If I wanted to ride a mercedes, I'd call a cab. Seriously, what is it that USians have this thing for Mercedes and BMW. Those cars are usually driven by boring old business people and people of lower social class (e.g. whitetrash/trailer park types).
I haven't seen anyone make even the vaguest suggestions of what they think such a killer-app might be that is absolutely dependent on a direct SDK.
Well, for one thing, it would mean no GPS car navigation software for the iPhone, which is available for almost all Windows and Symbian smartphones and which is a huge selling point for a smartphone. It's bad enough it doesn't have a built-in GPS, but it's even worse that there is no way to run a native application and thus access a bluetooth GPS module. And I can imagine doing the actual pathfinding in huge map's might not be the most practical thing to do in javascript.
Well, I'm not exactly sure what a road tax is....our road maintenance is paid for by the taxes already on gasoline.
Over here you pay tax just for owning a car (more correctly: for owning a car you use on public roads). The amount of tax depends on the type of fuel it uses and the weight of the car and the area where you live. (because most of your driving will be close to home, and some provinces have more asphalt per capita than others).
So I pay $7,50 / gallon (most of that is tax) PLUS aprox. $25/month just for owning a car.
I agree, raise the gas prices. It also has other good side effects, like increasing the cost of manufacturing basic plastics,
How come that isn't a problem here ? I'm not talking about raising the price of crude oil, just increasing the tax on gasoline at the pump.
raising transportation costs of food, increasing prices across the board on basic necessities and foods
Over here (the netherlands) most transportation is done by trucks, running on diesel, not gasoline. Diesel is a lot cheaper (per liter) over here than gasoline the difference is in the road tax (diesel cars pay more yearly road tax but less per liter). And anyways, the road tax for companies is a lot less than for private citizens. So this all doesn't affect transportation costs as much as you'd think.
rising inflation, and hurting one certain class of people the most...the poor.
I thought the US didn't care about the poor ? Besides, you don't actually need a car, it's a luxury item.
But if doom and gloom will result from raising tax on gasoline, how come it isn't a problem in Europe. (I pay $7,50 / gallon for gas b.t.w. and according to the CIA world factbook the Netherlands had 1.4% inflation in 2006 compared to 2.5% in the US )
Translation, what China doesn't have on a per-capita basis, they make up for in sheer quantity.
No, actually, they don't.
If you follow this link you'll see that the emission of the US is still WAY higher than China, even as China has a much larger number of inhabitants. (data is from '96, couldn't find more recent data using a quick google search and I'm too lazy to keep on looking).
Additionally, there are initiatives in the US already to reduce emissions. Sure, they may not move as quickly (the day before yesterday please!) as you'd like. But they ARE in progress.
The US isn't doing nearly enough, since the US is so wastefull compared to the rest of the developed world it should be relatively easy to cut down, 'we' already demonstrated it can be done. E.g. increase the gas prices through taxation so people will stop buying ridicious cars. (Contrary to popular belief US gas prices are insanely low).
The USA will gladly agree to stricter pollution controls once China, Brasil, India and Indonesia...
Oh come one, you know this is bullshit. Countries like that are still busy getting their economy up and running. You seriously think they should be held to the same standard as the US, who's carbon emission per capita is WAY higher than any of those countries ? (e.g. 6 times higher as China). Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
The problem is not the adaptor, you can buy those at any electronics store. The problem is that the adaptor won't work if your TV doesn't have component input.
The problem is that SCART doesn't require the TV to actually support those inputs, it just specifies which pins on the connector to use if the TV happens to have component input. That's the big problem with SCART, even if 2 devices both have a SCART port that doesn't actually mean they are guaranteed to be compatible.
This means you don't need an HDTV, but older 4:3 CRT TVs won't work.
I've got a 16:9 CRT TV and there's no component input.
I'd guess most non-HDTV LCD TVs would work with it.
Probably, but why would you want one of those ? The problem with LCD TV's is that the colors are not what they're supposed to be (esp. green and black) so I won't be buying one of those until OLED or SED TV's become affordable.
Component input and SCART are something completely different. SCART is no more than a form factor, it's a 'standard' that describes a 21-pin connector and on which pin what signal should be IF the TV supports it. On many TV's not all SCART connectors are equal, e.g. on my Sony TV you can only get video and audio-out from SCART-3 , S-Video-in is only supported on SCART-1, etc. Component video is not part of the SCART standard, however, there is an extension to the standard which does add component.
