Maybe they wouldn't have such a huge problem with people stealing their OS's and Office software if they wouldn't charge $300 on up for normal people to buy it. What small family can afford to spend $300 per license so they can use Word to write their kids term papers??? How about dropping the price to $99 for Office Suite and $99 for the OS or maybe even $50 for the OS. Or unbundle the office suit so people can just spend $45-$50 on word and excel. Afterall thats the only thing people really use anyways. Their markup is so large to start with they would probably still be making a profit, maybe more so because people would be more willing to spend money to buy it instead of just stealing it.
Before people don't buy cd's anymore? For every server or normal person that they go after how many hundreds others will the industry alienate because they don't like the industries tactics?
I've already stopped buying cd's. Its a waste of money for 1 or 2 songs out of 15. I got other sources of entertainment I'd rather spend my money on.
Why does this sound like some little stuck up college kid who thinks they know it all trying to make some point and get back at Microsoft because they are the "big and bad corporation".
Making a point is all fine and dandy but being an ass about it is not. And what exactly is this kids point besides being an annoying kid and nagging a microsoft rep?
"And, in case you care, I can code circles around damn near everybody I know."
I hate say it but about 99% of the time people that brag like that really can't. The really good ones are the ones that don't have to justify themselves by statements like that. Those are the people that are still employeed.
I don't know any builder these days that isn't running cat5 in the walls. My house has cat5e going to every room. The phone system is run off the cat5e also. So it easy to swap phone jacks into network jacks, just pull it out of the phone switch and plug it into the router. They also will be running fiber into all the houses. They are slowly working their way through the neighborhoods so currently I just have an orange tube sticking out of my brick but eventually that'll be the fiber coming from the curb. But the internet they are going to provide is going to suck. They just don't have enough bandwidth coming into the neighborhoods to give everyone the 10mbit or 100mbit (depending upon what you want) that they advertise.
I thought Engineers drove trains? Haven't they been called Engineers for decades? Yet they don't have to pass some engineering test that other engineers do. I live and work in Texas and my business card says Sr. Software Engineer and I seriously doubt thats going to be confused for someone who designs cars, airplanes or bridges.
But the ground does not move. I would imagine the ultimate goal would be to display the terrain so they can navigate but overlay the terrain display on top of the real world display so objects that do move would still be there. Well at least their outlines would if you combine it with nightvision and thermal.
Who says you have to upgrade to 9? If 8 is working for you then just stay with 8. Don't upgrade for the sake of upgrading. (that applies to every single os and software app).
Yeah and pay extra for an import instead of just waiting till next week or another week after that. Afterall how long is someone going to just sit in front of the sp and play once they get it. It'll be more like "ok, thats really cool. Oh look its 70 and sunny out lets go outside."
I plan on getting one but I'm gonna wait a bit. I'll mainly use it for when I travel. Also by waiting maybe by the time I get around to getting one they'll have a black one out in the US.
According to what everyone who has played both an SP and a afterburner equiped GBA, the SP lighting is more even, no washout and much better than even a perfectly installed afterburner. You could take your GBA and trade it in for $40 off a SP at electronic boutique (i think thats the place thats doing the trade in).
Obviously some poeple "just don't get it". You see a comment about unemployment is a direct rag on people willing to public fund a bad sci-fi tv show just to get it on the air again. You see if they all had jobs they wouldn't have time for such silly pursuits.
Oh forget it...humor lost on slashdot humor impared crowd.
Please return back to your regular thrilling discussion of a cancelled bad scifi tv show.
They will be offering that in my new subdivision soon also. The other side of the main street has it but our side doesn't. I talked to a technican about it and he said don't bother. Its horribly slow. It may be better when the upgrade their pipe but until they do cable modem is faster. They will also be offering cable over the fiber but it doesn't have the technologies that timewarner does here. My whole house is wired with cat5e cable which is great and they have fiber going right up to the house, but until the big pipe at the main station is upgraded a whole lot its not worth it.
Actually you can carry nail clippers on a plane in your carry-on bag. The TSA web site has a PDF listing all the items that you can pack in your carry-on bags and your checked bags:
Gameboy Advance SP, comes out in 2 weeks or so. I actually got to use one this last weekend and it is everything they say it is. Weighs practically nothing, screen is awesome and comfortable to hold.
I work from home on weekends sometimes and I surf and do personal stuff at work sometimes. Its a trade-off as far as I'm concerned. If they ever complained or took it away at work then they would see me in at 9 out at 5, right on the dot. I also wouldn't be doing any work at home. They don't trust me then I won't go the extra mile for them.
Its times like this that I wish I knew these people so I could tell them to their face that they are idiots! Yes you heard me Mr. Attorney Man. You are an idiot. Sueing because you don't like feedback that someone left you on ebay. What a retard.
Slashdot Mirror
"You look like a fucking buffoon"
Does it make you look anymore of a buffoon than someone correcting another persons grammer?
So exactly how has all your freedoms been denied? Last time I checked all mine are still there and nothing has impacted my everyday life.
But thats ok...if some of you want to get all "dramatic" about it thats fine...makes for funny reading.
