Why not develop this technology so everyone can use their microwaves and a copper cone to have a spaceport in their driveway?
Yes indeed.. why not? That's one of those quintessential questions. It's like the question "Why aren't we all driving around in cars powered by Tesla's black box" or "Why are we still burning fossil fuels when the problem of abundant energy was solved nearly a hundred years ago" or "Why are we all working 40 hour weeks when there's enough automation to work 12 hour weeks" or "Why are we clinging to a dying monetary system that serves no purpose" or "Why do people starve to death on a daily basis when there's no need for it" or "What's causing the current global environmental changes" or "Why does religion have such an improperly powerful position in society" or "Why do people raising valid question get modded as trolls".
I agree with just about everything in there, with one exception:
They're very lucky that way and rolled the dice well
Valve figured out how to roll out DRM so people will want it, and people do. Valve has monopolized a market and is still expanding. Steam is how digital goods should be distributed:
1/ Create a distribution platform that makes everything easy, reliable and fast
2/ Get good content onto the platform
3/ Undercut everyone else's prices by ~50-80%
I don't really think luck comes into it too much. With 1 good digital product, you can make unlimited money. It's just a question of distributing the product and collecting the money.
- Swipe in from the side to load a vertical menu which requires further scrolling to use. Why not fill the whole screen?
- Swipe in from the top to load settings, then swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe to find the right setting. Why not fill the whole screen?
- Swipe in from the right side to find the first application, then swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe until you find the application you're looking for. Why not display the open applications as a full screen menu?
And what do we get as an aside? No applications? Fragmentation for mobile phones?
If that's the best mobile operating system available, I hate to think of what the others were like. But at least it's an annoying device I can take a swipe at.
I'll say this right now and you can quote me. Bitcoin is going to CHANGE THE WORLD!
An ATM in shopping centres which allows people to exchange actual paper money for digital currency? What vendor wouldn't jump at an opportunity to operate such a machine? And once the machines are in every bar and shopping centre, the vendors will naturally all fall into line and allow people to spend bitcoins. This is a WHOLE new way of exchanging money.
But Google really is a monolithic corporate which knows what it's users want, how to deliver it to them and how to make money from that. In short, Google knows how to use the internet to it's advantage rather than wasting all of it's resources trying to find the off switch.
Working for 10 years to have a tiny part of the legal system finally say "Yeah, it's common sense" sounds like beating your head against a brick wall. The facts here are that copyright law is so broken that hundreds of thousands of frivolous lawsuits could make it to court in the first place. It's not a matter of finding the right way to prosecute or defend copyright claims, it's a matter of working around the broken copyright laws to completely shutdown the monopolistic business practices of these abusive power brokers.
When the law becomes ridiculous, don't argue about frivolities, undermine it. Arguing against it in a court just serves the ridiculous law because it instills it with your own belief.
How are all these treasonous socipaths getting elected anyway?
It all starts with rigging elections. A wealthy corporate or private entity 'sponsors' a candidate to run for office. They foot the bill for all advertising and write the policies which the candidate stands on. They pay for the candidate's appearance to be changed and have personal advisors following the candidate around making sure that every single thing which comes out of the candidate's mouth is monitored and accounted for.
If the candidate happens to slip up, a carefully worded clarification or apology is written by the advisor(s). Generally you'll find that most elections have more than one candidate of this nature. The entities sponsoring the candidates run secret fund raising drives with other like minded wealthy people / businesses to assist in the funding of the candidate's campaign.
Sociopaths are perfect as political leaders because they have no problem with outright lying, manipulating people to meet their sponsors agenda and generally doing whatever is required to get elected. Also, they're wonderful as people whom can be easily manipulated by the wealthy. Sociopaths often have secret hobbies that would make the average person's skin crawl (paedophilia, sadomasochism, sexual sadism) and therefore their addictions are easily fed and they tow the line in order to keep their hobbies out of the public eye.
The result is that the only choice for elections are often only the candidates running on behalf of these wealthy individuals / corporations. Hence, voter turnout is quite irrelevant. The sponsor(s) of the candidate can then get their own laws passed without credence to the rights of individuals and without concern as to the ramifications of the law.
So Sony put a 'touch sensitive' pad on the controller. The touch sensitive pad is in a location you can't reach without letting go of the controller.
