I'm not sure if this is poor sarcasm, or if you're real. If you're real, you are the posterboy for software piracy. Small software shops of one or a few people are significantly hurt by software piracy. Granted, MS isn't going to wind up laying off 25% of it's workforce if a million copies of Vista are pirated, but a small shop that sells their ware for $25 a pop is missing out on $1,250,000 if only 50,000 people get a copy of Widget 3.0 via bittorrent, and that's more than enough lost revenue to go out of business. Now, I know, you're going to say "They still have the software to sell! They lose nothing!" But if even HALF those people were going to buy it, but decided not to because, meh, it's already here... That's $625,000 that they DO lose.
I'm not going to be stupid and say software piracy support terrorism or drug use, but to say it hurts no one is a fallacy.
"The Da Vinci Code" wasn't bad, I liked it. I just thought that the hype was entirely overblown. It was a good yarn, just not worthy of all the hullabaloo. But, you write a novel about a major religion's central deity, and you're bound to stir up some publicity when people whine. I haven't read the rest of his books, however, and none really compel me to do so.
"The video of the suspect is a fake. Fixed cameras can't track movement like that. Even a remote movable camera couldn't pan that smoothly. CNN should have the decency to say openly that the video is a dramatization."
BUT a shoulder-mounted camera held by a cameraman pointed at a CCTV display and zoomed in on the suspect CAN track movement.
"The idea that there's a "magic code" you can enter to edit ATM internals is ridiculous."
Agreed, but it's true.
"In order to edit any ATM internals you need to open the machine"
Not true. Many kiosk ATMs are programmed from the front panel, there's not always a need to open the machine for various administrative actions.
"which would give you direct access to the cash ANYWAY."
Also not true. You can open it but the money is still in locked steel dispenser-cages, and those cages are usually locked into the machine even with the door open.
Even more specifically, it's 20 years from the date of application or 17 years from teh date of issue, whichever is longer. This helps prevent entities form being shorted if it takes ten years to work through the patent system before being granted.
"... It's about converting those who don't feel emotionally attached to their computer...
And it's working. Apple market share has been rising quickly since the introduction of the Intel line."
You did not prove your point with that statement. If anything, you inferred that since they improved the ability/quality/usefulness of their product their market share has gained. I've considered buying one since the introduction of the Intel powered line, but NOT because of the ads, but because now I could run OS X on a more powerful platform and still run Windows and Linux without emulation.
The fingerprint door lock also opened with what was essentially a photocopy of the fingerprint too. A lot easier to store in your wallet and slip by security with than a gelatin finger.:)
No way, as Adama gets PISSED in another preview, and also, Adama didn't raise no pussy. Lee will find his balls under all that blubber and come back to kick some skin-job ass.:)
THey didn't, someome ripped them form FLV format the Flash Video format from Adobe/Macromedia, and transcoded them (poorly) into AVIs. FLV is usually a high compression rate to start with, so transcoding FLVs to something else just REALLY sucks.
ROM is still stupid-expensive, like, $200+ per gig. With Flash beign so much cheaper, you just disable writing to it at the factory once it's been programmed.
That's my top 5. Legend of Zelda on the NES was the first game I felt so strongly about. I was just sucked into the game world as a kid. A friend in the neighborhood had an NES and a few games in 86, and Zelda had just come out. We played it for hours. I'd never asked for expensive Christmas gifts before, but I told my mom if I could have the NES and Zelda, I didn't care about anything else. I said that in October. She managed to get it for me, and a few other things (she was a great mom) and I worked my thumbs raw by New Year's.
SMW needs no explanation, we all love it.
Space Quest 3 was the best of the series, hands down. 4 was a close second.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein was perfectly done. It's the first thing I play when I upgrade my video card.:)
Homeworld is like Zelda. I hadn't been sucked into a game like that since Zelda, and I still play it the whole way through on occasion.
Frankly, I for one do not care if a company does an environmentally responsible thing for purely fiscal or public image reasons. And I don't think the enviroment cares either. I've never really been one to flip out about the right thing being done for the wrong reasons.
That's refering to an enhanced LZW algo, so if your'e interested in THAT algo, they're letting you know one exists and how to get it, as people will be going there to find out about the current LZW. At worst, that's a sign saying "This is free, but we have a better version you can still pay for."
Actually, I work ith PS every day and PNG crush still can beat out Adobe's "Save for web" option. I usually use that to pick the settings, then run an automated PNGcrush on the output.
At best that's a loophole in the spec, at worst an abomination that should be sent to Gitmo. Yes, it's an interesting hack, but no one can claim it's legit by the spec. The relocating of subsequent frames and independent color palettes are a "bug" that this trick exploits.
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I'm not sure if this is poor sarcasm, or if you're real. If you're real, you are the posterboy for software piracy. Small software shops of one or a few people are significantly hurt by software piracy. Granted, MS isn't going to wind up laying off 25% of it's workforce if a million copies of Vista are pirated, but a small shop that sells their ware for $25 a pop is missing out on $1,250,000 if only 50,000 people get a copy of Widget 3.0 via bittorrent, and that's more than enough lost revenue to go out of business. Now, I know, you're going to say "They still have the software to sell! They lose nothing!" But if even HALF those people were going to buy it, but decided not to because, meh, it's already here... That's $625,000 that they DO lose.
