I don't think anyone would be surprised by or interested in these findings. All you have to see the trend is look at google search results for any product. Most results in the first few pages are for ecommerce sites. Add to that the sponsored links on the sides and top of the page. Try finding any personal pages about a Thinkpad T41.
7 years ago, few trusted the online purchasing process. Submitting credit card info, worrying about refunds and credit, vendor trustworthiness, hackers, etc.
Since then, there's been a gold rush on the Internet. All major retailers and business people moved in smelling money. That made the process of buying stuff faster, more streamlined and more secure. It takes a handfull of clicks to buy stuff on eBay and pay for it with paypal. So obviously more people were attracted by it, the process achieved mass market appeal, and it pushed everything out of the way.
"demo includes the Circuit, Free Roam, Downhill Drift, and Quick Race modes, and there are plenty of mirrors available."
Excellent. In addition to the two side mirrors, and the windshield mirror, which mirrors, and how many, are we talking about, and where are they placed?
Interestingly enough, there was an episode of Crossballs (or whatever the mockup debate show was) last night (probably a repeat) and they had one of the comics play a man how was in a "club" that played out GTA in real life in their city.
They had a clip of a high speed police chase from a helicopter, a la the old GTA.
Their premise was that they shot people with paintballs (It isn't illegal to spill coffee on someone's shirt) so raiding a game shop and stealing a copy of the game would probably fall under the rules of the game.
For some reason I kept seeing screenshots or rendered images of a black iPod with red backlighting on the buttons. It was around the release of the latest iPods. I'm sure the image was edited but it looked pretty cool.
In this context, what you're reading is a copy of the bits that made up the text of the message. Even a copy of a letter Chopin or other historical figure wrote gives a greater significance in that you see their handwriting; it reinfirces the fact that they were a living person once, not just a myth, or something in history books. The paper brings you closer to the figure, whereas you'd yawn at a computer printout of the text in some lousy Times New Roman or Arial font.
Having said that, not many people write out lettes anymore. More are using email as correspondance, so I think it is important to save the random emails to get a personal view of what a figure writes and thinks on a regular day. The collection methodology is a bit flawed, as the authors won't CC anything that doesn't put them in positive light. Here's to hoping that the recipients save those messages. Afterall, recipients are the ones who saved the private letters of people like Chopin and Einstein.
Why make such a big deal of the leak, and thretening anyone that mentions it.
What difference would if make if it was posted online at the manufacturing level, as oppoed to when a worker at a game shop rips an ISO of it? Couple of days difference wouldn't matter much as far as their sales go anyway.
Don't know about the rest of the country, but in New York, the most stolen car for the past dozen years or so has been either the Honda Accord or the Toyota Camry. Certainy plenty of BMWs and Audis around these parts.
But isn't unix a server os? Isn't its main purpose to run network services and applications? I realize you can use it on the desktop, but Unix/Linux is a server OS.
Windows (XP especially) is a consumer OS. It isn't supposed to be serving any networked services. Why are things like DCOM, NetBIOS, Messanger, etc running on XP, which is installed mostly on consumer computers. Anyone remember how blazingly fast that DCOM hole was exploited and spread, how many Windows boxes went down at once, and how much bandwidh was consumed?
If microsoft closed those services, there would be a dozen fewer eggs on its face. At least if you install Linux, you might have a few things running, like SSH, and RPC. RPC you close automatically, but exploits in SSH are not as easily and automatically exploited like DCOM.
"Gamespot reports that Halo 2 has already been leaked to the internet via French newsgroups
Sssssshhhhhhhhhhhhuddup... That's the one thing they haven't tried to shut down yet. Let's just agree to lump usenet under the broad umbrella of "p2p filesharing software".
Backpacks specialized for laptops will automatically demand a premium for the fact that they cater to a specific use. Plus they'll scream out that they are carrying a laptop.
You could just get a decent backpack and stick your laptop in a sleeve inside it. When not using the bag to carry your computer, you won't have the added weight from protective padding, and no nonfunctional laptop compartment.
I had a Timbuk2 too. Very, very well made, great stitching and materials, so he'll have a hard time finding one for $50, even on eBay.
Their bags are sturdy and water tight, though. I had no qualms throwing it around with my delicate Titanium PowerBook inside, or walking with it in heavy rain.
Slashdot Mirror
just when my friend that has it for Windows gets tired of playing it
So... he must have bought it yesterday? What took him so long?
Damn straight. Screw compromise and balance. Let's vote on a single issue.
No slackware, but they include MEPIS. What the hell is that? Did it come out in the past 3 months or something?
If they're not hanging out in the Apple store in SoHo buying iPods and iBooks, they contribute to Mozilla.
The story is also a bit late. I heard it on AM radio on Friday morning, so /. is late at least a day.
"News for nerds. Stuff that matters. Two days late."
I don't think anyone would be surprised by or interested in these findings. All you have to see the trend is look at google search results for any product. Most results in the first few pages are for ecommerce sites. Add to that the sponsored links on the sides and top of the page. Try finding any personal pages about a Thinkpad T41.
