Agreed. I Have the same. I pay for a cable TV subscription but get most stuff via torrent.
If they want me to pay provide me a link where Ican enter my CC info and a list of shows I've watched and I'll be more than happy to offer them some of my hard earned cash. Of course it would probably be much less than what they believe they could charge for it.
I'm willing(and do) to pay for a book 10-20eur but frankly most episodes wouldn't be worth more than 2eur each(normal 40 minute ep).
Though probably not as bad here in EU I can get stuff cheaper from other countries in the EU than my own. And that's usually with exhobirant shipping.
I can get most games 15eur cheaper from the UK than buying localy. I can buy most things 10-30% cheaper from any other country in the EU than getting the same stuff localy.
Not likely. If you make a product too cumbersome to use nobody will use it.
And considering that all the next-gen console stuff is still all rumor I doubt it. Why change something that works?
As for DRM considering all the crap that's going on there already. You need to secure the system not the game.
And yeah I'll stick to physical media until they rip it out of my cold-dead-hands. I can't lend a digital download to a friend while I can do so with a physical disc.
Erm POST PC era??? What the hell are you talking about. Last I checked all the people around here that actually NEED to do actual WORK don't want tablets or smartphones. They want a decent laptop with an external screen to hookup to and be able to do their jobs.
Some even have some of the fancy 'droids but they really can't use that for anything. Any Frankly Windows 8 won't change that in any way.
In this country we had at end of primary school a full term of cycling school. From roadsigns etc... to practical driving tests. I still have that "cycling license" somewhere. I just don't think anyone gives a c... about it.
Frankly I know how to ride... it's the damn motorists that don't. They have this insane cosmic idea that we're some sort of aliens on their planet of "My Road" and will get it in their heads that we should be removed from civilization. But as I also drive I see daily what stupidities some cyclists do not to mention the pedestrians.
Atleast the cops here have stopped a few cyclists doing stupid things. As for e-bikes the one's here need to be limited to 25km/h since that is the speed limit on bike lanes/paths. And PHYSICALLY SEPARATE bike paths/lanes from traffic and especially pedestrian areas.
Something like that at a 600eur mark would definately be of interest. But the price point is way way to much imho. But I'd drop the optical drive. And yes thank you for no webcam. I'd swap the optical drive for an extra battery. This could be very usable then.
As someone who orders all his PS3 games from them online I'm happy with their service and prices. I'm not from the UK so I get like a 5-14day delivery times but I partialy blame our own postal system since they do air mail them.
I often get pre-orders and new games cheaper by 10-30 eur than the local sharks want for them. And that's with shipping included. And as I have a UK PSN account(because when I bought the PS3 they didn't have a local PSN store) I also buy the psn topup cards which bypasses the PS3 credit card issues and security issues.
That patents expire after 20 years... And if this slow death keeps going they'll eventually run out of things to sue about while the others will innovate away from them.
Only in europe but we still get shafted on some of the prices so I order stuff from the UK as well. I can save up to 15 eur WITH shipping on a release.
But yeah I got Skyrim on the 17th so nearly a week after release. Still survivable.
...dead and still fighting body. Frankly Sony has won me over years ago with their TV kit and only two years ago with the PS3.
And no I don't really care that my TV can't play everything and the kitchen sink. I've got a media box for that but I want it that way. A basic TV with DVB-C builtin.
They took Valve's existing idea behind portal 2(on the PS3 and Mac and Win) and integrated in their products. Way to go with innovation there M$... Don't forget to patent it as the most bloddy obvious thing on the planet.
How about game devs started actually coding this thing into their games already. Sheesh.
Systems is NEVER kept in the basement. It's usually the first or second floor. So that people can worry about all the excessive UPS systems coming crashing on them all the time...
"All of the Linux distros tend to work with upstream, providing new features and bugfixes. Your words make it sound like only Fedora are doing that."
... when they don't. Which debian/ubuntu certainly don't do a lot... They patch the hell out of things. I believe fedora isn't as bad as that but not far behind.
