Developers complain about pirating on the PC, so they make console-only titles, then they complain about used game sales. I would have purchased Red Dead Redemption on Steam, had it been available -- instead I bought a used copy at GameStop for $20. Sorry Rockstar. Eventually all games will be delivered digitally, and the producers will need to have a more sane stance on pricing. Not every game is worth $60.
Let's worry about that when it happens.
What is the difference between this and the already-in-place fuel tax? The fuel tax is even better at metering costs to those that chew up roads (heavy vehicles). This sounds like a solution looking for a cause to me.
Many people have sight problems that prevent them from seeing 3D -- why would Nintendo exclude them by tying gameplay mechanics to a display device? It's similar to cinema -- not everyone wants to see a movie in 3D.
I think the biggest problem facing the 3DS is its underwhelming software lineup.
Visual Studio can work with Java projects? If you want to use the Microsoft vertical stack, then stick with Visual Studio. Netbeans supports several application stacks -- many use it just for it's comprehensive PHP support.
Media broadcast/production companies don't want to know the real numbers -- although they could learn a lesson from Arbitron's PeopleMeter device. This little electronic sampler is what they moved to in order to more accurately measure radio listeners. They did away with the pen-and-paper surveys, and added in all kinds of non-traditional radio broadcasts at the same time (retail locations, etc.). Popular radio programs actually came out ahead, even though they fought tooth and nail to keep them out of their markets (they feared change).
I recently recovered my grandmother's IBM XT data. She had hundreds of WordPerfect and Personal Ancestry files -- all on an MFM 4MB hard disk. I was able to get the image off after booting it up with an old monitor, and I made a DosBox image for it so that my dad/aunt/uncles could double-click and run all her stuff. My father was upset because I sent the link out to everyone before he had a chance to go through it for "personal" data that he would then presumably keep from everyone else. I doubt she cares, though.
To be fair, iOS was renamed from iPhoneOS not less than a year ago. Citing Microsoft's mobile OS name as proof of a lack of vision is silly.
"While doubters questioned the usefulness, logic and ethics of killing people and sparing property, Mr. Cohen called his bomb a “sane” and “moral” weapon that could limit death, destruction and radioactive contamination, killing combatants while leaving civilians and towns unscathed. He insisted that many critics misunderstood or purposely misrepresented his ideas for political, economic or mercenary reasons.
Real Users never use the Help key.
