But few people will ever hear the truth so the lie will be perpetuated, and laws will continue to be passed, and more restrictions will be put into place.
True, but one voice that is driving the boat. Plus they have a history as a corporation that pretty much matches his non customer-centric philosophy. He's forgot who he ultimately works working for. Without customers, you don't exist.
Ya, damn those customers for wanting what they want now instead of having to wait.
Oh wait, this is Sony, who has a history of screwing their customers for generations now. *yawn*
This is a non story from yet another company who just doesn't "get it" and thinks its still 1950 ( at least in their business practices, they do have some cool tech of course ).
Will be activated when you try to read a book they ( or the government or a host of other organizations ) consider offensive, or containing forbidden language.
We need an OSS reader, but i know that isn't realistic due to the investment in the hardware.
If they were to spend the entire day following you, and recording your every move just for fun, there would be some constitutional issues. This is the same as what the GPS is doing.
If its not "just for fun", they can get a warrant.
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So many people haven't even bothered moving to 2007 due to the lack of *useful* new features, why do we care 2010 is coming?
Same story with Vista, there was no real compelling reason to deal with it.
But few people will ever hear the truth so the lie will be perpetuated, and laws will continue to be passed, and more restrictions will be put into place.
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Relax, he's just one voice of a thousand at Sony.
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True, but one voice that is driving the boat. Plus they have a history as a corporation that pretty much matches his non customer-centric philosophy. He's forgot who he ultimately works working for. Without customers, you don't exist.
Ya, damn those customers for wanting what they want now instead of having to wait.
Oh wait, this is Sony, who has a history of screwing their customers for generations now. *yawn*
This is a non story from yet another company who just doesn't "get it" and thinks its still 1950 ( at least in their business practices, they do have some cool tech of course ).
Yet another reason for us all to be using it.
Would it matter with the 100s of millions of books that are already there they have go to thru first?
Wish i had that at home, would love to scan a lot of my stuff but refuse to cut it.
Unless they are talking the same BS you want to propose to management on your pet project, then they are of great value.
How long before a wireless 'update' prevents you from reading anything but approved files?
How long?
Nothing else, having native PDF in the kindle 1 would be nice.
The do, but this isn't baseless so it wasn't triggered.
Flags like that are part of the DRM concept at its core, so its only logical.
Will be activated when you try to read a book they ( or the government or a host of other organizations ) consider offensive, or containing forbidden language.
We need an OSS reader, but i know that isn't realistic due to the investment in the hardware.
I say sue amazon into oblivion.
They need to take into account what is being processed in the background too.
Don't want a compilation slowed down just because you get bored and nod off.
Ethics and morals are relative. The only ones that count are your own.
The hell its not.
Last i heard you had the right to free speech in this country.
If they want to print sex ads to adults, so be it. Don't like sex ads, well don't read those sections.
Which is worse? i donno.
We just call the Azgards for help.
Its 2009, the world is different, get over it and adjust your business models.
Its a new team in town, with a different set of friends that need to be 'greased'.
Its just typical ( shortsighted ) politics at work here. Nothing new.
That is my first thought. Scary as it may be.
Isn't any different, and i don't see any jail time associated with that sort of act.
This is a joke right? How the hell can the government make that a crime?
May be silly, but its his choice.
"Observe" and tail for hours on end are 2 different things.
If they were to spend the entire day following you, and recording your every move just for fun, there would be some constitutional issues. This is the same as what the GPS is doing.
If its not "just for fun", they can get a warrant.