50 MB is small in relative terms. Today, there are very few distros that even fit on one CD. Besides, as times change, so does the price of portable storage (and the capacity). I'm running DSL right now from a free 64 MB thumb drive. Of course, that means I don't have quite enough space for DSL-N, but oh well.
From what I can figure, it works like this. ISP charges extra to make sure your packets arrive. If said ISP disagrees with your content, they raise charges to unaffordable rates. You go out of business.
I'm not saying I agree, but that seems to be the logic
Then what does the PS3 offer that makes me want to replace my PC? A decent end computer will have way more useful software, better games, and is still more upgradable. Besides, I think this is just an excuse they're making up to cover for all the bad publicity they're getting from the $600 price tag.
Let's see... I get a "free" version of this P2P. Said P2P software contains adware and r00ts my system. Therefore, I pay a monthly fee for songs that are so DRM'ed that I can't play them more than a few times? Am I the only one that thinks there's something broken with this?
That's funny, because I never notice any memory issues. Maybe it's because I don't constantly peek at the task manager? If I have RAM, why should I care if my programs use it? That's what they do.
Many PC games are shipped in multi-CD sets as well as DVDs, so I think that's what he meant. However, that means that grandparent is confused and has not read TFA.
Infinite rentals, no due dates, a massive library, and you can rent from your very own chair without ever leaving your house. What's blockbuster got to top that?
If a major top end retailer won't carry your goods, the customers who buy from those retailers (guess where kids' mommies go to pick up that new game they want?) won't ever have the chance to buy them, so why bother making them?
The real question is what's the point of this? The only reason I can think of that this might be better than just building batteries (wires and all) is that the viruses self replicate, but still, this is hardly a breakthrough.
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Some games (most) work on WINE, but if they don't work in virtual windows, I don't see any choice besides dual-booting.
hell, I could download a whole book on a 300 baud connection in less than an hour!
50 MB is small in relative terms. Today, there are very few distros that even fit on one CD. Besides, as times change, so does the price of portable storage (and the capacity). I'm running DSL right now from a free 64 MB thumb drive. Of course, that means I don't have quite enough space for DSL-N, but oh well.
From what I can figure, it works like this. ISP charges extra to make sure your packets arrive. If said ISP disagrees with your content, they raise charges to unaffordable rates. You go out of business.
I'm not saying I agree, but that seems to be the logic
This "genuine advantage" notifier is remarkably easy to disable. Here's a link that documents numerous ways to defeat it. http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/04/workarounds-to- disable-non-genuine.html
Then what does the PS3 offer that makes me want to replace my PC? A decent end computer will have way more useful software, better games, and is still more upgradable. Besides, I think this is just an excuse they're making up to cover for all the bad publicity they're getting from the $600 price tag.
Let's see... I get a "free" version of this P2P. Said P2P software contains adware and r00ts my system. Therefore, I pay a monthly fee for songs that are so DRM'ed that I can't play them more than a few times? Am I the only one that thinks there's something broken with this?
That is considered rude, as the Tor network can't handle that kind of traffic. Moreover, if you do that you will:
a) have terrible down/up speeds
b) probably get banned from Tor
That's funny, because I never notice any memory issues. Maybe it's because I don't constantly peek at the task manager? If I have RAM, why should I care if my programs use it? That's what they do.
Many PC games are shipped in multi-CD sets as well as DVDs, so I think that's what he meant. However, that means that grandparent is confused and has not read TFA.
Infinite rentals, no due dates, a massive library, and you can rent from your very own chair without ever leaving your house. What's blockbuster got to top that?
Of course, what he probably meant is "sake", a kind of alcoholic beverage. But, you already knew that.
Although they run on linux, they also run on windows, so I don't see your point?
If a major top end retailer won't carry your goods, the customers who buy from those retailers (guess where kids' mommies go to pick up that new game they want?) won't ever have the chance to buy them, so why bother making them?
Wikipedia has several solutions to this apparant paradox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox
The real question is what's the point of this? The only reason I can think of that this might be better than just building batteries (wires and all) is that the viruses self replicate, but still, this is hardly a breakthrough.
Why would you have downloaded firefox 40 times except to bump up download figures though?
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I'd say a lot of people here in the USA are too retarded to be given computers.
Then again, we here at /. just hate MS.
Admittedly, I was using IE, but that's no reason I shouldn't be able to follow link...
I'd argue with you, but the mac zealots will drown me out, they always do. I suppose there's strength in numbers...
and yet... why bother comparing a top-end dual-core CPU to a mid-range single-core CPU? A waste of time and it proves nothing.