Well, it's a good thing you agree with the EU. The bundling was Microsofts offer in hope they could get out easy, but the EU thougth this was a lousy deal
Apple hardware doesn't depreciate in value like windows stuff does. Companies could actually sell their old hardware, instead of chucking it in the garbage!
However, I doubt most companies, when considering a hardware purchase, consider their next hardware purchase.
Actually, this is something I would support. This means I could leave my disks safely in their case next to my computer and they could still be authenticated as legit, leaving both me and the publisher happy.
No more worrying about how much SafeDisk craps on my game preformance.
I just need to know what the lifespan on the tags are and what happens when it's up.
Except you don't pay for it if your battery goes dead during your warranty period. Mine did. I had to pay $20 for shipping, which still sucks, but was a lot less then the $100 you'll pay for it out of warranty.
Sayeth the poster: Given the choice between tilting the playing field in favor of themselves vs competing fairly, a company will act solely in it's stock-holder's self-interest.
It's "too different" from C. I hear this all the time when talking about Obj-C. The object syntax using brackets instead of dots is apparently uncomprehendable to your average programmer.
Or rather, the 10 minutes it takes to get used to the syntax is too grand to the lazy programmer.
Instead of forking projects, we create schisms. Great ideological debates leads to schisms. Egotism leads to forks. Of course, forks lead to pie, so maybe they aren't all bad.
Do the officers in the infirmary now have to watch people play Crimson Skies and buzz out everything but the sex words, signing off their censoring with Irving Washington?
Seriously, even besides XBox live, how do they maintain operational secrecy in an internet world?
Maybe a starving writer isn't the best person to ask...
Are you saying you can't continue to work unless your recognized? I have worked, and people I know have worked, in situations where they output quality work and nothing is said, no one pats them on the back, but they continue to work. They continue to eat.
We aren't animals. No matter how we can be where we are, no matter what genetic ancestors we have, we are not animals. If I had to choose between making a significant contribution to society and dying from hunger and making a mediocre contribution and getting a pat on the back, I would choose the former.
But me and you are different people. Maybe eating and breeding are your only concerns.
You know, funny thing. All GPL source code I've looked at has the authors names in the copyright statement.
This ignoring the fact that your parents are allowing their selfish desires to stop them from spreading knowledge and, you know, helping mankind.
I have no problem with acknowledgement. I have a huge problem with scientist who let there desire for it prevent them from sharing their insights and research. Maybe they don't go this far, maybe they just want to keep the funding going. But if more scientist just worried about science, then none of them would have to worry about the other political bullshit.
I think you are vastly overestimating how much money it takes to produce a game vs. how many copies they sell. Those that do sell very actually end up subsidizing those that don't, just like movies.
But then, why would I expect a slashdotter to understand a business....
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how does an adaptive spam-filter affect web browsing?
I don't think intellectual dishonesty is the right way to get people to switch.
I mean, if their opinions are heard and understood, their job at designing and implementing DRM is gone. How many people would stand up for a cause that would put them out of work?
back in the 80s a game took you at least 2-3 times longer to beat as they do today.
Maybe you took that long to beat a game, but the games weren't that long. This is the 80's! 90% of the games didn't have a save game feature. How long would a developer really make a game that you couldn't save? The crown jewel of the NES era, SMB3, took 8 hours the first time through. Except you couldn't save so you had to do the same things over and over and it just seemed a lot longer.
Metroid Prime should take you longer than 8-9 hours, but you get to save, so you end up only playing 10 hours total. Want more play time? Try giving up the ability to save.
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Well, it's a good thing you agree with the EU. The bundling was Microsofts offer in hope they could get out easy, but the EU thougth this was a lousy deal
Or, for a one word response, RTFA.
Apple hardware doesn't depreciate in value like windows stuff does. Companies could actually sell their old hardware, instead of chucking it in the garbage! However, I doubt most companies, when considering a hardware purchase, consider their next hardware purchase.
Will "The movie was better," become the new "The book was better"?
When you stop buying hardware you don't "own".
example of the megahertz myth. The chip with the largest cache won. Hands down, no contest.
Actually, this is something I would support. This means I could leave my disks safely in their case next to my computer and they could still be authenticated as legit, leaving both me and the publisher happy.
No more worrying about how much SafeDisk craps on my game preformance.