... the slovenian information commisioner blocked google. Simple request... you either do the blurring realtime without storing the unblurred or you don't get to work here.
You see the C&C centers connect to this via the internet. Take that out and there is no way of controlling what happens. Of course someone could break something else but that would require a very specific targeted attack to work on a specific setup.
So yes... internet is necessary if you want to actually control stuff. It isn't a complete solution but it's a start.
How this is supposed to work when there is no browsing history??? Seriously? I never have cookies on by default, don't have a disk cache(only memory cache), never have browsing history. What other way can they actually track?
As far as I care EPO should get out or if not that be brought to heel and have their powers limited in such a way that granting swpats is near impossible in both a practical and theoretical sense.
...the only benefiting party in this entire thing would be the patent lawyers... When they don't even pretend that patents might be usable outside of litigation by spewing such crap as "creating a unified patent litigation system" it means it's time to get rid of such law completly.
we just got a price increase around here from all the ISPs. I'm paying 3 euros more than 2 months ago(1 eur per plan(phone,tv,net)). Others are paying more as well.
I wonder where they are getting these numbers from(and this is with a 13mbit/1.5mbit connection)...
I went AV free in ~2000 and after that switched to gnu/linux only systems in 2003. So there really wasn't anything to worry about. And considering my paranoid nature I tend to block of a ton of stuff by default.
I've given up on AV and other solutions 10 years ago. All that is needed is playing it safe and one can do that without an AV. Just be more paranoid than the most paranoid person you can think of. It works a treat.
I still don't have a work phone but then nobody has my cell phone number as well :)
They can reach me via email if they need to(I have that available no the cell phone as well). That I check hourly. But my phones tend to be on silent 90% of the time.
So far this worked just fine. If I ever were issued a work mobile though I'd have a discussion with my boss on when I'll be available and how the costs would get covered.
I won't step on the bomb that is waiting to happen here. But I'll put it this way... if all you want to do is use your computer the way you want it and if the Ubuntu or Fedora or whatever else formula works for you. Great! Nice that you found your solution... Calling it the one true distro... no... we each have our own wants, needs and desires. I'm generally happy with most things packaged... but sometimes there's that one small tiny feature that nearly nobody will use and the maintainers won't enable and then... you need to build the stuff yourself.
I guess I coud go on... but choice is good... so lets all have our own choices on how we want to run our systems and agree on that ;)
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Lovely
Enjoyed the article a lot.
like?
Considering they already provide specs to Linux driver devs and even some support I believe.
Much better than nvidia that only provide a closed up driver.
Geoblocking is particularly annoying in nations beyond Europe...
... /me checks... yes in Europe, yes in EU, being ripped off for everything yes, being geoblocked in everything yes...
So no not beyond Europe... even in Europe.
Re: view of copyright practicalities
Agreed. I Have the same. I pay for a cable TV subscription but get most stuff via torrent.
If they want me to pay provide me a link where Ican enter my CC info and a list of shows I've watched and I'll be more than happy to offer them some of my hard earned cash. Of course it would probably be much less than what they believe they could charge for it.
I'm willing(and do) to pay for a book 10-20eur but frankly most episodes wouldn't be worth more than 2eur each(normal 40 minute ep).
Yay
Now just need to find an epub supplier for them and I'll have myself a lot of ebooks. Though I still might get the pbooks anyway.
Not only in Australia
Though probably not as bad here in EU I can get stuff cheaper from other countries in the EU than my own. And that's usually with exhobirant shipping.
I can get most games 15eur cheaper from the UK than buying localy. I can buy most things 10-30% cheaper from any other country in the EU than getting the same stuff localy.
So yes not only Australia.
I'd suggest
The Atlas 150 with the Pastadrive motor. No need to hand crank your own pasta ;)
Considering...
all the myriad of paste bin sites around the place not a big loss.
Not likely. If you make a product too cumbersome to use nobody will use it.
And considering that all the next-gen console stuff is still all rumor I doubt it. Why change something that works?