So while it is possible, you won't find many SDTV's with component input in Europe. Too bad apple didn't add S-Video which is available on almost any TV and the difference in video quality is negligible.
Don't most people still have non-HD sets? (...) maybe they'll be happier subscribing to Apple content than buying an HDTV.
You're forgetting one 'minor' detail: you need a HDTV to use the AppleTV, SDTV's do not have component or HDMI inputs (at least not here in europe) and the AppleTV does not offer S-Video output.
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WINE is an incomplete re-implementation of the Windows APIs, while ReactOS aims to be a complete one.
From the linked PDF:
Wine makes up the bulk of ReactOS'sWin32 Libraries, which are mostly left untouched.
Until the service and the connectivity or end device are separated out, consumers will be stuck with what a few companies are willing to offer.
uuh... last time I checked they ARE separated.
Just buy yourself a SIM-lock free phone from any retail store, get a subscription to any GSM network, pop in the SIM and off you go. Added bonus: if you supply your own phone, the monthly fees usually are a lot lower. (e.g. here in the netherlands you can get a 100-'free'-minutes per month plan for EUR 3,95, 200 for 5,95, 300 for 9,95)
So this is like stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons by creating a massive stockpile?
Yes, good idea btw.
If we make sure The Good Guys (read: us) have 99 times as much nukular weapons as The Bad Guys (read: them), then only 1% of all nukular weapons will be in the hands of the Bad Guys. Now if we continue to increase the nukular stockpile so we have 999 times as much as The Bad Guys then only 0.1%...
So if 'we' have an infinite amount of nukular weapons, the Bad Guys virtually have none at all!
I do not even care that there's this store, where admittedly you can buy music that's not easily reproducible
I like the iTMS, I don't buy music there, but I like the way it looks and works. It's a great way to get new music, you can browse, listen to previews and when you found something you like, hit your favorite P2P network to get a DRM free copy.
Now only if they would get rid of the DRM, I would actually buy stuff there too. Right now, it's too risky. Who can guarantee me that in 10 years I can still play the music I buy now ?
Furhtermore, the list of data losses (...) can be blamed on companies who have failed to follow their security team's advice. Not on the security team itself.
Not entirely correct. Yes, users are morons, and yes they often fail to follow the advice of the security team. However, it's the security team's responsibility to get proper behaviour into the users stupid little heads.
Security is not just the technical part, educating your users is huge part of it and if users fail to follow advice the security team has failed in this part of their job. You can whine how stupid users are, but that doesn't change reality, it's the security team's responsibility to make them less stupid.
Deceptive advertising is advertising which makes the product being advertised look or behave differently than it really does. So if McDs had an advert where the burger patty was 2" thick but in reality it's just 0.5", that's deceptive (and illegal).
Here in europe, they do exactly that. Have you ever eaten a Big Mac ? Does it in any way at all resemble the picture from the advertisements ?
My comment was meant to point out that I (and I suspect most people) haven't heard of this 'other' ESA and that maybe the post should have mentioned this article is not about the European Space Agency.
I hope those who spend time, research, and money into creating new software get paid for their product. You know, kinda like everyone else.
But getting money from selling copyrighted data is not like everyone else.
I get paid by the hour, like most people. Basically, I'm selling some of my time to my employer. If you sell software or music/movies, your salary is not a function the amount work you've done but for the number of people willing to buy the result of that work.
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Seriously, what is it that USians have this thing for Mercedes and BMW. Those cars are usually driven by boring old business people and people of lower social class (e.g. whitetrash/trailer park types).
So, how exactly would you do this in javascript/HTML ?
So I pay $7,50 / gallon (most of that is tax) PLUS aprox. $25/month just for owning a car.
How come that isn't a problem here ? I'm not talking about raising the price of crude oil, just increasing the tax on gasoline at the pump.
Over here (the netherlands) most transportation is done by trucks, running on diesel, not gasoline. Diesel is a lot cheaper (per liter) over here than gasoline the difference is in the road tax (diesel cars pay more yearly road tax but less per liter). And anyways, the road tax for companies is a lot less than for private citizens. So this all doesn't affect transportation costs as much as you'd think.
I thought the US didn't care about the poor ? Besides, you don't actually need a car, it's a luxury item.
