The simplicity of this title actually made it quite addictive. As for the pod racing game being based on events in the film, I think you will find the events in the film were actually designed around making money from a racing game. Loves money, the Lucas does!
You could make the same argument over the Post Office's deal with BT but for some customers, it has been a good product. I know a couple of light(ish) users of the Post Office product who make excellent use of the free calls to mobiles at the weekend. BT and TalkTalk do not offer this.
So that the point of complaining about the monopoly
Was that no one else could be bothered to enter the market? And now someone (outside of Sky's control) has bothered? So, if we build a single space elevator, presumably the Competition Commission will complain and launch an investigation until one of:
- A competitor builds another space elevator and enters the market
- We split the space elevator up into separate businesses, one for supplying the long thing that goes up into space and the other to provide the transport that goes up and down it.
It really isn't actually worth bothering to innovate, is it?
Another example of how the law, and sentencing in this country is often distorted by knee jerk legislation. However, the sentence seems to be consistent with other cases of computer misuse so I wouldn't think the judge was going out of his way to be unfair.
Orange seems to ban pretty much anything that happens to be an internet forum. You wouldn't notice that as a post paid user though for some reason my iPhone sometimes gets blocked and I have to reset it.
I don't work in the NHS (so not AC). Is part of the problem "specialist healthcare suppliers" who have deep connections into the purchasing side (i.e. a bit like BAE with the MOD)?
You jail break it and install an alternative browser that is not approved by Apple. Good luck finding one of those should you take that course of action (and no, I do not advocate jail breaking iOS devices).
Apple doesn't stop anyone from writing or distributing web browsers for iOS. It merely refuses to allow distribution through its app store. Microsoft OTOH is actually preventing web browsers from being written at all. It may sound moot given the end results but I suspect it would be viewed differently in a court of law.
No, just that agencies are perfectly capable of pulling a fast one if you're not paying attention. As to the Yahoo in question, I wouldn't care to comment as to his fitness to run a multinational corporation.
Having had an agency interpret "some exposure to Oracle" (meaning I fiddle about with customers' databases in sqlplus from time to time) as Oracle DBA in their own version of my CV, I can see how this can happen.
I'd assumed they work far longer hours than this in China. But then again, the whole working practice is different to anything we're used to seeing. How bad it really is depends on other factors. If the dorm they go back to in the evening is good enough and if the on site facilities are decent and cheap enough to allow them to save most of what they earn, then the working conditions in some of these places may not be (quite) as bad as they seem.
Would probably be the biggest attraction in the theme park. What self respecting Star Wars fan wouldn't want to have eaten there? It won't work without the possibility of some bloke dressed as an alien tapping you on the shoulder and saying "He doesn't like you" though.
Name three things you've done to help and encourage diversity in the workplace. The only answer I could think of was "Well I haven't done anything to prevent it".
Unlike most of the scumbags in the wonderful world of trolls. Though I'm sure there must be examples of this kind of manipulation (including in works of fiction) that predate any patent in the area.
Is sell their rare earth mineral exports high enough to keep manufacturing in China, but not so high as to to make it worthwhile re-opening mines outside of China? Am I missing something?
Clearly, a lot of commentards are inveterate snobs.....
It seems many of you have never lowered yourselves (and trust me, it's a low thing to do) to checking out the TV listings for the Syfy channel, with such classics as The Terminators, The Day The Earth Stopped, Almighty Thor (surely not a rip off of the dreadful Thor) and 2 Headed Shark Attack.
Having been reading ebooks since I had a Handspring Visor, reading books on my iPhone is no problem though I would like a proper ebook reader. Speaking of which, Amazon's failure to launch the Kindle in the UK is most annoying. Why the hell would they think I'd buy one of their existing models when they've made something a bit more useful?
Bloom????? Do you mean lens flare? That has nothing to do with the number of pixels they've stuffed into a small space. Last time I had a Nikon (had a D40 briefly and thought it was great), one problem was Nikon not supplying a lens hood (which will stop flare quite nicely) with their low end kit lens.
