I wish there were such a thing as forced retirement for directors. Directors, with a few notable exceptions, generally get about 10 years of true creativity. After that, they just become more and more of an embarrassment to themselves. I would be perfectly fine with establishing a high-security old directors home where the likes of George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Steven Speilberg, et. al. could be shuffled off to at bayonet point, never to rape their own legacy again.
Yeah, you can buy alternatives to iOS, just like you can (and have always been able to) buy alternatives to Windows. But one lets me install any software I want to on it. The other doesn't. And that ain't progress, brother.
I'm pretty sure anyone who feels the need to own or carry a gun is also pretty damned adamant about having it reliably and unquestionably work when they actually need it. The first time one of these things fails (even in a test) will be the last time anyone buys one.
It's hardly cowardly to make reasonable DRM concessions on streaming services like Netflix, Spotify, etc. I don't have any problem with DRM on *rented* material. So that means there is going to be *some* form of DRM out there, even if they strip it for music and movies that you buy (which I would personally prefer).
Except the difference in technology between us an a race capable of traveling faster than light would be less analogous to 17th century Europeans encountering Indians and more like modern humans encountering a nest of mice.
It's a nice symbolic gesture, but symbolic is all it is. The major studios will never allow streaming services live Netflix to stream their content without DRM, so whether it's built into HTML5 or not, DRM *will* be added. They'll just do it with a 3rd party app. It's either that or kiss any mainstream content goodbye.
Any race with the kind of technology to cross the incredibly vast distances of interstellar space wouldn't have any reason to give a rat's ass about our dumb puny asses. And if there was a conflict, it would be over pretty damned fast.
When it came time to collaborate with them on projects, all they did was drag the serious students down.
Oh man, I *hated* group projects in college. Group projects were just a cheap excuse for a lame professor to pass the weaker students in the class without much effort. They were just licenses for the dumbasses to cheat off the students who actually gave a fuck. I guess you could view that as a life-lesson for the future workplace. But since the classroom didn't reflect actual working conditions in any other way, why start there?
Hey, *you* try taking over a cult sometime, buddy! You hand people their Kool-Aid and all they can do is complain that Ascended Father would have sweetened it more.
Yeah, except there were just two problems with the Wii, no one bought games for it and no one is buying its successor.
I myself have a Wii sitting in my closet (the only time I bring it out is for parties, and even rarely for those). I bought 3-4 games for it, and that was it. Contrast that with the 100+ 360 and PS3 games I own, an Xbox Live subscription that goes back to to the Xbox1, and tons of peripherals and other crap I've bought for those systems--and you start to see that making money on the initial console sale itself isn't nearly as lucrative as the long-game. I guarantee you that MS and Sony (particularly MS) have made *way* more money off of my game purchases and Live subscription than they lost on the initial console sales. Nintendo, by contrast, hasn't made jack-shit off me since my initial purchase (and probably won't make even that this time out, because I doubt I'll buy a WiiU).
I'm pretty sure most shareholders would rather you part with tiny sum of money that you owe this kid than to take the tsunami of bad PR and bad faith that would result in you being dicks about it.
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In their defense, remember that the whales did drop those nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
I wish there were such a thing as forced retirement for directors. Directors, with a few notable exceptions, generally get about 10 years of true creativity. After that, they just become more and more of an embarrassment to themselves. I would be perfectly fine with establishing a high-security old directors home where the likes of George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Steven Speilberg, et. al. could be shuffled off to at bayonet point, never to rape their own legacy again.
Let me guess, lots more action and 'plosions?
You will if you don't want HR to toss your resume into the trash.
I just hope no one sells one to Armand Assante.
Yeah, you can buy alternatives to iOS, just like you can (and have always been able to) buy alternatives to Windows. But one lets me install any software I want to on it. The other doesn't. And that ain't progress, brother.
Do you think any parent irresponsible enough to leave their guns out around their kids is going to spring the extra $ to buy a smart gun?
I'm pretty sure anyone who feels the need to own or carry a gun is also pretty damned adamant about having it reliably and unquestionably work when they actually need it. The first time one of these things fails (even in a test) will be the last time anyone buys one.
It's hardly cowardly to make reasonable DRM concessions on streaming services like Netflix, Spotify, etc. I don't have any problem with DRM on *rented* material. So that means there is going to be *some* form of DRM out there, even if they strip it for music and movies that you buy (which I would personally prefer).
Freedom doesn't mean getting everything for free.
Yes the walled garden of iOS, controlled by one company absolutely and completely, is definitely progress over the open world of the PC.
I would care. But I'm a long-time Linux supporter, which means I only care about my distro of choice.
You got talent, kid! Stick with me and I'll get you into vaudeville!!
Because compared to me, they were all weak students.
Except the difference in technology between us an a race capable of traveling faster than light would be less analogous to 17th century Europeans encountering Indians and more like modern humans encountering a nest of mice.
The web is not their domain.
No, it's much bigger than the web.
It's a nice symbolic gesture, but symbolic is all it is. The major studios will never allow streaming services live Netflix to stream their content without DRM, so whether it's built into HTML5 or not, DRM *will* be added. They'll just do it with a 3rd party app. It's either that or kiss any mainstream content goodbye.
Any race with the kind of technology to cross the incredibly vast distances of interstellar space wouldn't have any reason to give a rat's ass about our dumb puny asses. And if there was a conflict, it would be over pretty damned fast.
When it came time to collaborate with them on projects, all they did was drag the serious students down.
Oh man, I *hated* group projects in college. Group projects were just a cheap excuse for a lame professor to pass the weaker students in the class without much effort. They were just licenses for the dumbasses to cheat off the students who actually gave a fuck. I guess you could view that as a life-lesson for the future workplace. But since the classroom didn't reflect actual working conditions in any other way, why start there?
Here's mine:
Be Indian or Chinese.
Hey, *you* try taking over a cult sometime, buddy! You hand people their Kool-Aid and all they can do is complain that Ascended Father would have sweetened it more.
Apple products sell whether they get press or not.
It's bad when they are a convicted monopolist dumping products below cost in order to extend their monopoly to another sector.
Wait, I thought we were talking about MS here, not Apple.
Yeah, except there were just two problems with the Wii, no one bought games for it and no one is buying its successor.
I myself have a Wii sitting in my closet (the only time I bring it out is for parties, and even rarely for those). I bought 3-4 games for it, and that was it. Contrast that with the 100+ 360 and PS3 games I own, an Xbox Live subscription that goes back to to the Xbox1, and tons of peripherals and other crap I've bought for those systems--and you start to see that making money on the initial console sale itself isn't nearly as lucrative as the long-game. I guarantee you that MS and Sony (particularly MS) have made *way* more money off of my game purchases and Live subscription than they lost on the initial console sales. Nintendo, by contrast, hasn't made jack-shit off me since my initial purchase (and probably won't make even that this time out, because I doubt I'll buy a WiiU).
I'm pretty sure most shareholders would rather you part with tiny sum of money that you owe this kid than to take the tsunami of bad PR and bad faith that would result in you being dicks about it.
They have to administer all that new money coming in, don't they?