I'm not going to be stupid and say software piracy support terrorism or drug use, but to say it hurts no one is a fallacy.
Careful there, that's a reasoned and rational response. That's not going to go over well on Slashdot. ;)
Someone too young to be familiar with DEC, thinking it's for "digital" photography, maybe? That was my first guess...
Competition lowers price. One maker at 39 and another at 40.7 is very close to even, yes, but multiple sources will bring down the cost to deploy.
"The Da Vinci Code" wasn't bad, I liked it. I just thought that the hype was entirely overblown. It was a good yarn, just not worthy of all the hullabaloo. But, you write a novel about a major religion's central deity, and you're bound to stir up some publicity when people whine. I haven't read the rest of his books, however, and none really compel me to do so.
Apparently you never heard of the baby-fired engine using in modern SUV. Much more efficient than gas engines. They get about 80 miles to the baby.
The guy is 44. Even optimistically he's not going to live THAT long.
"The video of the suspect is a fake. Fixed cameras can't track movement like that. Even a remote movable camera couldn't pan that smoothly. CNN should have the decency to say openly that the video is a dramatization."
BUT a shoulder-mounted camera held by a cameraman pointed at a CCTV display and zoomed in on the suspect CAN track movement.
"The idea that there's a "magic code" you can enter to edit ATM internals is ridiculous."
Agreed, but it's true.
"In order to edit any ATM internals you need to open the machine"
Not true. Many kiosk ATMs are programmed from the front panel, there's not always a need to open the machine for various administrative actions.
"which would give you direct access to the cash ANYWAY."
Also not true. You can open it but the money is still in locked steel dispenser-cages, and those cages are usually locked into the machine even with the door open.
Even more specifically, it's 20 years from the date of application or 17 years from teh date of issue, whichever is longer. This helps prevent entities form being shorted if it takes ten years to work through the patent system before being granted.
"... It's about converting those who don't feel emotionally attached to their computer...
And it's working. Apple market share has been rising quickly since the introduction of the Intel line."
You did not prove your point with that statement. If anything, you inferred that since they improved the ability/quality/usefulness of their product their market share has gained. I've considered buying one since the introduction of the Intel powered line, but NOT because of the ads, but because now I could run OS X on a more powerful platform and still run Windows and Linux without emulation.
Here's an insight for ya. It's just a mutant freak baby from a dolphin having buttsex with a fish-squirrel-frog!
The fingerprint door lock also opened with what was essentially a photocopy of the fingerprint too. A lot easier to store in your wallet and slip by security with than a gelatin finger. :)
No way, as Adama gets PISSED in another preview, and also, Adama didn't raise no pussy. Lee will find his balls under all that blubber and come back to kick some skin-job ass. :)
THey didn't, someome ripped them form FLV format the Flash Video format from Adobe/Macromedia, and transcoded them (poorly) into AVIs. FLV is usually a high compression rate to start with, so transcoding FLVs to something else just REALLY sucks.
ROM is still stupid-expensive, like, $200+ per gig. With Flash beign so much cheaper, you just disable writing to it at the factory once it's been programmed.
Tip: Never make a joke where Linux is the butt of it on Slashdot...
Dude, it's fucking DEBIAN. It's not like anyone of consequence will ever use it. :)
That's my top 5. Legend of Zelda on the NES was the first game I felt so strongly about. I was just sucked into the game world as a kid. A friend in the neighborhood had an NES and a few games in 86, and Zelda had just come out. We played it for hours. I'd never asked for expensive Christmas gifts before, but I told my mom if I could have the NES and Zelda, I didn't care about anything else. I said that in October. She managed to get it for me, and a few other things (she was a great mom) and I worked my thumbs raw by New Year's.
:)
SMW needs no explanation, we all love it.
Space Quest 3 was the best of the series, hands down. 4 was a close second.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein was perfectly done. It's the first thing I play when I upgrade my video card.
Homeworld is like Zelda. I hadn't been sucked into a game like that since Zelda, and I still play it the whole way through on occasion.
Who on God's green earth could forget Monica Belucci? Dear lord, she alone was reason enough to see the second two Matrix films.
Verbing nouns weirds language.
for the record, thisis exactly what was said, too.
Frankly, I for one do not care if a company does an environmentally responsible thing for purely fiscal or public image reasons. And I don't think the enviroment cares either. I've never really been one to flip out about the right thing being done for the wrong reasons.
That's refering to an enhanced LZW algo, so if your'e interested in THAT algo, they're letting you know one exists and how to get it, as people will be going there to find out about the current LZW. At worst, that's a sign saying "This is free, but we have a better version you can still pay for."
Actually, I work ith PS every day and PNG crush still can beat out Adobe's "Save for web" option. I usually use that to pick the settings, then run an automated PNGcrush on the output.
At best that's a loophole in the spec, at worst an abomination that should be sent to Gitmo. Yes, it's an interesting hack, but no one can claim it's legit by the spec. The relocating of subsequent frames and independent color palettes are a "bug" that this trick exploits.