I just need to know what the lifespan on the tags are and what happens when it's up.
except I could just cast an iron key and no one would have the hand strength to break it, no matter how much materials research they put in.
Ever single pair I own has a 5th pocket, all of them mens. Some were embrassingly 5$ walmart brand, some were embarrassingly $70 'chic' label brand.
But more on topic, yes, I would love if it fit in there
Except you don't pay for it if your battery goes dead during your warranty period. Mine did. I had to pay $20 for shipping, which still sucks, but was a lot less then the $100 you'll pay for it out of warranty.
Sayeth the poster:
Given the choice between tilting the playing field in favor of themselves vs competing fairly, a company will act solely in it's stock-holder's self-interest.
Fixed that for you! See SCOX
- A cell phone...
- A PDA...
- A laptop...
- A music player..
What do all these have in common? They were all once large, bulky and overpriced devices, just like their functionality-mixed progeny.You see it as a matter of infeasibility, I see it as a matter of time.
It's "too different" from C. I hear this all the time when talking about Obj-C. The object syntax using brackets instead of dots is apparently uncomprehendable to your average programmer.
Or rather, the 10 minutes it takes to get used to the syntax is too grand to the lazy programmer.
HA! That's the answer!
Instead of forking projects, we create schisms. Great ideological debates leads to schisms. Egotism leads to forks. Of course, forks lead to pie, so maybe they aren't all bad.
I was about to say the same thing. Does anybody remeber the lessons of the t-shirt contest?
Except, if no one has any capital because their jobs have been replaced by robots, who will purchase the fruits of the robots labour?
New forms of redistribution will emerge. The free market demands it. Perhaps more people will find work in creative endeavors.
this problem doesn't appear in March. To play a single game for a substantial portion of a day everday for a year is... yikes.
How many people can his possibly affect? How much can you do in a video game in a 8,544 hours? It boggles the mind.
Do the officers in the infirmary now have to watch people play Crimson Skies and buzz out everything but the sex words, signing off their censoring with Irving Washington? Seriously, even besides XBox live, how do they maintain operational secrecy in an internet world?
Maybe a starving writer isn't the best person to ask...
Are you saying you can't continue to work unless your recognized? I have worked, and people I know have worked, in situations where they output quality work and nothing is said, no one pats them on the back, but they continue to work. They continue to eat.
We aren't animals. No matter how we can be where we are, no matter what genetic ancestors we have, we are not animals. If I had to choose between making a significant contribution to society and dying from hunger and making a mediocre contribution and getting a pat on the back, I would choose the former.
But me and you are different people. Maybe eating and breeding are your only concerns.
You know, funny thing. All GPL source code I've looked at has the authors names in the copyright statement.
This ignoring the fact that your parents are allowing their selfish desires to stop them from spreading knowledge and, you know, helping mankind.
I have no problem with acknowledgement. I have a huge problem with scientist who let there desire for it prevent them from sharing their insights and research. Maybe they don't go this far, maybe they just want to keep the funding going. But if more scientist just worried about science, then none of them would have to worry about the other political bullshit.
Maybe it does have a spam filter, but I have as yet needed to filter out junk email while browsing the web.
Now, if he had been comparing IE and OE to the Mozilla suite, then you're right.
I think you are vastly overestimating how much money it takes to produce a game vs. how many copies they sell. Those that do sell very actually end up subsidizing those that don't, just like movies.
But then, why would I expect a slashdotter to understand a business....
how does an adaptive spam-filter affect web browsing?
I don't think intellectual dishonesty is the right way to get people to switch.
Proving they have too much time on their hands one unkillable monster at a time.
Ahhh, what's not to love about engineers...
I mean, if their opinions are heard and understood, their job at designing and implementing DRM is gone. How many people would stand up for a cause that would put them out of work?
back in the 80s a game took you at least 2-3 times longer to beat as they do today. Maybe you took that long to beat a game, but the games weren't that long. This is the 80's! 90% of the games didn't have a save game feature. How long would a developer really make a game that you couldn't save? The crown jewel of the NES era, SMB3, took 8 hours the first time through. Except you couldn't save so you had to do the same things over and over and it just seemed a lot longer. Metroid Prime should take you longer than 8-9 hours, but you get to save, so you end up only playing 10 hours total. Want more play time? Try giving up the ability to save.