It pisses me off in the worst way that WebVan got a billion dollars to last what, a couple years?
And companies today that were around before the boom, and are still around today, have nightmares trying to get small reinvestments and loans cuz they're the dreaded "IT COMPANIES".
Reverse engineering is protected indirectly by laws in other countries that override the EULAs, since those clauses are not valid under the state laws.
Russian crackers would happily tell you all about this, just like they happily tell the owners of the software they've cracked when they're slapped with Cease and Desists.
It's kind of ironic that MS actually has a superior product on the market this time, but are suffering just from BEING Microsoft.
The losses are negligible, and indeed as many posts said, planned. Microsoft will have no trouble brute forcing their way into the market over time, particularly if they continue tying together a superior platform and inticing software houses, as well as focusing on their target market, which isn't so much the teenager, but the young adult game player.
It's a serious problem. I couldn't allow in good conscience a pre-adolescent kid to roam free on the internet. There's just too much junk. While I'm not in the US,.kids.* (or even.kids TLD) could set a good precedent, and really get children out of the crapola.
Combined with a ".kids" browser with severe linking limitation (browser only allows links to other.kids sites) and legal repurcussions for companies violating the.kids standard (Corruption of Minors?) I'd be more than happy to make changes to the way my computer worked to facilitate this.
In a way it would create a sub-web of the internet, kids domains only interlinking with kids domains, and this would be a great thing. Many existing domains exist to populate this with numerous sites targetted for kids.
In fact, if it was made a TLD, this could easily be expanded into pretty much all IP software to make 'em kid friendly. And kid friendly would have to come first over functionality; no putting in IP addresses directly to go to a site. It is a severe limitation but with a good watchdog, and approval process for.kids domains, I'd rest a lot easier about having a kid on the net.
Soon to be upgraded with 2000 degree centrigrade flamethrower plus optional napalm pack!
Now that's secure. Until you come home from cheating on yer wife and try to sneak in.
I've done this with exceptional games (NeverWinter Nights most recently) but the total cost for NWN for me was around $85 US after both shippings and local duties. Hardly practical for regular or impulse purchasing.
The video game industry has kept this alive and well. I can't buy video games locally, I can't order video games from Amazon (publishers restrict exports), what's a guy to do.
Grouping anime is as easy as grouping movies. Anime of all type exists, from psychological thrillers to adult drama to action to fantasy to pr0n and still more divisions below.
There are certainly trends in anime, but I can't accept that all anime (and so all anime fans) be grouped into a single stereotype.
The only thing I think that makes an anime fan an anime fan is the willingness to suspend reality (the super buzzword of the entertainment industry) for the animated medium. Their choice of anime beyond that is as varied as people's tastes in movies or books.
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And companies today that were around before the boom, and are still around today, have nightmares trying to get small reinvestments and loans cuz they're the dreaded "IT COMPANIES".
Way to go on making it work FreshDirect.
Russian crackers would happily tell you all about this, just like they happily tell the owners of the software they've cracked when they're slapped with Cease and Desists.
The losses are negligible, and indeed as many posts said, planned. Microsoft will have no trouble brute forcing their way into the market over time, particularly if they continue tying together a superior platform and inticing software houses, as well as focusing on their target market, which isn't so much the teenager, but the young adult game player.
It's a serious problem. I couldn't allow in good conscience a pre-adolescent kid to roam free on the internet. There's just too much junk. While I'm not in the US, .kids.* (or even .kids TLD) could set a good precedent, and really get children out of the crapola.
Combined with a ".kids" browser with severe linking limitation (browser only allows links to other .kids sites) and legal repurcussions for companies violating the .kids standard (Corruption of Minors?) I'd be more than happy to make changes to the way my computer worked to facilitate this.
In a way it would create a sub-web of the internet, kids domains only interlinking with kids domains, and this would be a great thing. Many existing domains exist to populate this with numerous sites targetted for kids.
In fact, if it was made a TLD, this could easily be expanded into pretty much all IP software to make 'em kid friendly. And kid friendly would have to come first over functionality; no putting in IP addresses directly to go to a site. It is a severe limitation but with a good watchdog, and approval process for .kids domains, I'd rest a lot easier about having a kid on the net.
Soon to be upgraded with 2000 degree centrigrade flamethrower plus optional napalm pack! Now that's secure. Until you come home from cheating on yer wife and try to sneak in.
I have no doubt they're capitalizing on the market. But "came about"?
I've done this with exceptional games (NeverWinter Nights most recently) but the total cost for NWN for me was around $85 US after both shippings and local duties. Hardly practical for regular or impulse purchasing.
The video game industry has kept this alive and well. I can't buy video games locally, I can't order video games from Amazon (publishers restrict exports), what's a guy to do.
Hey I like the Powerpuff Girls! I'm cool! I'm alternative!
Grouping anime is as easy as grouping movies. Anime of all type exists, from psychological thrillers to adult drama to action to fantasy to pr0n and still more divisions below. There are certainly trends in anime, but I can't accept that all anime (and so all anime fans) be grouped into a single stereotype. The only thing I think that makes an anime fan an anime fan is the willingness to suspend reality (the super buzzword of the entertainment industry) for the animated medium. Their choice of anime beyond that is as varied as people's tastes in movies or books.
Evangelion is probably the most "subject to interpretation" anime there is; everyone has an opinion :)
Cuz men were making the animation. Just like how porn games came about.
Prolly a good reason this was posted by "Anonymous Coward."