Let's take a step back (this isn't 4chan for god's sake) and realize what the parent MEANT was "any delay in Sony's release cycle is good for the consumer." I highly doubt (even on 4chan) someone would be serious about the earthquake being a good thing BECAUSE it hampers Sony's plan for the NGP.
If the poster didn't mean that, and at face value, he's praising the devastation as a win/win for the world... then you're correct. But let's not be like every other forum (hah... sorry, I almost got that out without laughing) and try a civil benefit-of-the-doubt stance before someone's called a Nazi.
It wasn't intended as such. A better phrase would be "Sony delaying their release cycle is good for the consumer." It wasn't the reason, but the outcome. Sony's release cycle for the NGP will be hampered by unforeseen events. Those events, while tragic, have a silver lining for the greater world... It's one less Sony blitz of "ooh shiny!" that'll come out this year.
Though the ST was great for what it was, the original TOS didn't multitask. (Of course that was a long time ago....) I could be wrong, but the A1000 was the multitasker in that battle...
It may not be "deep" now, but in the context of when it was released, Ultima IV was groundbeaking. This half-assed attempt by EA to quash the game outside of its own walled garden is nothing more than a revenue grab. It's typical of a company like EA, of course.
And who cares if Bioware's implementation didn't advance the morality system further in the mid 90's... Ultima IV did a great job on computers that had less memory than your wristwatch.
Stop trying to wrap today's game ecosystem around Ultima IV. If you compare it to modern games, sure it's definitely dated and uninspiring. But like the Silent Films of yesteryear, you wouldn't HAVE $140 million blockbusters if people hadn't started making films in the first place. Ultima is like that.
Let the court decide #1. And let the court decide #2. Just because you think #1 is "clear", others may not. This is not a "chilling effect"... or an attempt to create one. It's like every other political discourse... it should be open (I realize that's not the case far too often, and I would like to change that.) If this is indeed a vast conspiracy... let's find out. Pointing fingers isn't going to solve anything.
A genuine example of the chilling effect (and the direct application of intimidation, etc.) is removing secret ballots for union votes. It works both ways. Companies can see who voted for the union, and unions can see who voted against the union. I find that more egregious than this information request ever would be. (or could be for that matter.)
Truly they do (for the most part) but the "feet/meters" controversy and the "log files" on the Mars Rover (how long was it to get a command to the rover and a response back?) get all the press. Mistakes happen, and considering the stuff they're doing, I don't see them being a bunch of pencil-necked screw-ups drinking beer while counting down for launch.:)
AT&T is far more guilty of cooperating with the NSA and the Dept. of Homeland Security than Google has been. http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/att-complaint.pdf What is amazing to me is the level of misinformation that can subsist in a world where information can be received from a myriad of sources (none of which are in a vast "cabal" colluding with each other to keep us all in the dark). Steve Jobs was pointing out google's "do no evil" slogan as bullshit had to do with his iPhone's war with Android, and that somehow since Apple didn't get into the search business, Google shouldn't get into the phone business.
I don't know who first drew the comparison between Google and the East India Company, but I'm certain that person (or persons) has their tinfoil hat on shiny side in. If we'd like to draw a comparison (based on Google's supposed support of the NSA) between E.I.C. and a modern day corporation... I would put AT&T's in the top 5, numbers 1-4. In other words, if you're going to point out evil corporations, pick one more evil than Google.
Are those modules available in any OSS repository? They can optimize all they wish, but I would like them to be good sports about piggybacking on OSS's braintrust and commit their optimizations back to the community. It's only fair since they're leveraging these mods off a great deal of RH's work.
It's more incremental.. things get moved around in the UI with nearly every version of Windows... what was once in accessories, is now a link to computer management (that's probably a silly example, but the changes are not so much overt as subtle re-workings of menu hierarchies, clustering of like items, etc.) The start menu has changed quite a bit over the years... it "looks" like a start menu, but the way it behaves is vastly different from Win 95.
