Giving something to someone does not make the a freeloader. Some people will take the work, and give back. A competent minority can create a lot of stuff. Example; Linux, Apache...
Just saying that there are alternative revenue streams if you look for them. Not as much, but think of the millions they would save in lawyer fees suing customers and buying politicians.
Yes! It could allow me to be further away from my small screen. Ahhh... Wait a minute.:) And before you say external monitor, let me remind you of external keyboard, and wow, it is not a laptop anymore.
This is not about appealing to the geeks. It is about appealing to the greens. The funny part is that it is really no more green that a regular laptop.
And size. The whitebox laptop has been a dream for a while now. Mainly because fitting more power in less space means propitiatory components. The fact that this includes vendor lock in is just gravy for them.
Missed that whole "Enterprise security" and "IT departments pulling their hair out" bit did you? Users are stupid. (Not all of them, all the time, but enough of them, enough of the time.) When you are stupid and risk your own data, it is a learning experience. When you do the same at the office, it is a slashdot story. For a personal phone, yes this sucks. From a company standpoint, Thank You!
the PS3's a level playing field, I can't (actually I can) afford a piece of HW good enough to keep me competitive just to play CoD. I like my old/current hw, it's perfectly good enough for prn browsing needs.
If your principals are not worth a few hundred dollars, or a slight hit in gaming performance, that is a different problem. At least we know that you will fight them to the death, as long as you don't have to get out of your chair.
Why? It hasn't hurt them so far? I mean I hope this does, but they have been real bastards for a long time. If the first two rootkits didn't get your attention, what will?
Not that individuals acting alone have any impact anyway...
A mob is just a group of individuals... Lots of posters have said they are done with Sony, so this may have an effect. That said, what took so long? This is Sony business as usual...
I think it's even crazier they want IP's from people who only viewed the video though for all I know I could have seen it embeded somewhere or other and never even took it in.
However, if they can get law to say you are responsible for what you view, regardless of how... Think of the CP e-mail bomb the CEO would get! Ooops...:)
You could blanket the top of New York City with goods moving through the sky VIA wire a lot more cheaply than you could build more roads or rails.
Well, at least until one or two of those shipments of goods fell. Then I am pretty sure that your legal costs would easily eat up all of those cost savings.
And trains never derail, trucks never crash, and cabbies never curse.
I think in this case it really is not about the money. I am reasonable sure that they would have paid less to license h264 than they did to buy VP8 and open it.
Time to define "open" like we did "free." There is free speech, and free beer, and that is now clear... So lets go with the code is open, the standard is open, the store is open. Clear now?
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Giving something to someone does not make the a freeloader. Some people will take the work, and give back. A competent minority can create a lot of stuff. Example; Linux, Apache...
Product Placement.
Just saying that there are alternative revenue streams if you look for them. Not as much, but think of the millions they would save in lawyer fees suing customers and buying politicians.
Yes! It could allow me to be further away from my small screen. Ahhh... Wait a minute. :) And before you say external monitor, let me remind you of external keyboard, and wow, it is not a laptop anymore.
This is not about appealing to the geeks. It is about appealing to the greens. The funny part is that it is really no more green that a regular laptop.
And size. The whitebox laptop has been a dream for a while now. Mainly because fitting more power in less space means propitiatory components. The fact that this includes vendor lock in is just gravy for them.
Obey the user except when the user wants to do something...
Fixed that for you.
Missed that whole "Enterprise security" and "IT departments pulling their hair out" bit did you? Users are stupid. (Not all of them, all the time, but enough of them, enough of the time.) When you are stupid and risk your own data, it is a learning experience. When you do the same at the office, it is a slashdot story. For a personal phone, yes this sucks. From a company standpoint, Thank You!
The Wiis never see any action either really.
Just had to capture the ultimate quote for Slashdot. :)
the PS3's a level playing field, I can't (actually I can) afford a piece of HW good enough to keep me competitive just to play CoD. I like my old/current hw, it's perfectly good enough for prn browsing needs.
If your principals are not worth a few hundred dollars, or a slight hit in gaming performance, that is a different problem. At least we know that you will fight them to the death, as long as you don't have to get out of your chair.
They have to know what each accused user eats for breakfast too?
Frivolous lawsuits!
Why? It hasn't hurt them so far? I mean I hope this does, but they have been real bastards for a long time. If the first two rootkits didn't get your attention, what will?
Sony is also demanding "A bajillion kajillion dollars, all the chocolate in the world, and a pony."
I have a pony for them... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-prMb6BdNs
Someone better tell sony/RIAA/MPAA that in the US, a jury is also supposed to be comprised of the defendant's peers!
So seed generously! http://www.xkcd.com/553/
Not that individuals acting alone have any impact anyway...
A mob is just a group of individuals... Lots of posters have said they are done with Sony, so this may have an effect. That said, what took so long? This is Sony business as usual...
I think it's even crazier they want IP's from people who only viewed the video though for all I know I could have seen it embeded somewhere or other and never even took it in.
However, if they can get law to say you are responsible for what you view, regardless of how... Think of the CP e-mail bomb the CEO would get! Ooops... :)
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This is scaring me...
About time! The only limits on Sony are what they think the can get away with. And they are awfully confident in themselves getting away with a lot.
It took you this long to decide? Really? They lost me after the second rootkit...
me too but what will you/I play 'call of duty' on then? I'm not buying an xbox.
That big funny box you used to type that message, perhaps?
I know what you mean. I read the forward to a Calculus textbook, and I still can't differentiate shit.
You could blanket the top of New York City with goods moving through the sky VIA wire a lot more cheaply than you could build more roads or rails.
Well, at least until one or two of those shipments of goods fell. Then I am pretty sure that your legal costs would easily eat up all of those cost savings.
And trains never derail, trucks never crash, and cabbies never curse.
From TFA, "...which has withstood hurricane force winds..." so perhaps they thought it out more than you read.
I think in this case it really is not about the money. I am reasonable sure that they would have paid less to license h264 than they did to buy VP8 and open it.
Time to define "open" like we did "free." There is free speech, and free beer, and that is now clear... So lets go with the code is open, the standard is open, the store is open. Clear now?
It works for The Register...
As stated in TFA, most networks are running no AQM at all. Not RED, not WIRED... Nothing. After all, you don't fear the dog till it bites you.