I don't really understand it. Unlike mp3s, I can't see lyrics downloads doing anything but boosting sales.
I think because it eats into sales of songbooks (music & lyrics). Go into any Guitar Center and you'll see racks and racks of songbooks.
I have a violinist friend and he constantly complains about having to buy sheets of music. In his opinion, the prices are a rip off, even for classical music and the sheets never last for more than a few month. Course, my friend is pretty messy so YMMV.
I don't know why he doesn't just buy the music, scan the sheets, and print copies at leisure.
According to the wikipedia article, Sony shipped 10 million units. It doesn't mean that people bought them all. I see lots of PSPs just sitting in the store display cases.
You can't trade Friend Codes online; they have to be traded via some other information channel.
The author meant you can't trade Friend Codes online via Mario Kart DS. But there are a number of gaming site/threads where people do trade their Friend Codes online. But...this practice is prohibited on the Nintendo company forums and they specifically tell you never to post codes online.
For the their first online effort, I think MKDS is pretty good. The online component is a more restrictive that I would like and I think Nintendo has a bit of work do to in balancing between online communication and online restriction (to protect the kids).
...it's about allowing the labels to manipulate public perception of value through pricing.
The article's theory seems wrong. If something is going to cost me more money, I'm going to be more critical when deciding to buy it. If a new single on ITMS costs $1.49, I'll be a bit more critical and make sure I really want it. At $0.99, I might buy it without much thought. Sure, I made up the $1.49 price, but with any higher price, people will tend to be a bit more critical.
And lets look back at CD prices. New releases of CDs usually cost $14 because they're on sale. When the sale ends, the price is back to $18 or more. I don't see the public perception of value increasing any. I don't think to myself "It's $4 more now, so it must be good."
From the article: The certification process is the final stage a game goes through before manufacture. Microsoft's team picks through the game making sure there are no bugs, that menus all work correctly, and that there are no compatibility issues.
So let me get this straight....Microsoft checking for bugs?
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These CDs have been out since mid-2004, according to Sony. Why hasn't this been noticed? Were they all bought off?
Looking at the list of artists the DRM affects, I'm surprised it was noticed at all. Course, I am biased, I stopped regularly buying CD's about 10 years ago. Now I buy CD's only if I'm at a store, and really bored.
If a class action lawsuit appeared, I'd buy one of those tainted CD's just to join in on it. Nevermind that I'd probably spend $16 for the CD and get back $0.02 on the settlement.
My friend and I tried playing the game. During the first few levels, there was a lot of static in the audio. We thought it was suppose to simulate battle conditions and bad communications. When we finally realized that it was bad static, I exited and restarted the game. The sound came back with constant, annoying tone.
Since that night, I've continued to play for a few more levels. But it's gotten so boring that Q4 turns itself off out of sheer boredom. The game keeps crashing once I enter a specific corridor. There's no explainable reason for the crash. No monsters coming, no switch to full motion video, no loud sounds. And no amount of tweaking game settings will let me get past this spot.
When I first heard about convergence, I imagined a situation where products met at the same place, like a fileserver. Picture a group random set of arrows all moving to the same spot.
But it seems that companies are doing it backwards, where they they want to be in a single spot and they're sending arrows out everywhere.
This doesn't seem like convergence to me...more like...diffusion.
Well, we could always get Dvorak back. We should just send him links to our slashdot comments and make sure no future submittions have actual links to his articles.
I'd only start regretting once PWRficient chips started shipping and in quantity. Course, I know that Mactels systems aren't shipping yet either, but it's too early to make a judgment either way.
To make it hard to read. From my vague memory from a graphic design book...
Text is both legible and readable. All caps is very legible but not very readable. Legible text to catches your attention. That's why newspaper headlines are all caps, to catch your attention. Reabable text helps the process of reading, going from word to word and phrase to phrase.
Companies really don't want you to really read the EULA. So they put it in all caps and it's hard to read without making the user suspicious. There are other ways to make text less readable but all other methods tend to stand out and look strange to the average person. Personally, I also think all caps also seem to suggest an air of legality.
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I think because it eats into sales of songbooks (music & lyrics). Go into any Guitar Center and you'll see racks and racks of songbooks.
