and what about the millions of mac users who download unauthorized copies of windows (you know, the ones that don't check or care that they're being run on ppc).
apparently it's so good that people are willing to use it along side osx.
now if william made sure the next version of windows checked for a special Insidious Computing chip, which if not found would lock out anyone not running on APPROVED hw, even if they bought a copy of windows.
see, locking up software !artificially! to check for certain hardware is not only childish, anti-customer, probably illegal (if lawmakers did their jobs) but it's just plain fugging stupid.
what the hell should anyone care what a company's business model is? i want software that i buy to run on any hardware i choose and when a company goes out of its way to make sure that i can't, that is anti-competitive and illegal not to mention immoral.
when the RIAA/MPAA want you to play back video/audio on only approved (what the hell does that REALLY mean...) devices... aka excluding linux and Free Software, what the hell are reasonable minded people to think?
apple zealots are even worse than windows ones. they think the ass-reaming they get is for their benefit. windows dumbies at least curse bill each time something goes wrong (or even when not).
buncha idiots. no one has any right to restrict a product after the sale. period. laws that say otherwise are bought and paid for and not in the interest of the people.
when you buy a copy (EULAs aren't contracts, it doesn't fit the definition) of any software, for example OS X, i have the right to use it on any platform i desire. i can run it on ARM, SPARC, X86, PPC, MIPS, CUSTOM, embedded, etc. apple has NO business telling me where to run it. the only right they do have is to NOT SUPPORT any "unapproved" set of hardware. nothing more.
yeah, some DRM is good. just like some genocide is good.
wait a few more years and when you're totally handcuffed and chained because you wanted lickable eye candy, come crawling back to us, we'll take you in. this benefits no one, and a company's profits is none of anyone's concern except the company in question. their business model either works or doesn't, and if people aren't allowed to choose how they use THEIR BOUGHT AND PAID FOR SOFTWARE, then the company can fu** off and die. there's a reason people think windows activation is god damn garbage. they want to use it in a manner they see fit, not how the manufacturer thinks so. anyway...
it's only been in the last month that nvidia's 6xxx line of cards run hl2 natively in the dx9 code path. the drivers that came out removed the "optimizations" that were put in place since the dreaded 5xxx line.
nvidia has become the intel/ms of the video card world. not that ati is a saint but it's nowhere near as bad as nv.
because it makes it obvious to the non-techies of the world how much information google has on you. it also makes it known indirectly, in general how much information is being stored about people behind their backs, without their consent and there's nothing they can do about it.
and why would you need to buy a specific set of hardware for osx if it worked on any x86 computer?
i have a great computer now... why should i HAVE to buy an apple-based x86 which uses an inferior intel cpu?
clearly, you've been drinking the kool aid.
if they just sold osx and people had the choice of installing it on any computer (choice... something you don't/won't have with apple's unholy marriage to insidious computing) but refusing support for any non-authorized configurations, then everyone would be happy. people could develop drivers for the non-supported hw and have a fully functional osx setup.
apple is not about choice, if they were they would let the OWNER of the software install it where they chose. hell, even microsoft lets people install windows anywhere. it works under linux (wine), mac osx (ironic, no?), unix, any os that chooses to write software to enable support.
when windows is more free than macosx... one has to question why.
the difference is that porsches, ferraris, bmws, and benz's are actually hardware the is significantly different than ford pintos and yugos.
apple just sells the same hardware plus a 20-50% "value added tax" on top.
i recently compared the price of a top of the line powerbook to a mid-low range amd64 notebook. the amd notebook had 1gig of ram, 100GB HD, 15.4 inch widescreen high res lcd, 2ghz 1mb cache cpu. the powerbook at a 1.54ghz g4, 256MB ram, 40GB HD, 12inch low res lcd. notice if you can that the reason the powerbook is top of the line is because of the fastest available g4 cpu (which btw, is significantly slower than the amd cpu).
the powerbook cost 1499 (read 1500 if you're not propogandized by sleazy marketers) and the amd notebook was 1000.
