"While in SF... use this technology to search for "Texas Roadhouse Steaks"... will it search for "Roadhouse Steaks" in Texas?... or "Texas Roadhouse Steaks" in SF? "
While my first comment was just a joke (didn't get it?;-), I'll make a serious response to this new comment:
If you asked a person something like "Where can I find Texas Roadhouse Steaks", what would you assume he was wasking for? The guy probably wants to find "Texas Roadhouse Steaks", preferably the nearest one.
If you asked a person something like "Where can I find Roadhouse Steaks in Texas", what would you assume he was wasking for? The guy probably wants to find "Roadhouse Steaks" in Texas.
Maybe the solution is to make search engines understand word syntax the way people do?
And if search engines could return results based on syntactical guesses, maybe it could also provide some "Did you mean...?" links within the search results, much like how Google presents links for you by guessing where you've made spelling mistakes? I'd search for "Texas Roadhouse Steaks", and it gives me results for "Texas Roadhouse Steaks" closest to where I live, but then it also gives me a link saying "Did you mean 'Roadhouse Steaks in Texas'?"
Of course, something like that would take quite a bit of knowledge and processing power.
Wouldn't it be funny if AI came about accidentally by companies just trying to make search engines work better?
But what loop holes will I have to jump thru if I'm in SF and want to search for a store in LA? How frickin' hard is it to type in... "San Fransisco Store"... as opposed to just "Store"?
Probably not a lot more difficult than typing in "Los Angeles Store".
I compare the cost of playing WoW versus the cost of all the other games I've played (and enjoyed roughly the same amount per hour). WoW is pretty far down the list in the dollars/hour of enjoyment (and I've clocked close to 500 hours in about 10 months on the game). Games like X-COM: Apocalypse and Civilization III blow WoW out of the water with respect to dollars/hour of enjoyment.
$5/month would be a much more reasonable price for WoW. And even then they'd still be making more money than almost any game in the history of video gaming.
As long as MMORPGs like WoW continue to be outrageously overpriced, people will simply not afford to be able to spend money on other games. When you spend so much money on a single game, you want to get as much play out of it as possible. At least, that's been my gaming experience.
You can't just rely on not buying their music. We need to harrass these people. If we just stop buying their music, will they think their DRM is to blame? No. They'll just blame piracy and buy more laws from the government restricting our rights.
The article makes this sound like something new... but people were doing this more than 30 years ago in high school... we had one guy who took the finals with a walkie-talky stripped out of its case, battery pack taped to one leg, transceiver to the other, switch in one shirt cuff, earpiece in the other, and wires connecting it all...
That little boy, whom nobody loved, grew up to be...MacGuyver.
What exactly was wrong with the ESRB ratings we had already? They gave an age category and described any potentially offensive content. It was perfect. What more could we need?
That's an optimistic view from an industry that saw its numbers slide to near oblivion after the launch of the original Napster in 1999. CD sales fell as much as 30%
Aw crap. Did I wake up in an alternate universe again?
DVD players started becoming ubiquitous six years ago. Everyone has one already. And anyone who doesn't have one can pick one up for $30. Adding DVD playback functionality won't be much of an added incentive. Nintendo is smart to leave that out.
I'm trying not to troll here but I don't really "get" the point of Google Earth. I understand that it's cool to look around cities and famous places but is that it? Am I missing something?
I feel a little bad for you. Don't you experience any sort of wonder and amazement that you can look at just about any point on the planet, all from the comfort of your own chair? I mean, even if it wasn't useful for getting maps, creating driving routes, and all that, isn't it still an amazing achievement to you? GoogleEarth is a significant cultural and technological achievement.
And how fitting that Google, of all companies, has provided this free of charge to everyone on Earth.
The fact that GoogleEarth exists at all is the point.
This is no offense to you, personally, but how sad is it that, in our modern era, we can create stunning accomplishments that overshadow any and all accomplishments in the entirety of human history and so many of us still have the lack of appreciation to say "That's it?".
