There is no way my organization would ever stand for this sort of data mining; They'll leave windows far far behind before this happens.
The average person may find it annoying but will upgrade regardless. They either do not know or do not care that there is an alternative.
The average company that uses Windows does so for numerous reasons, loyalty being last. If they "need" a certain application, "need" the interface, or "need" the support, they will continue to upgrade.
And if it's a flop, there's no recovering from that.
They already have that covered:
"On March 21, 2006, 3D Realms CEO Scott Miller stated that when Forever was finished, 3D Realms would begin work on a sequel."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_f orever]
The unstated elephant in the room is that 95-99% of malware attacks are due to Microsoft vulnerabilities.
Microsoft's dominance over the market makes it more enticing to malware writers, regardless of how many vulnerabilities it has. If damage is their desire, they want the most damage; if it is a zombie network, they want the biggest zombie network.
If linux ever manages to overtake windows, it will become the primary target.
FTA: I am in a supermarket and I pick up a can of tomatoes and I place it in the shopping trolley. Immediately my mobile phone flashes green to indicate to me that it is a good buy. I go down the aisle and choose a bottle of wine but this time my phone flashes red to suggest I reconsider.
Great. Now I have to get permission from my phone to go grocery shopping.
This is a revolutionary user interface [on the iPhone] -- multi-touch, direct action. It's pretty remarkable. I'm very excited.
He is exited about something PDA's have done for years. Many laptops, too, have had touchscreen capabilities for a while now. And with the exception of the touchscreen, the iPhone is one of many cell phones that can play music and view the web.
Revolutionary? Only in the sense that Apple could make it mainstream like they did with the iPod. But, like the iPod, this is nothing new.
a watershed game, offering players a chance to experience the epic empire-building world of Civilization in an all new accessible, visually immersive, and action-packed world specifically designed for the console and handheld gamer."
Nowhere in the article does it say how it will be different from previous titles. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. Who knows, this may be the next revolution in gaming. More likely, however, it will be yet another sequel. Only time and a few trailers and demos will tell.
"Civilization Revolution is the game I've always wanted to make!"
When has a game maker ever said, "Here is ournew game. It blows, but we made it anyways."
it's irrelevant what OS you use
The exploit is at the hardware level, but the program targeting the exploit would be written for the individual OS. Not to say macs are in any way better, just that they have a smaller chance of being targeted than windows/*nix.
How do you trust a man married to an evil queen of the galaxy, has a former girlfriend who is another evil queen, and once used advanced alien technology to become the evil overlord of Earth?
If you connect a few together through usb you would have more ethernet ports.
Also, you could use it as a usb network adapter with a built-in firewall.
FTA: "making the rounds on just about every internal email list I belong to in Microsoft"
Whether or not it was a good post, he probably should not have posted it.
Yes, because typing in "apt-get" or "emerge" makes so much more sense to new users than double-clicking an icon that says "setup".
There are many new users, more specifically the older ones, that are more comfortable with a keyboard. It looks to them like a high-tech typewriter, which they already are comfortable with. The mouse, on the other hand, often gets astonished looks. I have given up on being surprised when someone asks which is the left button.
Is there any way we could contact our regular Radio & Local News stations and raise awareness of this issue?
The local stations may not care or may even be supportive of the bans seeing as internet radio competes with them.
have to download a pirated version just to use the software you've legitimately paid for because of artificial limitations If enough of us refuse to buy software, music, or movies from companies that deliberately frustrate their paying customers, then they will either change their strategy or they will deservedly go out of business.
The problem is if we refuse to buy from them, they will complain to the RIAA/MPAA that we are pirating. More pirates means more DRM.
we will see more drones with AI capabilities, able to take decisions even when cut from the HQ. That should bring a lot of army money into the AI field
So long as they are not made in China...
With so much negativity recently towards Wikipedia, it is interesting they would choose to move into an area as chaotic as games. It will be interesting to see how they plan to structure it in order to prevent the flamers from destroying the site.
I wonder what would the world be like without fanboys...
For example, I see commercials for some vocational school (like ITT, or it might actually be ITT) for their video game education track.
I would be both amazed and scared if the "I can't believe we get paid to do this!" guys were actually hired by a studio. Which is worse: the fact that they portray the industry in such a manner, or that so many fall for it?
Majora's Mask was the most non-linear Zelda game made. All the mini-quests were a great break from the typical dungeon to dungeon routine, but the main storyline was lame. Any time the third day rolled around, you could march up the tower and stare skull kid in the eye, but you could not hit him with any weapon.
All in all, it would be nice if they would bring back the sheer number of side quests Majora had so long as it did not take away from the main storyline.
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There is no way my organization would ever stand for this sort of data mining; They'll leave windows far far behind before this happens.
The average person may find it annoying but will upgrade regardless. They either do not know or do not care that there is an alternative.
The average company that uses Windows does so for numerous reasons, loyalty being last. If they "need" a certain application, "need" the interface, or "need" the support, they will continue to upgrade.