if you think that isn't an insane markup, then i have a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle to sell you.
apple hardware is so overpriced, it's scandalous.
apple sells overpriced hw, microsoft sells overpriced sw.
ultimately, the world will benefit when FREE (libra) takes over hw and sw. computers are commodoties and should be treated that way.
i also don't expect manufacturers to prevent people from accessing their own bought and paid for hardware. that is what i'm railing against. it is damn immoral! this business model requires them to lock people out of their own devices.
it should be made illegal to do crap like this, is what i'm saying. and it would be in any decent democracy. get a new business model or stop crippling OUR hardware.
next time you should get up and speak your mind out loud; interrupting the bullshit they're spewing (ads) and let other people know that it's ok to walk up to the manager in a horde and tell them you won't put up with this advertising bullshit.
they will ignite an arms race, whereby patchers disable the intrusive ads and companies try to bring out more rapid "updates".
eventually though, Insidious Computing will put an end to patchers, whether they be anti-ad patches or no-cd patches or any patches at all. they'll sign the game files and if any alteration takes place that they don't allow, you're not going to make it happen.
they'll try to turn the pc into a very expensive console. i'm not sure they aren't succeeding already. many crippled cds/dvds come with extremely invasive copy prevention systems. they install several low level drivers (starforce) that more often than not interfere with the regular use of the computer. the fact that all these crippleware programs are spy/malware and are installed without your explicit permission, should be enough to anger many.
lots of people have complained about data loss due to these extreme measures. but more importantly, they restrict your ability to back up your own bought software. because copyright infringers have no such barriers, they can crank out copy after copy, even better than the originals in that they don't f*ck up your system.
i have refused to ever buy any starforce games or any games that don't have a no-cd patch. that we consumer sheep (i use the word consumer because if we were customers, we would have a say and we would be allowed to ask for lubrication) take this lying down is a low down dirty shame. i even see some ignorant people who claim that not being able to copy our own software which we bought legally is a feature. if you buy it, you have a legal and moral right to a back up and furthermore you have a "legal" and moral right not to have the disc inside your drive to play.
everyday, more and more i see that our ownership rights, what's left of them are going down the toilet. many rugrats (term i use for the mentally immature) even see this as a non-issue or even a positive thing... meaning they bought the propoganda hook line and sinker. it's depressing enough that i might as well give up gaming altogether. not like every application today isn't also calling home and what not.
i don't see this trend going away... but it could given the right conditions. that's all i have to look forward to...for now.
there is nothing underpowered about the 360. yeah ms sucks (along with sony and nintendo) but their hardware is sound (minus the crippling drm [anti-customer feature] ).
in fact, the 360 gpu is significantly more powerful than the rsx. it does 4x anti-aliasing for free (for adjusted values of free). what good is 1080p when it's aliased or having the gpu do a lot more work getting AA on top of the other graphic loads. multiprocessing is basically buzzword checkbox feature... try programming those memory starved units (256k!) to do useful things... easily.
emotion engine, mark 2.
nintendo and ms have had easy to program computers yet they have a lot less market share. so obviously ease of programming isn't that important to gamers, not should it be. but developers need to be concerned. exotic chips just for the sake of exotic (as if we can call simd units exotic) is of no use to developers. it's 50% hype and 50% simd.
none of the next gen consoles can even hold a candle to a mid range computer, let alone an sli dual core high end computer. the fact that pc's have no crippling drm in them (yet) is the crucial factor for me and many others. we don't like being dictated to; how and when we may use our hardware or how and when we use our programs (within constraints) etc etc.
you're saying that the publishing and book industry is corrupt beyond any help and needs to be shot in the head with a double-barreled shotgun.
yeah i agree with your assessment.
and no, i never said or implied that it was entirely the fault of bookstores. i merely stated that you are an accessory to it. subtle but important difference. and don't take my one analogy of the restaurant business to be the sole example of their corrupt practices. try coming up with one that satisfies the conditions you place the most emphasis on.
i'm feeling rather angry today.:) don't take it too personally.
the public will do whatever the tv and media tell them to do.
they've been buying DRM (and otherwise) crippled devices for years. they totally screwed over the DAT standard because of blocking EVEN LEGITIMATE copying.
