Quite. You bought a PS3, but you only subscribed to PSN. It's an entirely reasonable distinction -- who honestly mods or chips a console and expects to use it for online multiplayer?
Think about it from Sony's perspective. Think about the costs they laid out to bring the entire Playstation to market. Don't they have a right to try and control what happens to their product
Sony's perspective on whether they do or do not have a right to control their product post-sale is irrelevant -- they can believe that they have that right all they want, but it doesn't make it so. What they do have a right to control is the service they provide; banning devices and/or users from PSN and the like is entirely legit. Who would possibly expect them to do otherwise?
People can argue that once a system is bought, it no longer belongs to Sony, but they do have controlling right to the technology that continues to exist in the system.
Indeed, people do make that argument. Some of them even sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The entire idea that Sony is out to get it's customers strikes me a spurious and unsupported argument. If a retailer of any product was "out to get their customer," what would it do to their business in the long run?
Definitely -- no legitimate business can hassle its customers and get away with it. On an unrelated note, bought any good CDs lately?
Technically speaking, the president doesn't have the authority to declare war -- only congress has that power. Consequently the US hasn't been at war since February 10, 1947. Peace is nice, ain't it?
I was already aghast at Gizmodo for running a story with the poor engineer's name -- there was absolutely no journalistic reason to give his name other than to give Gawker's editors a bit of titillation. He's a human being; human beings make mistakes. I'm more than slightly disappointed that Slashdot, a community that should be sympathetic to the guy, is having a laugh at his expense. Seriously -- who hasn't ever lost their phone or their wallet?
If, mind you, it was even legitimately lost in the first place -- which I still don't believe.
Why did you choose McCain's maverick status (or lack thereof) to illustrate his being worse than Obama? I'd have gone with one of his more obvious promises myself, like not closing Guantanamo, beefing up troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, or pushing through legislation written by massive corporations...
Neither! This data is statistically useless -- what we need to know is how many attacks occurred in the first half of 2008, otherwise the comparison is completely useless.
Look at it this way: what if (due to some outside factor) the vast majority of cyber attacks occur in the first half of the year? We know nothing about the distribution of attacks over time, and so we can draw no conclusions from this report!
I'm astounded, AC -- you claim to live in England and yet don't realize that Labour has pretty much a free hand to do what they like, since they know they're going to get slaughtered come next election. This isn't the last straw, not by far -- that would be the expense scandal, which not only broke the camel's back but ground the splintered vertebrae into tiny indistinguishable bits of chalk.
You also suggest that it won't get approved because the Lords have been given some very good reasons not to do so, which implies your belief that they're even capable of making rational, non-self-serving decisions. Baffling.
With annoyingly increasing frequency I do. Makes me long for the days when companies developed the PC version first, then dumbed down the interface and ported it to consoles. Bethesda, how could you?
Probably because there's no reason for them to expend the resources to develop or support a native Linux client, especially when the Wine community is so willing to do it for them. At least, that's why CCP discontinued their EVE Online linux client -- and while Blizzard has rather more resources than CCP (Or the entire nation of Iceland, for that matter), a free port is still nothing to sneeze at.
The way Republicans down in Texas keep talking, saying 'The United States (California and Texas)' is akin to saying 'The United Kingdom (England and Massachusetts)'
Also, technically the UK doesn't include Northern Ireland. The 'United Kingdom' is the United Kingdom of England and Scotland; 'Great Britain' is England, Scotland, and (Northern) Ireland.
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John Gruber made the same mistake earlier -- but you can still register for a free developer account and download Xcode without paying the $4.99.
Take your reason elsewhere, we're trying to spread some FUD here!
Yet.
Quite. You bought a PS3, but you only subscribed to PSN. It's an entirely reasonable distinction -- who honestly mods or chips a console and expects to use it for online multiplayer?
Sony's perspective on whether they do or do not have a right to control their product post-sale is irrelevant -- they can believe that they have that right all they want, but it doesn't make it so. What they do have a right to control is the service they provide; banning devices and/or users from PSN and the like is entirely legit. Who would possibly expect them to do otherwise?
