I actually want to revert to an older version than KitKat where I can actually *use* my SDcard, unlike Google's decision that they can't be used for anything but mp3s and camera pictures.
At the help desk I work at, we have a stream of people complaining about Lollipop's (STUPID!!!) decision to drop Exchange/other mail support in favor of Gmail-only.
Writing for the court, Justice Clarence Thomas said isolated DNA is a “product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated.” At the same time, Thomas said synthetic molecules known as complementary DNA, or cDNA, can be patented because they require a significant amount of human manipulation to create.
Seems perfectly sane. Raw genes, the ones you find in nature are, wait for it — natural. Other bits of manipulated DNA / RNA / protein which take skill and time to create are potentially patentable. Oddly, Myriad Genetics stock actually rose on that information.
There *used to be* a used PC games market. Until Steam came around and made it vanish because of its DRM.
"Is the upcoming Steam box a reasonable plan?"
Um, you mean a supposed console from *THE* company who has done more to promote and force acceptance of DRM to the masses than any other?
- DRM done right and not invasive
No such thing.
- Fast download of new release games
Irrelevant. Not specific to Valve. Plenty of other pro-consumer vendors have it.
- Ability to install your games as many times as you like?
Irrelevant without DRM.
- Super cheap specials and multi-packs
Irrelevant. Not specific to Valve. Plenty of other pro-consumer vendors have it.
- Offline modes
Irrelevant without DRM.
- Simple game install and patch deployment
Possibly. I prefer standalone patch downloads that I can opt out of or run the version I choose, if I want to run an old version.
But it's otherwise all downside: Valve's a gigantic gaping back door to social acceptance of DRM. They are the ones who began the erosion of consumer rights in the video game sector. They are the ones who implanted in the popular mind that it's okay to require a game to have an online connection before you can play it. Even the pros you mention above are all Trojan horses at best to convince you to accept their DRM practices in the name of "sales!".
Consider that the Chromebook is about twice the price of my company's average machine... Including software costs. No.
Not to mention, our people [collectively] *use* all those features in Office that everyone claims "no one uses".
Can someone explain how these are grouped at all? I don't see any pattern at all. QSXGA is what I'd like to use but it pretty much doesn't exist. (Death to wide screen. Give me 1:1 even!)
They don't even have case sensitivity on their passwords. Compromised accounts drive additional sales, including the fobs.
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
