not to mention, like anyone would even opt to buy the "special" versions they forced to make
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"And what's to keep a bank robber or other criminal to carry a small EMP generator to effectively disarm any cop whose pistol is so equipped?"
rofl what about the other way?
eventually we may have to worry about a criminal throwing a radio device that brute forces all the weapons in a certain radius into a secure area -- discharging every officer's weapon in the building.
actually i'm sure this won't be possible but it would make a cool scene in an action movie..
i ONLY played Half-Life and various mods from about 2001 until Half-Life 2 came out.
the 29.99 or whatever i orignally paid for it made for enough fun until the next version. i can only imagine how much MORE a mmorpg would hold onto a customer than something that doesn't really have the same sort of gameplay and object (such as HL)
the real big question is, what century will solutions like this be available? not just to some people in new york and california, but to everyone in the states.
...then you are against us (us being the people, the small businesses, innovation)
the reality is that the market CAN'T sort this out. the only way it could is if there were competition with broadband, and the sad reality is that the only people who have more than one choice for broadband are those who can get cable internet AND dsl.
i've never browsed rederosity, but myspace is not an option. 8 image uploads are allowed, and not as a gallery. they are greatly resized using horribly low quality jpeg compression.
deviantart is one of the slowest sites i've ever used.
flickr should definitely change their policy for things like this.
"Mr Jamieson also called for Apple - which makes the popular iPod portable music player - to open up its iTunes software so it is compatible with the technology of other manufacturers."
I guess Mr. Jamieson (if that is his real name..) forgot that other manufacturers could choose to offer non-drm'd.mp3 files which would work on the iPod, and any other mp3 player on the planet.
not to mention, didn't the ipod come out ages before any of the "other manufacturers" invent their own drm?
if any of this is really true it should be pretty embarassing for adobe. i would NEVER buy an acrobat product. the free acrobat reader is such a disaster on windows, especially in browsers, that buying an advanced version is like a joke to me.
for saving i make an html page and run it through some pdf generator online (i have to do that maybe twice a year for clients who will only take pdf invoices)
not to mention, isn't "Save As PDF..." built into like every other apple application, and can't pdfs be opened with apple's Preview?
there is actually a fix for this as well (not that it's a great one, but just wanted to let you know in case it helps)
it does require some h4x, and will flood your FF javascript window with css errors, but it works:
background-image: url('bg.png');/* this is for firefox */ !background-image: none;/* only ie reads it with the ! */ !filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaIma geLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod=crop src='bg.png');
i forget the difference between using sizingMethod=crop or =scale, try both to see which works for you.
i've used the pngfix one, it's very good. however, when using certain other dhtml scrollers and probably some other scripts (i know, i know, dhtml scrollers are evil but some clients really want them) it would distort all of the png images in IE.
sometimes the png images would be stretched to very strange proportions, and a simple refresh would fix it, but that wasn't acceptable for this project.
hey microsoft, why don't you patch ie6 to work with alpha transparent pngs first (i know ie7 is supposed to work with them, but i don't have 4 years to wait until EveryMan(tm) has upgraded).
we have plenty of image formats that work for us, and most of us have broadband anyway.
calm down buddy, we're not talking about universal evil or selfishness, we're talking about a specific issue that it has become very apparent is the responsibility of the bush administration.
i don't think it's quite as deep as you like to make it.
the black ipods (video and nano) outsold the white ones like crazy. someone at apple probably said something like, "wow, those black ones sell a lot better. i wish we had made them $10 more expensive.."
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i agree with number 3), but isn't number 2) something that the eff stands against?
i mean isn't the chilling effect just the threat of a lawsuit?
not to mention, like anyone would even opt to buy the "special" versions they forced to make
"And what's to keep a bank robber or other criminal to carry a small EMP generator to effectively disarm any cop whose pistol is so equipped?"
rofl what about the other way?
eventually we may have to worry about a criminal throwing a radio device that brute forces all the weapons in a certain radius into a secure area -- discharging every officer's weapon in the building.
actually i'm sure this won't be possible but it would make a cool scene in an action movie..
i didn't even think about the subscription fee. i didn't buy any games and my HL only cost me 30$ once.
if i was paying a subscription fee, i would definitely not be wasting much time playing games that didn't squeeze the most out of the fee.
i ONLY played Half-Life and various mods from about 2001 until Half-Life 2 came out.
the 29.99 or whatever i orignally paid for it made for enough fun until the next version. i can only imagine how much MORE a mmorpg would hold onto a customer than something that doesn't really have the same sort of gameplay and object (such as HL)
the real big question is, what century will solutions like this be available? not just to some people in new york and california, but to everyone in the states.
