This is not the death of the encyclopedia, just the ending of an inefficient costly format. Who goes to their site and ops for the $1,400 print version over the $30 disc version?
They also have an app for $1.99 a month. I could get the app for more than 58 years if I wanted to spend that much money. Plus I'd also get updated information and spread the cost out over 58 years.
The dead tree edition makes no sense. Still, why do I feel like I want to go out and spend $1400?
You have a few that respect and understand technology, and all it can do for the dept, but most resent it and try to deal with it and little as possible.
I can't wait until Ford sends them some USB sticks to update their police cruisers. Criminals will be able to get away on foot.
Then they went all mainstream. Mouses. Color Monitors. Facebook. There came a time when even little old ladies had a PC.
That's now changing. Being in a "Post-PC world" just means that the little old ladies and other consumers of digital entertainment will use some other non-PC device.
The best part: nerds will finally be left alone with their PCs. I, for one, look forward to this wonderful "Post-PC Utopia."
As an American, I appreciate that you addressed your comment to the singular parent above, not showing the same ignorance (by parent) to the fact that there are many, many different people in each country of the world.
Good luck explaining to the corporate suites what a "pwn" is.
Luckily I don't have to justify my purchases to a type of hotel room or musical piece
But if my boss did wear a suit, I'm probably say something like "Professional Wireless Network". "Pro Whiteboard Notes" and "insert PHB catch-phrase buzzword here" would probably also work.
We have a vendor that provides software distribution through Azure. It is completely down; no software and not even the web-based administration panel.
So it isn't just the ability to fire up new VMs, but (from my experience) seems to be a complete platform failure for some customers.
This looks like a technical issue in how the game functions, not necessarily a DRM limitation.
It seems like a lot more work to rewrite a game-server protocol than to just hand out free keys to everyone and use the existing system. I guess that isn't the idea solution, but look how good the DVD DRM was after DeCSS came out. If we all have the keys, is it really that restrictive of a DRM system?
the practices of ad networks as well as Apple's efforts to stymie industry-standard practices.
If I were a company that made my money on hardware and my main competitor was a company that made their money on ads, I'd most definitely be trying to tweak my software to stymie "industry-standard" practices.
Did I miss the Steve Jobs Christmas album or something?
Yup, my favorite was Turtlenecks and Mistletoe but I really didn't care for Ye Old Yule Log of Personally-Identifiable Location.
This was a Grammy Trustees Award, not a Grammy Award. The Trustees Award goes out to “individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.”
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$1,400 cool?
This is not the death of the encyclopedia, just the ending of an inefficient costly format. Who goes to their site and ops for the $1,400 print version over the $30 disc version?
They also have an app for $1.99 a month. I could get the app for more than 58 years if I wanted to spend that much money. Plus I'd also get updated information and spread the cost out over 58 years.
The dead tree edition makes no sense. Still, why do I feel like I want to go out and spend $1400?
What's wrong with your lawyers?
What's NOT wrong with our lawyers?
You have a few that respect and understand technology, and all it can do for the dept, but most resent it and try to deal with it and little as possible.
I can't wait until Ford sends them some USB sticks to update their police cruisers. Criminals will be able to get away on foot.
In the beginning, only the nerds had PCs.
Then they went all mainstream. Mouses. Color Monitors. Facebook. There came a time when even little old ladies had a PC.
That's now changing. Being in a "Post-PC world" just means that the little old ladies and other consumers of digital entertainment will use some other non-PC device.
The best part: nerds will finally be left alone with their PCs. I, for one, look forward to this wonderful "Post-PC Utopia."
You americans trying to take the glory again?
What could be more American than that?
-- The Butler, Clue
The last time you played this game the British Army burnt Washington DC to the ground.
Hey, could you do that again? We seem to have some cruft built-up there and need a little tear-down.
www.joker.com
Oh, wait.. dang. At least their company isn't US-based.
As an American, I appreciate that you addressed your comment to the singular parent above, not showing the same ignorance (by parent) to the fact that there are many, many different people in each country of the world.
I wonder if this eventually could have ramifications for certain cases of vision and hearing loss.
This just in... fighting with each other is sub-optimal compared to cooperating with each other.
Now you don't even have to read TFA.
Excellent! Just in time for election-year debates.
Moderator: No, Senator, your time really is over.
Senator: Marg garbele gabble gabbblarp!
Good luck explaining to the corporate suites what a "pwn" is.
Luckily I don't have to justify my purchases to a type of hotel room or musical piece
But if my boss did wear a suit, I'm probably say something like "Professional Wireless Network". "Pro Whiteboard Notes" and "insert PHB catch-phrase buzzword here" would probably also work.
"... and the geek shall inherit the Earth..."
and it only comes along every for years.
Wow! That really IS rare!
As such I will not buy any computer with Windows 8 on it. Hope Apple realizes this before the next OS X is released, but I doubt it.
I'm pretty sure Apple is quite happy to sell you a computer with no trace of Windows 8 on it.
We have a vendor that provides software distribution through Azure. It is completely down; no software and not even the web-based administration panel.
So it isn't just the ability to fire up new VMs, but (from my experience) seems to be a complete platform failure for some customers.
Dear Congress,
You are damage. We will route around you.
-- the Internet
I found out that at least some of the games do
This looks like a technical issue in how the game functions, not necessarily a DRM limitation.
It seems like a lot more work to rewrite a game-server protocol than to just hand out free keys to everyone and use the existing system. I guess that isn't the idea solution, but look how good the DVD DRM was after DeCSS came out. If we all have the keys, is it really that restrictive of a DRM system?
Just "taste of your own medicine" "deserves it" "that's rich". Are we too blinded by fanbiosm to even have a valid discussion anymore?
I was deservedly blinded by the taste of my own rich medicine.
In other words, you have pretty high standards for a Microsoft v. Google article.
Yeah, all the hipsters will be calling it "No2SQL", which is way more righteous.
Microsoft, Howard Hughes is calling. Yes, he's read the MSDN article on IEPL and he'd really like his Spruce Goose back.
They want it to proceed (which I believe was frozen after SCO went into bankruptcy) so that IBM can pound the shit out of SCO in court again.
the practices of ad networks as well as Apple's efforts to stymie industry-standard practices.
If I were a company that made my money on hardware and my main competitor was a company that made their money on ads, I'd most definitely be trying to tweak my software to stymie "industry-standard" practices.
Last year Walter Miller won it and he's a TV producer. He produced TV award shows. Is that a career in music?
I'd say that Steve Jobs made as much of a contribution to recorded music as did last year's winner.
Did I miss the Steve Jobs Christmas album or something?
Yup, my favorite was Turtlenecks and Mistletoe but I really didn't care for Ye Old Yule Log of Personally-Identifiable Location.
This was a Grammy Trustees Award, not a Grammy Award. The Trustees Award goes out to “individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.”