Don't forget that the movie studios spent millions in marketing to make you WANT the movie. Really, is this any different than what the tobacco companies did many years ago? Movies are the new addiction. They really should put warning labels on the movie trailers, fast food tie-ins, Halloween customs, etc.
I've been wondering about this since I first heard about what these guys are doing. Basically they are capturing your IP when you are in the swarm downloading "the.hurt.locker.2009[dvdsrc]" or whatever. But what would happen if people started renaming the files like "the.hurt.locker.[parody]" or "this.is.not.the.hurt.locker.movie" or whatever. Basically, you wouldn't know it was the actual "hurt locker" movie until after you downloaded the entire thing. Couldn't you then just say, "Yeah, I noticed it was the real movie right after it downloaded and I immediately deleted it." Not sure if that would hold up in court, but you are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty... right?
Jobs is going to loose the smart phone wars just like he lost the PC wars. My phone has a better resolution, a better network, tethering app, cheaper data plan, better data service, supports Flash, can run multiple apps at the same time....
I love seeing post like this. Because it highlights why people like you don't get it.
It's not about what features a product has or doesn't have, it's not about how awesome the hardware is. It's about the complete package. I mean seriously, by your analogy you will be buying new "hardware" every couple of months because companies are going to continually make things faster and more powerful.
You might like to point out that us Apple users are only buying the "shiny and magical", but look at the items you just listed... seems to me your the one being seduced to buy the "shiny and magical"
I actually stopped going to engadget about 3 months ago. Not because of the "supposed bias", but because of the immature commenters on the site. They all get up in a tizzy because they keep seeing Apple news and all they seem to do is cry, bitch and bring up stupid arguments that are over 20 years old (Mac vs. PC). Engadet is a news site. They post news on GADGETS. Tell me, what other company is producing any products that are news worthy? Seriously?
I'm sure this week there was a bunch of Google I/O stuff. I know in the past they posted a bunch of stuff on the Palm phones. But honestly, what other companies have been doing ANYTHING news worthy? Nobody. All MS and others have to offer at this point is vaporware and stuff they plan on doing. At least Apple is producing stuff. Seems to me that the other companies are waiting to see what Apple is doing before they commit to anything.
Just because there's a lot of Apple news, doesn't mean they're Apple bias. It might just mean there's a lot of Apple news.
Break out the tin foil hats, RightSaidFred99 has broken Apple's code! Ohz Noez.
They implemented the cash-only policy once their fake scarcity ploy wore out.
Or, this was a new device that they really didn't know how many were going to sell and they limited the production. A lot of companies do this. Im sure they did some market research and came across all your post and thought to themselves, "Gee, maybe we shouldn't produce 10 million of these things, because RightSaidFred99 says he's not going to by one."
First they pretended they couldn't make enough to meet the monster demand.
Then they resorted to "our gadget is so cool we won't take cash!".
Based on some of the stats, it looks like a bunch of people think it's cool... except RightSaidFree99.
Artificial scarcity is a pretty boring ploy these days - does anyone actually believe that nonsense?
Gee, I don't know. I kind of believe the reports I've been reading, but apparently you're some kind of genius on the matter. Please show me some stats on where you're getting your information from? I would love to see it. My guess, and this is just a guess, you're a windoze/flashboy/anti-apple zealot with some serious jealousy issues, a marketing shill or just oblivious to what's happening that you've decided to encase yourself in your own personal reality distortion field. Very sad.
When the Mind's Eye or Pixar pushed out shorts they weren't anything spectacular from a story point
The stories maybe were a little weak, but the one thing they did excel at was bringing their characters to life, i.e. making endearing characters. (Not making sure the movements are realistic, etc.).
I'm sure this has everything to do with getting the right kind of people to use blender, but I've tried a million times to use that damn program and it's interface just baffles the f^ck out of me. And I'm someone that uses Maya, Lightwave and a host of other 3D apps.
Unfortunately the US system is rigged so that if you vote for the party you like a lot instead of the party you like a little, the party you don't like at all wins.
But that's the problem, I no longer like either party and I'm not alone in this. It's sounds cliche, but in all reality if you don't stop thinking this way, then it will never change... ever. The best thing you can do is vote neither of these parties and start making some change. Start locally, grow nationally.
Yes, it won't happen over night, but if we start electing some independent congressman and senators and get rid of the status quo or at least throw a monkey wrench into the existing system, then I'm afraid of what this country will become in 20-50 years. We're slowing turning into what we fear, a police state nation. Our freedoms are being stripped in the name of liberty and corporate profit.
