The problem is not that these people use IE; that in itself is not the issue. The problem is that IE has a lot of non-standard stuff in it, such as ActiveX. The fact that most of the market uses IE encourages web-designers to code their sites to work in IE, and allows them to get away with being lazy and not making sure it's standards-compliant. And with IE being closed, it's exceptionally difficult for other browsers to reverse-engineer in the ability to read non-standard code the way IE does. As such, if you don't use IE, you often run into sites that won't let you proceed without using IE, or that render things poorly in most/all browsers except IE.
That is the problem with IE being bundled with Windows. It's using Microsoft's monopoly to not only gain unfair marketshare in web-browsers, it's also making it more and more difficult for people to use other browsers.
I feel no sense of loss having waited until I could get one for $200 used. Also, the damned things are pieces of junk. Mine barely works any more and I took good care of it, and my roommate's is struggling a lot these days.
Um... bullshit? iTunes came out back before OS X, and you could rip MP3s with it then. You can't have the latest version of iTunes for OS 9, so you can't rip AACs or use the music store on OS 9, but you still have a good, functioning music player and ripper.
Also, you might wish to consider that there are far more macs out there with OS X than otherwise. From my experience, maybe 1 in every 20 mac users, if even that, still don't have an OS X machine.
Gates is many things, but stupid is definitely not one of them. I'd not be surprised if he honestly did endorse Google to hurt them. I mean, think about it... Google pulls move many see to be 'evil,' which is contrary to their mantra of "Do no evil." Gates runs what's considered one of the most 'evil' corporations on Earth, so his endorsement of Google's move affirms people's thinking that Google is turning 'evil,' and makes them more likely to stop using Google's products and services. They may not flock to MS's products and services, but the less Google has, the better for MS.
Umm... shouldn't that award go to Dragon Quest VIII? Seriously, I see all this praise heaped on it, and when I see it actually described and played... it's just another Dragon Quest game. It doesn't add anything it didn't rip off from other RPGs (and what it rips off is nothing special) and it's just the same old same old with prettier graphics. The fans _love_ the game, but those of us who are sick of the same old thing in RPGs don't like it much at all.
Shadow of the Colossus, on the other hand, had its flaws, but was an incredibly fun, unique, _beautiful_ game, and one of very few non-strategy games I find myself going back and replaying.
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They let me out of the scouts before all the other kids.
We don't have to worry about the "food" being food. :P
Any weapon that could knock a person off their feet would have to be anchored, otherwise the person firing would also be knocked off their feet.
Berkeley Software... Groundhog?
Apple won.
Isn't DBZ Bodokai a fighting game?
Wait, Yahoo! has an online music store? /Not really trolling, actually didn't know about it until now, or at least, forgot about it.
The problem is not that these people use IE; that in itself is not the issue. The problem is that IE has a lot of non-standard stuff in it, such as ActiveX. The fact that most of the market uses IE encourages web-designers to code their sites to work in IE, and allows them to get away with being lazy and not making sure it's standards-compliant. And with IE being closed, it's exceptionally difficult for other browsers to reverse-engineer in the ability to read non-standard code the way IE does. As such, if you don't use IE, you often run into sites that won't let you proceed without using IE, or that render things poorly in most/all browsers except IE.
That is the problem with IE being bundled with Windows. It's using Microsoft's monopoly to not only gain unfair marketshare in web-browsers, it's also making it more and more difficult for people to use other browsers.
I was wondering if Sony had shills on Slashdot.
Every time you misuse the word "angst," God kills an emo-kid. Please, think of the emo-kids.
When someone walks by with a magnet in their pocket?
N64 was $250 at launch, not $200. :P
Awesome! Does this mean yet another round of new media formats I won't be able to play without using MS proprietary software?
I feel no sense of loss having waited until I could get one for $200 used. Also, the damned things are pieces of junk. Mine barely works any more and I took good care of it, and my roommate's is struggling a lot these days.
It'll be called the Wii Ni!
So it automatically bans people who use netspeak? Sweet! Sign me up!
We're Sorry
The current version of the Brain Speed Test is only available for Windows based computers. We are working a version that is compatible with Mac's.
Wow! Their brains are so fast they skipped over learning how to pluralize!
The Dvorak keyboard layout?
The "pay more money" feature, obviously.
Um... bullshit? iTunes came out back before OS X, and you could rip MP3s with it then. You can't have the latest version of iTunes for OS 9, so you can't rip AACs or use the music store on OS 9, but you still have a good, functioning music player and ripper. Also, you might wish to consider that there are far more macs out there with OS X than otherwise. From my experience, maybe 1 in every 20 mac users, if even that, still don't have an OS X machine.
Gates is many things, but stupid is definitely not one of them. I'd not be surprised if he honestly did endorse Google to hurt them. I mean, think about it... Google pulls move many see to be 'evil,' which is contrary to their mantra of "Do no evil." Gates runs what's considered one of the most 'evil' corporations on Earth, so his endorsement of Google's move affirms people's thinking that Google is turning 'evil,' and makes them more likely to stop using Google's products and services. They may not flock to MS's products and services, but the less Google has, the better for MS.
Have you tried the Ford Pinto version? I hear it's a blast!
You make baby Stalin cry. :(
The Alchemy system it uses has been used by many other games before it.
Umm... shouldn't that award go to Dragon Quest VIII? Seriously, I see all this praise heaped on it, and when I see it actually described and played... it's just another Dragon Quest game. It doesn't add anything it didn't rip off from other RPGs (and what it rips off is nothing special) and it's just the same old same old with prettier graphics. The fans _love_ the game, but those of us who are sick of the same old thing in RPGs don't like it much at all. Shadow of the Colossus, on the other hand, had its flaws, but was an incredibly fun, unique, _beautiful_ game, and one of very few non-strategy games I find myself going back and replaying.