Not really. EULAs have never really been tested in court. If this is a first test, it's not looking good for Microsoft. They can make you click through terms stating that Microsoft can send someone to your house to shoot you in the face if you don't upgrade, that doesn't make it legally binding. Look at what the courts DO, not what Microsoft SAYS.
EULA's have been tested on multiple occasions and they win. The most recent one I can think of is when Blizzard went after bots.
People love to say the EULA doesn't matter only because they want to disobey it.
I've seen this endlessly excused on sites like reddit by people claiming that it just saves the reviewers time since we'd all go into the drivers and overclock them anyways and other variations of that. I don't buy that one bit personally.
That's bs though. Most people don't ever overclock their cards or processors.
Don't be fucking absurd. There are numerous gay clubs and bars in the world that identify as such. Jesus fucking christ, the efforts some people go to try to deny that this was a homophobic attack.
No one cares that it was an attack on a homosexual club. It was a terrorist attack on the American people. Period. The bill was presented to give the FBI more power to track and find Terrorists. No one sits around and says this piece of evidence isn't credible because they are talking about killing a Lesbian Biker club. Let's follow up on the threat against the day care center instead because they matter more. They are both covered by this bill.
the sensible proposal is to do nothing in the immediate, gather as much information as possible, and use it within the bounds of the constitution
so no... unfortunately no one in washington has made that proposal
The constitution was written before the first computer existed so it's tough to apply it to modern day laws. If you want enforcement to actually catch people then your privacy must be disregarded.
Want a messaging app that is secure, get a peer-to-peer messaging app that does not depend on servers.
That sounds incredible. So now you must email or call the person you're attempting to chat first and get their IP address as well as make sure the proper ports are open for bi-directional communication. Why didn't anyone think of this already!
Unfortunately for them, they're trying to put the genie back in the bottle. It won't work. The advance of technology is what enabled me to carry around access to virtually every song there is, not something caused by the absence of artificial legal barriers. Barriers which, I might add, will not enable the recording artists and companies to perpetuate the old model indefinitely - it'll just move it back to the illegal realm, at best, at which point they'll get no money.
Also, increasingly, places like YouTube, along with streaming services, are where people discover new music. I don't listen to radio anymore, so the majority of the new bands I discover come from the suggestions that pop up, or the random songs I let be slotted in based on what I've been listening to. This may not be great for someone like Taylor Swift or Bono who are already famous, but for smaller bands, it's kind of a big deal.
There's a big difference between streaming services and youtube even if content is delivered by streaming. Something like Spotify needs to license an artists music and the artists receive a kickback for this. Youtube does the same on their Vevo channels or other licensed channels.
But on the non licensed channels where people upload the songs themselves the Artist no longer receives compensation. In fact the individual who illegally uploaded the music could actually receive money based on hits due to advertising revenue being shown. That's where the problem is. Youtube doesn't effectively police what can be uploaded and every ad is profit for them regardless of it being a legal or non legal song.
Actually, rounded corners not withstanding, that looks an awful lot like the 2007 iphone. And, iphones were already in manufacturing in June, 2014, so the design came earlier. It's much more likely that Shenzhen lifted the design from the specs sent to Apple's manufacturers.
It doesn't matter in Chinese court. When you are a foreigner you won't win. That's why most corporations set up a shell company inside China who acts like a partner to sell your products.
No, Mr Cook, I'm being serious. Ever since the iWristwatch, Apple has had the stink of desperation on it.
Clearly you missed that Apple's phone was released almost 2 years before the Chinese manufactured phone. China copied it and waited until they had a product on the market and then banned the Apple version. That's how China works. They copy, copy, copy and keep copying and when their shit copies aren't being purchased they outlaw the foreign competition by banning or suing them.
Remember when Microsoft kept getting flak for developing applications that replaced the apps that third-party app developers built for their platform? (e.g., remember WordPerfect, Lotus 123 or Netscape Navigator?)
This is just Apple following the model of all platform developers: let individual developers take the risk and initial revenues of developing a hot new app, and then build your own version of the most popular ones to collect all future revenues from that type of application.
Yup. It happens everywhere. Look at the gaming industry. Every single company borrows ideas from others and then integrates it into their own game as they see fit. What Apple does is no different.
Mindfulness has health benefits.
I am not selling anything to you, kind sir, but wouldn't mind if you'd buy some of the mindfulness-related shit I have up for sale...
Stupid indian version of a english word. It's just like "please do the needful". It's please do what's necessary.
