My Reading Light? I'm getting annoyed with people naming everything "My xxx". Was this started by Windows? Or was it "My Little Pony". My God. These people should hire some open source developers to name their products.
Writers and artists generally like to, and deserve to be paid for their work. They do not get to be paid for the same work forever though, and they don't get to restrict my right to do what I wish with it after I've paid them for it, other than through what copyright gives them.
I realize you're just giving this as an example, but the better thing to do here is "Stop giving these companies your money!" if you truly believe DRM should be stopped. Where possible, buy from paces that do not support it.
Part of this complaint is hard-core gamer based I think. The thumbsticks are set much too far in and down to use for a long period of time. They're fine for short periods, but in a slightly un-natural position that gets more painful with time.
Likewise here with an Aspire One. I think you'll find that the problem with the netbook is not the processor but the rather limited screen resolution (generally 1024x600). If you don't mind the limited resolution and want more processor power, use a remote desktop application over a secure connection.
They always have been to a degree, but these days there are other equally evil companies to provide some competition. I'm sure you know who they are.
I'm of the opinion that the only reason they're still around as a company is because of blind corporate fanboy-ism, coupled with tying people into proprietary solutions. I'm not saying they don't have some good stuff available, but there is much overpriced proprietary crap being pushed by their sales people and their purchasing department golf buddies.
They're throwing a lot of money at open source, which is good, but make no mistake, there's good business reasons behind it.
How about something like Eclipse RCP as a middle ground? Thick client features on a common cross-platform base? It also takes care of a lot of the data binding and other app plumbing.
How about "when have they developed something with security in mind"? Maybe I'm just bitter, but it seems like every week there's another handful of flash and acrobat exploits.
Wasn't Sony caught several time doing this sort of thing? I also seem to remember one incident with their movie division where they actually just made up reviews under fake names and newspapers.. you know, cut out the middle man. I believe some non-trivial fines were levied when they were caught.
LBP seems like a neat game from what I've seen, so I can't explain that one. One thing that demos have stopped me from doing is buying bad games that I would have thought would be good. I've played many on XBL where I'm damn glad I played the demo... some games look great, but play poorly. That said, I've bought games I wasn't sure I'd like because of the demo.
There was a demo by NVidia for this kind of technology for any PC game earlier this week. It apparently uses the Z buffer information and glasses with active shutters. This is likely something similar.
Yes, they do require a little practice. Also, make sure you try one that uses the ball under your thumb as opposed to the large central ball (much easier for clicking). Your thumb will tend to tense up a bit for the first week as you get used to it. After that, as another poster says, they'll have to pry it from his cold dead hands. I also use the same track ball (Logitech Trackman Marble), and have the same love of it.
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My Reading Light? I'm getting annoyed with people naming everything "My xxx". Was this started by Windows? Or was it "My Little Pony". My God. These people should hire some open source developers to name their products.
Writers and artists generally like to, and deserve to be paid for their work. They do not get to be paid for the same work forever though, and they don't get to restrict my right to do what I wish with it after I've paid them for it, other than through what copyright gives them.
I realize you're just giving this as an example, but the better thing to do here is "Stop giving these companies your money!" if you truly believe DRM should be stopped. Where possible, buy from paces that do not support it.
Part of this complaint is hard-core gamer based I think. The thumbsticks are set much too far in and down to use for a long period of time. They're fine for short periods, but in a slightly un-natural position that gets more painful with time.
It's attempting to solve a very serious problem ... Sony's not making enough damn money.
Nintendonitis
Likewise here with an Aspire One. I think you'll find that the problem with the netbook is not the processor but the rather limited screen resolution (generally 1024x600). If you don't mind the limited resolution and want more processor power, use a remote desktop application over a secure connection.
Damn. I was excited. Now you've made me sad.
They always have been to a degree, but these days there are other equally evil companies to provide some competition. I'm sure you know who they are.
I'm of the opinion that the only reason they're still around as a company is because of blind corporate fanboy-ism, coupled with tying people into proprietary solutions. I'm not saying they don't have some good stuff available, but there is much overpriced proprietary crap being pushed by their sales people and their purchasing department golf buddies.
They're throwing a lot of money at open source, which is good, but make no mistake, there's good business reasons behind it.
Sorry to reply to myself, but it also address the big remote deployment problem, as it will take care of automatically updating features.
How about something like Eclipse RCP as a middle ground? Thick client features on a common cross-platform base? It also takes care of a lot of the data binding and other app plumbing.
It would totally have to be based on RedHat.
How about "when have they developed something with security in mind"? Maybe I'm just bitter, but it seems like every week there's another handful of flash and acrobat exploits.
Lack of type safety?
So define "worst" colonizers?
France?
No, that would be Asstroturfing.
Wasn't Sony caught several time doing this sort of thing? I also seem to remember one incident with their movie division where they actually just made up reviews under fake names and newspapers .. you know, cut out the middle man. I believe some non-trivial fines were levied when they were caught.
The demo of Braid sold me, and 2 friends as well. If it wasn't for the demo, it's not very likely I would have considered it.
LBP seems like a neat game from what I've seen, so I can't explain that one. One thing that demos have stopped me from doing is buying bad games that I would have thought would be good. I've played many on XBL where I'm damn glad I played the demo ... some games look great, but play poorly. That said, I've bought games I wasn't sure I'd like because of the demo.
There was a demo by NVidia for this kind of technology for any PC game earlier this week. It apparently uses the Z buffer information and glasses with active shutters. This is likely something similar.
This idea was invented by Shampoo.
There's a very nice Linux version of Picasa as well.
Wouldn't wind storage be best done with balloons?
Yes, they do require a little practice. Also, make sure you try one that uses the ball under your thumb as opposed to the large central ball (much easier for clicking). Your thumb will tend to tense up a bit for the first week as you get used to it. After that, as another poster says, they'll have to pry it from his cold dead hands. I also use the same track ball (Logitech Trackman Marble), and have the same love of it.
A mouse is way too much work for me ... I use a trackball. Even that's really just a stop-gap until a neural interface is available. Fitness freak.