Open Windows Explorer by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer.
Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data folder.
Delete (or backup or move to another folder, if you want) data.dat file.
Create a new empty data.dat: You can create a new text file by (make sure you are at the right folder at above) clicking File -> New -> Text Document or right clicking on Windows Explorer window then click New -> Text Document. Then, either rename the file to data.dat. The original.txt extention of the text file need to be changed too. You can disable the hiding of extension of known file types, or follow the following steps to create a new file out of the text file:
Open the text document you just created.
Click on File -> Save As.
Change the Save as type to "All Files".
In the File name, type data.dat
Click Save.
Go back to the Windows Explorer, at folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data, check that data.dat exists.
Delete the text file you created previously.
Set the attributes of data.dat to Hidden and Read-Only. Attributes can be set by right click on the data.dat file, and then click on Properties.
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check has been disabled.
Note: The data.dat that are replacing the original data.dat can be blank text file or empty, or you may type whatever you want there.
With this hack (or crack if you want), Windows WGA piracy check will be bypassed and you can now download software from Download Center or apply updates from Microsoft/Windows Updates.
If you want to be able to disable the Genuine Windows Advantage Add-on for IE (accessible via Tools|Manage Add-ons... in IE), you might be surprised (or not) to see that Microsoft will not let you do so. It gives you some sort of stupid "disabled by Administrator" message, even when you're logged on as Administrator (I guess MS thinks it's the administrator for your computer).
To enable the radio button that allows you to disable this worthless add-on, follow these instructions I found:
Open Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Security Features > Add-on Management.
Double click Add-on List and select enabled.
Click on Show then on Add.
In enter name put {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} .
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"While in SF ... use this technology to search for "Texas Roadhouse Steaks" ... will it search for "Roadhouse Steaks" in Texas? ... or "Texas Roadhouse Steaks" in SF? "
While my first comment was just a joke (didn't get it? ;-), I'll make a serious response to this new comment:
If you asked a person something like "Where can I find Texas Roadhouse Steaks", what would you assume he was wasking for? The guy probably wants to find "Texas Roadhouse Steaks", preferably the nearest one.
If you asked a person something like "Where can I find Roadhouse Steaks in Texas", what would you assume he was wasking for? The guy probably wants to find "Roadhouse Steaks" in Texas.
Maybe the solution is to make search engines understand word syntax the way people do?
And if search engines could return results based on syntactical guesses, maybe it could also provide some "Did you mean...?" links within the search results, much like how Google presents links for you by guessing where you've made spelling mistakes? I'd search for "Texas Roadhouse Steaks", and it gives me results for "Texas Roadhouse Steaks" closest to where I live, but then it also gives me a link saying "Did you mean 'Roadhouse Steaks in Texas'?"
Of course, something like that would take quite a bit of knowledge and processing power.
Wouldn't it be funny if AI came about accidentally by companies just trying to make search engines work better?
But what loop holes will I have to jump thru if I'm in SF and want to search for a store in LA? How frickin' hard is it to type in ... "San Fransisco Store" ... as opposed to just "Store"?
Probably not a lot more difficult than typing in "Los Angeles Store".
What makes you think they are overpriced?
I compare the cost of playing WoW versus the cost of all the other games I've played (and enjoyed roughly the same amount per hour). WoW is pretty far down the list in the dollars/hour of enjoyment (and I've clocked close to 500 hours in about 10 months on the game). Games like X-COM: Apocalypse and Civilization III blow WoW out of the water with respect to dollars/hour of enjoyment.
$5/month would be a much more reasonable price for WoW. And even then they'd still be making more money than almost any game in the history of video gaming.
As long as MMORPGs like WoW continue to be outrageously overpriced, people will simply not afford to be able to spend money on other games. When you spend so much money on a single game, you want to get as much play out of it as possible. At least, that's been my gaming experience.