There are no bandwidth caps on delivery through Amazon Prime. 4K Blu-ray quality HDR video with theatrical sound? Not a problem. Exclusive streaming-media deals? Not a problem if you pre-order the disk.
I have Comcast Internet. If Comcast puts a cap out then it doesn't matter what Amazon does.
Microsoft's old business model doesn't work anymore... when that happens staying still === death, and trying new things costs money... however being Microsoft they have masses of capital to burn, so everything is worth the risk, so they do that (they try everything) this seems to have been their business strategy for the past decade... everything is worth the risk, they are basically too big to fail provided they keep trying things. It's almost like the random mutation component of evolution.
The massive downside to this unfocused approach is that they appear to be flippant, inconsistent and undedicated to anything new they do. So even setting aside the many other issues people have against Microsoft such as undertones of malice and exploitation towards users, world domination etc, it makes their products seem even more undesirable.
What are you blabbering about? Microsoft makes tons of money. Just because they have failed products/ideas doesn't mean their working products suddenly suck. Google, Oracle and IBM have had numerous failed products and some that never make it off the design table. Yet they still pulling in millions. billions per year.
The dude used his wealth to abuse the already overloaded court system to even up a personal grudge.
Or do you think Thiel would have backed the Hulkmeister's suit out of civic duty if Gawker hadn't outed him as a hypocrite?
That's how life works. A big news corporation screws with people until they finally jerk the wrong person around. Then someone with money helps that little person fight back.
Gawker is a terrible bottom feeder. But when the next billionaire gets pissed at Slashdot for reporting on how his newfangled techo-marvel is a POS, and forces it into bankruptcy and closure, you might care more.
This is not about Gawker anymore, this is about a billionaire using his money and influence to destroy someone using the legal system as a proxy.
Not when Gawker releases private data, videos, etc without the permission of the person being filmed. We're all UP IN ARMS about the FBI, NSA, CIA doing illegal wiretapping, recording, videotaping when they don't even view the damn data but suddenly we're okay with Gawker buying illegally recorded footage and releasing it for ad revenue.
There's something really wrong with America.
Its not 4k gaming, though. Think about what that requires for PC... There is no way they could get a console at a reasonable price that could do that.
No, but you could double the price of a PS4 easily make it work. They said it would be more expensive so don't expect it to only be a $100 or $200 price hike.
It's not just about graphics, it's about memory and processing power too, and what developer is going to limit their games to the specs of a ps3 when a ps4 is around? None.
So why on earth would they produce games for the ps4 when the 4k edition is going to be the dev kit they are building on.
your statement only makes sense if you know nothing about games and game design.
A kickass idea, with great gameplay, is still a steaming pile of shit at 15 FPS with long load times, and that's exactly what ps4 owners can expect once the NEO dev kits are shipped, shitty half assed ports with lower res textures and absolutely NO testing.
Consoles aren't PCs, you can not have 2 consoles from the same developer last, you will always see the better performing device win out.
Why? Because millions of their users will have the 1080P console. Would you produce a game that only works on the 4k for a limited number of people or for both? Just like PS4 games are released on the PS3.
When you turn down the resolution that extra power won't be necessary so it should be easy to port it to the PS4.
Are you stunned? Seriously? The neo is more powerful. The backwards compatibility literally means they have to continue to produce low quality ports of those games for my Ps4.
how did those ps4 games that got ported to ps3 look? This will be worse
And you know what? Good. This is officially the last gaming console I will ever purchase because it's not worth the hassle and they are now officially on a faster upgrade path than a desktop gaming pc.
Game over sony, you've earned the last penny you will ever see directly from me.
It shouldn't be tough to do at all. On the PC I can switch between 1080p, 2k and 4k with the click of a button. It should be the same for the console's. I'm more upset that there's still no mention of uncapping FPS at 30. It's ridiculous that in today's market you are still capped at an old TV's frame rate.
But anything that information leads to is fruit from a poison tree and so should not be usable to indict or convict. They are knowingly pulling the wool over a judge's eyes and that is illegal.
Don't we have enough criminals out there without giving some of them a government paycheck?
Regardless they are still using it to take down bad people. While it might be a grey area on whether they have authority to request the data, the end result will be the same. We tie the government's hands so we can feel safe yet it's the government employing these agencies to protect us.
So if AI becomes more capable than human intelligence doesn't that mean it could potentially think of ways to undermine the human race that we never thought of?
We've all seen Terminator and the Matrix.
