good. as a MMO player who has to put up with the asshats who dont know their job and spends 500 dollars on gear they dont know the first thing how to use half the time, it means both less compitition for me from sellers and chinese assholes farming, AND less time I have to waste on a butthead who cant play his job making MY gaming experience less fun because someone threw money at it.
I hope the game companies sued the shit out of any small site that starts up too. And then take out IGE.
I have a decade-old iMac (ruby) that runs the very latest version of Macintosh OSX. (10.4) What's that you say? Apple doesn't support legacy hardware?
Nope it doesnt, oh your ruby will run if you boost up its memory and such, I have even older iMacs running it, but check out Apples Website. ITS NOT SUPPORTED.
Well, try getting Vista to run on a Pentium 2 with 128 MB of RAM on a 10 GB HDD, which is what was state of the art when the Apple iMac came out.
Hardly, but to make you feel even more stupid, yeah Vista will run on it if you boosted up the ram and HD and got a decent GFX card and probably spoofed it, but again not supported though.
But going back to the Apple not supporting legacy hardware thing, Apple does not support OS9 machines and hasn't since 2002. Up until recently Microsoft was still supporting 98 machines and still does outside of the US, this is on top of a number of networking OSs. Likewise Microsoft continues to support really legacy shit like BIOS, and weird propriatary PCI cards and stuff most would say to a fault. Likewise unlike Apple which has only a small swath of stuff that they have to worry will work with OS X, Microsoft has a huge number of off brands and one device wonders out there that they try to support, again many would say to a fault. And lastly there is a huge chunk of code Microsoft is forced to support out there in poorly designed but widely used programs that apple is VERY careful to keep a tight reign on its software developers to keep them from sloppy ways. A grat example of this is how often Vistas implementation of the Apple authorization box goes off because the software is calling system specific actions it shouldnt be even touching thanks to lazy coders.
No, I didn't think so. Come back when you have some clue what you're talking about.
I meant broadcast as in intentional broadcasting. The difference between a stray signal from say a iPod vs a object thats whole purpose is to broadcast radio waves will obviously be very different in power.
From long distances yes, but not IN a plane. Even a iPod has been recorded as screwing with avionics on major airliners and they dont even broadcast anything. DSs are really bad and they broadcast 802.11b
but you cant "change" a policy dictated by your own music companies. Thats like saying your under arrest for driving 50 miles a hour in a 40 mile a hour zone, but we dont care that the car manufacturers only have two speed settings 0 and 50.
Europe has it in for US companies in general, and has had it in for years. The problem is they are hardly in a position to offer viable alternatives for US products or if they do are so regulated its impossible for the company to move beyond being smaller than a US company would be.
and the fact that they only outlawed Apples and not Microsoft's proves that they are more concerned about putting their hands in Microsofts monopolistic pockets, than free music which they would get if ALL DRM is banned.
Your move troll.
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well what if I want to listen to my playsforsure tracks on my iPod OH WAIT I cant do that either.
Its bogus and you know it. This punished Apple while giving Microsoft free reign to make people spend money to license their version... oh but wait Playsforsure is being phased out too for Microsofts unlicensable Zune only format.
yes but in this case the truth. There are plenty of rivals with their own services, just because people would rather use a iPod or iTunes over the dozen others out there doesnt mean they are a monopoly.
In order to be a monopoly you must be actively using your marketshare to drive others out of the buisness, that right there was why Microsoft was found to be a monopoly, because they did actively engage in antics to drive linux and unix out of the market... I would love you to find info showing that thats exactly what Apple is doing.
except that whole SP1 in Apples terms = 10.4.# and not 10.# like Wintrolls like the think it does.
!0.5 is a major OS upgrade, not a service pack. Apple just upgrades and inmproves their OS at a much faster rate, not a hard thing to do when you dont support legacy hardware going back a decade, nor work with a huge range of gear by people who are like the one night wonders of the IT world.
Gaming has been one of Sony's most profitable divisions for several years, due to the PS1 and PS2.
