I'm curious, what does your provider charge for your unlimited incoming calls and messages? I know historically, US providers have tended to charge quite a hefty amount for the priviledge, and I'm curious if that's still the case (for reference, I pay $45NZD for only about 150 minutes of calling, and $0.20NZD for text messages but we don't get charged for incoming anything).
True, but I imagine they expected you'd build "value added" products that utilise it. I don't think they expected someone to just outright write an SMS messaging client. That was just rude.
Oh, THAT. Sorry, I never would have thought to click that - it's just so small and unassuming. Perhaps Yahoo need to work a bit on their UI design because it seems their products have quite a lot of that element (unlabelled but very important functions). Otherwise, yes that is quite a bit nicer than Google (which is usually inevitably more blog crap - and if you're looking for software, then shit like "wareseeker" and "brothersoft". Those really piss me off).
I don't know if you knew this, but Slashdot and ThinkGeek are both owned by Sourceforge, Inc... there's no point competing with yourself. Slashdot also has a subscription model.
I tried your links, and got two identical search results (Wikipedia, official site, 2K Games, IGN, Gamespot, Gametrailers, and Metacritic, namely). I didn't, however, get a "concepts" link or the "related" links on the left on Yahoo (it was on the bottom, like Google).
IANAL, but it seems to me that by agressively patenting the most common file system on the planet and limiting the use of this file system, Microsoft is essentially using its monopoly on the Windows platform to gain an unfair advantage in the sat.nav market.
To argue that in court, you'd have to show examples of Microsoft's products in the sat nav market...
*tumbleweeds*
*crickets chirping*
You mean they don't have products in that market? Yeah, it's impossible to gain an unfair advantage in a market you don't participate in.
You're right, except that the reason for it is that the "secrets" are not being shared with the voting public of the other nations either. If noone's allowed to disclose it, they can foist the thing on every country on the planet without anyone being able to do a damn thing about it (you can't argue what you haven't seen).
You're absolutely correct on that. New Zealand (where I live) had this stupid treaty slammed on us as part of a Free Trade Agreement we the people neither wanted nor needed. When the government was asked for a copy of the treaty under the Official Information Act, the request was denied on grounds of "National Security or Foreign Policy interest".
You, the person who is being rang, needs to pick up the phone, and press "1" to accept the call on the specific phone. Your voicemail isn't going to push "1", so your voicemail wont get the call. Simple. If you, the person receiving the call, does not push "1", GrandCentral/Google will handle the call as if it was never picked up.
I believe you speak truth on the third one there - my memory is also a bit fuzzy on the details of Halo 1 / Book 2.
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They compete with Stardock for both, actually. And you'll note as a consequence that no Valve game appears on Impulse, and no Stardock game appears on Steam.
What's doubly sad is around Christmas they started listing on the games pages if it had third party infections likes TAGES. That information has quietly disappeared again I've noticed, making buying new games on Steam a much riskier proposition. (The new X3 game had TAGES listed for example, a listing which disappeared shortly after Christmas, despite it still being bundled with the game as far as I'm aware.)
I like Steam because it has spared me from the system damaging issues of Starforce and the like (own one system that Starforce damaged, and a friend owns two), but now that cancerous malware like TAGES, Securom etc... is slowly spreading on there, I am no longer as enthusiastic as I once was.
They only did that because Stardock did it, and it's a bad idea to have a competitor doing something better than you.
*Not under current law, but under how the law should be written
No it shouldn't. A corporation ultimately terminates at a single entity who at some point in time put their entire livelihood on the line to create it, and if they want to impose whatever values they want on a platform they provide out of their own money, they absolutely should be allowed to do that.
Your claim is absolutely faulty. Governments don't require the founders to put their entire livelihoods on the line to found them - corporations do. It's all too easy to go bankrupt trying to start a business, so ultimately the corporation should inherit (where applicable) the rights of its founders, just as it inherits their liabilities.
Free speech is not a human right on private property, otherwise it infringes on their property rights. You can exercise your right to speak somewhere else if you don't like it.
When a government does it, that's different because you then don't have the ability to exercise freedom of association and choose a different place to speak.
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We'd essentially be shoved back to the Core Duo (NOT Core 2 Duo, the Core Duo) and earlier.
Of course, we'd just end up with a bunch of Itanium processors which are incapable of running anything instead I guess.
You know, I just noticed this yesterday myself. It's quite perplexing.
I'm curious, what does your provider charge for your unlimited incoming calls and messages? I know historically, US providers have tended to charge quite a hefty amount for the priviledge, and I'm curious if that's still the case (for reference, I pay $45NZD for only about 150 minutes of calling, and $0.20NZD for text messages but we don't get charged for incoming anything).
