That's a fair question, which leads me to believe it is one which will never be addressed.
The religious right also appear to be some of the most vocal supporters of the current wars.
Actually the last couple of Pokemon games have something kind of along these lines, but they haven't released a new Pokemon CCG yet, so its just the standard RPG ones.
Unfortunately the E-reader does take up the cartridge port, but the data link is passed through, and you can use two gameboys together to accomplish this (or a gameboy and a gamecube with tha GBP attached).
So where would you say rights flow from? They differ from culture to culture.
I'd tend to disagree and say the respect of rights differs from culture to culture.
I personally find the notion that I only have rights because some dead guy from a few centuries past says I do a tad distasteful, but I've learned long ago not to argue with people's superstitions or their religious beliefs.
As for your second point, could it be they are driving recklessly because they are chasing some idiot who thinks its alright to go 100 kph in a school zone?
Could be, but now we've got two idiots who think its alright to go 100 kph in a school zone, and one of them is armed and trying to run the other one off the road.
Oh, I'm sorry, you were assuming all rights flow from a piece of paper? That's where the misunderstanding lies.
At any rate, the ones who think they are "some kind of god" driving seem to inordinately be the ones who are supposedly regulating it for our protection. Is there another subset of the population that drives so recklessly as traffic cops?
Just because government paid for roads (with money stolen from the rest of us I might add) doesn't mean they can do whatever they want to anyone who exercises said "priveledge" (sic)
When the hell did safety become a right anyhow? Why is it that something is only a right when you want it to be?
On the other hand, giving the internet players that "little bit faster" might have required crippling gameplay in some way. That's something they wouldn't have been willing to do, obviously.
A gimmick is not neccesarily a bad thing. The CD-ROM drive on the Philips CDi was considered a gimmick... a few years later virtually every console had one. The 3D extensions in the original playstation's hardware was considered a gimmick... now a console without 3D extensions would be unthinkable.
Its only a gimmick until it succeeds, then its "being ahead of the curve".
Not only that, but Trolltech is trying to make money off of QT, not just make it a standard. They're a corporation, not a not-for-profit standards body.
Seems like the present situation works quite well for them, why should they risk their bottom line to create a standard?
It might not be happening as fast as you want, but much like your business not being as popular as you feel it should, there's really no way to force it on everyone else.
I've got news for you, the market is dictating which OS is the best. People are switching to Linux in droves because they want to, not because they are being forced to... that's the market in action.
Way to be an asshole about it, you're to be congradulated.
I was, of course, fully aware of LiteStep, and the half dozen people who use it. What I still can't figure out is why you'd go to all the trouble of porting KDE or Gnome. Its a neat hack, but what do you get out of it? All the usability of KDE with all the stability of Windows?
Suppose I get robbed, on the street, and the person takes my rent money and everything else on me. Now suppose he comes back the next day and offers to give me back just enough to pay my rent.
If I continue to live there, does this prove he was right in robbing me?
The purpose of actually swapping out the UI in Windows and running GNU/X/etc. over the kernel frankly escapes me. The Win32 kernel isn't particularly sturdy and doesn't itself really offer any benefits over, say, the Linux or BSD kernel.
Of course the big news is they no longer feel the need to do all this secretly "behind our backs". The average person is so desensitized to stuff like this they can just do it in the open.
While this is more than just a simple "screen reader", this is still a valid point. Its like saying "Windows Keyboards can cost up to $700, but my $199 Walmart PC included on at no additional cost".
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That's a fair question, which leads me to believe it is one which will never be addressed. The religious right also appear to be some of the most vocal supporters of the current wars.
Although it sounds like the Gamecube version is going to be called Advance Wars stateside for name recognition.
Better still, let them in, but ban all those corporations that use E3 as little more than an excuse to unveil new products.
Actually if you didn't already have a GBA you can get a classic GBA (not the nifty new SP model) with an e-reader bundled in for like $60-$65.
Or if you shop around places like this have the E-reader for $19...
Frankly I almost never use mine (I got it bundled with my GBA), but now that I can write my own cards, maybe I'll play around with it a little more.
