The games industry is always crying about how games should be considered art, like movies and books, however they won't accept the 4 or 5 star rating system - like movies and books. Shit, how about thumbs up or thumbs down?
If I gave you two books which contradict each other: Book 1, I tell you was written 150 years ago and since it's publishing, has been generally accepted as fact by millions of people. Book 2, I tell you was written 2000 years ago and since it's publishing has been generally accepted as fact by billions of people.
Which could be assumed to be true?
Book 1 is a "The Origin of Species".
Book 2 is the Christian Bible.
Either way, I have two books in front of me, neither of which _I_ personally can prove as fact, so I'm taking somebody's word for it that it's true. Who do I believe?
As software/hardware maker, which would you prefer: The Wii gathering dust in people's homes, or the PS3 gathering dust on store shelves.
Let's not forget, Christmas is just a couple of months away, and the Wii is the hot item once again.
You are absolutely right. Sure, we all hate the RIAA because their tactics are suspect, but the fact is that the music she downloaded and shared was not hers to distribute. The rights belonged to the artists who recorded it, and those artists made a decision to sign with a record label and therefore protected by the RIAA. What she did is wrong. Did the penalty fit the "crime". No way. But she should not be vilified. She fucked up. Bad. The lesson learned is that the next person who get a fine from the RIAA, and the opportunity to settle had damn sure better have a solid defense if they take it to court. Claiming someone outside your apt hacked your wifi when you don't own a wireless router just won't cut it, even in RedneckVille, USA.
From a customer viewpoint, I like Vonage because it's cheaper than a local phone, but I can't say I've seen any particular improvement in the service for the three years that I've been a customer. It works fine.
That's the point. If they offer the identical service as my old phone company for $20/month less (ie. free long distance), then it's totally worth it.
Is Vonage cutting edge? No.
Are they innovating? No.
Can they save everybody at least $20/month on their phone bill? Yes.
I would like my Wiki info to be correct and thorough, and who knows more about a company than the employees themselves? So it's not inherently bad that employees edit their companies entry, it's the fact that these entries are starting to look like press releases.
You buy the phone for $30 and its yours to keep. The phone has no camera, or MP3. You prepay for minutes 10 cents per minute. Only buy what you need. No contracts at all. All you minutes roll over too. It's the cell phone for people who don't want a cell phone.
Anybody who think Jobs is aiming for Firefox users is just paranoid. Clearly Apple has the ability to advertise, and to push (as a download option with iTunes) Safari, more than Mozilla can with Firefox. But there are plenty of IE users to go around, and when compared side by side with IE, Safari will win out. However, no users of Firefox are going to switch. At worst, Firefox's growth might be slowed, but the people who switch from IE to Safari weren't going to try an open source browser anyway. We're talking about people who think that little blue E on their desktop is "the web".
"Plan 9? Ah, yes. Plan 9 deals with the resurrection of the dead. Long distance electrodes shot into the pineal and pituitary gland of the recently dead."
Blockbuster already rents PS3 games, so that gave them another way to track BluRay's market penetration. Basically, everyone who rents a PS3 game is also a candidate to rent a BluRay movie. They could put a big sign next the PS3 game shelf that says "Check out our selection of new BluRay movies."
With HD DVD things aren't so simple.
Either way, I still think that the war will be decided by which format Wal-mart chooses for it's sub $200 player, come black Friday. Rumor seems to think it will be HD DVD, so let's not count them out yet.
Congrats, guys. You just killed the oldest living mammal!
Someday that fisherman will be at the gates of Heaven and Saint Peter will say, "We've been waiting for you... Let's you and I have a little talk about that whale. No, wait. Let me get God on speakerphone."
Because "stealing" is illegal in the US, the US govt could make laws to prevent credit card companies from processing transactions involving the purchase of these illegitimate MP3's (allofmp3.com). Didn't the US just pass laws to prevent such transactions for the offshore gambling websites?
However it's not actually stealing. It's copyright infringement. And unlike gambling, copyright infringement is not illegal.
That's why it's illegal for me to use my Mastercard to gamble online, but I'm free to use it to buy from AllOfMP3.com. There really is nothing the govt can do short of forcing ISPs to block the IP range of these "pirate" websites. Do we have a politician stupid enough to even attempt that legislation? Something tells me that in California, we do, and it's just a matter of time.
Unfortunately that is the price you pay for basing your business on the assumption that a FREE SERVICE (namely Google's ranking system) will continue to work in your favor. Many businesses are getting their "advertising" for free by being ranked highly by Google, and prominently displayed in search results. Maybe they should consider paying for strategically placed ads like everybody else.
