Presumably because home users are afraid of the scary computer language address they'd have to type in, so they used those domains. I would be OK with that if the domain always resolved locally via the router, but why the fuck would I ever want to go on the internet to configure my LAN?
This. Annoying as hell, my only contribution to/. is moderation, which is now impossible except on beta. Which also sucks, because I have to highlight with my mouse, then tab to the mod I want to make. Move the mouse and the damn box disappears.
I think the problem lies in getting that code to:
a)Run on the hardware without Sony's SDK/blessing.
b)get distributed after going gold so that people could buy it and run it on said hardware.
Without Sony, you can't even put a PS logo (or any of their copyrights/trademarks/servicemarks/blahblahblah) on your software. If you can't advertise/sell it, it kind of defeats the purpose of writing it.
Sony is smart enough to make sure all roads to their gigantic installed base runs squarely through them.
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Presumably because home users are afraid of the scary computer language address they'd have to type in, so they used those domains. I would be OK with that if the domain always resolved locally via the router, but why the fuck would I ever want to go on the internet to configure my LAN?
This. Annoying as hell, my only contribution to /. is moderation, which is now impossible except on beta. Which also sucks, because I have to highlight with my mouse, then tab to the mod I want to make. Move the mouse and the damn box disappears.
I think the problem lies in getting that code to: a)Run on the hardware without Sony's SDK/blessing. b)get distributed after going gold so that people could buy it and run it on said hardware. Without Sony, you can't even put a PS logo (or any of their copyrights/trademarks/servicemarks/blahblahblah) on your software. If you can't advertise/sell it, it kind of defeats the purpose of writing it. Sony is smart enough to make sure all roads to their gigantic installed base runs squarely through them.