It depends on what you want to do with it. I have a 20gb 360 that has about 15gb used with all the games and save games I've got... Without the downloaded games, I'd guess it'd be more like 5gb used, since the system uses it as well for stuff. Plenty of room for all my saves forever.
I've also got a 20gb PS3 with half the HD partitioned for Linux. The other 10gb is about half used with demos, downloadable games, and gave saves. I've got more than enough to last me forever with the saves, but I do expect to buy more downloadable games later.
I don't save video on either one, but instead stream it from my Windows PC via TVersity to the PS3.
I will probably end up upgrading the PS3's hard drive if I don't decide to give this to my nephews and buy a shiny new one with more capacity and memory card slots. (I bought this one used and quite cheap.)
Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs.
While I will admit I don't know much about them, from your own words I have to disagree with you.
The GPL (and thus the FSF) uses the copyright system to protect software freedom. The OIN apparently using the patent system to protect software freedom. There will be some overlap here, but using 2 different systems to protect the same thing isn't wasteful, it's security. Especially with such an unpredictable system. (Could anyone here have predicted the 1-click patent?)
BTW, Copyright, the basis for the GPL, is also Intellectual Property. If IP really didn't exist, neither would the GPL.
They should take note that Jonathan Coulton cares about his listeners, and sells directly to them, and even gives quite a few of the songs away on his website. They should note that all it takes to make money in music is good music and caring about your fans, not bleeding your artists dry and suing the fans as well.
But in this particular deal? I have no idea. 1 man keeping his song secret until release is not that hard. It's when the whole bloody industry has access to the song that keeping it under wraps is impossible.
Because it -is- 'normal'. It's not right or proper, but it -is- normal.
1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
It's the way most large corporations act because they -know- they can get away with it and they'll make more money doing so.
I'm one of the few not applauding IBM for this. They did the right thing, and that's good, but they should have done it in the first place. They aren't sorry they did it, either... Notice they'd like to thank us, not apologize to us. This was just another self-serving thing a corporation did that happens to fall in line with what the public wanted, probably because they had no other avenues of profiting from this.
The only way we might really gain from this is if other companies see that listening to the public can get them good publicity, free advertising, and happy customers, and they follow suit. I'm not real hopeful.
Because I keep her computer safely behind a firewall with no incoming ports open. She doesn't need any, and I don't have to clean adware and viruses off her computer every month.
Rich people don't get to be rich by wasting money. Even with $50mil in the bank, unless those cables really DO work 70x as well as normal cables, the millionaire will buy the cheap cables.
Windows XP: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click Next until you can click 'Finish'.
Ubuntu Feisty: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click... No wait, that's it. It's done.
Wow, Ubuntu is easier! Maybe you shouldn't have let me pick the program. While there -are- programs that are harder on Linux, any that provide a.deb file are now as easy as on Windows.
That's great. If they go to court, that'll probably hold up.
It won't do jack shit for their reputation, and that of their machines. All anyone will know is that this election had to be redone, Diebold could have prevented that, and if they'd used paper ballots, it wouldn't have had to be redone.
When creating a new system that -has- to be reliable, it also has to be as fool-proof as possible. Writing blame into the contract is not an acceptable solution. Proper training, supervision, and backup systems would have prevented this, and it appears none of that was done.
Again, shame on Diebold for not having a fscking clue how to make and sell their product.
While some areas are definitely overtaking Windows (Seen Compiz in Gutsy? Nice and stable!) there are others that are pretty much out of the control of developers. I'm talking about mainstream software. It simply doesn't work on Linux, even with Wine. Once there's a Photoshop for Linux, and maybe a few other choice apps, then you'll see the acceptance of Linux as a desktop for the common man.
When was the last time you tried? Download (K)Ubuntu Feisty and install it, and then check your complaints. I think you'll find that they are -all- addressed.
Filesystem choice? The installer defaults to 'auto' mode and chooses for you.
Network? Last time I installed, it didn't even -ask- me about this. DHCP automatically. (I'd have prefered it ask, since I use a static IP on my network. It was easy to change afterwards through the KDE app for it.)