I know a couple of coworkers who walked into Wal-Mart and got one on launch day (no standing in line or anything). Ironically, on launch you could get one anywhere because the Wii was still an enigma and people didn't know what to expect from it. Only the hardcore Nintendo fanboys got one back then. It's grown in popularity since due to word of mouth and all the "talk" on the internet.
If people don't like shovelware, or crappy ports, then they just won't buy them. Nothing is going to lose it's appeal. Nobody is going to enjoy Mario Galaxy any less just because Elf Bowling exists for the same platform. They will continue to enjoy the great games, while IGNORING the bad ones.
A system will never suffer because of TOO MUCH shovelware. It can only suffer by TOO FEW great games.
The Wii is selling like hotcakes due to it's lower price.
Analysts are saying that the PS3 needs a price drop.
So how do Sony and MS respond to this? By releasing a MORE EXPENSIVE VERSION of their existing consoles.
You should also check out his letter where he says he resigned from his job. It reads:
I've resigned from my employer, Blue State Digital, an internet company that provides technology to several presidential campaigns, including Richardson's, Vilsack's, and -- full disclosure -- Obama's. The company had no idea that I'd created the ad, and neither did any of our clients. But I've decided to resign anyway so as not to harm them, even by implication.
It sounds to me like you need to try to separate your home life from your work life, and try to make your home life more fun. If you have money, then try to find a new hobby, and meet people with those same interests. For instance learn to ride a motorcycle, or buy a boat or jet-ski. Join a basketball league or flag football. Just do something, anything to get your mind off work when you are at home. If you can't be happy outside of work, then maybe you should investigate your "employee assistance" benefits because maybe you should talk to a professional...I'm serious.
In my high school, a private Catholic school, we were required to read several books of our choice over the summer. There were several sci-fi choices that fell under the "Science" category, which included Robin Cook, and Michael Crichton, whose sci-fi books typically are based on real science (as opposed to say, Stephen King or John Saul, whose sci-fi is rooted in the supernatural). The point is just to get kids thinking about science.
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But being a prequel, isn't this technically Star Trek Zero, zero being an even number.
The games industry is always crying about how games should be considered art, like movies and books, however they won't accept the 4 or 5 star rating system - like movies and books. Shit, how about thumbs up or thumbs down?
If I gave you two books which contradict each other:
Book 1, I tell you was written 150 years ago and since it's publishing, has been generally accepted as fact by millions of people.
Book 2, I tell you was written 2000 years ago and since it's publishing has been generally accepted as fact by billions of people.
Which could be assumed to be true?
Book 1 is a "The Origin of Species".
Book 2 is the Christian Bible.
Either way, I have two books in front of me, neither of which _I_ personally can prove as fact, so I'm taking somebody's word for it that it's true. Who do I believe?
As software/hardware maker, which would you prefer: The Wii gathering dust in people's homes, or the PS3 gathering dust on store shelves.
Let's not forget, Christmas is just a couple of months away, and the Wii is the hot item once again.
You are absolutely right. Sure, we all hate the RIAA because their tactics are suspect, but the fact is that the music she downloaded and shared was not hers to distribute. The rights belonged to the artists who recorded it, and those artists made a decision to sign with a record label and therefore protected by the RIAA. What she did is wrong. Did the penalty fit the "crime". No way. But she should not be vilified. She fucked up. Bad.
The lesson learned is that the next person who get a fine from the RIAA, and the opportunity to settle had damn sure better have a solid defense if they take it to court. Claiming someone outside your apt hacked your wifi when you don't own a wireless router just won't cut it, even in RedneckVille, USA.
From a customer viewpoint, I like Vonage because it's cheaper than a local phone, but I can't say I've seen any particular improvement in the service for the three years that I've been a customer. It works fine.
That's the point. If they offer the identical service as my old phone company for $20/month less (ie. free long distance), then it's totally worth it.
Is Vonage cutting edge? No.
Are they innovating? No.
Can they save everybody at least $20/month on their phone bill? Yes.
So is there anything that Boston authorities WON'T mistake for a bomb?
Do they accept paypal?
I would like my Wiki info to be correct and thorough, and who knows more about a company than the employees themselves? So it's not inherently bad that employees edit their companies entry, it's the fact that these entries are starting to look like press releases.
You buy the phone for $30 and its yours to keep. The phone has no camera, or MP3. You prepay for minutes 10 cents per minute. Only buy what you need. No contracts at all. All you minutes roll over too. It's the cell phone for people who don't want a cell phone.