I would love to see your numbers, because compared to Nintendo, Sony hasnt even been a 10th profitable even with owning the highest selling system. Selling your game system for a loss but selling a ton of them still means you sold your game system for a loss. Sony sold the PS2 for a loss for a number of years before manufacturing went down enough to make a profit, at which point they dropped the price.
Nintendo has never sold anything, game or system related for a loss.
You demonstrated precisely my point, why did they waste time and resources developing a third class chat app that nobody will ever use?/blockquote
You never went to a con have you. at the last 2 Otakons 6 chatrooms where filled at any one time of people talking trading info about show times and in the case of the 4chan'ers drawing dicks. On top of it a lot of people used it to connect to go play multiplay games together... sit in the chat room figure out what games the two of you had and jump in.
Tiny compared to Sony yes, not tiny compared to Sonys game division.
People forget that Nintendo is a GAME COMPANY, while Microsoft and Sony have their hands in a much much bigger cookie jar.
The honest truth is, thats a lot of the reason why they are getting their asses kicked right now, they just throw money at a problem from other divisions while Nintendo MUST turn in a profit in the end and cant take huge risks unless they set aside enough money to because thats all they do is sell games and make systems, there is no computer line and tv line and os line. This means Nintendo's also more willing to explore things before going ahead with it, while Sony and Microsoft will just charge ahead and let their other divisions make up the loss.
Or maybe its because legally they dont have the right to in the other countries due to licensing issues.
Christ it took Apple years in Europe to figure out the licensing issues there since some countries could have certain music from one company, and have the SAME artist licensed to another company (or even unlicensed) in the next country over.
Maybe its more a great example of how fucked up region coding is in a world with no borders and how the public needs to force companies and governments to open them up.
not really. Because the fact is there is no lock in. If this was locked in it would not be so hard to do this. Anyone who has worked with Windows Media DRM knows that compared to it, iTunes is a walk in a park. I agree DRM sucks, but they are going to lose a huge battle if they think going after the weakest DRM of them all is the answer.
Of course this doesnt answer the fact that you can use another service, even to load songs onto a iPod, there is no real reason to use iTunes beyond ease of use. That right there defeated the whole argument they have that you must use iTunes or else, which is how they word it. No there is nothing saying you must anywhere, its simply eurotrash legislators taking a playbook out of our shit for brains government.
worse there are programs that with a CD-RW you could just automate the whole thing. Might take a few hours to do a few gig library (unless you have a DVD-RW) but in the end you could do it in your sleep.
God, it never ceases to amaze me the extremes that people are willing to explain away to justify the companies that they like. And then they never miss an opportunity to read evil into the actions of a company that they dislike.
Just like it never ceases to amaze me the number of people who refuse to do research into a comment and see that contractually Apple would owe millions if they breeched it, with one of the clauses being DRM.
But then you would have one less thing to bitch at Apple and wave your anarchy flag about would you?
remove the DRM? I mean your posting on slashdot, that right there tells me your at least somewhat smart enough to know how to remove iTunes DRM. Jesus in terms of DRM, iTunes tracks are about as easy to turn off as the little holes you used to tape up on tapes to let you record on them.
Besides I would just wait. If they are really thinking about this and are willing to go that step, Apple will just shut the DRM off themselves. Fairplay was always designed to be reversable.
For logistical reasons, far safer to sell them all with DRM than to accidentally sell major label releases without it and break their contract which could cause serious legal ramifications (to the tune of millions for breech of contract). Its not that they wont do it, its that there is just to much riding on a screwup to justify a few indie labes here and there saying go ahead.
and in 5 years you'll either have a OS that is borrowing heavily off the os released 5 years before it, or a OS thats 5 years beyond that OS thats borrowing heavily.
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I hope the game companies sued the shit out of any small site that starts up too. And then take out IGE.
but PLAYSFORSURE does, and it locks you in just as hard as Fairplay does, but gets a free pass.
