That's why microsoft is so concerned about people using mod chips+linux on the xbox, because they will end up loosing money in the end.
This never ceases to make me laugh. Do you seriously think if every slashdotter bought an XBOX and no games (as if), it would make a lick of difference to their bottom line? The thing they're worried about is part piracy, and part scared that people will find a way to write software (ie GAMES, not linux) for it without paying for their dev kit.
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Boil something with it, turn another turbine, generate more elecricity.
I love this website... it's my #1 source of cool things I'd love to look at, if only the computer hosting them wasn't a smouldering puddle of melted plastic and silicon.
Of course I would. I'd like a mac. Not because I think they're cool, because they run OSX. If they cost the same I'd have a mac right now. However I have too many other meat-space expenses to justify doubling the price of my computer simply to run OSX. I'm not cheap, I'm just not particularly rich atm. If I had 10grand to spend on a computer I'd spend it on my car.
You're awfully hard on yourself, arguing against an analogy you brought into the conversation. Might that PC you're using be causing a bit of stress?...heheheh...choke...sorry.
Hmmm, perhaps you should brush up on your comprehension skills and read the thread again?
Yeah, there's _HEAPS_ of things you get in an apple you buy today that you can't get in an intel pc (apart from the cpu+m/b). Like ddr ram... oh wait... IDE harddisks... no, that's not it.... AH-HA! Geforce 4!... no, wait... Firewire?... nope, you can get that...
So, you'd also buy a Mercedes bulletproof limo and Gulfstream personal jet if they were closer to your budget as well?
You know, if mac hardware was any better than PC hardware at half the price, that argument might hold water. But it's not. It's commodity hardware, 90% of which is the exact same thing you buy for your intel box. The only thing macs have going for them hardware-wise is the limited choice you have, which gives apple greater control.
Come to Australia, and visit bondi (or any major Sydney) beach (ugh I'd rather not, but I live in Queensland so I'm lucky)... You'll find 80% of the women strutting around topless. Try that in califorina, and you go to jail... I just can't believe it. Legally, on the start-time / content scale of television in the US, you can see a nipple be pierced, before you can see it be licked.
Taiwan has rejected the US's demand to extend copyrights from 50 years to 70 years.
In unrelated news, the RIAA has produced "evidence" (resembling a large brown bag with '$' emblazoned on the side) that Osama Bin Laden has fled Iraq and is currently residing in Taiwan.
Dubya has been quoted as saying "well jeest ta be sher we shoord nookum both"
I imagine they have also, but I imagine those in charge of creating the watermarking would not be quite so evil as those ordereing it done. I know I'd try to get a system out that would be easily defeatable, although I'd go for something that was difficult to achieve the first time, but simple every time afterwards, for the most effect, and to give it time for the scheme to become widespread.
it doesn't have to be a counter-weight system either, it could have an old-fashioned ball, but instead of using the ball for tracking (crap), use a optical sensor for tracking, and generate electricity with the ball.
Yeah I'm with you. Auto and "clutchless manual" gearboxes suck.
Not to mention all the "clutchless manual" boxes in Australian cars aren't at all, they're just a standard old slushbox with a selectable gear so long as the computer thinks you're doing the right thing...
Give me a nice mechanical shifter and 3 pedals thank you very much. I like to be in control of my car, not giving hints to a computer and hoping for the best.
Some artists like Dr. Dre, Eminem, Metalicca are very opposed to piracy, and p2p in general. You have other artists like Prince, KRS-1, Tribe called Quest, who are all for it
Disclaimer: I own music from all of these artists, and like it.
In that short little list, is it much of a suprise that the ones who support file sharing are the ones who innovate in their art? Metallica and Dre were breaking new ground once (metallica less so), but that was a long time ago. But Prince and KRS have continued to challenge themselves and their audiences, often at the expense of mainstream exposure.
Well, I'd buy myself and my family / close friends house + car etc....
And then, I'd hire geeks.... about 30. Good geeks... And then I'd fix up everything I think is wrong with linux, and create a totally new kick-ass desktop system ala OSX. And then i'd give it away, under the GPL.
I'd spend the rest of my life at my beachfront house, fishing, drinking beer, driving around in my cool cars, and generally having a good time:)
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That's why microsoft is so concerned about people using mod chips+linux on the xbox, because they will end up loosing money in the end.
This never ceases to make me laugh. Do you seriously think if every slashdotter bought an XBOX and no games (as if), it would make a lick of difference to their bottom line? The thing they're worried about is part piracy, and part scared that people will find a way to write software (ie GAMES, not linux) for it without paying for their dev kit.
Boil something with it, turn another turbine, generate more elecricity.
I love this website... it's my #1 source of cool things I'd love to look at, if only the computer hosting them wasn't a smouldering puddle of melted plastic and silicon.