Totally AWESOME.:) I mean, think about it. Think about the goodwill they garnered for that. It almost makes up for their constant product line abandonment at the first sign of trouble (saturn, Dreamcast, SegaCD... Sega 32x... )
While that is true to a certain extent... the Movie industry has used the same tactic to defend legislation that ruins most of our liberty and shoots holes in technology. (think of the families!) Innovation is more important than someone's IP. If we don't innovate, we get lapped. I'm not saying that Sony or whatnot need to make everything ASCII and interoperable with the rest of the planet, and I don't think the original poster is either. But the way Sony (and to a similar extent Nintendo and Microsoft) treat their customers as adversaries, you're going to get pushback. It's a fundamental problem. I don't think the "drm-free" version of iTunes is hurting... and I don't think Amazon's mp3 store is toast either. But if you listen to Sony (and the *AAs), if they don't lock down everything and execute by firing squad all infringers (or as they happily like to call them "pirates"), they'll go out of business.
Sometimes a little freedom is preferable to a lifelong resentment created by rooting someone's computer or prosecuting them for minor infractions to Copyright law. It's meant to be a civil matter, but Sony and the rest won't be happy until copying a song is a criminal offense. I don't mind a little DRM that stays out of the way (don't misunderstand my intent here), but I do not appreciate being treated like a dirty scumbag who is just ITCHING to rip off poor, mistreated Sony (or MS, or Nintendo, or Apple.) They can set sane limits on things. But they want to enforce artificial scarcity in a world where we've eliminated scarcity for most things (songs, movies, etc.), I am not on board with their plan. Digital worlds need different, fresh perspectives. We're witnessing the last gasp of the old guard as they try to stamp out progress under their $5000 loafers.
While I agree with the sentiment, I can't help but draw parallels between Sony's actions and those of Microsoft and Apple. (Let's face it, even though the article mentions WP7 phone hacking, Microsoft has nothing but contempt for its customers too, w/r/t Windows phoning home... among other things.) I recall Apple's war on well, just about anything that threatened the walled garden. While in one corner, we have Sony and its gestapo band of lawyers, in the other corner, we've got Microsoft's heavy-handed DRM-laden OS, Apple's war on choice, and so forth. Then there's Nintendo... but that's another entirely nasty ball of wax.
It's a shame people (in general) don't vote with their wallets enough. I like my PS3, but as with my 360, I am not interested in supporting future efforts to close me off from the tinkering. I guess that's why I am glad I still have my Dreamcast.:) At least after all these years, Sega's not suing everyone who makes homebrew. Sony and all the rest are corporations. They are in it for the money. I still don't see how anyone is surprised that Sony does what it does. I suppose it's time to break the "ooh! Shiny!" cycle.
Some people need curtains to stop showing us what they look like nekkid. Some things should simply remain a mystery. In regards to the FBI... how can the government simply bribe companies to provide back doors for the FBI? (And if the FBI has one, so do hackers...) Cocksucking lawyers. I hate them all.
While it's admirable that people stand up to the bigotry... the first portion of Anonymous' open letter is rather telling "The Voice of Free Speech...." Uhhh... yeah. As bad as their speech is... it's the freedom to express that speech, however distasteful, that Anonymous is inadvertently subjugating...
Deregulation without competition is not the same as true deregulation. (you are oversimplifying what Libertarians believe, btw.) What we conceive as deregulation is simply removal of oversight. There is no competition, and thus no truly free market. I find that Barack Obama (and most presidents of the last 30 years or so) have been corporatists. I do not think Barack is a libertarian by a LONG shot. The rational fear of the libertarian is a government that is more a god and a teat to the people. It is intrusive, restrictive, and destructive to individual liberty. No thank you. I could pigeonhole liberals into the "they only want a government solution to any problem." (Clearly that's not true, but the overriding stereotype exists.)
