-DVD : Can't skip some menus, trailers, the FBI warning, some movies can go like this for 5-10 minutes. -Isn't it EA that forces people to buy a new key to be able to play a used game? -DRM on music. They would like us to pay for each device the music is listened to -Now this??? (but we're talking about the same company who sells Smurfberry buckets to kids for 60$ each, so not really surprising here.)
Just an idea, what about *lowering* the price on games, movies, remove all the restrictions on music/movies/etc. They might sell more and make more money that way.
Seriously, that amount is around what, 50-60 times what the average north-american worker will earn in his *whole life*...
(Why anyone would even *need* more than that is beyond me.)
Even after taxes and everything, let's say even 20M $, just the interests on that will allow anyone to never worry about being able to afford something. Heck, just gimme 1M , and I'm retiring at 40...
It has to do with size. My eeePC fits in my jacket pockets. I love the matte screen (glossy would be a no-no since a netbook is intended to be used *anywhere*), and the fact that I can mod it to my heart's content withing risking killing a 1000$ machine. Besides, it makes a hell of a nice OS X machine:p
About the only drawbacks are the resolution (1366*768 would be much better than 1024*600), the non-intelligent battery and the Intel IGP (would be nice to be able to watch 720p movies on it)
But that would probably bring the price to more than 400$, which is way too expensive for that kind of machine.
About the optical drive, I rarely use optical media anyways, about any OS can be installed from a USB key anyways. Besides, unless it's slot-load, optical drives are much too fragile in laptops.
In Canada the way it works is you can download the list for 50$ (in order to skip the numbers listed, or so they say). Basically it gives the scammers a way to get a list. And you have to put yourself on the DNC list every year. Kinda useless IMHO...
I have several '70s and '80s books here, not counting my '90s technical manuals and such.
(not counting my magazines spanning from 1979 to 2010)
A book has texture, smell, I can take a book anywhere, read it in my hamac, in my couch, on the throne, it has a smell, paper has a texture, turning a page while I'm reading a book is something a ebook will never be able to replace...
Depends on the drug... Someone how's just smoked a big dooby will be all *I love you man*, and pretty harmless. Which is not the case for harder drugs or even alcohol.
Drunk people will often start fights, get violent, same goes for blow. That's where legislation is a little messed up. Alcohol is legal, yet probably causes more problems than weed and such. just de-criminalize *soft* drugs, it's not worth spending all those resources. A friend of mine used to be a cab driver. He would often refuse to pick up drunk people because
1- They would get sick in the car 2- They wouldn't have enough money left for the ride 3- Could get violent for reason 2
OTOH, people high on weed just ended up being real smooth...
I think that pretty much sums it. Apple is a big corporation who probably has to pay an entire board of lawyers all year long. They can afford to go to trial, afford delays, appeals, so on. Us normal people can't afford to do that. So by default the rich corporation wins.
My iPhone is at hip level, in a "dollar store" 2$ holder clipped to my Levis jeans pocket...
It's right next to my nuts, probably incinerating them everytime I receive a call... I don't even mind it, since listening to every article's "OMGZ ITZ KILLING ME" will mean I'll start living like an amish... (besides, as a typical/. user, I'll never meet a woman:)
Like my favorite satire magazine liked to put it (CROC, Quebec), Living will give you cancer:)
They still work OK, according to some girl friends of mine, but it's unusual for most/. users...
I was working at an ISP during that period. Before Win 95, we had to *license* Netscape, send out two floppies containing Netscape, Trumpet Winsock and a connection script on two floppies (or sell them in a box as our Internet Access Kit). When 95 came out, IE was free for the ISP, so only one floppy with a configuration script and IE. Later on, only the configuration script was needed. Since it was only one floppy and IE was free, it cost way less that way, and we saved one floppy. Besides, since everything was included in 95, it could even be done over the phone. That's what really killed Netscape IMO. Netscape 3.02 was a better browser than IE3 or IE4, but since IE was free and good enough, that's was people used, especially new costumers. Heck, I remember when we shipped Mosaic:)
Yeah... had to do the same thing in order to be able to use it on my secondary monitor. I mean, sure, multiple monitors are something too recent, they just came out with that in Win98...
A DX2-66 might have gotten 60FPS on a PCI or VLB videocard. I highly doubt a SX (no co-processor) could do it, since that kind of machine probably had an ISA videocard.
"Maybe it was not intended to be "AV software"? From the front page of Microsoft Safety Scanner (emphasis mine):
The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It works with your existing antivirus software."
I know that...
But we're talking about 67MB! That's way bigger than most removal tools out there. It's bigger than MBAM + Rootkit buster + Spybot + A-squared, you get the point...
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How long before they receive some legal love from Apple^h^h^h^h^h Steve?
Sure, after all OSX is protected by Mac Defender...
Wrong...
The nVidia 6200 (PC) running in my Powermac G4 has replaced the old Rage128. The card runs in an *identical* fashion.
It was flashed in a PC, then put in my mac. I don't remember seeing a BIOS socket anywhere on my mac's mainboard.
Sure.
That's why it's running it on my netbook (900HA) and even on my AMD tower
Yup, that's what I thought when I rewatched the whole series last month (except Call to arms, Legends of the Rangers and Crusade)
...why people pirate instead.
-DVD : Can't skip some menus, trailers, the FBI warning, some movies can go like this for 5-10 minutes.