Indeed, people do make that argument. Some of them even sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Definitely -- no legitimate business can hassle its customers and get away with it. On an unrelated note, bought any good CDs lately?
The only flaw in your reasoning? Claiming that you own a PS3. You paid a one-time leasing fee, at best; the device still belongs to Sony.
...When the US president declares war
Technically speaking, the president doesn't have the authority to declare war -- only congress has that power. Consequently the US hasn't been at war since February 10, 1947. Peace is nice, ain't it?
Can I use pgp in Apple's Mail client? Can I install anyone else's mail client? Oh, right.
I was already aghast at Gizmodo for running a story with the poor engineer's name -- there was absolutely no journalistic reason to give his name other than to give Gawker's editors a bit of titillation. He's a human being; human beings make mistakes. I'm more than slightly disappointed that Slashdot, a community that should be sympathetic to the guy, is having a laugh at his expense. Seriously -- who hasn't ever lost their phone or their wallet?
If, mind you, it was even legitimately lost in the first place -- which I still don't believe.
Why did you choose McCain's maverick status (or lack thereof) to illustrate his being worse than Obama? I'd have gone with one of his more obvious promises myself, like not closing Guantanamo, beefing up troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, or pushing through legislation written by massive corporations...
If it's going to damage my liver, I'm switching to scotch. I'm sorry, Jack, but I just can't take the chance...
It's about time -- Inkscape on Snow Leopard has been hideously broken for months now.
Hooray. Just...hooray. Next time I'm in New Town early in the afternoon I'm going to think of this and snort Tennet's out my nose. Thanks, mate.
Neither! This data is statistically useless -- what we need to know is how many attacks occurred in the first half of 2008, otherwise the comparison is completely useless. Look at it this way: what if (due to some outside factor) the vast majority of cyber attacks occur in the first half of the year? We know nothing about the distribution of attacks over time, and so we can draw no conclusions from this report!
I hate it when people misuse statistics...
They'd better wait and read Stephen King's Under the Dome first...
I'm astounded, AC -- you claim to live in England and yet don't realize that Labour has pretty much a free hand to do what they like, since they know they're going to get slaughtered come next election. This isn't the last straw, not by far -- that would be the expense scandal, which not only broke the camel's back but ground the splintered vertebrae into tiny indistinguishable bits of chalk.
You also suggest that it won't get approved because the Lords have been given some very good reasons not to do so, which implies your belief that they're even capable of making rational, non-self-serving decisions. Baffling.
I think you're after a plug computer ( http://www.marvell.com/featured/plugcomputing.jsp ) and just don't know it yet. Super low power, ARM-based system that can (easily) run debian + an apache stack, along with whatever else (well, within reason) you need. http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit-us.aspx has it for $99; you can get a European or UK version as well.
Mostly angsty college-student sex, I'm afraid. Of the kind you probably weren't getting 20 years ago...
With annoyingly increasing frequency I do. Makes me long for the days when companies developed the PC version first, then dumbed down the interface and ported it to consoles. Bethesda, how could you?
...I stand corrected.
...so I don't click on pointless drivel like this by mistake.
Probably because there's no reason for them to expend the resources to develop or support a native Linux client, especially when the Wine community is so willing to do it for them. At least, that's why CCP discontinued their EVE Online linux client -- and while Blizzard has rather more resources than CCP (Or the entire nation of Iceland, for that matter), a free port is still nothing to sneeze at.
Maybe you want to take a look at the WinHQ AppDB ?
The way Republicans down in Texas keep talking, saying 'The United States (California and Texas)' is akin to saying 'The United Kingdom (England and Massachusetts)'
Also, technically the UK doesn't include Northern Ireland. The 'United Kingdom' is the United Kingdom of England and Scotland; 'Great Britain' is England, Scotland, and (Northern) Ireland.
Is this the same 'Orion' as the old atomic bomb powered Project Orion?