kid downloads some Harry Potter movie!
What's wrong with a sensible fine?
I don't want to get into an immigration debate but aren't the illegal immigrants you don't want doing the jobs americans don't want to do? Otherwise they wouldn't find any jobs out there, and they'd come back.
Not only that, there is a lot of racism still in the USA. Add to that the fact that smart people don't seem to be very admired in America (ie Britney Spears vs your average google engineer)...
Sigh, it's getting a little weird visiting Digg and seeing the exact same headline on slashdot in the span of a few minutes...
http://digg.com/travel_places/Spiraling_Skyscraper_Farms_for_a_Future_Manhattan
I agree, and add the lack of RESALE value of your digital books(which is something I'm sure Amazon is just giddy about, killing second hand book sales), and the kindle is not really THAT much more attractive, economically speaking.
That's interesting. How much does Apple charge for OSX, and how many retail versions do they sell at one time?