The US and other countries all started off back in the ages as the same basic place as the other poor countries of today. But, we worked, educated ourselves, and did what it took to grow, industrialize and progress. They could have done the same thing way back when, but, for some reason did not.
Boy, the things people will make up to justify their own philosophy.
Some countries and peoples, I guess are just naturally fucked up. There have always been 'haves' and 'have nots' in this world. That will never change.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have to be a monopoly to practice monopolistic practices. Apple is not a monopoly in any market.
Not to mention that they've licensed Fairplay before (to Motorola) and doubtless they'll do it again. Real didn't offer any compelling reason to license Fairplay. That doesn't mean Apple is monopoly.
The competition don't do the same level of R&D that Apple does, they don't develop their OS and usually simply re-badge something others made for them (think Dell's MP3 player).
Actually, I'm thinking iPod. Since it was a "rebadging of something others made for them."
As was DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, Shake, etc.
Apple was/is not in any serious danger because of these leaks. Steve Jobs is fanatical about secrecy, and he is suing because he's angry. That's it.
To compare the peril of a successful multibillion dollar company with that of a broke college kid who's about to be sued to kingdom come is ridiculous. From a PR standpoint it's bad, from a developer relationship standpoint it's bad, from anything but a you-screwed-me-so-I'm-gonna-screw-you-worse standpoint it's bad.
Yes, Apple is within its legal rights to sue an NDA violator. But that's not with this is about, it's about Jobs overreacting and wanting to make an example out of somebody. And that makes me puke, almost as much as people who will defend Apple for this heavy-handed behavior.
And blindly using whatever Apple thinks is best without making a choice is better somehow? Spare me.
He actually meant "I can use whatever email program I want." There are dozens available for the Mac.
Heaven forbid we have to actually think while using our machines. To get the other benefits PCs have over Macs, i'll gladly spend the 2 seconds to delete a message when I get something suspicious.
Having to "actually think" (in other words, worry and take time) is in no cases superior to having to take no time. As for the "other benefits" that PCs have, you're entitled to your opinion.
Because Windows has a vastly bigger market share and properties that make it easier to get malware on. Thus it is targeted more than Apple.
That is one clumsy first sentence! Windows "properties" include the registry, tight integration between the web browser and the Core OS, and poor QA. This accounts for Windows security failures as much as market share does.
The whole "OMG you have to actually do something to secure your computer, Windows sux0rs!" line Mac zealots love to spout is just plain wrong.
It isn't hard work, it doesn't take a lot of time, and I consider actually having to think a little far preferable to being a zombie Mac zealot like you.
Working harder to get to the same goal is not praiseworthy. If you decide to move boxes manually instead of with a forklift, and you can't deliver inventory on time, you can't tell your customers "Well, it's not that much slower-and at least I'm getting a workout!"
If ever the day comes when a virus/worm on the scale of some of the Windows nasties is developed for Apples, the vast majority of the community is going to have absolutely no idea how to deal with it.
1)Keep waiting for that day, so you can be vindicated!
2)Viruses/trojans hit Windows users a couple times per year, and costs businesses billions of dollars. Yet Windows users still seem to have "absolutely no idea" how to secure their computers. So if you're arguing that Windows security flaws have encouraged people to learn good security practices, you're wrong.
The key to me is being to able to get HD content on and off the box. DVR makers so far have been very sensitive's to Hollywood's concerns, so that right now there is no easy or cheap way to do that with any mainstream DVR's.
That's why I recommend getting a DVHS player and an STB by 169time.com. This will allow you to copy your HD content via FW so you don't have to worry about losing it when your box goes bad. The 169time boxes are pretty expensive, but I think they're worth it, considering how DRM-crazy Hollywood and their minions in the electronics industry have become.
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XBox is superior hardware, and good gaming library, why is it doing so poorly
Superior to what? The Xbox library is made up mostly of games that are ported from another platform (PS2 or Windows).
In Japan, apartmetn space comes at a premium, and most are unwilling to give up that space for a huge-ass system like the Xbox, without some great exclusive games. Ninja Gaiden and Halo just aren't good enough.
I'm sure cultural bigotry has a little to do with it, but so does Microsoft's cavalier attitude towards the Japanese market. It has cost them, and I doubt they'll be able to gain a foothold in Japan unless they buy out a huge developer like Konami or Capcom...
Anyone who hasn't read his blog posting, check it out. It reflects poorly on the National Academy of Television Arts & Scientists that this guy is the chair of the advanced media.
