In IT the "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it" rule only works if your systems do not need to connect to other computers OUTSIDE of you company and do not need/want changes.
Actually "Own it today" is false advertising but nobody seems to care that they have been scammed.
What is it that you "Own"? 1-A license to view a copy of the movie? => No, you do not get a discount on a replacement copy of the disc when It gets damaged.
2-A physical copy of the movie (like a book)? => No, if you copy it you go to jail longer than if you would have stolen it from a store.
Minority governments are the way to go for now. Liberals+Conservatives in Canada are no different than Dems+GOP in the US. They are all for sale at a price and any politician in a place of power is already bought by the corps.
We need a 3rd option that is: -near the Center-right of the political spectrum -Is not a political party for a Special Interest Group (NDP=Unions, Green=Enviro-at-any-cost, etc)
Not quite. Many people still don't feel like having a "cloud" service in the Internet hold the only copy of my documents. They can and will hold the files hostage if I stop paying, if they go belly up or if the government says so. Unlike money, documents don't loose value in a mattress.
"However, Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support the Itanium and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will be the last version to support the Itanium.[14][15]"
"if they can lay fiber to my house for internet and tv service" sounds like FIOS. Make sure your copper phones lines get to stay in case you want to leave from them later.
RCN users may not have another ship to jump to. Unless regular citizens build their own wireless network for P2P or Google gets into the ISP business, they (and the rest of us later) are screwed.
"And since the docking unit provides only one USB port, maybe a USB hub would also be useful. Even if you're willing to lug them around together, it's a bit inconvenient."
I wouldn't worry about it. I can see an add-on that uses the docking port to give you that USB port on the go. That's what 3rd party products are for.
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They give your PC a cookie and then they can see by your history how old you are, your favorite porn sites, if you're gay, etc.
Then they sell that info to advertisers and their ilk.
What?
You draw numbers on the ground with it and it dials that number?
you give love
In IT the "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it" rule only works if your systems do not need to connect to other computers OUTSIDE of you company and do not need/want changes.
a media event!
If they would build a space tug then they could also divert killer asteroids away from earth.
IOW: nothing will be done unless cable/sat TV is knocked out in the USA. TV keep the people happy, as in "bread and circuses".
Even if the US would have such a capability they would not tip their hand to show it off.
Why show your enemies what you can really do?
for the Latin-impaired:
procto = ass, rectum, butt hole
FYI: "Digital Copy" are ONE SHOT.
You pick between Windows' WMV or Apple's Quicktime formats and hope nothing happens during the decryption process from the disc.
You picked the wrong format or your kid pulled the plug. Sorry! buy it again!
Actually "Own it today" is false advertising but nobody seems to care that they have been scammed.
What is it that you "Own"?
1-A license to view a copy of the movie? => No, you do not get a discount on a replacement copy of the disc when It gets damaged.
2-A physical copy of the movie (like a book)? => No, if you copy it you go to jail longer than if you would have stolen it from a store.
3-Nothing!
Maybe those aliens got bored of probing like these ones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz7sBTHtcLU
Wont happen.
TV now exist to pacify the populace.
If you can kill TV, THEN people will has time for themselves and your revolution.
Minority governments are the way to go for now.
Liberals+Conservatives in Canada are no different than Dems+GOP in the US.
They are all for sale at a price and any politician in a place of power is already bought by the corps.
We need a 3rd option that is:
-near the Center-right of the political spectrum
-Is not a political party for a Special Interest Group (NDP=Unions, Green=Enviro-at-any-cost, etc)
Not quite.
Many people still don't feel like having a "cloud" service in the Internet hold the only copy of my documents. They can and will hold the files hostage if I stop paying, if they go belly up or if the government says so. Unlike money, documents don't loose value in a mattress.
re:I'm only really worried about how they're going to ruin HTML5 as a result of this (whether deliberately or accidentally).
Just like MS and Netscape did with HTML-extension in the old days. It's the EEE method.
FYI: MS will now drop Itanium support after Windows2008R2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium#Software_support
"However, Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support the Itanium and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will be the last version to support the Itanium.[14][15]"
IOW: this is a marketing ploy
You mean like PGP that will now be made by Symantec?
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/04/29/1552249
You can just bet there will be backdoors for the NSA/CIA/FBI/etc in no time.
You know what I meant.
A HTML-Video blocker.
Not to mention that you know iPhone will always lag waaaayy behind the desktop versions of Flash.
Meanwhile, hackers will make Flash on iPhone the preferred target just for bragging rights.
Flash is a CPU hog on *any* platform, it has to either go on a diet or go away.
PS:Can't wait for the annoying HTML5 ads to replace the annoying Flash ads. Is a HTML5-blocker add-ons in the works?
DWB = http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=DWB
Therefore
FWN = Flying While Nigerian
"if they can lay fiber to my house for internet and tv service"
sounds like FIOS.
Make sure your copper phones lines get to stay in case you want to leave from them later.
RCN users may not have another ship to jump to.
Unless regular citizens build their own wireless network for P2P or Google gets into the ISP business, they (and the rest of us later) are screwed.
"And since the docking unit provides only one USB port, maybe a USB hub would also be useful. Even if you're willing to lug them around together, it's a bit inconvenient."
I wouldn't worry about it. I can see an add-on that uses the docking port to give you that USB port on the go. That's what 3rd party products are for.
Birds of a feather flock together.
This will be interesting seeing 2 back-stabbers "playing nice" but who will stab the other first.