Well, I think he's right. And he's actually one of those people with enough experience to say this, since programming doesn't require pesky interaction with the real world like, say, automated cars do, humans obviously suck at programming big time, and Gates is one of those people who have seen thousands of people suck big time at programming over multiple decades. So your argument actually supports him. Maybe that's the whole reason why he's so optimistic about making people redundant in the first place!
I think Bill Gates is a prick and his opinion on anything doesn't mean shit. It's okay with him if AI's take over peoples jobs, he doesn't have to worry about feeding his family when he can't get a job because AI's/robots are doing all the jobs you can get.
It's going to happen eventually whether we like it or not. The question is what skills will mankind maintain that computers can't do?
The consumer electronics giant's support staff have admitted drivers for its PCs still don't work with Microsoft's newest operating system and told customers they should simply not make the upgrade.
So they've had nearly a year since Windows 10 was released and quite some time before that with betas to figure out how to make their drivers work. Sounds like the problem isn't with Windows 10 but with Samsung being unable to develop quality drivers. Plenty of other companies seem to have figured it out. Basically this tells me to avoid Samsung products. Windows 10 isn't without problems but by and large they don't seem to be technical ones but rather Microsoft being overly aggressive about pushing updates down our throats.
It's actually the same problem that we all faced with Vista. Due to a change in spec manufacturers were almost a year behind in providing quality drivers. This resulted in the abomination of issues users had with Vista. By the time updates were out the damage was already done. In this case Samsung is only hurting themselves.
You'd have to be a moron to buy anything from Dell or Lenovo by choice, after the root certificate crap they both pulled.
So what Windows OEMs are left that don't fuck up their computers? Let's start by eliminating the five mentioned in TFS, and also Microsoft, Sony and Samsung because they have a history of abusing their customers and have terrible support. That leaves us with... LG, Toshiba and MSI. And a bunch of tiny companies.
No wonder the PC market is declining so hard.
Except Lenovo only installed it on a select few consumer models. They are still the goto in the Corporate world. Dell however is complete garbage now.
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Not really. EULAs have never really been tested in court. If this is a first test, it's not looking good for Microsoft. They can make you click through terms stating that Microsoft can send someone to your house to shoot you in the face if you don't upgrade, that doesn't make it legally binding. Look at what the courts DO, not what Microsoft SAYS.
EULA's have been tested on multiple occasions and they win. The most recent one I can think of is when Blizzard went after bots. People love to say the EULA doesn't matter only because they want to disobey it.
I've seen this endlessly excused on sites like reddit by people claiming that it just saves the reviewers time since we'd all go into the drivers and overclock them anyways and other variations of that. I don't buy that one bit personally.
That's bs though. Most people don't ever overclock their cards or processors.
Because he appears to have specifically targeted the nightclub because it was a gay nightclub. That's why it's relevant.
That's only relevant to sell more advertising dollars when you publish it in the news.
Don't be fucking absurd. There are numerous gay clubs and bars in the world that identify as such. Jesus fucking christ, the efforts some people go to try to deny that this was a homophobic attack.
No one cares that it was an attack on a homosexual club. It was a terrorist attack on the American people. Period. The bill was presented to give the FBI more power to track and find Terrorists. No one sits around and says this piece of evidence isn't credible because they are talking about killing a Lesbian Biker club. Let's follow up on the threat against the day care center instead because they matter more. They are both covered by this bill.
the sensible proposal is to do nothing in the immediate, gather as much information as possible, and use it within the bounds of the constitution so no... unfortunately no one in washington has made that proposal
The constitution was written before the first computer existed so it's tough to apply it to modern day laws. If you want enforcement to actually catch people then your privacy must be disregarded.
Want a messaging app that is secure, get a peer-to-peer messaging app that does not depend on servers.
That sounds incredible. So now you must email or call the person you're attempting to chat first and get their IP address as well as make sure the proper ports are open for bi-directional communication. Why didn't anyone think of this already!
Unfortunately for them, they're trying to put the genie back in the bottle. It won't work. The advance of technology is what enabled me to carry around access to virtually every song there is, not something caused by the absence of artificial legal barriers. Barriers which, I might add, will not enable the recording artists and companies to perpetuate the old model indefinitely - it'll just move it back to the illegal realm, at best, at which point they'll get no money. Also, increasingly, places like YouTube, along with streaming services, are where people discover new music. I don't listen to radio anymore, so the majority of the new bands I discover come from the suggestions that pop up, or the random songs I let be slotted in based on what I've been listening to. This may not be great for someone like Taylor Swift or Bono who are already famous, but for smaller bands, it's kind of a big deal.
