Subscriptions or other revenue generating methods have been traditional since games went multi-player past the point where a server in some guys basement was sufficient. Costs money to run these games, so they cost money to play.
Only laws I would expect to be passed regarding such things is that it would be legal for them to be used on us, but illegal for us to use them. But perhaps I'm just a cynical bastard.
Do they? While they can still rock a venue, they've not trashed a hotel room in a while now and I've never really thought of them in terms of computer security.
Raid and real time differential backups. The point being, when I've had a drive fail I dont want to wait around for a warranty replacement. I just go buy a new one and restore my data.
Since the warranties dont cover lost data, I've never really cared. When a drive fails, its the data that was on it I care about, not the 100$ worth of metal and electronics.
In my experience, its not that they suck but that they stick exactly to the design docs no mater how insane they are. A good programmer will seek feedback and try to implement changes in functionality to make the resulting software more usable. Outsourced programmers seem to just do what they're asked to do without any feedback or critical thinking on their part. This makes them a very frustrating resource to use.
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And ironically Kodaks business plan of sell the camera for cost and over charge for the film is alive and well in the printer/ink business.
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I wouldn't be shocked if a company like Pentax (who has good digital products but limited consumer name recognition) to buy the Kodak name for use in a new low end consumer product line.
But Kodak is still trying to cling to the film business. Their new products are things like a digital camera with a built in printer, sort of a hybrid version of their older instant cameras. People just dont seem interested.
Horse and buggy companies didn't make it either.
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Kodaks whole business was founded on film development. The whole idea was that they sell the cameras cheap and charge for the development. Was that way going back to the glass plate days. Simply put, they where rendered irrelevant by digital photography which is the exact oposite market. Expensive cameras, free "film". While its sad to see them go, they are more or less a lost cause now.
Basically the claim is that all phones and tablets after the iPhone and ipad must look nothing like the phones and tablets that existed prior to the iPhone and iPad. Apple has retroactive inventors rights.
Pity really, I like Apple products (other then iOS which is too restrictive for me) but they seem to have some crazy people working there these days.
Yup. Color me confused but I didn't think the PlayBook was running Android. It could, with the use of a wrapper, run some Android apps, but that was about it.
I'd not call it "right", but you can take quite a bit form the rich without making them poor. On the other hand, the "middle class" are often only better off in terms of things like having a house they still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars on. It takes very little to make them poor.
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My old Dauphin 486sx 25mhz tablet computer running Windows 3.1 for Pens was a "portable electronic device with a touch screen".
Subscriptions or other revenue generating methods have been traditional since games went multi-player past the point where a server in some guys basement was sufficient. Costs money to run these games, so they cost money to play.
Its going to be too full of Star Wars fans. I learned my lesson from the Sony Star Wars MMO.
Cant be worse then the drivers out there.
I would hardly say that turning phone numbers into hyperlinks qualifies as novel and unobvoius.
In 1996, it kind of was. The issue is that the duration of a patent is too long and what was once novel has become obvious.
Only laws I would expect to be passed regarding such things is that it would be legal for them to be used on us, but illegal for us to use them. But perhaps I'm just a cynical bastard.
Who cares??? I mean WHO cares!!!!
Do they? While they can still rock a venue, they've not trashed a hotel room in a while now and I've never really thought of them in terms of computer security.
Raid and real time differential backups. The point being, when I've had a drive fail I dont want to wait around for a warranty replacement. I just go buy a new one and restore my data.
Since the warranties dont cover lost data, I've never really cared. When a drive fails, its the data that was on it I care about, not the 100$ worth of metal and electronics.
It couldn't possibly be because the older iPhones don't have the CPU power to run it.?
Given that it was written for and on older phones and people have in fact back-ported it to unlocked older phones, I'm gona say "no".
Yes. Thats why Apple release Siri for older phones. Its because they dont want you to buy the latest iProduct.
Oh wait...
Time to drop the trade agreement for furs and hope they dont halve aluminum or uranium within their borders.
Geneva Convention only applies to people you're at war with, not your own citizens.
In my experience, its not that they suck but that they stick exactly to the design docs no mater how insane they are. A good programmer will seek feedback and try to implement changes in functionality to make the resulting software more usable. Outsourced programmers seem to just do what they're asked to do without any feedback or critical thinking on their part. This makes them a very frustrating resource to use.
And ironically Kodaks business plan of sell the camera for cost and over charge for the film is alive and well in the printer/ink business.
I wouldn't be shocked if a company like Pentax (who has good digital products but limited consumer name recognition) to buy the Kodak name for use in a new low end consumer product line.
But Kodak is still trying to cling to the film business. Their new products are things like a digital camera with a built in printer, sort of a hybrid version of their older instant cameras. People just dont seem interested.
Kodaks whole business was founded on film development. The whole idea was that they sell the cameras cheap and charge for the development. Was that way going back to the glass plate days. Simply put, they where rendered irrelevant by digital photography which is the exact oposite market. Expensive cameras, free "film". While its sad to see them go, they are more or less a lost cause now.
Basically the claim is that all phones and tablets after the iPhone and ipad must look nothing like the phones and tablets that existed prior to the iPhone and iPad. Apple has retroactive inventors rights.
Pity really, I like Apple products (other then iOS which is too restrictive for me) but they seem to have some crazy people working there these days.
Yup. Color me confused but I didn't think the PlayBook was running Android. It could, with the use of a wrapper, run some Android apps, but that was about it.
Queue the Apple law suites in 3-2-1...
I'd not call it "right", but you can take quite a bit form the rich without making them poor. On the other hand, the "middle class" are often only better off in terms of things like having a house they still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars on. It takes very little to make them poor.
Thats the History Eraser Button!
which is the only thing that can remove stuff form the internet.
Rounded menu's in software, cant be copyrighted. Rounded corners on a tablet, 100% protected under the law.
Yup. Patents are to cover inventions (physical objects originally), copyright is to cover works (such as music, books, etc).
So you want a Nokia N900. Not too many people did, which is why it was dropped.