While I generally share the sentiment of annoyance with Microsoft, it has to be said that spreading in to different markets is quite of common business practice. The idea is to protect yourself from sudden market changes by verticalizing. For example, if some mystery company were to come along and revolutionize the OS market and take it from Microsoft, htey would still have other markets to fall back on. Well, thats the idea anyway.
Ah, but one should know that one can measure the value of a story by how often it has been Slashdot. If it has only been posted once, clearly it can not be of much note.
From the blog post:
As for support, the driver will be supported through email by the original developers, when they can help out, and by the "enterprise" Linux distributors as part of their service agreements with their customers. So, yes, I can see this happening. But that was part of the point of the whole article. And it doesn't give them an out for physical hardware problems as the most you would have to do is test it on some Windows box and see if it works on that.
If only. Sadly, its just that the bullies have learned to use a computer. Actually, to be more precise, they've learned to use the bare minimum of IM, E-mail and MySpace. Ask them to do anything else, and they'd probably implode.
You mean Slashdot articles are sometimes inaccurate and sensationalist. Quickly, inject me with some nanobots to calm my central nervous system before I go into paralyzing shock.
But you know, universe has its ways... , I mean, if it didn't, bloggers would by making colonies in space and NASA would be teaching them how to write articles. You make an incorrect assumption here. That is that your average blogger knows how to write articles well.
From TFA:
In the study, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL's Institute of Neurology carried out scans on the brains of 35 cabbies and bus drivers, all men. Various psychological tests were also carried out.
Using bus drivers meant that any brain differences found could not be explained by driving stress, or dealing with passengers and traffic in London. The one big difference between the two is that bus drivers stick to routes, while cabbies have to learn the layout of streets and the locations of thousands of places of interest to get an operating licence. So clearly they had thought of that particular possibility. What concerns me though, is how they know that their brain matter has grown rather than just having large memory centers from the start. They should probably do the same experiment with cabbies preparing for their exam and take the measure before and after.
That would actually be a pretty good marketing campaign, and it would make the price point seem a whole lot more reasonable. If they do that, however, they better damn include a keyboard and mouse from the outset. Not that I think Sony are clever enough to employ such a strategy.
I'm not quite sure on how the law on this works in the US but if its advertised to work for 7 years guaranteed, shouldn't you get a free replacement if it stops working before that time runs out.
I was not saying that using lasers should be illegal. However to use your gun analogy, this situation relates to someone walking around in an airport pretending to have a gun in their pocket. Allthough essentially harmless, the security services have to check that your not actually a threat. This wastes time that they could have spent finding real terrorists, which I'm sure you would want them to be doing.
In the end, I was just pointing out that the feds probably don't see the blinding of the pilot as a serious possibility, they just don't want people to be wasting their time, as they have to check every laser pointed at a building to see whether it is some terrorist with a missile.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Slashdot has misunderstood why pointing a laser at aircraft is seen as a threat. This is not because the terrorist is trying to blind the pilot but because "painting" an aircraft, building, etc. with a laser is used as a cheap missile guidance system. Hence, it is not something the feds take to kindly to.
I agree that Bittorrent isn't always ideal. However, in this case, Blizzard would constantly be the seed, using the same servers that they were using before. So, when there are few people wanting the file, this would just mean that there would be little sharing but it would still be coming at fast speeds from the Blizzard servers.
Open office has in-built support for these. At least, so they claim
To quote:
"support for complex text layout (CTL) languages (such as Thai, Hindi, Arabic, and Hebrew) and vertical writing languages."
I think some NGO's would find this very interesting as it would make it easier to use local staff and train them in computer use. Also, you can't ignore that, allthough having software in English is probably not a significant barrier for most African computer users, being able to use it in your native tongue will definitely make you more inclined to use that particular software.
It seems that the companies are forgetting one small thing.
When I pay a monthly fee for a MMORPG, the company will advertise that this fee is to cover server costs and
for the development of new content and improvements.
Looks like the new content isn't all that free after all.
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While I generally share the sentiment of annoyance with Microsoft, it has to be said that spreading in to different markets is quite of common business practice. The idea is to protect yourself from sudden market changes by verticalizing. For example, if some mystery company were to come along and revolutionize the OS market and take it from Microsoft, htey would still have other markets to fall back on. Well, thats the idea anyway.
Ah, but one should know that one can measure the value of a story by how often it has been Slashdot. If it has only been posted once, clearly it can not be of much note.
If only. Sadly, its just that the bullies have learned to use a computer. Actually, to be more precise, they've learned to use the bare minimum of IM, E-mail and MySpace. Ask them to do anything else, and they'd probably implode.
It tells me I should keep an ear out for friends travelling to Canada so I can tell them to bring me back electronics. :P
Hey, if it runs on Windows, we will get the Blue Screen of Death Penalty.
You mean Slashdot articles are sometimes inaccurate and sensationalist. Quickly, inject me with some nanobots to calm my central nervous system before I go into paralyzing shock.
>quote>Oh my God, I'm a geek. And this revelation surprises you somehow. I mean, you are posting on Slashdot after all. :)
Seems more recent than a lot of the "news" posted here.
That would actually be a pretty good marketing campaign, and it would make the price point seem a whole lot more reasonable. If they do that, however, they better damn include a keyboard and mouse from the outset. Not that I think Sony are clever enough to employ such a strategy.
I'm not quite sure on how the law on this works in the US but if its advertised to work for 7 years guaranteed, shouldn't you get a free replacement if it stops working before that time runs out.
I'd recommend Trials of Ascension to you. Not likely to see it for a couple of years, though.
Chances are quite a few people probably went out and bought GTA:SA as a result of this little scandal.
More like: "Linux? What version of Windows of that?". Seriously, I've had this happen.
The problem with that is all those blinks that aren't actually conscious.
I was not saying that using lasers should be illegal. However to use your gun analogy, this situation relates to someone walking around in an airport pretending to have a gun in their pocket. Allthough essentially harmless, the security services have to check that your not actually a threat. This wastes time that they could have spent finding real terrorists, which I'm sure you would want them to be doing. In the end, I was just pointing out that the feds probably don't see the blinding of the pilot as a serious possibility, they just don't want people to be wasting their time, as they have to check every laser pointed at a building to see whether it is some terrorist with a missile.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Slashdot has misunderstood why pointing a laser at aircraft is seen as a threat. This is not because the terrorist is trying to blind the pilot but because "painting" an aircraft, building, etc. with a laser is used as a cheap missile guidance system. Hence, it is not something the feds take to kindly to.
I agree that Bittorrent isn't always ideal. However, in this case, Blizzard would constantly be the seed, using the same servers that they were using before. So, when there are few people wanting the file, this would just mean that there would be little sharing but it would still be coming at fast speeds from the Blizzard servers.
Open office has in-built support for these. At least, so they claim To quote: "support for complex text layout (CTL) languages (such as Thai, Hindi, Arabic, and Hebrew) and vertical writing languages."
I think some NGO's would find this very interesting as it would make it easier to use local staff and train them in computer use. Also, you can't ignore that, allthough having software in English is probably not a significant barrier for most African computer users, being able to use it in your native tongue will definitely make you more inclined to use that particular software.
- for the development of new content and improvements.
Looks like the new content isn't all that free after all.