"..if this is the first step for Nintendo to become a major player in the online gaming market."
Doubtful. Nintendo's initial success came from good, fun games. I suspect they are abandoning their "quality product" business strategy in favor of "restrictive technology".
The zealots see Linux as a movement. They believe that commercial software is evil (if not illegal), and that OSS must be used even if it is not the best tool for the job. They believe the primary purpose of OSS should be to force closed-source software from of the market.
What would you need a keyboard for on an eBook reader? Or a g4 processor? Or a 150GB hard drive? Or cutting-edge video chipset? All that stuff costs more, and yes, I want it cheap.
Ya don't see iPods with mice and keyboards, do you?
Or can you only imagine a tablet with a touch screen?
A few well-designed buttons (navigate menus, select/turn page) are all ya need.
That's fine for people who only read books in places where they have a large amount of desk/table space for a laptop and mouse, but when I mean portable, I mean something that weighs no more than 4 lbs. and doesn't require extra peripherals to use (select book, turn pages, etc.) Ya know, something that one could throw in a backpack and read on the bus/train.
"no publisher/author in the right mind would accept a medium of publishing where their words can be modified with little effort but difficult to trace or identify. the other option is to encrypt the documents and we know how much we (/. people) like that!"
And here we have the eternal conflict between authors and (I hate the word too) consumers. Personally I don't think the authors' wishes are unreasonable, but I also know that a lot of people want to be able to "read the file on other devices" (i.e. they want to be able to download it for free).
So far, Apple's DRM isn't keeping too many people from using iTunes. If they sell it right, the same could apply to eBooks.
Exactly. They have a proven distribution model, and the only thing stopping them would be co-operation with publishers.
Of course there's a certain challenge to making a lightweight, portable, durable, readable screen that's affordable. When put into that perspective, the iPod was much easer to pull off.
...and price it right. Given a large enough selection of eBooks to buy/download, they could take the lead on a very large untapped market.
Apple has always been good at making high-quality consumer-grade electronics (iMac, iPod, etc.) and I think a quality eBook reader would do more for them than a "tablet".
Let's be honest. Most of music/movies/software available on P2P networks are neither in the public domain nor there with the permission of the copyright holder.
pIt's amazing what people will say to convince themselves that copyright infringement via P2P is the exception rather than the rule.
Of course none of those tools are, by a vast majority, used to commit crime like P2P is.
And I'm all about getting the people instead of the tool, but lets be honest. All these people who use P2P to commit crime aren't making a real good case to keep the tool legal.
*sigh* Here we go with the gun and car analogies...
Let me try this again. If the vast majority of guns or cars were used to commit crime, they too would probably be outlawed.
Here we have a vast majority of P2P users illegally distributing music, movies, and software ruining it for the people who use the tool for purely legitimate purposes.
Don't get mad at the government(s) here, get mad at the asshats who have turned P2P into a de-facto copyright infringement tool.
"For example, the bottom of this page [microsoft.com] shows a list of games that require Administrator authority to play. Why should administrator authority need to be granted to play a game?"
Perhaps if game companies wrote their games to run without admin rights, this wouldn't be a problem. It's not Microsoft's fault that game companies refuse to incorporate good security measures in their games.
I'm afraid I have to call bullshit here. While it's true that your registration info is available as public record, any politician who has a record of who you actually voted for could only have obtained that information illegally. The whole point of an anonymous election is supposed to prevent that sort of thing.
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about here, but it seemed like there was a rush to get 2.6 out there. I'm glad the team is taking some time to settle down and solidify 2.6 before once again plunging forward. To me, at least, a stable kernel is much more important than partially-functional bleeding-edge features.
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt.45 and a.38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
Lots of Indian firms are outsourcing to China, for the same reason that US firms outsource to India. And the Indian workers being replaced are just as upset as American workers.
Maybe I'm just dumb, but it's not as if this Indian firm was competing with IBM. This wasn't a move by IBM to buy out the competition, it was to bring call center expertise in-house.
