Let's not forget that Microsoft's hurting themselves and publishers on that last point. Whereas a publisher could have recouped some of the 'lost revenue' of a pirated game through downloadable content, now they can't.
If you had a respectable porn collection that wasn't scattered across various non-standard file types, you wouldn't need such a monster of an application.
3% of consoles were banned. *FAR* OVER 3% won't plug the ethernet cable back into their XBoxes anytime soon for fear of being banned. Of that percentage, some of them will buy a new 360 and play fair, some will try to mod again, and the rest will continue to play pirated games offline and not buy DLC. There are plenty of people who may pirate the games but not the DLC since it's more difficult.
Now, maybe Microsoft did the calculation and figured out it makes sense, or maybe they didn't ban people who meet certain DLC $ thresholds, but not from what I've heard so far.
And to top it off, they are permanently banning these consoles not only from Live, but from certain offline features, which is a far reach beyond what they should be allowed to do.
I also think it's fair to say that piracy has made the 360 more popular than the PS3 and that MS has used it strategically, but that's another discussion to be had.
They'd go with the Blackberry because iPhones are NOT MEANT FOR THE ENTERPRISE! Sorry to take this off on a tangent, but if you saw the BS you have to go through to deploy an iPhone app at the enterprise level... the *only* reason any technical person would agree to do it is because the user demand is so strong. There are various things Apple could do to fix this, but they don't seem willing to make those changes. They're more interested in selling to the end user, not the enterprise. The iPhone's security is a secondary concern to deploying and managing the devices. And yes, even after all things considered, companies still go through with Apple's enterprise licensing - because demand is that strong.
Yeah, you know, America could use an opposition party that uses rational arguments rather than MAKING SHIT UP. Don't tell me about how Obama is from Kenya, or how he's going to kill old people. Tell me about how his policies will actually affect this country negatively.
And nobody's saying anything - or if they are, they're being drowned out by noise. I shouldn't just assume that there's absolutely no down side to the health care reform bill, but that's what I'm left to believe. Republicans are doing a terrible job spreading their ideology. It makes me wonder whether the Republican party was supplanted by loons on purpose to get Democratic agenda passed. But if that were the case, the Democrats would be moving faster than molasses, I'd think.
I don't know what saint city you live in, but here there is NO shortage of speeders such that cops would have to make things up. Plus, they make all of their "BS money" off of parking tickets so they don't need to harass drivers. I only get speeding tickets on the highway through the middle of nowhere... where, of course, I'm speeding.
But if there indeed is a massive conspiracy, perhaps radar guns should be outfitted with cameras as well.
Wow, I think I use tabs for the same reason. For pages with multiple links, I end up right clicking and opening each link in a new tab instead of going back and forth.
PS: If you're that angry, use software to map those buttons, or 'mod' the mouse to your specifications. It can't be too hard to jam silly putty in there or remove a vital part.:)
I would totally buy Mandriva if it were a little cheaper. I just have to convince myself that it's $90 for the 8 years I've used Mandriva, not just for this version.
I thought they sold those adapters for guitar amps. Not really. If anyone can explain why a "ground lift" helps reduce signal noise on amplified sound, I'd be glad to hear it.
Sometimes when you're smart, and things come easy to you, when you have to do something challenging it seems impossible. Not necessarily because you are incapable of the task, but because you are not used to being challenged. Like having to lift with muscles you've been neglecting.
It's fun to talk about shadow governments and puppet presidents, but, as an old adage says, "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Care to elaborate? I assume the people in this treaty discussion are either funded by the executive or legislative branch. And last time I heard, there are people who ultimately answer for their actions. One of those is the president.
Perhaps the real problem is that the government is too big for the good people we elect to control. Delegation only works so well.
Analogous perhaps from the infrastructure perspective, but not from the application perspective. I wouldn't tell a Windows application developer that he has to learn DirectX to do GUI programming in Windows.
Yeah, I know it wasn't completely accurate, as you can run in circles with these APIs, especially on Linux where Windows GDI is most like libcairo, but then libgdiplus depends on libcairo (I believe).