There's a big difference between streaming services and youtube even if content is delivered by streaming. Something like Spotify needs to license an artists music and the artists receive a kickback for this. Youtube does the same on their Vevo channels or other licensed channels. But on the non licensed channels where people upload the songs themselves the Artist no longer receives compensation. In fact the individual who illegally uploaded the music could actually receive money based on hits due to advertising revenue being shown. That's where the problem is. Youtube doesn't effectively police what can be uploaded and every ad is profit for them regardless of it being a legal or non legal song.
no they want DMCA 2 where you can't even copy a song from a cd that you own to idevice with out reburying the full CD for the idevice .
No. That's not what they want. They don't want youtube to make money off ads/advertising on music that is copyrighted and should've been taken down.
Actually, rounded corners not withstanding, that looks an awful lot like the 2007 iphone. And, iphones were already in manufacturing in June, 2014, so the design came earlier. It's much more likely that Shenzhen lifted the design from the specs sent to Apple's manufacturers.
It doesn't matter in Chinese court. When you are a foreigner you won't win. That's why most corporations set up a shell company inside China who acts like a partner to sell your products.
No, Mr Cook, I'm being serious. Ever since the iWristwatch, Apple has had the stink of desperation on it.
Clearly you missed that Apple's phone was released almost 2 years before the Chinese manufactured phone. China copied it and waited until they had a product on the market and then banned the Apple version. That's how China works. They copy, copy, copy and keep copying and when their shit copies aren't being purchased they outlaw the foreign competition by banning or suing them.
Remember when Microsoft kept getting flak for developing applications that replaced the apps that third-party app developers built for their platform? (e.g., remember WordPerfect, Lotus 123 or Netscape Navigator?) This is just Apple following the model of all platform developers: let individual developers take the risk and initial revenues of developing a hot new app, and then build your own version of the most popular ones to collect all future revenues from that type of application.
Yup. It happens everywhere. Look at the gaming industry. Every single company borrows ideas from others and then integrates it into their own game as they see fit. What Apple does is no different.
Mindfulness has health benefits. I am not selling anything to you, kind sir, but wouldn't mind if you'd buy some of the mindfulness-related shit I have up for sale...
Stupid indian version of a english word. It's just like "please do the needful". It's please do what's necessary.
Why does anything need an optical drive in 2016?
There are no bandwidth caps on delivery through Amazon Prime. 4K Blu-ray quality HDR video with theatrical sound? Not a problem. Exclusive streaming-media deals? Not a problem if you pre-order the disk.
I have Comcast Internet. If Comcast puts a cap out then it doesn't matter what Amazon does.
Microsoft's old business model doesn't work anymore... when that happens staying still === death, and trying new things costs money... however being Microsoft they have masses of capital to burn, so everything is worth the risk, so they do that (they try everything) this seems to have been their business strategy for the past decade... everything is worth the risk, they are basically too big to fail provided they keep trying things. It's almost like the random mutation component of evolution.
The massive downside to this unfocused approach is that they appear to be flippant, inconsistent and undedicated to anything new they do. So even setting aside the many other issues people have against Microsoft such as undertones of malice and exploitation towards users, world domination etc, it makes their products seem even more undesirable.
What are you blabbering about? Microsoft makes tons of money. Just because they have failed products/ideas doesn't mean their working products suddenly suck. Google, Oracle and IBM have had numerous failed products and some that never make it off the design table. Yet they still pulling in millions. billions per year.
The dude used his wealth to abuse the already overloaded court system to even up a personal grudge. Or do you think Thiel would have backed the Hulkmeister's suit out of civic duty if Gawker hadn't outed him as a hypocrite?
That's how life works. A big news corporation screws with people until they finally jerk the wrong person around. Then someone with money helps that little person fight back.
Gawker is a terrible bottom feeder. But when the next billionaire gets pissed at Slashdot for reporting on how his newfangled techo-marvel is a POS, and forces it into bankruptcy and closure, you might care more.
This is not about Gawker anymore, this is about a billionaire using his money and influence to destroy someone using the legal system as a proxy.
Not when Gawker releases private data, videos, etc without the permission of the person being filmed. We're all UP IN ARMS about the FBI, NSA, CIA doing illegal wiretapping, recording, videotaping when they don't even view the damn data but suddenly we're okay with Gawker buying illegally recorded footage and releasing it for ad revenue. There's something really wrong with America.
Which resolution and graphics settings are you using? You're probably way over what the VR titles on the PS4/PS4Neo will require.