They certainly break a lot of older assumptions as to what could be achieved with a relatively small APS-C sized sensor. For anyone who wants bigger prints and better dynamic range, or better low light performance* this is probably a worthy upgrade to any low end Nikon that came before it.
On my iOS devices, I can read purchased books I can still download from my old Peanut Press account (ereader.com these days), my Amazon account and of course Apple iBooks. I can often buy the same book using any of those accounts (though I have a preference for Kindle these days). Maybe someone needs to hit me hard on the head with it but I'm not seeing a monopoly on Apple's part. Apple gives fair and optional access to their publishing infrastructure and if you want to take payment via that infrastructure, Apple take their percentage.
If iBooks were the only game in town and Apple were laughing at the rotting corpses of the alternatives OTOH.....
But if you have to specify down to the if/then level what the solution is supposed to do, you may as well code it yourself. There's a lot more to most development jobs than just bashing out code these days. Perhaps if Communist Party didn't fear the kind education system that produces people who can think/act/design/create for themselves.
The duelling headlines comment above is spot on, if a little harsh (some them can think/act/design/create for themselves but the Chinese education system isn't geared towards that).
Entirely consistent with Facebook's best interests
For Facebook to remain successful and not go the way of MySpace, its users need to feel safe having a Facebook account and, in the case of securely locked down Facebook accounts, able to speak frankly amongst friends.
From what little I've seen on the interwebs, something seems to have gone down. I can't imagine a coup (as such) happening in China though, even if there is a split within the Communist party. The generals have been big winners in China's march towards capitalism.
I don't see how I could legally hand over my password
I accept the right of companies to vet staff (especially at the executive as I've witnessed first hand what a minefield that can be) but I see a huge problem for myself in handing over my Facebook password.
In simple terms, all of my Facebook friends have locked down accounts and me handing over my password would be a massive breach of their privacy. Would this not put me substantially in breach of British and European data protection laws and liable for a hefty fine (or even some time at Her Maj's leisure)?
One thing's clear. It's not the work of script kiddies.....
The pointer stuff will be a bit too hard for them. While it doesn't necessarily have the fingerprints of the CIA/NSA/Mosad, I can't think of too many people out there who'd have the motivation to steal information about industrial control systems with nuclear applications (or, as with the apparently related Stuxnet, disrupt industrial control systems that just happen to be in Iranian nuclear research facilities).
Apple has one, Microsoft has one, Google is one, if you buy a PC or Mac from Currys/PC World, they give a subscription to a cloud of their own....... It's rapidly becoming a crowded space. When will the cloud bubble burst?
Apple are successful and that isn't going to change soon
And certainly not because a stock price bubble bursts. However, if I was one of the lucky buggers who held Apple stock since it was cheap, I hope I'd have the good sense to take some profits (as the smart money surely is, while the bubble inflates).
Perhaps the US prosecutors successfully argued the crime was committed outside of the US based on the location of the web server (clutching at straws at this point - I don't see how the extradition could be legal based on the text above).....
But I've not been able to find a definitive answer on linking. Either way, the case is disturbing. If we assume what the accused broke no British law then should all British citizens learn US law?
I understand the accused should be tried where the crime is felt. Since Britain has a vibrant and creative entertainment industry, is the crime not also felt here (assuming it is a crime here)?
2. Could it also be argued that the effects of the crime were felt here?
I suspect the answers are yes and yes. However, I'd not be surprised if a compliant CPS had declined to prosecute. I'd quite like to know what May carefully considered; not to mention see where all the aledged profits went, since US prosecutors aren't exactly shy when it comes comes to exaggerating numbers.
The idea that Kodak, the inventor of digital photography, could possibly owe anything to Apple in terms of intelectual property is quite frankly absurd.
Well, as the author of the accidentally anonymised post above, I'm bored, have time on my hands (always do on Friday night) so I'll elaborate:
Firstly, you need to remember that tablets are both PC and input in one and I do believe in the long term that they will probably surplant the traditional PC/laptop form factor. To address a couple of responses:
Thunderbolt is not just about storage but also the monitor connection. The hub for a post PC era tablet would likely be a Thunderbolt Display, providing a display, wired network connectivity, USB, Firewire (it it's still around) and so on. In this configuration, the iPad is the PC, the touch input device and perhaps even a graphic tablet all in one (if only Apple weren't so unfriendly to pens).
