Sure, and that intrinsic value is very, very close to $0. In fact, it actually is $0. If I run my computer day and night adding 1 to a counter and end up with a massive, massive number does that work have "intrinsic value"?
I see a lot of people talking about thinking a word. That's so 1965.
Instead, you'd remember what your house looks like. Or think about the time your kid said something cute. Or imagine an impossible spring that actually becomes less resistant as you apply pressure.
Something like that, not "Durr, 'BoogieMan2008!'".
As recently as last year you had people pointing to Wii sales and claiming, smugly, that Nintendo was the real boss in the console wars. This was, oh, 4 years after anyone with half a brain could see Nintendo was doomed no matter how many Wiis that people bought and played for 3 months then left to collect dust.
The Wii was always a gimmick. High definition does matter, and the base of games you offer matters. It has mattered since the day the Wii was released, only it's innovative, at the time, controller was a selling point that made it a temporary fad.
Android is not Linux, it is an OS that uses the Linux kernel. You could make an OS that looked _exactly_ like Windows OS using the Linux kernel. Kernel Phone OS.
The only thing big about the xbox are the power supplies. XBox is not profitable. Is not now, nor has it ever been.
If you're going to just lie then I don't know what else to really say other than "you're a lying liar". Xbox has indeed been profitable, though it's gone down in the most recent report (R&D costs up probably due to pending 720 and due to gaming doing poorly lately).
First, "For now" is a slippery slope argument. Second, it is not ad hominem, as the argument stands on its own. Third, it's not a straw man - Microsoft isn't selling you locked down computers, ergo Microsoft isn't the person locking down your machine.
Microsoft did not urge anyone to submit non-PE binaries for signing, nor did they offer some shitty kernel patch to support it in a place it shouldn't be. I don't know what else to say if you're ignoring facts.
Now for the real summary. For many, many reasons the ability to securely load and boot an OS with trust starting almost immediately on boot is desirable. This has been implemented as a secure boot facility that can, on x86 platforms, be disabled and which allows the user to install their own keys. It is an open solution.
For some reason, many OS vendors have decided to piggy back on Microsoft's signing infrastructure and now some guy put forth a shitty approach to doing this that Linus didn't like for technical reasons. There are non-shitty approaches to said solution, but Linux dweebs generally like to attribute all ills to Microsoft so somehow Microsoft (who doesn't even sell any significant number of computers) is at fault.
This is why minimum wage is a silly concept, especially when they try to morph it into some ridiculous "living wage". At some point you make it cheaper for McDonald's to pay for more automation, hire one IT/tech guy to manage the robots at 3-4 McDonald's in an area, and fire half the employees instead of being forced to pay $12 an hour for menial labor and also to pay health insurance costs.
Alcohol via more means than simply DUIs, and it also has long term effects that kill a number of people each year. Also, including suicides in gun deaths is disingenuous. There are a lot of "first world" countries with higher suicide rates that have draconian gun laws.
What science? Do you have specifics? I'm kidding, I know you don't - all you have is the usual kook approach of labeling anyone who disagrees a Monsanto employee.
Notice: These are my own words and opinions and do not reflect on those of my employer, Monsanto Inc.
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Sure, and that intrinsic value is very, very close to $0. In fact, it actually is $0. If I run my computer day and night adding 1 to a counter and end up with a massive, massive number does that work have "intrinsic value"?
Lol... Riiight. I mean it's not like the guy knows anything about money, right? Seriously, just stop. You sound absolutely ridiculous.
Lolwut? You sound ridiculous.
I see a lot of people talking about thinking a word. That's so 1965.
Instead, you'd remember what your house looks like. Or think about the time your kid said something cute. Or imagine an impossible spring that actually becomes less resistant as you apply pressure.
Something like that, not "Durr, 'BoogieMan2008!'".
As recently as last year you had people pointing to Wii sales and claiming, smugly, that Nintendo was the real boss in the console wars. This was, oh, 4 years after anyone with half a brain could see Nintendo was doomed no matter how many Wiis that people bought and played for 3 months then left to collect dust.
