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Palm is already working a new version of Palm OS with Linux as the kernel, effectively creating their own "OS X" story. Whether they'll be as successful as OS X is remains to be seen.
The books at Borders have RFID tags in them. The CDs at Tower have RFID tags in them.
Obviously, this creates justification for copyright infringement! To the torrent trackers I go! You'll not be tracking me right up until the point I open the case and throw the tag away, you godless privacy invaders! Ha-ha!
Well, no, I expect they will be griping about it, actually. They were issued special players that I'm sure they know were for the express purpose of keeping them from copying the screeners, so when it turns out the whole package doesn't work, they're going to know that the reason they can't see the film is the whole push for the lock-out solution in the first place.
It's a slightly different angle, but all roads still lead to Rome.
Nintendogs' Bark Mode is peculiar to the game (although other games are adding similar functionality, like Animal Crossing: Wild World's Tag Mode). It's designed to be started, the lid of the DS closed, and put in your pocket while you walk through busy streets -- and had great success in Japan to this effect. Basically, it's designed to let your dog find other dogs without requiring either player to stop what they're doing.
Most DS multiplayer games are in fact true concurrent multiplayer, like Meteos (best puzzle game ever), Mario Kart, etc. Animal Crossing's main multiplayer mode is also concurrent and online with Wi-Fi Connection to boot.
Yep, it's highlightable, but I tried the demo, highlighted some actual text, then highlighted some of the Flash text, and the higlighting never disappeared on the actual text... score one for predictability! And what the hell is up with some of those headlines rendering outside of their boxes? I highlighted some of those other headlines and they scrolled.
Really, the whole thing -- gross hack, and it shows. No matter how much it gets polished, it's still going to suck. Let the browser lay the damn thing out like it's designed to.
By engaging in this plan, New Orleans is creating a taxpayer-supported competitor -- a monopoly with mandatory participation -- that will compete directly with BellSouth's services.
And you all expect them to still harbor goodwill after such a move?
You can rave all day about telco practices and such, and I'd probably agree with you, but I'm sorry, I just can't get behind the outrage. At least, not the Slashdot outrage from the "Wi-Fi is a constitutional right" crowd.
Not free access. Many, many Nintendo reps (including president Iwata) have gone on record saying not free. You'll pay. You won't pay much, but you'll pay.
Hills, heavily banked turns, loops, spirals, cannons that you blast out of... it's all there. Yes, Virginia, the DS is a fully 3D machine, and Mario Kart takes full advantage of it.
The bloggers are kind of like a return to that old model for print media in the U.S., I think, except way harder to buy out or run out of business, since most of them aren't even really in business.
While perhaps true now, it seems blogs seem to want to organize themselves into their own conglomerations. How far down this slope is the AP of blogging?
With their latest silent, black and white movies Nintendo have officially stopped playing Sony/Microsoft's game.
Your analogy is so ridiculously flawed that it's hardly funny. You're very clearly ignoring the Revolution control, which frankly makes the old dozen-buttons and two-sticks paradigm look positively antiquated.
But, hey, I'll humor ya anyway. I'll take the silent film that's actually good over a big-screen, flashy, noisy movie with no substance.
Have you actually _seen_ a home-brewed game developped for the PSP or any other consoles? I didn't think so.
I don't follow the PSP homebrew scene (not particularly interested), but GBA and DS have probably dozens of titles. Off the top of my head, there's Luminesweeper, Tetris, Battleship... you know, the kinds of things you'd expect single-person teams to put out.
You're the one advocating an expansion in government spending. The burden is on you to provide "excuses" for doing so. My reasoning is simple -- because I don't want to pay for your free access. It's pretty damn straightforward. Perhaps you'd like to enlighten me with your "excuses" for confiscating my money to run your Internet connection -- how does it benefit me, exactly?
And yeah -- roads are (or are supposed to be; unfortunately reality does not often reflect this) paid for, in general, with user fees -- gas taxes. It's not a perfectly fair system but it does a good job of balancing fairness with efficiency.
As for the parks? I'd be behind fee-based access all the way. Unfortunately, my fellow citizenry, addicted to the public teat, has decided otherwise.
I'm forced to accept the local monopoly for DSL. I'm at 68% of the bandwidth I had just 6 months ago. They are adding customers before upgrading thier capacity.
You think a government-run solution will be better? Do you drive much on your roads? At least a privately-held company will be able to order more capacity without i.e. a millage proposal on the ballot.
Not to mention it's rather amusing to see you arguing a government-supplied solution, which no private company can compete with by default, is an alternative to a monopoly?
...you might just find one popping up to you fairly soon, and you might just be really happy when it does.
In fact, one did pop up where I work, and I'm pissed. I have to pay for it through my taxes, but I don't get to use it, and even if they decided I was worthy of using it, I wouldn't anyway; I have nice fast access from my desk at work.
In short, they're confiscating my money in order to hand out perks. There's no benefit at all for me in that.
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Palm is already working a new version of Palm OS with Linux as the kernel, effectively creating their own "OS X" story. Whether they'll be as successful as OS X is remains to be seen.