Problems? Well you have to look at an iPad while you're touching it; not easy to do when you're trying to stare at a monitor at the same time (but not exactly insurmountable from a design perspective). Thunderbolt provides access to all those "basic features". It's up to Apple to stretch the OS to cover everything else.
Microsoft Office for iPad. Yes, I've read the rumours and would like to see it happen but if Microsoft is also looking to the post PC era, will they not have a similar vision for tablets running Windows 8 and Metro? I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is very conflicted on the issue of Office for iOS (personally, I think they'd be mad not to).
The glorified Tivo response...... I take it you do know what a Tivo is? Last time I fondled a Tivo, it didn't do much for me.
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Awesome
I hope they make this work commercially, in the long run.
Empire Strikes Back on the Atari 2600
The simplicity of this title actually made it quite addictive. As for the pod racing game being based on events in the film, I think you will find the events in the film were actually designed around making money from a racing game. Loves money, the Lucas does!
Re: Depends on what they are offering
You could make the same argument over the Post Office's deal with BT but for some customers, it has been a good product. I know a couple of light(ish) users of the Post Office product who make excellent use of the free calls to mobiles at the weekend. BT and TalkTalk do not offer this.
Pretty sure concatenated SMS Messages
Significantly pre-dates Microsoft's interest in the mobile market. I assume that's what the patent is all about.
So that the point of complaining about the monopoly
Was that no one else could be bothered to enter the market? And now someone (outside of Sky's control) has bothered? So, if we build a single space elevator, presumably the Competition Commission will complain and launch an investigation until one of:
- A competitor builds another space elevator and enters the market
- We split the space elevator up into separate businesses, one for supplying the long thing that goes up into space and the other to provide the transport that goes up and down it.
It really isn't actually worth bothering to innovate, is it?
Harsh but not inconsistent
Another example of how the law, and sentencing in this country is often distorted by knee jerk legislation. However, the sentence seems to be consistent with other cases of computer misuse so I wouldn't think the judge was going out of his way to be unfair.
The filters are very OTT
Orange seems to ban pretty much anything that happens to be an internet forum. You wouldn't notice that as a post paid user though for some reason my iPhone sometimes gets blocked and I have to reset it.
Specialist Healthcare IT Suppliers?
I don't work in the NHS (so not AC). Is part of the problem "specialist healthcare suppliers" who have deep connections into the purchasing side (i.e. a bit like BAE with the MOD)?
Re: @Jason Hindle
You jail break it and install an alternative browser that is not approved by Apple. Good luck finding one of those should you take that course of action (and no, I do not advocate jail breaking iOS devices).
Re: @Ian Ferguson
Apple doesn't stop anyone from writing or distributing web browsers for iOS. It merely refuses to allow distribution through its app store. Microsoft OTOH is actually preventing web browsers from being written at all. It may sound moot given the end results but I suspect it would be viewed differently in a court of law.
Re: Well.....
No, just that agencies are perfectly capable of pulling a fast one if you're not paying attention. As to the Yahoo in question, I wouldn't care to comment as to his fitness to run a multinational corporation.
Well.....
Having had an agency interpret "some exposure to Oracle" (meaning I fiddle about with customers' databases in sqlplus from time to time) as Oracle DBA in their own version of my CV, I can see how this can happen.
Frightening isn't it
The design hasn't fundamentally altered from the end of WWII but it takes twenty years to build one, if it's being built in Britain.
He I thought he claimed it was an honest mistake?
I mean putting a degree you don't have on your CV is surely the kind of honest mistake that can happen to the best of us?
Not as bad as I'd assumed
I'd assumed they work far longer hours than this in China. But then again, the whole working practice is different to anything we're used to seeing. How bad it really is depends on other factors. If the dorm they go back to in the evening is good enough and if the on site facilities are decent and cheap enough to allow them to save most of what they earn, then the working conditions in some of these places may not be (quite) as bad as they seem.
