I love free things too but I'm not under some illusion that everything has to be free or open source. These companies have a right to do as they wish and I have the right to not use or pay for their products which I exactly why there are no computers in my house that have windows in them an all run Linux. Now if there was a commercial *nix alternative to windows that offered better driver support/os support compared to free Linux distros I'd use that system and happily pay for it.
If I'm doing some pro shoot and have extra equipment having a full size laptop or ultrabook is nothing in extra weight. If I'm out hiking or driving through rural areas or out doing street photography I aint checking my images and pulling out an iPad every time so I can see what it looks like. I pack it up, go home and process the images. I make sure I know how my camera reacts to in different light situations so I don't have to refer to my "pad" every time I take a shot.
they dont pretend to be a full computer. People who buy them know this isnt a computer replacement for real work,
BS just look at all the hipster photographers trying to justify using their iPads as some sort of computer like image work flow tool and storage machine, meanwhile buying extra sd cards for dirt cheap gives you 100x more storage capacity then some 64gb tablet.
It's not the games, it's the company. What good is it that I can play indie games if I have to play them on a console that is the very definition of proprietary? That's why I'm getting an Ouya.
Its yet to e determined if Ouya will be around long enough and make money. What good is "Open" if there's not enough people to build a market share with it so they company can be profitable and after all it all about profit. I'm pretty sure the average joe/jane don't care as long as the system has content they can consume.
If so then I don't see a big deal about it even if its not Dell doing the support. If you have to do your own support then well...
Seriously how many big companies actually even attempted to bring some sort of Linux distro (except for android) toi the market? I personally have no opinion on Dell as a company and the three Dell system that I've bought all worked ok (My Inspirion 1720 is going strong after 6 years of non stop usage) but at least they're trying and putting their resources to semi promote Linux.
since the kids don't really download except for me I'll just keep a second HD with a clean install of Linux Mint on it (fresh from store HD). if they ever come I'll just plop it in and off I go. SInce my router has no password and I don't keep logs, shitty for them.
wave the the extortion letters? Pay us $3000 or go to jail. I'll keep on downloading. If they bankrupt me I'll give be a incentive to grow weed and make my money that way. I can live comfortably with 4 1000W lights running.
which applies to making private copies for your own use of sound recordings of musical works we need a new file type that only plays the audio of the file but needs a password to unlock the video. This way all Canadians can still download the move and listen to is as an audio book but if if they are brave enough get the pass code to unlock the video. Or better yet a video player that fetches the pass code real time whenever you play the file.
and get bailed out. Maker some intelligence company look like chumps and get life in prison. I know its the states but what happened to the punishment should fit the crime?
Apparently you and her don't realize that past the payment they make for her work they don't have to give her anything else. If she wants those stats and the customers say its ok then she can pay for the data or is that not fair? She should be allowed to have it for free and not pay for it.
. Even though I do enjoy a couple of my.xxx domains creating 100's of domains is useless and will alienate users. Who the hell would want to use or type in yourfoodstore.amazon?
I have enough consoles at home to keep my self occupied with 100's of games from years past. Just today I bought NBA Jam for my Saturn. Spent 3 hours playing wth the kids.
thow her the fuck out. With out exposure she'll have nothing, let her run her own website and gather those stats. The only things pandora should give out is the basic stats on how much the copyright owner should get paid past that they can PAY Pandora to get more stats.
They rehash shit like this every 10 years or so. OMFG the poor young people... same shit has been happening since the begging of modern time. Someone has to make their position look good on paper.
I use to go to a local pawn shop twice per week to buy DVD's as for a while they were super cheap around $2.99 each and get a 5th one free. Then all of a sudden just like CD"s the DVD's pretty much disapeared and it was all games and BR's. So now I only go there every few months. I picked up two box sets yesterday but only because they were rare box sets.
Now for me even though I still downlload lots I'd rather buy the original and rip it. Plus I get a kick out of finding rare films/shows I've forgotten about and at $2.99 I'dd be stupid not not buy something.
Slashdot Mirror
for manufacturing. Well its still a parasite of a company.
Hey look that serial rapist is going to church now. We'll good for him maybe we can bring him to dinner now.
Yah you tell me. I'm gonna try to instantly upload 10 gigs of photos to some remote site and come home and download 10 more gigs. Sure, Sure...
I love free things too but I'm not under some illusion that everything has to be free or open source. These companies have a right to do as they wish and I have the right to not use or pay for their products which I exactly why there are no computers in my house that have windows in them an all run Linux. Now if there was a commercial *nix alternative to windows that offered better driver support/os support compared to free Linux distros I'd use that system and happily pay for it.
