I don't think the mouse will be dead, but I do think that hardware buttons on portable devices are (phones, PMPs, digital cameras, etc) are going to be very nearly gone within 3-5 years (very nearly being the key bit there).
...every so often there is a story about some person or organization that sold a device without wiping the data. According to TFA, there was nothing compromising on the device (information showing wrongdoing by members of the campaign, sensitive personal info, etc) so not a major flub. I would consider it a story if something compromising was found on the device, but extra care is usually taken to dispose of that.
Do these agencies need low-latency communications, or just access to the data? From my (in no way involved with any of the agencies) viewpoint, it seems more like simple access to the data is more important than getting it at shockingly quick speeds.
...because one of the primary reasons people buy consoles is that it is both cheaper than a gaming PC and, for a lot of people, easier to set up. Having that as an option with a PC is going to most assuredly complicate things and raise the cost dramatically. Losing money selling the consoles is something the companies have accepted anyway, because they expect to make up the money through licensing fees/royalties and other sources.
I honestly could see the reverse happening though. Hell, it already is happening to a degree with the PS3 (although most people never use it as a PC and that certainly isn't a major factor in PS3 sales). The only major player I could see not doing it (at least for a while) would be Nintendo, since they are traditionally (not counting the networking features of the Famicom) conservative about adding non-gaming related features to their machines.
The FTC's complaint alleges that Sony Music violated COPPA by failing to provide sufficient notice on the Sony Music Web sites of what information the company collects online from children, how it uses such information, and its disclosure practices; failing to provide direct notice to parents of Sony Music's information practices; failing to obtain verifiable parental consent; and, failing to provide a reasonable means for parents to review the personal information collected from their children and to refuse to permit its further use or maintenance.
Seems to me like they were just a big, fat example, and this is possibly a sign of things to come.
...from non-final versions of Windows. The early publicly released betas of Vista performed better for me than the later RCs and the finished product, so I have a hard time getting excited about Windows 7 performing great in an early release.
He only said it needed a software upgrade to be able to have an orgasm. I would be willing to bet that he already has the hardware there and has tested it. The guy already has the thing programmed to "slap" people who touch her inappropriately, and to never slap him because it would hurt him.
Yeah, well, between the smart/reasonable move of lowering prices and maybe spending less on developing games, and the idiotic "let's rant like all hell about how unfair it is that people resell used copies of our product," which did you actually expect to happen?
Actually, I have had some teachers of the sort who would be perfectly uninformed and have just the right temperament to write an e-mail that idiotic, so I could very well believe it isn't a troll.
Don't forget the Wii, and most cellphones, and the odd 486 system people have lying around, most portable gaming systems, and your standard headless, x-less server.
...if having signed up for the Silverlight Netflix streaming beta will be an issue with using boxee to stream Netflix to my Linux box (although I do have moonlight installed).
Valve could swoop in and force them to abandon the mod, but I doubt they will. This hasn't exactly been a low-profile project, and whatever sales of HL they get are more for the mods than anything else.
...that in two weeks this is going to be back up somewhere else in the world? Heck, we could turn it into a game, guessing which country it is being run from next.
It is fair to note that most of the people who end up initiating the effect have spent most of their lives in a world where such an effect, for the most part, didn't exist, and in which their actions would be far more effective.
What? I have never met someone ignorant enough to think that milk is made in a factory or meat made in a machine. I have had people argue with me that a square isn't a special case of rectangle (especially sad because they do basic geometric calculations daily), but never ignorance or stupidity of the level you suggest.
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I don't think the mouse will be dead, but I do think that hardware buttons on portable devices are (phones, PMPs, digital cameras, etc) are going to be very nearly gone within 3-5 years (very nearly being the key bit there).
Can I ask how that is different than finding add-ons for firefox? To me it seems to be the exact same thing, without firefox.
Yes, well, my vote counted! That is what the sticker I got after I voted said anyway (no joke).
