You can also have an expensive product made with cheap parts but with an expensive logo attached. The price of something does not mean that it was well built.
I still can't wrap my head around one simple issue. The simple one click process which allowed you to take a form letter with a few minor changes and save it has now become this funny process of duplicate and save??? Renaming something and adding steps does not make it simpler. I only updated one system to Lion because this seems to keep on getting in the way....
Keep iOS walled garden on iOS. I don't need silly apps to accomplish tasks I need an OS which will allow me to work. If Apple doesn't have a solution or if the software does not support it I will find my own solution. Sharing is not iCloud, Facebook or Twitter. Those are products. There are thousands or even millions of other solutions out there. Beside iCloud why not FTP/SFTP/SSH? Why no support from the Finder for the iPhone/iPad? Why is there only one way to skin a cat on OsX? As Apple continues with the iOS walled garden the functionality of the desktop is diminishing. My car is not made by Apple and yet I need to interface with it. My phone is not made by Apple because my iPhone could only connect to one computer. 32 gigs and I couldn't use it other than with one computer or a jailbreack.
Common people we are going back to 1983 where Apple products were locked down and limited by the vision of one company. The beauty of OSX is that it is on top of a very powerful OPEN system. As Apple locks this down it's just getting in the way like the ugly notes and contacts interfaces./RANT
I own 2 PS3's not even interested in any new PS4 or anything with the Sony brand for that matter. The PS3's are probably the last Sony product I'll own unless they change their attitude.
I used to agree with you but I came to realize that the rules were created for people like you and the old me. As long as we played by the rules the others kept us in our little box.
Their rules go something like this;
1) As log as I don't get caught I do what I want. I tell everyone else what the rules are. 2) Do what ever it takes to make rule # 1 work. 3) Create rules for others to follow. Change rules so they do not apply to you. 4) Punish severely anyone who doesn't follow to the rules.
As an example TPB . It is an equalizing factor to the copyright rule that has been extended by stepping on everyone's rights so they will enforce rule number 3.
As far as I am concerned if I purchase a DVD to own I will view it as I choose where I choose and how I choose. If I an not "allowed" to it should be clearly stated on the package that I am not purchasing a DVD but it is a license. NOT IN SMALL UNREADABLE WRITING but clear large print as large as the title of the DVD so I can make an informed decision and not have to discover that when I get home that my DVD player no longer supports the new and improved error encoding.
Sorry buddy I started playing their game and I purchase large amounts of IP and use it on my TERMS. When everyone becomes "honest" then I will be "honest". So for now LONG LIVE TPB.
So in what way is what little DRM Apple uses "abusive"? Please give clear examples.
USB cables that must be Apple cables. I consider it DRM you may not. It's to stop people from purchasing generic wires.
iTunes. Artificial limitation to owning a phone/tablet. It's the only way to upgrade. It's the only way to sync properly. Is only limited to one computer.
I owned an iPhone not to knock it or anything if you are happy with it fine but I didn't realize how many calls it dropped until I switched. My 2cents is just to say I'm so glad I can connect my new phone on as many computers as I care to. iPhone is so closed that I can't understand how you put up with it, jailbroken or not.
You miss a payment any payment it will affect your credit rating. Try bouncing a check to Joe nobody and you will see what I mean. In most cases in our daily lives most small time operations do not report our late payments because they can't afford to subscribe to a credit agency.
The non payment of any obligation on the negotiated terms will result in a default.
I bought an ASUS tablet which was $200 less than the iPad with the same specs,
I find very little missing. Two very big advantages, does not require iTunes and can sync with multiple computers. One more thing, it plays Flash which for me was never a selling point but my wife loves it.
We did pay for it so why do we have to pay for it again? Cry me a river. Produce something of quality and I will gladly give you my money. Produce sh1t and trust me your record sales will go down and no it's not the Internet. Only idiots believe that.
10.04 is the right version 10.10 has shutdown issues with eeepc I have a 1015pem ans the sound system prevents shutdowns. see here I did not have this issue with 10.04 I was hoping that 11.04 would fix it.
My problem with it is that it won't reboot or shutdown even with shutdown -r now or shutdown -h now. The screen stays lit.