That's not what the Founders envisioned. And that's not what will protect liberty. Liberals can keep that. Remember, liberty is dangerous. But dangerous liberty is infinitely preferable to "safe" servitude.
Funny... I would have thought the atheistic view would be individual responsibility and liberty. Progressives give lip-service to individual liberty but look to the government to solve their problems. Liberals give lip service to individual responsibility but blame institutions for problems.
This is not an absolute truth of course (there are exceptions to the rules.) But from my observation, professed progressives and liberals all lead to a certain parity when it comes to liberty: It's okay to have liberty if it agrees with me. (for professed conservatives, it's also true, but for different reasons) Classical Liberalism is another matter altogether... Perhaps it's like the old adage... if you have to tell someone you're something (liberal/conservative/etc.), you really aren't. I for one welcome competing ideas. I do not welcome brow-beating, guilt-ridden ideas that are designed to shame you into believing one thing or another... (it includes certain religious denominations, militant socio-economic views, etc.)
There is a group that does that. They're called Libertarians. You know, the ones liberals think are kooks and the conservatives think are liberals.
I'm a Libertarian. Neither party represents me. If I had to, I'd consider myself a Jeffersonian Democrat. The Constitution isn't a dead document. The Bill of Rights is not a list granted by the government. Government should fear us, not the other way around. Individual liberty is paramount to the success of our country. Corporatism is robbing the free world of its most precious asset...liberty.
The fact that Glen Beck sometimes has overlapping ideals with Libertarians doesn't make him a Libertarian.
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Let's take a step back (this isn't 4chan for god's sake) and realize what the parent MEANT was "any delay in Sony's release cycle is good for the consumer." I highly doubt (even on 4chan) someone would be serious about the earthquake being a good thing BECAUSE it hampers Sony's plan for the NGP.
If the poster didn't mean that, and at face value, he's praising the devastation as a win/win for the world... then you're correct. But let's not be like every other forum (hah... sorry, I almost got that out without laughing) and try a civil benefit-of-the-doubt stance before someone's called a Nazi.
It wasn't intended as such. A better phrase would be "Sony delaying their release cycle is good for the consumer." It wasn't the reason, but the outcome. Sony's release cycle for the NGP will be hampered by unforeseen events. Those events, while tragic, have a silver lining for the greater world... It's one less Sony blitz of "ooh shiny!" that'll come out this year.
No need to be snippy.
Though the ST was great for what it was, the original TOS didn't multitask. (Of course that was a long time ago....) I could be wrong, but the A1000 was the multitasker in that battle...
It may not be "deep" now, but in the context of when it was released, Ultima IV was groundbeaking. This half-assed attempt by EA to quash the game outside of its own walled garden is nothing more than a revenue grab. It's typical of a company like EA, of course.
And who cares if Bioware's implementation didn't advance the morality system further in the mid 90's... Ultima IV did a great job on computers that had less memory than your wristwatch.
Stop trying to wrap today's game ecosystem around Ultima IV. If you compare it to modern games, sure it's definitely dated and uninspiring. But like the Silent Films of yesteryear, you wouldn't HAVE $140 million blockbusters if people hadn't started making films in the first place. Ultima is like that.
Let the court decide #1. And let the court decide #2. Just because you think #1 is "clear", others may not. This is not a "chilling effect"... or an attempt to create one. It's like every other political discourse... it should be open (I realize that's not the case far too often, and I would like to change that.) If this is indeed a vast conspiracy... let's find out. Pointing fingers isn't going to solve anything.
A genuine example of the chilling effect (and the direct application of intimidation, etc.) is removing secret ballots for union votes. It works both ways. Companies can see who voted for the union, and unions can see who voted against the union. I find that more egregious than this information request ever would be. (or could be for that matter.)