Package configuration? The only configuration that needs to be done is for advanced packages, like Apache. Everything else is auto-configured by the installer.
There's even a graphical interface for the package installation.
When something goes wrong with my mother's Windows-based computer, what does she do? I'll give you a hint: It doesn't involve fixing it herself.
How is that any different than Linux, with the exception that with Linux, I wouldn't have to leave my house to go fix her computer?
The only reason I've left her on Windows is that she plays those Reflexive.net games. If they played on Linux, and were easy to install (there's nothing easy about Wine, and it only works on these Reflexive.net games some of the time) then I'd switch her over. Heck, I could even install the games for here remotely, if they'd run afterwards.
Shame on Diebold. Why did they ALLOW them to send back the machine before things were taken care of. Why did they ERASE the machines before things were taken care of?
Do they have any clue whatsoever about what they are doing? Has the nation not bitched enough about paper trails and how precarious votes are already? It doesn't take much sense to see that you can't take chances like this on a product that isn't proven and is under -heavy- scrutiny.
I'm in favor of electronic voting machines in general, but it's obvious that Diebold has not produced a worthy machine yet, and I find it unlikely that they will any time soon.
To answer your question, it is because people want it. MS is not forcing anyone to buy the basic 360. In fact, most don't, from what I can tell. It's there simply to give people another choice. It's simple market forces at work, and MS is using them as always.
Sony's no different... They're doing exactly the same thing, with quite a bit more confusion.
My experience goes way back to TheRealm and DragonRealms. And yes, it's all the same from there. Even the new 'features' like instancing, TheRealm, a 2D game, had. There's really not much new.
As for WoW... It's truly an immersive environment with some plot and backstory. EQ, for the little I played it, had no plot whatsoever. I'm not talking monthly changes, but rather the quests that new players experience immediately. The trolls, for instance, have this whole 'there's an invasion, help us fight it off' campaign that covers your first 20 or so levels in quests. It's pretty compelling, and keeps your attention a lot longer than the normal 'grind for money and xp' that most have.
As for Puzzle Pirates... If you like puzzle games, it's okay... But there's not really anything there that you can't get elsewhere for free. My sister sunk quite a bit of money into it for a while, but after a couple months, she doesn't care at all. I've sunk $0 into it because the whole MMO/grind thing was old hat to me.
I won't be playing any more MMOs without a free trial. I burnt out on them years ago, and nothing has changed considerably since then. WoW managed to intrigue me (not addict) for a couple months, but that's it. The rest didn't make it through a trial period.
Since this was only allowing Beta playing (not testing, why do they bother calling it that?) to a limited number of people, and I don't feel like fighting for a seat, I've not gotten a chance to try this one. I don't hold any hope for it, though... It'll be the same as the rest. I want it not to be. I want another game that consumes my every waking moment... They just don't any more.
Exactly. I initially missed the dot and thought '$200,000... Nice.'... Then I did that double-take thing (yeah, my head actually snapped back) and '$2000! WTF!'...
No, that's why they force the company to sign a contract to submit to audits... Probably plural. Microsoft clearly expects to use this as an 'in' to monitor criminals... Dream on.
The audit is idiotic. They have the choice of grabbing lots of cash from a company that wants to get legal, or scaring companies that want to get legal and not getting the money.
I suppose the third choice is the company that pays the money, despite being scared, and... WTF. Why would they do that? The only possible outcome is giving a monopolistic corporation unlimited access to your tech infrastructure. That just can't be a good idea.
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It depends on what you want to do with it. I have a 20gb 360 that has about 15gb used with all the games and save games I've got... Without the downloaded games, I'd guess it'd be more like 5gb used, since the system uses it as well for stuff. Plenty of room for all my saves forever.
I've also got a 20gb PS3 with half the HD partitioned for Linux. The other 10gb is about half used with demos, downloadable games, and gave saves. I've got more than enough to last me forever with the saves, but I do expect to buy more downloadable games later.
I don't save video on either one, but instead stream it from my Windows PC via TVersity to the PS3.