But the point of it all is that GDI is the lowest level graphics API that is clearly delineated on Windows, and so it kind of fit with the previous post which mentioned Quartz. The fact that X11 does drawing AND windowing/events sort of makes it hard to find a one-word equivalent.
Apple tailors its software for its hardware, news at 11! This story has spawned a philosophical debate which has caused us to overlook two very important points: 1. Are there really that many Hackintoshes out there for there to be two stories in one day about them? 2. Is anyone surprised that Apple would do this?
We can yammer all day until the cows come home about whether it's right or wrong for Apple to play cat & mouse with Hackintosh users, but in the grand scheme of things, it's really a non-story and the submitter was incredibly naive or trolling to think Apple will change its POV on this.
I can think of other reasons to make the battery hard to replace, other than just to make money. I'm sure they don't mind the extra money it brings, though.
Apple has a specific idea of what they want their product to be. They want it to be different, simple, elegant, sturdy, etc. Easy battery access means they have to sacrifice their vision. They want to control what pieces go into their product, for support, aesthetic, and quality reasons. They don't want their users to know anything about the technical details, even if most people are accustomed to batteries. It's just what they do.
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The 360 arguably has a larger user base than the PS3 partially thanks to pirating. It's funny to see this bite them in the ass.
Let's not forget that Microsoft's hurting themselves and publishers on that last point. Whereas a publisher could have recouped some of the 'lost revenue' of a pirated game through downloadable content, now they can't.
If you had a respectable porn collection that wasn't scattered across various non-standard file types, you wouldn't need such a monster of an application.
We used to call "computers on wheels" COWs, except apparently a customer and/or customer's customer got very offended during implementation.
And yes, that really happened, too.
3% of consoles were banned. *FAR* OVER 3% won't plug the ethernet cable back into their XBoxes anytime soon for fear of being banned. Of that percentage, some of them will buy a new 360 and play fair, some will try to mod again, and the rest will continue to play pirated games offline and not buy DLC. There are plenty of people who may pirate the games but not the DLC since it's more difficult.
Now, maybe Microsoft did the calculation and figured out it makes sense, or maybe they didn't ban people who meet certain DLC $ thresholds, but not from what I've heard so far.
And to top it off, they are permanently banning these consoles not only from Live, but from certain offline features, which is a far reach beyond what they should be allowed to do.
I also think it's fair to say that piracy has made the 360 more popular than the PS3 and that MS has used it strategically, but that's another discussion to be had.
They'd go with the Blackberry because iPhones are NOT MEANT FOR THE ENTERPRISE! Sorry to take this off on a tangent, but if you saw the BS you have to go through to deploy an iPhone app at the enterprise level... the *only* reason any technical person would agree to do it is because the user demand is so strong. There are various things Apple could do to fix this, but they don't seem willing to make those changes. They're more interested in selling to the end user, not the enterprise. The iPhone's security is a secondary concern to deploying and managing the devices. And yes, even after all things considered, companies still go through with Apple's enterprise licensing - because demand is that strong.
Yeah, you know, America could use an opposition party that uses rational arguments rather than MAKING SHIT UP. Don't tell me about how Obama is from Kenya, or how he's going to kill old people. Tell me about how his policies will actually affect this country negatively.
And nobody's saying anything - or if they are, they're being drowned out by noise. I shouldn't just assume that there's absolutely no down side to the health care reform bill, but that's what I'm left to believe. Republicans are doing a terrible job spreading their ideology. It makes me wonder whether the Republican party was supplanted by loons on purpose to get Democratic agenda passed. But if that were the case, the Democrats would be moving faster than molasses, I'd think.
I don't know what saint city you live in, but here there is NO shortage of speeders such that cops would have to make things up. Plus, they make all of their "BS money" off of parking tickets so they don't need to harass drivers. I only get speeding tickets on the highway through the middle of nowhere... where, of course, I'm speeding.