Mos Eisley Cantina
Would probably be the biggest attraction in the theme park. What self respecting Star Wars fan wouldn't want to have eaten there? It won't work without the possibility of some bloke dressed as an alien tapping you on the shoulder and saying "He doesn't like you" though.
Name three things you've done to help and encourage diversity in the workplace. The only answer I could think of was "Well I haven't done anything to prevent it".
Clearly, I'm not cut out for the public sector.
Well at least this guy has made stuff
Unlike most of the scumbags in the wonderful world of trolls. Though I'm sure there must be examples of this kind of manipulation (including in works of fiction) that predate any patent in the area.
So all China needs to do.....
Is sell their rare earth mineral exports high enough to keep manufacturing in China, but not so high as to to make it worthwhile re-opening mines outside of China? Am I missing something?
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Re: Existing subscribers all get 25GB
WHS - and thanks (and an extra thumbs up for you). Just claimed my 25GB.
Clearly, a lot of commentards are inveterate snobs.....
It seems many of you have never lowered yourselves (and trust me, it's a low thing to do) to checking out the TV listings for the Syfy channel, with such classics as The Terminators, The Day The Earth Stopped, Almighty Thor (surely not a rip off of the dreadful Thor) and 2 Headed Shark Attack.
Fine article
Having been reading ebooks since I had a Handspring Visor, reading books on my iPhone is no problem though I would like a proper ebook reader. Speaking of which, Amazon's failure to launch the Kindle in the UK is most annoying. Why the hell would they think I'd buy one of their existing models when they've made something a bit more useful?
I could not
Possibly care to comment!
Re: The Sony sensors seem quite remarkable
Bloom????? Do you mean lens flare? That has nothing to do with the number of pixels they've stuffed into a small space. Last time I had a Nikon (had a D40 briefly and thought it was great), one problem was Nikon not supplying a lens hood (which will stop flare quite nicely) with their low end kit lens.
The Sony sensors seem quite remarkable
They certainly break a lot of older assumptions as to what could be achieved with a relatively small APS-C sized sensor. For anyone who wants bigger prints and better dynamic range, or better low light performance* this is probably a worthy upgrade to any low end Nikon that came before it.
Hmmmm...... Doesn't feel like a monopoly....
On my iOS devices, I can read purchased books I can still download from my old Peanut Press account (ereader.com these days), my Amazon account and of course Apple iBooks. I can often buy the same book using any of those accounts (though I have a preference for Kindle these days). Maybe someone needs to hit me hard on the head with it but I'm not seeing a monopoly on Apple's part. Apple gives fair and optional access to their publishing infrastructure and if you want to take payment via that infrastructure, Apple take their percentage.
If iBooks were the only game in town and Apple were laughing at the rotting corpses of the alternatives OTOH.....
Creating great coders is fine......
But if you have to specify down to the if/then level what the solution is supposed to do, you may as well code it yourself. There's a lot more to most development jobs than just bashing out code these days. Perhaps if Communist Party didn't fear the kind education system that produces people who can think/act/design/create for themselves.
The duelling headlines comment above is spot on, if a little harsh (some them can think/act/design/create for themselves but the Chinese education system isn't geared towards that).
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Entirely consistent with Facebook's best interests
For Facebook to remain successful and not go the way of MySpace, its users need to feel safe having a Facebook account and, in the case of securely locked down Facebook accounts, able to speak frankly amongst friends.
Crystal ball gazing........
I seeeeeeeee.............. A small mobile game company being bought by a large provider of OS, enterprise and office software........
Well, there's no smoke without fire
From what little I've seen on the interwebs, something seems to have gone down. I can't imagine a coup (as such) happening in China though, even if there is a split within the Communist party. The generals have been big winners in China's march towards capitalism.
I don't see how I could legally hand over my password
I accept the right of companies to vet staff (especially at the executive as I've witnessed first hand what a minefield that can be) but I see a huge problem for myself in handing over my Facebook password.
