Did anybody want a touchscreen Nano? Better yet, what good does a touch screen that's about an inch and a half square do anybody? I have a feeling that my stupidly large hands would be completely unable to operate the new Nano, and I know I can't be alone there.
This seems like a design regression. I know that touchscreens are sexier than the old wheel was, but was there really anything wrong with the old Nano design that warranted throwing it out entirely?
For what it's worth, the Wall Street Journal article says "ABC television stations" and mentions that the deal between Disney and Time Warner covers the cable stations as well as the broadcast network.
That's still not a clear-cut answer, but my guess would be that they were all pulled but ABC gets the lion's share of attention because the Oscars are tonight.
I got one for $300 a few months ago, and it does pretty much everything I'd ask it to. Office applications, internet, chat (and it does have a webcam and microphone, something I believe the iPad doesn't), and it even does (some of) the games on my Steam account. Not to beat a dead horse, but it doesn't hurt that the netbook has a faster processor, four times the storage of the biggest iPad, Flash, and USB support, either.
I'm not going to deny that the iPad can do things my netbook can't and that it's a much sexier piece of hardware, but I don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong with "the netbook experience."
On the other hand, for loser websites ranked 987th, it might be interesting, but would them off Google make any difference? Hell no it won't. Nobody would ever notice, except maybe the webmaster.
I think you're severely underestimating the size of the sites in the top 1000.
I'm not sure how accurate this ranking is (and it cuts off at 973, for some reason), but the bottom 100 there include sites like Target, Best Buy, Delta Airlines, Air France, and the New York Post - large retailers, airlines with high traffic, and big newspapers. I don't think any of those sites would accept the money to be removed from the listings - even at that level, it's still not worth it.
People go to Google not to get stuff from a top-1000 site, but to find stuff that is not found in the search bars of the top-1000 sites.
You sure on that?
From my experience, it's usually quicker to search Google and tack on the name of the site in your search string than it is to search Amazon, IMDB, Wikipedia, or what have you and filter through their results. Obviously, if Google wasn't an option I could still search on their own sites, but Google tends to work better than most of their built-in search engines.
I can't count how many game releases i missed simply because i never really checked to see when they were released, or even heard about them in the first place.
This sounds like a personal problem to me.
If you want to know what video games are coming out, it isn't that hard to figure out. Look at Amazon's Top Sellers list. Look at IGN's recent reviews. Look at the posts on the front pages of Joystiq or Kotaku. Go look at any video game message board on the internet and you'll find topics about whatever's new and popular. Walk into any store that carries games in the country and look at what's sitting on the shelf.
I'd prefer not to have ads in loading screens just because some people are too lazy to do a bit of research on what new releases are available.
When there are still regions of the country without affordable broadband, games as digital downloads are a long way off. I don't think any of the console companies are ready to ignore significant chunks of the country because their residents can't afford to pay for expensive broadband plans solely to justify their shiny new console.
Digital downloads need to be loads cheaper because of the following reasons.
Sadly, they won't be. The PSPgo is a good indication of this - Sony's charging just as much for digital downloads as you'd pay for a physical copy, because they're afraid of undercutting retailers who they think they need to sell the device in the first place. Another example is Microsoft's Games on Demand feature. It may be slightly more convenient, but I'm not sure I want to pay $30 for a two year old title, or $20 for a game I can get used at GameStop for $5.
As long as the console companies are relying on retail outlets to move consoles, we won't see the prices of digital games fall.
You think that's bad? Just imagine sites like Fox News, Free Republic, or DailyKOS.
Think about video game sites, especially anything that could maybe be considered favorable to one console or manufacturer. Think about Microsoft and Apple.
Think about religious sites. Think about atheism sites. Think about topics like abortion or gay marriage.
Anything that has even the slightest chance of being controversial is going to become a free-for-all. This has the potential to be a trainwreck of epic proportions...but I've got to admit, I'm curious to see how it all plays out.
So if Time didn't file the DMCA notice, and DC Comics didn't file the DMCA notice, and the original photographer did not file the DMCA notice, then who exactly did?
New Music finds and develops new, exciting and successful music. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Parlophone and Virgin. Artists on EMI labels include Lily Allen, The Beatles, Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Doves, Gorillaz, Iron Maiden, Norah Jones, Massive Attack, Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, Pink Floyd, Queen, Sir Simon Rattle, 30 Seconds To Mars, KT Tunstall, Keith Urban and Robbie Williams, as well as international artists such as Amaral (Spain), Camille (France), Empire of the Sun (Australia), Tiziano Ferro (Italy), Flex (Mexico), LaFee (Germany) and Utada Hikaru (Japan).
