You save when buying a console, lose money over time when buying 100's of games.
That's fine for people who live alone, not quite so fine for a parent with multiple gamers in the house. Say you see one game for a console and another game for a PC. The console game allows up to four players on a single TV, while the PC game requires you to buy a separate copy of the game for each player and run each copy on a separate PC. Which game do you buy? Also, time is money, and a lot of people don't want to waste time troubleshooting GPU driver issues, reconfiguring buttons whenever a USB gamepad is plugged in or out, and the like.
I've summed up more of the Peasants' talking points in this article, and I'd be interested to see what I left out.
Can anyone explain why they insisted on using 2,5" drives in both consoles?
Because of all the XBOX HUEG jokes after Microsoft used a 3.5" drive in the original Xbox. One of the advantages of a console over a living room gaming PC is that a case smaller than a big honkin' PC tower is more likely to fit in with the other hardware next to your TV.
Because downloading a game costs the producer, distributor and seller close to $0 per copy.
Except that the producer may have to eat a deep discount in order to sell its product to customers who happen to live in places where Internet costs $5 per GB or more, such as places served only by cellular data, satellite, or Iowa DSL. Ability to run offline has traditionally been an advantage of disc- and cartridge-based consoles over the GOG and Steam stores in rural areas and utility-hostile inner Seattle.
Look at the install size of some of these games. A cartridge with two 32 GB flash chips would probably still be a lot more expensive to manufacture than a BD-ROM. Or what has changed in the cost of flash memory lately?
I look at 0.1-0.3 GB indie games compared to 10-30 GB major games, and now I realize that some people might end up choosing indie games precisely because they're more likely to fit.
I only buy Android phones for me and my family that cost less than $100. If they break (and it has yet to happen), oh well - I'll just buy another one.
Does this $100 include the cost of e-waste disposal?
Is there a reason that washing machines can't just use a commodity control board, such as a BeagleBone or Raspberry Pi or Arduino product, in a compartment sealed off from the "wet" components?
AC is referring to the printer driver kerfuffle that kicked off the GNU project. Not being privy to its details, I can only guess.
My first guess is that a modified driver might operate the printer in a reduced functionality mode until the printer can be repaired. It's like inkjet printers whose official driver can't print black if the color cartridge is missing or empty. The official driver needs to spray yellow dots over the paper to make counterfeit currency trackable, but a modified driver would just ignore the color cartridge.
My second guess is that a modified driver could be made to work on a different operating system, allowing this printer to temporarily replace a broken printer connected to another system that is out for repairs.
This is a newspaper -- bought and wholly owned by Rupert Murdoch and beholden to so much baggage of the gloomy old party-- advocating for at best copyright reform
Fox spun off Dow Jones and the rest of News Corp back in 2013. Or are Fox and News Corp still as joined at the hip as CBS and Viacom?
On call with a deadline of how quickly to show up at the work site? Less than a couple hours does not work for a bus system with a 1 hour headway and multiple transfers.
If you have to physically endanger people to get to a job that doesn't pay you well enough for you to afford a car loan then you are well overdue to reevaluate your life choices.
I think the argument is that of the pool of graphic designers you can hire in any given city, far more are used to Adobe Photoshop's way of doing things than are used to GIMP's. That and your clients and suppliers prefer PSD over XCF.
In other words, the device is marked as an SDHC host, is fully compatible with SDHC cards, and happens to be compatible with a nonconforming use of SDXC cards. I wonder to what extent the SDHC host license allows a manufacturer to do this.
From the featuerd article: "To avoid being victim of such ransomware, it is always best to download apps only from trusted app stores, such as Google Play. This can be enforced by unchecking the option of "Unknown Sources" under the "Security" settings of your device."
How does the plural work in "trusted app stores"? Since when has Android allowed the user to specify which other repositories are worthy of trust? I thought "Unknown sources" was just a binary choice between Google only and everything, as opposed to the ability to create a middle ground of trusting Google, Amazon, F-Droid, and no other sources.
What other form is available to people without thousands of dollars for 50 hours of driving lessons, a car, fuel, and insurance, especially on Sundays and holidays?
Most loops in my city are 1.8 m (6 foot) diameter circles or octagons, for which the sweet spot is a chord of the circle. Sometimes it triggers; sometimes it doesn't. Some older loops are 1.8 m by 6 m (6 foot by 20 foot) rectangles, for which Google has never found a sweet spot that works for me.
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At that point there is nothing left tying me to Windows.
Other than Linux failing to suspend and resume correctly on a laptop.
You save when buying a console, lose money over time when buying 100's of games.
That's fine for people who live alone, not quite so fine for a parent with multiple gamers in the house. Say you see one game for a console and another game for a PC. The console game allows up to four players on a single TV, while the PC game requires you to buy a separate copy of the game for each player and run each copy on a separate PC. Which game do you buy? Also, time is money, and a lot of people don't want to waste time troubleshooting GPU driver issues, reconfiguring buttons whenever a USB gamepad is plugged in or out, and the like.
I've summed up more of the Peasants' talking points in this article, and I'd be interested to see what I left out.
Can anyone explain why they insisted on using 2,5" drives in both consoles?
