I agree, you can pro vs con every situation, just that I feel a company like Microsoft always likes to be #1 and I think while the initial change might be to remove something, that isn't to say that they won't come up with something new and improved for future versions, etc, which I feel in the long run can have some nice benefits with regard to innovation.
On the contrary, I think things like this can lead to something new and innovative instead of just sticking with "what works" as we have for years.
When you just keep building on old stuff and keeping around what always "has been" and "always worked in the past", I tend to see this stiffel innovation. Being forced back to drawing board to come up with something NEW as a work around can be a good thing, especially for a company like Microsoft that has the $$$ to invest into R&D of something new and radical.
Whether or not it comes out better will remain to be seen. Also, I am not saying I agree with any of these lawsuits for IP, but merely stating that they can lead to new, exciting and more efficient handling of said things.
Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope it all pans out in the end and gives us something better...
...now all I need is a reason to want to know this and about $3,000 to get a MAC to write scripts on because there isn't anything else entertaining you can do with a MAC.;)
I'd have to say that they have opened up Pandora's Box without knowing what would come out. Now that the box is opening, there is NO getting it closed again as much as I am sure they'd love to get it shut.
I totally agree that Wolfenstein was more fun than Doom...
I think games like Wolfenstein, Blake Stone and ROTT all seemed to have more of an entertaining storyline for me to go with, and not just shooting a bunch of monsters that all sounded the same (i.e. the monsters in Doom).
Personally, I always preferred...
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...Rise of the Triad, which I found 10 times more entertaining and fun in a PVP type environment (they called it commbat mode or something close to that).
Even more entertaining was the one expansion they made to ROTT where El Oscuro was not dead and you had to go at him again, only this time it was a LOT harder than the first time, which was no cake walk.:)
Having things like ludicrous gibs and the funny things the characters would say when they got gibs was neat too. Not to mention, the first game that let you pick a character that you wanted to play, and each character had it's unique starting stats like hitpoints, accuracy, etc.
All in all, my favorite FPS games rank like this:
1.) ROTT
2.) Blake Stone
3.) Wolfenstein 3D
4.) Doom/Heretic
ROTT gave the very first totally friendly map maker, not to mention one that would randomly generate maps you could compete with. The CD was loaded with all kinds of goodies..
Fun to look back and reflect on the time spent playing the true classics...
The best answer I have heard is that the big "boom" of everyone converting their music collections to CD (from cassette, vinyl and 8 track) is done and logically speaking it will never happen again, as that boom was a one time good deal.
I think that is far and away the #1 reason for the "drop" in sales...
...that many of us would want to live that long. I mean, think of how hard it is to stomach half the pinheads on this planet right now as it is, and then magnify that by a factor of 5 or 6 for the longer life spans...:)
Yes, they are ignoring it and trying to find a culprit that they can blame instead of looking at the root cause of this.
I mean, if suing P2P users doesn't work, they will next try suing CD-R and blank cassette tape media manufacturers for providing 'convenient' media by which to steal their music!
I agree, plenty of people buy new CD's, but not nearly as many as when CD's first came out.
You mention that used CD stores have been around since the beginning and while I would agree that it's a true statement, I would counter that with the fact that they were not as abundant and vastly available as they are today. These stores are thriving solely because of cost conscious consumers like myself and my friends.
The point I was making is you never see them talk about this issue. It's always "downloading" that's doing it. While I am not discounting that to some degree, downloading has contributed to lost revenues, I would also underline that fact that the percentage is so small that it'd barely be recognizable simply because people download out of 'convenience' and for 'instant gratification' while they get the itch to hear certain music. And if they could no longer download music impulsively; they wouldn't run out at 3am to buy a CD for $18 to hear one song they got an itch to hear while chatting with their friends on some instant messaging program either...
Let me point out MY own point of view to the main problem to music sales.
I think that the main problem is almost solely the advent of used CD stores. I know it sounds silly, but when Joe Musiclover buys a CD at Sam Goody, the record label (i.e. Warner Bros) sees revenue. However, when I buy the same CD at a used CD store the record label recognizes $0 of revenue.
I have a large network of friends and I don't know a single one of my friends that will pay the money asked for a new CD when they know they can wait a month and get it for a small fraction of the cost of a retail CD store.
Last "new" CD I purchased was in 1992, and ever since then I have made all of my purchases at used stores which has saved me a bundle of money.
