Well, the NFL is afraid that users will take adavantage of this to avoid "blackouts", when the NFL does not allow local broadcast of a game because not enough tickets were sold. (As if that really affects ticket sales)
If this could work in real time, somebody could get a buddy of theirs in another city to send the game to them, and avoid the stupid blackout. I guess that is what scares the NFL.
Cell Providers have generators to keep their switches up. It's not a regulation, just good business. Every minute service is down is a minute they make no money.
Just wait until World of Warcraft comes out. Those guys at Blizzard are really good with the Mac support. I am in the beta and it runs beautifully on my G5. The Windows version has no special benefits, and we play in the same world together.
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Since when have China and Japan have been considered to be in southeast Asia? :)
But can you use Microsoft's DRM with your choice of operating systems?
If this could work in real time, somebody could get a buddy of theirs in another city to send the game to them, and avoid the stupid blackout. I guess that is what scares the NFL.
When you also have a Mac, you don't need to use Windows as much, therefore it won't get screwed up as much.
Cell Providers have generators to keep their switches up. It's not a regulation, just good business. Every minute service is down is a minute they make no money.
Well, $50/year is pretty close. :)
Here is a pretty good explanation.
As if the people who buy the servers really care about whether or not their customer's information is stolen.
Just wait until World of Warcraft comes out. Those guys at Blizzard are really good with the Mac support. I am in the beta and it runs beautifully on my G5. The Windows version has no special benefits, and we play in the same world together.
Well, it's not really a huge leap from mastering the complexities of using a floopy disk.
MIC says a drop in the price of key components, including DVD loaders and MPEG-2 decoder chips
here :)
I just wish my Playstation 2 would take CF memory cards. :)
Would YOU want a missile named "Satan" hitting YOU? If I am being hit by a missle, I'm pretty sure it's name is not going to be too important to me.
For that matter, when will the OS X and Linux versions come out?
Only in certain markets, and not for much longer.
If you are in the U.S., ATT Wireless already has EDGE in large portions of it's network.
First manned vehicle.
Are you saying that you are a Series 60 Worm?
They don't want the Finns or the Norwegians to get any ideas. :)
Be careful, passwords can sit on paper for decades!
It looks like some reporter just discovered the page file. :)
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Unfortunately, you didn't seem to get a keyboard that has caps lock or shift keys.