Let's face it the industry want to protect their products from piracy but obviously DRM isn't the best way to do this. So are there any Alternatives?
Get new industry executives who don't care about "protecting" their "products"?
You can't just rely on not buying their music. We need to harrass these people. If we just stop buying their music, will they think their DRM is to blame? No. They'll just blame piracy and buy more laws from the government restricting our rights.
We-- we didn't listen!
The article makes this sound like something new ... but people were doing this more than 30 years ago in high school ... we had one guy who took the finals with a walkie-talky stripped out of its case, battery pack taped to one leg, transceiver to the other, switch in one shirt cuff, earpiece in the other, and wires connecting it all ...
That little boy, whom nobody loved, grew up to be...MacGuyver.
And now you know...the rest of the story.
That's Canadarm, not CanadaArm.
I'm all for a tiered pricing plan:
$9.99 for newly released, first rate movies. Price drops thereafter based on quality, popularity, and age.
What exactly was wrong with the ESRB ratings we had already? They gave an age category and described any potentially offensive content. It was perfect. What more could we need?
Of course, mounting your kill is perfectly acceptable.
Before or after you shoot it?
Just like humans, blaming everything but themselves for their own failings.
"It's religion's fault people are bad!"
That's an optimistic view from an industry that saw its numbers slide to near oblivion after the launch of the original Napster in 1999. CD sales fell as much as 30%
Aw crap. Did I wake up in an alternate universe again?
Or is USAToday just making stuff up now?
1. DVD player
DVD players started becoming ubiquitous six years ago. Everyone has one already. And anyone who doesn't have one can pick one up for $30. Adding DVD playback functionality won't be much of an added incentive. Nintendo is smart to leave that out.I'm trying not to troll here but I don't really "get" the point of Google Earth. I understand that it's cool to look around cities and famous places but is that it? Am I missing something?
I feel a little bad for you. Don't you experience any sort of wonder and amazement that you can look at just about any point on the planet, all from the comfort of your own chair? I mean, even if it wasn't useful for getting maps, creating driving routes, and all that, isn't it still an amazing achievement to you? GoogleEarth is a significant cultural and technological achievement.
And how fitting that Google, of all companies, has provided this free of charge to everyone on Earth.
The fact that GoogleEarth exists at all is the point.
This is no offense to you, personally, but how sad is it that, in our modern era, we can create stunning accomplishments that overshadow any and all accomplishments in the entirety of human history and so many of us still have the lack of appreciation to say "That's it?".
I'll be getting one of these for one reason only: New Super Mario Bros.! It's about time they come out with another 2D platformer Mario game.
How to bypass and disable the Genuine Windows Validation Check (from http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/03/07/bypass-an d-disable-genuine-windows-validation-check/):
Note: The data.dat that are replacing the original data.dat can be blank text file or empty, or you may type whatever you want there.
With this hack (or crack if you want), Windows WGA piracy check will be bypassed and you can now download software from Download Center or apply updates from Microsoft/Windows Updates.
If you want to be able to disable the Genuine Windows Advantage Add-on for IE (accessible via Tools|Manage Add-ons... in IE), you might be surprised (or not) to see that Microsoft will not let you do so. It gives you some sort of stupid "disabled by Administrator" message, even when you're logged on as Administrator (I guess MS thinks it's the administrator for your computer).
To enable the radio button that allows you to disable this worthless add-on, follow these instructions I found:
How many times does it have to be paid?
"How much you got?"
The Prate Bay is alive and well.
BTW, check out the graph on their legal threats page. Priceless!
When are parents going to be held accountable?
When lawyers and politicians stop having kids.
One Question: when is Jack Thompson going to prison? His abuse of the legal system and profound negative influence on society has to end.
The surest sign that the litigation indust--, er, justice system in the US is broken is that this guy hasn't been disbarred yet.
So, anyone up for creating an arch nemesis for Captain Copyright?
Okay, but how about something that will have an effect?