-Isn't it EA that forces people to buy a new key to be able to play a used game?
-DRM on music. They would like us to pay for each device the music is listened to
-Now this??? (but we're talking about the same company who sells Smurfberry buckets to kids for 60$ each, so not really surprising here.)
Just an idea, what about *lowering* the price on games, movies, remove all the restrictions on music/movies/etc. They might sell more and make more money that way.
That's just pure greed IMO.
Seriously, that amount is around what, 50-60 times what the average north-american worker will earn in his *whole life*...
(Why anyone would even *need* more than that is beyond me.)
Even after taxes and everything, let's say even 20M $, just the interests on that will allow anyone to never worry about being able to afford something. Heck, just gimme 1M , and I'm retiring at 40...
It has to do with size. My eeePC fits in my jacket pockets. I love the matte screen (glossy would be a no-no since a netbook is intended to be used *anywhere*), and the fact that I can mod it to my heart's content withing risking killing a 1000$ machine. Besides, it makes a hell of a nice OS X machine :p
About the only drawbacks are the resolution (1366*768 would be much better than 1024*600), the non-intelligent battery and the Intel IGP (would be nice to be able to watch 720p movies on it)
But that would probably bring the price to more than 400$, which is way too expensive for that kind of machine.
About the optical drive, I rarely use optical media anyways, about any OS can be installed from a USB key anyways. Besides, unless it's slot-load, optical drives are much too fragile in laptops.
In Canada the way it works is you can download the list for 50$ (in order to skip the numbers listed, or so they say). Basically it gives the scammers a way to get a list. And you have to put yourself on the DNC list every year. Kinda useless IMHO...
Pepsi actually...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sculley
I *love* Al's Yoda...
"...I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed, but remember if You kill him then you'll be unemployed..."
I have several '70s and '80s books here, not counting my '90s technical manuals and such.
(not counting my magazines spanning from 1979 to 2010)
A book has texture, smell, I can take a book anywhere, read it in my hamac, in my couch, on the throne, it has a smell, paper has a texture, turning a page while I'm reading a book is something a ebook will never be able to replace...
Depends on the drug... Someone how's just smoked a big dooby will be all *I love you man*, and pretty harmless. Which is not the case for harder drugs or even alcohol.
Drunk people will often start fights, get violent, same goes for blow. That's where legislation is a little messed up. Alcohol is legal, yet probably causes more problems than weed and such. just de-criminalize *soft* drugs, it's not worth spending all those resources. A friend of mine used to be a cab driver. He would often refuse to pick up drunk people because
1- They would get sick in the car
2- They wouldn't have enough money left for the ride
3- Could get violent for reason 2
OTOH, people high on weed just ended up being real smooth...
...relative to the number of emails that can be sent. So even if a low percentage of gullible people buy the crap, it's profitable.
"And in any fair trial..."
I think that pretty much sums it. Apple is a big corporation who probably has to pay an entire board of lawyers all year long. They can afford to go to trial, afford delays, appeals, so on. Us normal people can't afford to do that. So by default the rich corporation wins.
Most netbooks can be upgraded to 2GB. My eeePC 900HA got upgraded about 30 minutes after I bought it, and runs Win7 pretty good.
About none? If it wasn't for the games, everything else can be done on either OS X or Linux.
My iPhone is at hip level, in a "dollar store" 2$ holder clipped to my Levis jeans pocket...
It's right next to my nuts, probably incinerating them everytime I receive a call... /. user, I'll never meet a woman :)
I don't even mind it, since listening to every article's "OMGZ ITZ KILLING ME" will mean I'll start living like an amish... (besides, as a typical
Like my favorite satire magazine liked to put it (CROC, Quebec), Living will give you cancer :)
They still work OK, according to some girl friends of mine, but it's unusual for most /. users...
I was working at an ISP during that period. Before Win 95, we had to *license* Netscape, send out two floppies containing Netscape, Trumpet Winsock and a connection script on two floppies (or sell them in a box as our Internet Access Kit). When 95 came out, IE was free for the ISP, so only one floppy with a configuration script and IE. Later on, only the configuration script was needed. Since it was only one floppy and IE was free, it cost way less that way, and we saved one floppy. Besides, since everything was included in 95, it could even be done over the phone. That's what really killed Netscape IMO. Netscape 3.02 was a better browser than IE3 or IE4, but since IE was free and good enough, that's was people used, especially new costumers. Heck, I remember when we shipped Mosaic :)
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Yeah... had to do the same thing in order to be able to use it on my secondary monitor. I mean, sure, multiple monitors are something too recent, they just came out with that in Win98...
A DX2-66 might have gotten 60FPS on a PCI or VLB videocard. I highly doubt a SX (no co-processor) could do it, since that kind of machine probably had an ISA videocard.
Since Doom ran in 4 MB, why 170MB? I expect some overhead, but not 166MB overhead :p
"Maybe it was not intended to be "AV software"? From the front page of Microsoft Safety Scanner (emphasis mine):
The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It works with your existing antivirus software."
I know that...
But we're talking about 67MB! That's way bigger than most removal tools out there. It's bigger than MBAM + Rootkit buster + Spybot + A-squared, you get the point...
Heck, it's bigger than some bootable rescue CDs.
And only valid for 10 days. No updates, have to re-download the whole thing to have the new definitions. It's *bigger* than most AV software...
What the heck MS ????