it's a small country.. should be easy enough to set up national fixed wireless service that reaches all but the most remote areas (e.g. areas that'd need multiple towers to reach a handful of households)
doesn't mean it's better... just that they (google) spend more on marketing and distribution (tv commercials, streaming video spots, bundleware, pc makers, etc)
it is a safe assumption that every applicant of one of these vanity TLDs already has at least one other existing domain...
so... WHY THE FUCK ARE THESE STUPID THINGS NEEDED? this is nothing more than a money grab by icann and the sponsoring registrars.
fuck 'em. fuck 'em all.
once the list of vanity domains comes out.. i'm just going to add them all to the malware domain blocks already in my hosts file. i won't use 'em or any site that redirects an established.COM (or whatever) to the fucked-up vanity name.. even if a major online site starts 301-redirecting existing tools, pages or sites i use, to go through their new vanity domains (which i'm gonna call SLD for Stupid Level Domain). i'll find something else to replace 'em -- that's the beauty of the internet, competitors are only a click away.
give apache some time and openoffice will rebound. it has taken considerable time and effort to migrate a project of this magnitude over to apache's infrastructure. i expect things to pick up after the initial apache release (which is the upcoming 3.4).. so 3.5 or 4 or whatever the one after that will be.
if the major game publishers weren't so damn greedy, they would already be cheaper -- and still make a respectable profit (if the game was worth anything to begin with).. but no.. they just have to make their money back, and then some, the first 3 days on the market, thus the $60+ price tags
no surprise to me that this guy (browse his other articles here http://www.datamation.com/author/Bruce-Byfield-6030.html - obviously a pretty big fan of open source and linux) can find 12 reasons why *HE* thinks libreoffice writer beats microsoft word.
but for every one person like this, there's a hundred + that can easily flip that around (word beats writer)
many businesses rely on microsoft office, so yea, you have to invest in keeping it going.... but there are very few by comparison that absolutely *need* apple software on their windows systems, so it makes perfect sense for them to keep that crap off of them
same goes for anything else -- if it's not needed, get rid of it... applies to both business and home users (e.g. if you don't use java, pleeeeaaase uninstall it already)
maybe in some markets its only a penny per subscriber to each station, but around here it's a lot higher than that (and this is not a top 10 market.. not even top 100 or 200)... and getting worse as each station holds their programming hostage to extort more money out of the cable and satellite companies.
exactly.. but the brain-dead masses won't "get" how to use it... thus, would just turn it off (if they could even figure *that* out) or continue their click-click-click-click ways..
as long as the "rented" antenna is in the same local tv market as the aereo subscriber's address, i don't see the problem... not any different than slingbox place-shifting (also orb, vlc, etc) then...
but if they start (presently they do not allow this) letting people "rent" out-of-market antennas (e.g. someone in florida "renting" a new york-based antenna.. then i can see where the networks would have a problem with the service (should have to follow similar rules as satellite companies offering local channels)
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as far as the dvr functionality.. customer subscribes (leases) dvr functionality from them. who gives a shit where their dvr is (home vs data center).. as long as only programs requested to be recorded by the user are available to that user, shouldn't be a problem there either.
It can be tricky, though. Because some of the really old stuff doesn't even expect a hard disk. I unpacked a.zip install of PFS Pro Write on to the "c:" drive in a DOS VM and it/demanded/ that I install to a drive location other than the install drive. Because the developers assumed the destination was a floppy, even with a c: drive letter.
SUBST usually gets around limitations like this in older programs.
recently set up a new win7 system with xpmode for a bunch of old programs, some needed to be installed from subst'd drives, while a couple needed to be installed TO subst'd drives (and shortcuts modified to create the subst before running the exe). took awhile to work out what needed what, but everything is still working a year later.
the movie. 3d was just the excuse used to push for the re-release.
titanic 3d will be very successful, as it was 15 years ago in 2d. there is an entirely new generation of movie goers that have not seen one of most successful movies ever. being a historic piece, the story, plot and setting cannot be dated, so it will appeal to people today just as much as it did 15 years ago.
for those who have seen it before (many having done so multiple times), it is a chance to see it again in on the big screen, an experience no typical home theater setup can duplicate. those people would see it again (and again, and again) regardless of whether it was converted to 3d.
since it's the government doing it (taking away pennies and forcing the rounding of transaction totals at point-of-sale).. THEY should be the ones to take the hit (not the consumer, as we know merchants will shoot to mark prices to maximize rounding UP otherwise).. for taxable transactions, the TAX owed on the sale, and collected by the merchant, should be reduced as needed to get the total transaction DOWN to the next $0.05.
companies do.. even going so far as to use their facebook page URL in advertisements and on product packaging RATHER THAN THEIR OWN DOMAIN NAME (which makes no sense to me at all).. and among the 100s millions of sheep on facebook, i'm sure that there are some that do include their facebook URL on their resume
just because a policy exists and is human readable does not mean it is actually honored and implemented. trust in the developer is at least as important.