Sure thing. Well, if they weren't, y'know, suing people they believed were violating the law by infringing their copyright.
But that won't break repliers who don't use said MUA. Maybe it'll entice them to switch.
So why not use the Message-ID of the sent message -- if it appears in References, it's a damn good bet it's a real reply, eh?
Obviously, this creates justification for copyright infringement! To the torrent trackers I go! You'll not be tracking me right up until the point I open the case and throw the tag away, you godless privacy invaders! Ha-ha!
Well, no, I expect they will be griping about it, actually. They were issued special players that I'm sure they know were for the express purpose of keeping them from copying the screeners, so when it turns out the whole package doesn't work, they're going to know that the reason they can't see the film is the whole push for the lock-out solution in the first place.
It's a slightly different angle, but all roads still lead to Rome.
Nintendogs' Bark Mode is peculiar to the game (although other games are adding similar functionality, like Animal Crossing: Wild World's Tag Mode). It's designed to be started, the lid of the DS closed, and put in your pocket while you walk through busy streets -- and had great success in Japan to this effect. Basically, it's designed to let your dog find other dogs without requiring either player to stop what they're doing.
Most DS multiplayer games are in fact true concurrent multiplayer, like Meteos (best puzzle game ever), Mario Kart, etc. Animal Crossing's main multiplayer mode is also concurrent and online with Wi-Fi Connection to boot.
Haha, okay. I think your tinfoil hat isn't adjusted properly.
Why do you say that? Do all the games you own erase their own save files just before you complete them?
Yep, it's highlightable, but I tried the demo, highlighted some actual text, then highlighted some of the Flash text, and the higlighting never disappeared on the actual text... score one for predictability! And what the hell is up with some of those headlines rendering outside of their boxes? I highlighted some of those other headlines and they scrolled.
Really, the whole thing -- gross hack, and it shows. No matter how much it gets polished, it's still going to suck. Let the browser lay the damn thing out like it's designed to.
I have a hard time seeing a problem here.
By engaging in this plan, New Orleans is creating a taxpayer-supported competitor -- a monopoly with mandatory participation -- that will compete directly with BellSouth's services.
And you all expect them to still harbor goodwill after such a move?
You can rave all day about telco practices and such, and I'd probably agree with you, but I'm sorry, I just can't get behind the outrage. At least, not the Slashdot outrage from the "Wi-Fi is a constitutional right" crowd.
Not free access. Many, many Nintendo reps (including president Iwata) have gone on record saying not free. You'll pay. You won't pay much, but you'll pay.
Hills, heavily banked turns, loops, spirals, cannons that you blast out of... it's all there. Yes, Virginia, the DS is a fully 3D machine, and Mario Kart takes full advantage of it.
While perhaps true now, it seems blogs seem to want to organize themselves into their own conglomerations. How far down this slope is the AP of blogging?
Tell that to my copy of Feel the Magic for DS. Original and loads of fun.
Mmmm... guilty until proven innocent.
Your analogy is so ridiculously flawed that it's hardly funny. You're very clearly ignoring the Revolution control, which frankly makes the old dozen-buttons and two-sticks paradigm look positively antiquated.
But, hey, I'll humor ya anyway. I'll take the silent film that's actually good over a big-screen, flashy, noisy movie with no substance.
Not everyone.
I don't follow the PSP homebrew scene (not particularly interested), but GBA and DS have probably dozens of titles. Off the top of my head, there's Luminesweeper, Tetris, Battleship... you know, the kinds of things you'd expect single-person teams to put out.
You're the one advocating an expansion in government spending. The burden is on you to provide "excuses" for doing so. My reasoning is simple -- because I don't want to pay for your free access. It's pretty damn straightforward. Perhaps you'd like to enlighten me with your "excuses" for confiscating my money to run your Internet connection -- how does it benefit me, exactly?
And yeah -- roads are (or are supposed to be; unfortunately reality does not often reflect this) paid for, in general, with user fees -- gas taxes. It's not a perfectly fair system but it does a good job of balancing fairness with efficiency.
As for the parks? I'd be behind fee-based access all the way. Unfortunately, my fellow citizenry, addicted to the public teat, has decided otherwise.
You think a government-run solution will be better? Do you drive much on your roads? At least a privately-held company will be able to order more capacity without i.e. a millage proposal on the ballot.
Not to mention it's rather amusing to see you arguing a government-supplied solution, which no private company can compete with by default, is an alternative to a monopoly?
And cut their employees' wages, right? Telco unions should love that.
You forgot how that exchange really ends.
The politicians say, "Hooray! We've successfully fattened our coffers and insured our reelection by providing something for 'free' yet again!"
In fact, one did pop up where I work, and I'm pissed. I have to pay for it through my taxes, but I don't get to use it, and even if they decided I was worthy of using it, I wouldn't anyway; I have nice fast access from my desk at work.
In short, they're confiscating my money in order to hand out perks. There's no benefit at all for me in that.
Well, of course it would cost the cities money. The citizenry should not be forced to pay for something they may not use.