I don't have much time to figure it out but my overall impression is somewhat NeXTish but needs work. Useable. Nice to see someone trying something different.
You missed his point. The software runs as the user and does not run as ROOT or SYSTEM, meaning limited access at most. You may infect the user account with a buffer overflow but you won't get SYSTEM access. Now compare that to Windows and be real about it.
It will affect initial sales also. Some people do not have the capacity to buy more games without selling their old games. Since the value of resale is reduced their purchasing power is also reduced and then the trumpets complaining of the PIRATES will emerge demanding more compensation and stiffer laws.
I spend less with mainstream and more with indies due to DRM. I moved from PC gaming to console due to the cheats only to realize that it's the poor quality of the games that makes it feel that people are cheating. Now it's mainly none DRM indie games for me. I'm tired of all the marketing which leads to endless frustration fighting with DRM.
And your claim is that she does not. So assert your claim and arrest her.....
The point that the above parent has is that people are willing to pay for things which are accordingly priced. I have no problem paying for a DVD provided that I like it. If I could return an open DRM encumbered DVD I'd buy it. Most new error prone DVD's don't play on my DVD player, I would guess you are of the opinion that I should send my DVD palyer to the landfill and get myself a new one.
My needs don't trump the copyright holders nor do the copyright holders needs trump mine. I will only buy it under my terms. The day we sit negotiate and sign the EULA together is the day I will respect it.
A tablet can be a lot more without the imposed restrictions of iTunes. Some people use more than one computer. More than one piece of software. These people like that all systems play well together.
I use more than one computer and the iPhone was a chore, even when it was two Macs. Ask yourself why do I need 16GB when I can't store my stuff on it. I had an iPhone with 32GB couldn't use 5, (not the way I wanted). Now I'm on Android with 32GB and I'm looking to upgrade my SD card. Yeah. If you need an app to connect to a computer or transfer a file using bluetooth then the iPhone is for you.
Why would you even want one... in a couple of months it could probably stop being a phone..... possible no service.... no texting... how can you even be sure that it will still play games?
This is one move I don't understand.... Nokia has been fumbling for so long I guess this is one more fumble closer to the grave. I loved their phones especially when you de-branded them.
Nokia your mistake was allowing carriers to degrade your product with their junkware.
I buy. I have 2 PS3's in my home one for the kids and one for me. I game on the average 5 to 10 hours a week.
It was fun at the beginning with OtherOS. In regards to peoples complaint about pirates and cheating, I find it's more an issue of poor development. I do not see any noticeable change. Sometimes I'm in a game of BC2 that I can't seem to hit anything even when I empty 100 rounds in the back of some unsuspecting chap. Other times it feels that every confrontation I'm in I win. This applies to almost all MP games, CoDMW, MAG and so on... It's nothing new and it has not changed much since the jailbreak.
I bought the systems for entertainment and in most cases to clear my mind form the day to day issues. Since Sony removed the Other OS I find the PS3 more of a means of frustration than a means of entertainment. Most of the time I have under an hour to play. These constant updates take over 15 minutes to complete and won't work in the background. Once installed and rebooted you go through a 2 to 5 minute wait just to get in to load the game and view all the ads. Once you're finally in you get a no games available message. It used to happen occasionally. Since the last update it seams to happen 4 out of 5 times. I initially thought it was my cable provider until I started researching on the net.
My PS3's are no longer entertaining for MP purposes. I'm not alone, most of my friends got fed up before me. I'm not interested in SP games with the same problems. It's time to jailbreak and pirate, in this way I will still get some entertainment from my console. All this to say I will never purchase anymore products from Sony let alone any draconian DRM laden sh1t unless the attitude changes.
I run Windows. I run Mac. I run Linux. I run FreeBSD. Openoffice will open ODF files consistently across all these platforms. Word has trouble amongst different versions doc. Trouble really arises when you have various versions of Word and complex documents.
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You can also have an expensive product made with cheap parts but with an expensive logo attached. The price of something does not mean that it was well built.
Unless someone forwarded that address to someone in the hose of commons with a message such as watch this.
Or maybe not...