As for DRM considering all the crap that's going on there already. You need to secure the system not the game.
And yeah I'll stick to physical media until they rip it out of my cold-dead-hands. I can't lend a digital download to a friend while I can do so with a physical disc.
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Re: Short lived success
Erm POST PC era??? What the hell are you talking about. Last I checked all the people around here that actually NEED to do actual WORK don't want tablets or smartphones. They want a decent laptop with an external screen to hookup to and be able to do their jobs.
Some even have some of the fancy 'droids but they really can't use that for anything. Any Frankly Windows 8 won't change that in any way.
Hmm
In this country we had at end of primary school a full term of cycling school. From roadsigns etc... to practical driving tests. I still have that "cycling license" somewhere. I just don't think anyone gives a c... about it.
Frankly I know how to ride... it's the damn motorists that don't. They have this insane cosmic idea that we're some sort of aliens on their planet of "My Road" and will get it in their heads that we should be removed from civilization. But as I also drive I see daily what stupidities some cyclists do not to mention the pedestrians.
Atleast the cops here have stopped a few cyclists doing stupid things. As for e-bikes the one's here need to be limited to 25km/h since that is the speed limit on bike lanes/paths. And PHYSICALLY SEPARATE bike paths/lanes from traffic and especially pedestrian areas.
Why
Why????
Where's the...
actual ending... :(
Here's hoping
that the online part will survive as well. I only online order since I'm not in the UK but I like the service a lot.
Hmmm
I really like that BF3 got that best online, it is good.
A bit pricey
Something like that at a 600eur mark would definately be of interest. But the price point is way way to much imho. But I'd drop the optical drive. And yes thank you for no webcam. I'd swap the optical drive for an extra battery. This could be very usable then.
My power lines not powerline friendly
Seeing as I have like 50 something year old wiring and so on I highly doubt there would be enough filtering to get anything done on it.
My take on GAME
As someone who orders all his PS3 games from them online I'm happy with their service and prices. I'm not from the UK so I get like a 5-14day delivery times but I partialy blame our own postal system since they do air mail them.
I often get pre-orders and new games cheaper by 10-30 eur than the local sharks want for them. And that's with shipping included. And as I have a UK PSN account(because when I bought the PS3 they didn't have a local PSN store) I also buy the psn topup cards which bypasses the PS3 credit card issues and security issues.
I'd be really sad if they go out of business.
Give it up with Flash already
It's dead. Adobe killed it off and it won't be coming back. So stop claiming it's needed.
Flash on mobiles is dead and good riddance.
As for the Vita... first portable that I'm considering buying in the normal lifetime and not at the end of the life(like I did with gba/ds).
Except
That patents expire after 20 years... And if this slow death keeps going they'll eventually run out of things to sue about while the others will innovate away from them.
Hehe
Only in europe but we still get shafted on some of the prices so I order stuff from the UK as well. I can save up to 15 eur WITH shipping on a release.
But yeah I got Skyrim on the 17th so nearly a week after release. Still survivable.
You can pry $non_apple_device from my cold...
...dead and still fighting body. Frankly Sony has won me over years ago with their TV kit and only two years ago with the PS3.
And no I don't really care that my TV can't play everything and the kitchen sink. I've got a media box for that but I want it that way. A basic TV with DVB-C builtin.
No it ISN'T MeeGo
Harmattan was NOT the N900/Maemo 5 platform. Harmattan is Maemo6 a mix bag of Maemo5 and MeeGo.
So basically...
They took Valve's existing idea behind portal 2(on the PS3 and Mac and Win) and integrated in their products. Way to go with innovation there M$... Don't forget to patent it as the most bloddy obvious thing on the planet.
How about game devs started actually coding this thing into their games already. Sheesh.
I wonder...
...when they'll actually make some functional changes. I actually quite like the current psn store.
Remember
Systems is NEVER kept in the basement. It's usually the first or second floor. So that people can worry about all the excessive UPS systems coming crashing on them all the time...
Hmmm...