If you've got any background in A/V design, you'll probably notice the following in his post:
Complains that the box doesn't support BNC or Dsub15 connectors for component out. Consumer grade boxes generally do not.
"What! No volume control? Nope, the digital audio output is not controllable from the cable remote. You are expected to pipe that digital output through a receiver, where it can be converted to waves that your ears can hear. You adjust the volume there, just like any other device that has digital output (DVD player, DVHS, cable box, etc).
"How is this experience worth the $10,000+ I spent to achieve it?" Various appeals to brand name and amount of money spent. This reveals that he doesn't know what he's talking about. BOSE (outside their marketing department) is not respected among Pro A/V circles. This guy clearly expects he can spend his way to a great A/V setup, a decidely anti-geek and anti-A/V professional stance.
Complaints about the 'blurriness' of SD material A good TV will reveal flaws in source material. Large screen TVs, HDTVs, and poor scaling are the likely culprits here-as any A/V professional would know.
This blog post is still useful-you wouldn't believe how many people who have more money than sense buy and HDTV and hook up all the sources through the RF input (channel 3). Mr. Palmer's disappointment with HDTV mirrors the uninformed early adopter experience happening across the USA!
Here's my impression from reading your post for less than 10 seconds, while intoxicated.
You read a lot of 'hardware sites' which will help you find the best computer hardware, since these sites are not propped up by computer hardware retailers, staffed by semiliterate high school kids with delusions of grandeur, or big fans of unscientific 'performance testing'.
Processor money object karma toast. Fuck floating point and fuck you too, you know even less than me! And you know what, at least I know that I don't know. Do your worst, sex fiend lazerby!
DVHS is an awesome archival format. Any DVHS player you buy has an extremely high quality ADC so you can record hours of old VHS tapes onto DVHS-about 9 hours per DVHS at virtually indistinguishable from source copy.
Also, you can go to 169time to get an STB with HD-firewire out. Expensive, but not copyright-crippled at all...not too shabby!
Only if you believe that Congress is always wrong, and the Supreme Court is always right. Remember the Supreme Court has ruled that returning slaves to their owners is constitutional, "separate but equal" education is constitutional, and paper currency is unconstitutional.
It is the public's responsibility to elect officials that do not create, sponsor, or vote for blatantly unconstitutional bills.
How would you like to have a chip built into your car that automatically charges your bank account $100 for speeding every time you exceed the speed limit?
You wouldn't? But you're breaking the law, shouldn't you want it to be enforced?
There's a difference between enforcing the law and keeping the peace. A good policeman knows when it's proper to warn, when it's proper to arrest, and when it's proper to look the other way.
Here's what happens when a cop makes a poor decision to enforce laws "by the book." Costs the department hundreds of thousands of dollars just to arrest and detain, and more to defend false arrest lawsuits. K Mart's late-night business also undoubtedly suffers; who will shop there at night, knowing they could be arrested for no reason?
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I would kill for a decent browser on PocketPC(2002). I know it's a Microsoft platform, and worse yet, it's a total half-baked mess, but I have to use it at work. Pocket Internet Explorer can't even access OWA (outlook web access properly). I know that a real browser could easily fit into 32MB RAM with 400mhz of ARM power, I just don't see Microsoft providing that.
Mozilla, VLC, and a decent MP3 player would make the PocketPC almost bareable.
Isn't this fellow employed by Apple now? BeOS was on of those "it looks great on paper" OSes that couldn't hang with Microsoft's Monopoly OS. I hear many of the advantages of the BeFS are being worked into Journaled HFS+ (Mac OS X 10.3's filesystem of choice). Does anyone care to comment on that?
You in the back, with the face...you look like you want to say something-
Sony was first to market over the N64 and Saturn (technically, the Saturn was first, but it was priced well out of reach and not available in most stores) and it won handily. So basically, you proved the guy's point.
This is really, really fucking funny. And it makes a great point...what's so great about the stories in RPGs? Almost all of them are grade-F "reluctant messiah" stories, with all the worst aspects of Sweet Valley High novels thrown in for extra pizzazz. Seriously, either they sound like they were written by a Japanese schoolgirl on ecstasy, or a basement-dwelling dwarfartard whose best work is faint echoes of Star Trek fanfic.
Honestly, why look to games for great storytelling? You may as well proclaim the fucking operating manual for your TV set as great literature because you love watching TV.
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The US and other countries all started off back in the ages as the same basic place as the other poor countries of today. But, we worked, educated ourselves, and did what it took to grow, industrialize and progress. They could have done the same thing way back when, but, for some reason did not.
