I do not have itunes installed on my main home machine or my office machine. Neither have ever had that piece of software installed, ONLY quicktime for viewing whatever videos I needed to view at that time.
I was alerted on both of these machines via the Apple Software Update that a new version of iTunes was available. I don't care Go away apple, die in a fire
“Our customers have expressed a desire to share their digital games among friends and family members, just as current retail games, books, DVDs, and other physical media can be shared,”
No, this is like giving your family or friends exclusive use of all your books, DVDs and other physical media. Nobody can read The Two Towers while someone reads The Hobbit, while the owner of the library reads Snowcrash.
They are going to be modifying web pages with this popup crap? They will be actively scanning every page I go to to see if there is a link to something on some master lists somewhere, modify every HTML page I download to include some sort of script to create a pop-up?
Really?
I guess they could maybe just intercept all HTTP requests that go to specific hosts and URIs and supplant the destination with a replacement HTML page... much better
unfortunately it has a cascading effect of pushing lower quality products to other stores, and raising prices of actual quality of pushing quality off the market entirely.
However, Wal-Mart force quality down with their push for lower prices. Lower quality means rebuying the same things over and over to replace broken or useless items. Using plastic in place of metal in household appliance gearing, for example. Clothes are also not lasting as long and poorer quality.
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did you even read the news release about sharing the steam library last week? Only one person can play the library at a time
My computer has a perfectly good couple of monitors, why would I want to not use those to game on?
Why would I want to take over the TV so that nobody else in the house can use it to watch TV?
How is this off topic? New iPhone means new iTunes... even if you don't have it installed!
I do not have itunes installed on my main home machine or my office machine.
Neither have ever had that piece of software installed, ONLY quicktime for viewing whatever videos I needed to view at that time.
I was alerted on both of these machines via the Apple Software Update that a new version of iTunes was available. I don't care
Go away apple, die in a fire
From the announcement:
“Our customers have expressed a desire to share their digital games among friends and family members, just as current retail games, books, DVDs, and other physical media can be shared,”
No, this is like giving your family or friends exclusive use of all your books, DVDs and other physical media. Nobody can read The Two Towers while someone reads The Hobbit, while the owner of the library reads Snowcrash.
the brother can't play quake 3 in the next room if I am playing anything in this room
I'd like to be able to play Civ V while someone else can play some other game in my library. Nope
No, if you want to play ANY game in your library it kicks them out.
I'm not sure however many days they wait in line is worth that
BTW, TFA was unreadable when I first came to this story... the site was slashdotted
You mean like have it shipped to your door and delivered on release day?
At this point, the only reason to line up for an iDevice is to get on TV. This is not different to survivor or Big Brother.
Why are there so few alternatives? Because egroups and onelist merged and yahoo bought them
Around here the demographics are everyone that wants to see a movie without driving an hour
Oracle hates java...
I don't build any such straw man. I pointed out the two methods that came to mind to obtain the desired results. Both of which are abhorrent.
They are going to be modifying web pages with this popup crap? They will be actively scanning every page I go to to see if there is a link to something on some master lists somewhere, modify every HTML page I download to include some sort of script to create a pop-up?
Really?
I guess they could maybe just intercept all HTTP requests that go to specific hosts and URIs and supplant the destination with a replacement HTML page... much better
When you combine this with the large rollouts of Virtual Desktops in the enterprise, it's a perfect storm for lower PC sales.
driving the quality down is good for nobody.
unfortunately it has a cascading effect of pushing lower quality products to other stores, and raising prices of actual quality of pushing quality off the market entirely.
However, Wal-Mart force quality down with their push for lower prices. Lower quality means rebuying the same things over and over to replace broken or useless items.
Using plastic in place of metal in household appliance gearing, for example. Clothes are also not lasting as long and poorer quality.
Funny, I don't remember typing or thinking anything of the sort.
That's kind of their point, to keep the masses that watch them entertained and misinformed. They seem to succeed at it.
Yes, and this IS stuff that matters in all contexts.
A wedding may be a religious ceremony. Weddings happen without religion and happened long before religion.
Marriages too.
stuff that matters.