Honestly, it's about time that we got a new type of power source for mobile products (I'm thinking Cell Phones in particular). Honestly, after I've walked around with my phone for the whole day, I've got 1.5 hours talk time, max. My only questions are: When are we going to start seeing these, and how much is this going to add to the price of a phone?
So what's the big deal here? guy A was using part of product B's name for his product A. Guy B (M$) wants Guy A to change product A's name because they want to name something on product B that name, which is part of pre-existing product B's name.
If someone had a product called "Macintosh Defender", how would this be any different?
My point is, even with MAJOR hardware differences, my computer runs faster than his. While yes, it's because of malware...most people have malware. Lots of it. When they go out and buy a computer game rated "2005 gaming machine, level 1", they're gonna get pissed when they can't run it because of the malware shit running in the background. That'll cause a lot of returned games.
The problem with this is that different systems will of course run at different speeds, even if they have the same specs. It all depends on how well someone takes care of their computer.
For example, my friend has a P4 2.1 Ghz, 512 mb Pc-2100 ram, 80 Gb HD, and a Radeon 9200 (128mb). I, on the other hand, am running on a P3 1Ghz, 386 mb Pc-133 ram, and a Radeon 9200 (128mb). I run Warcraft (and pretty much everything else) MUCH more smoothly.
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Haha... that's kind of amusing, for an AC.
But yes... sadly enough, I've talked SEVERAL people into migrating from YahooMail to Dodgeit (as I said, they only use it to sign up for shit)...
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is spam. Everyone I know uses their yahoo accounts to sign up for pr0n.
I wonder what Google will do in response to this...
Well, I think that the reason for the "depending on the location" is so they don't pay twice for one person to download it... like, we'll allocate $1 to this location, so if 2 people from this location download it, we'll give them each $.50.
I honestly don't see why so many people get upset about these... they're getting their money's worth (NOTE: I don't play any MMORPG's, and never have)... I mean, updates for the MMORPG's are HUGE, sometimes adding all sorts of new content. On top of that, you've got GM's and such who keep an eye on the players and try to make sure no major cheating is going on. SOMEONE has to pay for those servers, and I'm sure that no one wants to pay > $100 for a computer game, up front.
I think that $5 would be reasonable, considering that you ARE spending the time to download the movie... most people don't want to do that, so you've gotta set the price kind of low....sure, that's 1/3 of what you're paying at the stores, but they aren't having to waste money on packaging and a DVD.
My family has had experience with both of those products, and both were ignored after a few days... we tried buying them more cartridges (which are expensive). Honestly, as much as I hate to say this, "educational" software SUCKS. Buy the kids some Lego's...
...or one of those little toy calculators that gave you problems to answer (some being simple 4+5=?, some being more like 4+X=9, some being ?x4=12)... I used to love mine, and it certainly gave me an advantage over the other kids in my kindergarten class, who had trouble adding. Honestly, why don't I see any of these any more?
Honestly, I wish we COULD start a mass boycot against Sony... not even for this, really, but more because of the RIAA. The problem is, most people don't think that it's worth not having the latest crap music, if that's what it takes to send these guys a message:(
"A lawsuit on what grounds? That you agreed to something and then they installed their software based on your agreement? "
I think the issue here is that Sony does not tell you that they are installing the software ANYWHERE. In addition to them adding the software without your permission, its software that can create a "safe haven for viruses" (the software makes everything that has "$SYS$" in the filename turn invisible), according to the PcPro writeup.
What we need is a better way of presenting information and an easier method of linking sites of interest to the data we generate. What we don't need is some way to make everything a link.
Agreed. There's nothing wrong with the document formats we have now (with the exception of Acrobat...that damn thing ALWAYS freezes up my browsers. If I'm lucky, then it's only for about 25 seconds). Honestly, what's so wrong with the internet that it needs to be fixed? Even my grandmother can use it (and that's saying something)!
The current generation of American children will get to harpoonable size by the end of the decade.
You've never been to the south, have you? my father's entire family was harpoonable size (with the exception of myself). They're big enough, now. I blame it on home-cooked fried foods more than fast-food joints.
