A truely reliable rating system would be nice, but I'm afraid that in such an extreme proprietary environment it would have to be made on the web, independantly to be trustable... Microsoft just doesn't know how to do things right anymore.
Who cares? There is only something like 75 games... it's not 10000, you can try them all before buying! It's not like people who produce for the App Store don't buy their own apps...
Indeed, it'd be a perfect gateway with an HDMI out !:/ Do USB video solution permit bios access and all? I don't want to debug/install my server over a serial port...
I'm pretty sure that we'll be stuck with Office suite for a long long time still...
But saying that this unmasks Linux as not being perfect is like saying your family is not perfect because you brought your kid to the hospital after he was hit by a car instead of hiding the fact... A fork in this case is a wonderful solution to a death by stagnation caused by proprietary idiocy from Oracle.
"Windows' dominance of the PC market has been good in many ways: reduced hardware costs, increased IT literacy and a standard development platform to name a few."
And this, on/. ?! Seriously? Am I dreaming or is this the biggest troll ever?
Nobody is bound to internet principles no more than people are bound to freedom... The question is that they openly reject them now and should be boycotted for what they stand for, ie: becoming the new social failure that AOL and Compuserve were.
Have they tried pushing this as a standard, distributed, normal internet protocol or is this just one more extension to facebook's "eco-system" that screws up internet principles?
Last week poll was about iPad users being rich and egoistical... and now about getting more sex? To some it up, they get ditched quickly even though they appear nice on the surface, they really are one sided assholes;-P
In french we have Informatique and Bureautique. The first one being Comp. Sci.... the Second one being secretary work.
School usually don't teach the first one and think that kids learning the latest very specific version of whatever Microsoft released must be good. What a shame!
But in any case, when will people realise that hollywood and games are often just a big propaganda machine? That people actually pay for! It's win-win for the US most of the time...
Society as a whole gains from having more people getting access to quality education, arts, tools, communication, etc...
The unlimited copies now made possible through the internet do change the game just like print did and allows us to elevate the society to a higher level.
I do want to see artists making a living if that helps them continuing to deliver great things for society.
But the gain from having culture cheaply available to all far out weights the lost to the artist.
I do think the network effect is also very much downplayed in this linked argument and that a lot of people I listen to and pay to see their concert would never be on my list if it wasn't for copying and the internet.
What it seems to be doing is spreading the wealth to smaller players, not destroying it, just like it was in the 50s before the big majors killed diversity.
I also don't think there is ever a direct link between artists being paid and the quality of their work.
Artists who are really passionate will still manage to produce their art form no matter what.
I'm hoping we'll find a way to encourage new talent, pay a decent wage to those well know who have contributed something worthwhile and still allow free copying of everything to everyone for the greater good...
I get that the 1st one is a 100% increase while the other is only 50% but you still get a better deal and less pollution by buying the 50 mpg car (if the price is the same).
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A truely reliable rating system would be nice, but I'm afraid that in such an extreme proprietary environment it would have to be made on the web, independantly to be trustable...
Microsoft just doesn't know how to do things right anymore.
But yeah, the more opinions the better :-)
Who cares?
There is only something like 75 games...
it's not 10000, you can try them all before buying!
It's not like people who produce for the App Store don't buy their own apps...
As a member, I wish they'd show up in my riding too, I guess at some point we'll have to do it ourself :P
None are illegal right now, but I'd agree for the 2nd part :-)
Though that only worked because of the minority status of the current "government".
Indeed, it'd be a perfect gateway with an HDMI out ! :/ ...
Do USB video solution permit bios access and all?
I don't want to debug/install my server over a serial port
The author could have saved himself a lot of talk by just saying:
There will always be a 1-2% on either side of a gaussian curve. :P
See we can all agree! :D
Woops! ;-P
I do make a strong difference between Open Source and Free Software though... it seems not so much before breakfest!
I just took for granted that must people used both interchangeably and ranted anyway...
So uhm, vi or emacs now that we're all awake? :P
I'm pretty sure that we'll be stuck with Office suite for a long long time still...
But saying that this unmasks Linux as not being perfect is like saying your family is not perfect because you brought your kid to the hospital after he was hit by a car instead of hiding the fact...
A fork in this case is a wonderful solution to a death by stagnation caused by proprietary idiocy from Oracle.
"Windows' dominance of the PC market has been good in many ways: reduced hardware costs, increased IT literacy and a standard development platform to name a few."
And this, on /. ?! Seriously?
Am I dreaming or is this the biggest troll ever?
It's the embrace and extend approach that transpires, I'd say..
Agreed, but as people in the know we out to at least point the finger...
Nobody is bound to internet principles no more than people are bound to freedom...
The question is that they openly reject them now and should be boycotted for what they stand for, ie: becoming the new social failure that AOL and Compuserve were.
Have they tried pushing this as a standard, distributed, normal internet protocol or is this just one more extension to facebook's "eco-system" that screws up internet principles?
So uhm, windows and mac only?
I thought we were supposed to be the sniffing ones!
Last week poll was about iPad users being rich and egoistical... and now about getting more sex? ;-P
To some it up, they get ditched quickly even though they appear nice on the surface, they really are one sided assholes
... Do not welcome our new tyrannic overlord!
In french we have Informatique and Bureautique.
The first one being Comp. Sci.... the Second one being secretary work.
School usually don't teach the first one and think that kids learning the latest very specific version of whatever Microsoft released must be good.
What a shame!
This is nothing new: http://en.kendincos.net/video-jlrdnnj-operation-desert-storm-bungie-s-2nd-game-.html and remember playing a more "3D" version on the SNES around 1992-3.
But in any case, when will people realise that hollywood and games are often just a big propaganda machine? That people actually pay for!
It's win-win for the US most of the time...
Random late thoughts:
Society as a whole gains from having more people getting access to quality education, arts, tools, communication, etc...
The unlimited copies now made possible through the internet do change the game just like print did and allows us to elevate the society to a higher level.
I do want to see artists making a living if that helps them continuing to deliver great things for society.
But the gain from having culture cheaply available to all far out weights the lost to the artist.
I do think the network effect is also very much downplayed in this linked argument and that a lot of people I listen to and pay to see their concert would never be on my list if it wasn't for copying and the internet.
What it seems to be doing is spreading the wealth to smaller players, not destroying it, just like it was in the 50s before the big majors killed diversity.
I also don't think there is ever a direct link between artists being paid and the quality of their work.
Artists who are really passionate will still manage to produce their art form no matter what.
I'm hoping we'll find a way to encourage new talent, pay a decent wage to those well know who have contributed something worthwhile and still allow free copying of everything to everyone for the greater good...
I'd also suggest those books: Remix, Piracy and The Wealth of Networks.
And you wonder why capitalism is going down the drain when CEO argue like 6 years old ...
Of course, It's the best excuse...
I get that the 1st one is a 100% increase while the other is only 50% but you still get a better deal and less pollution by buying the 50 mpg car (if the price is the same).
So which saves more gasoline? the 2nd one ...
It's just about having a different topic thread in it's right place, they'll still post in both :-P