The hint system was just an in-game implementation of the InvisiClues that they used to make. The electronic implementation was introduced in the Solid Gold line of discount repricings of the big classic games without feelies and such. (H2G2, Planetfall, Zork I, Wishbringer, and Leather Goddesses of Phobos were the series.)
Later on, they added it to a couple of first releases as well - I know that Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head nor Tail of it had it as well.
Goddamn, I wish I had some modpoints. No matter which carrier they went with, that one would have had people gnashing teeth and rending garments because of bad experiences. Conversely, you'd have people who use the chosen one who all say that they haven't had any problems. (We haven't really had much problem with AT&T, for what that's worth.)
I'm all for figuring out a way to punish the legal fictional person that is a corporation in some of the same ways that we might a real person. If someone can figure out a good analogue for "jail" to punish a corporation with, I'd be a happy, happy man.
But the labels said that iTMS's flat pricing restricted them from dropping prices! You mean that Apple's STILL keeping them from dropping their prices even after this?
Or was that just a sham so that they could raise their "wholesale" price to Apple if they wanted?
Three guesses and the first two don't count.
Before the iPod, there has been no distinct road map for Apple, at least no easily identifiable one.
Except for the two-by-two product matrix that defined their computer releases from 1999 onwards. Other than that one which they mentioned in a lot of the keynotes, they didn't have an easily identifiable product plan.
(And as an aside, they broke that matrix once to make the Cube. Then they canned it.)
When I purchased my new MacBook Pro I saw it came with a cool little utility that will copy everything over from my old computer. So I hooked up both computers to my gigabit ethernet switch ready to copy, and then it told me it doesn't support network transfers (!!!)
Actually. they added that last year.
Yep, after checking, we see that Leopard has a BIG OL' "Use Network" button.
Meanwhile, the Windows wizard that I tried to use to do the same thing at work had a network option - except that the machines couldn't see each other. So it came down to having the co-worker who wants to be the techie rummage around in her drawer until she found the serial-to-serial cable that she had from PCAnywhere.
THAT was convenient and intuitive, and in the end still didn't transfer everything that I needed, so it still came down to taking the flash drive and getting the last couple of files from "My Documents".
"As for your "families who play casual games" deficiency: it's a total fabrication. The iMac is perfectly suitable for casual gaming, even with its supposedly inferior graphics."
Heck, I'm quite happy playing Orange Box stuff on the previous bottom-of-the-line aluminum iMac, and the biggest issue is load time between levels, not framerate or polygons pushed.
(Although I thought "casual gaming" meant things like Peggle or Bejeweled, which my old eMac could handle with no issues...)
I've heard Mac users will threaten to kill your dog, and they'll threaten to stick a lit cigarette in your eye too!
Oh, wait - that second one was a threat from someone complaining about Mac users. So sorry.
Maybe, just maybe, there's jackasses all around the topic?
(Personally, I just think that we need to string that Artie McStrawman bastard up by his thumbs. HE'S the one causing all this brouhaha. I'm sure that there's an equivalent on the Wintel side, but I haven't heard his name as yet - in any case, he needs to go as well.)
I wish those anime houses woudl contract or create their own companies do do it.
Like, oh, Bandai Visual? If you're whining about cost now, you'll be bitching up a lovely little storm with their releases. Good quality, and no dub for you to have to pay for, but... You'll be paying mighty hearty for 'em.
Or are you thinking of Toei's releases? If not, I don't blame you - I tried to forget those as well.
(At least Kadokawa's releases (through intermediaries, you'll note) have been pretty good with both quality and cost. So there's one out of three.)
No, the MediaFactory request was for all their works, not just licensed ones. In any case, even on the list AnimeSuki provided for shows that were being subbed at the time, there's at least one that hasn't been licensed as yet, and not all of the ones on the list were licensed at the time of the notice.
Also worth noting that in the recent GONZO/FUNimation notices for Romeo X Juliet: "In the letter that we have received, it is explicitly said that GDH K.K. has authorized FUNimation Entertainment to enforce their rights, therefore do not read this as an implicit announcement of FUNimation Entertainment's licensing of the said property. This is merely one company acting as a legal representative of another."
So, the first still stands, and there's at least one backup case. (And I know you're going to naysay it on the grounds that Funi's involved - they're acting as local reps, not as a licensor as yet, so the "dubhouse" label isn't really applicable for this one.)
Nabeshin, this October for the most recent.
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And someone else mentioned the MediaFactory brouhaha that brought out a lot of bravado at the time.
There's two public examples right there.
If he's not ready to disclose responsibly (or at least without talk of lit cigarettes in eyes), maybe he should wait.
That much of the Macintosh user community responded poorly to him shouldn't be surprising - sensationalist ass-hattery usually does not go over well.
Also, if his NDA is such an issue then maybe he shouldn't have jeopordized his professional reputation by not being able to... well, disclose... what he's claiming.
He just came out as exceptionally immature and unprofessional. (And having Krebs and Ou trumpeting didn't help, that's for sure.)
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So, an OS is selling more than one product? Got it.
How about iOS sales compared to Android sales? I'd be curious to see that one.
Good question. Ask Adobe's coders.
"Legal ramifications related to Gizmodo stealing a prototype?"
Now, now, Gizmodo didn't steal it, and it's disingenuous to say so.
They trafficked in stolen goods.
Different felony entirely.
2004. Finally, a crappy product that wasn't from the Paleozoic Age!
And that was NOT an Apple product - made with licensing from Apple, but not designed by them...
It's not all lost yet - it's when the NEWSPAPER industry starts laughing at the music industry, THEN they're officially screwed.