7 years ago, few trusted the online purchasing process. Submitting credit card info, worrying about refunds and credit, vendor trustworthiness, hackers, etc.
Since then, there's been a gold rush on the Internet. All major retailers and business people moved in smelling money. That made the process of buying stuff faster, more streamlined and more secure. It takes a handfull of clicks to buy stuff on eBay and pay for it with paypal. So obviously more people were attracted by it, the process achieved mass market appeal, and it pushed everything out of the way.
I don't see where the news is.
"demo includes the Circuit, Free Roam, Downhill Drift, and Quick Race modes, and there are plenty of mirrors available."
Excellent. In addition to the two side mirrors, and the windshield mirror, which mirrors, and how many, are we talking about, and where are they placed?
If you think a game that runs sluggisly on today's console will run better on the next gen, you'll be sorely disappointed.
Pop in Driver 2 for the PSX in your Playstation2 and see how much more smoothly it runs and how farther the viewing distance is over the original PSX.
But colder temps cause certain headlights, cough, to become lit, also being detrimental to male productivity. You can't win, really.
Interestingly enough, there was an episode of Crossballs (or whatever the mockup debate show was) last night (probably a repeat) and they had one of the comics play a man how was in a "club" that played out GTA in real life in their city.
They had a clip of a high speed police chase from a helicopter, a la the old GTA.
Their premise was that they shot people with paintballs (It isn't illegal to spill coffee on someone's shirt) so raiding a game shop and stealing a copy of the game would probably fall under the rules of the game.
For some reason I kept seeing screenshots or rendered images of a black iPod with red backlighting on the buttons. It was around the release of the latest iPods. I'm sure the image was edited but it looked pretty cool.
I liked the commercials they played. I think it was on one of the music stations, inbetween songs. Ads for the Zaibatsu Mnstrosity were hillarious.
"I live alone. That's why I wanna vehicle that can seat 12 and is equipped to drive across arctic tundra."
In this context, what you're reading is a copy of the bits that made up the text of the message. Even a copy of a letter Chopin or other historical figure wrote gives a greater significance in that you see their handwriting; it reinfirces the fact that they were a living person once, not just a myth, or something in history books. The paper brings you closer to the figure, whereas you'd yawn at a computer printout of the text in some lousy Times New Roman or Arial font.
Having said that, not many people write out lettes anymore. More are using email as correspondance, so I think it is important to save the random emails to get a personal view of what a figure writes and thinks on a regular day. The collection methodology is a bit flawed, as the authors won't CC anything that doesn't put them in positive light. Here's to hoping that the recipients save those messages. Afterall, recipients are the ones who saved the private letters of people like Chopin and Einstein.
Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, l0ungeb0y. Forty percent of all people know that.
Why make such a big deal of the leak, and thretening anyone that mentions it.
What difference would if make if it was posted online at the manufacturing level, as oppoed to when a worker at a game shop rips an ISO of it? Couple of days difference wouldn't matter much as far as their sales go anyway.
Don't know about the rest of the country, but in New York, the most stolen car for the past dozen years or so has been either the Honda Accord or the Toyota Camry. Certainy plenty of BMWs and Audis around these parts.
"Ohhh... Nothing ever blows over for [Microsoft]"
But isn't unix a server os? Isn't its main purpose to run network services and applications? I realize you can use it on the desktop, but Unix/Linux is a server OS.
Windows (XP especially) is a consumer OS. It isn't supposed to be serving any networked services. Why are things like DCOM, NetBIOS, Messanger, etc running on XP, which is installed mostly on consumer computers. Anyone remember how blazingly fast that DCOM hole was exploited and spread, how many Windows boxes went down at once, and how much bandwidh was consumed?
If microsoft closed those services, there would be a dozen fewer eggs on its face. At least if you install Linux, you might have a few things running, like SSH, and RPC. RPC you close automatically, but exploits in SSH are not as easily and automatically exploited like DCOM.
"Gamespot reports that Halo 2 has already been leaked to the internet via French newsgroups
Sssssshhhhhhhhhhhhuddup... That's the one thing they haven't tried to shut down yet. Let's just agree to lump usenet under the broad umbrella of "p2p filesharing software".
Oh please, get off your soap box.
Nah. Being as rich a superpower as the US is, it can buy enough emissions allowances to have an election every 6 months.
Backpacks specialized for laptops will automatically demand a premium for the fact that they cater to a specific use. Plus they'll scream out that they are carrying a laptop.
You could just get a decent backpack and stick your laptop in a sleeve inside it. When not using the bag to carry your computer, you won't have the added weight from protective padding, and no nonfunctional laptop compartment.
I had a Timbuk2 too. Very, very well made, great stitching and materials, so he'll have a hard time finding one for $50, even on eBay.
Their bags are sturdy and water tight, though. I had no qualms throwing it around with my delicate Titanium PowerBook inside, or walking with it in heavy rain.
Its more like "We haven't come up with anything innovative since Windows 95, but still want to make wads of cash".
That's why they jump on anything that looks like it might be taking off. IE: their own music store, game console, etc.
iTunes has the best visualisation I've ever seen, so if anything, Apple are experts at visualisation and don't need to stinkin points on it from AOL.