They make about $0.33 profit out of every $0.99 sale. That goes to pay for servers, development and, of course bandwidth. But the iTunes Music Store is also a huge ad for an iPod, which they make a lot on too. Apple is doing just fine with the money they're making from the music store. According to NPR their stock price has doubled between the launch of the iTMS and the Windows release.
Heh, I just posted something about comment spam and a possible solution to my website...
So what else can be done about it? I'm surprised no one has mentioned Bayesian filtering of comments. Like most people who've heard of it, I first found out about Bayesian filtering from
A Plan for Spam, and how it can identify spam. Since then virtually every spam blocking system has started using Bayesian techniques for at least some part of identification.
Uh, yes? And I also hate kittens, babies and apple pie? I'm not sure I understand how buying a usb adapter for my controller allows independent amateurs to make console games without paying licensing fees.
You, uh, do realize that there are other types of games than FPS right? I mean, I love keyboard and mousing FPS till the cows come home and I can shoot at them, but I can't really imagine playing Soul Caliber 2 on a PC. Would I really want to sit next to him trying to both use a keyboard to execute combos on a 17" screen?
How about this: the best tool for the job. Console games on consoles and computer games on computers?
Uhhh, did you RTFA? The established automobile industry wasn't suing their own customers, they were suing Ford's customers. Due to their patent, they felt they were on as sound legal ground as the RIAA feels today. That didn't matter, because the court of public opinion is where profits are determined, and they fucked themselves royally. The RIAA is in a similar position - alienating potential customers and driving them to the competition.
If you want to see what GTA3 would look like with more than one enterprising thug, check out Multi Theft Auto, the first (but not only) multi player mod for GTA. Only having the PS2 version, I can't speak for the quality but I've heard really good things.
Uhhh, that was supposed to be teh funny, I suppose next you'll be telling me that they can index pages that were put up on the Intarweb over 5 years ago. Supposing that, I suppose that I'll respond "balderdash!"
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So how does this affect dumpster diving? I know that I've gotten some nice computers out of the trash, as well as other semi-working electronics. I don't understand why someone would throw out a computer with a blown power supply instead of asking their friendly neighborhood geek what the problem is.
Of course, finding a 2 or 3 generation old computer was more useful before you could get a NAT router for under $50. "Back in my day, we had to install Linux on the drive to build a router... and we liked it!"
As per the usual, Japan's been there, done that. Personally, I'm looking forward to the cosplay at a Tetris convention. "Oh man, check out the girl in the T brick costume!"
Not every programmer has a myopic world view, and I think that the ones who can think broadly are the ones who succeed most often. Take a look at Larry Wall's background for an idea of what a diverse background can produce.
Sorry about that, as you know there were a lot of bad bids and a few of the good bids got caught in the crossfire. I'm glad that you're still considering an EFF donation even after I cancelled your bid.
The game reportedly cost 1% of the Army's advertising budget, and they were able to outspend the industry to create what's generally considered a kick ass game. Finally my tax dollars are doing something I can stand behind, now how about a PS2 port?
"The Army is training kids at taxpayer expense to become sociopaths and killers," said Thompson, who says he has written more than a dozen unanswered letters asking the Defense Department to pull the plug on the game. "I love the military, and I'd describe myself as a right-wing conservative. But the Army is doing something very bad."
This is a very pertinent viewpoint, especially in light of the recent GTA shooting lawsuit. What the army is saying by publishing this game is "games affect behavior." The behavior change they're trying to create is an army joining one, but the premise is the same as the people who say that video games create psychopaths. If video games affect people, they can do so both positively and negatively.
... then contradict yourself in the body. Cameraphones are useless to you, but the general public definitely sees a use for them, and they are selling quite well. It's interesting to be able to post pictures of a fire near your office to your online journal while you're still out.
Just because you don't see anything interesting doesn't mean that the rest of the world doesn't. I'm still kicking myself for not having my camera snap-on when I wound up driving next to the Batmobile (the 60's one!).
My only concern is if I start a company which develops software that does something new which people like and want to buy, what would stop someone from reverse engineering it, studying it, and then two months later releasing their own version based upon the work I did? It does not seem right that the first person/company to invest so much time and energy and to have someone else reverse engineer a "roadmap" to the product.