Exactly. Currently PS4 is capped at 30 FPS. I'm sure he's pushing for at least 60FPS or much higher on the PC.
Its not 4k gaming, though. Think about what that requires for PC... There is no way they could get a console at a reasonable price that could do that.
No, but you could double the price of a PS4 easily make it work. They said it would be more expensive so don't expect it to only be a $100 or $200 price hike.
It's not just about graphics, it's about memory and processing power too, and what developer is going to limit their games to the specs of a ps3 when a ps4 is around? None. So why on earth would they produce games for the ps4 when the 4k edition is going to be the dev kit they are building on. your statement only makes sense if you know nothing about games and game design. A kickass idea, with great gameplay, is still a steaming pile of shit at 15 FPS with long load times, and that's exactly what ps4 owners can expect once the NEO dev kits are shipped, shitty half assed ports with lower res textures and absolutely NO testing. Consoles aren't PCs, you can not have 2 consoles from the same developer last, you will always see the better performing device win out.
Why? Because millions of their users will have the 1080P console. Would you produce a game that only works on the 4k for a limited number of people or for both? Just like PS4 games are released on the PS3. When you turn down the resolution that extra power won't be necessary so it should be easy to port it to the PS4.
Are you stunned? Seriously? The neo is more powerful. The backwards compatibility literally means they have to continue to produce low quality ports of those games for my Ps4. how did those ps4 games that got ported to ps3 look? This will be worse And you know what? Good. This is officially the last gaming console I will ever purchase because it's not worth the hassle and they are now officially on a faster upgrade path than a desktop gaming pc. Game over sony, you've earned the last penny you will ever see directly from me.
It shouldn't be tough to do at all. On the PC I can switch between 1080p, 2k and 4k with the click of a button. It should be the same for the console's. I'm more upset that there's still no mention of uncapping FPS at 30. It's ridiculous that in today's market you are still capped at an old TV's frame rate.
But anything that information leads to is fruit from a poison tree and so should not be usable to indict or convict. They are knowingly pulling the wool over a judge's eyes and that is illegal.
Don't we have enough criminals out there without giving some of them a government paycheck?
Regardless they are still using it to take down bad people. While it might be a grey area on whether they have authority to request the data, the end result will be the same. We tie the government's hands so we can feel safe yet it's the government employing these agencies to protect us.
So if AI becomes more capable than human intelligence doesn't that mean it could potentially think of ways to undermine the human race that we never thought of? We've all seen Terminator and the Matrix.
Well, I think he's right. And he's actually one of those people with enough experience to say this, since programming doesn't require pesky interaction with the real world like, say, automated cars do, humans obviously suck at programming big time, and Gates is one of those people who have seen thousands of people suck big time at programming over multiple decades. So your argument actually supports him. Maybe that's the whole reason why he's so optimistic about making people redundant in the first place!
I think Bill Gates is a prick and his opinion on anything doesn't mean shit. It's okay with him if AI's take over peoples jobs, he doesn't have to worry about feeding his family when he can't get a job because AI's/robots are doing all the jobs you can get.
It's going to happen eventually whether we like it or not. The question is what skills will mankind maintain that computers can't do?
The consumer electronics giant's support staff have admitted drivers for its PCs still don't work with Microsoft's newest operating system and told customers they should simply not make the upgrade.
So they've had nearly a year since Windows 10 was released and quite some time before that with betas to figure out how to make their drivers work. Sounds like the problem isn't with Windows 10 but with Samsung being unable to develop quality drivers. Plenty of other companies seem to have figured it out. Basically this tells me to avoid Samsung products. Windows 10 isn't without problems but by and large they don't seem to be technical ones but rather Microsoft being overly aggressive about pushing updates down our throats.
It's actually the same problem that we all faced with Vista. Due to a change in spec manufacturers were almost a year behind in providing quality drivers. This resulted in the abomination of issues users had with Vista. By the time updates were out the damage was already done. In this case Samsung is only hurting themselves.
You'd have to be a moron to buy anything from Dell or Lenovo by choice, after the root certificate crap they both pulled. So what Windows OEMs are left that don't fuck up their computers? Let's start by eliminating the five mentioned in TFS, and also Microsoft, Sony and Samsung because they have a history of abusing their customers and have terrible support. That leaves us with... LG, Toshiba and MSI. And a bunch of tiny companies. No wonder the PC market is declining so hard.
Except Lenovo only installed it on a select few consumer models. They are still the goto in the Corporate world. Dell however is complete garbage now.