Do you even read the discussion? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A69tXh5f_-o
And I have a big problem with public sector unions in general... http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/wisconsin-virginia-and-public-sector-unions/
Funny, that's exactly why I program in LabVIEW. :)
Truly they do (for the most part) but the "feet/meters" controversy and the "log files" on the Mars Rover (how long was it to get a command to the rover and a response back?) get all the press. Mistakes happen, and considering the stuff they're doing, I don't see them being a bunch of pencil-necked screw-ups drinking beer while counting down for launch. :)
Don't forget Rockwell Collins... Must've paid the most of all the defense contractors to be on the list... Ethical they AIN'T. :)
Your father-in-law might want to see if these help with some of OS X's odd "features":
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12850/macpilot
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5721/tinkertool
I don't know if any of these apps will help, but they both allow for the customization of OS X that Apple never intended. :)
This should help a little:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=beware-the-fear-of-nuclearfear-2011-03-12
AT&T is far more guilty of cooperating with the NSA and the Dept. of Homeland Security than Google has been. http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/att-complaint.pdf What is amazing to me is the level of misinformation that can subsist in a world where information can be received from a myriad of sources (none of which are in a vast "cabal" colluding with each other to keep us all in the dark). Steve Jobs was pointing out google's "do no evil" slogan as bullshit had to do with his iPhone's war with Android, and that somehow since Apple didn't get into the search business, Google shouldn't get into the phone business.
I don't know who first drew the comparison between Google and the East India Company, but I'm certain that person (or persons) has their tinfoil hat on shiny side in. If we'd like to draw a comparison (based on Google's supposed support of the NSA) between E.I.C. and a modern day corporation... I would put AT&T's in the top 5, numbers 1-4. In other words, if you're going to point out evil corporations, pick one more evil than Google.
Are those modules available in any OSS repository? They can optimize all they wish, but I would like them to be good sports about piggybacking on OSS's braintrust and commit their optimizations back to the community. It's only fair since they're leveraging these mods off a great deal of RH's work.
It's more incremental.. things get moved around in the UI with nearly every version of Windows... what was once in accessories, is now a link to computer management (that's probably a silly example, but the changes are not so much overt as subtle re-workings of menu hierarchies, clustering of like items, etc.)
The start menu has changed quite a bit over the years... it "looks" like a start menu, but the way it behaves is vastly different from Win 95.
Totally AWESOME. :) I mean, think about it. Think about the goodwill they garnered for that. It almost makes up for their constant product line abandonment at the first sign of trouble (saturn, Dreamcast, SegaCD... Sega 32x... )
While that is true to a certain extent... the Movie industry has used the same tactic to defend legislation that ruins most of our liberty and shoots holes in technology. (think of the families!) Innovation is more important than someone's IP. If we don't innovate, we get lapped. I'm not saying that Sony or whatnot need to make everything ASCII and interoperable with the rest of the planet, and I don't think the original poster is either. But the way Sony (and to a similar extent Nintendo and Microsoft) treat their customers as adversaries, you're going to get pushback. It's a fundamental problem. I don't think the "drm-free" version of iTunes is hurting... and I don't think Amazon's mp3 store is toast either. But if you listen to Sony (and the *AAs), if they don't lock down everything and execute by firing squad all infringers (or as they happily like to call them "pirates"), they'll go out of business.
Sometimes a little freedom is preferable to a lifelong resentment created by rooting someone's computer or prosecuting them for minor infractions to Copyright law. It's meant to be a civil matter, but Sony and the rest won't be happy until copying a song is a criminal offense. I don't mind a little DRM that stays out of the way (don't misunderstand my intent here), but I do not appreciate being treated like a dirty scumbag who is just ITCHING to rip off poor, mistreated Sony (or MS, or Nintendo, or Apple.) They can set sane limits on things. But they want to enforce artificial scarcity in a world where we've eliminated scarcity for most things (songs, movies, etc.), I am not on board with their plan. Digital worlds need different, fresh perspectives. We're witnessing the last gasp of the old guard as they try to stamp out progress under their $5000 loafers.