I will probably end up upgrading the PS3's hard drive if I don't decide to give this to my nephews and buy a shiny new one with more capacity and memory card slots. (I bought this one used and quite cheap.)
Close, accidentally erased an S there.
http://backoffice.ajb.com.au/images/news/challenge.jpg
As for the photo... It does look like ice or snow, but I think it's probably the salt flats.
http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/bonneville_salt.htm
It's an interesting pic, anyhow.
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Here's a little sample, emphasis is mine:
While I will admit I don't know much about them, from your own words I have to disagree with you.
The GPL (and thus the FSF) uses the copyright system to protect software freedom. The OIN apparently using the patent system to protect software freedom. There will be some overlap here, but using 2 different systems to protect the same thing isn't wasteful, it's security. Especially with such an unpredictable system. (Could anyone here have predicted the 1-click patent?)
BTW, Copyright, the basis for the GPL, is also Intellectual Property. If IP really didn't exist, neither would the GPL.
Great game, way too short, beat it. That's why everyone is SO looking forward to Portal.
They should take note that Jonathan Coulton cares about his listeners, and sells directly to them, and even gives quite a few of the songs away on his website. They should note that all it takes to make money in music is good music and caring about your fans, not bleeding your artists dry and suing the fans as well.
But in this particular deal? I have no idea. 1 man keeping his song secret until release is not that hard. It's when the whole bloody industry has access to the song that keeping it under wraps is impossible.
Because it -is- 'normal'. It's not right or proper, but it -is- normal.
1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
It's the way most large corporations act because they -know- they can get away with it and they'll make more money doing so.
I'm one of the few not applauding IBM for this. They did the right thing, and that's good, but they should have done it in the first place. They aren't sorry they did it, either... Notice they'd like to thank us, not apologize to us. This was just another self-serving thing a corporation did that happens to fall in line with what the public wanted, probably because they had no other avenues of profiting from this.
The only way we might really gain from this is if other companies see that listening to the public can get them good publicity, free advertising, and happy customers, and they follow suit. I'm not real hopeful.
Because I keep her computer safely behind a firewall with no incoming ports open. She doesn't need any, and I don't have to clean adware and viruses off her computer every month.
I'm not running elections on equipment that is getting a TON of bad press. I'm also not selling said equipment.
Rich people don't get to be rich by wasting money. Even with $50mil in the bank, unless those cables really DO work 70x as well as normal cables, the millionaire will buy the cheap cables.
Opera.
... No wait, that's it. It's done.
.deb file are now as easy as on Windows.
Windows XP: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click Next until you can click 'Finish'.
Ubuntu Feisty: Go to opera.com, download the Windows installer. (This is chosen automatically, so you just have to click 'Download' on the front page, and then 'Download Opera' on the next page.) Save it to the desktop. Double click on the new file on the desktop. Click
Wow, Ubuntu is easier! Maybe you shouldn't have let me pick the program. While there -are- programs that are harder on Linux, any that provide a
That's great. If they go to court, that'll probably hold up.
It won't do jack shit for their reputation, and that of their machines. All anyone will know is that this election had to be redone, Diebold could have prevented that, and if they'd used paper ballots, it wouldn't have had to be redone.
When creating a new system that -has- to be reliable, it also has to be as fool-proof as possible. Writing blame into the contract is not an acceptable solution. Proper training, supervision, and backup systems would have prevented this, and it appears none of that was done.
Again, shame on Diebold for not having a fscking clue how to make and sell their product.
While some areas are definitely overtaking Windows (Seen Compiz in Gutsy? Nice and stable!) there are others that are pretty much out of the control of developers. I'm talking about mainstream software. It simply doesn't work on Linux, even with Wine. Once there's a Photoshop for Linux, and maybe a few other choice apps, then you'll see the acceptance of Linux as a desktop for the common man.
When was the last time you tried? Download (K)Ubuntu Feisty and install it, and then check your complaints. I think you'll find that they are -all- addressed.
Filesystem choice? The installer defaults to 'auto' mode and chooses for you.