Anybody who think Jobs is aiming for Firefox users is just paranoid. Clearly Apple has the ability to advertise, and to push (as a download option with iTunes) Safari, more than Mozilla can with Firefox. But there are plenty of IE users to go around, and when compared side by side with IE, Safari will win out. However, no users of Firefox are going to switch. At worst, Firefox's growth might be slowed, but the people who switch from IE to Safari weren't going to try an open source browser anyway. We're talking about people who think that little blue E on their desktop is "the web".
"Plan 9?
Ah, yes. Plan 9 deals with the resurrection of the dead. Long distance electrodes shot into the pineal and pituitary gland of the recently dead."
Blockbuster already rents PS3 games, so that gave them another way to track BluRay's market penetration. Basically, everyone who rents a PS3 game is also a candidate to rent a BluRay movie. They could put a big sign next the PS3 game shelf that says "Check out our selection of new BluRay movies."
With HD DVD things aren't so simple.
Either way, I still think that the war will be decided by which format Wal-mart chooses for it's sub $200 player, come black Friday. Rumor seems to think it will be HD DVD, so let's not count them out yet.
WTF, I still can't even get my genuine copy of Windows to validate as genuine Windows.
Congrats, guys. You just killed the oldest living mammal! ... Let's you and I have a little talk about that whale. No, wait. Let me get God on speakerphone."
Someday that fisherman will be at the gates of Heaven and Saint Peter will say, "We've been waiting for you
Because "stealing" is illegal in the US, the US govt could make laws to prevent credit card companies from processing transactions involving the purchase of these illegitimate MP3's (allofmp3.com). Didn't the US just pass laws to prevent such transactions for the offshore gambling websites?
However it's not actually stealing. It's copyright infringement. And unlike gambling, copyright infringement is not illegal.
That's why it's illegal for me to use my Mastercard to gamble online, but I'm free to use it to buy from AllOfMP3.com. There really is nothing the govt can do short of forcing ISPs to block the IP range of these "pirate" websites. Do we have a politician stupid enough to even attempt that legislation? Something tells me that in California, we do, and it's just a matter of time.
Unfortunately that is the price you pay for basing your business on the assumption that a FREE SERVICE (namely Google's ranking system) will continue to work in your favor. Many businesses are getting their "advertising" for free by being ranked highly by Google, and prominently displayed in search results. Maybe they should consider paying for strategically placed ads like everybody else.
For everyone's sake...let's pray the shooter owned a Wii.
Coming next year from Michael Moore "Wii Bowling for Virginia Tech."
I know a couple of coworkers who walked into Wal-Mart and got one on launch day (no standing in line or anything). Ironically, on launch you could get one anywhere because the Wii was still an enigma and people didn't know what to expect from it. Only the hardcore Nintendo fanboys got one back then. It's grown in popularity since due to word of mouth and all the "talk" on the internet.
If people don't like shovelware, or crappy ports, then they just won't buy them. Nothing is going to lose it's appeal. Nobody is going to enjoy Mario Galaxy any less just because Elf Bowling exists for the same platform. They will continue to enjoy the great games, while IGNORING the bad ones.
A system will never suffer because of TOO MUCH shovelware. It can only suffer by TOO FEW great games.
The Wii is selling like hotcakes due to it's lower price.
Analysts are saying that the PS3 needs a price drop.
So how do Sony and MS respond to this? By releasing a MORE EXPENSIVE VERSION of their existing consoles.
I've resigned from my employer, Blue State Digital, an internet company that provides technology to several presidential campaigns, including Richardson's, Vilsack's, and -- full disclosure -- Obama's. The company had no idea that I'd created the ad, and neither did any of our clients. But I've decided to resign anyway so as not to harm them, even by implication.
It sounds to me like you need to try to separate your home life from your work life, and try to make your home life more fun. If you have money, then try to find a new hobby, and meet people with those same interests. For instance learn to ride a motorcycle, or buy a boat or jet-ski. Join a basketball league or flag football. Just do something, anything to get your mind off work when you are at home. If you can't be happy outside of work, then maybe you should investigate your "employee assistance" benefits because maybe you should talk to a professional...I'm serious.
In my high school, a private Catholic school, we were required to read several books of our choice over the summer. There were several sci-fi choices that fell under the "Science" category, which included Robin Cook, and Michael Crichton, whose sci-fi books typically are based on real science (as opposed to say, Stephen King or John Saul, whose sci-fi is rooted in the supernatural). The point is just to get kids thinking about science.
Apparently they are telling us the the EA CEO has been voted off the island by the tribal council.