**ck off and die you sons of bit**es! we're sick and tired of being bent over, now it's your turn.
if economics doesn't say what a total bunk this is, then your economics suck.
if you can't make money doing the thing you business does primarily, you should be run out of town for being an incompetent loser. that's like a restaurant saying they cannot support their business by selling food, so they sell tshirts, mugs and hats.
publishers changing one comma or apostrophe then coming out with a new edition... and you buy books from these fucking crooks? that would make you an accessory to the crime.
if anyone believes this tissue of lies... it would have to be those drunk and stoned college students, because no one who is awake and concious could fall for it.
then why were 5 of the hijackers still reported to be alive?
and why did robert mueller, the director of the fbi, announce that the passports they used masterfully forged?
in fact, there aren't any documents that show that the passports were real except the talking heads on tv. the same talking heads that reported that wmd were found in iraq, even when the white house denied finding them.
and let's not get into how the passports ended up unscathed after the crash. i mean paper is quite fire resistant.
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and how long would it take for people to port or write drivers for the hardware?
in 6months to a year you can have a fully supported osx on good, inexpensive hardware.
thankfully they don't have access to peoples' hard drives, then the feline would be coerced back into the cloth enclosure.
and what about the millions of mac users who download unauthorized copies of windows (you know, the ones that don't check or care that they're being run on ppc).
apparently it's so good that people are willing to use it along side osx.
now if william made sure the next version of windows checked for a special Insidious Computing chip, which if not found would lock out anyone not running on APPROVED hw, even if they bought a copy of windows.
see, locking up software !artificially! to check for certain hardware is not only childish, anti-customer, probably illegal (if lawmakers did their jobs) but it's just plain fugging stupid.
what the hell should anyone care what a company's business model is? i want software that i buy to run on any hardware i choose and when a company goes out of its way to make sure that i can't, that is anti-competitive and illegal not to mention immoral.
when the RIAA/MPAA want you to play back video/audio on only approved (what the hell does that REALLY mean...) devices... aka excluding linux and Free Software, what the hell are reasonable minded people to think?
apple zealots are even worse than windows ones. they think the ass-reaming they get is for their benefit. windows dumbies at least curse bill each time something goes wrong (or even when not).
buncha idiots. no one has any right to restrict a product after the sale. period. laws that say otherwise are bought and paid for and not in the interest of the people.
when you buy a copy (EULAs aren't contracts, it doesn't fit the definition) of any software, for example OS X, i have the right to use it on any platform i desire. i can run it on ARM, SPARC, X86, PPC, MIPS, CUSTOM, embedded, etc. apple has NO business telling me where to run it. the only right they do have is to NOT SUPPORT any "unapproved" set of hardware. nothing more.
yeah, some DRM is good. just like some genocide is good.
wait a few more years and when you're totally handcuffed and chained because you wanted lickable eye candy, come crawling back to us, we'll take you in. this benefits no one, and a company's profits is none of anyone's concern except the company in question. their business model either works or doesn't, and if people aren't allowed to choose how they use THEIR BOUGHT AND PAID FOR SOFTWARE, then the company can fu** off and die. there's a reason people think windows activation is god damn garbage. they want to use it in a manner they see fit, not how the manufacturer thinks so. anyway...
thank you for your time.
it's only been in the last month that nvidia's 6xxx line of cards run hl2 natively in the dx9 code path. the drivers that came out removed the "optimizations" that were put in place since the dreaded 5xxx line.
nvidia has become the intel/ms of the video card world. not that ati is a saint but it's nowhere near as bad as nv.
Diebold?
pervasively multi-threaded vote fraud?
