I purchase over $20K from them for my company every year which is now going to be moved to another company. Nothing they sell can't be bought elsewhere. I will now move that purchasing to another place. The main reason I bought from them was I could check the reviews and then buy. Since I can no longer trust the reviews why check the reviews elsewhere and then go to Amazon to buy.
Those that have want to protect it, and those that want it want to free it. In this case there really is no damage because most people could careless. And those that do it will just make them more interested in the process than stealing it.
People just need to understand that in public, they in public!
You have no right or expectation to privacy when you are in public. In your house I think no one should be able to monitor you without a court order and that includes surveillance cameras that by virtue of their line of sight video in to peoples houses.
I do think that there is both good and bad reasons to publish the locations of surveillance cameras. On one hand no one under current law has the right in public to not be videoed. On the other hand why should we in a free country have to worry that everything legal we do is being recorded. Sounds kind of like something from a pre-80 communist country?
Sure we do not want the criminals to know where they are going to be videoed because then they know where they won't be.
As Network Engineer I hate this, but understand some of it.
In a college setting the college could have two networks, one in which the wired network runs on, and one with lesser bandwidth for the wireless. Network segmentation is very good for protecting critical needs like VOIP, or intra-office communication. I still hate to see bans as there is always going to a way around it. And any person that wants to see something on the web bad enough will find a way to see it. So maybe that is why the have done it the way they have. The better method is to segment traffic using something as simple as QOS protocols.
Any of the Dumb Masses that buy this game should lose their money. I refuse to pay for something that does nothing but make it hard to use. It would be like buying a car that only you could drive, while the thieves could just bypass the security and drive away with it. Only makes the product less valuable.
If you are buying unlimited then anything other than that is just plain false. Unlimited means no limits, no determining what I get. Why has someone not sued them for false advertising?
The only people that all of this DRM affects is the people that pay for it all the time. Willingly. DRM just makes those people mad. The rest of the world will always find a way to get around any DRM. Period, end of story. DRM will never work.
Re: Why some folks with IT Experience hate Apple...
I agree with you. And yes in ways I don't bother with Apple. But they have a different market they are targeting. They don't want all the problems that MS has with bad developers writing bad apps that are then installed on you cellphone and cause it to crash like I have had happen at least a 20 times with the 7 different Pocket PC based smartphones.
Do I agree with closed systems and trying to control the food chain up and down the line, no, but Apple sees it as good for two reasons. One they get to make money from being the one place for everything Apple, and two because they can be sure things are going to play well together. Which MS has no chance of ever doing.
Personally, I think app development should have some happy medium where not any dumbass can make an app that will crash my system and you have to answer to the company gods.
Lets take an honest look and stop the name calling
First I have been using computers since the days of the Commodore 64 and Apple IIe. I have used many different computers and operating systems in that time. So I have some experience when I talk.
I have been working supporting and designing Windows Systems since 1989. I have had more than 12 different Smartphones since then started calling it that. And I now own a iPhone 3G.
Why because first and foremost because of the UI design, secondly because it nows has 3G network on it. I did not buy the original iPhone because it lacked too many things like 3G. Everybody that talks about fanboys or other stupid names just miss the simple fact that the reason it is selling like it is because it simply much easier to use than the most of the other Smartphones out there.
And don't call me a fanboy because I am sick of smartphones designed like crap. I don't have to pull out a stylus to do something simple like dial a number. Or have to deal with tiny buttons that you have to tap with your stylus just right. For once you now can see most web pages without it being cropped or reformatted to fit the mobile browser. Sure you can't see Flash but that is actually pretty smart because it slows down your browser and half the time displays stupid ads.
Next I have grown more and more sick of UI designers that just simply do not have a clue. And you know they don't have a clue because they have a really hard time thinking like the average person when they design the UI making it hard for the average non-technical person do things they need to be able to do. Example: I have had a good 30% of my clients have a problem finding out how to do something like Save As in Office 2007. And my clients are not dumb, they are Doctors and Engineers.
The average user does not care how something works or what cool new feature something has if they don't make easier to find. If they don't know where to find it they can't use the cool new feature. So IMHO nothing is more important to a good Smartphone, Computer, etc than a good UI. And the iPhone have a good UI. Is it perfect? No. Is it better than what is on the market right now. Yes. Sorry but it is true.
Name one phone on the market that has a easier to use and do what the average use wants to do on it. Name one, and if you up to the challenge I will be happy to prove you wrong. Now I am not talking about the features because the iPhone does lack features other phones have but just the UI. And the UI is all that the average person cares about.
First you are not very well informed. Second we all make money off of other people's work. Everything we do is derived from the work of those before us.
The only way to keep succeeding is to innovate. Protected markets only delay the death. Without new ways you just can't work for long. To paraphrase "Time and Innovation wait for noone".
(Mike I have been reading you on TechDirt for a long time. You should be a highly paid consultant instead of just a very good blogger")
I use to love Palm, but lately all they seem to want to do is just rehash older stuff. There really hasn't been anything cool about Palm products in 4 or 5 years.