While I agree with the sentiment, I can't help but draw parallels between Sony's actions and those of Microsoft and Apple. (Let's face it, even though the article mentions WP7 phone hacking, Microsoft has nothing but contempt for its customers too, w/r/t Windows phoning home... among other things.) I recall Apple's war on well, just about anything that threatened the walled garden. While in one corner, we have Sony and its gestapo band of lawyers, in the other corner, we've got Microsoft's heavy-handed DRM-laden OS, Apple's war on choice, and so forth. Then there's Nintendo... but that's another entirely nasty ball of wax.
:) At least after all these years, Sega's not suing everyone who makes homebrew. Sony and all the rest are corporations. They are in it for the money. I still don't see how anyone is surprised that Sony does what it does. I suppose it's time to break the "ooh! Shiny!" cycle.
It's a shame people (in general) don't vote with their wallets enough. I like my PS3, but as with my 360, I am not interested in supporting future efforts to close me off from the tinkering. I guess that's why I am glad I still have my Dreamcast.
Some people need curtains to stop showing us what they look like nekkid. Some things should simply remain a mystery. In regards to the FBI... how can the government simply bribe companies to provide back doors for the FBI? (And if the FBI has one, so do hackers...) Cocksucking lawyers. I hate them all.
CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!!!!
While it's admirable that people stand up to the bigotry... the first portion of Anonymous' open letter is rather telling "The Voice of Free Speech...." Uhhh... yeah. As bad as their speech is... it's the freedom to express that speech, however distasteful, that Anonymous is inadvertently subjugating...
Anonymous? Meet Irony. *wiggle*
Hooray for boobies!
Sorry. Had to do it.
She looks like Cameron Diaz's stunt double (she was in the movie "Good Luck Chuck" I think. I couldn't be sure though...
Deregulation without competition is not the same as true deregulation. (you are oversimplifying what Libertarians believe, btw.) What we conceive as deregulation is simply removal of oversight. There is no competition, and thus no truly free market. I find that Barack Obama (and most presidents of the last 30 years or so) have been corporatists. I do not think Barack is a libertarian by a LONG shot. The rational fear of the libertarian is a government that is more a god and a teat to the people. It is intrusive, restrictive, and destructive to individual liberty. No thank you. I could pigeonhole liberals into the "they only want a government solution to any problem." (Clearly that's not true, but the overriding stereotype exists.)
That's not what the Founders envisioned. And that's not what will protect liberty. Liberals can keep that. Remember, liberty is dangerous. But dangerous liberty is infinitely preferable to "safe" servitude.
Funny... I would have thought the atheistic view would be individual responsibility and liberty. Progressives give lip-service to individual liberty but look to the government to solve their problems. Liberals give lip service to individual responsibility but blame institutions for problems.
This is not an absolute truth of course (there are exceptions to the rules.) But from my observation, professed progressives and liberals all lead to a certain parity when it comes to liberty: It's okay to have liberty if it agrees with me. (for professed conservatives, it's also true, but for different reasons) Classical Liberalism is another matter altogether... Perhaps it's like the old adage... if you have to tell someone you're something (liberal/conservative/etc.), you really aren't. I for one welcome competing ideas. I do not welcome brow-beating, guilt-ridden ideas that are designed to shame you into believing one thing or another... (it includes certain religious denominations, militant socio-economic views, etc.)
There is a group that does that. They're called Libertarians. You know, the ones liberals think are kooks and the conservatives think are liberals.
I'm a Libertarian. Neither party represents me. If I had to, I'd consider myself a Jeffersonian Democrat. The Constitution isn't a dead document. The Bill of Rights is not a list granted by the government. Government should fear us, not the other way around. Individual liberty is paramount to the success of our country. Corporatism is robbing the free world of its most precious asset...liberty.
The fact that Glen Beck sometimes has overlapping ideals with Libertarians doesn't make him a Libertarian.