Seems like you are saying basically what the article said.
1) Patents are being granted too often. They should only be granted for non-obvious things.
2) The point of a patent is full disclosure in exchange for time-limited monopoly. (That would be source code or complete algorithm in the case of software.)
All my music wouldn't fit on the largest IPOD available -- assuming I could afford it and wanted to scroll through hundreds of artists at a time.
I cannot concieve of a situation where you would need 30 minidiscs. You'd have maybe 5 and fill them as your mood dictated.
Additionally, you aren't as likely to put a harddrive head through a platter during high impact activity with a minidisc player. (Flash is your best bet of course.)
I'm a "gamer" myself -- but I have my PC for slick graphics, turbo charged, networked mayhem and destruction.
However, when friends come over, or I visit my family, it's the Gamecube (currently) that EVERYONE wants to play.
Whether it's Mario Kart (the hardest game I bring out for non-gamers), Shrek Super Party (a lot of my friends prefer this to Mario Party ___), or the always-requested Donkey Konga -- the gamecube is what gets everyone playing. Even my dear Mother (who has managed to send me an email... once) plays.
There are a LOT more "non-gamers" then there are "gamers" in the world, and Nintendo is going for THAT market as well as a good portion of the "gamer" market. Sounds like a winning strategy to me.
"This is where the genius of Viiv comes in. Shortly, Intel will release a range of "digital media adapters", which connect to your existing home theatre components"
So they're going to make a custom, low-powered (intel) media pc that can stream the content from your REAL PC in the other room.
I just hope everyone who reads this post can imagine what life would be like to live in a country where you don't need to be afraid of terrorism or crime, a country where almost all of the population gets a good education, and all this despite alcohol (and probably other drugs) being more easily accessible in this country. Americans have been brainwashed into thinking that such a country can't exist
I think you're the one who's been brainwashed. I happen to live in the U.S. and you just described my country perfectly. Oh, it's true we have our problems, but we're hardly the terrified, ignorant, oppressed, criminal nation you seem to imagine. Your view seems to be shaped entirely around a select few giant cities. We aren't all like that.
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Seems like you are saying basically what the article said.
1) Patents are being granted too often. They should only be granted for non-obvious things.
2) The point of a patent is full disclosure in exchange for time-limited monopoly. (That would be source code or complete algorithm in the case of software.)
That seems very close to what the article said.
Your right wing is not the same as our right wing.
Seriously.
Casual gamers are likely to spend $500 for a Dell, not $1500 for a mac.
The $3000 ($10/song) wouldn't be bad if she were found guilty--but that's not the case at all. The problems as I see them:
1) She gets no free lawyer because this is a civil case. Yet she's expected to go up against a HUGELY funded TEAM of lawyers.
2) The fine for sharing ~300 songs potentially severall MILLION dollars.
That's the problem I have.
These folks can ruin lives financially because of the moral equivalent of some petty theft. And that's just cruel and unusual.
1) Finding out ahead of time which game has which copy protection is difficult.
2) A large number of games are sold to people who have no online contact with such groups.
All my music wouldn't fit on the largest IPOD available -- assuming I could afford it and wanted to scroll through hundreds of artists at a time.
I cannot concieve of a situation where you would need 30 minidiscs. You'd have maybe 5 and fill them as your mood dictated.
Additionally, you aren't as likely to put a harddrive head through a platter during high impact activity with a minidisc player. (Flash is your best bet of course.)
It would be terrible to invite friends over to watch the movie with you wouldn't it. Much better to sit in a theatre with people you don't know.
After playing Doom3, FEAR, Quake4, UT2k4, Far Cry, Serious Sam 2, etc etc etc -- guess which game I'm STILL spending most of my time on.
Natural Selection. A Halflife (1) mod. That's right--I'm spending most of my time on a 10 year old engine.
Yeah, I'd like a version with better graphics -- but right now, it's the most FUN and ENTERTAINING for me, so I continue to play it.
I'm a "gamer" myself -- but I have my PC for slick graphics, turbo charged, networked mayhem and destruction.
However, when friends come over, or I visit my family, it's the Gamecube (currently) that EVERYONE wants to play.
Whether it's Mario Kart (the hardest game I bring out for non-gamers), Shrek Super Party (a lot of my friends prefer this to Mario Party ___), or the always-requested Donkey Konga -- the gamecube is what gets everyone playing. Even my dear Mother (who has managed to send me an email... once) plays.
There are a LOT more "non-gamers" then there are "gamers" in the world, and Nintendo is going for THAT market as well as a good portion of the "gamer" market. Sounds like a winning strategy to me.
You're apparently not looking to replace exchange, just outlook. Or did I read that wrong?
Or is the problem the cost of the interface, but you are going to replace the whole server anyway?
The executives at his company would like to move to Active Directory
Seems like you really just need a web based interface?
Those silly Netscape people didn't REALLY need lawyers to fight Microsoft.
Ooh look, a bunny!
You know, people might take you more seriously if you weren't so over the top. As it is, you just come across as YAIC. (Yet Another Internet Crazy)
Lots of games have the ability to do this. It's usually not done because many people don't find it as fun, and because of problems with lag.
"This is where the genius of Viiv comes in. Shortly, Intel will release a range of "digital media adapters", which connect to your existing home theatre components"
So they're going to make a custom, low-powered (intel) media pc that can stream the content from your REAL PC in the other room.
Yay?
98 wasn't anywhere near that bad (although it was a lot worse then 2000/XP). You're thinking of either 95 (original) or ME.
So you're saying it's the back-end upgrades and not the eye-candy that cause the slowdowns?
Cus that would invalidate the article's argument.
Change the term slightly to understand better: :)
continuously partial attention.
It's Lego bricks.
There is not plural of Lego because it's a brand name. And they kinda insist that you use "Lego" in that manner. Seriously.
And for some reason people still believe that line.
Yet Apple refuses to license (for more money!) their DRM and let someone ELSE sale music that will play on the ipod.
They're obviously either making money or planning to make money from music sales.
So how do I order my books off amazon then?
That's why I buy cheap webhosting and back them up there. (That and I want family to see them.)
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You and the **AA seem to be assuming that I HAVE to have their content.
I just hope everyone who reads this post can imagine what life would be like to live in a country where you don't need to be afraid of terrorism or crime, a country where almost all of the population gets a good education, and all this despite alcohol (and probably other drugs) being more easily accessible in this country. Americans have been brainwashed into thinking that such a country can't exist
I think you're the one who's been brainwashed. I happen to live in the U.S. and you just described my country perfectly. Oh, it's true we have our problems, but we're hardly the terrified, ignorant, oppressed, criminal nation you seem to imagine. Your view seems to be shaped entirely around a select few giant cities. We aren't all like that.
And around the same time home theatres became popular as well as somewhat affordable!
Not to mention that TV viewing is down as people are prefering other activities.
Or perhaps it's simply a cultural shift?
For ~$100 (the cost of 2 games) you can buy a 300GB drive. Perhaps the time has come to do so. :P