Boy, the things people will make up to justify their own philosophy.
Some countries and peoples, I guess are just naturally fucked up. There have always been 'haves' and 'have nots' in this world. That will never change.
Congradulations, you're a fascist.
I'm hear, I'm a hater of Primani Prickwad, now get with the removing of the Karma, Slashbot Janitors!
I would have gotten FP, but consolidation has forced me out of the market!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have to be a monopoly to practice monopolistic practices. Apple is not a monopoly in any market.
Not to mention that they've licensed Fairplay before (to Motorola) and doubtless they'll do it again. Real didn't offer any compelling reason to license Fairplay. That doesn't mean Apple is monopoly.
The competition don't do the same level of R&D that Apple does, they don't develop their OS and usually simply re-badge something others made for them (think Dell's MP3 player).
Actually, I'm thinking iPod. Since it was a "rebadging of something others made for them."
As was DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, Shake, etc.
Apple was/is not in any serious danger because of these leaks. Steve Jobs is fanatical about secrecy, and he is suing because he's angry. That's it.
To compare the peril of a successful multibillion dollar company with that of a broke college kid who's about to be sued to kingdom come is ridiculous. From a PR standpoint it's bad, from a developer relationship standpoint it's bad, from anything but a you-screwed-me-so-I'm-gonna-screw-you-worse standpoint it's bad.
Yes, Apple is within its legal rights to sue an NDA violator. But that's not with this is about, it's about Jobs overreacting and wanting to make an example out of somebody. And that makes me puke, almost as much as people who will defend Apple for this heavy-handed behavior.
An HD vagina is disconcerting. Its like the eye of sauron.
Worse than a real vagina?
Oh, that's right. You've never seen one!
Do left-handed gamers really have a hard time with it? I'm a lefty, and I've never really had problems with supposedly right handed control schemes.
I saw a 503, just reporting that the server is busy.
And blindly using whatever Apple thinks is best without making a choice is better somehow? Spare me.
He actually meant "I can use whatever email program I want." There are dozens available for the Mac.
Heaven forbid we have to actually think while using our machines. To get the other benefits PCs have over Macs, i'll gladly spend the 2 seconds to delete a message when I get something suspicious.
Having to "actually think" (in other words, worry and take time) is in no cases superior to having to take no time. As for the "other benefits" that PCs have, you're entitled to your opinion.
Because Windows has a vastly bigger market share and properties that make it easier to get malware on. Thus it is targeted more than Apple.
That is one clumsy first sentence! Windows "properties" include the registry, tight integration between the web browser and the Core OS, and poor QA. This accounts for Windows security failures as much as market share does.
The whole "OMG you have to actually do something to secure your computer, Windows sux0rs!" line Mac zealots love to spout is just plain wrong.
It isn't hard work, it doesn't take a lot of time, and I consider actually having to think a little far preferable to being a zombie Mac zealot like you.
Working harder to get to the same goal is not praiseworthy. If you decide to move boxes manually instead of with a forklift, and you can't deliver inventory on time, you can't tell your customers "Well, it's not that much slower-and at least I'm getting a workout!"
If ever the day comes when a virus/worm on the scale of some of the Windows nasties is developed for Apples, the vast majority of the community is going to have absolutely no idea how to deal with it.
1)Keep waiting for that day, so you can be vindicated!
2)Viruses/trojans hit Windows users a couple times per year, and costs businesses billions of dollars. Yet Windows users still seem to have "absolutely no idea" how to secure their computers. So if you're arguing that Windows security flaws have encouraged people to learn good security practices, you're wrong.
The key to me is being to able to get HD content on and off the box. DVR makers so far have been very sensitive's to Hollywood's concerns, so that right now there is no easy or cheap way to do that with any mainstream DVR's.
That's why I recommend getting a DVHS player and an STB by 169time.com. This will allow you to copy your HD content via FW so you don't have to worry about losing it when your box goes bad. The 169time boxes are pretty expensive, but I think they're worth it, considering how DRM-crazy Hollywood and their minions in the electronics industry have become.
XBox is superior hardware, and good gaming library, why is it doing so poorly
Superior to what? The Xbox library is made up mostly of games that are ported from another platform (PS2 or Windows).
In Japan, apartmetn space comes at a premium, and most are unwilling to give up that space for a huge-ass system like the Xbox, without some great exclusive games. Ninja Gaiden and Halo just aren't good enough.
I'm sure cultural bigotry has a little to do with it, but so does Microsoft's cavalier attitude towards the Japanese market. It has cost them, and I doubt they'll be able to gain a foothold in Japan unless they buy out a huge developer like Konami or Capcom...
