Wow, really? That tired old bugfuck cliche? Have you not been following the whole silly story about licensing rights and bandwidth caps and that whole dog and pony show?
Look, I have multiple streaming devices with access to Netflix streaming, Hulu and a bunch of others. Collectively they do not have the nearly selection that the basic DVD service has. For example, less than 5% of my Netflix queue is available to stream. Anywhere. Yeah, that includes torrents.
The way I watch things is that I see something specific that catches my interest, and I seek it out. I don't have time to root through some streaming service's limited selection and settle for something to watch. You savvy?
Is there someone somewhere claiming a mere tablet can do all those things you need?
Ooo! Car analogy time! I need to haul wood and bricks to the build site with my giant, dual rear axle pickup truck. Call me when the Smart Car can haul a ton of bricks and has a winch.
Where did you come up with that? I have the same problem as the OP, and all my stuff comes when I am at work. Never seen the driver. UPS could be using magic ponies to deliver to my area for all I know.
And command lines? For the weak. In my day we wire wrapped vacuum tubes together. Changing a command took all day. Yes, computing was an arcane art available only to the elite priesthood. This whole idea of making such power accessible to the unwashed masses smacks of unholy populism! How dare the common rabble walk in our walled gard- er, um, *cough* er, yeah.
If it's struggling so badly, maybe that wasn't the optimal solution?
That's the biggest problem governments have: abandoning what isn't working. It afflicts corporations as well, sometimes, but the market takes care of them... unless the government grants a monopoly or bails them out because it can't abandon- well, you know...:-)
This is why I chuckle a bit at the "discs are dead, long live streaming" folks. Personally, I'd love a service where I can stream anything ever made at anytime so I never had to fire up Handbrake/VLC ever again, but it ain't happening with gatekeepers like this in charge.
Yes, Apple *HATES* people programming the Mac
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That's why XCode is included with Mac OS X allowing the user to code for the Mac, iPhone or iPad or even just futz about with simple C code directly with the Gnu compiler.
One think I have noticed about a lot of guys who have become very wealthy- "eff you" type of wealthy where they answer to no one- is that you almost never see them wearing a suit and tie unless they enter politics or are in some hyper formal setting where our dippy culture, for reason, demands it.
Sacramento is populated by absolute psychopaths. The various power lobbies have hooked up IV tubes full of money to the politician's arms. They don't *care* if this shittrain to fuckheadville is practical or not. Practicality and reason are so far off the radar for these criminal scum they might as well be on the moon. We need to just wall off Sacramento. Isolate it and excise it like a cancer tumor.
And there you have it. It's social gaming. If you don't like it, ignore it. It's not my cup of tea, but I see no reason for the geekworld to go ape shit all over it if other folks enjoy it. It's something new. It's finding it's place. This was once a community that loved and celebrated new gadgets and ideas. What the hell happened?
I personally had no interest in the Kinect, but the idea of issuing verbal orders in Mass Effect 3 has me thinking about it. I'll need more than that one thing to take the plunge, but the idea that some simple tasks could be assigned to Kinect and free up some buttons on the controller is a good one.
Also, the startups in the article seem like they could be things other than gaming.
You possibly haven't tried the Kinect. Currently it satisfies neither of those for me, personally, because that's all I can comment on due to my lack of psychic powers in determining what every other Kinect player feels.
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how 20th century of you.
Wow, really? That tired old bugfuck cliche? Have you not been following the whole silly story about licensing rights and bandwidth caps and that whole dog and pony show?
Look, I have multiple streaming devices with access to Netflix streaming, Hulu and a bunch of others. Collectively they do not have the nearly selection that the basic DVD service has. For example, less than 5% of my Netflix queue is available to stream. Anywhere. Yeah, that includes torrents.
The way I watch things is that I see something specific that catches my interest, and I seek it out. I don't have time to root through some streaming service's limited selection and settle for something to watch. You savvy?
I use the net.
Look out folks! We have a badass over here.
Is there a massive reading comprehension fail virus on the loose today?