If I'm doing some pro shoot and have extra equipment having a full size laptop or ultrabook is nothing in extra weight. If I'm out hiking or driving through rural areas or out doing street photography I aint checking my images and pulling out an iPad every time so I can see what it looks like. I pack it up, go home and process the images. I make sure I know how my camera reacts to in different light situations so I don't have to refer to my "pad" every time I take a shot.
they dont pretend to be a full computer. People who buy them know this isnt a computer replacement for real work,
BS just look at all the hipster photographers trying to justify using their iPads as some sort of computer like image work flow tool and storage machine, meanwhile buying extra sd cards for dirt cheap gives you 100x more storage capacity then some 64gb tablet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JpwjnMFlJI
It's not the games, it's the company. What good is it that I can play indie games if I have to play them on a console that is the very definition of proprietary? That's why I'm getting an Ouya.
Its yet to e determined if Ouya will be around long enough and make money. What good is "Open" if there's not enough people to build a market share with it so they company can be profitable and after all it all about profit. I'm pretty sure the average joe/jane don't care as long as the system has content they can consume.
If MS wants a new technology to pioneer, let them pair up with John Romero (or whoever it is) that is working on a new virtual glove interface.
Too late its already been done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93iDhnBcMGo
new things for game play that were not possible in the last gen consoles and I'm not talking about "Real Life Graphics"
If so then I don't see a big deal about it even if its not Dell doing the support. If you have to do your own support then well...
Seriously how many big companies actually even attempted to bring some sort of Linux distro (except for android) toi the market? I personally have no opinion on Dell as a company and the three Dell system that I've bought all worked ok (My Inspirion 1720 is going strong after 6 years of non stop usage) but at least they're trying and putting their resources to semi promote Linux.
since the kids don't really download except for me I'll just keep a second HD with a clean install of Linux Mint on it (fresh from store HD). if they ever come I'll just plop it in and off I go. SInce my router has no password and I don't keep logs, shitty for them.
wave the the extortion letters? Pay us $3000 or go to jail. I'll keep on downloading. If they bankrupt me I'll give be a incentive to grow weed and make my money that way. I can live comfortably with 4 1000W lights running.
which applies to making private copies for your own use of sound recordings of musical works we need a new file type that only plays the audio of the file but needs a password to unlock the video. This way all Canadians can still download the move and listen to is as an audio book but if if they are brave enough get the pass code to unlock the video. Or better yet a video player that fetches the pass code real time whenever you play the file.
The slashdot of today is a pale comparison of the slashdot of 3-5 years ago.
Slashdot of 3-5 years ago pales in comparison of the Slashdot of 12-10 years ago.
car manufacturers acted like mobile phone children
Dodge Omni:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Omni
vs
Vw Rabbit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf_Mk1
Dodge Mirada
http://www.autogush.com/images/dodge-mirada-05.jpg
vs
Ford Futura
http://storm.oldcarmanualproject.com/ford/Fairmont%20Futura%201978%200203.jpg
Nissan Armada
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/overview.aspx?year=2009&make=Nissan&model=Armada
vs
Rambler
http://www.stationwagonfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1959-rambler-ambassador1.jpg
and get bailed out. Maker some intelligence company look like chumps and get life in prison. I know its the states but what happened to the punishment should fit the crime?
NES
SNES
Genesis
N64
Saturn
Dreamcasr
Jaguar
NeoGeo
You'd be surprised how many kids prefer old skool games.
Apparently you and her don't realize that past the payment they make for her work they don't have to give her anything else. If she wants those stats and the customers say its ok then she can pay for the data or is that not fair? She should be allowed to have it for free and not pay for it.
. Even though I do enjoy a couple of my .xxx domains creating 100's of domains is useless and will alienate users. Who the hell would want to use or type in yourfoodstore.amazon?
I have enough consoles at home to keep my self occupied with 100's of games from years past. Just today I bought NBA Jam for my Saturn. Spent 3 hours playing wth the kids.
thow her the fuck out. With out exposure she'll have nothing, let her run her own website and gather those stats. The only things pandora should give out is the basic stats on how much the copyright owner should get paid past that they can PAY Pandora to get more stats.
They rehash shit like this every 10 years or so. OMFG the poor young people... same shit has been happening since the begging of modern time. Someone has to make their position look good on paper.
Why not post the name of your table?
I use to go to a local pawn shop twice per week to buy DVD's as for a while they were super cheap around $2.99 each and get a 5th one free. Then all of a sudden just like CD"s the DVD's pretty much disapeared and it was all games and BR's. So now I only go there every few months. I picked up two box sets yesterday but only because they were rare box sets.
Now for me even though I still downlload lots I'd rather buy the original and rip it. Plus I get a kick out of finding rare films/shows I've forgotten about and at $2.99 I'dd be stupid not not buy something.
And yes, I do still play my original Wii. I even bought a new game for it this week.
Yes I still play my old Turbo Grafx 16, SNES, Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar and Dreamcast.