Wasn't crashing a probe into Mars proof enough that competing standards only introduces unforseen problems? I think some amusement park had a ride derail for pretty much the same stuff.
The techno-libertarian in me wants to know what the hell you're talking about.
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Well, since the employees at Pixar enjoy salary bonuses based largely on the performance of the company's copyrighted and sold products, most of them will probably be pleased to work (or continue to work) for a company that does indeed want to see (and defend) revenue from their expensively made products.
Do you really think they're in it for the money?
I don't think you work for companies like Pixar if you're in it for the money.
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Depends on where they are on the geek scale. Disney being the analog of Satan in the computer/copyright world, no I can't imagine they'd be very happy.
OTOH, if they still believe that hiding behind that multiply-protected-by-acts-of-Congress cute mouse of Disney's is... more cute mice, then I'm sure they'd be ecstatic.
The question I want to know is why Jobs would sell Pixar? The clearest answer I can see has something to do with Jobs's little iPod video thingy and Disney's little "we own your whole damn childhood" movie archive...
If I ever figure out that that asshole who's been trash talking about me and generally being a prick is some 82 year old holed up in some retirement home... that'd be it. I'd quit. No more gaming for me.
Yeah. It's just not "traditional." You can pour millions of dollars looking into hi-tech ways to improve the players performance and whatnot, but if it doesn't appear on the surface to be the same old game consumers won't buy it. Supposedly.
Think there's a way to mod the eject key so that it triggers a hydraulic propulsion system for spitting the CD out? That could be useful in a warzone situation.
Am I the only person who couldn't read the article because a Flash advertisement covered up all the text and refused to be closed when I clicked the little "X" in the top corner?
I read that this robot will be plucky and I can't believe my eyes. I check it again a couple times to make sure there's no way I could have read that wrong.
Then I see a couple lines down that "science-related ministers" were involved. WTF? Is this some plucky, morale boosting robot expected to save the day and make soldier feel good?
I'm at this point imagining something like the Terminator, except on Prozac and "fired up about the Holy Spirit!"
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Wasn't crashing a probe into Mars proof enough that competing standards only introduces unforseen problems? I think some amusement park had a ride derail for pretty much the same stuff.
Call Sony.
If that many people bought $500 worth of Mac instead... imagine the net gain in world peace? /zealot
Demonize Open Source software to sound more like... you software. That'll win them over.
Major problem: only one is as free as beer should be.
The techno-libertarian in me wants to know what the hell you're talking about.
Well, since the employees at Pixar enjoy salary bonuses based largely on the performance of the company's copyrighted and sold products, most of them will probably be pleased to work (or continue to work) for a company that does indeed want to see (and defend) revenue from their expensively made products.
Do you really think they're in it for the money?
I don't think you work for companies like Pixar if you're in it for the money.
Depends on where they are on the geek scale. Disney being the analog of Satan in the computer/copyright world, no I can't imagine they'd be very happy.
OTOH, if they still believe that hiding behind that multiply-protected-by-acts-of-Congress cute mouse of Disney's is... more cute mice, then I'm sure they'd be ecstatic.
The question I want to know is why Jobs would sell Pixar? The clearest answer I can see has something to do with Jobs's little iPod video thingy and Disney's little "we own your whole damn childhood" movie archive...
Aww, damn. I'm turning into the bartender in Boondock Saints.
If I ever figure out that that asshole who's been trash talking about me and generally being a prick is some 82 year old holed up in some retirement home... that'd be it. I'd quit. No more gaming for me.
spelling?
Yeah. It's just not "traditional." You can pour millions of dollars looking into hi-tech ways to improve the players performance and whatnot, but if it doesn't appear on the surface to be the same old game consumers won't buy it. Supposedly.
That would be funnier if it wasn't how I met one of my girlfriends.
There was no restraining order involved, of course.
Pigs could never fly. Look at them! They're about as aerodynamic as a bumblebee.
>_>
Er, bad example.
Think there's a way to mod the eject key so that it triggers a hydraulic propulsion system for spitting the CD out? That could be useful in a warzone situation.
Use a PC and you're likely to get yourself shot. My PowerBook, on the other hand, is damn near bulletproof.
You win.
Jesus.
Heh, if my kids were old enough I'd tell them about this.
I have 1.92TB, 8 240GB drives, daisy-chained off of my PowerBook as I type.
Yep, looking at my server it seems three people are downloading anime at the moment. Can't tell.
400MHz G4, btw. Firewire 400.
Oh, I know. I'm a Gentoo user and have been for a long time. Mostly it's because their site is so incredibly useful and well built.
I must admit, it makes it look more like they're providing a serious product rather than something made by a group of hippies and slackers.
*dives under a table with his Powerbook*
Am I the only person who couldn't read the article because a Flash advertisement covered up all the text and refused to be closed when I clicked the little "X" in the top corner?
How come no one is mentioning gOffice.com? It's not Google, but it *is* a web based office suite. Free for personal use too. Exports to PDF.
My stick beats your 3.5" floppy anytime.
Only if the sentence before it was about transsexuals receiving donated genitalia from members of Canada's Catholic clergy.
I read that this robot will be plucky and I can't believe my eyes. I check it again a couple times to make sure there's no way I could have read that wrong.
Then I see a couple lines down that "science-related ministers" were involved. WTF? Is this some plucky, morale boosting robot expected to save the day and make soldier feel good?
I'm at this point imagining something like the Terminator, except on Prozac and "fired up about the Holy Spirit!"
Is it just me or are Slashdot's articles getting incrementally longer?