Some of those are like that. However, if you're in the airport bathroom, and a fairly well known Senator propositions you for sex, what would you do? Would you tell people, especially if you disliked this Senator and his policies? Or would you keep it under your hat?
Capitalism does not work in humanity's best interests. It works in the best interests of itself. Occasionally those interests may overlap, but not very often.
If you want to protest the use of Starforce/SecuROM/DRMdeJour, then good luck and more power to you. However, the way to do it is to not buy the game, and then NOT pirate it. Not buying it and then pirating it only serves to reinforce the idea that "teh evil pirates are stealing our softwares!" and that they need to lock it down to protect it.
If they made a low end Mac, they probably couldn't sell it at a price consistent with their profit margins. Besides, there's not much money to be made at the low end market, and the brand loyalty just isn't there, which is something they depend on. They've decided that's a market they just don't want to compete in.
Anyone who's developed for the iPhone, or any mobile device, for that matter, knows there's a world of difference between the "simulator" and the actual device. Not being able to do actual debugging on the device will make getting Flash-based apps to work that much harder.
And this train is supposed to go from LA to SF in about 2:40. Which is much faster than the plane you just mentioned. Besides, trains typically are a lot more pleasant to ride than airplanes, mainly because they actually have legroom.
Slightly pedantic, but US Steel was actually set up as a trust because, at the time, it was very difficult to get a corporate charter, often requiring an act of the State legislature to receive one.
Unfortunately, this also has the side effect of putting everyone who worked for that company out of a job. Now, if the company were required to still pay the employees for a year after its "death", that might help, but you get a large company and basically fire all those people, its going to have an impact on the economy as a whole.
Customers can get a list of individual channels (or packages), and they decide what they desire to see.
Its not the cable companies that are stopping this, its the channel owners themselves. If a cable company wants to offer a channel, then they often are required to pick up a few other channels, and there are restrictions on what tier they can be placed on. For example, if a cable company wants to offer ESPN, then they are required to also buy ESPN2, ESPNEWS, and ESPN U. And the agreement will often have restrictions on what tier they can be placed on; i.e. ESPN2 and ESPNEWS must be on the same tier as ESPN. So if you want a la carte channel options, you're gonna have to get rid of this practice from the channel providers themselves.
True, if someone files a counter-notice, then the only thing the party who wants it removed can do is sue the person. However, and this happens a LOT with YouTube, what the company will do is just issue another takedown request, and the site will usually comply with it. In this situation, the person can sue the company for sending that second takedown, but as was pointed out earlier, this is expensive, and most people won't be able to do it unless they get the ear of the EFF or ACLU.
I think what he means by "Reasonable" is that the Palm App Store is going to be the place where 95% of people are going to turn for apps, and if your app isn't in there, the potential market for your app is severely limited. App stores are very popular with users; one place to go for all the apps you could want, and the store handles finding, purchasing, and installing the apps for you. Very few are going to want to do the "homebrew" installs.
Adding user ratings and reviews has definitely made it easier to navigate wares in the Xbox Indie Games section.
However, if users are going to use a central App Store, they're gonna want to trust that stuff in that store at the least isn't malware (crapware is another story). Should something be confirmed malware, I think MS has a duty to remove it.
I am from the US. I graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology about 2 years ago, a small, state engineering school in the Midwest. And although the CompSci department had its share of problems, being an MS Trade Program wasn't one of them.
The Computer Science department where I went was mostly Linux centric, only mainly using Visual Studio for the first year or so, when people from other departments were taking the basic programming classes. In the upper level classes, where most of the people were either Computer Science majors or Computer Engineering majors, the focus switched to Linux, the command line, and embedded software (for CENGs, anyway).
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I'm guessing there are several news organizations on TV that would be willing to do that.
Some of those are like that. However, if you're in the airport bathroom, and a fairly well known Senator propositions you for sex, what would you do? Would you tell people, especially if you disliked this Senator and his policies? Or would you keep it under your hat?
The thing is, does locking down a discovery so only one company can actually use it reduce the benefit to mankind? Many people would say yes.
He said, forgetting the exploitations of the native peoples that where there before the settlers.