But if doom and gloom will result from raising tax on gasoline, how come it isn't a problem in Europe. (I pay $7,50 / gallon for gas b.t.w. and according to the CIA world factbook the Netherlands had 1.4% inflation in 2006 compared to 2.5% in the US )
No, actually, they don't.
If you follow this link you'll see that the emission of the US is still WAY higher than China, even as China has a much larger number of inhabitants. (data is from '96, couldn't find more recent data using a quick google search and I'm too lazy to keep on looking).
The US isn't doing nearly enough, since the US is so wastefull compared to the rest of the developed world it should be relatively easy to cut down, 'we' already demonstrated it can be done. E.g. increase the gas prices through taxation so people will stop buying ridicious cars. (Contrary to popular belief US gas prices are insanely low).
Oh come one, you know this is bullshit. Countries like that are still busy getting their economy up and running. You seriously think they should be held to the same standard as the US, who's carbon emission per capita is WAY higher than any of those countries ? (e.g. 6 times higher as China). Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
The problem is not the adaptor, you can buy those at any electronics store. The problem is that the adaptor won't work if your TV doesn't have component input.
The problem is that SCART doesn't require the TV to actually support those inputs, it just specifies which pins on the connector to use if the TV happens to have component input. That's the big problem with SCART, even if 2 devices both have a SCART port that doesn't actually mean they are guaranteed to be compatible.
Component input and SCART are something completely different. SCART is no more than a form factor, it's a 'standard' that describes a 21-pin connector and on which pin what signal should be IF the TV supports it. On many TV's not all SCART connectors are equal, e.g. on my Sony TV you can only get video and audio-out from SCART-3 , S-Video-in is only supported on SCART-1, etc. Component video is not part of the SCART standard, however, there is an extension to the standard which does add component.
So while it is possible, you won't find many SDTV's with component input in Europe. Too bad apple didn't add S-Video which is available on almost any TV and the difference in video quality is negligible.
You're forgetting one 'minor' detail: you need a HDTV to use the AppleTV, SDTV's do not have component or HDMI inputs (at least not here in europe) and the AppleTV does not offer S-Video output.
uuh... last time I checked they ARE separated.
Just buy yourself a SIM-lock free phone from any retail store, get a subscription to any GSM network, pop in the SIM and off you go.
Added bonus: if you supply your own phone, the monthly fees usually are a lot lower. (e.g. here in the netherlands you can get a 100-'free'-minutes per month plan for EUR 3,95, 200 for 5,95, 300 for 9,95)
If we make sure The Good Guys (read: us) have 99 times as much nukular weapons as The Bad Guys (read: them), then only 1% of all nukular weapons will be in the hands of the Bad Guys. Now if we continue to increase the nukular stockpile so we have 999 times as much as The Bad Guys then only 0.1%
So if 'we' have an infinite amount of nukular weapons, the Bad Guys virtually have none at all!
Now only if they would get rid of the DRM, I would actually buy stuff there too. Right now, it's too risky. Who can guarantee me that in 10 years I can still play the music I buy now ?
Security is not just the technical part, educating your users is huge part of it and if users fail to follow advice the security team has failed in this part of their job. You can whine how stupid users are, but that doesn't change reality, it's the security team's responsibility to make them less stupid.
If they want to be #1, give us back the good-old 2D cartoon-style humor filled adventure games.
I never liked any of the star-wars themed games, but the adventures were fantastic.
Deceptive advertising is advertising which makes the product being advertised look or behave differently than it really does. So if McDs had an advert where the burger patty was 2" thick but in reality it's just 0.5", that's deceptive (and illegal).
Here in europe, they do exactly that. Have you ever eaten a Big Mac ? Does it in any way at all resemble the picture from the advertisements ?
I did read TFA before posting.
My comment was meant to point out that I (and I suspect most people) haven't heard of this 'other' ESA and that maybe the post should have mentioned this article is not about the European Space Agency.
I get paid by the hour, like most people. Basically, I'm selling some of my time to my employer. If you sell software or music/movies, your salary is not a function the amount work you've done but for the number of people willing to buy the result of that work.
I don't get it, why should the ESA care about software piracy, last time I checked they were building rockets, not selling software.
Or are we, by chance, talking about some other, obscure, ESA?
... of which 120 will be sequels.
" 2006, now with the 2006 player names and outfits. Includes exactly the same gameplay as before, with slightly better graphics for twice the price."
So, there is a chance it actually *will* be released before Windows Longhorn/Vista ?