I mean why can't they backdoor established procedures with something constructive? Like putting a chokehold on the MPAA/RIAA? Or, god forbid, actually representing the wishes and views of the people who put them in the position they're in.
The PS1 is selling like crazy in Japan because it's barely bigger than a CD now. Couple that with the portable LCD screen and battery unit that attaches to the bottom and you've got a totally portable Playstation. Over there on the other side of the pond, little and portable always sells.
Good electronica compilations can be found amongst the Gatecrasher series. If you can get your hands on it, I highly recommend the latest one, Gatecrasher Digital (should have kind of a black and white striped look with the Gatecrasher lion logo on the front). That one's a three disc compilation, but well worth the money.
The annoying thing with compilations is the signal to noise ratio. A lot of them contain junk with one or two big electronica hits (like one year every damn compilation had the DJ Tiesto remix of Silence by Delerium). Gatecrasher's usually very good at having fresh tracks on them. Digital's one of the best to date. I lended that to a girl at work, she took like two weeks to get it back -- she was addicted to disc 3 (the chillout disc).
Wow, another hardware design change for the Palm. Whoopdeedoo.
When are people going to wake up and realize they're buying the exact same device that's been selling for years? Color screen? Great. Too bad it's a teeny-tiny one. SD card slot? Cool, but 95% of the people out there don't need it and won't use it.
For me, I stopped doing the Palm device thing when they discontinued the V line (which was just finally dropping in price to something worth purchasing) in favor of the m line, a ridiculously overpriced series of crap. Sorry, but Palm hardware is starting to seem more like FisherPrice's My First Handheld PC to me.
MSNBC's reporter bias is completely offset by/. comment bias. It all ends up even in the end.:)
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That's a great point. I barely ever read anything posted on this site that has anything to do with Microsoft products or news. The/. articles themselves are 95% biased opinion 5% useful information (usually only consisting of the URL to the site where you can get the real news). And the responses from readers are unbelievably obtuse.
It's good to know I'm not the ONLY person here with that view too.:) I've read/. for years now and have noticed its rapid decline of reader comments and article bias. This sucks really, since/. could be the ultimate source for tech news and discussion, and no matter hat anyone says it ISN'T right now because of these ridiculous trends in its readership.
Just my 2c.
Come on. The second anyone finds that Winamp's been disabled because of something Windows Media Player installed behind the scenes, Microsoft will be fighting back a shitstorm unlike any other it's faced. I find it highly unlikely you'll log into your Windows machine one morning and find nothing will work other than Windows Media Player.
You know, Microsoft has it tough on so many fronts. They own a huge percentage of the operating system market share for PCs, that's known. In turn that makes them responsible for many things, of which I'll mention a couple. Security of the operating system for the user, and making sure the operating system itself doesn't become a tool for digital rights violations.
So a vulnerability is found in the operating system or one of its components. Immediately they're getting slammed in the media and forums like they're the only software developer who's ever written code that's exploitable or buggy. They're not, they're just somehow a hell of a lot more responsible for these kinds of issues than other products with substantially lower user bases. In an ideal world, all security issues would get the same media exposure as MS ones do, but hey we don't live in that ideal world.
There's also the issue of digital rights management. You just KNOW they're getting an earful from the RIAA and/or other similar organizations about how it's so easy for users to pirate music and other media on the Windows platform, and since it's got such a huge user base it's going to get asked to do something about it. What are they supposed to do? Say no, and risk legal issues with the RIAA? If they fight against the man, they lose face again in the media because the corporate world works for the man. And in case nobody noticed, Microsoft is a company, and companies are out to make money and market share. Looking bad in the eyes of the world media is a bad thing for them, so they have to pick the lesser of two evils.
I'm not agreeing with the new EULA, I think that security updates are best kept in the realm of email or program notifications requiring user intervention, not automagical downloads and installations. Not to MENTION crippling of programs I may be using to *gasp* pirate music. That's entirely wrong, but for some reason they thought this was the best decision. It doesn't mean I have to install the update or run Windows Media Player (or Windows for that matter). I did, I do (and I do), but that's besides the point. I just think that people should consider what might be things Microsoft has to deal with behind the scenes that made them make these kinds of decisions.
Just as an aside, I'm no Microsoft drone or anything. And really I'm not sure this post has a point, but it's my rant nonetheless.:)
Well, another mainstream MP3 search util is about to suck. Between this and the RIAA trying to get a share of every used CD sale, I'm wondering why the US government hasn't stepped in and smacked their peepee. They'll stomp all over Microsoft for having a monopolistic control of computers, doesn't this fall under the same, or similar, category?