Network? Last time I installed, it didn't even -ask- me about this. DHCP automatically. (I'd have prefered it ask, since I use a static IP on my network. It was easy to change afterwards through the KDE app for it.)
Package configuration? The only configuration that needs to be done is for advanced packages, like Apache. Everything else is auto-configured by the installer.
There's even a graphical interface for the package installation.
When something goes wrong with my mother's Windows-based computer, what does she do? I'll give you a hint: It doesn't involve fixing it herself.
How is that any different than Linux, with the exception that with Linux, I wouldn't have to leave my house to go fix her computer?
The only reason I've left her on Windows is that she plays those Reflexive.net games. If they played on Linux, and were easy to install (there's nothing easy about Wine, and it only works on these Reflexive.net games some of the time) then I'd switch her over. Heck, I could even install the games for here remotely, if they'd run afterwards.
Shame on Diebold. Why did they ALLOW them to send back the machine before things were taken care of. Why did they ERASE the machines before things were taken care of?
Do they have any clue whatsoever about what they are doing? Has the nation not bitched enough about paper trails and how precarious votes are already? It doesn't take much sense to see that you can't take chances like this on a product that isn't proven and is under -heavy- scrutiny.
I'm in favor of electronic voting machines in general, but it's obvious that Diebold has not produced a worthy machine yet, and I find it unlikely that they will any time soon.
Did anyone else just have a Minority Report flashback?
Oh, and ignore the idiot about FTW. You had it right, he's obviously had a bad upbringing.
To answer your question, it is because people want it. MS is not forcing anyone to buy the basic 360. In fact, most don't, from what I can tell. It's there simply to give people another choice. It's simple market forces at work, and MS is using them as always.
Sony's no different... They're doing exactly the same thing, with quite a bit more confusion.
My experience goes way back to TheRealm and DragonRealms. And yes, it's all the same from there. Even the new 'features' like instancing, TheRealm, a 2D game, had. There's really not much new.
As for WoW... It's truly an immersive environment with some plot and backstory. EQ, for the little I played it, had no plot whatsoever. I'm not talking monthly changes, but rather the quests that new players experience immediately. The trolls, for instance, have this whole 'there's an invasion, help us fight it off' campaign that covers your first 20 or so levels in quests. It's pretty compelling, and keeps your attention a lot longer than the normal 'grind for money and xp' that most have.
As for Puzzle Pirates... If you like puzzle games, it's okay... But there's not really anything there that you can't get elsewhere for free. My sister sunk quite a bit of money into it for a while, but after a couple months, she doesn't care at all. I've sunk $0 into it because the whole MMO/grind thing was old hat to me.
I won't be playing any more MMOs without a free trial. I burnt out on them years ago, and nothing has changed considerably since then. WoW managed to intrigue me (not addict) for a couple months, but that's it. The rest didn't make it through a trial period.
Since this was only allowing Beta playing (not testing, why do they bother calling it that?) to a limited number of people, and I don't feel like fighting for a seat, I've not gotten a chance to try this one. I don't hold any hope for it, though... It'll be the same as the rest. I want it not to be. I want another game that consumes my every waking moment... They just don't any more.
Yeah, that's -great- stuff. I'm sure it'll replace flash, just take a look at the 2 minute explainer.
http://media.tibco.com/flash/gi/tibco_gi_preso.html
Wait... It's in flash. Guess it's not really a competitor.
Exactly. I initially missed the dot and thought '$200,000... Nice.' ... Then I did that double-take thing (yeah, my head actually snapped back) and '$2000! WTF!' ...
No, that's why they force the company to sign a contract to submit to audits... Probably plural. Microsoft clearly expects to use this as an 'in' to monitor criminals... Dream on.
The audit is idiotic. They have the choice of grabbing lots of cash from a company that wants to get legal, or scaring companies that want to get legal and not getting the money.
... WTF. Why would they do that? The only possible outcome is giving a monopolistic corporation unlimited access to your tech infrastructure. That just can't be a good idea.
I suppose the third choice is the company that pays the money, despite being scared, and
You mean something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaPRNpgdZE ?
Yeah, I'm all for that.