And if it's a flop, there's no recovering from that.
f orever]
They already have that covered:
"On March 21, 2006, 3D Realms CEO Scott Miller stated that when Forever was finished, 3D Realms would begin work on a sequel."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_
I hope this thing isn't phoning home. Literally.
So long as it does not charge for the call.
The unstated elephant in the room is that 95-99% of malware attacks are due to Microsoft vulnerabilities.
Microsoft's dominance over the market makes it more enticing to malware writers, regardless of how many vulnerabilities it has. If damage is their desire, they want the most damage; if it is a zombie network, they want the biggest zombie network.
If linux ever manages to overtake windows, it will become the primary target.
FTA: I am in a supermarket and I pick up a can of tomatoes and I place it in the shopping trolley. Immediately my mobile phone flashes green to indicate to me that it is a good buy. I go down the aisle and choose a bottle of wine but this time my phone flashes red to suggest I reconsider.
Great. Now I have to get permission from my phone to go grocery shopping.
This is a revolutionary user interface [on the iPhone] -- multi-touch, direct action. It's pretty remarkable. I'm very excited.
He is exited about something PDA's have done for years. Many laptops, too, have had touchscreen capabilities for a while now. And with the exception of the touchscreen, the iPhone is one of many cell phones that can play music and view the web.
Revolutionary? Only in the sense that Apple could make it mainstream like they did with the iPod. But, like the iPod, this is nothing new.
a watershed game, offering players a chance to experience the epic empire-building world of Civilization in an all new accessible, visually immersive, and action-packed world specifically designed for the console and handheld gamer."
Nowhere in the article does it say how it will be different from previous titles. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. Who knows, this may be the next revolution in gaming. More likely, however, it will be yet another sequel. Only time and a few trailers and demos will tell. "Civilization Revolution is the game I've always wanted to make!" When has a game maker ever said, "Here is ournew game. It blows, but we made it anyways."
it's irrelevant what OS you use
The exploit is at the hardware level, but the program targeting the exploit would be written for the individual OS. Not to say macs are in any way better, just that they have a smaller chance of being targeted than windows/*nix.
How do you trust a man married to an evil queen of the galaxy, has a former girlfriend who is another evil queen, and once used advanced alien technology to become the evil overlord of Earth?
If you connect a few together through usb you would have more ethernet ports. Also, you could use it as a usb network adapter with a built-in firewall.
FTA: "making the rounds on just about every internal email list I belong to in Microsoft"
Whether or not it was a good post, he probably should not have posted it.
Yes, because typing in "apt-get" or "emerge" makes so much more sense to new users than double-clicking an icon that says "setup".
There are many new users, more specifically the older ones, that are more comfortable with a keyboard. It looks to them like a high-tech typewriter, which they already are comfortable with. The mouse, on the other hand, often gets astonished looks. I have given up on being surprised when someone asks which is the left button.
Is there any way we could contact our regular Radio & Local News stations and raise awareness of this issue?
The local stations may not care or may even be supportive of the bans seeing as internet radio competes with them.
have to download a pirated version just to use the software you've legitimately paid for because of artificial limitations
If enough of us refuse to buy software, music, or movies from companies that deliberately frustrate their paying customers, then they will either change their strategy or they will deservedly go out of business.
The problem is if we refuse to buy from them, they will complain to the RIAA/MPAA that we are pirating. More pirates means more DRM.
Is the PirateBay still trying to create their own nation?
An they'll go around filing lawsuits against people who don't deserve it?
They will file lawsuits against those who steal the code...
we will see more drones with AI capabilities, able to take decisions even when cut from the HQ. That should bring a lot of army money into the AI field So long as they are not made in China...
Also, browsing a brick and mortar store means being in only one store at a time, whereas online stores can be compared simultaneously.
>>'The teens that are doing this value the ability to utilize the portability,' Koller notes paradoxically.
How can this be a paradox? Portability is the driving force behind handhelds.
With so much negativity recently towards Wikipedia, it is interesting they would choose to move into an area as chaotic as games. It will be interesting to see how they plan to structure it in order to prevent the flamers from destroying the site.
I wonder what would the world be like without fanboys...
For example, I see commercials for some vocational school (like ITT, or it might actually be ITT) for their video game education track.
I would be both amazed and scared if the "I can't believe we get paid to do this!" guys were actually hired by a studio. Which is worse: the fact that they portray the industry in such a manner, or that so many fall for it?
Majora's Mask was the most non-linear Zelda game made. All the mini-quests were a great break from the typical dungeon to dungeon routine, but the main storyline was lame. Any time the third day rolled around, you could march up the tower and stare skull kid in the eye, but you could not hit him with any weapon. All in all, it would be nice if they would bring back the sheer number of side quests Majora had so long as it did not take away from the main storyline.
In the gamecube version? R-trigger while L-targetting.
Don't you mean cave-person?
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of These!
Windows boxes or botnets? I for one would be frightened of either.