My answer to this would be simple... any game going for sale in Amazon's marketplace would be "unique." Some small slight change or tweak making the game different from any other game sold in any other marketplace. That way I'd be free to price both games however I wish.
Like anyone who could possibly being saying anything of interest that would be the subject of such tapping, would even talk about it online. Seriously, the fact that there are 7 billion+ people on the planet offers more anonymity than pulling the battery out of your cellphone.
I don't see "rich 3d" games being that big of a deal on a tablet. The interface just isn't conductive to playing a game in 3 dimensions at least it doesn't seem that way to me. The most successful games that I'm aware of seem to be more along the lines of Plants vs Zombies, Angry birds, and various tower defense games.
The apps will come. I have an iPad, I'll most likely pick up the 7" acer tablet when it's out. I'm not super impressed with any of the apps on the iPad. Given time I believe the number apps available for android will surpass the number available for the iPad.
I'm not sure how you decided the "android market has floundered", and when you asked your trio of questions I really didn't know the answer to your questions. So maybe you need to go ahead and rethink your position.
You're not to hip on how wealth accrues are you? Yes that money will be sitting in the bank forever (being invested).
Or do you propose that the national sales tax be applied to investments?
The so called "fair tax" is rather regressive. People with less money spend a greater percentage of their income on stuff, and will be taxed at a much higher rate.
What's the difference between a used care salesman and a tech recruiter?
The used car salesman knows he's lying.
Sure it's a joke but there is a lot of truth to that statement.
I would mod this up towards infinity. Certain resources have to be maintained by a single entity (ie the government) for the sake of sanity, be it "the lines" or the frequencies or airspace.
The even more plus plan, isn't really a deal. Do the math. You save 10 dollars a month on your contract. That's 240 dollars over the course of a 2 year contract. Most of the "subsidies" on the phones are worth 300 dollars.
Or am I missing something? You need to keep with t-mobile (and the phone) for longer than two years if you want to save any money. I don't know about you, but honestly I'd prefer to upgrade my phone at least after two years (hell I'd prefer to do it after a year).
Where as I agree with the main thrust of your comment. I disagree a lot with your assertion that Read Dead Redemption sucks. I didn't buy the game until I played my brother's copy, but it's pretty good and I'm fairly critical of video games. I've not enjoyed a single GTA game, I've played a few just not for very long I think they're boring/suck. I have played Bully and really enjoyed it. So I hope everyone reading the parent just doesn't assume that Read Dead Redemption sucks.
Not that I'd ever be motivated to do it.. (well maybe unemployment would motivate me). The tools seem to be there RSS/XMPP/Open id etc. Someone just needs to create an implementation of the client/server (node?) that ties it altogether. Opera's Unite looks like a promising start.
"The other platform is totally open, totally unmanaged, totally unmediated, uses open API's, and apps are installed from any arbitrary HTTP server."
Did you write that with a straight face? Seriously, do you really believe that?
"fragmented, unpopular, malware-serving Android Market"
citation please.
You fail at life. The JVM is not a walled ghetto. You can go ahead and write whatever you want for it. You can also write portions of your app natively if you wish: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html.
What you're doing is akin to complaining that you can't install windows on your power pc.
No, it fails 10 out 10 times when you're a developer who wants develop an app that isn't allowed (be it porn or whatever else isn't permitted inside the walled garden) or you're a user who wants to install such an application.
I'm thinking most book sellers will write/sell apps that allow you to download/buy and read their e-books. I'm fairly certain there a several android apps to do just this out or in the works.
"to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;"
provide for the general Welfare... that is open to a lot of debate as to what that exactly means. If you don't realize that, you're an idiot.
What's living in the interpretation of the Constitution. Any sufficiently vague legal document is going to be open to interpretation which is going to change as society goes on. I guarantee your mortgage is not as open to interpretation as the constitution.
There is a difference between knowing that the contract is up to be renewed in 4 weeks and if it isn't you and 90% of the staff are out the door vs. being a full time "corporate" employee. Yes your job may disappear regardless, but living under the stress that your contract (well not yours but the company's) is only a year and depending on them to find you another contract for you or not, is totally different.
I cannot agree more. I've gotten lucky with some 10-20% pay raises (especially when I was woefully underpaid in 2003/2004) but any real pay increase is going to come from switching companies. This sucks for people who aren't comfortable interviewing/moving.
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My thoughts exactly.... that's what I get for just reading headlines before posting.
My answer to this would be simple... any game going for sale in Amazon's marketplace would be "unique." Some small slight change or tweak making the game different from any other game sold in any other marketplace. That way I'd be free to price both games however I wish.