64bit fully journaled file system to hold all the non-existent votes?
a media OS for a media that is complicit in war crimes.
ok it's a bit of a long shot but why not. at least BE can be useful after MS killed them and apple shut them out from the ppc market.
because it makes it obvious to the non-techies of the world how much information google has on you.
it also makes it known indirectly, in general how much information is being stored about people behind their backs, without their consent and there's nothing they can do about it.
is that the same peter moore who sank sega into the depths of financial despair?
yeah but is it GPL compatible?
hehe. you didn't understand my comment.
photoshopped = digitally edited without the disgusting marketing attached.
tissue vs kleenex.
paper copy vs xeroxed
i am anti-brand/ing.
and why would you need to buy a specific set of hardware for osx if it worked on any x86 computer?
i have a great computer now... why should i HAVE to buy an apple-based x86 which uses an inferior intel cpu?
clearly, you've been drinking the kool aid.
if they just sold osx and people had the choice of installing it on any computer (choice... something you don't/won't have with apple's unholy marriage to insidious computing) but refusing support for any non-authorized configurations, then everyone would be happy. people could develop drivers for the non-supported hw and have a fully functional osx setup.
apple is not about choice, if they were they would let the OWNER of the software install it where they chose. hell, even microsoft lets people install windows anywhere. it works under linux (wine), mac osx (ironic, no?), unix, any os that chooses to write software to enable support.
when windows is more free than macosx... one has to question why.
apple has had the best copy protection for the last 20+ years. the entire hardware is used as the "protection".
and if you go further than that, you can see they're digitally edited.
the difference is that porsches, ferraris, bmws, and benz's are actually hardware the is significantly different than ford pintos and yugos.
apple just sells the same hardware plus a 20-50% "value added tax" on top.
i recently compared the price of a top of the line powerbook to a mid-low range amd64 notebook. the amd notebook had 1gig of ram, 100GB HD, 15.4 inch widescreen high res lcd, 2ghz 1mb cache cpu. the powerbook at a 1.54ghz g4, 256MB ram, 40GB HD, 12inch low res lcd. notice if you can that the reason the powerbook is top of the line is because of the fastest available g4 cpu (which btw, is significantly slower than the amd cpu).
the powerbook cost 1499 (read 1500 if you're not propogandized by sleazy marketers) and the amd notebook was 1000.
if you think that isn't an insane markup, then i have a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle to sell you.
apple hardware is so overpriced, it's scandalous.
apple sells overpriced hw, microsoft sells overpriced sw.
ultimately, the world will benefit when FREE (libra) takes over hw and sw. computers are commodoties and should be treated that way.
i also don't expect manufacturers to prevent people from accessing their own bought and paid for hardware. that is what i'm railing against. it is damn immoral! this business model requires them to lock people out of their own devices.
it should be made illegal to do crap like this, is what i'm saying. and it would be in any decent democracy. get a new business model or stop crippling OUR hardware.
next time you should get up and speak your mind out loud; interrupting the bullshit they're spewing (ads) and let other people know that it's ok to walk up to the manager in a horde and tell them you won't put up with this advertising bullshit.
i mean, the customer is always right? right?
i hack up Orcs offline, you insensitive clod!
it's very simple.
they will ignite an arms race, whereby patchers disable the intrusive ads and companies try to bring out more rapid "updates".
eventually though, Insidious Computing will put an end to patchers, whether they be anti-ad patches or no-cd patches or any patches at all. they'll sign the game files and if any alteration takes place that they don't allow, you're not going to make it happen.
they'll try to turn the pc into a very expensive console. i'm not sure they aren't succeeding already. many crippled cds/dvds come with extremely invasive copy prevention systems. they install several low level drivers (starforce) that more often than not interfere with the regular use of the computer. the fact that all these crippleware programs are spy/malware and are installed without your explicit permission, should be enough to anger many.
lots of people have complained about data loss due to these extreme measures. but more importantly, they restrict your ability to back up your own bought software. because copyright infringers have no such barriers, they can crank out copy after copy, even better than the originals in that they don't f*ck up your system.
