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by philk 17y ago
I get the feeling that Eric doesn't always remember he's in PR and that no prizes are awarded for arguing with the company's critics. He should really stick to simple, upbeat, sympathetic messages. To be honest I'm surprised he didn't lear
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by philk 17y ago
Moral defensibility is irrelevant from my perspective. See, I'd like to give game creators my money. Games represent great value and I generally enjoy the prospect of well made sequels. I'm happy to pay, as long as they're not asking me
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by philk 17y ago
You're probably right there. But if I'm going to buy a legit copy I'm basically rewarding the publishers for their perfidy.
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by philk 17y ago
Women wear uncomfortable and restrictive items of clothing all the time . For instance, high heels.
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by philk 17y ago
Not really, because the server isn't serving anything that's integral to the game experience. All of the content is on the machine or loaded into memory at some point in time. The only way this really works is if you're continually releasi
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by philk 17y ago
If this completely keeps out all piracy then it's a good move on their part. Sure. And if this gives every member of the development team a magical unicorn they can ride to work it's a good move on their part as well.
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by philk 17y ago
Personally, if I'm going to go to the hassle of pirating the game then I don't need a legit copy. Sure, I'd like to support the creators but not if they're only offering to sell me an inferior version of the product.
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by philk 17y ago
I have to say that Eric Schmidt's record on privacy does not inspire confidence.
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by philk 17y ago
To clarify, as the original post I replied to has been deleted. Premptively I'd like to say thanks to stdcredzero because his experiences with an HP tc1100 were very interesting. a) If I want to surf the web seriously or do some real work,
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by philk 17y ago
For one thing parents have been spying on their kids for time immemorial. Also you'll have practically no chance of enforcing a prohibition against parents spying on their own kids.
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by philk 17y ago
What experience does an iPad deliver that I can't get from an iPhone, a netbook or a laptop?
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by philk 17y ago
I love how the guys who come up with this magically assume that it'd be somehow enforceable and wouldn't leave the internet a barren wasteland. And if some countries don’t agree with or don’t pay attention to the agreement, just cut them o
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by philk 17y ago
I don't want a freaking iPhone that won't fit in my pocket.
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by philk 17y ago
Nifty job application. The redesigned page looks much nicer too. Of course Myspace's problems extend far beyond their UI to the fact that they're owned by Newscorp and are attempting to compete against internet startups while encumbered by
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by philk 17y ago
To be honest it's like game manufacturers (Ubisoft in particular) are trying to make piracy the better option. Look guys. I have decent money, want to support creators and don't feel like fucking around trying to pirate a $50 game and maki
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Obama pledges $8.3B in loan guarantees for nuke plants in Georgia(nytimes.com)
1 points by philk 17y ago|0 comments
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by philk 17y ago
To be honest I'm puzzled as to why they'd cut the guy off even if he was guilty. Condemning what someone has done doesn't mean you can't provide a bit of emotional support.
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by philk 17y ago
I'm having difficulty seeing how these questions would help find people who can build great software or solve problems creatively: a) I'm not sure there's a strong causal link between "being good at brain teasers" and "writing awesome code"
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by philk 17y ago
"I made the mistake of telling my father, and he cut me off," Mr Bunce says. "He then told all my siblings and they also cut us off." "I've forgiven them [my family] - there's no point in bearing a grudge." His family seems pretty loa
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by philk 17y ago
While I was blabbing on and on about whether we should take more, or from whom we should include in the round, Bill said, “Take the (blank) money.” From that day, I have advised the same to every company I’ve since worked with. I'm not s
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by philk 17y ago
I think they're so many light years ahead of "here's a whole fuckload of text" that it doesn't really matter. And if you're going to have slides which don't have lots of bullet points you need something to give them visual panache.
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by philk 17y ago
The key focus of the patent appears to be complying with international copyright restrictions. I'm not sure how it passes the non-obvious test though.
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Google applies for patent on region specific content display(patft.uspto.gov)
1 points by philk 17y ago|1 comments
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by philk 17y ago
Self reporting that you are lucky is probably positively correlated with optimism. Optimism has a whole host of benefits that probably account for the "luck" that these individuals are enjoying.
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by philk 17y ago
Because sealing the thing would cost a lot more money. Containerised shipping is all about reducing overall expense.
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by philk 17y ago
Given Russia's somewhat shady rule of law I doubt the real Silicon Valley is worried.
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by philk 17y ago
This is where America's organization as a collection of states is helpful. At least one or two states will be willing to let automation take over once it's developed, and it's effectiveness there can become leverage to spread it to other s
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by philk 17y ago
It's good that Terry Pratchett is advocating for this (although it would be much better if he was healthy). This article reminded me of an Op-Ed he wrote in the Guardian last year, which I posted as another article ( http://news.ycombinator
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Terry Pratchett - I'll die before the endgame (August 2009)(dailymail.co.uk)
6 points by philk 17y ago|0 comments
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by philk 17y ago
Once the entire logistical chain is fully automated the teamsters will have much less power. After all, if you don't need workers it doesn't matter if they strike.

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