And gas is around $3/gallon where i live in the US (admittedly my region is usually below average). The price increase would be more like 150%. It's more like your 1.2GBP/litre rising to 3GBP/litre.
I suspect/.'s discontent here has absolutely nothing to do with the technologies involved. The controversy is a question of freedom: the freedom of a developer to develop in whatever language they choose (whatever the compilation target) and the freedom of the user to install whatever they want on a device they rightfully own and (theoretically) control.
Freeedom > Openness - With freedom you can choose to leave the closed system for a more open system. Without it, the openness of the system doesn't really matter as you're stuck with it either way.
In an economy where people get rich by betting that other people can get rich placing the right bets on what companies will be profitable, "worth" and "value" have somewhat arbitrary meanings.
The XBox 360 is most certainly not the only console which gives access to indie developers. I know of a number of games in or coming to WiiWare straight from indie developers. World of Goo, for one.
But if that one result on Bing is exactly what the user wants, then what's the point of millions more results? From the Bing-vs-Google results page, that one result included links to Google Image Search, Google Video, and a half-dozen other Google products. Google took the whole first page to provide basically the same results. The biggest difference is Google's news links at the top of the results (which in my opinion is just extra clutter, but whatever).
And seriously, who would search for just "google" and not be looking for the search engine itself?
No, the real concern is that it will be the other way around. If you buy Comcast, you can only watch Disney movies. Which will be even worse for those with whom Comcast is their only available provider.
It doesn't really matter whether it stands up to scrutiny. The cable company could just turn it back off when no one is looking. And even if it doesn't stay off, many people still may believe that a 3rd party DVR could effectively stop working at random and so go to the cable company's solution just because they can trust that the feature won't be turned off at random.
I have no divine providence over my finished work...
The theory is that yes, you do. Perhaps not divine. It's a social contract where we all agree that in return for making something, we'll give you a bit of say in what happens to your work. If we like it enough, we play along. Otherwise, we go find someone who either makes something good enough that we're willing to put up with them or they're open enough that we'll put up with slightly lesser quality.
If you don't like the terms, you can "go" somewhere else.
That said, there's really no excuse for the RIAA. There is no way that a song is worth that much. I might could understand $100 or so as a deterrent, but nearly two million is insane.
We love Tesla because they are doing something. The research and investment will lead to future electric cars that really are affordable. See the Model S for a big step in that direction.
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Don't forget that in the US most online purchases don't even bother with sales tax. (I don't use iTunes, so I don't know if it's any different).
And gas is around $3/gallon where i live in the US (admittedly my region is usually below average). The price increase would be more like 150%. It's more like your 1.2GBP/litre rising to 3GBP/litre.
Unless the passenger is reading a book.
Or is a screaming two-year-old.
Or is blind.
Or really just likes to hear themselves talk that much.
I suspect /.'s discontent here has absolutely nothing to do with the technologies involved. The controversy is a question of freedom: the freedom of a developer to develop in whatever language they choose (whatever the compilation target) and the freedom of the user to install whatever they want on a device they rightfully own and (theoretically) control.
Freeedom > Openness - With freedom you can choose to leave the closed system for a more open system. Without it, the openness of the system doesn't really matter as you're stuck with it either way.
I think that was his point.
In an economy where people get rich by betting that other people can get rich placing the right bets on what companies will be profitable, "worth" and "value" have somewhat arbitrary meanings.
The XBox 360 is most certainly not the only console which gives access to indie developers. I know of a number of games in or coming to WiiWare straight from indie developers. World of Goo, for one.
To be fair, if i knew i was obsolete, i might be throwing things too.
ha
You must be new around here.
But if that one result on Bing is exactly what the user wants, then what's the point of millions more results? From the Bing-vs-Google results page, that one result included links to Google Image Search, Google Video, and a half-dozen other Google products. Google took the whole first page to provide basically the same results. The biggest difference is Google's news links at the top of the results (which in my opinion is just extra clutter, but whatever).
And seriously, who would search for just "google" and not be looking for the search engine itself?
Isn't that what they did with GTA?
So, cloud computing is a client/server system rented out to third parties?
They removed the GBA slot with the DSi.
No, the real concern is that it will be the other way around. If you buy Comcast, you can only watch Disney movies. Which will be even worse for those with whom Comcast is their only available provider.
It doesn't really matter whether it stands up to scrutiny. The cable company could just turn it back off when no one is looking. And even if it doesn't stay off, many people still may believe that a 3rd party DVR could effectively stop working at random and so go to the cable company's solution just because they can trust that the feature won't be turned off at random.
No one expects a Spanish Inquisition!
The theory is that yes, you do. Perhaps not divine. It's a social contract where we all agree that in return for making something, we'll give you a bit of say in what happens to your work. If we like it enough, we play along. Otherwise, we go find someone who either makes something good enough that we're willing to put up with them or they're open enough that we'll put up with slightly lesser quality.
If you don't like the terms, you can "go" somewhere else.
That said, there's really no excuse for the RIAA. There is no way that a song is worth that much. I might could understand $100 or so as a deterrent, but nearly two million is insane.
No no: that Mac is *why* they're plundering the furniture. ;)
I've been in churches all my life and that's the first time I've ever heard such a thing. But then, maybe Presbyterians are just weird.
Well forget going to the trouble of creating something new, I'll just copy the next big thing that comes along.
I have no idea what that means, and I don't think I want to.
Since when has "realistic" factored into the RIAA's doings?
Ah, so they can't even do EEE right anymore? ;)
I'd imagine the "Extend" bit is much harder if you're sharing your extensions with the community.
We love Tesla because they are doing something. The research and investment will lead to future electric cars that really are affordable. See the Model S for a big step in that direction.