It's unethical, and unconstitutional.
Exactly why he's going to succeed.
Capitalism does not work in humanity's best interests. It works in the best interests of itself. Occasionally those interests may overlap, but not very often.
If you want to protest the use of Starforce/SecuROM/DRMdeJour, then good luck and more power to you. However, the way to do it is to not buy the game, and then NOT pirate it. Not buying it and then pirating it only serves to reinforce the idea that "teh evil pirates are stealing our softwares!" and that they need to lock it down to protect it.
So they're within $50 of each other, which at that level isn't much different.
If they made a low end Mac, they probably couldn't sell it at a price consistent with their profit margins. Besides, there's not much money to be made at the low end market, and the brand loyalty just isn't there, which is something they depend on. They've decided that's a market they just don't want to compete in.
This company's earlier suit against MSFT alleged that ActiveX was the part of IE that infringed on this patent. So I don't believe it does.
Anyone who's developed for the iPhone, or any mobile device, for that matter, knows there's a world of difference between the "simulator" and the actual device. Not being able to do actual debugging on the device will make getting Flash-based apps to work that much harder.
The parties of today are nowhere near what they were back then, or even 50 years go. Politics change.
The public transportation problems you mentioned currently exist with flying too.
And I think trains are better for regional travel anyway, not cross country.
And this train is supposed to go from LA to SF in about 2:40. Which is much faster than the plane you just mentioned. Besides, trains typically are a lot more pleasant to ride than airplanes, mainly because they actually have legroom.
I'm guessing most of it would be between SF and LA, but San Diego isn't that far from LA, so adding that isn't much more.
The data showing that AT&T is overcharging their customers could have an adverse affect on the stock price?
Slightly pedantic, but US Steel was actually set up as a trust because, at the time, it was very difficult to get a corporate charter, often requiring an act of the State legislature to receive one.
Unfortunately, this also has the side effect of putting everyone who worked for that company out of a job. Now, if the company were required to still pay the employees for a year after its "death", that might help, but you get a large company and basically fire all those people, its going to have an impact on the economy as a whole.
Customers can get a list of individual channels (or packages), and they decide what they desire to see.
Its not the cable companies that are stopping this, its the channel owners themselves. If a cable company wants to offer a channel, then they often are required to pick up a few other channels, and there are restrictions on what tier they can be placed on. For example, if a cable company wants to offer ESPN, then they are required to also buy ESPN2, ESPNEWS, and ESPN U. And the agreement will often have restrictions on what tier they can be placed on; i.e. ESPN2 and ESPNEWS must be on the same tier as ESPN. So if you want a la carte channel options, you're gonna have to get rid of this practice from the channel providers themselves.
True, if someone files a counter-notice, then the only thing the party who wants it removed can do is sue the person. However, and this happens a LOT with YouTube, what the company will do is just issue another takedown request, and the site will usually comply with it. In this situation, the person can sue the company for sending that second takedown, but as was pointed out earlier, this is expensive, and most people won't be able to do it unless they get the ear of the EFF or ACLU.
I think what he means by "Reasonable" is that the Palm App Store is going to be the place where 95% of people are going to turn for apps, and if your app isn't in there, the potential market for your app is severely limited. App stores are very popular with users; one place to go for all the apps you could want, and the store handles finding, purchasing, and installing the apps for you. Very few are going to want to do the "homebrew" installs.
Adding user ratings and reviews has definitely made it easier to navigate wares in the Xbox Indie Games section. However, if users are going to use a central App Store, they're gonna want to trust that stuff in that store at the least isn't malware (crapware is another story). Should something be confirmed malware, I think MS has a duty to remove it.
I am from the US. I graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology about 2 years ago, a small, state engineering school in the Midwest. And although the CompSci department had its share of problems, being an MS Trade Program wasn't one of them.
The Computer Science department where I went was mostly Linux centric, only mainly using Visual Studio for the first year or so, when people from other departments were taking the basic programming classes. In the upper level classes, where most of the people were either Computer Science majors or Computer Engineering majors, the focus switched to Linux, the command line, and embedded software (for CENGs, anyway).
Marty, he's in a '46 Ford, we're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tin foil.