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Honestly, it's about time that we got a new type of power source for mobile products (I'm thinking Cell Phones in particular). Honestly, after I've walked around with my phone for the whole day, I've got 1.5 hours talk time, max. My only questions are: When are we going to start seeing these, and how much is this going to add to the price of a phone?
If someone had a product called "Macintosh Defender", how would this be any different?
Next week on Slashdot: MICROSOFT TO RELEASE DVR SOFTWARE FOR THE X-BOX 360! .... hey, that might piss Sony off, too!
My point is, even with MAJOR hardware differences, my computer runs faster than his. While yes, it's because of malware...most people have malware. Lots of it. When they go out and buy a computer game rated "2005 gaming machine, level 1", they're gonna get pissed when they can't run it because of the malware shit running in the background. That'll cause a lot of returned games.
Could this possibly be the reason that we have no G5 Powerbooks yet?
For example, my friend has a P4 2.1 Ghz, 512 mb Pc-2100 ram, 80 Gb HD, and a Radeon 9200 (128mb). I, on the other hand, am running on a P3 1Ghz, 386 mb Pc-133 ram, and a Radeon 9200 (128mb). I run Warcraft (and pretty much everything else) MUCH more smoothly.
But yes... sadly enough, I've talked SEVERAL people into migrating from YahooMail to Dodgeit (as I said, they only use it to sign up for shit)...
I wonder what Google will do in response to this...
Well, I think that the reason for the "depending on the location" is so they don't pay twice for one person to download it... like, we'll allocate $1 to this location, so if 2 people from this location download it, we'll give them each $.50.
EVERYONE knows that girls only exist on Xanga and MySpace...
I honestly don't see why so many people get upset about these... they're getting their money's worth (NOTE: I don't play any MMORPG's, and never have)... I mean, updates for the MMORPG's are HUGE, sometimes adding all sorts of new content. On top of that, you've got GM's and such who keep an eye on the players and try to make sure no major cheating is going on. SOMEONE has to pay for those servers, and I'm sure that no one wants to pay > $100 for a computer game, up front.
I think that $5 would be reasonable, considering that you ARE spending the time to download the movie... most people don't want to do that, so you've gotta set the price kind of low....sure, that's 1/3 of what you're paying at the stores, but they aren't having to waste money on packaging and a DVD.
So what if they are? Good=Good, Bad=Bad.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=167099&cid=139 32086. Heh...Slashdot duped me, I think.
...or one of those little toy calculators that gave you problems to answer (some being simple 4+5=?, some being more like 4+X=9, some being ?x4=12)... I used to love mine, and it certainly gave me an advantage over the other kids in my kindergarten class, who had trouble adding. Honestly, why don't I see any of these any more?
Doesn't Sony Entertainment develope (and produce) Everquest? Heh... I wonder what the media could do with THIS...
"Sony using rootkit to ruin WoW"
Honestly, I wish we COULD start a mass boycot against Sony... not even for this, really, but more because of the RIAA. The problem is, most people don't think that it's worth not having the latest crap music, if that's what it takes to send these guys a message :(
I think the issue here is that Sony does not tell you that they are installing the software ANYWHERE. In addition to them adding the software without your permission, its software that can create a "safe haven for viruses" (the software makes everything that has "$SYS$" in the filename turn invisible), according to the PcPro writeup.
Even if this doesn't go to court, at least this is getting some attention... and ANY bad attention for DRM makes me happy.
...DAMMIT.
But seriously... The Reno 911 guys? Well, I was looking foward to this until I read that...
The thing is, most people wouldn't want a Linux box for gaming.
Agreed. There's nothing wrong with the document formats we have now (with the exception of Acrobat...that damn thing ALWAYS freezes up my browsers. If I'm lucky, then it's only for about 25 seconds). Honestly, what's so wrong with the internet that it needs to be fixed? Even my grandmother can use it (and that's saying something)!
I know it's probably not true.... but how else could they know where you are from?
Is something wrong with Slashdot as it is? It's quick, easy on the eyes (while still not being boring)... what else do we need?
You've never been to the south, have you? my father's entire family was harpoonable size (with the exception of myself). They're big enough, now. I blame it on home-cooked fried foods more than fast-food joints.