ScummVM for the PSP! I loved Sam & Max Hit the Road and just recently started playing it again using ScummVM. Now that I can play it on my PSP I dont' think I'll get any REAL work done for quite some time!
I'll definately buy a new Sam & Max game when it comes out.
do you really believe that developers of Microsoft security products (firewall, antispyware, OneCare, etc.) will NOT have access to whatever API they ask for? That if they need access to one, a technical solution will not be devised?
I have a friend that was working on the transactional file system for Vista and I asked him a similar question regarding undocumented APIs. Hi answer was two-fold.
Part 1 of his answer was that normally if a developer requires access to a system process that is not currently exposed via an API then he must request that interface from the development team responsible for that particular system process. This is normally the long way to get something done as this new interface must be documented. Part 2 of his answer was that MOST undocumented APIs in Windows are actually APIs that were never intended to be included in the released product. A common way for an undocumented API to make it to release would be that a developer requires access to a system process for testing purposes so they have an alternate way to access that process. The interface is designed with the full intention of removing it. Application Developer B finds out about this new interface and actually uses it for the next release of Media Player (or any other Windows application). When the time comes to remove the interface, Developer B informs the group that the interface is being used in a production application and can't be removed.
It seems as though the MPAA is basing these number on the falicy that EVERY bootleg DVD represents ONE Retail DVD that would have been sold and thus the loss of income.
One $5.00 Bootleg DVD = Lost Revenue of One $19.99 Retail DVD
The MPAA would be much better of using a method where the lost revenue equals a percentage of the selling price of a bootleg DVD.
One $5.00 Bootleg DVD = Lost Revenue of 10% of Price of Bootleg DVD
The MPAA has zero manufacturing and distribution costs associated with the sale of a bootleg DVD and again only a small fraction of people that purchase a bootleg DVD would have purchased the retail version had the bootleg version not been available.
TFA makes no mention of the fact that computer distributors (Gateway, Dell, Sony) will no doubt be able to change the default search engine in IE7 when IE7 is bundled as part of the OS. I've used IE7 and I'm not really impressed by the UI. I never used the integrated search (I don't use the integrated search in Firefox either).
I personlly don't find anything wrong with Microsoft making their search engine the default in IE7 as long as they make it simple for a novice user to change the search engine. The only other option they would have is for NO search engine to default and have the user define the search engine the first time they try to use it.
Let me first state that I run both Windows and MAC OS machines at home and one of my all time favorite devices is the Empeg Car Stereo. But I make a living by writing software for the Windows platform.
I believe that the single biggest drawback with Windows 2000, Windows XP and I'm sure Windows Vista is that they are all written with legacy support. This makes the operating system extremely bloated and pretty unstable when using any older hardware or any type of 16 bit application. I believe that if Microsoft were to offer two versions of Vista, one with ZERO legacy support that it would be a far superior product and would be WAY more stable than anything that will eventually make it to the shelves.
I find that with very few exceptions (like running a beta OS or pre-release development software) most of my 'crashes' have happened after installing new hardware. This is most likely caused not by the hardware itself but instead the drivers that were installed with the hardware.
How is ripping a CD I bought and listening to that music on my iPod different than recording a CD I bought onto a cassette and listening to that out of my boom box? Didn't the RIAA already have a 'fair use' tax placed on blank media that takes this into consideration?
What the RIAA doesn't realize is that there are quite a few people like me that ONLY purchase CDs so I can listen to them on my iPod. Before getting a portable mp3 player I would purchase perhaps one CD per year (I listened to the radio in my car and at work). Now I buy CDs so I have new content for my mp3 player.
The RIAA will be shooting themselves in their collective FOOT if they turn a CD into a 'limited playability license'. I for one would not buy another CD if I didn't have legal 'fair use' rights to the content.
retails for $100 and there's a $25 rebate, they charge me $75 and take the $25 rebate themselves. The first store that does that will win a lot of business
I guess the initial problem with that is the retailer would need to remove the UPC from the product (to eliminate a return and resell of the same item which would duplicate the rebate for that one product) which would eliminate ANY chances of you returning if for whatever reason.
Actually it is not Best Buy which rebates your money, it is the manufactorer
I don't believe this to be entirely true. I've purchased items at Best Buy before that came with BOTH a manufacturer rebate AND a rebate from Best Buy.