This is another primary loss of revenue that people like the RIAA just seem to overlook and do not want to acknowledge. I have sent them quite a few letters with some facts and figures based upon the people that I alone know. If you were to multiply this across the nation you'd see a LOT larger figures.
Just something to think about and yet it is something overlooked anytime this subject is considered.
What is the most common operating system? What operating system is most common and yet closed source?
The person making the submission is only pointing out the obvious for two reasons. (1) so morons who do not know how to infer what is true and (2) to give trolls like you guys that are such miserable existences of life something to bitch about so that you think your life means something.
It doesn't. At least I have the guts to post under my nick, jackass.
Flamebait? These guys don't write the articles, they just relay on the links and such so people that like to read about all sorts of things can have a nice central place to find all these types of articles.
You know the old adage, if you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem. How about submitting whatever you think is worth reading as an article or stop whining about what is reported.
If you don't like an article, don't read it and surely don't waste your time putting in a worthless comment like you just did.
I think that SETI is a worthwhile endeavor, but you know, one has to wonder that if my doing the seti@home thing that eventually they will run out of units for folks to process and start pawning other NASA projects off to our PC's to crunch numbers beause undoubtedly they'll have so much stuff to do that they won't be able to get it done with the cutbacks in other areas.:) So, in order to get caught up it's a good idea to start funding SETI so they can start passing their work off to the seti@home folks.
Personally, I would rather see the series retired before they bring in someone else.
Indiana Jones is not a "James Bond" type that you just pass the reigns on to. Harrison Ford will always be Indiana Jones, plain and simple.
I mean, they have kept the "timeline" of when the movie takes place moving, so it makes passing the reigns harder, whereas James Bond is a 'contemporary character' that is always just played in 'modern times' (i.e. when the file is shot to be in line with how we live our lives at that time).
But seeing the series retired after Harrison Ford retires from acting would be the right thing to do...
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Yeah, and his story says it was reported earlier, if you read it...
Yes, but wouldn't reverse engineering God's code violate the DRM?
I agree, you can pro vs con every situation, just that I feel a company like Microsoft always likes to be #1 and I think while the initial change might be to remove something, that isn't to say that they won't come up with something new and improved for future versions, etc, which I feel in the long run can have some nice benefits with regard to innovation.
Just a thought...
On the contrary, I think things like this can lead to something new and innovative instead of just sticking with "what works" as we have for years.
When you just keep building on old stuff and keeping around what always "has been" and "always worked in the past", I tend to see this stiffel innovation. Being forced back to drawing board to come up with something NEW as a work around can be a good thing, especially for a company like Microsoft that has the $$$ to invest into R&D of something new and radical.
Whether or not it comes out better will remain to be seen. Also, I am not saying I agree with any of these lawsuits for IP, but merely stating that they can lead to new, exciting and more efficient handling of said things.
Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope it all pans out in the end and gives us something better...
I'd have to say that they have opened up Pandora's Box without knowing what would come out. Now that the box is opening, there is NO getting it closed again as much as I am sure they'd love to get it shut.
Let SCO reap what they have sown
Just like spider silk, which by all definitions is the strongest substance made in nature, yet we cannot replicate its composition.
If we could, we could make bullet proof vests that were like 1/8 thick...
I still have all that stuff too!
I totally agree that Wolfenstein was more fun than Doom...
I think games like Wolfenstein, Blake Stone and ROTT all seemed to have more of an entertaining storyline for me to go with, and not just shooting a bunch of monsters that all sounded the same (i.e. the monsters in Doom).
Even more entertaining was the one expansion they made to ROTT where El Oscuro was not dead and you had to go at him again, only this time it was a LOT harder than the first time, which was no cake walk.
Having things like ludicrous gibs and the funny things the characters would say when they got gibs was neat too. Not to mention, the first game that let you pick a character that you wanted to play, and each character had it's unique starting stats like hitpoints, accuracy, etc.
All in all, my favorite FPS games rank like this:
1.) ROTT
2.) Blake Stone
3.) Wolfenstein 3D
4.) Doom/Heretic
ROTT gave the very first totally friendly map maker, not to mention one that would randomly generate maps you could compete with. The CD was loaded with all kinds of goodies..
Fun to look back and reflect on the time spent playing the true classics...
Sure sounds like a Microsoft Catch 22.
Don't patch and it's your fault. Patch and fook up your system and it's your fault.