In simple terms, all of my Facebook friends have locked down accounts and me handing over my password would be a massive breach of their privacy. Would this not put me substantially in breach of British and European data protection laws and liable for a hefty fine (or even some time at Her Maj's leisure)?
One thing's clear. It's not the work of script kiddies.....
The pointer stuff will be a bit too hard for them. While it doesn't necessarily have the fingerprints of the CIA/NSA/Mosad, I can't think of too many people out there who'd have the motivation to steal information about industrial control systems with nuclear applications (or, as with the apparently related Stuxnet, disrupt industrial control systems that just happen to be in Iranian nuclear research facilities).
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Clouds are becoming fashionable
Apple has one, Microsoft has one, Google is one, if you buy a PC or Mac from Currys/PC World, they give a subscription to a cloud of their own....... It's rapidly becoming a crowded space. When will the cloud bubble burst?
Cannibalising markets? Really
Are you sure they didn't grow the market for all iOS devices?
Apple are successful and that isn't going to change soon
And certainly not because a stock price bubble bursts. However, if I was one of the lucky buggers who held Apple stock since it was cheap, I hope I'd have the good sense to take some profits (as the smart money surely is, while the bubble inflates).
Lost in translation?
Now all your virus are belong to us!
AOL Messenger?
It's got lovely plumage.
Re: Couple of questions
Perhaps the US prosecutors successfully argued the crime was committed outside of the US based on the location of the web server (clutching at straws at this point - I don't see how the extradition could be legal based on the text above).....
Re: Copyright law has been tightened here
But I've not been able to find a definitive answer on linking. Either way, the case is disturbing. If we assume what the accused broke no British law then should all British citizens learn US law?
Re: Not moot at all
I understand the accused should be tried where the crime is felt. Since Britain has a vibrant and creative entertainment industry, is the crime not also felt here (assuming it is a crime here)?
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About time someone did something
To get the ball rolling. I'd certainly be in the market for a 4G dongle if it and the services that come with it are'nt excessively priced.
Couple of questions
1. Is what he did also illegal here in Blighty?
2. Could it also be argued that the effects of the crime were felt here?
I suspect the answers are yes and yes. However, I'd not be surprised if a compliant CPS had declined to prosecute. I'd quite like to know what May carefully considered; not to mention see where all the aledged profits went, since US prosecutors aren't exactly shy when it comes comes to exaggerating numbers.
Re: As long as my iPad 2 is next to my iPhone 3GS
I'm confident no one will notice (and there's always my Amstrad Penpad for the ultimate alpha geek retro distraction).......
Never felt the need to queue
My iPad 2 still works and should continue to do so past Friday. They beg to multiply but I can wait.
I've said it before, I'll say it again......
The idea that Kodak, the inventor of digital photography, could possibly owe anything to Apple in terms of intelectual property is quite frankly absurd.
Re: Well it could take us into the post PC era
Well, as the author of the accidentally anonymised post above, I'm bored, have time on my hands (always do on Friday night) so I'll elaborate:
Firstly, you need to remember that tablets are both PC and input in one and I do believe in the long term that they will probably surplant the traditional PC/laptop form factor. To address a couple of responses:
Thunderbolt is not just about storage but also the monitor connection. The hub for a post PC era tablet would likely be a Thunderbolt Display, providing a display, wired network connectivity, USB, Firewire (it it's still around) and so on. In this configuration, the iPad is the PC, the touch input device and perhaps even a graphic tablet all in one (if only Apple weren't so unfriendly to pens).
Problems? Well you have to look at an iPad while you're touching it; not easy to do when you're trying to stare at a monitor at the same time (but not exactly insurmountable from a design perspective). Thunderbolt provides access to all those "basic features". It's up to Apple to stretch the OS to cover everything else.
Microsoft Office for iPad. Yes, I've read the rumours and would like to see it happen but if Microsoft is also looking to the post PC era, will they not have a similar vision for tablets running Windows 8 and Metro? I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is very conflicted on the issue of Office for iOS (personally, I think they'd be mad not to).
The glorified Tivo response...... I take it you do know what a Tivo is? Last time I fondled a Tivo, it didn't do much for me.
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