I meant broadcast as in intentional broadcasting. The difference between a stray signal from say a iPod vs a object thats whole purpose is to broadcast radio waves will obviously be very different in power.
From long distances yes, but not IN a plane. Even a iPod has been recorded as screwing with avionics on major airliners and they dont even broadcast anything. DSs are really bad and they broadcast 802.11b
they are likely specially designed low power setups that will not screw with the avionics package. Hardly you 1131AG.
but you cant "change" a policy dictated by your own music companies. Thats like saying your under arrest for driving 50 miles a hour in a 40 mile a hour zone, but we dont care that the car manufacturers only have two speed settings 0 and 50.
Europe has it in for US companies in general, and has had it in for years. The problem is they are hardly in a position to offer viable alternatives for US products or if they do are so regulated its impossible for the company to move beyond being smaller than a US company would be.
Your move troll.
Its bogus and you know it. This punished Apple while giving Microsoft free reign to make people spend money to license their version... oh but wait Playsforsure is being phased out too for Microsofts unlicensable Zune only format.
yes but in this case the truth. There are plenty of rivals with their own services, just because people would rather use a iPod or iTunes over the dozen others out there doesnt mean they are a monopoly. In order to be a monopoly you must be actively using your marketshare to drive others out of the buisness, that right there was why Microsoft was found to be a monopoly, because they did actively engage in antics to drive linux and unix out of the market... I would love you to find info showing that thats exactly what Apple is doing.
!0.5 is a major OS upgrade, not a service pack. Apple just upgrades and inmproves their OS at a much faster rate, not a hard thing to do when you dont support legacy hardware going back a decade, nor work with a huge range of gear by people who are like the one night wonders of the IT world.
Nintendo has never sold anything, game or system related for a loss.
People forget that Nintendo is a GAME COMPANY, while Microsoft and Sony have their hands in a much much bigger cookie jar.
The honest truth is, thats a lot of the reason why they are getting their asses kicked right now, they just throw money at a problem from other divisions while Nintendo MUST turn in a profit in the end and cant take huge risks unless they set aside enough money to because thats all they do is sell games and make systems, there is no computer line and tv line and os line. This means Nintendo's also more willing to explore things before going ahead with it, while Sony and Microsoft will just charge ahead and let their other divisions make up the loss.
Christ it took Apple years in Europe to figure out the licensing issues there since some countries could have certain music from one company, and have the SAME artist licensed to another company (or even unlicensed) in the next country over.
Maybe its more a great example of how fucked up region coding is in a world with no borders and how the public needs to force companies and governments to open them up.
Of course this doesnt answer the fact that you can use another service, even to load songs onto a iPod, there is no real reason to use iTunes beyond ease of use. That right there defeated the whole argument they have that you must use iTunes or else, which is how they word it. No there is nothing saying you must anywhere, its simply eurotrash legislators taking a playbook out of our shit for brains government.
worse there are programs that with a CD-RW you could just automate the whole thing. Might take a few hours to do a few gig library (unless you have a DVD-RW) but in the end you could do it in your sleep.
remove the DRM? I mean your posting on slashdot, that right there tells me your at least somewhat smart enough to know how to remove iTunes DRM. Jesus in terms of DRM, iTunes tracks are about as easy to turn off as the little holes you used to tape up on tapes to let you record on them. Besides I would just wait. If they are really thinking about this and are willing to go that step, Apple will just shut the DRM off themselves. Fairplay was always designed to be reversable.
For logistical reasons, far safer to sell them all with DRM than to accidentally sell major label releases without it and break their contract which could cause serious legal ramifications (to the tune of millions for breech of contract). Its not that they wont do it, its that there is just to much riding on a screwup to justify a few indie labes here and there saying go ahead.
2) True, but that also leads to the tendancy for the updates to take a heck of a lot longer in the background than they would be normally.
3) because for most of the linux using populous, it doesnt always work right.
and in 5 years you'll either have a OS that is borrowing heavily off the os released 5 years before it, or a OS thats 5 years beyond that OS thats borrowing heavily.