Well, if you're a recording artist, surely having a more reliable method of creating CDs means that the "breakage" rate will go down and your profits will go up.
I'd be much happier with Chrome if they fixed the little things, like rendering checkboxes properly (especially when it breaks Gmail, of all things) or getting Flash to stop freezing after a few seconds of video after fast-forwarding (which breaks sites like Youtube)
What does he really expect to accomplish with these whining rants of his?
Does he think Amazon is going to give them money to shut up? Doubtful.
Is he going to increase sales of audio books to an alienated audience? Unlikely.
Will his shrill tone bring the march of technology to a screeching halt? All signs point to no.
I'm not quite sure what realistic outcome will come out of this, aside from drastically increasing the hit count of a google search for his name + "douchebag"
I can't envy his kids, ten years from now, discovering that family "legacy".
It's exactly this kind of bullshit that has killed PC gaming, and driven most of the video game development towards consoles.
Absent the "Next-Gen" feel of a PC platform (3D performance has always felt one generation ahead of consoles) players have no incentive to upgrade their PCs every 18 months like they did at the turn of the century.
In five years, the only games you'll be playing on your PC will be independent titles that can't get licensing agreements on XBL or WiiWare, and flash/browser games.
It does nothing to rehabilitate the accused, doesn't reward or "pay back" society for any injustice. It's just the biggest stick that you can use to say "Don't Do that"
Anything other than being "for it" or "against it" is simply splitting hairs. If you agree with capital punishment, then you have to accept the possibility that it could happen to you. If you don't, then you have to accept the possibility of higher crime rates.
Either way, it doesn't bring back anyone from the dead. Victims or criminals.
they're unlikely to meet the "public figure" criteria
They get paid by tax dollars, they're a public figure. I don't know what other criteria to use.
How public do they have to be? Do they need to represent a hundred citizens? A thousand? There are some schools that have twice that population, and there are some cities that don't.
You can't really mention Gibson and "Reasonable Technology" without bringing up his last two works, Pattern Recongition and Spook Country.
The 'Bridge' series was awesome and made for great escapism, but I think his "20-minutes into the future" take on modern day life is much more fascinating.
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I'll just take a ship full of Sixes, please.
wait, what?
The virtual passengers aren't destroyed, they're just sent to the moon. Bang-zoom, to the moon.
From these criteria, then the Sheriff should also sue the phone company, credit card companies, and hotels that rent by the hour.
You would think it's in Akamai's best interests to work with the government on privacy and security.
Unfortunately, all evidence points to "yes"
Wanna take bets on how many of those orders were done with stolen credit card numbers?
Well, if you're a recording artist, surely having a more reliable method of creating CDs means that the "breakage" rate will go down and your profits will go up.
right?
Not as of 12 hours ago.
I'd be much happier with Chrome if they fixed the little things, like rendering checkboxes properly (especially when it breaks Gmail, of all things) or getting Flash to stop freezing after a few seconds of video after fast-forwarding (which breaks sites like Youtube)
What does he really expect to accomplish with these whining rants of his?
Does he think Amazon is going to give them money to shut up? Doubtful.
Is he going to increase sales of audio books to an alienated audience? Unlikely.
Will his shrill tone bring the march of technology to a screeching halt? All signs point to no.
I'm not quite sure what realistic outcome will come out of this, aside from drastically increasing the hit count of a google search for his name + "douchebag"
I can't envy his kids, ten years from now, discovering that family "legacy".
Whatever else you do, make sure you give them the passcodes when they ask for them.
Typhoon:
Highs:
4x Miner IIs
4x Arbalest Cruises
Mids:
2x Shield Expander II
2x Invuln Field II
Lows:
7x Cargohold Expander II
Drones:
5x Ogre II
That is how you mine.
Tell you what, mr. CEO, - When you have a chip that not only does teraflops with SIMD but can actually CONTROL a motherboard, let us know.
This. This is EXACTLY the reason for this argument, and this is where nVidia plans to go.
See also: nVidia's "ION" platform and ATX-2500 "applications processor" projects
It's exactly this kind of bullshit that has killed PC gaming, and driven most of the video game development towards consoles.
Absent the "Next-Gen" feel of a PC platform (3D performance has always felt one generation ahead of consoles) players have no incentive to upgrade their PCs every 18 months like they did at the turn of the century.
In five years, the only games you'll be playing on your PC will be independent titles that can't get licensing agreements on XBL or WiiWare, and flash/browser games.
Thank you, Intel and nVidia.
Have we really gotten so strange in this day and age that some passwords are now considered "property"?
If I steal the keys to your car, who owns your car?
Capital Punishment is a deterrent, nothing more.
It does nothing to rehabilitate the accused, doesn't reward or "pay back" society for any injustice. It's just the biggest stick that you can use to say "Don't Do that"
Anything other than being "for it" or "against it" is simply splitting hairs. If you agree with capital punishment, then you have to accept the possibility that it could happen to you. If you don't, then you have to accept the possibility of higher crime rates.
Either way, it doesn't bring back anyone from the dead. Victims or criminals.
they're unlikely to meet the "public figure" criteria
They get paid by tax dollars, they're a public figure. I don't know what other criteria to use.
How public do they have to be? Do they need to represent a hundred citizens? A thousand? There are some schools that have twice that population, and there are some cities that don't.
Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake.
Or, on Ebay you can get youself a Palm Tungsten TX with Wifi for under a hundred bucks.
And you can play Bejewelled on it.
"The Client we paid developers to make for us was not up to par with a free client supported by volunteers."
Translation: our hiring team don't know their asses from their elbows.
What would you estimate the percentage of "CDs sold out of the musician's trunks" to be compared to the RIAA stats.
Keep in mind, this is a company that still adds in a breakage fee, for digital downloads
I believe he's been made outdated by Wikipedia Wales.
He must be learning.
Since then, he's decided it's better just to make the words up as he goes along.
The PC tech was bubkus.
The encryption stuff read like a nice beginner's intro to ROT-13 and the Caesar cypher though.
You can't really mention Gibson and "Reasonable Technology" without bringing up his last two works, Pattern Recongition and Spook Country.
The 'Bridge' series was awesome and made for great escapism, but I think his "20-minutes into the future" take on modern day life is much more fascinating.