But if there indeed is a massive conspiracy, perhaps radar guns should be outfitted with cameras as well.
Wow, I think I use tabs for the same reason. For pages with multiple links, I end up right clicking and opening each link in a new tab instead of going back and forth.
PS: If you're that angry, use software to map those buttons, or 'mod' the mouse to your specifications. It can't be too hard to jam silly putty in there or remove a vital part. :)
You missed the point! When someone's sharin', they ain't doin' nothin' wrong! They just sharin'.
This guy wasn't sharin'. He was claiming the copyrights as his own and running some sort of scam website.
I mean, who charges money for music these days? lol! You can go online and download it from anywhere! What a hoot!
Sharin' is carin', bro.
This guy obviously knew he was doing something wrong and was trying to circumvent copyright law by claiming he held the copyright on Beatles song.
That is completely different from sharin' some songs with your friends.
See the difference?
Hmm, I just noticed that it's 60 euros but 70 USD. Not exactly a precise conversion they've got there, but that's much more reasonable...
I would totally buy Mandriva if it were a little cheaper. I just have to convince myself that it's $90 for the 8 years I've used Mandriva, not just for this version.
You don't /have/ to use KDE with Mandriva.
I've been using Mandriva 2009 (installed on a SSD) with Gnome with Pulse Audio disabled (there's a checkbox for that), and it's been great.
Well except for some X11 update that broke certain multi-screen functionality, but that's not anybody's fault.
I thought they sold those adapters for guitar amps. Not really. If anyone can explain why a "ground lift" helps reduce signal noise on amplified sound, I'd be glad to hear it.
Sometimes when you're smart, and things come easy to you, when you have to do something challenging it seems impossible. Not necessarily because you are incapable of the task, but because you are not used to being challenged. Like having to lift with muscles you've been neglecting.
Citation needed! And Douglas Adams doesn't count.
It's fun to talk about shadow governments and puppet presidents, but, as an old adage says, "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Care to elaborate? I assume the people in this treaty discussion are either funded by the executive or legislative branch. And last time I heard, there are people who ultimately answer for their actions. One of those is the president.
Perhaps the real problem is that the government is too big for the good people we elect to control. Delegation only works so well.
Analogous perhaps from the infrastructure perspective, but not from the application perspective. I wouldn't tell a Windows application developer that he has to learn DirectX to do GUI programming in Windows.
When you're handling WM_PAINT event in Windows, you use GDI to draw your custom widget.
When you're handling drawRect: on OS X, you use Core Graphics/Quartz to draw your custom widget.
So I'd like to know the reasoning for not equating GDI with Quartz - in the typical scenario, they're used for the same thing and have similar calls.
Yeah, I know it wasn't completely accurate, as you can run in circles with these APIs, especially on Linux where Windows GDI is most like libcairo, but then libgdiplus depends on libcairo (I believe).
But the point of it all is that GDI is the lowest level graphics API that is clearly delineated on Windows, and so it kind of fit with the previous post which mentioned Quartz. The fact that X11 does drawing AND windowing/events sort of makes it hard to find a one-word equivalent.
Funny, but the real answer is GDI.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface
Apple tailors its software for its hardware, news at 11! This story has spawned a philosophical debate which has caused us to overlook two very important points:
1. Are there really that many Hackintoshes out there for there to be two stories in one day about them?
2. Is anyone surprised that Apple would do this?
We can yammer all day until the cows come home about whether it's right or wrong for Apple to play cat & mouse with Hackintosh users, but in the grand scheme of things, it's really a non-story and the submitter was incredibly naive or trolling to think Apple will change its POV on this.
I can think of other reasons to make the battery hard to replace, other than just to make money. I'm sure they don't mind the extra money it brings, though.
Apple has a specific idea of what they want their product to be. They want it to be different, simple, elegant, sturdy, etc. Easy battery access means they have to sacrifice their vision. They want to control what pieces go into their product, for support, aesthetic, and quality reasons. They don't want their users to know anything about the technical details, even if most people are accustomed to batteries. It's just what they do.