Why respond to an obvious troll?
I'm thinking we've all been trolled. Not sure how it got modded up to 4. Then again I've not hung around slashdot in a few years.
Like anyone who could possibly being saying anything of interest that would be the subject of such tapping, would even talk about it online. Seriously, the fact that there are 7 billion+ people on the planet offers more anonymity than pulling the battery out of your cellphone.
I don't see "rich 3d" games being that big of a deal on a tablet. The interface just isn't conductive to playing a game in 3 dimensions at least it doesn't seem that way to me. The most successful games that I'm aware of seem to be more along the lines of Plants vs Zombies, Angry birds, and various tower defense games.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/23/acer-introduces-7-inch-and-10-inch-android-tablets?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget
According to the specs I saw the aspect ratio was 16:10 enough pixels to push 720p and have 80 pixels left over.
The apps will come. I have an iPad, I'll most likely pick up the 7" acer tablet when it's out. I'm not super impressed with any of the apps on the iPad. Given time I believe the number apps available for android will surpass the number available for the iPad. I'm not sure how you decided the "android market has floundered", and when you asked your trio of questions I really didn't know the answer to your questions. So maybe you need to go ahead and rethink your position.
You're not to hip on how wealth accrues are you? Yes that money will be sitting in the bank forever (being invested). Or do you propose that the national sales tax be applied to investments?
The so called "fair tax" is rather regressive. People with less money spend a greater percentage of their income on stuff, and will be taxed at a much higher rate.
What's the difference between a used care salesman and a tech recruiter? The used car salesman knows he's lying. Sure it's a joke but there is a lot of truth to that statement.
I would mod this up towards infinity. Certain resources have to be maintained by a single entity (ie the government) for the sake of sanity, be it "the lines" or the frequencies or airspace.
The even more plus plan, isn't really a deal. Do the math. You save 10 dollars a month on your contract. That's 240 dollars over the course of a 2 year contract. Most of the "subsidies" on the phones are worth 300 dollars. Or am I missing something? You need to keep with t-mobile (and the phone) for longer than two years if you want to save any money. I don't know about you, but honestly I'd prefer to upgrade my phone at least after two years (hell I'd prefer to do it after a year).
Where as I agree with the main thrust of your comment. I disagree a lot with your assertion that Read Dead Redemption sucks. I didn't buy the game until I played my brother's copy, but it's pretty good and I'm fairly critical of video games. I've not enjoyed a single GTA game, I've played a few just not for very long I think they're boring/suck. I have played Bully and really enjoyed it. So I hope everyone reading the parent just doesn't assume that Read Dead Redemption sucks.
Not that I'd ever be motivated to do it.. (well maybe unemployment would motivate me). The tools seem to be there RSS/XMPP/Open id etc. Someone just needs to create an implementation of the client/server (node?) that ties it altogether. Opera's Unite looks like a promising start.
"The other platform is totally open, totally unmanaged, totally unmediated, uses open API's, and apps are installed from any arbitrary HTTP server." Did you write that with a straight face? Seriously, do you really believe that? "fragmented, unpopular, malware-serving Android Market" citation please.
You fail at life. The JVM is not a walled ghetto. You can go ahead and write whatever you want for it. You can also write portions of your app natively if you wish: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html. What you're doing is akin to complaining that you can't install windows on your power pc.
No, it fails 10 out 10 times when you're a developer who wants develop an app that isn't allowed (be it porn or whatever else isn't permitted inside the walled garden) or you're a user who wants to install such an application.
I'm thinking most book sellers will write/sell apps that allow you to download/buy and read their e-books. I'm fairly certain there a several android apps to do just this out or in the works.
"to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;" provide for the general Welfare... that is open to a lot of debate as to what that exactly means. If you don't realize that, you're an idiot.
What's living in the interpretation of the Constitution. Any sufficiently vague legal document is going to be open to interpretation which is going to change as society goes on. I guarantee your mortgage is not as open to interpretation as the constitution.
It's KDawson.
There is a difference between knowing that the contract is up to be renewed in 4 weeks and if it isn't you and 90% of the staff are out the door vs. being a full time "corporate" employee. Yes your job may disappear regardless, but living under the stress that your contract (well not yours but the company's) is only a year and depending on them to find you another contract for you or not, is totally different.
I cannot agree more. I've gotten lucky with some 10-20% pay raises (especially when I was woefully underpaid in 2003/2004) but any real pay increase is going to come from switching companies. This sucks for people who aren't comfortable interviewing/moving.