The Wii was always a gimmick. High definition does matter, and the base of games you offer matters. It has mattered since the day the Wii was released, only it's innovative, at the time, controller was a selling point that made it a temporary fad.
Sorry, nostalgic Gen Xers, Nintendo is dead meat.
You stupid shit. Paying developers to port their apps is not buying market share.
Android is not Linux, it is an OS that uses the Linux kernel. You could make an OS that looked _exactly_ like Windows OS using the Linux kernel. Kernel Phone OS.
God, the stupid - it burns. This is like saying "Android Key Lime Pie on the way soon? did Jellybean flop that bad??". You are a fucking idiot.
Lol. You're so 2001 with your silly little obsession with hating Microsoft.
The only thing big about the xbox are the power supplies. XBox is not profitable. Is not now, nor has it ever been.
If you're going to just lie then I don't know what else to really say other than "you're a lying liar". Xbox has indeed been profitable, though it's gone down in the most recent report (R&D costs up probably due to pending 720 and due to gaming doing poorly lately).
Why? AMD can't touch Sandy Bridge E5's. I'm not against multiple cores, I'm pointing out that AMD goes with multiple _weak_ cores.
You seem to think AMD's 8 core processors best Intel's 4 core processors in video transcoding - they don't.
Fail. The Intel i3770K is faster at X264 encoding than the 8 core AMD processor. My point stands.
Lulz. Yes, if you have 50 threads that each increment a counter then AMD _pwns_. Real world shit? Not so much.
First, "For now" is a slippery slope argument. Second, it is not ad hominem, as the argument stands on its own. Third, it's not a straw man - Microsoft isn't selling you locked down computers, ergo Microsoft isn't the person locking down your machine.
Microsoft did not urge anyone to submit non-PE binaries for signing, nor did they offer some shitty kernel patch to support it in a place it shouldn't be. I don't know what else to say if you're ignoring facts.
Thank you for the paranoiacs view.
Now for the real summary. For many, many reasons the ability to securely load and boot an OS with trust starting almost immediately on boot is desirable. This has been implemented as a secure boot facility that can, on x86 platforms, be disabled and which allows the user to install their own keys. It is an open solution.
For some reason, many OS vendors have decided to piggy back on Microsoft's signing infrastructure and now some guy put forth a shitty approach to doing this that Linus didn't like for technical reasons. There are non-shitty approaches to said solution, but Linux dweebs generally like to attribute all ills to Microsoft so somehow Microsoft (who doesn't even sell any significant number of computers) is at fault.
First, this isn't about violent crime. You'd have to be a nimrod to doubt men commit more violent crimes.
Second my point was that there are often multiple ways to interpret data - as in this case.
Their conclusion: Men commit more misconduct.
My conclusion: Women are sneakier at committing misconduct.
This is why minimum wage is a silly concept, especially when they try to morph it into some ridiculous "living wage". At some point you make it cheaper for McDonald's to pay for more automation, hire one IT/tech guy to manage the robots at 3-4 McDonald's in an area, and fire half the employees instead of being forced to pay $12 an hour for menial labor and also to pay health insurance costs.
Hells yeah. What's most amusing about the "citation needed" meme is the dolts that use it then go on to make their own baseless assertions.
Alcohol via more means than simply DUIs, and it also has long term effects that kill a number of people each year. Also, including suicides in gun deaths is disingenuous. There are a lot of "first world" countries with higher suicide rates that have draconian gun laws.
Unless Sprint gave them the app (they didn't) or the information to get to the house (they didn't), it has nothing to do with Sprint.
So what. The statistics show that it's a non-issue.
What science? Do you have specifics? I'm kidding, I know you don't - all you have is the usual kook approach of labeling anyone who disagrees a Monsanto employee.
Notice: These are my own words and opinions and do not reflect on those of my employer, Monsanto Inc.
PS: That was a fake notice, I'm mocking you.