Actually the last couple of Pokemon games have something kind of along these lines, but they haven't released a new Pokemon CCG yet, so its just the standard RPG ones.
Unfortunately the E-reader does take up the cartridge port, but the data link is passed through, and you can use two gameboys together to accomplish this (or a gameboy and a gamecube with tha GBP attached).
So where would you say rights flow from? They differ from culture to culture.
I'd tend to disagree and say the respect of rights differs from culture to culture.
I personally find the notion that I only have rights because some dead guy from a few centuries past says I do a tad distasteful, but I've learned long ago not to argue with people's superstitions or their religious beliefs.
As for your second point, could it be they are driving recklessly because they are chasing some idiot who thinks its alright to go 100 kph in a school zone?
Could be, but now we've got two idiots who think its alright to go 100 kph in a school zone, and one of them is armed and trying to run the other one off the road.
This seems like a considerably worse situation.
Oh, I'm sorry, you were assuming all rights flow from a piece of paper? That's where the misunderstanding lies.
At any rate, the ones who think they are "some kind of god" driving seem to inordinately be the ones who are supposedly regulating it for our protection. Is there another subset of the population that drives so recklessly as traffic cops?
Just because government paid for roads (with money stolen from the rest of us I might add) doesn't mean they can do whatever they want to anyone who exercises said "priveledge" (sic)
When the hell did safety become a right anyhow? Why is it that something is only a right when you want it to be?
On the other hand, giving the internet players that "little bit faster" might have required crippling gameplay in some way. That's something they wouldn't have been willing to do, obviously.
A gimmick is not neccesarily a bad thing. The CD-ROM drive on the Philips CDi was considered a gimmick... a few years later virtually every console had one. The 3D extensions in the original playstation's hardware was considered a gimmick... now a console without 3D extensions would be unthinkable.
Its only a gimmick until it succeeds, then its "being ahead of the curve".
Not only that, but Trolltech is trying to make money off of QT, not just make it a standard. They're a corporation, not a not-for-profit standards body.
Seems like the present situation works quite well for them, why should they risk their bottom line to create a standard?
The market share increases every year.
It might not be happening as fast as you want, but much like your business not being as popular as you feel it should, there's really no way to force it on everyone else.
realistically, once something starts doing "quite well" against it, doesn't it cease to be a monopoly?
I mean, you can buy non-Windows computers pretty much everywhere.
I've got news for you, the market is dictating which OS is the best. People are switching to Linux in droves because they want to, not because they are being forced to... that's the market in action.
Actually it sounds to me like they do care where they live and what stores are around them, and you just don't like their choices.
Sounds good to me.
As a consumer that sounds like a pretty good idea to me too.
Way to be an asshole about it, you're to be congradulated.
I was, of course, fully aware of LiteStep, and the half dozen people who use it. What I still can't figure out is why you'd go to all the trouble of porting KDE or Gnome. Its a neat hack, but what do you get out of it? All the usability of KDE with all the stability of Windows?
Are those drivers kernel-level in Windows? I was under the impression graphic card driver software was done at the GUI level.
Suppose I get robbed, on the street, and the person takes my rent money and everything else on me. Now suppose he comes back the next day and offers to give me back just enough to pay my rent.
If I continue to live there, does this prove he was right in robbing me?
If you really want to you can run KDE on Cygwin.
The purpose of actually swapping out the UI in Windows and running GNU/X/etc. over the kernel frankly escapes me. The Win32 kernel isn't particularly sturdy and doesn't itself really offer any benefits over, say, the Linux or BSD kernel.
Problem: Government mandated cable monopolies are a disaster
Logical Solution: Stop mandating cable monopolies.
Of course the big news is they no longer feel the need to do all this secretly "behind our backs". The average person is so desensitized to stuff like this they can just do it in the open.
Outlook is the problem, but switching to Linux certainly does eliminate it.
Its not THE solution, but its certainly A solution.
The end user can't be protected from everything, but making sure his default applications are at least somewhat secure is a good thing.
While this is more than just a simple "screen reader", this is still a valid point. Its like saying "Windows Keyboards can cost up to $700, but my $199 Walmart PC included on at no additional cost".