I remember when the Wii was announced, I was very skeptical. The "motion sensitive" controller... who would really think that's fun, after the novelty of the gimmick wears off.
Flash cut to today: I recently picked up a used copy of Warioware Twisted, for my aging GBA. The motion sensitive games are VERY addictive. So now as a result, I'm re-thinking my anti-Wii stance. I'm actually consider buying one, despite the fact I also have a new PS3.
That's how innovative the Wii is. The games will follow, just give it time.
I had a friend that thought you HAD to use Yahoo's startup icon/web portal to "go to the Internet", because that's how it was in the setup instructions. I'm sorry, but it's not Yahoo's fault if this guy didn't have enough sense to switch his home page.
And it's not Comcast's fault if they have example instructions on how to get things going. They can't be expected to list EVERY browser in the world, and cover every type of internal home network setup.
Fresh from a very long Windows 2000 experience and a four-month Windows XP experience along with a long-time Linux sys admin role puts me in a great position to assess Ubuntu.
I wonder how many Microsoft fans stopped reading, right there? (their loss, btw).
Wow, I can't believe I forgot about this thing. I still have mine somewhere. It was interesting to play with for about 10 minutes. That's about when the average person realized: "Hey, they're probably tracking my scans in some big mail marketing database!".
Getting someone to type something might prove easier though now due to the prevalence of Capchas.
You took the words right out of my keyboard, no pun intended*.
It won't affect my commenting on blogs or sites that I normally frequent. But after that demo, I admit I probably won't look at captchas the same way again.
My company wouldn't care if you brought your own office chair.
I wanna work where YOU work.:)
But if you can't see the difference between bringing your own laptop in your briefcase (non-intrusive) vs. wheeling in your sofa up the service elevator, you have some issues.
Best way to counter one extreme hypothetical is with another, I guess. It was meant as just an example. And it was the first one that came to me. But apparently it was a bad analogy. they also have the liablility of "what happens if your personal property gets fried or stolen while you had it at the office?", etc.
I thought some states were like that? I'm not a lawyer.
You probably did some 'work' from home on that laptop from the comfort of your favorite recliner, right? But the company probably doesn't let employees bring in their own office furniture.
Aside from the security concerns of having your personal laptop connected to their internal network, inside their firewall, a laptop that they cannot be totally certain (on a day-to-day basis) does not have a malicious program running on it, they also have the liablility of "what happens if your personal property gets fried or stolen while you had it at the office?", etc.
Manhunt 2 is released this summer. In-store sales for that game will likely be adversely affected by this policy. I wonder how the Gamestop execs will feel after they miss out on the majority of sales of one of the hottest games for the PS2, during the summer school vacation break?
Not saying it's a game for kids. I'm just saying it's probably the parents job of being mindful of what their kids are playing, rather than leaving it up to some retailer.
I love the title too,but the paragraph goes on to not mention at f'ing thing about broadband, and none I MEAN none of the major news outlets mention anything of the broadband crap.
FWIW, Obama *did* (briefly) mention it, in his speech:
...let's lay down broadband lines through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America. We can do that.
To put this in to perspective, if BayTSP were trying to bust me for doing drugs, it'd be like getting arrested because I was hanging out with some dealers, but they never saw me using, buying, or selling any drugs.
I think they call this "acting in concert". You participated by virtue of your actions 'assisting' the crime in question. I don't know if 'assisting' actually means "just being there and not calling the cops".
One of those tricky legal deals, to be sure. I think it's pretty hard to prove in court.
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I remember when the Wii was announced, I was very skeptical. The "motion sensitive" controller... who would really think that's fun, after the novelty of the gimmick wears off.
Flash cut to today: I recently picked up a used copy of Warioware Twisted, for my aging GBA. The motion sensitive games are VERY addictive. So now as a result, I'm re-thinking my anti-Wii stance. I'm actually consider buying one, despite the fact I also have a new PS3.
That's how innovative the Wii is. The games will follow, just give it time.
You of course mean: simply have it available as another download option. Your headline read like Mozilla should 'push' FF onto unsispecting users PCs.
