I agree with this completely. No matter how little you charge for something, some people will always pirate it. Hell, even if you give it away for free they'll still pirate it (if that makes sense).
What the MIAA needs to understand is that I want to be able to watch Game of Thrones at the same time as the US, without having to subscribe to 3 sports channels and 8 movie channels and I want to be able to download it from NetFlix, PSN, Love Film, Xbox etc.
I'm happy to rent the episode (as in, it expires after 24 hours), as long as it's reasonably priced (e.g. 1GBP for the SD version, 2GBP for the HD version.
They should just try it one day with something fairly popular just to see what happens.
Even though it's got nothing to do with Apple, I'm still going to blame them anyway since, as we all know, everyone copies off Apple, be it rounded corners or patent trolling
I used to be a die hard Amiga fan and I still dip into the scene every now and again to see what's going on.
They seem to have a fairly decent browser in the form of a Firefox port called Timberwolf, but it's quite sad to see the amount of effort they have to through just to watch a video on YouTube.
Likewise, USB support is still quite lacking (I'm not even sure they have USB2 support yet), and most of the software is just ports of Linux software (Blender etc.)
It's interesting to see what's going on, but it'll only ever be a hobby. Some of them still seem to think the Amiga will take over the world one day.
"This isn't so much a circle as a square, what the hell's going on?!" "Oh, that's because the chip in your machine doesn't accurately define PI, it rounds the value up" "To what?" "4"
"The company doesnâ(TM)t reveal how it works, but they appear to be flooding clients with fake information, masquerading as legitimate peers."
All it would take is for a client to verify to data in the chunk (probably by it's MD5 or SHA), and if it's busted then try and download it again from the same peer. If it fails the second time then just ban the peer.
Trade-in prices is what put me off going to Game. I'd take in something recent, like, say, Street Fighter X Tekken and they'd give me maybe 13GBP for it, or 16 if it wasn't "scratched". They'd then sell it second hand for 30GBP (or 28 if it doesn't come with instructions or a box).
Meanwhile, the independent shop near it, CEX, would give me 28GBP cash, or 30GBP exchange.
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I like the iPhone but am waiting on the 5 before I upgrade, especially since it's just a couple of months away.
Closely followed by the 5S just after Christmas.
there are equally credible rumors [macrumors.com] that Apple will be making an adapter.
To be sold separately.
And they also shouldn't be allowed to breed.
I agree with this completely. No matter how little you charge for something, some people will always pirate it. Hell, even if you give it away for free they'll still pirate it (if that makes sense).
What the MIAA needs to understand is that I want to be able to watch Game of Thrones at the same time as the US, without having to subscribe to 3 sports channels and 8 movie channels and I want to be able to download it from NetFlix, PSN, Love Film, Xbox etc.
I'm happy to rent the episode (as in, it expires after 24 hours), as long as it's reasonably priced (e.g. 1GBP for the SD version, 2GBP for the HD version.
They should just try it one day with something fairly popular just to see what happens.
Even though it's got nothing to do with Apple, I'm still going to blame them anyway since, as we all know, everyone copies off Apple, be it rounded corners or patent trolling
Guess Linux users will just have to wait for the PS3 version!
(Runs and hides)
I used to be a die hard Amiga fan and I still dip into the scene every now and again to see what's going on.
They seem to have a fairly decent browser in the form of a Firefox port called Timberwolf, but it's quite sad to see the amount of effort they have to through just to watch a video on YouTube.
Likewise, USB support is still quite lacking (I'm not even sure they have USB2 support yet), and most of the software is just ports of Linux software (Blender etc.)
It's interesting to see what's going on, but it'll only ever be a hobby. Some of them still seem to think the Amiga will take over the world one day.
640 removals should be enough for anybody!
Yes!
http://xkcd.com/619/
I'm on IE6 and don't have to pay the tax lol.
Good heavens, what an unfortunate name for a Linux release.
You think that's bad, Ubuntu 13.04 is going to be called Rampant Rabbit.
At this point, Facebook has nowhere to go but down.
"This isn't so much a circle as a square, what the hell's going on?!"
"Oh, that's because the chip in your machine doesn't accurately define PI, it rounds the value up"
"To what?"
"4"
It's probably still got more users than Diaspora*
(Ducks)
I do not remember it any of the three Star War Movies.
Weren't there 6 movies?
"The company doesnâ(TM)t reveal how it works, but they appear to be flooding clients with fake information, masquerading as legitimate peers."
All it would take is for a client to verify to data in the chunk (probably by it's MD5 or SHA), and if it's busted then try and download it again from the same peer. If it fails the second time then just ban the peer.
But I imagine they already do this, don't they?
Wilbur's eyes used to move in his Slashdot 1.0 icon. Please change it back.
The OP is probably a hunt and peck typist.
Looks like PC Pro's Barry Collins weak password wasn't ultimately a problem.
Now that US airports are treating their own citizens as badly as they do foreigners, they can no longer be accused of being racist.
That's very very good!
Evidently, end-users prefer Chrome at home, which might be helping the browser get a foothold at work.
Or, my employer won't let me install any software on my work machine so I'm stuck with IE(6).
Fry (a human): Man, I wish we had a robot to do stuff!
Bender (a robot): I know, right?
FTFY.
Didn't think so, therefore I'm not interested.
It runs on the PS3, and the PS3 (sort of) runs Linux.
*ducks*
Trade-in prices is what put me off going to Game. I'd take in something recent, like, say, Street Fighter X Tekken and they'd give me maybe 13GBP for it, or 16 if it wasn't "scratched". They'd then sell it second hand for 30GBP (or 28 if it doesn't come with instructions or a box).
Meanwhile, the independent shop near it, CEX, would give me 28GBP cash, or 30GBP exchange.