It really depends, you might be the kind of god that can create a tiny universe full of energy but still has to go the long way round to get to Alpha Centauri.
It stinks a little that they are manipulating things, but they have a pretty short time window left before they get steam rolled by open content (I would still describe 20 years as short, I don't think the precise time frame is a particularly interesting discussion).
For open content, eliminating printing costs is huge. The current availability and quality of open content isn't always great, and the attractiveness of this thing at $500 is a bit dubious, but both of those things are pretty much only going to get better, and they reinforce each other.
Anyone with any understanding of DRM at all should be wary of any service that employs DRM that depends on a server (there is some distinction between server based schemes and something like DVD style protection, the latter being someone less likely to explode).
Of course, whether than means not using it at all or simply factoring it into the purchasing decision is going to be up to the individual. The short term payoff could well be significant enough that the DRM simply isn't relevant.
I'm not real sure that a policy of not promoting other appstores puts them at a competitive disadvantage versus Apple, which simply refuses to support any other appstores.
Microsoft makes a good bit of money selling software to people who make software, I wouldn't make any strong assumptions about what they would lobby for.
I actually went and checked (quickly) and didn't get presented with any option other than Windows (following whatever process it was that I followed). So my bad on failing to actually find it (or perhaps, notice it).
As far as not knowing the Mini9 is available with Ubuntu, I actually went to Google, searched for it, clicked on it, clicked customize, clicked Operating System and was presented with Windows XP as the only option. So, in a cursory but reasonable search, I failed to find out that it was available without windows.
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There's band.
It really depends, you might be the kind of god that can create a tiny universe full of energy but still has to go the long way round to get to Alpha Centauri.
I don't see why you are being such a negative Nancy, all you have to do is create a universe and suck the energy you need out of it.
I'm just not that enthusiastic about bicycling everywhere.
How else am I going to rack up combo bonus points?
Aim for kids on bikes.
There are still like 4 billion people who may want computers and they are going to want them to be cheaper and use less power than today's machines.
Ah. I only skimmed the article and failed to figure out the context.
Where did $fp come from?
Or is PHP even crazier than I thought?
Unicode support.
Dude, you're hilarious.
It stinks a little that they are manipulating things, but they have a pretty short time window left before they get steam rolled by open content (I would still describe 20 years as short, I don't think the precise time frame is a particularly interesting discussion).
For open content, eliminating printing costs is huge. The current availability and quality of open content isn't always great, and the attractiveness of this thing at $500 is a bit dubious, but both of those things are pretty much only going to get better, and they reinforce each other.
I propose new laws to regulate Fox all of the time.
My running theory is that Bennett is a comedian.
Yes, exactly. Someone else is.
Why?
Anyone with any understanding of DRM at all should be wary of any service that employs DRM that depends on a server (there is some distinction between server based schemes and something like DVD style protection, the latter being someone less likely to explode).
Of course, whether than means not using it at all or simply factoring it into the purchasing decision is going to be up to the individual. The short term payoff could well be significant enough that the DRM simply isn't relevant.
I'm not real sure that a policy of not promoting other appstores puts them at a competitive disadvantage versus Apple, which simply refuses to support any other appstores.
This story is about some guy speculating about what the FDA might do, not something they are doing or have done.
I recommend "Fringe", it will keep you very excited.
Microsoft makes a good bit of money selling software to people who make software, I wouldn't make any strong assumptions about what they would lobby for.
Taco Bell gives me gas, but I'm not sure I would say that it is clean.
Why would shoving his money down his backside make him money?
I actually went and checked (quickly) and didn't get presented with any option other than Windows (following whatever process it was that I followed). So my bad on failing to actually find it (or perhaps, notice it).
"I'm not suggesting that it is." was my reply to the immediate comment. The next sentence was an expansion of my initial thought.
Well, by support, I meant from Apple, and I read the following comment in a way that meant I wasn't just talking about the Mini9 anymore:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1222143&cid=27828849
As far as not knowing the Mini9 is available with Ubuntu, I actually went to Google, searched for it, clicked on it, clicked customize, clicked Operating System and was presented with Windows XP as the only option. So, in a cursory but reasonable search, I failed to find out that it was available without windows.