But the ITMS DRM will do all of that. Likely, if they encountered incompatibility, they'd just think it's the way it works, instead of a purposely added "feature", because as you said they aren't stupid. Purposefully making your product less useful isn't logical from a non tech savvy perspective.
6.2 billion phones in london? That's almost 1000 phones/person, which is utterly ridiculous. Do the British build homes out of cell phones? Are they being used in place of fossil fuels?
I'd be surprised if there were 6 billion cell phones in existence.
No one, and by that I mean no significant part of the consumers they are targeting, knows what DRM is. They could tout increased compatibility, though.
No, no, no! You can't do that! You have to support regulation of ISPs, not use the free market and switch! You are a powerless peon, and only the government can protect you from the evil corporations. You are preaching a philosophy of hate, you evil fascist!
It is not a font. It includes support for the language. That is, the ability to write applications which have a Klingon localization, and default to that language is built in. Mac OS X doesn't have actual Klingon language files, but they couldn't be too hard to make if someone wanted them.
If your using Mac OS X, go to System Preferences->International->Languages->Edit List. A pop-up menu will come up with tons of languages, one of which is Klingon (tlhIngan Hol).
OS X's market share is not decreasing, and the number of users is increasing a lot.
OS X does have things like the fancy dock animations, but unlike similar things in Windows, they don't get in your way, and they are actually nice.
Windows isn't more flexible than OS X in most ways. Yes, it has built in theme support. Essentially, I can change Windows XP from horrid, gaudy, bright purple and green to icky silver and green. Woohoo. None of that makes the interface any better, functionally.
OS X's interface isn't just better because you can look at it without going blind, it is far more intuitive and easy to use. And it includes support for the Klingon Language.
I have a solution. If someone's post has excessive spelling/grammar errors, they are automatically replied to by a post that points them out and always has the same moderation. That way, moderators will be less likely to mod up posts with poor spelling and grammar.
I can't wait for a reply that corrects my grammar.
In a democracy, the rulers are the majority (what you labeled as "the people")
In a perfect world, democratic socialism reflects what the majority think everyone wants. In the real world, it reflects what the majority immediately desire.
Freedom is the only system that truly reflects what the people want, and takes into account how much they want it.
You don't need SuperDuper! to do that (although it makes it very easy). Go to Disk Utility, Choose Restore, Select the source and target disk, ???, Backup!!!
Europe: Phew, its gone. SMART-1: Hehe! Europe: ITS ALIVE! The probe has moved to our atmosphere! How did it do it so fast!? SMART-1: The Martians are quite generous, and this warp drive is incredible! Europe: Oh, no! It is going into orbit above us! It must intend to crash into us! SMART-1: Silly humans, I'd never crash into you. Europe: He might be telling the truth, he's orbiting stably above us. SMART-1: These nuclear weapons on the other hand...
SMART-1: Hehe, your missile defense systems are puny, hehe, wait a sec... A white flag visible from space? Europe: France!
SMART-1: This is becoming tedious. I think I'll hack into your computer systems. This "Windows" is woefully insecure. At least Linux- Europe: SMART-1 is gone! It's completely blown up! All that we can see is a... chair?
Steve Ballmer: That'll teach that communist probe to make fun of Windows! Bill Gates: Call finance, Europe owes us $10 for that chair.
The people have decided they are okay with crippled phones. If they weren't, the CDMA providers would lose a lot of sales. People still buy from them, though.
Most people would probably rather just buy a phone and have the service anyway.
I guess that whole thing about "the people" having the power is foolish, and we should give it all to our benevolent overlords to tell us what we want.
The people have decided to mainly vote for two parties. No reasonable legislation can change this.
Remember, the market reflects what the people really want, and are willing to work for. Pure democracy represents what the people write down on a piece of paper that they want, without ever doing anything to get it. Socialism, assuming everyone is a good person, reflects what the rulers think the people want. If they aren't all good, it reflects what the rulers want.
For real monopolies it can be hard. For some things, you can just not buy the product, but you probably want electricity. Now, building a well or water reclamation/ putting up solar panels isn't but it isn't impossible. The thing is that if a monopoly abuses its position too much, those options become feasible.
By as for near/de facto monopolies, it is often quite simple.
Microsoft -> Linux/OS X Cable company -> Satellite/IPTV Telephone -> Cable, Cell Phone, Fiber Optic etc.
There's really no business you can't stop doing business with (except the government). If you are unwilling to take the steps to do that, you are "voting" that they are doing a good enough job.
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Their marketing is poor. Remember the "if Microsoft designed the iPod box" contest?
At this point, they are the de facto standard, so they don't need good marketing.
You can order them from the site he linked to.
At least they don't name them after cows.
You're right. But the competition is still there.
Beyond that, it is possible to enter the market with wireless in relatively crowded areas.
But the ITMS DRM will do all of that. Likely, if they encountered incompatibility, they'd just think it's the way it works, instead of a purposely added "feature", because as you said they aren't stupid. Purposefully making your product less useful isn't logical from a non tech savvy perspective.
6.2 billion phones in london? That's almost 1000 phones/person, which is utterly ridiculous. Do the British build homes out of cell phones? Are they being used in place of fossil fuels?
