Can someone explain to me how the price for 98 percent of a Hawaiian island was only between 500 million and 700 million? I know next to nothing about real estate out there except that I know it's expensive as hell to own even a shack on a tiny plot of land. Is the particular island just not part of the "Hawaiian experience" us mainlanders are led to think about when we hear about that series of tropical islands?
I wonder if someone has done this yet. I don't know if it would ultimately be profitable to cover the cost of fees to own the TLD but I could see.sucks becoming a popular novelty domain for both humor and serious use for critical analysis.
To be honest, though. I don't think I would do a whole lot different from ICANN except I would forbid the sale of generic terms. If you want to buy a TLD then I would want to see some proof of a valid trademark that would give you proper claim over it.
I'd ultimately like to see something like AOL Keywords to make a (proper) comeback though. We're clearly heading in that direction through means that aren't exactly the most optimal. Why not just cut to the chase?
You clearly don't understand the purpose of DirectX if you believe Microsoft is actually sweating OpenGL's current position in the mobile market. If Microsoft wanted DirectX to be more widespread in the mobile market, they would actually be trying to further that goal. They're not going to for the same reason they'll never bring DirectX to Mac or Linux: It's a platform specific library designed to bring in developers to the Windows platform. DirectX maintains its strong dominance over OpenGL in the Windows PC market, which is where the library is almost entirely based.
I'm done trying to get this through your thick head. It's just not worth replying further.
Outside of mobile platforms where DirectX is actually a competitor, OpenGL will not overtake DirectX in use for the foreseeable future. Microsoft has never taken a strong interest in bringing DirectX to mobile platforms to begin with. DirectX flourishes just fine on the platforms Microsoft actually cares about it being on. You can tout your nonsense about the end being nigh for DirectX until your face turns blue, but it won't make it true. It's not going anywhere anytime soon.
Are you being serious? Studios will continue to not target Linux for the foreseeable future and generally remain DirectX only. Unity of all things isn't going to change this. A DirectX only strategy is not "suicide" when the broad majority of your target user base uses DirectX. But really, you were probably just trolling or seriously delusional anyway.
I don't understand why people are claiming the service is going to die because of this, or how dare they, or what have you.
They're silent ads which appear on the conversation window where the participating callers are tiled. Do people seriously do nothing but stare at the conversation window so they can look at that static avatar image of whoever they're talking to? It's not an audio advertisement. It's just a picture that takes up a slot in the conversation frame. It's going to interrupt conversations to have a silent, ignorable show up on the conversation window? Of course their reasoning for doing this is marketing spin but seriously now. You can even opt out of personalized advertisements so it's not trying to target you.
I really just don't see the problem with them doing this. Skype is a free service with premium services attached. If you're using nothing but the free service, you will get rather unobtrusive advertisements, otherwise if you've been paying for the premium services it won't even show up.
How did this trash seriously get voted up? Police don't lose their rights the moment they put on their badge. They have just as much right to film something happening as anyone else.
Holy crap man, honestly I believe his version of the story a lot more than yours. You need to calm down. Your blood pressure is going to force your head to explode.
Because certain individuals seem to think software isn't "free" unless the source is available and abides by the GPL or compatible licenses. It is free. It's just not open source free.
I called this when they first announced Metro only applications for Express editions.
However, getting applications compiled with Visual Studio to run in XP is still presently a lost cause. The only way you will be doing development compatible with XP is if you stick to VS2010. I hope they relent on this as well. I may not want to support XP, but it is still on a moderate chunk of machines.
HBO gets money from the cable companies + your subscription. It's no mystery why they don't want to offer a standalone service for merely the subscription price of cable users.
That actually would be interesting, if they owned the tld then a address bar search could work like: "free screensavers -virus.google" and the browser would take care of the %20s and all that.
I still think all these generic tlds are pointless for the end user and only serves to make money for icann and any of these companies trying to become registrars.
The original com/net/org domains just made so much more sense. They were short, and even if their original meaning was mostly lost to the public at large (became more about personal preference as to what looked better) they made more sense.
People just aren't going to remember thousands of gtlds. If they want tickets, why wouldn't they just go to ticketmaster.com, or google? What are they supposed to do, exactly? ticketmaster.tickets? Isn't that kind of redundant? tickets.tickets? Even more redundant. I don't think the way we enter urls just serves to have all these generic tlds.
Why didn't they just bring back AOL keywords properly, instead of this awkward implementation of them?
Yes. Because everyone goes irrational after the words child porn comes up. If you ever find child porn on any of your high traffic machines or even something borderline, you better not alert the police, or they'll take your kids away and label you a pedo before any sort of legal proceedings can determine otherwise. And if they can't prove it came from you? Good luck getting your kids back, regardless, because social services will still likely say they aren't safe with you.
That's the mentality drilled into everyone's head, and it's really not a lie, either. There have been many cases like this. That's why this malware is so brilliant. You start pulling out the child porn card and suddenly they are the loneliest, most helpless victim in the world.
It's a sick reality, really. Witch hunts have not gone anywhere, they just switched targets.
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Some of us are paying attention and actually can see the object.
Can someone explain to me how the price for 98 percent of a Hawaiian island was only between 500 million and 700 million? I know next to nothing about real estate out there except that I know it's expensive as hell to own even a shack on a tiny plot of land. Is the particular island just not part of the "Hawaiian experience" us mainlanders are led to think about when we hear about that series of tropical islands?