As much as I dislike some of the 'underhanded' sales tactics of Best Buy, the rebates they offer are usually well worth having to buy something there. As long as I know exactly what I want when I walk in there I usually end up with a nice deal. Quite a few people complain about Best Buy not honoring rebates for a myriad of reasons but again, I follow the instructions on the rebate form they give me at the time of purchase, send them in and usually have a rebate check within 3 weeks.
You can't design a set of new launch systems and associated spacecraft overnight
Didn't the Kennedy administration basically do just that when it declared to have a man on the moon by the end of the decade? That achievement also happened to span two administrations and was still accomplished.
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Actually, 2 raised to the power of 2 is 4 so 10 in binary would represent 3.
Your sig should read:
There are only 1 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
I'll definately buy a new Sam & Max game when it comes out.
Part 1 of his answer was that normally if a developer requires access to a system process that is not currently exposed via an API then he must request that interface from the development team responsible for that particular system process. This is normally the long way to get something done as this new interface must be documented.
Part 2 of his answer was that MOST undocumented APIs in Windows are actually APIs that were never intended to be included in the released product. A common way for an undocumented API to make it to release would be that a developer requires access to a system process for testing purposes so they have an alternate way to access that process. The interface is designed with the full intention of removing it. Application Developer B finds out about this new interface and actually uses it for the next release of Media Player (or any other Windows application). When the time comes to remove the interface, Developer B informs the group that the interface is being used in a production application and can't be removed.
What about regular CD Players that have minutes of buffering to prevent skipping? Would that be considered an incidental copy?
Police Officers is one example.
It seems as though the MPAA is basing these number on the falicy that EVERY bootleg DVD represents ONE Retail DVD that would have been sold and thus the loss of income.
One $5.00 Bootleg DVD = Lost Revenue of One $19.99 Retail DVD
The MPAA would be much better of using a method where the lost revenue equals a percentage of the selling price of a bootleg DVD.
One $5.00 Bootleg DVD = Lost Revenue of 10% of Price of Bootleg DVD
The MPAA has zero manufacturing and distribution costs associated with the sale of a bootleg DVD and again only a small fraction of people that purchase a bootleg DVD would have purchased the retail version had the bootleg version not been available.
TFA makes no mention of the fact that computer distributors (Gateway, Dell, Sony) will no doubt be able to change the default search engine in IE7 when IE7 is bundled as part of the OS.
I've used IE7 and I'm not really impressed by the UI. I never used the integrated search (I don't use the integrated search in Firefox either).
I personlly don't find anything wrong with Microsoft making their search engine the default in IE7 as long as they make it simple for a novice user to change the search engine. The only other option they would have is for NO search engine to default and have the user define the search engine the first time they try to use it.
Let me first state that I run both Windows and MAC OS machines at home and one of my all time favorite devices is the Empeg Car Stereo. But I make a living by writing software for the Windows platform.
I believe that the single biggest drawback with Windows 2000, Windows XP and I'm sure Windows Vista is that they are all written with legacy support. This makes the operating system extremely bloated and pretty unstable when using any older hardware or any type of 16 bit application.
I believe that if Microsoft were to offer two versions of Vista, one with ZERO legacy support that it would be a far superior product and would be WAY more stable than anything that will eventually make it to the shelves.
Sorry for jumping on your post like that then.
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OK, let me rephrase that slightly.
I find that with very few exceptions (like running a beta OS or pre-release development software) most of my 'crashes' have happened after installing new hardware. This is most likely caused not by the hardware itself but instead the drivers that were installed with the hardware.
How is ripping a CD I bought and listening to that music on my iPod different than recording a CD I bought onto a cassette and listening to that out of my boom box? Didn't the RIAA already have a 'fair use' tax placed on blank media that takes this into consideration?
What the RIAA doesn't realize is that there are quite a few people like me that ONLY purchase CDs so I can listen to them on my iPod. Before getting a portable mp3 player I would purchase perhaps one CD per year (I listened to the radio in my car and at work). Now I buy CDs so I have new content for my mp3 player.
The RIAA will be shooting themselves in their collective FOOT if they turn a CD into a 'limited playability license'. I for one would not buy another CD if I didn't have legal 'fair use' rights to the content.
As much as I dislike some of the 'underhanded' sales tactics of Best Buy, the rebates they offer are usually well worth having to buy something there.
As long as I know exactly what I want when I walk in there I usually end up with a nice deal.
Quite a few people complain about Best Buy not honoring rebates for a myriad of reasons but again, I follow the instructions on the rebate form they give me at the time of purchase, send them in and usually have a rebate check within 3 weeks.
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More like Votus Interruptus
That achievement also happened to span two administrations and was still accomplished.