They can easily fire him without having it be "because Rupert said so"; I'm sure that his wanton violation of copyright law is a violation of some ethics or morals clause in his contract
If Google is just providing the text, that's one thing. But if they're providing an exact page image, than they should be paying the publisher for their graphic design and page layout work.
I'd be surprised if it's as high as 8-10. Simon & Schuster, Random House, Penguin Putnam, HarperCollins, and Holtzbrinck seem to have the market pretty well cornered between the five of them.
As long as the consoles have such widely-ranging hardware, de facto exclusives are unavoidable. And once you have de facto ones, well, if you're a developer would you really say no to a bigger paycheck?
Look, for most people who A) Don't need the "obscure" features of Office B) Don't need MS server support (such as Exchange) C) Don't game or D) Don't need photoshop, Linux is the obvious choice.
Maybe it's possible that I'm just an odd use case who wants the "obscure" features of Office and who games.:p But in my personal experience—even setting games aside—Linux applications just aren't up to snuff.
But I'll accept that, as I said, I may not be typical. It certainly makes considering Linux for the desktop a hard thing for me to consider, though.
What are you talking about? Installing?
I'd meant interactive desktop applications, but you're right, it was poorly phrased.
Who buys a proprietary operating system in any economy when you can download and use linux free.
Someone who wants to do anything in a GUI? Linux makes a powerful server, but its desktop applications (even OpenOffice) lag far behind their proprietary counterparts in features, or are non-existent (where's the Photoshop or InDesign clones?).
There's a big difference between what the federal government is forced to accept, and what states/local government/private institutions are forced to accept.
(Or at least it's intended that there be, which is why the Bill of Rights is specifically addressing what Congress can and cannot do. Unfortunately, in recent years that's been discarded in favor of "everybody has to be exactly as liberal as the federal government". Can't be more so, or they'll smack you down for your still-illegal-under-federal-law drugs. Can't be less so, or they'll smack you down for well, something. Hopefully less inflammatory than the examples I was coming up with.:p)
couldn't any transfering be converted into something more generic between FS and other IO?
No, because users can copy updates directly to the SD card, then stick the card in the TomTom, without ever hooking up the TomTom device to their computer.
Sci-Fi may keep their shows steady in terms of timeslot, but they're completely unpredictable in terms of when they'll run a new season, and when they'll induce their own break in the middle of a season. They've also unceremoniously yanked the rug out from under more than one show at the last minute (Farscape, Stargate: SG-1).
Or viewers in Detroit might find their Simpsons on UPN 50 (well, what used to be UPN), not the local Fox affiliate; syndication is done by the production company (20th Century Fox Television), not the initial broadcast network.
For the most part, I agree. But there's the occasional episode that justifies itself—"Take Me Out to the Holosuite" comes to mind. (And somehow, I doubt that baseball uniforms are the wardrobe department's fantasies.;) )
Release date lockout is something that the publishers require; it's not some inane idea Valve came up with. Valve has been having to contend with it since Half-Life 2.
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They can easily fire him without having it be "because Rupert said so"; I'm sure that his wanton violation of copyright law is a violation of some ethics or morals clause in his contract
Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?
/w Norsefire Which achievements?
A whitebox laptop?
If Google is just providing the text, that's one thing. But if they're providing an exact page image, than they should be paying the publisher for their graphic design and page layout work.
I'd be surprised if it's as high as 8-10. Simon & Schuster, Random House, Penguin Putnam, HarperCollins, and Holtzbrinck seem to have the market pretty well cornered between the five of them.
The Kindle is not restricted to purchased books; you can upload your own books in multiple formats.
That's a bad assumption. Apple tends to sweep security problems under the rug as much as possible.
Not necessarily; it could have the authentication wrapped into the executable proper, meaning you authenticate locally instead of over the Internet.
As long as the consoles have such widely-ranging hardware, de facto exclusives are unavoidable. And once you have de facto ones, well, if you're a developer would you really say no to a bigger paycheck?
Look, for most people who A) Don't need the "obscure" features of Office B) Don't need MS server support (such as Exchange) C) Don't game or D) Don't need photoshop, Linux is the obvious choice.
Maybe it's possible that I'm just an odd use case who wants the "obscure" features of Office and who games. :p But in my personal experience—even setting games aside—Linux applications just aren't up to snuff.
But I'll accept that, as I said, I may not be typical. It certainly makes considering Linux for the desktop a hard thing for me to consider, though.
What are you talking about? Installing?
I'd meant interactive desktop applications, but you're right, it was poorly phrased.
Who buys a proprietary operating system in any economy when you can download and use linux free.
Someone who wants to do anything in a GUI? Linux makes a powerful server, but its desktop applications (even OpenOffice) lag far behind their proprietary counterparts in features, or are non-existent (where's the Photoshop or InDesign clones?).
There's a big difference between what the federal government is forced to accept, and what states/local government/private institutions are forced to accept.
(Or at least it's intended that there be, which is why the Bill of Rights is specifically addressing what Congress can and cannot do. Unfortunately, in recent years that's been discarded in favor of "everybody has to be exactly as liberal as the federal government". Can't be more so, or they'll smack you down for your still-illegal-under-federal-law drugs. Can't be less so, or they'll smack you down for well, something. Hopefully less inflammatory than the examples I was coming up with. :p)
couldn't any transfering be converted into something more generic between FS and other IO?
No, because users can copy updates directly to the SD card, then stick the card in the TomTom, without ever hooking up the TomTom device to their computer.
Hello, computer.
Sci-Fi may keep their shows steady in terms of timeslot, but they're completely unpredictable in terms of when they'll run a new season, and when they'll induce their own break in the middle of a season. They've also unceremoniously yanked the rug out from under more than one show at the last minute (Farscape, Stargate: SG-1).
Or viewers in Detroit might find their Simpsons on UPN 50 (well, what used to be UPN), not the local Fox affiliate; syndication is done by the production company (20th Century Fox Television), not the initial broadcast network.
The show makes the ratings, but changing its availability is changing the show.
Deep Space Nine begs to differ.
No, because Warner Brothers refuses to pay for more B5, and the BBC can't afford to pay for more B7. :p
For the most part, I agree. But there's the occasional episode that justifies itself—"Take Me Out to the Holosuite" comes to mind. (And somehow, I doubt that baseball uniforms are the wardrobe department's fantasies. ;) )
Funny—I didn't think they had a phone number to call.
Release date lockout is something that the publishers require; it's not some inane idea Valve came up with. Valve has been having to contend with it since Half-Life 2.
Most weeks, it pops up in their RSS feed, though for some reason there was no entry for World of Goo.
It was one of their weekend sales that they have, well, every week. It's no longer the weekend, ergo, it's no longer on sale.