So, yeah, if they'd replaced all the Star Wars CGI with models, it still would have sucked just as much.
They did. It's called Clone Wars. ;-) The problem there is the off-putting character designs.
Er, that was sort of *my* point. Good job. I own every Pixar film.
Is there someone somewhere claiming a mere tablet can do all those things you need?
Ooo! Car analogy time! I need to haul wood and bricks to the build site with my giant, dual rear axle pickup truck. Call me when the Smart Car can haul a ton of bricks and has a winch.
Exactly. Pixar films are entirely CGI, and I don't hear anyone calling them soulless or lifeless. Not even the Cars films.
But hating on CGI is an unfortunate geek trope.
Where did you come up with that? I have the same problem as the OP, and all my stuff comes when I am at work. Never seen the driver. UPS could be using magic ponies to deliver to my area for all I know.
As a Netflix DVD user, let me just say NO. I will never go out to some stupid kiosk. And late fees??! Fuck that 20th century scene, baby.
Hipster cat? Is that you?
You must be a scream at parties.
And command lines? For the weak. In my day we wire wrapped vacuum tubes together. Changing a command took all day. Yes, computing was an arcane art available only to the elite priesthood. This whole idea of making such power accessible to the unwashed masses smacks of unholy populism! How dare the common rabble walk in our walled gard- er, um, *cough* er, yeah.
If it's struggling so badly, maybe that wasn't the optimal solution?
That's the biggest problem governments have: abandoning what isn't working. It afflicts corporations as well, sometimes, but the market takes care of them... unless the government grants a monopoly or bails them out because it can't abandon- well, you know... :-)
OK.
I should be worrying about what they did last century?
Personally, I'm ready to get out the pitchforks and torches.
Make sure to YouTube it. Not too high bandwidth, though.
This is why I chuckle a bit at the "discs are dead, long live streaming" folks. Personally, I'd love a service where I can stream anything ever made at anytime so I never had to fire up Handbrake/VLC ever again, but it ain't happening with gatekeepers like this in charge.
That's why XCode is included with Mac OS X allowing the user to code for the Mac, iPhone or iPad or even just futz about with simple C code directly with the Gnu compiler.
Mmmyep.
Oh, wait...
But that doesn't mean Apple has to actively hinder the average user from becoming us.
No, it doesn't. I figure Apple does it out of benevolence to the human race.
But is he happy?
Nonsense. I can create invisibility potions from simple plants all day long in Skyrim.
One think I have noticed about a lot of guys who have become very wealthy- "eff you" type of wealthy where they answer to no one- is that you almost never see them wearing a suit and tie unless they enter politics or are in some hyper formal setting where our dippy culture, for reason, demands it.
Sacramento is populated by absolute psychopaths. The various power lobbies have hooked up IV tubes full of money to the politician's arms. They don't *care* if this shittrain to fuckheadville is practical or not. Practicality and reason are so far off the radar for these criminal scum they might as well be on the moon. We need to just wall off Sacramento. Isolate it and excise it like a cancer tumor.
So the gas stations are in collusion with the local gangs. Er, OK.
Have a nice day!
Thanks! :-)
Maybe at a party
And there you have it. It's social gaming. If you don't like it, ignore it. It's not my cup of tea, but I see no reason for the geekworld to go ape shit all over it if other folks enjoy it. It's something new. It's finding it's place. This was once a community that loved and celebrated new gadgets and ideas. What the hell happened?
I personally had no interest in the Kinect, but the idea of issuing verbal orders in Mass Effect 3 has me thinking about it. I'll need more than that one thing to take the plunge, but the idea that some simple tasks could be assigned to Kinect and free up some buttons on the controller is a good one.
Also, the startups in the article seem like they could be things other than gaming.
You possibly haven't tried the Kinect. Currently it satisfies neither of those for me, personally, because that's all I can comment on due to my lack of psychic powers in determining what every other Kinect player feels.
FTFY.
Your absolutely correct any believing otherwise or believing police actual do some helping in this country should "get out" for being so stupid.
Would that include the grammar police?