Haven't used Ubuntu have you? Ubuntu supports mobile broadband devices pretty well last I knew.
ODF (the format used by OpenOffice.org now and earlier) is an XML open standard.
...every so often there is a story about some person or organization that sold a device without wiping the data. According to TFA, there was nothing compromising on the device (information showing wrongdoing by members of the campaign, sensitive personal info, etc) so not a major flub. I would consider it a story if something compromising was found on the device, but extra care is usually taken to dispose of that.
Do these agencies need low-latency communications, or just access to the data? From my (in no way involved with any of the agencies) viewpoint, it seems more like simple access to the data is more important than getting it at shockingly quick speeds.
...because one of the primary reasons people buy consoles is that it is both cheaper than a gaming PC and, for a lot of people, easier to set up. Having that as an option with a PC is going to most assuredly complicate things and raise the cost dramatically. Losing money selling the consoles is something the companies have accepted anyway, because they expect to make up the money through licensing fees/royalties and other sources.
I honestly could see the reverse happening though. Hell, it already is happening to a degree with the PS3 (although most people never use it as a PC and that certainly isn't a major factor in PS3 sales). The only major player I could see not doing it (at least for a while) would be Nintendo, since they are traditionally (not counting the networking features of the Famicom) conservative about adding non-gaming related features to their machines.
The FTC's complaint alleges that Sony Music violated COPPA by failing to provide sufficient notice on the Sony Music Web sites of what information the company collects online from children, how it uses such information, and its disclosure practices; failing to provide direct notice to parents of Sony Music's information practices; failing to obtain verifiable parental consent; and, failing to provide a reasonable means for parents to review the personal information collected from their children and to refuse to permit its further use or maintenance.
Seems to me like they were just a big, fat example, and this is possibly a sign of things to come.
...patching the L4D issues on the online servers, but why must they do the same for user hosted servers or with system link?
...from non-final versions of Windows. The early publicly released betas of Vista performed better for me than the later RCs and the finished product, so I have a hard time getting excited about Windows 7 performing great in an early release.
He only said it needed a software upgrade to be able to have an orgasm. I would be willing to bet that he already has the hardware there and has tested it. The guy already has the thing programmed to "slap" people who touch her inappropriately, and to never slap him because it would hurt him.
Great, well thought out comment that assumes that everyone in Guantanamo deserves to be there.
Yeah, well, between the smart/reasonable move of lowering prices and maybe spending less on developing games, and the idiotic "let's rant like all hell about how unfair it is that people resell used copies of our product," which did you actually expect to happen?
The most content regulated internet of all the first world countires? Are. You. High?
Actually, I have had some teachers of the sort who would be perfectly uninformed and have just the right temperament to write an e-mail that idiotic, so I could very well believe it isn't a troll.
He did, the way your comment is written, "like this one" could be easily taken to refer to the phone instead of the situation.
Don't forget the Wii, and most cellphones, and the odd 486 system people have lying around, most portable gaming systems, and your standard headless, x-less server.
...if having signed up for the Silverlight Netflix streaming beta will be an issue with using boxee to stream Netflix to my Linux box (although I do have moonlight installed).
Valve could swoop in and force them to abandon the mod, but I doubt they will. This hasn't exactly been a low-profile project, and whatever sales of HL they get are more for the mods than anything else.
...that in two weeks this is going to be back up somewhere else in the world? Heck, we could turn it into a game, guessing which country it is being run from next.
It is fair to note that most of the people who end up initiating the effect have spent most of their lives in a world where such an effect, for the most part, didn't exist, and in which their actions would be far more effective.
...welcome our new 10-tentacled elbowed cephalopod overlords.
IIRC, you have it in reverse: the entertainment industry wants a strong copyright czar.
What? I have never met someone ignorant enough to think that milk is made in a factory or meat made in a machine. I have had people argue with me that a square isn't a special case of rectangle (especially sad because they do basic geometric calculations daily), but never ignorance or stupidity of the level you suggest.