Catalogue maximises the value of EMI's historic and extensive music assets. Seminal albums in EMI Music's catalogue include Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane (David Bowie), Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (The Beatles), Pet Sounds (Beach Boys), A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay), Birth Of The Cool (Miles Davis), Come Away With Me (Norah Jones), Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall (Pink Floyd), A Night At The Opera (Queen), OK Computer (Radiohead) and Songs For Swingin' Lovers (Frank Sinatra). EMI Music's Catalogue division also owns and runs the world-renowned recording studios Abbey Road in London and Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.
There's also this page, with a more complete listing of artists.
EMI's catalog includes some of the arguably best albums of all time, and some of the most popular current artists. I don't see any way how this will end well.
Movies have other avenues to recoup the investment - the theatrical run, cable rights, pay per view, and so on.
Making games for the PS3 and 360 requires a significant investment - we're talking millions of dollars. Trying to get the game to break even is hard enough, and dropping the price that much is something I can't see the publishers and developers ever going for.
Most games do hit that pricing eventually, either via the greatest hits lines or retail markdowns or clearance sales. You've just got to be willing to wait for that to happen.
Unfortunately, though, nothing's been done about it (at least that I know of). Until the policy is changed or, better yet, eliminated entirely, this is going to keep popping up as "news."
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I am in Northern Virginia. There is no power outage or severe weather here.
I'm gonna believe the multiple news stories that say you're wrong.
Believe it or not, some people prefer obtaining their content legally.
Or just don't want to risk getting sued, or in trouble with their ISP.
if Facebook wishes to become a player in the email market, they cannot block content.
"Messaging" and "e-mail" are not the same thing. Problem solved?
Did anybody want a touchscreen Nano? Better yet, what good does a touch screen that's about an inch and a half square do anybody? I have a feeling that my stupidly large hands would be completely unable to operate the new Nano, and I know I can't be alone there.
This seems like a design regression. I know that touchscreens are sexier than the old wheel was, but was there really anything wrong with the old Nano design that warranted throwing it out entirely?
You know what other indie game resembles an oil spill?
It's worth pointing out that you can't do that with the other two, due to Natal's nonexistent controller and Move's button layout.
For what it's worth, the Wall Street Journal article says "ABC television stations" and mentions that the deal between Disney and Time Warner covers the cable stations as well as the broadcast network.
That's still not a clear-cut answer, but my guess would be that they were all pulled but ABC gets the lion's share of attention because the Oscars are tonight.
i dont think people care the much about losing abc.....
The millions of people who watch Lost and Grey's Anatomy would beg to differ. So would everyone who's planning to watch the Oscars tonight.
It may not be your cup of tea, but it's kind of stupid to say that people don't care about losing one of the major national broadcast networks.
What's wrong with netbooks?
I got one for $300 a few months ago, and it does pretty much everything I'd ask it to. Office applications, internet, chat (and it does have a webcam and microphone, something I believe the iPad doesn't), and it even does (some of) the games on my Steam account. Not to beat a dead horse, but it doesn't hurt that the netbook has a faster processor, four times the storage of the biggest iPad, Flash, and USB support, either.
I'm not going to deny that the iPad can do things my netbook can't and that it's a much sexier piece of hardware, but I don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong with "the netbook experience."
Look at the story again. The story is about the website, not retail locations.
On the other hand, for loser websites ranked 987th, it might be interesting, but would them off Google make any difference? Hell no it won't. Nobody would ever notice, except maybe the webmaster.
I think you're severely underestimating the size of the sites in the top 1000.
I'm not sure how accurate this ranking is (and it cuts off at 973, for some reason), but the bottom 100 there include sites like Target, Best Buy, Delta Airlines, Air France, and the New York Post - large retailers, airlines with high traffic, and big newspapers. I don't think any of those sites would accept the money to be removed from the listings - even at that level, it's still not worth it.
Literally?
People go to Google not to get stuff from a top-1000 site, but to find stuff that is not found in the search bars of the top-1000 sites.
You sure on that?
From my experience, it's usually quicker to search Google and tack on the name of the site in your search string than it is to search Amazon, IMDB, Wikipedia, or what have you and filter through their results. Obviously, if Google wasn't an option I could still search on their own sites, but Google tends to work better than most of their built-in search engines.