You're just at the wrong place.... I tend to have topless hot young girls in the pool out the back rather often ;-)
Of course I would. I'd like a mac. Not because I think they're cool, because they run OSX. If they cost the same I'd have a mac right now. However I have too many other meat-space expenses to justify doubling the price of my computer simply to run OSX. I'm not cheap, I'm just not particularly rich atm. If I had 10grand to spend on a computer I'd spend it on my car.
You're awfully hard on yourself, arguing against an analogy you brought into the conversation. Might that PC you're using be causing a bit of stress? ...heheheh...choke...sorry.
Hmmm, perhaps you should brush up on your comprehension skills and read the thread again?
My point is fairly simple... You don't get what you pay for when you buy mac hardware. Comparing pcs to fords and macs to benzes is a stupid analogy.
Yeah, there's _HEAPS_ of things you get in an apple you buy today that you can't get in an intel pc (apart from the cpu+m/b). Like ddr ram... oh wait... IDE harddisks... no, that's not it.... AH-HA! Geforce 4!... no, wait... Firewire?... nope, you can get that...
Yup heaps.
So, you'd also buy a Mercedes bulletproof limo and Gulfstream personal jet if they were closer to your budget as well?
You know, if mac hardware was any better than PC hardware at half the price, that argument might hold water. But it's not. It's commodity hardware, 90% of which is the exact same thing you buy for your intel box. The only thing macs have going for them hardware-wise is the limited choice you have, which gives apple greater control.
It's <b>hear hear</b>, not here here.
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Hehehe.... Americans and their nudity.
Come to Australia, and visit bondi (or any major Sydney) beach (ugh I'd rather not, but I live in Queensland so I'm lucky)... You'll find 80% of the women strutting around topless. Try that in califorina, and you go to jail... I just can't believe it. Legally, on the start-time / content scale of television in the US, you can see a nipple be pierced, before you can see it be licked.
Won't somebody please think of the children!
Taiwan has rejected the US's demand to extend copyrights from 50 years to 70 years.
In unrelated news, the RIAA has produced "evidence" (resembling a large brown bag with '$' emblazoned on the side) that Osama Bin Laden has fled Iraq and is currently residing in Taiwan.
Dubya has been quoted as saying "well jeest ta be sher we shoord nookum both"
Sorry mate, most of them are not fabricated, and many have links (usually meatspace newspapers and such, not URIs) for your verification pleasures.
Why is this modded funny? It's not, URI is the correct term.
http://www.foo.com/ is a URL
mailto:bob@smith.com.au is a URI
I imagine they have also, but I imagine those in charge of creating the watermarking would not be quite so evil as those ordereing it done. I know I'd try to get a system out that would be easily defeatable, although I'd go for something that was difficult to achieve the first time, but simple every time afterwards, for the most effect, and to give it time for the scheme to become widespread.
No time for that now, the computer's starting!
Homer already jumped the shark, in the last clip show (aired last week here in .au)
it doesn't have to be a counter-weight system either, it could have an old-fashioned ball, but instead of using the ball for tracking (crap), use a optical sensor for tracking, and generate electricity with the ball.
How about a cordless mouse that charges up with movements, like a wristwatch?
Yeah I'm with you. Auto and "clutchless manual" gearboxes suck.
Not to mention all the "clutchless manual" boxes in Australian cars aren't at all, they're just a standard old slushbox with a selectable gear so long as the computer thinks you're doing the right thing...
Give me a nice mechanical shifter and 3 pedals thank you very much. I like to be in control of my car, not giving hints to a computer and hoping for the best.
They could sell broadband, and create a nice big p2p system that only works for their customers... a nice way to make lots of cash methinks.
Some artists like Dr. Dre, Eminem, Metalicca are very opposed to piracy, and p2p in general. You have other artists like Prince, KRS-1, Tribe called Quest, who are all for it
Disclaimer: I own music from all of these artists, and like it.
In that short little list, is it much of a suprise that the ones who support file sharing are the ones who innovate in their art? Metallica and Dre were breaking new ground once (metallica less so), but that was a long time ago. But Prince and KRS have continued to challenge themselves and their audiences, often at the expense of mainstream exposure.
There is no rule six ... Rule 7 - NO POOFTAS!
We elected a fucking rocket scientist didn't we?
:)
Um.... as far as I knew, you elected the other bloke, but the courts decided you could all go jump
Hmmm.... a billion dollars...
:)
Well, I'd buy myself and my family / close friends house + car etc....
And then, I'd hire geeks.... about 30. Good geeks... And then I'd fix up everything I think is wrong with linux, and create a totally new kick-ass desktop system ala OSX. And then i'd give it away, under the GPL.
I'd spend the rest of my life at my beachfront house, fishing, drinking beer, driving around in my cool cars, and generally having a good time