It's sad really, but looking back in history you see all these government controlled "police" agencies, like the KGB, SS, etc, things we were brought up to fear so much all got their start the same way. To protect the people in the name of national security. Look at what's happening with the TSA and Border Police. I'm not saying they're that evil yet, but we are just seeing the tip of what happens when someone gets to much "power". We have to make a change.
I started looking for some "independent" websites to help people become more informed. I'm not even sure there is an #1 source for this information, but if you have some independent websites, please list em.
All I know of are these two:
http://www.newamericanindependent.com/
http://www.gp.org/
On a side note, we need a catchy slogan. How about "Vote to Revolt"?
I really, really hope that everyone remembers everything that BOTH the republicans AND democrats have done to take steps to gradually make our country into a police state in the name of "National Security" over the past few years. In reality, personal freedoms are being controlled and restricted by corporate interest and they have little interest in anything other than making a buck.
Please, come election time, research independent alternatives for public office. The offerings may be slim, but can you really say that it would be any worse than what's been going on?
But since everyone and his mother is concentrating on optimising Javascript, we have the wild achievement that, over a decade after its creation, it might in some experimental scenarios be faster than Flash when employed to do what Flash has been able to do for years.
About a year ago, I had a client that wanted to have this animation on his website. It was a simple ball (60 x 60 pixels) that bounced from left to right on a full browser window. I just assumed that Flash would be the perfect tool to create something so simple. I created the code, ran my test and low and behold the ball had a staggering jump to it. It was not a smooth animation. I tested this in every single browser and all of them had the same problem.
At this point, I decided to do a quick test in Javascript that did the exact same thing. Guess what, it didn't have a single problem. It was smooth as can be and it worked on all the browsers.
This is a simple test and if you don't believe me, try it yourself. It was at that point that I realized that Flash was on its way out. You may think that JavaScript is 10 years away from being ready, but your wrong. It's here today. Sure, JavaScript may not be ready for full on Flash games, but for the 90% of things that web designer need it to do, it can do very well.
Flash has a lot of nice development tools around it that allows designers to create fancy looking sites without the need to understand the quirks of HTML and browser differences. These tools are much easier to deal with than the HTML authoring tools out there.
The same can be said for JavaScript: jQuery, MooTools, Scriptaculous, SproutCore, etc. What you say is purely your opinion. I find it easier to program in JavaScript, HTML and CSS than Doing something in Flash. But I understand that other people have the opposite opinion. No big deal. But at least I don't go around stating that my opinion is fact, like you are doing.
And as far as Flash Tools, I'm only aware that Adobe makes these tools. Are you saying that there are other tools out there to allow you to create a Flash project? If so, I would be curious to know what these are. It was my understanding that Adobe as made the Flash scripting language an open-standard, but when it comes to their runtime engine, they have held that close to there chest. Which is sad really, because if they released that then the open-source community could take a shot at trying to help optimize it. Adobe could still make money by selling the tools, but benefit from an entire community optimizing the CPU hogging engine.
...where's the hate for all the *box (lightbox, thickbox, etc.) photo viewers, then? I have yet to see even -one- that adjusts the address bar so that I can link to a specific photo. If I'm lucky, I can still right-click the thing to get the image's direct location and point people there.
So, one of your gripes is that you can't easily steal a website's photo gallery images? Did you ever think that maybe the website doesn't want you to link to their photos directly? As far as the Flash vs HTML debate, this is a bizarre argument.
So, by your judgment, it follows that an illegal act occurred, so anything the police want to do in response is acceptable, legal or not?
My judgement??? The parent said "apparent illegal warrant", I said, "apparent felony". Neither implied fact. Only accusation... don't get your panties in a bunch.
Police broke into and searched Gizmodo journalist Jason Chen's home, seizing basically every piece of technology in his home, under an apparently illegal warrant:
Um... yeah. Because apparently someone working for Gizmodo committed a felony.
1) Dude left/loses phone in bar.
2) Another dude finds/steals phone from bar.
3) Next day dude who lost his phone calls frantically looking for it.
4) Dude who finds phone sells it to a tech blog for $5000. (Never calling the bar to see if someone lost a phone).
5) Tech blog rips it apart, post pictures of the phone internals and writes stories about phone.
6) Apple sends letter asking for the return of their stolen property.
7) Tech blog writes stories about how they obtained the phone.