Yeah really. Although some people are cheating and make no attempt to hide it. Saw one guy once play for a while and he got NOTHING but headshots. That one was pretty obvious (aimbot).
One issue I have with the whole cheating thing is the accusations. I play Counter-strike still and I've never used a hack or a cheat at all. Occasionally I get on a streak or something and end up massacring people. All of a sudden the accusations come flying in about me cheating. One server I got banned from when this happened, and I never did a thing.
The moral of the story? Cheating not only hurts the newbies who want to get into some online games, but also hurts those of us who play often and occasionally show a glimmer of skill.
If all it was, was simply just "old news" then that's fine.:) It definitely was worded differently and came across as not being posted because of the MS propaganda-ness of it.
We weren't going to run this, but there were a lot of submissions, so...
What the hell is this? Is Slashdot SO anti-MS that they are unwilling to post stories if they have some of their propaganda in there? Over the years I've come to appreciate the variety of Slashdot submissions for covering such a wide range of industries and viewpoints, but it scares me to think that a lot of editorial censorship is going on.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a pro-MS guy and I'm not trying to drum up arguments for the purpose of getting flamed, I'm just a guy who'd like to see Slashdot editors remain a bit impartial. Present the news and the stories, leave the scathing comments to the readers who submit comments. Just my 2c.
Uh, the contract itself probably isn't saved as part of the agreement. Changing it doesn't make a difference, what's probably being saved is your agreeing to whatever they put on that page on said date and time.
Nice try though!:P
I really don't see why this should affect the poster's take on getting one of these. The manufacturer's covering its ass in all ways possible. If you say you agree to it and hack the machine, pirate programs, whatever, you're at fault not them. They're simply making that clear. Get the machine, hack it, do what you want. Why would the license agreement change your mind, when you're going to do it anyway?:)
Nice comment from the writer about it being interesting how the Linux drivers were quicker than Windows. Check the benchmark graphs. They're almost entirely equal. Move to the next page you see the Linux drivers completely blow away the Windows ones when playing Max Payne, but the auther admits below them that he got those by lowering the texture quality of the game on Linux, and the comparison graphs are against the Windows version running at max quality. Some comparison.
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Historically the infrastructure wasn't in place and the technology wasn't as cheap as it is now.
I mean why can't they backdoor established procedures with something constructive? Like putting a chokehold on the MPAA/RIAA? Or, god forbid, actually representing the wishes and views of the people who put them in the position they're in.
The PS1 is selling like crazy in Japan because it's barely bigger than a CD now. Couple that with the portable LCD screen and battery unit that attaches to the bottom and you've got a totally portable Playstation. Over there on the other side of the pond, little and portable always sells.
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I wouldn't classify them as electronica but VNV is DEFINITELY one of the best bands out there. Love their stuff.
Hahahha. Ain't that the truth. The guy's sold every damn song he's ever written to some manufacturer or marketer for use in commercials.
The annoying thing with compilations is the signal to noise ratio. A lot of them contain junk with one or two big electronica hits (like one year every damn compilation had the DJ Tiesto remix of Silence by Delerium). Gatecrasher's usually very good at having fresh tracks on them. Digital's one of the best to date. I lended that to a girl at work, she took like two weeks to get it back -- she was addicted to disc 3 (the chillout disc).
When are people going to wake up and realize they're buying the exact same device that's been selling for years? Color screen? Great. Too bad it's a teeny-tiny one. SD card slot? Cool, but 95% of the people out there don't need it and won't use it.
For me, I stopped doing the Palm device thing when they discontinued the V line (which was just finally dropping in price to something worth purchasing) in favor of the m line, a ridiculously overpriced series of crap. Sorry, but Palm hardware is starting to seem more like FisherPrice's My First Handheld PC to me.
Sixth time's the charm. Guess some people have way oo much time and money on their hands.
MSNBC's reporter bias is completely offset by /. comment bias. It all ends up even in the end. :)
That's a great point. I barely ever read anything posted on this site that has anything to do with Microsoft products or news. The /. articles themselves are 95% biased opinion 5% useful information (usually only consisting of the URL to the site where you can get the real news). And the responses from readers are unbelievably obtuse.
It's good to know I'm not the ONLY person here with that view too. :) I've read /. for years now and have noticed its rapid decline of reader comments and article bias. This sucks really, since /. could be the ultimate source for tech news and discussion, and no matter hat anyone says it ISN'T right now because of these ridiculous trends in its readership.
