The vast majority of people do not give a shit whether their "bootloader" is "unlocked". They want something that works and they don't even know or care about even rooting the phone.
No one would give a shit. People buy phones because they like the software / hardware or they trust the brand. They don't care if it's "open" or "free".
So basically Sony want to do pretty much what Steam already does on the PC and people are saying "it doesn't work".
Well guess what. It *does* work and chances are you're already using a service where you simply cannot resell games.
As for the rest of the arguments, I heard them before. In 2003, when Steam went online. The world, amazingly did not end.
Please spare us the quasi-legal bullshit. Legally unproven INTENT of doing anything is not illegal and thank the almighty gods for that because I'd surely be in jail for intending to flay everyone who resorts to shitty legalese in order to make a non-existent point valid.
What you're describing hasn't been happening for more than a decade. There is no major ISP that runs NNTP servers nowadays, because the legal scenario you are describing isn't as clear as that. They would be directly liable for hosting copyrighted works, so they stopped running it. An NNTP server, also, is not a cache. It's a mirror, and they wouldn't be protected as a carrier but they would actually be liable as a publisher.
USENET hasn't been used for discussions since some time in the mid-90s. And yeah, it should be dying. Its model (replicate ALL content all over the internet) is reduntant nowadays. For everything than the alt.bin.* hierarchy that is.
I use USENET extensively for downloading stuff since the 90s and I find it a mark of extreme hypocricy when people say it's used for "discussions" or "dissemination of ideas". It's not. It's used for downloading stuff by everyone but a minuscule minority.
Maybe he just has a different opinion than yours? I too think that Zune was better than the ipod, and you know why? Because I actually handled one and I made my own mind up rather than conform to whatever consensus slashdot's usual circlejerking forced on me.
For what it's worth, I also think WP7 is a hell of a phone OS. But then again, unlike you, I've used one.
What? I'm using one on my Linux laptop (a quad i7 with 8Gb running Ubuntu), and the performance is truly stunning.
That specific drive is also considered a damn good upgrade for Macbook Pros, so I honestly have no idea why you think it works better on Windows or whatever. In my opinion, it's pretty much the best cost / benefit ratio on hdds out there.
Win95 was shit? What? It was amazing for the time it came out, and a HUGE step forward compared to Win 3.11 or even MacOS. Windows 98 and 98SE were even better and huge improvements over 95. Windows Me was very good on paper but on practice it was so buggy and damn annoying as to pretty much warrant no one who wanted to work on his computer would install it.
You lost me. What in the name of the mighty Zeus does copyright and patent law have to do with this?
I mean I know this is slashdot and all, but please, spare us the drama.
I don't think the guy was actually interested in finding a solution. If he had, he'd have some kind of a proposal set up and would have had us evaluate it, or give him a better suggestion. The whole post sounds like a damn troll to be honest, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt. Using dropbox, or one of the tens of other services (google drive, ubuntu one, microsoft's whatevertheycallit) is pretty much a solution explicitely designed to solve this problem. I have no idea why finding a more difficult way of doing things is better. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's just stupid.
I have a Sony Vaio 15 inch, SE series. 1080p screen (and really amazing at that), with a chiclet keyboard with numeric keypad. i7, 6Gb RAM, 640Gb disk. It cost about 1500eur. I am really happy with it, but PLEASE try the keyboard first because some people I've talked to seem to think it's a bit "loose" for their tastes.
Don't care much about Sony being "evil" or whatever. I like their laptops.
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The vast majority of people do not give a shit whether their "bootloader" is "unlocked". They want something that works and they don't even know or care about even rooting the phone.
No one would give a shit. People buy phones because they like the software / hardware or they trust the brand. They don't care if it's "open" or "free".
Which is pretty much what the article is about, right?
If it's a steam game, you cannot resell it. You can sell your physical disk all you want but whoever buys it won't be able to install it.
Yes, and your behaviour is *clearly* everyone's behaviour.