"Pipe" not mentioned in the original article, FWIW.
Theft of property, by deception?
I don't think they have a leg to stand on myself. But that's the best guess I have.
I had a friend that thought you HAD to use Yahoo's startup icon/web portal to "go to the Internet", because that's how it was in the setup instructions. I'm sorry, but it's not Yahoo's fault if this guy didn't have enough sense to switch his home page.
And it's not Comcast's fault if they have example instructions on how to get things going. They can't be expected to list EVERY browser in the world, and cover every type of internal home network setup.
That depends on where you look.
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
Sony announces a $100 price drop on the PS3, and here's an article that *still* manages a way to see the negative side of it? Amazing.
But it did take them two days to write it up. Such slackers. They'll never get their free Wii, with that kind of attitude.
Isn't the ability to chose to change to KDE desktop still included with Ubuntu?
Wow, I *just* watched the ep on my Tivo, and noticed that very same thing.
Somebody said it's the same shirt from the first episode, but I don't have that one.
I wonder how many Microsoft fans stopped reading, right there? (their loss, btw).
Enjoyed the article.
That sounds like a bad SciFi movie right there... yeesh!
Wow, I can't believe I forgot about this thing. I still have mine somewhere. It was interesting to play with for about 10 minutes. That's about when the average person realized: "Hey, they're probably tracking my scans in some big mail marketing database!".
I mean, look at him on Heroes, as Sylar.
Now that's your Spock, right there.
You took the words right out of my keyboard, no pun intended*.
It won't affect my commenting on blogs or sites that I normally frequent. But after that demo, I admit I probably won't look at captchas the same way again.
* OK maybe one quick pun.
My company wouldn't care if you brought your own office chair.
:)
I wanna work where YOU work.
But if you can't see the difference between bringing your own laptop in your briefcase (non-intrusive) vs. wheeling in your sofa up the service elevator, you have some issues.
Best way to counter one extreme hypothetical is with another, I guess.
It was meant as just an example. And it was the first one that came to me. But apparently it was a bad analogy.
they also have the liablility of "what happens if your personal property gets fried or stolen while you had it at the office?", etc.
I thought some states were like that? I'm not a lawyer.
Valid point.
Hey, one for three. Not TOO bad.
I can see their point. Kind of.
You probably did some 'work' from home on that laptop from the comfort of your favorite recliner, right? But the company probably doesn't let employees bring in their own office furniture.
Aside from the security concerns of having your personal laptop connected to their internal network, inside their firewall, a laptop that they cannot be totally certain (on a day-to-day basis) does not have a malicious program running on it, they also have the liablility of "what happens if your personal property gets fried or stolen while you had it at the office?", etc.
* Decode and activate appropriate chevrons on that Stargate-thingy.
I see what you did there... that thing with the irony?
http://www.theesa.com/facts/top_10_facts.php
That particular statistic is 7 years old.
:)
Back in 2000, some people even thought Al Gore won the Presidential Race. I mean, really. What did they know about...
Wait. Nevermind. I see your point now.
Manhunt 2 is released this summer. In-store sales for that game will likely be adversely affected by this policy. I wonder how the Gamestop execs will feel after they miss out on the majority of sales of one of the hottest games for the PS2, during the summer school vacation break?
Not saying it's a game for kids. I'm just saying it's probably the parents job of being mindful of what their kids are playing, rather than leaving it up to some retailer.
FWIW, Obama *did* (briefly) mention it, in his speech:
I myself would just laugh heartily, and go across the road to Target.
No need to be up in arms. This is the beauty of a free market.
They embed text-based ads relevant to the text in your mail messages.
Maybe Wikipedia should follow that business model?
I think they call this "acting in concert". You participated by virtue of your actions 'assisting' the crime in question. I don't know if 'assisting' actually means "just being there and not calling the cops".
One of those tricky legal deals, to be sure. I think it's pretty hard to prove in court.
Who else out there paitently waded through all the game sections in the Gamespot article, waiting for some actual PS3/360 Oblivion comparison shots?
/. post title, and all?
Y'know... based on the