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it's a small country.. should be easy enough to set up national fixed wireless service that reaches all but the most remote areas (e.g. areas that'd need multiple towers to reach a handful of households)
well i tell people the "G" is silent.. so it's just "IMP"
doesn't mean it's better... just that they (google) spend more on marketing and distribution (tv commercials, streaming video spots, bundleware, pc makers, etc)
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it is a safe assumption that every applicant of one of these vanity TLDs already has at least one other existing domain...
so... WHY THE FUCK ARE THESE STUPID THINGS NEEDED? this is nothing more than a money grab by icann and the sponsoring registrars.
fuck 'em. fuck 'em all.
once the list of vanity domains comes out.. i'm just going to add them all to the malware domain blocks already in my hosts file. i won't use 'em or any site that redirects an established .COM (or whatever) to the fucked-up vanity name.. even if a major online site starts 301-redirecting existing tools, pages or sites i use, to go through their new vanity domains (which i'm gonna call SLD for Stupid Level Domain). i'll find something else to replace 'em -- that's the beauty of the internet, competitors are only a click away.
but when their hollywood accountants do the math, it'd be more like.....
$50 x 200,000 for the movie rights
$35 x 200,000 manufacturing expenses
$100 x 200,000 for distribution
$500 x 200,000 for special program management
for a total "cost" of $137 million for 200,000 movies shipped to troops.
remember, these are the same geniuses that can (and did) make blockbusters, such as harry potter movies, "lose" money.
give apache some time and openoffice will rebound. it has taken considerable time and effort to migrate a project of this magnitude over to apache's infrastructure. i expect things to pick up after the initial apache release (which is the upcoming 3.4).. so 3.5 or 4 or whatever the one after that will be.
if the major game publishers weren't so damn greedy, they would already be cheaper -- and still make a respectable profit (if the game was worth anything to begin with).. but no.. they just have to make their money back, and then some, the first 3 days on the market, thus the $60+ price tags
now i got that fucking song stuck in my head
no surprise to me that this guy (browse his other articles here http://www.datamation.com/author/Bruce-Byfield-6030.html - obviously a pretty big fan of open source and linux) can find 12 reasons why *HE* thinks libreoffice writer beats microsoft word.
but for every one person like this, there's a hundred + that can easily flip that around (word beats writer)
many businesses rely on microsoft office, so yea, you have to invest in keeping it going.... but there are very few by comparison that absolutely *need* apple software on their windows systems, so it makes perfect sense for them to keep that crap off of them
same goes for anything else -- if it's not needed, get rid of it... applies to both business and home users (e.g. if you don't use java, pleeeeaaase uninstall it already)
kinda defeats the purpose of the remote control if you have to get off your ass to get another beer...
what a crock of shit.
maybe in some markets its only a penny per subscriber to each station, but around here it's a lot higher than that (and this is not a top 10 market.. not even top 100 or 200)... and getting worse as each station holds their programming hostage to extort more money out of the cable and satellite companies.
exactly.. but the brain-dead masses won't "get" how to use it... thus, would just turn it off (if they could even figure *that* out) or continue their click-click-click-click ways..
really? you'd get carpel tunnel if you had to click-to-run every script on most commercial sites these days.
no script is more effective but with a learning curve.
but either method will still have the masses turning the 'feature' off (essentially white-listing everything).
as long as the "rented" antenna is in the same local tv market as the aereo subscriber's address, i don't see the problem... not any different than slingbox place-shifting (also orb, vlc, etc) then...
but if they start (presently they do not allow this) letting people "rent" out-of-market antennas (e.g. someone in florida "renting" a new york-based antenna.. then i can see where the networks would have a problem with the service (should have to follow similar rules as satellite companies offering local channels)
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as far as the dvr functionality.. customer subscribes (leases) dvr functionality from them. who gives a shit where their dvr is (home vs data center).. as long as only programs requested to be recorded by the user are available to that user, shouldn't be a problem there either.
SUBST usually gets around limitations like this in older programs.
recently set up a new win7 system with xpmode for a bunch of old programs, some needed to be installed from subst'd drives, while a couple needed to be installed TO subst'd drives (and shortcuts modified to create the subst before running the exe). took awhile to work out what needed what, but everything is still working a year later.
the movie. 3d was just the excuse used to push for the re-release.
titanic 3d will be very successful, as it was 15 years ago in 2d. there is an entirely new generation of movie goers that have not seen one of most successful movies ever. being a historic piece, the story, plot and setting cannot be dated, so it will appeal to people today just as much as it did 15 years ago.
for those who have seen it before (many having done so multiple times), it is a chance to see it again in on the big screen, an experience no typical home theater setup can duplicate. those people would see it again (and again, and again) regardless of whether it was converted to 3d.
that's when the online authentication servers for their fucked up drm go offline....
plus if you have to mention that you're on a budget (as the poster did), then you cant really afford the gadgets and toys the poster really wants.
if you want this new marriage to succeed. every last penny goes to keeping HER happy.. not you. sorry bud.
since it's the government doing it (taking away pennies and forcing the rounding of transaction totals at point-of-sale).. THEY should be the ones to take the hit (not the consumer, as we know merchants will shoot to mark prices to maximize rounding UP otherwise).. for taxable transactions, the TAX owed on the sale, and collected by the merchant, should be reduced as needed to get the total transaction DOWN to the next $0.05.
supposed to be posted early in the morning, instead of at the end of the work day?
companies do.. even going so far as to use their facebook page URL in advertisements and on product packaging RATHER THAN THEIR OWN DOMAIN NAME (which makes no sense to me at all).. and among the 100s millions of sheep on facebook, i'm sure that there are some that do include their facebook URL on their resume
just because a policy exists and is human readable does not mean it is actually honored and implemented. trust in the developer is at least as important.