But that won't solve the problem. Microsoft essentially has a lock on the US desktop market. The problem Microsoft has is outside the US. Wrapping itself in the US flag certainly won't persuade any Chinese to continue paying Microsoft's 80% profit margins!
I knew this was going to happen. It was only a matter of time before Asia's electronics industry was going to get tired of paying the Microsoft tax. Microsoft is in big trouble, as outside the US, it'll be non-existent within the decade.
A company that derives nearly all of its profits from software, predicts that all future tech related profits will come from software. Wow, simply astonishing!
For the last couple decades the major networks have not only ignored men, but have been actively adverse to men. E.g., fathers are almost always portrayed as morons both on shows and in advertisements, while women are beautiful, intelligent, and generally perfect.
And let's face this simple truth: TV sucks. I can think of a million things I'd rather do than to sit around and watch broadcast television! God, it's just painful! My wife watches shows such as "Everyone Loves Raymond." It's excruciating, even in small bits. In all honestly, I'd rather have a root canal than watch that drivel!
I did say "essentially." Sure there are other games for the PC, e.g., The Sims. But other than the Sims, can you think of non-FPS games that sell as well as Quake or Unreal based games?
The main problem with PC gaming is too much diversity.
PCs sold today come with either those crappy integrated graphics or advanced GPUs from ATi and nVidia. And even those with good graphics systems have would have a wide varieties of drivers installed, which means that some features are enabled and some are not.
Also, most PCs sold do not come with controllers and/or joysticks. And if the user buys such devices, there are numerous brands to consider.
There are also various sound cards, processors, etc., each with different features that gaming authors may or may not be able to take advantage of.
If you want to sell games for the PC, and you if you want to sell a lot of them, you're essentially forced to aim for the lowest common denominator. Only a handful of gaming publishers can sell high quality games without pandering to crappy computers.
And lets face it; there are essentially only two gaming engines for the PC, id's Quake and Epic's Unreal. When Carmack quits to devote himself fulltime to getting into space (which will happen after Doom3) that'll leave only one engine left. And let's face it, without Carmack, OpenGL will be dead on the PC too.
Have you ever seen a movie in a theater?! I have, it's a heck of a lot better than watching it at home. Thus, THAT'S the advantage of re-releasing a movie to the theater. We get a chance, or a second chance, to see a great movie on a large screen.
Sadly, in the US we only have an alleged right to free speech in relation to government censorship, i.e., corporate america can shut us up whenever they feel like it!
Thanks for the news. It's nice to know that Wal-Mart is taking a step in the right direction.
As far as I'm concerned (and I'll admit I'm nobody) for it to be truly successful Wal-Mart would have to allow users to get burned CDs. While I imagine that most/.'s are like me, and rarely listen to music on CD, the vast majority of US consumers still do. Opening up that option would open the flood gates.
Wal-Mart could make a killing if it offered kiosks in its stores where you could download and burn music. There are a lot of people who don't use computers, are ignorant about computers, who don't own burners, etc, but would LOVE to buy various CDs of their favorite songs.
And Wal-Mart could force the music industry to go along with the deal. If some label refused, Wal-Mart could simply refuse to stock their entire catalog. No label could survive being shutout by Wal-Mart!
First, when I think of streaming audio over the net, MP3 does not come to mind.
Second, can you explain to me the point of having an audio format with six discrete channels, and then mixing them down to only two speakers?!
And lastly, even if it could work with some sort of headphone contraption that would some how manage to stay on while walking, jogging, etc, where is this surround-sound music going to come from?! All the big players in the music industry are pushing DVD-A and SACD for surround-sound music. Do really think they're going to drop those and start releasing high quality surround-sound music in an easy to share MP3 format?! God, with every reply you become even more of a moron!
Heck, with Microsoft out of the way, the economy would totally boom, as companies would be free to innovate in the tech realm without the fear of Microsoft stealing their ideas then crushing them.
Actually, you're wrong. I have bought MUCH more music since peer-to-peer than before it. Radio sucks so much I can never hear anything good. But nowadays, any artist I hear about I can sample before I buy.
Also, on a larger level independent labels are selling a lot more music because people actually have an ability to hear their music. For the first time ever radio isn't the only means to hear new music!
The main problem facing any music artist is not peer-to-peer, it's lack of exposure. Peer-to-peer helps those artists who cannot get exposure through normal means, e.g., radio and MTV. Peer-to-peer only hurts those relevantly huge stars that get tons of exposure, and the bottom line of major record labels who relies on huge stars.
I certainly could put a lot of music on a DVD, but I cannot fit my entire music collection on such a disc.
And you ague that because I want to carry my entire music collection with me when I go on vacation, or to work, or to wherever, the US economy is going to collapse?!
Question: Exactly why do you wear that tinfoil on your head?
That's because the US has the most f#cked up intellectual property system in the world. But the real bad news is that it's only a matter of time before EVERY country adopts it!
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But doesn't burning them to CD remove the DRM? I thought the ability to burn was one of the great features of FairPlay.
But that won't solve the problem. Microsoft essentially has a lock on the US desktop market. The problem Microsoft has is outside the US. Wrapping itself in the US flag certainly won't persuade any Chinese to continue paying Microsoft's 80% profit margins!
I knew this was going to happen. It was only a matter of time before Asia's electronics industry was going to get tired of paying the Microsoft tax. Microsoft is in big trouble, as outside the US, it'll be non-existent within the decade.