Hmm good thing I switched my mom to LXDE and I'm still running with FVWM so really... absolutely no reason to be bothered about this...
Erm... WTH is...
a netback!!!
So I guess that means...
I'll wait until the touchbook v2 is actually out(whenever that is)...
Option 3
users drastically cut back on data usage or even *gasp* cancel data usage all togheter...
Atlesat that's what I'll do if shit like this would start happening...
Wait what?
I'm confused as hell...
You're thinking of...
> but (unless I completely misunderstand the law) they are bound to protect against infringement of
> their copyright or risk losing it. That means that Apple have to go and sue you for printing the apple
> logo on that widget that you made simply to restore your device to its original function.
Trademarks. Copyrights are not lost. Trademarks are.
Expect...
"All of the Linux distros tend to work with upstream, providing new features and bugfixes. Your words make it sound like only Fedora are doing that."
... when they don't. Which debian/ubuntu certainly don't do a lot... They patch the hell out of things. I believe fedora isn't as bad as that but not far behind.
Never heard of any opt out but...
... the slovenian information commisioner blocked google. Simple request... you either do the blurring realtime without storing the unblurred or you don't get to work here.
You failed to read the article as well...
You see the C&C centers connect to this via the internet. Take that out and there is no way of controlling what happens. Of course someone could break something else but that would require a very specific targeted attack to work on a specific setup.
So yes... internet is necessary if you want to actually control stuff. It isn't a complete solution but it's a start.
Briliant...
simply briliant... more please... much much more...
Can someone explain
How this is supposed to work when there is no browsing history??? Seriously? I never have cookies on by default, don't have a disk cache(only memory cache), never have browsing history. What other way can they actually track?
Considering what the EPO is doing
They've granted a ton of swpatents already...
And then you have this lot that just want to have the current laws ignored...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/07/eu_patent_court/
As far as I care EPO should get out or if not that be brought to heel and have their powers limited in such a way that granting swpats is near impossible in both a practical and theoretical sense.
And of course...
...the only benefiting party in this entire thing would be the patent lawyers... When they don't even pretend that patents might be usable outside of litigation by spewing such crap as "creating a unified patent litigation system" it means it's time to get rid of such law completly.
Odd...
we just got a price increase around here from all the ISPs. I'm paying 3 euros more than 2 months ago(1 eur per plan(phone,tv,net)). Others are paying more as well.
I wonder where they are getting these numbers from(and this is with a 13mbit/1.5mbit connection)...
Well
I went AV free in ~2000 and after that switched to gnu/linux only systems in 2003. So there really wasn't anything to worry about. And considering my paranoid nature I tend to block of a ton of stuff by default.
Security theater
I've given up on AV and other solutions 10 years ago. All that is needed is playing it safe and one can do that without an AV. Just be more paranoid than the most paranoid person you can think of. It works a treat.
East european
have you seen a map anytime lately??? Central or south european. We are next to Italy you know.
I believe most of our school books claim central european. Ur do you consider Austria east european as well?
Who even cares...
... nobody.
Or maybe he was...
... just misheard.
Depends...
I still don't have a work phone but then nobody has my cell phone number as well :)
They can reach me via email if they need to(I have that available no the cell phone as well). That I check hourly. But my phones tend to be on silent 90% of the time.
So far this worked just fine. If I ever were issued a work mobile though I'd have a discussion with my boss on when I'll be available and how the costs would get covered.
The what phone???
Never heard of it...
Well
I won't step on the bomb that is waiting to happen here. But I'll put it this way... if all you want to do is use your computer the way you want it and if the Ubuntu or Fedora or whatever else formula works for you. Great! Nice that you found your solution... Calling it the one true distro... no... we each have our own wants, needs and desires. I'm generally happy with most things packaged... but sometimes there's that one small tiny feature that nearly nobody will use and the maintainers won't enable and then... you need to build the stuff yourself.
I guess I coud go on... but choice is good... so lets all have our own choices on how we want to run our systems and agree on that ;)
Can't reveal what I don't know...
Other people know parts of my pass keys.
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