8) Tech blog returns lost/stolen phone to Apple.
9) Tech blog starts feeling some heat, goes back and revises some of the articles they posted. Facts are starting to be skewed.
10) Cops seize computers.
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Hi, I'm a hacker and Windows 7 was my idea.
Don't forget that the movie studios spent millions in marketing to make you WANT the movie. Really, is this any different than what the tobacco companies did many years ago? Movies are the new addiction. They really should put warning labels on the movie trailers, fast food tie-ins, Halloween customs, etc.
haha... and I guess that's why I'm not a lawyer.
I've been wondering about this since I first heard about what these guys are doing. Basically they are capturing your IP when you are in the swarm downloading "the.hurt.locker.2009[dvdsrc]" or whatever. But what would happen if people started renaming the files like "the.hurt.locker.[parody]" or "this.is.not.the.hurt.locker.movie" or whatever. Basically, you wouldn't know it was the actual "hurt locker" movie until after you downloaded the entire thing. Couldn't you then just say, "Yeah, I noticed it was the real movie right after it downloaded and I immediately deleted it." Not sure if that would hold up in court, but you are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty... right?
Wired made something like $115,000 in four hours of sales.
I think they'll drop the $ when M$ is no longer run by a sales guy.
Yes but did she ever look in the mirror and say she could be a shark?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg
I love seeing post like this. Because it highlights why people like you don't get it.
It's not about what features a product has or doesn't have, it's not about how awesome the hardware is. It's about the complete package. I mean seriously, by your analogy you will be buying new "hardware" every couple of months because companies are going to continually make things faster and more powerful.
You might like to point out that us Apple users are only buying the "shiny and magical", but look at the items you just listed... seems to me your the one being seduced to buy the "shiny and magical"
or cybernet
Bullshit.
I actually stopped going to engadget about 3 months ago. Not because of the "supposed bias", but because of the immature commenters on the site. They all get up in a tizzy because they keep seeing Apple news and all they seem to do is cry, bitch and bring up stupid arguments that are over 20 years old (Mac vs. PC). Engadet is a news site. They post news on GADGETS. Tell me, what other company is producing any products that are news worthy? Seriously?
I'm sure this week there was a bunch of Google I/O stuff. I know in the past they posted a bunch of stuff on the Palm phones. But honestly, what other companies have been doing ANYTHING news worthy? Nobody. All MS and others have to offer at this point is vaporware and stuff they plan on doing. At least Apple is producing stuff. Seems to me that the other companies are waiting to see what Apple is doing before they commit to anything.
Just because there's a lot of Apple news, doesn't mean they're Apple bias. It might just mean there's a lot of Apple news.
Break out the tin foil hats, RightSaidFred99 has broken Apple's code! Ohz Noez.
Or, this was a new device that they really didn't know how many were going to sell and they limited the production. A lot of companies do this. Im sure they did some market research and came across all your post and thought to themselves, "Gee, maybe we shouldn't produce 10 million of these things, because RightSaidFred99 says he's not going to by one."
I don't think they're pretending. But maybe you know more than me... Apple's iPad believed to be outselling Macs in the US: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/20/apples_ipad_believed_to_be_outselling_macs_in_the_us.html, Huge Wave of Apple iPad Demand: http://www.changewave.com/freecontent/viewalliance.html?source=/freecontent/2010/03/huge-wave-of-apple-ipad-demnd-03-05-10.html
Based on some of the stats, it looks like a bunch of people think it's cool... except RightSaidFree99.
Gee, I don't know. I kind of believe the reports I've been reading, but apparently you're some kind of genius on the matter. Please show me some stats on where you're getting your information from? I would love to see it. My guess, and this is just a guess, you're a windoze/flashboy/anti-apple zealot with some serious jealousy issues, a marketing shill or just oblivious to what's happening that you've decided to encase yourself in your own personal reality distortion field. Very sad.
The stories maybe were a little weak, but the one thing they did excel at was bringing their characters to life, i.e. making endearing characters. (Not making sure the movements are realistic, etc.).
I'm sure this has everything to do with getting the right kind of people to use blender, but I've tried a million times to use that damn program and it's interface just baffles the f^ck out of me. And I'm someone that uses Maya, Lightwave and a host of other 3D apps.
But that's the problem, I no longer like either party and I'm not alone in this. It's sounds cliche, but in all reality if you don't stop thinking this way, then it will never change... ever. The best thing you can do is vote neither of these parties and start making some change. Start locally, grow nationally.