That's what patent law is for. Patents are a tradeoff, because it forces you to publish your cool new technique, and in exchange gives you a monopoly over using your cool new technique even if someone else figures it out independently. Then you don't have to worry about someone reverse-engineering your program, because they wouldn't be able to legally use anything they figured out.
Have them check out Designing with Web Standards by Jeff Zeldman. It goes into the whys and hows of writing valid XHTML. And if any of your friends are designers who think that CSS can't make good designs point them to the CSS Zen Garden.
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They make about $0.33 profit out of every $0.99 sale. That goes to pay for servers, development and, of course bandwidth. But the iTunes Music Store is also a huge ad for an iPod, which they make a lot on too. Apple is doing just fine with the money they're making from the music store. According to NPR their stock price has doubled between the launch of the iTMS and the Windows release.
Errr... I mean Apple and BSD are dead.
Uh, yes? And I also hate kittens, babies and apple pie? I'm not sure I understand how buying a usb adapter for my controller allows independent amateurs to make console games without paying licensing fees.
You, uh, do realize that there are other types of games than FPS right? I mean, I love keyboard and mousing FPS till the cows come home and I can shoot at them, but I can't really imagine playing Soul Caliber 2 on a PC. Would I really want to sit next to him trying to both use a keyboard to execute combos on a 17" screen?
How about this: the best tool for the job. Console games on consoles and computer games on computers?
Uhhh, did you RTFA? The established automobile industry wasn't suing their own customers, they were suing Ford's customers. Due to their patent, they felt they were on as sound legal ground as the RIAA feels today. That didn't matter, because the court of public opinion is where profits are determined, and they fucked themselves royally. The RIAA is in a similar position - alienating potential customers and driving them to the competition.
If you want to see what GTA3 would look like with more than one enterprising thug, check out Multi Theft Auto, the first (but not only) multi player mod for GTA. Only having the PS2 version, I can't speak for the quality but I've heard really good things.
Uhhh, that was supposed to be teh funny, I suppose next you'll be telling me that they can index pages that were put up on the Intarweb over 5 years ago. Supposing that, I suppose that I'll respond "balderdash!"
Impressive, considering Google just turned 5. PageRank and time travel, what can't they do?
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So how does this affect dumpster diving? I know that I've gotten some nice computers out of the trash, as well as other semi-working electronics. I don't understand why someone would throw out a computer with a blown power supply instead of asking their friendly neighborhood geek what the problem is.
Of course, finding a 2 or 3 generation old computer was more useful before you could get a NAT router for under $50. "Back in my day, we had to install Linux on the drive to build a router... and we liked it!"
His site is http://www.zeldman.com/, the book's site is http://www.zeldman.com/dwws/ and one of the sites he's built using web standards is http://www.wired.com/
...100% of web servers run Apache on Linux, thanks to VeriSign's DNS wildcard being hosted on Apache/Linux.
As per the usual, Japan's been there, done that. Personally, I'm looking forward to the cosplay at a Tetris convention. "Oh man, check out the girl in the T brick costume!"
Even the .torrent file is slashdotted. Anyone got a torrent of the torrent? :)
Not every programmer has a myopic world view, and I think that the ones who can think broadly are the ones who succeed most often. Take a look at Larry Wall's background for an idea of what a diverse background can produce.
Now you know why I wanted to get rid of it.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5074086.html
Sorry about that, as you know there were a lot of bad bids and a few of the good bids got caught in the crossfire. I'm glad that you're still considering an EFF donation even after I cancelled your bid.
It's an in joke with my cow orkers. We're big fans of the original.
How many of those mailings get eaten by spam filters? How many people don't sign up because they're worried about their email address being sold?
So's POP3, all you need to do is pull frequently.
... then contradict yourself in the body. Cameraphones are useless to you, but the general public definitely sees a use for them, and they are selling quite well. It's interesting to be able to post pictures of a fire near your office to your online journal while you're still out.
Just because you don't see anything interesting doesn't mean that the rest of the world doesn't. I'm still kicking myself for not having my camera snap-on when I wound up driving next to the Batmobile (the 60's one!).
Have them check out Designing with Web Standards by Jeff Zeldman. It goes into the whys and hows of writing valid XHTML. And if any of your friends are designers who think that CSS can't make good designs point them to the CSS Zen Garden.