A company that derives nearly all of its profits from software, predicts that all future tech related profits will come from software. Wow, simply astonishing!
For the last couple decades the major networks have not only ignored men, but have been actively adverse to men. E.g., fathers are almost always portrayed as morons both on shows and in advertisements, while women are beautiful, intelligent, and generally perfect.
And let's face this simple truth: TV sucks. I can think of a million things I'd rather do than to sit around and watch broadcast television! God, it's just painful! My wife watches shows such as "Everyone Loves Raymond." It's excruciating, even in small bits. In all honestly, I'd rather have a root canal than watch that drivel!
I did say "essentially." Sure there are other games for the PC, e.g., The Sims. But other than the Sims, can you think of non-FPS games that sell as well as Quake or Unreal based games?
The main problem with PC gaming is too much diversity.
PCs sold today come with either those crappy integrated graphics or advanced GPUs from ATi and nVidia. And even those with good graphics systems have would have a wide varieties of drivers installed, which means that some features are enabled and some are not.
Also, most PCs sold do not come with controllers and/or joysticks. And if the user buys such devices, there are numerous brands to consider.
There are also various sound cards, processors, etc., each with different features that gaming authors may or may not be able to take advantage of.
If you want to sell games for the PC, and you if you want to sell a lot of them, you're essentially forced to aim for the lowest common denominator. Only a handful of gaming publishers can sell high quality games without pandering to crappy computers.
And lets face it; there are essentially only two gaming engines for the PC, id's Quake and Epic's Unreal. When Carmack quits to devote himself fulltime to getting into space (which will happen after Doom3) that'll leave only one engine left. And let's face it, without Carmack, OpenGL will be dead on the PC too.
Come on, mod this up. That last comment was hilarious AND insightful!!!!
Have you ever seen a movie in a theater?! I have, it's a heck of a lot better than watching it at home. Thus, THAT'S the advantage of re-releasing a movie to the theater. We get a chance, or a second chance, to see a great movie on a large screen.
Sadly, in the US we only have an alleged right to free speech in relation to government censorship, i.e., corporate america can shut us up whenever they feel like it!
Thanks for the news. It's nice to know that Wal-Mart is taking a step in the right direction.
/.'s are like me, and rarely listen to music on CD, the vast majority of US consumers still do. Opening up that option would open the flood gates.
As far as I'm concerned (and I'll admit I'm nobody) for it to be truly successful Wal-Mart would have to allow users to get burned CDs. While I imagine that most
Wal-Mart could make a killing if it offered kiosks in its stores where you could download and burn music. There are a lot of people who don't use computers, are ignorant about computers, who don't own burners, etc, but would LOVE to buy various CDs of their favorite songs.
And Wal-Mart could force the music industry to go along with the deal. If some label refused, Wal-Mart could simply refuse to stock their entire catalog. No label could survive being shutout by Wal-Mart!
First, when I think of streaming audio over the net, MP3 does not come to mind.
Second, can you explain to me the point of having an audio format with six discrete channels, and then mixing them down to only two speakers?!
And lastly, even if it could work with some sort of headphone contraption that would some how manage to stay on while walking, jogging, etc, where is this surround-sound music going to come from?! All the big players in the music industry are pushing DVD-A and SACD for surround-sound music. Do really think they're going to drop those and start releasing high quality surround-sound music in an easy to share MP3 format?! God, with every reply you become even more of a moron!
I guess you've never tried wearing 5.1 speakers on your head, moron!
Heck, with Microsoft out of the way, the economy would totally boom, as companies would be free to innovate in the tech realm without the fear of Microsoft stealing their ideas then crushing them.
Did you read the question? The guy is trying to SAVE money!
Why the f#ck do we need a PORTABLE surround-sound music format?!
Did you read article? Sure, Tivo is fine now, but what happens when DirecTV drops it and builds its own?
If your entire argument that Tivo is in fine shape because of its partnership with DirecTV, then Tivo is NOT in good shape.
Actually, you're wrong. I have bought MUCH more music since peer-to-peer than before it. Radio sucks so much I can never hear anything good. But nowadays, any artist I hear about I can sample before I buy.
Also, on a larger level independent labels are selling a lot more music because people actually have an ability to hear their music. For the first time ever radio isn't the only means to hear new music!
The main problem facing any music artist is not peer-to-peer, it's lack of exposure. Peer-to-peer helps those artists who cannot get exposure through normal means, e.g., radio and MTV. Peer-to-peer only hurts those relevantly huge stars that get tons of exposure, and the bottom line of major record labels who relies on huge stars.
I certainly could put a lot of music on a DVD, but I cannot fit my entire music collection on such a disc.
And you ague that because I want to carry my entire music collection with me when I go on vacation, or to work, or to wherever, the US economy is going to collapse?!
Question: Exactly why do you wear that tinfoil on your head?
Does this mean there really is a God?!
Strangly, this same problem has not hurt Hollywood at all!
That's because the US has the most f#cked up intellectual property system in the world. But the real bad news is that it's only a matter of time before EVERY country adopts it!
Mmm... with split screen Microsoft sells only one Xbox and one copy of the game, but does sell one extra controller.
If co-op is done over Xbox Live, Microsoft gets to sell two Xboxes, two Live subscriptions, and two copies of the game.
Gee, I wonder what it will be.
Yeah, but in order to turn a computer off, you must use a computer. I'd love the see a prosecutor try this case with a straight face!