I can't count how many game releases i missed simply because i never really checked to see when they were released, or even heard about them in the first place.
This sounds like a personal problem to me.
If you want to know what video games are coming out, it isn't that hard to figure out. Look at Amazon's Top Sellers list. Look at IGN's recent reviews. Look at the posts on the front pages of Joystiq or Kotaku. Go look at any video game message board on the internet and you'll find topics about whatever's new and popular. Walk into any store that carries games in the country and look at what's sitting on the shelf.
I'd prefer not to have ads in loading screens just because some people are too lazy to do a bit of research on what new releases are available.
Don't worry - I'll take one for the team.
In Soviet Russia, nukes derive energy from you!
Physics killed the video star?
When there are still regions of the country without affordable broadband, games as digital downloads are a long way off. I don't think any of the console companies are ready to ignore significant chunks of the country because their residents can't afford to pay for expensive broadband plans solely to justify their shiny new console.
Digital downloads need to be loads cheaper because of the following reasons.
Sadly, they won't be. The PSPgo is a good indication of this - Sony's charging just as much for digital downloads as you'd pay for a physical copy, because they're afraid of undercutting retailers who they think they need to sell the device in the first place. Another example is Microsoft's Games on Demand feature. It may be slightly more convenient, but I'm not sure I want to pay $30 for a two year old title, or $20 for a game I can get used at GameStop for $5.
As long as the console companies are relying on retail outlets to move consoles, we won't see the prices of digital games fall.
You think that's bad? Just imagine sites like Fox News, Free Republic, or DailyKOS.
Think about video game sites, especially anything that could maybe be considered favorable to one console or manufacturer. Think about Microsoft and Apple.
Think about religious sites. Think about atheism sites. Think about topics like abortion or gay marriage.
Anything that has even the slightest chance of being controversial is going to become a free-for-all. This has the potential to be a trainwreck of epic proportions...but I've got to admit, I'm curious to see how it all plays out.
So if Time didn't file the DMCA notice, and DC Comics didn't file the DMCA notice, and the original photographer did not file the DMCA notice, then who exactly did?
Batman?
From EMI's website:
New Music finds and develops new, exciting and successful music. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Parlophone and Virgin. Artists on EMI labels include Lily Allen, The Beatles, Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Doves, Gorillaz, Iron Maiden, Norah Jones, Massive Attack, Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, Pink Floyd, Queen, Sir Simon Rattle, 30 Seconds To Mars, KT Tunstall, Keith Urban and Robbie Williams, as well as international artists such as Amaral (Spain), Camille (France), Empire of the Sun (Australia), Tiziano Ferro (Italy), Flex (Mexico), LaFee (Germany) and Utada Hikaru (Japan).
Catalogue maximises the value of EMI's historic and extensive music assets. Seminal albums in EMI Music's catalogue include Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane (David Bowie), Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (The Beatles), Pet Sounds (Beach Boys), A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay), Birth Of The Cool (Miles Davis), Come Away With Me (Norah Jones), Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall (Pink Floyd), A Night At The Opera (Queen), OK Computer (Radiohead) and Songs For Swingin' Lovers (Frank Sinatra). EMI Music's Catalogue division also owns and runs the world-renowned recording studios Abbey Road in London and Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.
There's also this page, with a more complete listing of artists.
EMI's catalog includes some of the arguably best albums of all time, and some of the most popular current artists. I don't see any way how this will end well.
Movies have other avenues to recoup the investment - the theatrical run, cable rights, pay per view, and so on.
Making games for the PS3 and 360 requires a significant investment - we're talking millions of dollars. Trying to get the game to break even is hard enough, and dropping the price that much is something I can't see the publishers and developers ever going for.
Most games do hit that pricing eventually, either via the greatest hits lines or retail markdowns or clearance sales. You've just got to be willing to wait for that to happen.
No DOOMsday cult?
Of course not. That would just be Unreal.
I cannot believe this is just now becoming a "scandal."
It's popped up on the internet a few times before, and I know I've seen discussions about this on sites like CheapAssGamer before that Digg article was posted.
Unfortunately, though, nothing's been done about it (at least that I know of). Until the policy is changed or, better yet, eliminated entirely, this is going to keep popping up as "news."
And how is Archive.org handling this economic crisis?
With a new 4.5 petabyte data center.