i have refused to ever buy any starforce games or any games that don't have a no-cd patch. that we consumer sheep (i use the word consumer because if we were customers, we would have a say and we would be allowed to ask for lubrication) take this lying down is a low down dirty shame. i even see some ignorant people who claim that not being able to copy our own software which we bought legally is a feature. if you buy it, you have a legal and moral right to a back up and furthermore you have a "legal" and moral right not to have the disc inside your drive to play.
everyday, more and more i see that our ownership rights, what's left of them are going down the toilet. many rugrats (term i use for the mentally immature) even see this as a non-issue or even a positive thing... meaning they bought the propoganda hook line and sinker. it's depressing enough that i might as well give up gaming altogether. not like every application today isn't also calling home and what not.
i don't see this trend going away... but it could given the right conditions. that's all i have to look forward to...for now.
yeah... look at those open computers with 1gig of ram and 2-3ghz cpus... i can't even imagine buying one of those for less than 10 grand.
damn their open nature. if it were only closed i could maybe afford one in my lifetime.
welcome to the console business.
where the big monied 'holes can do anything they want at the expense of the customers.
what? you had a foolish notion that you owned the hardware you paid money for?
silly capitalist, ownership is for corporations.
there is nothing underpowered about the 360. yeah ms sucks (along with sony and nintendo) but their hardware is sound (minus the crippling drm [anti-customer feature] ).
in fact, the 360 gpu is significantly more powerful than the rsx. it does 4x anti-aliasing for free (for adjusted values of free). what good is 1080p when it's aliased or having the gpu do a lot more work getting AA on top of the other graphic loads. multiprocessing is basically buzzword checkbox feature... try programming those memory starved units (256k!) to do useful things... easily.
emotion engine, mark 2.
nintendo and ms have had easy to program computers yet they have a lot less market share. so obviously ease of programming isn't that important to gamers, not should it be. but developers need to be concerned. exotic chips just for the sake of exotic (as if we can call simd units exotic) is of no use to developers. it's 50% hype and 50% simd.
none of the next gen consoles can even hold a candle to a mid range computer, let alone an sli dual core high end computer. the fact that pc's have no crippling drm in them (yet) is the crucial factor for me and many others. we don't like being dictated to; how and when we may use our hardware or how and when we use our programs (within constraints) etc etc.
all DRM is anti-customer. period. (well 2 periods)
you're saying that the publishing and book industry is corrupt beyond any help and needs to be shot in the head with a double-barreled shotgun.
:) don't take it too personally.
yeah i agree with your assessment.
and no, i never said or implied that it was entirely the fault of bookstores. i merely stated that you are an accessory to it. subtle but important difference. and don't take my one analogy of the restaurant business to be the sole example of their corrupt practices. try coming up with one that satisfies the conditions you place the most emphasis on.
i'm feeling rather angry today.
the public will do whatever the tv and media tell them to do.
they've been buying DRM (and otherwise) crippled devices for years. they totally screwed over the DAT standard because of blocking EVEN LEGITIMATE copying.
**ck off and die you sons of bit**es! we're sick and tired of being bent over, now it's your turn.
boston strangler indeed.
what a load of bullshit.
if economics doesn't say what a total bunk this is, then your economics suck.
if you can't make money doing the thing you business does primarily, you should be run out of town for being an incompetent loser. that's like a restaurant saying they cannot support their business by selling food, so they sell tshirts, mugs and hats.
publishers changing one comma or apostrophe then coming out with a new edition... and you buy books from these fucking crooks? that would make you an accessory to the crime.
if anyone believes this tissue of lies... it would have to be those drunk and stoned college students, because no one who is awake and concious could fall for it.
then why were 5 of the hijackers still reported to be alive?
and why did robert mueller, the director of the fbi, announce that the passports they used masterfully forged?
in fact, there aren't any documents that show that the passports were real except the talking heads on tv. the same talking heads that reported that wmd were found in iraq, even when the white house denied finding them.
and let's not get into how the passports ended up unscathed after the crash. i mean paper is quite fire resistant.