True, but I imagine they expected you'd build "value added" products that utilise it. I don't think they expected someone to just outright write an SMS messaging client. That was just rude.
Aye, and I think the Google contract is with Mozilla Corporation, not Foundation.
Oh, THAT. Sorry, I never would have thought to click that - it's just so small and unassuming. Perhaps Yahoo need to work a bit on their UI design because it seems their products have quite a lot of that element (unlabelled but very important functions). Otherwise, yes that is quite a bit nicer than Google (which is usually inevitably more blog crap - and if you're looking for software, then shit like "wareseeker" and "brothersoft". Those really piss me off).
I don't know if you knew this, but Slashdot and ThinkGeek are both owned by Sourceforge, Inc... there's no point competing with yourself. Slashdot also has a subscription model.
Did you compose your post in 1999?
What? Google doesn't pay out on that traffic, the advertiser does. All this stupid idea is doing is hurting an unrelated third party.
Nice going, folks. Way to stick it to... er, someone else.
I tried your links, and got two identical search results (Wikipedia, official site, 2K Games, IGN, Gamespot, Gametrailers, and Metacritic, namely). I didn't, however, get a "concepts" link or the "related" links on the left on Yahoo (it was on the bottom, like Google).
... on the basis of Anti trust?
IANAL, but it seems to me that by agressively patenting the most common file system on the planet and limiting the use of this file system, Microsoft is essentially using its monopoly on the Windows platform to gain an unfair advantage in the sat.nav market.
To argue that in court, you'd have to show examples of Microsoft's products in the sat nav market...
*tumbleweeds*
*crickets chirping*
You mean they don't have products in that market? Yeah, it's impossible to gain an unfair advantage in a market you don't participate in.
You're right, except that the reason for it is that the "secrets" are not being shared with the voting public of the other nations either. If noone's allowed to disclose it, they can foist the thing on every country on the planet without anyone being able to do a damn thing about it (you can't argue what you haven't seen).
You're absolutely correct on that. New Zealand (where I live) had this stupid treaty slammed on us as part of a Free Trade Agreement we the people neither wanted nor needed. When the government was asked for a copy of the treaty under the Official Information Act, the request was denied on grounds of "National Security or Foreign Policy interest".
Oh yeah, REAL user friendly there.
Muppet is commonly used more in the UK and the Colonies. I don't think it caught on in the USA.
Dude, are you NOT READING AT ALL?
You, the person who is being rang, needs to pick up the phone, and press "1" to accept the call on the specific phone. Your voicemail isn't going to push "1", so your voicemail wont get the call. Simple. If you, the person receiving the call, does not push "1", GrandCentral/Google will handle the call as if it was never picked up.
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They've obviously never heard of Systems Management Server, or Remote Desktop.
Likely because their desktop support people stood at their door with a softball bat watching for people trying to tell them.
I believe you speak truth on the third one there - my memory is also a bit fuzzy on the details of Halo 1 / Book 2.
They compete with Stardock for both, actually. And you'll note as a consequence that no Valve game appears on Impulse, and no Stardock game appears on Steam.
What's doubly sad is around Christmas they started listing on the games pages if it had third party infections likes TAGES. That information has quietly disappeared again I've noticed, making buying new games on Steam a much riskier proposition. (The new X3 game had TAGES listed for example, a listing which disappeared shortly after Christmas, despite it still being bundled with the game as far as I'm aware.)
I like Steam because it has spared me from the system damaging issues of Starforce and the like (own one system that Starforce damaged, and a friend owns two), but now that cancerous malware like TAGES, Securom etc... is slowly spreading on there, I am no longer as enthusiastic as I once was.
They only did that because Stardock did it, and it's a bad idea to have a competitor doing something better than you.
Because that's the law they lobbied for. It's the same for SoundXchange in the USA.
Really? Brilliant! You're an ass.
What the fuck are you talking about?
*Not under current law, but under how the law should be written
No it shouldn't. A corporation ultimately terminates at a single entity who at some point in time put their entire livelihood on the line to create it, and if they want to impose whatever values they want on a platform they provide out of their own money, they absolutely should be allowed to do that.
Your claim is absolutely faulty. Governments don't require the founders to put their entire livelihoods on the line to found them - corporations do. It's all too easy to go bankrupt trying to start a business, so ultimately the corporation should inherit (where applicable) the rights of its founders, just as it inherits their liabilities.
Free speech is not a human right on private property, otherwise it infringes on their property rights. You can exercise your right to speak somewhere else if you don't like it.
When a government does it, that's different because you then don't have the ability to exercise freedom of association and choose a different place to speak.