It won't stop pedophiles at all. It'll stop those seeking child pornography on the internet, but it won't do crap to stop the actual abuse of children.
I don't think there's too much to worry about. Now that there's been sufficient outrage (though, I reckon' a lot of it it just bandwagon stuff) EA won't need such strong DRM in later articles.
That is to say, in my opinion, I reckon' they were "scared" (so to speak) of having a game that didn't require a CD so they had this draconian DRM (that, well, I don't really mind) that hopefully they'll weaken in patches or later titles (even if it doesn't help now, atleast they're trying to improve the user experience by not requiring discs... even if they did get a little paranoid).
No Google Chrome. Which is a pity because I get tabs->browser crashing in Firefox fairly often on Javascript heavy sites and it'd be nice to not have my entire browser go pop.
Not a grammar nazi. Don't care really... (I use ellipses in the wrong places/constantly/ when I pause to think or if I would pause if I was saying it out loud)
But... the poster claimed to be a loyal customer and yet spelt it "ID". It was obvious they were just trying to bolster their argument with some superfluous emotional crap.
As far as I know OLPC hasn't ended. And... why can't we have both? There's helping the poor but why shouldn't those that can afford better computers be allowed to buy them?
And what would fixing "the damn thing" involve? I'm a late adopter to Vista (post-SP1) and... well... it works fine. No incompatibility issues (literally, not a damn single one), no BSODs (ditto)... blah!
I don't know what it's like in America or whichever country you live in, but in Australia - textbooks are as costly as anything gets and textbooks in libraries are ubiquitous!
They've made an effort to make it run on versions of Firefox up to 3.0 (PS was out before FF3.0, so don't think it of it as a "they did it just to say they did it" thing).
I think it's just more of a they haven't got to it yet as opposed to sheer malice. Although they'll probably aim for FF3.0 compatibility before Linux.
Although, I'll admit... there's a reasonable chance there won't be a Linux version until this thing is a lot more mature (i.e. your own collections can be formed... but that's when it'll be it's best).
They *did* use unfair practices. They pressured manufacturers to install Windows by threatening to charge more. But now they have to stick to a public pricing system based on tiers. What other unfair things do they do? Including IE? OH NO. INCLUDING A BROWSER WITH AN OS. THAT'S HELL WEIRD. *cough*.
Imagining distributing Firefox to non-techies without having IE to grab it.
What are some current examples of embrace and extend? The Java one is really old and the HTML one is just plain plop (considering everyone, including Netscape extended the HTML spec).
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It won't stop pedophiles at all. It'll stop those seeking child pornography on the internet, but it won't do crap to stop the actual abuse of children.
Whuffie!
It isn't designed to be REORIENTED IN MID USE.
I don't think there's too much to worry about. Now that there's been sufficient outrage (though, I reckon' a lot of it it just bandwagon stuff) EA won't need such strong DRM in later articles.
That is to say, in my opinion, I reckon' they were "scared" (so to speak) of having a game that didn't require a CD so they had this draconian DRM (that, well, I don't really mind) that hopefully they'll weaken in patches or later titles (even if it doesn't help now, atleast they're trying to improve the user experience by not requiring discs... even if they did get a little paranoid).
No Google Chrome. Which is a pity because I get tabs->browser crashing in Firefox fairly often on Javascript heavy sites and it'd be nice to not have my entire browser go pop.
Not a grammar nazi. Don't care really... (I use ellipses in the wrong places /constantly/ when I pause to think or if I would pause if I was saying it out loud)
But... the poster claimed to be a loyal customer and yet spelt it "ID". It was obvious they were just trying to bolster their argument with some superfluous emotional crap.
A loyal customer, that can't spell the name of the company they're so loyal too?
Find another soapbox.
As far as I know OLPC hasn't ended. And... why can't we have both? There's helping the poor but why shouldn't those that can afford better computers be allowed to buy them?
And what would fixing "the damn thing" involve? I'm a late adopter to Vista (post-SP1) and ... well... it works fine. No incompatibility issues (literally, not a damn single one), no BSODs (ditto)... blah!
I don't know what it's like in America or whichever country you live in, but in Australia - textbooks are as costly as anything gets and textbooks in libraries are ubiquitous!
You hardly need to be /rich/ to get into uni here.
Slightly... baiting but not intended, but I love how you suggest replacing proprietary flash, with the essentially proprietary Quicktime.
Never heard of Windows Mobile?
Jailbroken iPhones on the other hand are remarkably open and capable.
... strange definition of talking you're using.
Talking about disc formats: "talking".
Talking about something MS-related: "attaaack".
Double meaning ftw!
We didn't mind HD-DVD and Blu-Ray battling it out but when it comes to a Microsoft format... ATTAAAACK.
In regards to the "WordWrapLikeWord95" part, I believe all those kinds of things have been removed from the spec.
As far as I can tell... it's not even in the Wiki article any more (or someone's moved it e.t.c)
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I meant to say OS X, isn't this embarrassing... well, it runs under Wine. Regardless, my point is the same.
They've made an effort to make it run on versions of Firefox up to 3.0 (PS was out before FF3.0, so don't think it of it as a "they did it just to say they did it" thing).
I think it's just more of a they haven't got to it yet as opposed to sheer malice. Although they'll probably aim for FF3.0 compatibility before Linux.
Although, I'll admit... there's a reasonable chance there won't be a Linux version until this thing is a lot more mature (i.e. your own collections can be formed... but that's when it'll be it's best).
... yes. Because the platform an app runs on determines its copyright status.
Safari runs on Windows and Linux! SAFARI IS OSS.
http://phototour.cs.washington.edu/ - what's that, a Microsoft logo on the official website. Oh, stolen? Perhaps you should try fact checking.
(You sir are the definition of a zealot).
Ah! I'm falling! Ah well. I guess cause there's no base eh? I IS SAYING BASELESS.
OOXML isn't E^3. E^3 is taking an EXISTING spec and extending it.
They *did* use unfair practices. They pressured manufacturers to install Windows by threatening to charge more. But now they have to stick to a public pricing system based on tiers. What other unfair things do they do? Including IE? OH NO. INCLUDING A BROWSER WITH AN OS. THAT'S HELL WEIRD. *cough*. Imagining distributing Firefox to non-techies without having IE to grab it.
What are some current examples of embrace and extend? The Java one is really old and the HTML one is just plain plop (considering everyone, including Netscape extended the HTML spec).
This is only for cases where SPRINT cancelled the contract and still charged the cancellation fee.