I have a violinist friend and he constantly complains about having to buy sheets of music. In his opinion, the prices are a rip off, even for classical music and the sheets never last for more than a few month. Course, my friend is pretty messy so YMMV.
I don't know why he doesn't just buy the music, scan the sheets, and print copies at leisure.
Knowing Sony, the rootkit would cost you extra, be overpriced, and install second rootkit.
According to the wikipedia article, Sony shipped 10 million units. It doesn't mean that people bought them all. I see lots of PSPs just sitting in the store display cases.
But first Intel or AMD will have to design a CPU that will get a geek laid.
Nah, we'll just give you a shot of punicillin.
Sadly, we nose...
You know...to make bigger boobies.
The author meant you can't trade Friend Codes online via Mario Kart DS. But there are a number of gaming site/threads where people do trade their Friend Codes online. But...this practice is prohibited on the Nintendo company forums and they specifically tell you never to post codes online.
For the their first online effort, I think MKDS is pretty good. The online component is a more restrictive that I would like and I think Nintendo has a bit of work do to in balancing between online communication and online restriction (to protect the kids).
The article's theory seems wrong. If something is going to cost me more money, I'm going to be more critical when deciding to buy it. If a new single on ITMS costs $1.49, I'll be a bit more critical and make sure I really want it. At $0.99, I might buy it without much thought. Sure, I made up the $1.49 price, but with any higher price, people will tend to be a bit more critical.
And lets look back at CD prices. New releases of CDs usually cost $14 because they're on sale. When the sale ends, the price is back to $18 or more. I don't see the public perception of value increasing any. I don't think to myself "It's $4 more now, so it must be good."
So let me get this straight....Microsoft checking for bugs?
Looking at the list of artists the DRM affects, I'm surprised it was noticed at all. Course, I am biased, I stopped regularly buying CD's about 10 years ago. Now I buy CD's only if I'm at a store, and really bored.
So basically just links about technology or Hello Kitty.
Next think you know, there will be simultaneous viewings of the Star Trek movies, Indiana Jones, Matrix, and everything else with its sequel.
If a class action lawsuit appeared, I'd buy one of those tainted CD's just to join in on it. Nevermind that I'd probably spend $16 for the CD and get back $0.02 on the settlement.
My friend and I tried playing the game. During the first few levels, there was a lot of static in the audio. We thought it was suppose to simulate battle conditions and bad communications. When we finally realized that it was bad static, I exited and restarted the game. The sound came back with constant, annoying tone.
Since that night, I've continued to play for a few more levels. But it's gotten so boring that Q4 turns itself off out of sheer boredom. The game keeps crashing once I enter a specific corridor. There's no explainable reason for the crash. No monsters coming, no switch to full motion video, no loud sounds. And no amount of tweaking game settings will let me get past this spot.
Five years and counting isn't too bad. Some general contractors take that long building stuff on Earth.
"Yeah...I'm tired of probing Uranus."
But it seems that companies are doing it backwards, where they they want to be in a single spot and they're sending arrows out everywhere.
This doesn't seem like convergence to me...more like...diffusion.
the only roadkill I see on the convergence highway will be the consumers.
Well, we could always get Dvorak back. We should just send him links to our slashdot comments and make sure no future submittions have actual links to his articles.
I'd only start regretting once PWRficient chips started shipping and in quantity. Course, I know that Mactels systems aren't shipping yet either, but it's too early to make a judgment either way.
Text is both legible and readable. All caps is very legible but not very readable. Legible text to catches your attention. That's why newspaper headlines are all caps, to catch your attention. Reabable text helps the process of reading, going from word to word and phrase to phrase.
Companies really don't want you to really read the EULA. So they put it in all caps and it's hard to read without making the user suspicious. There are other ways to make text less readable but all other methods tend to stand out and look strange to the average person. Personally, I also think all caps also seem to suggest an air of legality.
The lawsuit seemed somewhat legitimate until I read this little gem at ipodnn.com http://www.ipodnn.com/news/05/10/21/ipod.nano.laws uit/
Hmm...you must have accidentally researched political red tape.