Just because we C# programmers can't do memory management worth a damn doesn't mean we're no better than VB programmers. We at least know what case sensitivity means.;)
My understanding is that the PA system has only been around for about two years. I don't think that's enough time to write it off as something that won't be misused, especially since T-Mobile already did so.
The Emergency Broadcast System only impinges on me when I am actively using the radio or TV. The Presidential Alerts will impinge on me even when I'm not using my phone at the moment.
I shouldn't have to give up being able to get important emergency contacts, from people I know, in order to guarantee that a Presidential Alert doesn't worm its way onto my phone.
They didn't remove the PS2 backwards compatibility from PS3s that had it (unlike OtherOS); they simply removed it from future versions of the PS3. Big difference there.
It's easier to strip it from a B&N book (book can be downloaded on any machine, encryption key is based on a fixed value) or an Adobe book (book can be downloaded on a "blessed" machine, encryption key is account-specific). Kindle is third on the list (book can be downloaded on a "blessed" machine, encryption key is machine- and book-specific).
PDF is almost better than Mobi - sure, it's based on HTML... v3.2. Pretty sure there's no actual CSS support, and MobiGen just converts it to <i> etc. tags.
But it does make for very nice EPUBs, you're right.:)
The Xbox 360 already lets you do that with any digital purchases; I see no reason that won't continue with the next generation. We don't know yet whether or not that will apply to retail discs on the One, now that they're being tied to the account like with Steam games.
I don't consider playing under my account a viable option. That means that their save files, preferences, and achievements become intermingled with mine.
How is a Steambox any less of a "corporate wet dream" than the Xbox One? Just like with the One, you can't sell games or let other people borrow them. At least the Xbox One will let other people in your house play; the Steambox won't even do that.
Federalism died in 1861. The states still exist, but they're zombies who haven't realized yet that they're dead and the only real power is at the Federal level anymore.
That might work in Europe, where the prices all include VAT already, but I thought Canada was like the US and added their sales tax on top of the listed price.
I think you need to change your scale a bit - even in my town of "only" 100,000 where I grew up there were three theaters, plus at least one in all of the neighboring cities and townships - expanding that out to an hour's radius, there were several dozen in that range.
A more reasonable target city size would be 30,000-50,000, if not smaller. And I suspect that we'd get half or more of the population living in cities that size (though I admit I don't know where to go get the data or I'd check myself).
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I think you've confused 400m (400 meters) for 400mm (400 millimeters).
Just because we C# programmers can't do memory management worth a damn doesn't mean we're no better than VB programmers. We at least know what case sensitivity means. ;)
My understanding is that the PA system has only been around for about two years. I don't think that's enough time to write it off as something that won't be misused, especially since T-Mobile already did so.
The Emergency Broadcast System only impinges on me when I am actively using the radio or TV. The Presidential Alerts will impinge on me even when I'm not using my phone at the moment.
I shouldn't have to give up being able to get important emergency contacts, from people I know, in order to guarantee that a Presidential Alert doesn't worm its way onto my phone.
It's coming.
XP64 was problematic because it wasn't a 64-bit build of XP; it was Windows Server 2003 with the server features stripped out.
They didn't remove the PS2 backwards compatibility from PS3s that had it (unlike OtherOS); they simply removed it from future versions of the PS3. Big difference there.
Is Eclipse really that much better on Linux than in Windows?
(Admittedly, it's a buggy piece of shit on Windows, so I could easily believe it!)
That was not always the case; that was what kept Baen from Amazon for so long.
It's easier to strip it from a B&N book (book can be downloaded on any machine, encryption key is based on a fixed value) or an Adobe book (book can be downloaded on a "blessed" machine, encryption key is account-specific). Kindle is third on the list (book can be downloaded on a "blessed" machine, encryption key is machine- and book-specific).
PDF is almost better than Mobi - sure, it's based on HTML... v3.2. Pretty sure there's no actual CSS support, and MobiGen just converts it to <i> etc. tags.
But it does make for very nice EPUBs, you're right. :)
The APIs are part of the Durango SDK, which is still under NDA. Support for this stuff won't ever be part of XNA, since the Xbox One won't support it.
The Xbox 360 already lets you do that with any digital purchases; I see no reason that won't continue with the next generation. We don't know yet whether or not that will apply to retail discs on the One, now that they're being tied to the account like with Steam games.
I don't consider playing under my account a viable option. That means that their save files, preferences, and achievements become intermingled with mine.
The blue blinking means there's a message waiting for you (probably about an OS update).
How is a Steambox any less of a "corporate wet dream" than the Xbox One? Just like with the One, you can't sell games or let other people borrow them. At least the Xbox One will let other people in your house play; the Steambox won't even do that.
Federalism died in 1861. The states still exist, but they're zombies who haven't realized yet that they're dead and the only real power is at the Federal level anymore.
If they have enough to convict him without his statements, then why do they need to question him at all?
XP was the true NT/98 hybrid. Win2K was still firmly in the NT camp, with no Home version and much more expensive pricing.
Republic Commando was developed internally. But other than that the rest were external.
Isn't it still in beta? If so, why would they add an icon when it's not officially supported yet?
Word for Windows v3, v4, and v5 were skipped so that v6.0 had version parity with the DOS version.
That might work in Europe, where the prices all include VAT already, but I thought Canada was like the US and added their sales tax on top of the listed price.
I think you need to change your scale a bit - even in my town of "only" 100,000 where I grew up there were three theaters, plus at least one in all of the neighboring cities and townships - expanding that out to an hour's radius, there were several dozen in that range.
A more reasonable target city size would be 30,000-50,000, if not smaller. And I suspect that we'd get half or more of the population living in cities that size (though I admit I don't know where to go get the data or I'd check myself).
It's not that you can't reproduce it because that would violate a license agreement; you can't reproduce it because that would violate copyright law.