This will do nothing, but drive record sales into the ground. Artists need to uprise and stand up for themselves because the RIAA doesn't seem to be servicing them any more, it's all about the labels and the royalty publishers.
You might hate his music, but George Michael has released his LAST store CD release. Everything from now on will be available online only! This is a huge step forward for the artists themselves.
Bands like U2 and Aerosmith need to follow suit, drop their labels, do all their own production (which they do anyway) and sell their songs themselves. The day of the middle man making money off of the talent needs to come to a close. Our rights as consumers and fans are being infringed. The artists are the ones that need to step up.
Lars if you're listening, drop Electra and start doing it all yourselves. Control your own distribution!
I think the cornering of the high-end graphics market would be good in itself. It would be a good lead in for the enterprise market and potential x86 out roll of OSX (if they desired such a thing) Apple likes buying companies that do cool little things, how about once a BIG cool thing?
If you notice Firewire is only available via the Dock.
I wonder if they licensed the term from Apple or not?
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But not something I'd use. I think it's too small for doing audio or video editing. I might consider something like that if it ran OSX, but it doesn't look like my upcoming PowerBook purchase will be deterred. I can see what they're trying to do, bravo for a PC company trying to innovate.
Unfortunately for then I think this is a "Mac" type product. No offense to OQO, but I think Apple would be able to pull off something like this.
Does anyone have an idea how well the screen would hold up to scratches and all, being exposed the way it is?
Why not strike out new and try to develop for all three consoles? I imagine that would be fun to see your game played on a TV rather than the obligatory monitor. You might find a niche of your own.
I'm still not sure where you are going with this. Aren't most games independent? Nintendo does write all the titles for GC and the same goes for XBox and PS2. The vast majority is written by independent companies. If you're referring to shareware type of gaming then that's different. Yes I haven't seen any shareware or freeware titles for any console, but I imagine it'd be possible now that everything is on a CD or DVD. Still buying one of each console will run you under $500, much cheaper that the high end PC's.
I don't think this was about developing games for any system. This was about people spending $5K to play games. Whether the games they play are any good is a subjective matter, but I'm sure it'll have pretty graphics!
With the consumption of the value meal being at over 1200 calories with fries and a coke, you're looking at over 4 extra pounds of fat on your body per album! Just think if you "Super Size" it!!!
Not everyone uses iPods strictly for music. I remeber reading several articles about how the guys filming the LOTR trilogy used iPods to transport video footage shot in the field to their editing stations offsite. They work just like a HD, at least on OSX. So having 60GB of storage especially for video or possibly high-end digital cameras or even audio would be very useful, especially since it can be a multi-use device.
I agree. Software takes what? A computer, some dev tools and the desire to do it. There are more guys that have made really cool prgrams on a whim than computers. Lets face it, it costs money to make a computer, it takes time to write software.
There's an inherent danger in the proposal to free hardware.
First and foremost condition would be that all computers would be the same configurations. While the idea of "appliancizing" computer hardware would be wonderful for the consumer in the long run it's counterproductive. Software is more complex than say a television broadcast. While the thematic content may vary amongst shows, the medium conforms to all TV sets nationwide. NTSC or PAL is the format and there's no straying. Enhancements are only allowed for audio, and now HD is becoming more commonplace; however, new hardware must be purchased to take advantage of the new innovations.
Which brings me to my second point, the lack of true innovation. Software writes will become more or less problem solvers than true code writers where the sky's the limit. By problem solvers I'm referring to the need to find work arounds all the limitations of the hardware to perform whatever the desired task is. Computer configurations change and improve like the wind, but without innovations and improvements, not only in speed, but connectivity etc., we are forced to stagnate. By all theoretical laws we should've maxxed the computing potential power of silicon, yet we still see improvements.
We need forward thinking companies to push the envelope. The elements of design and function are integral to progress of computing. Without invention, originality and breakthroughs we the consumers are doomed to stagnation and a one dimensional world. In turn, software creators are forced to live and operate in that one dimension, struggling to squeeze as much out of a box that they can.
As we've seen many times, underfunded projects are destined to die off. If hardware becomes free and available to all there's no profit. And where there's no profit there's no innovation; therefore, we will create our own stone age.
Does anyone know if any university has done a study on all the wireless technology that's constantly bombarding us and it's effects on health? Don't get me wrong I LOVE the idea of no wires anywhere, but do you think with all the 802.11b's and g's, Bluetooth, cell traffic, IR remotes, etc. that it may have a negative effect on us? Just curious...
I think the handwriting's been on the wall on this one for quite a while. It's become more mainstream to carry your laptop around and or your cell phone has the ability to store all your addresses and such. I've stopped using mine about a year ago in favour of my iPod. Granted I have to enter everything via my computer, but that doesn't bother me too much. I don't feel the need to carry around another $400 device just so I can have the luxury of scribbling in a name or two in my device on the fly. RIP PDA's, we loved when you were around!
I'm a little confused in IBM's strategies. I've noticed that they advertise their dual Xeon servers and some Linux stuff as well. Why wouldn't they be pushing their own products? They have their Power4 and 5 processors. And why wouldn't they help Apple out? They definitely have a vested interest in the success of the G5 especially when in it comes to the server market. One of the largest clusters in the world is IBM powered. Why don't they advertise that? I would think they would have success with this approach. Maybe they're worried the Fishkill plant couldn't handle the demand? Any thoughts?
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You might hate his music, but George Michael has released his LAST store CD release. Everything from now on will be available online only! This is a huge step forward for the artists themselves.
Bands like U2 and Aerosmith need to follow suit, drop their labels, do all their own production (which they do anyway) and sell their songs themselves. The day of the middle man making money off of the talent needs to come to a close. Our rights as consumers and fans are being infringed. The artists are the ones that need to step up.
Lars if you're listening, drop Electra and start doing it all yourselves. Control your own distribution!
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How is this Flamebait? I thought it was a great idea then they go and take it away?
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good ideas gone awry!
I wonder if they licensed the term from Apple or not?
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Unfortunately for then I think this is a "Mac" type product. No offense to OQO, but I think Apple would be able to pull off something like this.
Does anyone have an idea how well the screen would hold up to scratches and all, being exposed the way it is?
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Can you use vegetable oil to lube the car now?
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First and foremost condition would be that all computers would be the same configurations. While the idea of "appliancizing" computer hardware would be wonderful for the consumer in the long run it's counterproductive. Software is more complex than say a television broadcast. While the thematic content may vary amongst shows, the medium conforms to all TV sets nationwide. NTSC or PAL is the format and there's no straying. Enhancements are only allowed for audio, and now HD is becoming more commonplace; however, new hardware must be purchased to take advantage of the new innovations.
Which brings me to my second point, the lack of true innovation. Software writes will become more or less problem solvers than true code writers where the sky's the limit. By problem solvers I'm referring to the need to find work arounds all the limitations of the hardware to perform whatever the desired task is. Computer configurations change and improve like the wind, but without innovations and improvements, not only in speed, but connectivity etc., we are forced to stagnate. By all theoretical laws we should've maxxed the computing potential power of silicon, yet we still see improvements.
We need forward thinking companies to push the envelope. The elements of design and function are integral to progress of computing. Without invention, originality and breakthroughs we the consumers are doomed to stagnation and a one dimensional world. In turn, software creators are forced to live and operate in that one dimension, struggling to squeeze as much out of a box that they can.
As we've seen many times, underfunded projects are destined to die off. If hardware becomes free and available to all there's no profit. And where there's no profit there's no innovation; therefore, we will create our own stone age.
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I'm asking a legit question. How is that trolling? I would think IBM should use their own products.
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