When you sell something, then speak.
ARF!
If you've got any background in A/V design, you'll probably notice the following in his post:
Various appeals to brand name and amount of money spent. This reveals that he doesn't know what he's talking about. BOSE (outside their marketing department) is not respected among Pro A/V circles. This guy clearly expects he can spend his way to a great A/V setup, a decidely anti-geek and anti-A/V professional stance.
Complaints about the 'blurriness' of SD material A good TV will reveal flaws in source material. Large screen TVs, HDTVs, and poor scaling are the likely culprits here-as any A/V professional would know.
This blog post is still useful-you wouldn't believe how many people who have more money than sense buy and HDTV and hook up all the sources through the RF input (channel 3). Mr. Palmer's disappointment with HDTV mirrors the uninformed early adopter experience happening across the USA!
Like, legal weed and xanax and shit? Sign me UP!
Here's my impression from reading your post for less than 10 seconds, while intoxicated.
You read a lot of 'hardware sites' which will help you find the best computer hardware, since these sites are not propped up by computer hardware retailers, staffed by semiliterate high school kids with delusions of grandeur, or big fans of unscientific 'performance testing'.
Processor money object karma toast. Fuck floating point and fuck you too, you know even less than me! And you know what, at least I know that I don't know. Do your worst, sex fiend lazerby!
I read this, I think, and I peed a little in my drawers.
For America. And Jesus.
DVHS is an awesome archival format. Any DVHS player you buy has an extremely high quality ADC so you can record hours of old VHS tapes onto DVHS-about 9 hours per DVHS at virtually indistinguishable from source copy.
Also, you can go to 169time to get an STB with HD-firewire out. Expensive, but not copyright-crippled at all...not too shabby!
Only if you believe that Congress is always wrong, and the Supreme Court is always right. Remember the Supreme Court has ruled that returning slaves to their owners is constitutional, "separate but equal" education is constitutional, and paper currency is unconstitutional.
It is the public's responsibility to elect officials that do not create, sponsor, or vote for blatantly unconstitutional bills.
How would you like to have a chip built into your car that automatically charges your bank account $100 for speeding every time you exceed the speed limit?
You wouldn't? But you're breaking the law, shouldn't you want it to be enforced?
There's a difference between enforcing the law and keeping the peace. A good policeman knows when it's proper to warn, when it's proper to arrest, and when it's proper to look the other way.
Here's
what happens when a cop makes a poor decision to enforce laws "by the book." Costs the department hundreds of thousands of dollars just to arrest and detain, and more to defend false arrest lawsuits. K Mart's late-night business also undoubtedly suffers; who will shop there at night, knowing they could be arrested for no reason?
I would kill for a decent browser on PocketPC(2002). I know it's a Microsoft platform, and worse yet, it's a total half-baked mess, but I have to use it at work. Pocket Internet Explorer can't even access OWA (outlook web access properly). I know that a real browser could easily fit into 32MB RAM with 400mhz of ARM power, I just don't see Microsoft providing that.
Mozilla, VLC, and a decent MP3 player would make the PocketPC almost bareable.
Does this post make me look fat?
Isn't this fellow employed by Apple now? BeOS was on of those "it looks great on paper" OSes that couldn't hang with Microsoft's Monopoly OS. I hear many of the advantages of the BeFS are being worked into Journaled HFS+ (Mac OS X 10.3's filesystem of choice). Does anyone care to comment on that?
You in the back, with the face...you look like you want to say something-
O ;; sicl you're dick for a nickle. Penis crap scoopula flakes, you get me my man?
Maybe I'm being too cocky in believing I'm better than the "experts", but I seem to be right more often than not.
Really? Because you're wrong about AOL, wrong about Sun , and wrong about Apple. Tell us, what HAVE you been right about?
Sony was first to market over the N64 and Saturn (technically, the Saturn was first, but it was priced well out of reach and not available in most stores) and it won handily. So basically, you proved the guy's point.
This is really, really fucking funny. And it makes a great point...what's so great about the stories in RPGs? Almost all of them are grade-F "reluctant messiah" stories, with all the worst aspects of Sweet Valley High novels thrown in for extra pizzazz. Seriously, either they sound like they were written by a Japanese schoolgirl on ecstasy, or a basement-dwelling dwarfartard whose best work is faint echoes of Star Trek fanfic.
Honestly, why look to games for great storytelling? You may as well proclaim the fucking operating manual for your TV set as great literature because you love watching TV.