I still can't wrap my head around one simple issue. The simple one click process which allowed you to take a form letter with a few minor changes and save it has now become this funny process of duplicate and save??? Renaming something and adding steps does not make it simpler. I only updated one system to Lion because this seems to keep on getting in the way....
Keep iOS walled garden on iOS. I don't need silly apps to accomplish tasks I need an OS which will allow me to work. If Apple doesn't have a solution or if the software does not support it I will find my own solution. Sharing is not iCloud, Facebook or Twitter. Those are products. There are thousands or even millions of other solutions out there. Beside iCloud why not FTP/SFTP/SSH? Why no support from the Finder for the iPhone/iPad? Why is there only one way to skin a cat on OsX? As Apple continues with the iOS walled garden the functionality of the desktop is diminishing. My car is not made by Apple and yet I need to interface with it. My phone is not made by Apple because my iPhone could only connect to one computer. 32 gigs and I couldn't use it other than with one computer or a jailbreack.
Common people we are going back to 1983 where Apple products were locked down and limited by the vision of one company. The beauty of OSX is that it is on top of a very powerful OPEN system. As Apple locks this down it's just getting in the way like the ugly notes and contacts interfaces. /RANT
I own 2 PS3's not even interested in any new PS4 or anything with the Sony brand for that matter. The PS3's are probably the last Sony product I'll own unless they change their attitude.
Who cares about Sony anymore.
I used to agree with you but I came to realize that the rules were created for people like you and the old me. As long as we played by the rules the others kept us in our little box.
Their rules go something like this;
1) As log as I don't get caught I do what I want. I tell everyone else what the rules are.
2) Do what ever it takes to make rule # 1 work.
3) Create rules for others to follow. Change rules so they do not apply to you.
4) Punish severely anyone who doesn't follow to the rules.
As an example TPB . It is an equalizing factor to the copyright rule that has been extended by stepping on everyone's rights so they will enforce rule number 3.
As far as I am concerned if I purchase a DVD to own I will view it as I choose where I choose and how I choose. If I an not "allowed" to it should be clearly stated on the package that I am not purchasing a DVD but it is a license. NOT IN SMALL UNREADABLE WRITING but clear large print as large as the title of the DVD so I can make an informed decision and not have to discover that when I get home that my DVD player no longer supports the new and improved error encoding.
Sorry buddy I started playing their game and I purchase large amounts of IP and use it on my TERMS. When everyone becomes "honest" then I will be "honest". So for now LONG LIVE TPB.
What is wrong with the US?
What ever happened to free speech and the land of the free?
So in what way is what little DRM Apple uses "abusive"? Please give clear examples.
USB cables that must be Apple cables. I consider it DRM you may not. It's to stop people from purchasing generic wires.
iTunes. Artificial limitation to owning a phone/tablet. It's the only way to upgrade. It's the only way to sync properly. Is only limited to one computer.
App store.
Just to name a few. I consider them all abusive.
I owned an iPhone not to knock it or anything if you are happy with it fine but I didn't realize how many calls it dropped until I switched. My 2cents is just to say I'm so glad I can connect my new phone on as many computers as I care to. iPhone is so closed that I can't understand how you put up with it, jailbroken or not.
You miss a payment any payment it will affect your credit rating. Try bouncing a check to Joe nobody and you will see what I mean. In most cases in our daily lives most small time operations do not report our late payments because they can't afford to subscribe to a credit agency.
The non payment of any obligation on the negotiated terms will result in a default.
"IF" this crippled game does not sell then PC gaming is dead....
If, I like that word.
If my aunt had balls she would be my uncle. There fixed that for you.... It won't happen!
I bought an ASUS tablet which was $200 less than the iPad with the same specs,
I find very little missing. Two very big advantages, does not require iTunes and can sync with multiple computers. One more thing, it plays Flash which for me was never a selling point but my wife loves it.
and they think I would trust them?
We did pay for it so why do we have to pay for it again? Cry me a river. Produce something of quality and I will gladly give you my money. Produce sh1t and trust me your record sales will go down and no it's not the Internet. Only idiots believe that.
10.04 is the right version 10.10 has shutdown issues with eeepc I have a 1015pem ans the sound system prevents shutdowns. see here I did not have this issue with 10.04 I was hoping that 11.04 would fix it.