So basically Sony want to do pretty much what Steam already does on the PC and people are saying "it doesn't work". Well guess what. It *does* work and chances are you're already using a service where you simply cannot resell games. As for the rest of the arguments, I heard them before. In 2003, when Steam went online. The world, amazingly did not end.
This makes no god damn sense.
I guess at the point when you remove the whole god damn motherboard like the guy in the article did.
Please spare us the quasi-legal bullshit. Legally unproven INTENT of doing anything is not illegal and thank the almighty gods for that because I'd surely be in jail for intending to flay everyone who resorts to shitty legalese in order to make a non-existent point valid.
I suggest you read the comment you replied to properly before making smartass "RTFA" comments.
What you're describing hasn't been happening for more than a decade. There is no major ISP that runs NNTP servers nowadays, because the legal scenario you are describing isn't as clear as that. They would be directly liable for hosting copyrighted works, so they stopped running it. An NNTP server, also, is not a cache. It's a mirror, and they wouldn't be protected as a carrier but they would actually be liable as a publisher.
The money people pay to access the servers.
USENET hasn't been used for discussions since some time in the mid-90s. And yeah, it should be dying. Its model (replicate ALL content all over the internet) is reduntant nowadays. For everything than the alt.bin.* hierarchy that is. I use USENET extensively for downloading stuff since the 90s and I find it a mark of extreme hypocricy when people say it's used for "discussions" or "dissemination of ideas". It's not. It's used for downloading stuff by everyone but a minuscule minority.
Maybe he just has a different opinion than yours? I too think that Zune was better than the ipod, and you know why? Because I actually handled one and I made my own mind up rather than conform to whatever consensus slashdot's usual circlejerking forced on me. For what it's worth, I also think WP7 is a hell of a phone OS. But then again, unlike you, I've used one.
Samscum? Really?...
What? I'm using one on my Linux laptop (a quad i7 with 8Gb running Ubuntu), and the performance is truly stunning. That specific drive is also considered a damn good upgrade for Macbook Pros, so I honestly have no idea why you think it works better on Windows or whatever. In my opinion, it's pretty much the best cost / benefit ratio on hdds out there.
The Windows algorithm is anything but simple. It's actually quite damn good, and the system is measurably faster while using Readyboost.
Wow a critique of the patent system in a completely unrelated subject, how absolutely fucking original.
Win95 was shit? What? It was amazing for the time it came out, and a HUGE step forward compared to Win 3.11 or even MacOS. Windows 98 and 98SE were even better and huge improvements over 95. Windows Me was very good on paper but on practice it was so buggy and damn annoying as to pretty much warrant no one who wanted to work on his computer would install it.
So don't use Dropbox. Use one of the dozen other sync services out there. Find one you like / trust and that's that.
You lost me. What in the name of the mighty Zeus does copyright and patent law have to do with this? I mean I know this is slashdot and all, but please, spare us the drama.
I don't think the guy was actually interested in finding a solution. If he had, he'd have some kind of a proposal set up and would have had us evaluate it, or give him a better suggestion. The whole post sounds like a damn troll to be honest, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt. Using dropbox, or one of the tens of other services (google drive, ubuntu one, microsoft's whatevertheycallit) is pretty much a solution explicitely designed to solve this problem. I have no idea why finding a more difficult way of doing things is better. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's just stupid.
use something like Dropbox. It works fine, does exactly what you want, what's the point in reinventing the wheel?
Oggcast is a damn stupid word. Please kill it with fire.
I have a Sony Vaio 15 inch, SE series. 1080p screen (and really amazing at that), with a chiclet keyboard with numeric keypad. i7, 6Gb RAM, 640Gb disk. It cost about 1500eur. I am really happy with it, but PLEASE try the keyboard first because some people I've talked to seem to think it's a bit "loose" for their tastes. Don't care much about Sony being "evil" or whatever. I like their laptops.