I'd be surprised if there were 6 billion cell phones in existence.
No, I'm not. Most people have no idea what DRM is. They have no idea it is on ITMS music, DVDs, etc.
You must remember that most people don't know what internet explorer is. They have their blue "e", or "the internet", but internet explorer?
They don't know what mp3 is, at all. To them, it is music not on a CD.
Hehe, that is an amusing idea, especially if you use manure instead of trash.
No one, and by that I mean no significant part of the consumers they are targeting, knows what DRM is. They could tout increased compatibility, though.
Or where you have a choice between at least two of these: cable, dsl, satellite, power line, fiber optic.
No, no, no! You can't do that! You have to support regulation of ISPs, not use the free market and switch! You are a powerless peon, and only the government can protect you from the evil corporations. You are preaching a philosophy of hate, you evil fascist!
I think I'd rather walk than be shoved into a train which is as full as it can get, even if I go fast.
It is not a font. It includes support for the language. That is, the ability to write applications which have a Klingon localization, and default to that language is built in. Mac OS X doesn't have actual Klingon language files, but they couldn't be too hard to make if someone wanted them. If your using Mac OS X, go to System Preferences->International->Languages->Edit List. A pop-up menu will come up with tons of languages, one of which is Klingon (tlhIngan Hol).
Two things I'd like to note:
OS X's market share is not decreasing, and the number of users is increasing a lot.
OS X does have things like the fancy dock animations, but unlike similar things in Windows, they don't get in your way, and they are actually nice.
Windows isn't more flexible than OS X in most ways. Yes, it has built in theme support. Essentially, I can change Windows XP from horrid, gaudy, bright purple and green to icky silver and green. Woohoo. None of that makes the interface any better, functionally.
OS X's interface isn't just better because you can look at it without going blind, it is far more intuitive and easy to use. And it includes support for the Klingon Language.
Yeah, I did read that on a /. signature, but I didn't know whose. Since I used your intellectual property, I'll give you all the karma I earned.
I have a solution. If someone's post has excessive spelling/grammar errors, they are automatically replied to by a post that points them out and always has the same moderation. That way, moderators will be less likely to mod up posts with poor spelling and grammar.
I can't wait for a reply that corrects my grammar.
I am using Comcast, and just did the speakeasy broadband speed test. Here are my results:
Download Speed: 6143 kbps (767.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 357 kbps (44.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Different regions have different interests.
"You've got questions, we've got blank stares."
In a democracy, the rulers are the majority (what you labeled as "the people")
In a perfect world, democratic socialism reflects what the majority think everyone wants. In the real world, it reflects what the majority immediately desire.
Freedom is the only system that truly reflects what the people want, and takes into account how much they want it.
You don't need SuperDuper! to do that (although it makes it very easy). Go to Disk Utility, Choose Restore, Select the source and target disk, ???, Backup!!!
My backup strategy is to hope that my hard drive doesn't fail before I get a new one. It has worked so far.
Europe: Phew, its gone.
SMART-1: Hehe!
Europe: ITS ALIVE! The probe has moved to our atmosphere! How did it do it so fast!?
SMART-1: The Martians are quite generous, and this warp drive is incredible!
Europe: Oh, no! It is going into orbit above us! It must intend to crash into us!
SMART-1: Silly humans, I'd never crash into you.
Europe: He might be telling the truth, he's orbiting stably above us.
SMART-1: These nuclear weapons on the other hand...
SMART-1: Hehe, your missile defense systems are puny, hehe, wait a sec... A white flag visible from space?
Europe: France!
SMART-1: This is becoming tedious. I think I'll hack into your computer systems. This "Windows" is woefully insecure. At least Linux-
Europe: SMART-1 is gone! It's completely blown up! All that we can see is a... chair?
Steve Ballmer: That'll teach that communist probe to make fun of Windows!
Bill Gates: Call finance, Europe owes us $10 for that chair.
The people have decided they are okay with crippled phones. If they weren't, the CDMA providers would lose a lot of sales. People still buy from them, though.
Most people would probably rather just buy a phone and have the service anyway.
I guess that whole thing about "the people" having the power is foolish, and we should give it all to our benevolent overlords to tell us what we want.
The people have decided to mainly vote for two parties. No reasonable legislation can change this.
Remember, the market reflects what the people really want, and are willing to work for. Pure democracy represents what the people write down on a piece of paper that they want, without ever doing anything to get it. Socialism, assuming everyone is a good person, reflects what the rulers think the people want. If they aren't all good, it reflects what the rulers want.
For real monopolies it can be hard. For some things, you can just not buy the product, but you probably want electricity. Now, building a well or water reclamation/ putting up solar panels isn't but it isn't impossible. The thing is that if a monopoly abuses its position too much, those options become feasible.
By as for near/de facto monopolies, it is often quite simple.
Microsoft -> Linux/OS X
Cable company -> Satellite/IPTV
Telephone -> Cable, Cell Phone, Fiber Optic
etc.
There's really no business you can't stop doing business with (except the government). If you are unwilling to take the steps to do that, you are "voting" that they are doing a good enough job.