My problem with it is that it won't reboot or shutdown even with shutdown -r now or shutdown -h now. The screen stays lit.
I don't have much time to figure it out but my overall impression is somewhat NeXTish but needs work. Useable. Nice to see someone trying something different.
You missed his point. The software runs as the user and does not run as ROOT or SYSTEM, meaning limited access at most. You may infect the user account with a buffer overflow but you won't get SYSTEM access. Now compare that to Windows and be real about it.
It will affect initial sales also. Some people do not have the capacity to buy more games without selling their old games. Since the value of resale is reduced their purchasing power is also reduced and then the trumpets complaining of the PIRATES will emerge demanding more compensation and stiffer laws.
I spend less with mainstream and more with indies due to DRM. I moved from PC gaming to console due to the cheats only to realize that it's the poor quality of the games that makes it feel that people are cheating. Now it's mainly none DRM indie games for me. I'm tired of all the marketing which leads to endless frustration fighting with DRM.
And your claim is that she does not. So assert your claim and arrest her.....
The point that the above parent has is that people are willing to pay for things which are accordingly priced. I have no problem paying for a DVD provided that I like it. If I could return an open DRM encumbered DVD I'd buy it. Most new error prone DVD's don't play on my DVD player, I would guess you are of the opinion that I should send my DVD palyer to the landfill and get myself a new one.
My needs don't trump the copyright holders nor do the copyright holders needs trump mine. I will only buy it under my terms. The day we sit negotiate and sign the EULA together is the day I will respect it.
For one simple reason; iTunes.
A tablet can be a lot more without the imposed restrictions of iTunes. Some people use more than one computer. More than one piece of software. These people like that all systems play well together.
I use more than one computer and the iPhone was a chore, even when it was two Macs. Ask yourself why do I need 16GB when I can't store my stuff on it. I had an iPhone with 32GB couldn't use 5, (not the way I wanted). Now I'm on Android with 32GB and I'm looking to upgrade my SD card. Yeah. If you need an app to connect to a computer or transfer a file using bluetooth then the iPhone is for you.
Why would you even want one... in a couple of months it could probably stop being a phone..... possible no service.... no texting... how can you even be sure that it will still play games?
This is one move I don't understand.... Nokia has been fumbling for so long I guess this is one more fumble closer to the grave. I loved their phones especially when you de-branded them.
Nokia your mistake was allowing carriers to degrade your product with their junkware.
I buy. I have 2 PS3's in my home one for the kids and one for me. I game on the average 5 to 10 hours a week.
It was fun at the beginning with OtherOS. In regards to peoples complaint about pirates and cheating, I find it's more an issue of poor development. I do not see any noticeable change. Sometimes I'm in a game of BC2 that I can't seem to hit anything even when I empty 100 rounds in the back of some unsuspecting chap. Other times it feels that every confrontation I'm in I win. This applies to almost all MP games, CoDMW, MAG and so on... It's nothing new and it has not changed much since the jailbreak.
I bought the systems for entertainment and in most cases to clear my mind form the day to day issues. Since Sony removed the Other OS I find the PS3 more of a means of frustration than a means of entertainment. Most of the time I have under an hour to play. These constant updates take over 15 minutes to complete and won't work in the background. Once installed and rebooted you go through a 2 to 5 minute wait just to get in to load the game and view all the ads. Once you're finally in you get a no games available message. It used to happen occasionally. Since the last update it seams to happen 4 out of 5 times. I initially thought it was my cable provider until I started researching on the net.
My PS3's are no longer entertaining for MP purposes. I'm not alone, most of my friends got fed up before me. I'm not interested in SP games with the same problems. It's time to jailbreak and pirate, in this way I will still get some entertainment from my console. All this to say I will never purchase anymore products from Sony let alone any draconian DRM laden sh1t unless the attitude changes.
Sometimes doing something isn't better than doing nothing.
Then I nominate myself.
I run Windows. I run Mac. I run Linux. I run FreeBSD. Openoffice will open ODF files consistently across all these platforms. Word has trouble amongst different versions doc. Trouble really arises when you have various versions of Word and complex documents.
then buy Windows.