...then you are against us
(us being the people, the small businesses, innovation)
the reality is that the market CAN'T sort this out. the only way it could is if there were competition with broadband, and the sad reality is that the only people who have more than one choice for broadband are those who can get cable internet AND dsl.
"Microsoft Developing iPod, iTMS Competitor"
lol again?
"in the industry"
we are probably talking about the "microsoft windows industry"
ah right you are. i was thinking of top 8.
anyway, that still doesn't fix the problem of the painful jpeg compression and the 600k image limit.
i've never browsed rederosity, but myspace is not an option. 8 image uploads are allowed, and not as a gallery. they are greatly resized using horribly low quality jpeg compression.
deviantart is one of the slowest sites i've ever used.
flickr should definitely change their policy for things like this.
it went something like this:
"Mr Jamieson also called for Apple - which makes the popular iPod portable music player - to open up its iTunes software so it is compatible with the technology of other manufacturers."
.mp3 files which would work on the iPod, and any other mp3 player on the planet.
I guess Mr. Jamieson (if that is his real name..) forgot that other manufacturers could choose to offer non-drm'd
not to mention, didn't the ipod come out ages before any of the "other manufacturers" invent their own drm?
wow this sounds like the only p2p system more annoying than kazaa!
thank you!
the fact that i'm not in the target audience proves even further that me paying for adobe's software is even more ludicrus.
and yes hopefully adobe cleans up the acrobat reader mess, i've always been a fan but that app is just gross.
i agree -- bugs in software are already the death of the company these days.
we are already locked into a few vendors unfortunately, but up-and-comers that can't seem to debug simply don't make sales.
if any of this is really true it should be pretty embarassing for adobe. i would NEVER buy an acrobat product. the free acrobat reader is such a disaster on windows, especially in browsers, that buying an advanced version is like a joke to me.
for reading i use foxit: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
for saving i make an html page and run it through some pdf generator online (i have to do that maybe twice a year for clients who will only take pdf invoices)
not to mention, isn't "Save As PDF..." built into like every other apple application, and can't pdfs be opened with apple's Preview?
i know you do too, heh heh heh
or you can shoot someone on the street and get zero years in prison! (well, i can -- i live in florida)
I wonder if Verizon's "IN" plan will let me email other people with Verizon IPs for free, the benefits just keep rolling in!
there is actually a fix for this as well (not that it's a great one, but just wanted to let you know in case it helps)
/* this is for firefox */ /* only ie reads it with the ! */a geLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod=crop src='bg.png');
it does require some h4x, and will flood your FF javascript window with css errors, but it works:
background-image: url('bg.png');
!background-image: none;
!filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaIm
i forget the difference between using sizingMethod=crop or =scale, try both to see which works for you.
i've used the pngfix one, it's very good. however, when using certain other dhtml scrollers and probably some other scripts (i know, i know, dhtml scrollers are evil but some clients really want them) it would distort all of the png images in IE.
sometimes the png images would be stretched to very strange proportions, and a simple refresh would fix it, but that wasn't acceptable for this project.
hey microsoft, why don't you patch ie6 to work with alpha transparent pngs first (i know ie7 is supposed to work with them, but i don't have 4 years to wait until EveryMan(tm) has upgraded).
we have plenty of image formats that work for us, and most of us have broadband anyway.
calm down buddy, we're not talking about universal evil or selfishness, we're talking about a specific issue that it has become very apparent is the responsibility of the bush administration.
i don't think it's quite as deep as you like to make it.
the black ipods (video and nano) outsold the white ones like crazy. someone at apple probably said something like, "wow, those black ones sell a lot better. i wish we had made them $10 more expensive.."