On the post: Did Amazon Delete Spore Reviews? [Updated]
Re: Looks like reviews are back.
On the post: Did Amazon Delete Spore Reviews? [Updated]
There is now one 1 star review back up!!
On the post: Did Amazon Delete Spore Reviews? [Updated]
Back to the Streisand Effect
On the post: Opening Up Your Entire Writing Process Isn't Such A Ridiculous Idea
IP issues are always going to be contenious.
On the post: Does The Public Have A Right To Know Where Surveillance Cameras Are Located?
People just need to understand that in public, they in public!
I do think that there is both good and bad reasons to publish the locations of surveillance cameras. On one hand no one under current law has the right in public to not be videoed. On the other hand why should we in a free country have to worry that everything legal we do is being recorded. Sounds kind of like something from a pre-80 communist country?
Sure we do not want the criminals to know where they are going to be videoed because then they know where they won't be.
On the post: University Bans Access To Facebook; Claims It's A Security Issue
As Network Engineer I hate this, but understand some of it.
On the post: EA Admits That You Can Only Have One Spore Player Per Install
Please just say no!!!
On the post: Comcast's New Plan: Send Heavy Users To The Back Of The Line
My 2 Cents
On the post: Dear MPAA: DRM Is Not A Requirement For Releasing Movies
Will they ever get it?
On the post: UK ISPs Move Down The Slippery Slope Of Becoming Copyright Cops
So many bad decisions, so little help fixing them.
On the post: Putting iPhone Sales In Perspective
Re: Why some folks with IT Experience hate Apple...
Do I agree with closed systems and trying to control the food chain up and down the line, no, but Apple sees it as good for two reasons. One they get to make money from being the one place for everything Apple, and two because they can be sure things are going to play well together. Which MS has no chance of ever doing.
Personally, I think app development should have some happy medium where not any dumbass can make an app that will crash my system and you have to answer to the company gods.
On the post: Putting iPhone Sales In Perspective
Oh yeah and the iPhone Data Plan is not more
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/pda-personal-plans.jsp
On the post: Putting iPhone Sales In Perspective
Lets take an honest look and stop the name calling
I have been working supporting and designing Windows Systems since 1989. I have had more than 12 different Smartphones since then started calling it that. And I now own a iPhone 3G.
Why because first and foremost because of the UI design, secondly because it nows has 3G network on it. I did not buy the original iPhone because it lacked too many things like 3G. Everybody that talks about fanboys or other stupid names just miss the simple fact that the reason it is selling like it is because it simply much easier to use than the most of the other Smartphones out there.
And don't call me a fanboy because I am sick of smartphones designed like crap. I don't have to pull out a stylus to do something simple like dial a number. Or have to deal with tiny buttons that you have to tap with your stylus just right. For once you now can see most web pages without it being cropped or reformatted to fit the mobile browser. Sure you can't see Flash but that is actually pretty smart because it slows down your browser and half the time displays stupid ads.
Next I have grown more and more sick of UI designers that just simply do not have a clue. And you know they don't have a clue because they have a really hard time thinking like the average person when they design the UI making it hard for the average non-technical person do things they need to be able to do. Example: I have had a good 30% of my clients have a problem finding out how to do something like Save As in Office 2007. And my clients are not dumb, they are Doctors and Engineers.
The average user does not care how something works or what cool new feature something has if they don't make easier to find. If they don't know where to find it they can't use the cool new feature. So IMHO nothing is more important to a good Smartphone, Computer, etc than a good UI. And the iPhone have a good UI. Is it perfect? No. Is it better than what is on the market right now. Yes. Sorry but it is true.
Name one phone on the market that has a easier to use and do what the average use wants to do on it. Name one, and if you up to the challenge I will be happy to prove you wrong. Now I am not talking about the features because the iPhone does lack features other phones have but just the UI. And the UI is all that the average person cares about.
On the post: AT&T Lobbyist Predicts Doom & Gloom, Clogged Internet By 2010
I wish the major news orgs would beat up them...
On the post: Giving Away Spoilers Isn't Copyright Infringement
Re:
On the post: Putting A Movie On TV Before It's In Theaters
Mike, Companies just don't get it.
(Mike I have been reading you on TechDirt for a long time. You should be a highly paid consultant instead of just a very good blogger")
On the post: Palm Realizes It's Not Apple; Closes Retail Shops
Palm is just waiting for the funeral.
On the post: Smartphones Patented... Just About Everyone Sued 1 Minute After Patent Issued
If you remove the massive amount of money they mak
If a company would for once just fight this hard and not settle...
The simple fact is if they can get the patent and then makes tons of money for not doing anything then they are going to keep on doing it.
On the post: Congress Looks To Close Kevin Martin's Loophole For Regulating Cable
Re: Hmm
On the post: Time To Do Away With Sleazy Checkbox Opt-Outs
They only do it because...
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