Good tactic for taking the 'blame' out of your end of the court...
The best answer I have heard is that the big "boom" of everyone converting their music collections to CD (from cassette, vinyl and 8 track) is done and logically speaking it will never happen again, as that boom was a one time good deal.
I think that is far and away the #1 reason for the "drop" in sales...
Pretty spooky!
No text version. NPR often doesn't publish one.
./ hammering of their site, they might consider a lower bandwidth text version *cackle*
Yeah, well, after a high quality
Yes, they are ignoring it and trying to find a culprit that they can blame instead of looking at the root cause of this.
I mean, if suing P2P users doesn't work, they will next try suing CD-R and blank cassette tape media manufacturers for providing 'convenient' media by which to steal their music!
I agree, plenty of people buy new CD's, but not nearly as many as when CD's first came out.
You mention that used CD stores have been around since the beginning and while I would agree that it's a true statement, I would counter that with the fact that they were not as abundant and vastly available as they are today. These stores are thriving solely because of cost conscious consumers like myself and my friends.
The point I was making is you never see them talk about this issue. It's always "downloading" that's doing it. While I am not discounting that to some degree, downloading has contributed to lost revenues, I would also underline that fact that the percentage is so small that it'd barely be recognizable simply because people download out of 'convenience' and for 'instant gratification' while they get the itch to hear certain music. And if they could no longer download music impulsively; they wouldn't run out at 3am to buy a CD for $18 to hear one song they got an itch to hear while chatting with their friends on some instant messaging program either...
Just my thoughts on the subject...
Let me point out MY own point of view to the main problem to music sales.
I think that the main problem is almost solely the advent of used CD stores. I know it sounds silly, but when Joe Musiclover buys a CD at Sam Goody, the record label (i.e. Warner Bros) sees revenue. However, when I buy the same CD at a used CD store the record label recognizes $0 of revenue.
I have a large network of friends and I don't know a single one of my friends that will pay the money asked for a new CD when they know they can wait a month and get it for a small fraction of the cost of a retail CD store.
Last "new" CD I purchased was in 1992, and ever since then I have made all of my purchases at used stores which has saved me a bundle of money.
This is another primary loss of revenue that people like the RIAA just seem to overlook and do not want to acknowledge. I have sent them quite a few letters with some facts and figures based upon the people that I alone know. If you were to multiply this across the nation you'd see a LOT larger figures.
Just something to think about and yet it is something overlooked anytime this subject is considered.
At least a robot can't spit on your food when you complain
Let me tell you the tragedy of your stupidity.
What is the most common operating system? What operating system is most common and yet closed source?
The person making the submission is only pointing out the obvious for two reasons. (1) so morons who do not know how to infer what is true and (2) to give trolls like you guys that are such miserable existences of life something to bitch about so that you think your life means something.
It doesn't. At least I have the guts to post under my nick, jackass.
Didn't River Phoenix die years ago to a drug overdose or something on a street corner?
Well, then submit a comment via e-mail to NYT because THEY wrote the article not the person supplying the article.
I mean, come on, I think it's good to see all information and stories that are written have to say about anything computer related.
Whether or not you agree with the article is entirely up to you, but should have NO reflection on the person submitting the article.
Flamebait? These guys don't write the articles, they just relay on the links and such so people that like to read about all sorts of things can have a nice central place to find all these types of articles.
You know the old adage, if you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem. How about submitting whatever you think is worth reading as an article or stop whining about what is reported.
If you don't like an article, don't read it and surely don't waste your time putting in a worthless comment like you just did.
I think that SETI is a worthwhile endeavor, but you know, one has to wonder that if my doing the seti@home thing that eventually they will run out of units for folks to process and start pawning other NASA projects off to our PC's to crunch numbers beause undoubtedly they'll have so much stuff to do that they won't be able to get it done with the cutbacks in other areas.
Personally, I would rather see the series retired before they bring in someone else.
Indiana Jones is not a "James Bond" type that you just pass the reigns on to. Harrison Ford will always be Indiana Jones, plain and simple.
I mean, they have kept the "timeline" of when the movie takes place moving, so it makes passing the reigns harder, whereas James Bond is a 'contemporary character' that is always just played in 'modern times' (i.e. when the file is shot to be in line with how we live our lives at that time).
But seeing the series retired after Harrison Ford retires from acting would be the right thing to do...