Yes, it won't happen over night, but if we start electing some independent congressman and senators and get rid of the status quo or at least throw a monkey wrench into the existing system, then I'm afraid of what this country will become in 20-50 years. We're slowing turning into what we fear, a police state nation. Our freedoms are being stripped in the name of liberty and corporate profit.
It's sad really, but looking back in history you see all these government controlled "police" agencies, like the KGB, SS, etc, things we were brought up to fear so much all got their start the same way. To protect the people in the name of national security. Look at what's happening with the TSA and Border Police. I'm not saying they're that evil yet, but we are just seeing the tip of what happens when someone gets to much "power". We have to make a change.
I started looking for some "independent" websites to help people become more informed. I'm not even sure there is an #1 source for this information, but if you have some independent websites, please list em.
All I know of are these two:
On a side note, we need a catchy slogan. How about "Vote to Revolt"?
I really, really hope that everyone remembers everything that BOTH the republicans AND democrats have done to take steps to gradually make our country into a police state in the name of "National Security" over the past few years. In reality, personal freedoms are being controlled and restricted by corporate interest and they have little interest in anything other than making a buck.
Please, come election time, research independent alternatives for public office. The offerings may be slim, but can you really say that it would be any worse than what's been going on?
More importantly, what's this "Cable" thing?
About a year ago, I had a client that wanted to have this animation on his website. It was a simple ball (60 x 60 pixels) that bounced from left to right on a full browser window. I just assumed that Flash would be the perfect tool to create something so simple. I created the code, ran my test and low and behold the ball had a staggering jump to it. It was not a smooth animation. I tested this in every single browser and all of them had the same problem.
At this point, I decided to do a quick test in Javascript that did the exact same thing. Guess what, it didn't have a single problem. It was smooth as can be and it worked on all the browsers.
This is a simple test and if you don't believe me, try it yourself. It was at that point that I realized that Flash was on its way out. You may think that JavaScript is 10 years away from being ready, but your wrong. It's here today. Sure, JavaScript may not be ready for full on Flash games, but for the 90% of things that web designer need it to do, it can do very well.
The same can be said for JavaScript: jQuery, MooTools, Scriptaculous, SproutCore, etc. What you say is purely your opinion. I find it easier to program in JavaScript, HTML and CSS than Doing something in Flash. But I understand that other people have the opposite opinion. No big deal. But at least I don't go around stating that my opinion is fact, like you are doing.
And as far as Flash Tools, I'm only aware that Adobe makes these tools. Are you saying that there are other tools out there to allow you to create a Flash project? If so, I would be curious to know what these are. It was my understanding that Adobe as made the Flash scripting language an open-standard, but when it comes to their runtime engine, they have held that close to there chest. Which is sad really, because if they released that then the open-source community could take a shot at trying to help optimize it. Adobe could still make money by selling the tools, but benefit from an entire community optimizing the CPU hogging engine.
So, one of your gripes is that you can't easily steal a website's photo gallery images? Did you ever think that maybe the website doesn't want you to link to their photos directly? As far as the Flash vs HTML debate, this is a bizarre argument.
Go to YouTube and do a search for "David Attenborough". You will find hours of quality programming.
Not impressed. I read somewhere where some guy turned water into wine. Not that's impressive.
You know why we can't watch any TV or Movie through iTunes? The content providers.
You know why we have DRM on iTunes? The content providers
You know why prices go up on iTunes? The content providers
Get sick and tired of people bitching about this, blaming Apple entirely. It's just not true.
My judgement??? The parent said "apparent illegal warrant", I said, "apparent felony". Neither implied fact. Only accusation... don't get your panties in a bunch.
Um... yeah. Because apparently someone working for Gizmodo committed a felony.
Weird how your understanding is different...
1) Dude left/loses phone in bar.
2) Another dude finds/steals phone from bar.
3) Next day dude who lost his phone calls frantically looking for it.
4) Dude who finds phone sells it to a tech blog for $5000. (Never calling the bar to see if someone lost a phone).
5) Tech blog rips it apart, post pictures of the phone internals and writes stories about phone.
6) Apple sends letter asking for the return of their stolen property.
7) Tech blog writes stories about how they obtained the phone.
8) Tech blog returns lost/stolen phone to Apple.
9) Tech blog starts feeling some heat, goes back and revises some of the articles they posted. Facts are starting to be skewed.
10) Cops seize computers.
... and the story continues.