Because of all the XBOX HUEG jokes after Microsoft used a 3.5" drive in the original Xbox. One of the advantages of a console over a living room gaming PC is that a case smaller than a big honkin' PC tower is more likely to fit in with the other hardware next to your TV.
Because downloading a game costs the producer, distributor and seller close to $0 per copy.
Except that the producer may have to eat a deep discount in order to sell its product to customers who happen to live in places where Internet costs $5 per GB or more, such as places served only by cellular data, satellite, or Iowa DSL. Ability to run offline has traditionally been an advantage of disc- and cartridge-based consoles over the GOG and Steam stores in rural areas and utility-hostile inner Seattle.
Look at the install size of some of these games. A cartridge with two 32 GB flash chips would probably still be a lot more expensive to manufacture than a BD-ROM. Or what has changed in the cost of flash memory lately?
I look at 0.1-0.3 GB indie games compared to 10-30 GB major games, and now I realize that some people might end up choosing indie games precisely because they're more likely to fit.
I only buy Android phones for me and my family that cost less than $100. If they break (and it has yet to happen), oh well - I'll just buy another one.
Does this $100 include the cost of e-waste disposal?
As I understand it, this article is about reducing Imaginary Property barriers that interfere with a free market in repair services.
Perhaps we could start a new trend to counteract the decline, something like a "Certified Repair Friendly" logo that could be put on appliances
Would it be analogous to the FSF's Respects Your Freedom certification?
Is there a reason that washing machines can't just use a commodity control board, such as a BeagleBone or Raspberry Pi or Arduino product, in a compartment sealed off from the "wet" components?
AC is referring to the printer driver kerfuffle that kicked off the GNU project. Not being privy to its details, I can only guess.
My first guess is that a modified driver might operate the printer in a reduced functionality mode until the printer can be repaired. It's like inkjet printers whose official driver can't print black if the color cartridge is missing or empty. The official driver needs to spray yellow dots over the paper to make counterfeit currency trackable, but a modified driver would just ignore the color cartridge.
My second guess is that a modified driver could be made to work on a different operating system, allowing this printer to temporarily replace a broken printer connected to another system that is out for repairs.
This is a newspaper -- bought and wholly owned by Rupert Murdoch and beholden to so much baggage of the gloomy old party-- advocating for at best copyright reform
Fox spun off Dow Jones and the rest of News Corp back in 2013. Or are Fox and News Corp still as joined at the hip as CBS and Viacom?
Honestly, why do you need your phone to be thinner than that (and probably more likely to bend)? Are you planning to use it as a credit card?
You mean like the millions of people who accepted bendgate on new iPhones in order to be able to use Apple Pay?
What other form is available [...] on Sundays and holidays?
What's wrong with a bus?
Buses in Fort Wayne don't run at night, on Saturday evenings, on Sundays, or on six major holidays.
we were both on call.
On call with a deadline of how quickly to show up at the work site? Less than a couple hours does not work for a bus system with a 1 hour headway and multiple transfers.
If you have to physically endanger people to get to a job that doesn't pay you well enough for you to afford a car loan then you are well overdue to reevaluate your life choices.
This goes equally for cars and bicycles.
A vote for Mickey Mouse is a vote for Bob Iger, and a vote for Bob Iger is a vote for copyright maximalist idiocy.
I know I'd want a guy who's voluntarily played Russian Roulette to occupy the presidency.
What's wrong with a little bit of gambling with a toy gun?
Run as a Libertarian or as a Democrat. Since Biden may not run, and Hilary is imploding, that's the best opportunity
Among people who understand what McAfee software was intended to do, the Lessig/Sanders ticket probably has that demographic tied up.
But can you restore a Microsoft Money backup into GnuCash?
I think the argument is that of the pool of graphic designers you can hire in any given city, far more are used to Adobe Photoshop's way of doing things than are used to GIMP's. That and your clients and suppliers prefer PSD over XCF.
In other words, the device is marked as an SDHC host, is fully compatible with SDHC cards, and happens to be compatible with a nonconforming use of SDXC cards. I wonder to what extent the SDHC host license allows a manufacturer to do this.
From the featuerd article: "To avoid being victim of such ransomware, it is always best to download apps only from trusted app stores, such as Google Play. This can be enforced by unchecking the option of "Unknown Sources" under the "Security" settings of your device."
How does the plural work in "trusted app stores"? Since when has Android allowed the user to specify which other repositories are worthy of trust? I thought "Unknown sources" was just a binary choice between Google only and everything, as opposed to the ability to create a middle ground of trusting Google, Amazon, F-Droid, and no other sources.
choose a different form of transportation
What other form is available to people without thousands of dollars for 50 hours of driving lessons, a car, fuel, and insurance, especially on Sundays and holidays?
Why don't we demand that people put their cars in neutral, get out, close the door, and push?
Most loops in my city are 1.8 m (6 foot) diameter circles or octagons, for which the sweet spot is a chord of the circle. Sometimes it triggers; sometimes it doesn't. Some older loops are 1.8 m by 6 m (6 foot by 20 foot) rectangles, for which Google has never found a sweet spot that works for me.
Hey, if your jurisdiction allows it, then go for it.
Agreed. But is moving to a jurisdiction that allows it worth it?