Probably not because that joke is overplayed to death.
I wonder if someone has done this yet. I don't know if it would ultimately be profitable to cover the cost of fees to own the TLD but I could see .sucks becoming a popular novelty domain for both humor and serious use for critical analysis.
To be honest, though. I don't think I would do a whole lot different from ICANN except I would forbid the sale of generic terms. If you want to buy a TLD then I would want to see some proof of a valid trademark that would give you proper claim over it.
I'd ultimately like to see something like AOL Keywords to make a (proper) comeback though. We're clearly heading in that direction through means that aren't exactly the most optimal. Why not just cut to the chase?
You clearly don't understand the purpose of DirectX if you believe Microsoft is actually sweating OpenGL's current position in the mobile market. If Microsoft wanted DirectX to be more widespread in the mobile market, they would actually be trying to further that goal. They're not going to for the same reason they'll never bring DirectX to Mac or Linux: It's a platform specific library designed to bring in developers to the Windows platform. DirectX maintains its strong dominance over OpenGL in the Windows PC market, which is where the library is almost entirely based.
I'm done trying to get this through your thick head. It's just not worth replying further.
Wait, what? The Do Not Call list was the best thing to happen to my land line since sliced bread.
Outside of mobile platforms where DirectX is actually a competitor, OpenGL will not overtake DirectX in use for the foreseeable future. Microsoft has never taken a strong interest in bringing DirectX to mobile platforms to begin with. DirectX flourishes just fine on the platforms Microsoft actually cares about it being on. You can tout your nonsense about the end being nigh for DirectX until your face turns blue, but it won't make it true. It's not going anywhere anytime soon.
Are you being serious? Studios will continue to not target Linux for the foreseeable future and generally remain DirectX only. Unity of all things isn't going to change this. A DirectX only strategy is not "suicide" when the broad majority of your target user base uses DirectX. But really, you were probably just trolling or seriously delusional anyway.
Charles Carreon, is that you?
Yup mods, what I said was definitely -1, Flamebait.
I don't understand why people are claiming the service is going to die because of this, or how dare they, or what have you.
They're silent ads which appear on the conversation window where the participating callers are tiled. Do people seriously do nothing but stare at the conversation window so they can look at that static avatar image of whoever they're talking to? It's not an audio advertisement. It's just a picture that takes up a slot in the conversation frame. It's going to interrupt conversations to have a silent, ignorable show up on the conversation window? Of course their reasoning for doing this is marketing spin but seriously now. You can even opt out of personalized advertisements so it's not trying to target you.
I really just don't see the problem with them doing this. Skype is a free service with premium services attached. If you're using nothing but the free service, you will get rather unobtrusive advertisements, otherwise if you've been paying for the premium services it won't even show up.
Why?
How did this trash seriously get voted up? Police don't lose their rights the moment they put on their badge. They have just as much right to film something happening as anyone else.
Holy crap man, honestly I believe his version of the story a lot more than yours. You need to calm down. Your blood pressure is going to force your head to explode.
Because certain individuals seem to think software isn't "free" unless the source is available and abides by the GPL or compatible licenses. It is free. It's just not open source free.
Are you being serious? Pretty much everything you've said is wrong except for .NET being windows specific. Visual Studio isn't .NET.
I called this when they first announced Metro only applications for Express editions.
However, getting applications compiled with Visual Studio to run in XP is still presently a lost cause. The only way you will be doing development compatible with XP is if you stick to VS2010. I hope they relent on this as well. I may not want to support XP, but it is still on a moderate chunk of machines.
HBO gets money from the cable companies + your subscription. It's no mystery why they don't want to offer a standalone service for merely the subscription price of cable users.
Trololo
Troll? That poison are you mods drinking tonight?
Because they wanted to be paid of course.
I doubt he cares. They're pretty much just as bad.
That actually would be interesting, if they owned the tld then a address bar search could work like: "free screensavers -virus.google" and the browser would take care of the %20s and all that.
I still think all these generic tlds are pointless for the end user and only serves to make money for icann and any of these companies trying to become registrars.
The original com/net/org domains just made so much more sense. They were short, and even if their original meaning was mostly lost to the public at large (became more about personal preference as to what looked better) they made more sense.
People just aren't going to remember thousands of gtlds. If they want tickets, why wouldn't they just go to ticketmaster.com, or google? What are they supposed to do, exactly? ticketmaster.tickets? Isn't that kind of redundant? tickets.tickets? Even more redundant. I don't think the way we enter urls just serves to have all these generic tlds.
Why didn't they just bring back AOL keywords properly, instead of this awkward implementation of them?
Welp, looks like that's it for the thread, folks. Move along.
Yes. Because everyone goes irrational after the words child porn comes up. If you ever find child porn on any of your high traffic machines or even something borderline, you better not alert the police, or they'll take your kids away and label you a pedo before any sort of legal proceedings can determine otherwise. And if they can't prove it came from you? Good luck getting your kids back, regardless, because social services will still likely say they aren't safe with you.
That's the mentality drilled into everyone's head, and it's really not a lie, either. There have been many cases like this. That's why this malware is so brilliant. You start pulling out the child porn card and suddenly they are the loneliest, most helpless victim in the world.
It's a sick reality, really. Witch hunts have not gone anywhere, they just switched targets.