We've got touch sensitive screens, we've got motion sensitive controllers, accelerometers, built in cameras, mics, optical recognition software etc etc. And Sony's latest innovation is.. a mouse pad nobody will use. Sony is scared to change and adapt to a market which has long since left without them. And now, the PS4 will be like concrete in Sony's boots. They've committed to it, so it's going to have to stick around for at least 5 years.
Seriously, if you want to get people to buy devices you really need to come up with something new and innovative. The PS4 is just a PS3 with a not quite so screwed up system architecture. It's what the PS3 should have been.. but 10 years late. There's nothing here but a simple home gaming platform with a slightly more clever collection of network collaboration tools.
Watching Sony sink slowly under the waves is a sad state of affairs for a company that should have long since been shocked into action. It's time to call it how it is. Sony is looking forward to a long series of ~6 billion losses.
We should actually see more innovation in this regard as a result
Either that, or we'll see more Epic fail 'Kinect Star Wars' games where the studio take an absolutely awesome idea and turns it into some sort of dance dance revolution knock off.
Your argument is based on the assumption that the developers won't make a mess of game design. Evidence to date indicates that we really shouldn't be getting our hopes up.
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The fact that this has transformed in your warped little brain to other people trying to make themselves look better
To that sir, I must say:
This post makes you sound like a dumb person with a massive chip on your shoulder
I agree with Shuttleworth, if you don't like the conditions at Ubuntu then go somewhere else
I was just getting used to Ubuntu being a community project, now it's also a place. How long before it becomes a tax?
Why not develop this technology so everyone can use their microwaves and a copper cone to have a spaceport in their driveway?
Yes indeed .. why not? That's one of those quintessential questions. It's like the question "Why aren't we all driving around in cars powered by Tesla's black box" or "Why are we still burning fossil fuels when the problem of abundant energy was solved nearly a hundred years ago" or "Why are we all working 40 hour weeks when there's enough automation to work 12 hour weeks" or "Why are we clinging to a dying monetary system that serves no purpose" or "Why do people starve to death on a daily basis when there's no need for it" or "What's causing the current global environmental changes" or "Why does religion have such an improperly powerful position in society" or "Why do people raising valid question get modded as trolls".
Take the red pill.
.. everything starts to look like a nail.
They're very lucky that way and rolled the dice well
Valve figured out how to roll out DRM so people will want it, and people do. Valve has monopolized a market and is still expanding. Steam is how digital goods should be distributed:
1/ Create a distribution platform that makes everything easy, reliable and fast
2/ Get good content onto the platform
3/ Undercut everyone else's prices by ~50-80%
I don't really think luck comes into it too much. With 1 good digital product, you can make unlimited money. It's just a question of distributing the product and collecting the money.
Where's the humanity?
Not only do the scientists blind a tadpole, but they then graft the eyes onto another tadpole and where else but onto it's arse.
Sometimes I think that mankind deserves to become extinct.
That looks shocking.
- Swipe in from the side to load a vertical menu which requires further scrolling to use. Why not fill the whole screen?
- Swipe in from the top to load settings, then swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe to find the right setting. Why not fill the whole screen?
- Swipe in from the right side to find the first application, then swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe until you find the application you're looking for. Why not display the open applications as a full screen menu?
And what do we get as an aside? No applications? Fragmentation for mobile phones?
If that's the best mobile operating system available, I hate to think of what the others were like. But at least it's an annoying device I can take a swipe at.
Now own up, who googled Battletoads?
Whats Groupon?
It's one of those quick and dirty dating sites.
What would you recommend as my next course of action?
Post the the company's details to /. and hold your breath.
I'll say this right now and you can quote me. Bitcoin is going to CHANGE THE WORLD!
.. Genius.
An ATM in shopping centres which allows people to exchange actual paper money for digital currency? What vendor wouldn't jump at an opportunity to operate such a machine? And once the machines are in every bar and shopping centre, the vendors will naturally all fall into line and allow people to spend bitcoins. This is a WHOLE new way of exchanging money.
What's next? The Silk Road machine?
It's a v.good idea, but how would that sell advertising?
force your senator
He's not your senator.