I'm assuming this will go the way of the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag, along with the Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock and the Monolith Action Figure.
The hint system was just an in-game implementation of the InvisiClues that they used to make. The electronic implementation was introduced in the Solid Gold line of discount repricings of the big classic games without feelies and such. (H2G2, Planetfall, Zork I, Wishbringer, and Leather Goddesses of Phobos were the series.)
Later on, they added it to a couple of first releases as well - I know that Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head nor Tail of it had it as well.
Hey, don't lump us pagan-earth-culties in with those jackasses.
And math students.
You don't have to be in lib arts to not think of college as vo-tech school.
Goddamn, I wish I had some modpoints.
No matter which carrier they went with, that one would have had people gnashing teeth and rending garments because of bad experiences. Conversely, you'd have people who use the chosen one who all say that they haven't had any problems. (We haven't really had much problem with AT&T, for what that's worth.)
All cell carriers suck a bunch of the time.
I'm all for figuring out a way to punish the legal fictional person that is a corporation in some of the same ways that we might a real person. If someone can figure out a good analogue for "jail" to punish a corporation with, I'd be a happy, happy man.
Prudes.
But the labels said that iTMS's flat pricing restricted them from dropping prices! You mean that Apple's STILL keeping them from dropping their prices even after this? Or was that just a sham so that they could raise their "wholesale" price to Apple if they wanted? Three guesses and the first two don't count.
Except for the two-by-two product matrix that defined their computer releases from 1999 onwards. Other than that one which they mentioned in a lot of the keynotes, they didn't have an easily identifiable product plan.
(And as an aside, they broke that matrix once to make the Cube. Then they canned it.)
When I purchased my new MacBook Pro I saw it came with a cool little utility that will copy everything over from my old computer. So I hooked up both computers to my gigabit ethernet switch ready to copy, and then it told me it doesn't support network transfers (!!!)
Actually. they added that last year. Yep, after checking, we see that Leopard has a BIG OL' "Use Network" button.
Meanwhile, the Windows wizard that I tried to use to do the same thing at work had a network option - except that the machines couldn't see each other. So it came down to having the co-worker who wants to be the techie rummage around in her drawer until she found the serial-to-serial cable that she had from PCAnywhere. THAT was convenient and intuitive, and in the end still didn't transfer everything that I needed, so it still came down to taking the flash drive and getting the last couple of files from "My Documents".
OOOOOHHHHH, I wish I had some mod points for this one...
"As for your "families who play casual games" deficiency: it's a total fabrication. The iMac is perfectly suitable for casual gaming, even with its supposedly inferior graphics."
Heck, I'm quite happy playing Orange Box stuff on the previous bottom-of-the-line aluminum iMac, and the biggest issue is load time between levels, not framerate or polygons pushed.
(Although I thought "casual gaming" meant things like Peggle or Bejeweled, which my old eMac could handle with no issues...)
I've heard Mac users will threaten to kill your dog, and they'll threaten to stick a lit cigarette in your eye too!
Oh, wait - that second one was a threat from someone complaining about Mac users. So sorry.
Maybe, just maybe, there's jackasses all around the topic?
(Personally, I just think that we need to string that Artie McStrawman bastard up by his thumbs. HE'S the one causing all this brouhaha. I'm sure that there's an equivalent on the Wintel side, but I haven't heard his name as yet - in any case, he needs to go as well.)
Gods, I hate saying "Me too!", but ... Yeah. Likewise.
No, no, no - remember, it's not "PlaysForSure" any more, it's now "Certified for Windows Vista".
Meanwhile, the Zune is instead "Certified for Windows Vista". There's a BIG difference, I'm sure you'll agree.
Like, oh, Bandai Visual? If you're whining about cost now, you'll be bitching up a lovely little storm with their releases. Good quality, and no dub for you to have to pay for, but... You'll be paying mighty hearty for 'em.
Or are you thinking of Toei's releases? If not, I don't blame you - I tried to forget those as well.
(At least Kadokawa's releases (through intermediaries, you'll note) have been pretty good with both quality and cost. So there's one out of three.)
No, the MediaFactory request was for all their works, not just licensed ones. In any case, even on the list AnimeSuki provided for shows that were being subbed at the time, there's at least one that hasn't been licensed as yet, and not all of the ones on the list were licensed at the time of the notice.
Also worth noting that in the recent GONZO/FUNimation notices for Romeo X Juliet:
"In the letter that we have received, it is explicitly said that GDH K.K. has authorized FUNimation Entertainment to enforce their rights, therefore do not read this as an implicit announcement of FUNimation Entertainment's licensing of the said property. This is merely one company acting as a legal representative of another."
So, the first still stands, and there's at least one backup case. (And I know you're going to naysay it on the grounds that Funi's involved - they're acting as local reps, not as a licensor as yet, so the "dubhouse" label isn't really applicable for this one.)
Nabeshin, this October for the most recent. () And someone else mentioned the MediaFactory brouhaha that brought out a lot of bravado at the time. There's two public examples right there.
Hey, now. If YOU knew how delicious gods were, you'd not blame us for gorging ourselves.
Nummy gods.
If he's not ready to disclose responsibly (or at least without talk of lit cigarettes in eyes), maybe he should wait.
... well, disclose ... what he's claiming.
That much of the Macintosh user community responded poorly to him shouldn't be surprising - sensationalist ass-hattery usually does not go over well.
Also, if his NDA is such an issue then maybe he shouldn't have jeopordized his professional reputation by not being able to
He just came out as exceptionally immature and unprofessional. (And having Krebs and Ou trumpeting didn't help, that's for sure.)