Just my 2c.
This is the exact same trailer as last week, but is of FAR better quality.
Come on. The second anyone finds that Winamp's been disabled because of something Windows Media Player installed behind the scenes, Microsoft will be fighting back a shitstorm unlike any other it's faced. I find it highly unlikely you'll log into your Windows machine one morning and find nothing will work other than Windows Media Player.
You know, Microsoft has it tough on so many fronts. They own a huge percentage of the operating system market share for PCs, that's known. In turn that makes them responsible for many things, of which I'll mention a couple. Security of the operating system for the user, and making sure the operating system itself doesn't become a tool for digital rights violations.
So a vulnerability is found in the operating system or one of its components. Immediately they're getting slammed in the media and forums like they're the only software developer who's ever written code that's exploitable or buggy. They're not, they're just somehow a hell of a lot more responsible for these kinds of issues than other products with substantially lower user bases. In an ideal world, all security issues would get the same media exposure as MS ones do, but hey we don't live in that ideal world.
There's also the issue of digital rights management. You just KNOW they're getting an earful from the RIAA and/or other similar organizations about how it's so easy for users to pirate music and other media on the Windows platform, and since it's got such a huge user base it's going to get asked to do something about it. What are they supposed to do? Say no, and risk legal issues with the RIAA? If they fight against the man, they lose face again in the media because the corporate world works for the man. And in case nobody noticed, Microsoft is a company, and companies are out to make money and market share. Looking bad in the eyes of the world media is a bad thing for them, so they have to pick the lesser of two evils.
I'm not agreeing with the new EULA, I think that security updates are best kept in the realm of email or program notifications requiring user intervention, not automagical downloads and installations. Not to MENTION crippling of programs I may be using to *gasp* pirate music. That's entirely wrong, but for some reason they thought this was the best decision. It doesn't mean I have to install the update or run Windows Media Player (or Windows for that matter). I did, I do (and I do), but that's besides the point. I just think that people should consider what might be things Microsoft has to deal with behind the scenes that made them make these kinds of decisions.
Just as an aside, I'm no Microsoft drone or anything. And really I'm not sure this post has a point, but it's my rant nonetheless. :)
Well, another mainstream MP3 search util is about to suck. Between this and the RIAA trying to get a share of every used CD sale, I'm wondering why the US government hasn't stepped in and smacked their peepee. They'll stomp all over Microsoft for having a monopolistic control of computers, doesn't this fall under the same, or similar, category?
Yeah really. Although some people are cheating and make no attempt to hide it. Saw one guy once play for a while and he got NOTHING but headshots. That one was pretty obvious (aimbot).
The moral of the story? Cheating not only hurts the newbies who want to get into some online games, but also hurts those of us who play often and occasionally show a glimmer of skill.
I'll still read Slashdot, so no worries. :D
Very much not new to Slashdot, actually. :) I ditched my older account, but I've been reading the site for years now.
What the hell is this? Is Slashdot SO anti-MS that they are unwilling to post stories if they have some of their propaganda in there? Over the years I've come to appreciate the variety of Slashdot submissions for covering such a wide range of industries and viewpoints, but it scares me to think that a lot of editorial censorship is going on.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a pro-MS guy and I'm not trying to drum up arguments for the purpose of getting flamed, I'm just a guy who'd like to see Slashdot editors remain a bit impartial. Present the news and the stories, leave the scathing comments to the readers who submit comments. Just my 2c.
Uh, the contract itself probably isn't saved as part of the agreement. Changing it doesn't make a difference, what's probably being saved is your agreeing to whatever they put on that page on said date and time. Nice try though! :P
I really don't see why this should affect the poster's take on getting one of these. The manufacturer's covering its ass in all ways possible. If you say you agree to it and hack the machine, pirate programs, whatever, you're at fault not them. They're simply making that clear. Get the machine, hack it, do what you want. Why would the license agreement change your mind, when you're going to do it anyway? :)
Not to mention all that bandwidth they ate up serving us those weird and wonderful MP3 thingamabobs.
I use Audiogalaxy too, and the news that it too is going to be sued is disturbing. However there's ALWAYS Gnutella. :)
Nice comment from the writer about it being interesting how the Linux drivers were quicker than Windows. Check the benchmark graphs. They're almost entirely equal. Move to the next page you see the Linux drivers completely blow away the Windows ones when playing Max Payne, but the auther admits below them that he got those by lowering the texture quality of the game on Linux, and the comparison graphs are against the Windows version running at max quality. Some comparison.