Maybe they wouldn't have such a huge problem with people stealing their OS's and Office software if they wouldn't charge $300 on up for normal people to buy it. What small family can afford to spend $300 per license so they can use Word to write their kids term papers??? How about dropping the price to $99 for Office Suite and $99 for the OS or maybe even $50 for the OS. Or unbundle the office suit so people can just spend $45-$50 on word and excel. Afterall thats the only thing people really use anyways. Their markup is so large to start with they would probably still be making a profit, maybe more so because people would be more willing to spend money to buy it instead of just stealing it.
Before people don't buy cd's anymore? For every server or normal person that they go after how many hundreds others will the industry alienate because they don't like the industries tactics?
I've already stopped buying cd's. Its a waste of money for 1 or 2 songs out of 15. I got other sources of entertainment I'd rather spend my money on.
Why does this sound like some little stuck up college kid who thinks they know it all trying to make some point and get back at Microsoft because they are the "big and bad corporation".
Making a point is all fine and dandy but being an ass about it is not. And what exactly is this kids point besides being an annoying kid and nagging a microsoft rep?
"And, in case you care, I can code circles around damn near everybody I know."
I hate say it but about 99% of the time people that brag like that really can't. The really good ones are the ones that don't have to justify themselves by statements like that. Those are the people that are still employeed.
I don't know any builder these days that isn't running cat5 in the walls. My house has cat5e going to every room. The phone system is run off the cat5e also. So it easy to swap phone jacks into network jacks, just pull it out of the phone switch and plug it into the router. They also will be running fiber into all the houses. They are slowly working their way through the neighborhoods so currently I just have an orange tube sticking out of my brick but eventually that'll be the fiber coming from the curb. But the internet they are going to provide is going to suck. They just don't have enough bandwidth coming into the neighborhoods to give everyone the 10mbit or 100mbit (depending upon what you want) that they advertise.
I thought Engineers drove trains? Haven't they been called Engineers for decades? Yet they don't have to pass some engineering test that other engineers do. I live and work in Texas and my business card says Sr. Software Engineer and I seriously doubt thats going to be confused for someone who designs cars, airplanes or bridges.
Kinda like a IFF system for ground troops. If you are aiming at a friendly a tone goes off in your helmet.
But the ground does not move. I would imagine the ultimate goal would be to display the terrain so they can navigate but overlay the terrain display on top of the real world display so objects that do move would still be there. Well at least their outlines would if you combine it with nightvision and thermal.
Who says you have to upgrade to 9? If 8 is working for you then just stay with 8. Don't upgrade for the sake of upgrading. (that applies to every single os and software app).
Yeah and pay extra for an import instead of just waiting till next week or another week after that. Afterall how long is someone going to just sit in front of the sp and play once they get it. It'll be more like "ok, thats really cool. Oh look its 70 and sunny out lets go outside."
I plan on getting one but I'm gonna wait a bit. I'll mainly use it for when I travel. Also by waiting maybe by the time I get around to getting one they'll have a black one out in the US.
According to what everyone who has played both an SP and a afterburner equiped GBA, the SP lighting is more even, no washout and much better than even a perfectly installed afterburner. You could take your GBA and trade it in for $40 off a SP at electronic boutique (i think thats the place thats doing the trade in).
Pioneer has a Pioneer Elite DVD, DVD-Audio, and SACD player with a firewire port (iLink). Its not a proprietary port like the Denon one. DV-47ai
Obviously some poeple "just don't get it". You see a comment about unemployment is a direct rag on people willing to public fund a bad sci-fi tv show just to get it on the air again. You see if they all had jobs they wouldn't have time for such silly pursuits.
Oh forget it...humor lost on slashdot humor impared crowd.
Please return back to your regular thrilling discussion of a cancelled bad scifi tv show.
We really need to get the unemployment rate down in this country...
Where is it? All I see is OS X.
They will be offering that in my new subdivision soon also. The other side of the main street has it but our side doesn't. I talked to a technican about it and he said don't bother. Its horribly slow. It may be better when the upgrade their pipe but until they do cable modem is faster. They will also be offering cable over the fiber but it doesn't have the technologies that timewarner does here. My whole house is wired with cat5e cable which is great and they have fiber going right up to the house, but until the big pipe at the main station is upgraded a whole lot its not worth it.
Actually you can carry nail clippers on a plane in your carry-on bag. The TSA web site has a PDF listing all the items that you can pack in your carry-on bags and your checked bags:
a _p pitems.pdf
http://www.tsa.dot.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/ts
Many of them surprised me because of all the press about certain basic items that were "supposedly" illegal.
Gameboy Advance SP, comes out in 2 weeks or so. I actually got to use one this last weekend and it is everything they say it is. Weighs practically nothing, screen is awesome and comfortable to hold.
Ahhh, so this is what people do while they are unemployeed instead of looking for work...
Don't forget to wait for the "Type R" version
I work from home on weekends sometimes and I surf and do personal stuff at work sometimes. Its a trade-off as far as I'm concerned. If they ever complained or took it away at work then they would see me in at 9 out at 5, right on the dot. I also wouldn't be doing any work at home. They don't trust me then I won't go the extra mile for them.
Do we really need another game rumors site to spread around false megaton rumors all over the place?
AICN is a waste of HD space as it is. AICG is gonna suck just as bad.
Its times like this that I wish I knew these people so I could tell them to their face that they are idiots! Yes you heard me Mr. Attorney Man. You are an idiot. Sueing because you don't like feedback that someone left you on ebay. What a retard.