I know and with the game industry seeming to love wasting more and more effort on cut-scenes and unneeded HD content its only likely to increase. Valve's Steam has shown it can work well (especially with being able to download locked games before they're released that unlock at a certain time) although 20-30Gb games will use up some people's bandwidth allowances.
I suspect in a few years we'll all be getting most of our entertainment (games, tv, movies, music & pay per view events) online with ISPs doing deals giving faster/better/earlier access to certain content.
they are loaded up with the most asinine DRM that I could possibly imagine.
Its not just the DRM, they fill them with annoying adverts & notices that you cant skip.
Every DVD i've bought recently has had this advert comparing stealing a car/handbag with copying a DVD. Aside from the fact they're not the same, they force you to watch it every time you watch the film. I see that as a big reason why I would download films as I've not yet seen a single downloaded film with any of these kinds of annoyances.
Whats the point of an IE7 compatibility mode, if it ignores the IE7-specific markup?
Because when it works, it'll make IE8 as secure as it's least secure rendering engine. It wont matter how safe/secure the new rendering engine is if you can tell the browser to use a less secure one. I guess MS really is doing their part to help security companies sell software.
How would you start lobbying congress about making it reality? Common Carrier status in exchange for Net Neutrality.
When the phone companies switch to a fully IP based network like BT is doing over here in the UK, will they lose the common carrier status? The difference between Telco & ISP is so thin these days already that i'm surprised the law has never been updated.
I'm not asking you specifically, just anyone who might know.
I dislike Microsoft as much as the next guy (well, most places) but fighting unfairness with unfairness is a little bitch move.
As a company they should be penalised for misleading their customers. The public bought PCs that MS said could run Vista. If those PCs cant, its ultimately Microsoft's fault and they should be made to pay the difference. I'm guessing it'll end up as a settlement of x billion worth of MS products & vouchers.
Microsoft didn't put the stickers on the computers. Hold the integrators responsible. At least as responsible as Microsoft, maybe more.
No, but as the GP pointed out, MS decided what the minimum specs were for Vista. Even if they changed them for Intel chipsets, its still their responsibility.
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Also, as part of the BT trials, they replaced adverts (from a number of charities) on webpages with their own adverts.
Those sites/advertisers weren't given the chance to opt-out.
Someone needs to heavily sample this and mix it into some house music, stat!
The RIAA companies will probably try to offer them a recording contract... it'll be better than anything they've churned out in years.
I was going to say that wont work very well because of VoIP but as most ISPs are phone companies they probably dont want VoIP working too well either.
As with patent trolls, its much easier to let someone else do the work then sue them.
I know and with the game industry seeming to love wasting more and more effort on cut-scenes and unneeded HD content its only likely to increase. Valve's Steam has shown it can work well (especially with being able to download locked games before they're released that unlock at a certain time) although 20-30Gb games will use up some people's bandwidth allowances.
I suspect in a few years we'll all be getting most of our entertainment (games, tv, movies, music & pay per view events) online with ISPs doing deals giving faster/better/earlier access to certain content.
Conversely, the used game market is seeing significant growth -- it'll be interesting to see what publishers learn from this.
1. That future games will be a 2Mb executable that downloads all the game content.
2. They need to charge more for games
3. Piracy is to blame.
2010: The Space Oxy??
I dont believe you
I dont know about you but I should start with that achievement. I had all the available achievements before they added any.
This thing exploded earlier than expected? Perhaps we should start underestimating the life of our own star.
Its not as bad as it sounds. They were expecting it to blow on May 2nd.
they are loaded up with the most asinine DRM that I could possibly imagine.
Its not just the DRM, they fill them with annoying adverts & notices that you cant skip.
Every DVD i've bought recently has had this advert comparing stealing a car/handbag with copying a DVD. Aside from the fact they're not the same, they force you to watch it every time you watch the film. I see that as a big reason why I would download films as I've not yet seen a single downloaded film with any of these kinds of annoyances.
Whats the point of an IE7 compatibility mode, if it ignores the IE7-specific markup?
Because when it works, it'll make IE8 as secure as it's least secure rendering engine. It wont matter how safe/secure the new rendering engine
is if you can tell the browser to use a less secure one. I guess MS really is doing their part to help security companies sell software.
How would you start lobbying congress about making it reality? Common Carrier status in exchange for Net Neutrality.
When the phone companies switch to a fully IP based network like BT is doing over here in the UK, will they lose the common carrier status?
The difference between Telco & ISP is so thin these days already that i'm surprised the law has never been updated.
I'm not asking you specifically, just anyone who might know.
Barack Obama, in the white house with the lead pipe by Kernel Mustard
How did you know Dick Cheney's Secret Service codename?
I dislike Microsoft as much as the next guy (well, most places) but fighting unfairness with unfairness is a little bitch move.
As a company they should be penalised for misleading their customers. The public bought PCs that MS said could run Vista. If those PCs cant, its ultimately Microsoft's fault and they should be made to pay the difference. I'm guessing it'll end up as a settlement of x billion worth of MS products & vouchers.
Microsoft didn't put the stickers on the computers. Hold the integrators responsible. At least as responsible as Microsoft, maybe more.
No, but as the GP pointed out, MS decided what the minimum specs were for Vista. Even if they changed them for Intel chipsets, its still their responsibility.
selling them for $5. Materials cost me $1 and labor costs me $4 per widget, so I make about a dollar profit.
No, you're going out of business because you cant count. :)
and don't put all eggs in one basket. OK?
Didnt you hear.. they just opened up the Google Yolk beta program to the public.
Patrick Mcgoohan (The Prisoner's Number 6) died too.
No, this is Slashdot, we spell Micro$oft differently.
I seem to remember Hollywood boo-hooing how the VCR would destroy them.
Very Crap Remakes?
I was hoping to win a Darwin Award in a few billion years for 'collided with another galaxy'
Oops, those were only cameo appearances. K-9 is getting his own show.
K-9 is in Sarah Jane Adventures
No, just The Doctor
Besides which, does Windows offer spinning cubes for coffee-shop demos?
No, just flying chairs