Unless you regard it as a lever for some other way of making money. Ads? Applications? Microsoft sold the xbox console as a loss-leader, to leverage sales of games. Amazon would probably be happy to give the hardware away, as they would be selling books for their Android Kindle app.
Have you seen/used the magnetic power connectors on the apple portables? IMO they're good. They don't fall out. But when you catch your foot in the cord they pull out, rather than pull you laptop onto the ground, or bend the power plug beyond use. Most proprietary plugs bug the hell out of me, but this is one that's good.
I was amused to read in the article how the record companies are
increasingly dependent on older releases, since newer releases are distributed through different means that don't
involve them. This begs the usual question, who guaranteed that a particular business model would be
a valid one forever? I wasn't aware of any such guarantees.
You believed the RIAA to be anything other than an egregious mob of rent-seekers?
An approximation of your speed. Not accurate enough to issue instantaneous speed based fines, but if you were in Canberra at 12pm, and Sydney at 130pm, they'd have a good case for a fine.
It's not perfect, a fuel tax takes no note of *when* you drive. The proposed scheme here could do that. Whether you care to decongest roads by making it more expensive to drive in peak hours is another matter.
I guess we'd have to include apps that are all server-side, then. Who knows when/. code changes? (apart from noticing things break, but that's a universal of code changing, andywhere)
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Unless you regard it as a lever for some other way of making money. Ads? Applications? Microsoft sold the xbox console as a loss-leader, to leverage sales of games. Amazon would probably be happy to give the hardware away, as they would be selling books for their Android Kindle app.
bitch!
Have you seen/used the magnetic power connectors on the apple portables? IMO they're good. They don't fall out. But when you catch your foot in the cord they pull out, rather than pull you laptop onto the ground, or bend the power plug beyond use. Most proprietary plugs bug the hell out of me, but this is one that's good.
THe way half the class didn't understand what pointers were. And the other half were in awe at what they could do with them.
I was amused to read in the article how the record companies are increasingly dependent on older releases, since newer releases are distributed through different means that don't involve them. This begs the usual question, who guaranteed that a particular business model would be a valid one forever? I wasn't aware of any such guarantees.
You believed the RIAA to be anything other than an egregious mob of rent-seekers?
The wave / particle theory, as it applies to the RIAA
The 'poor student' look has to go deeper than just the pack, it's clothes, hair, etc as well. Or the muggers will be unconvinced.
Have you seen Microsoft's latest phone sales figures? They're going to get included with 'other' any day now.
Not to mention other web "apps" like learning management systems, etc officially supporting specific versions or a range of versions.
It sounds like you're 'wanting' IE. (careful use of quotation marks there)
An approximation of your speed. Not accurate enough to issue instantaneous speed based fines, but if you were in Canberra at 12pm, and Sydney at 130pm, they'd have a good case for a fine.
It's not perfect, a fuel tax takes no note of *when* you drive. The proposed scheme here could do that. Whether you care to decongest roads by making it more expensive to drive in peak hours is another matter.
They were wrong before, so they must be wrong now, is that what you're saying?
Who uses their ISP given email address? I haven't read mine for years.
kick-start a court case?
reliable for different failure modes. Being dropped, for instance. (notwithstanding gravity sensors that park conventional drives)
Let's make it fun for them, and set really short lease times on DHCP. 2 addresses at once, so we don't drop connection?
Seriously, if you don't want to spend time listening to drivel - you would avoid the drivelers - not cut off your ears (well, I hope not).
Vincent Van Gogh had problems with FaceBook too?
Any day now, there'll be an Onion article on the Onion winning a Pulitzer.
If you want to point to it, you ought not have posted as AC
Yes, but try and not hurt your ribs.
Where the fuck did anybody officially say they dropped support for Silverlight?
Not sure, but this isn't the first occurrence of them dropping it. They haven't 'officially' dropped support for DCOM, for that matter.
It seems that now Microsoft would rather eat dog food made elsewhere..."
OR 'used' dog food.
I got the sarcasm :)
/. code changes? (apart from noticing things break, but that's a universal of code changing, andywhere)
I guess we'd have to include apps that are all server-side, then. Who knows when
Upgrade, or we won't let you connect. Works for WOW.
Imagine the size of the stones that the FTC would drop on the major players...