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Doubtful. Nintendo's initial success came from good, fun games. I suspect they are abandoning their "quality product" business strategy in favor of "restrictive technology".
The zealots see Linux as a movement. They believe that commercial software is evil (if not illegal), and that OSS must be used even if it is not the best tool for the job. They believe the primary purpose of OSS should be to force closed-source software from of the market.
Someone who is not a zealot sees Linux as a tool.
...not a 'movement'. He wisely left that nonsense to the zealots.
Ya don't see iPods with mice and keyboards, do you?
Or can you only imagine a tablet with a touch screen?
A few well-designed buttons (navigate menus, select/turn page) are all ya need.
That's fine for people who only read books in places where they have a large amount of desk/table space for a laptop and mouse, but when I mean portable, I mean something that weighs no more than 4 lbs. and doesn't require extra peripherals to use (select book, turn pages, etc.) Ya know, something that one could throw in a backpack and read on the bus/train.
And here we have the eternal conflict between authors and (I hate the word too) consumers. Personally I don't think the authors' wishes are unreasonable, but I also know that a lot of people want to be able to "read the file on other devices" (i.e. they want to be able to download it for free).
So far, Apple's DRM isn't keeping too many people from using iTunes. If they sell it right, the same could apply to eBooks.
Of course there's a certain challenge to making a lightweight, portable, durable, readable screen that's affordable. When put into that perspective, the iPod was much easer to pull off.
...and price it right. Given a large enough selection of eBooks to buy/download, they could take the lead on a very large untapped market.
Apple has always been good at making high-quality consumer-grade electronics (iMac, iPod, etc.) and I think a quality eBook reader would do more for them than a "tablet".
It's certainly a lot easier, and you wouldn't want folks believing that P2P is used for anything but purely legitimate and legal purposes!
Let's be honest. Most of music/movies/software available on P2P networks are neither in the public domain nor there with the permission of the copyright holder. pIt's amazing what people will say to convince themselves that copyright infringement via P2P is the exception rather than the rule.
And I'm all about getting the people instead of the tool, but lets be honest. All these people who use P2P to commit crime aren't making a real good case to keep the tool legal.
Let me try this again. If the vast majority of guns or cars were used to commit crime, they too would probably be outlawed.
Here we have a vast majority of P2P users illegally distributing music, movies, and software ruining it for the people who use the tool for purely legitimate purposes.
Don't get mad at the government(s) here, get mad at the asshats who have turned P2P into a de-facto copyright infringement tool.
Perhaps if game companies wrote their games to run without admin rights, this wouldn't be a problem. It's not Microsoft's fault that game companies refuse to incorporate good security measures in their games.
I'm afraid I have to call bullshit here. While it's true that your registration info is available as public record, any politician who has a record of who you actually voted for could only have obtained that information illegally. The whole point of an anonymous election is supposed to prevent that sort of thing.
I agree! Nothing brings democratic credibility to an election quite like an organization comprised two-thirds of oppressive, corrupt dictatorships.
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about here, but it seemed like there was a rush to get 2.6 out there. I'm glad the team is taking some time to settle down and solidify 2.6 before once again plunging forward. To me, at least, a stable kernel is much more important than partially-functional bleeding-edge features.
Slashdot, why have you so poisoned my mind??
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
...such as the DMCA? Thanks, Mr. Gore!
You're new here, aren't you?
What I expect is the Microsoft legal team serving them with papers before the next binary release.
Lots of Indian firms are outsourcing to China, for the same reason that US firms outsource to India. And the Indian workers being replaced are just as upset as American workers.
Maybe I'm just dumb, but it's not as if this Indian firm was competing with IBM. This wasn't a move by IBM to buy out the competition, it was to bring call center expertise in-house.
Would it then be appropriate to call the Microsoft OS "Windoesnt"?
...you have them because you filled out a form and agreed to the retailer's terms to get them.