You're right, if the RIAA's figures aren't outrageously skewed ... (...) Google might be acting in bad faith.
I think I need a hug.
that's what gives them power over everyone else in the world too
Pfft, be your own power. You have the power, exercise it and disempower the ??AA's of the world.
But Google really is a monolithic corporate which knows what it's users want, how to deliver it to them and how to make money from that. In short, Google knows how to use the internet to it's advantage rather than wasting all of it's resources trying to find the off switch.
I'm kind of with you, and I'm kind of not
Working for 10 years to have a tiny part of the legal system finally say "Yeah, it's common sense" sounds like beating your head against a brick wall. The facts here are that copyright law is so broken that hundreds of thousands of frivolous lawsuits could make it to court in the first place. It's not a matter of finding the right way to prosecute or defend copyright claims, it's a matter of working around the broken copyright laws to completely shutdown the monopolistic business practices of these abusive power brokers.
When the law becomes ridiculous, don't argue about frivolities, undermine it. Arguing against it in a court just serves the ridiculous law because it instills it with your own belief.
2c
if someone accused YOU of downloading Justin Bieber - Baby.mp3 yesterday, could you prove you didn't?
No, but I could plead insanity.
How are all these treasonous socipaths getting elected anyway?
It all starts with rigging elections. A wealthy corporate or private entity 'sponsors' a candidate to run for office. They foot the bill for all advertising and write the policies which the candidate stands on. They pay for the candidate's appearance to be changed and have personal advisors following the candidate around making sure that every single thing which comes out of the candidate's mouth is monitored and accounted for.
If the candidate happens to slip up, a carefully worded clarification or apology is written by the advisor(s). Generally you'll find that most elections have more than one candidate of this nature. The entities sponsoring the candidates run secret fund raising drives with other like minded wealthy people / businesses to assist in the funding of the candidate's campaign.
Sociopaths are perfect as political leaders because they have no problem with outright lying, manipulating people to meet their sponsors agenda and generally doing whatever is required to get elected. Also, they're wonderful as people whom can be easily manipulated by the wealthy. Sociopaths often have secret hobbies that would make the average person's skin crawl (paedophilia, sadomasochism, sexual sadism) and therefore their addictions are easily fed and they tow the line in order to keep their hobbies out of the public eye.
The result is that the only choice for elections are often only the candidates running on behalf of these wealthy individuals / corporations. Hence, voter turnout is quite irrelevant. The sponsor(s) of the candidate can then get their own laws passed without credence to the rights of individuals and without concern as to the ramifications of the law.
I wouldn't buy a Sony product if they paid me to take it
You and millions of others. That's why Sony posted a ~6 Billion loss this year.
So Sony put a 'touch sensitive' pad on the controller. The touch sensitive pad is in a location you can't reach without letting go of the controller.
.. a mouse pad nobody will use. Sony is scared to change and adapt to a market which has long since left without them. And now, the PS4 will be like concrete in Sony's boots. They've committed to it, so it's going to have to stick around for at least 5 years.
.. but 10 years late. There's nothing here but a simple home gaming platform with a slightly more clever collection of network collaboration tools.
We've got touch sensitive screens, we've got motion sensitive controllers, accelerometers, built in cameras, mics, optical recognition software etc etc. And Sony's latest innovation is
Seriously, if you want to get people to buy devices you really need to come up with something new and innovative. The PS4 is just a PS3 with a not quite so screwed up system architecture. It's what the PS3 should have been
Watching Sony sink slowly under the waves is a sad state of affairs for a company that should have long since been shocked into action. It's time to call it how it is. Sony is looking forward to a long series of ~6 billion losses.
which great features
All of them .. or none. Depending upon how you look at it.
So what exactly is gonna differentiate this from a mid-level to high-end gaming rig?
I'm just spitballing here, but my guess is that it's going to be underpowered and overpriced.
We should actually see more innovation in this regard as a result
Either that, or we'll see more Epic fail 'Kinect Star Wars' games where the studio take an absolutely awesome idea and turns it into some sort of dance dance revolution knock off.
Your argument is based on the assumption that the developers won't make a mess of game design. Evidence to date indicates that we really shouldn't be getting our hopes up.
I like to touch my junk before I buy it
This is best done in the privacy of one's home.