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I’m still waiting for a Game of Thrones style show with a new episode every week perpetually. Get rid of the whole idea of seasons and keep those actors and crew working a regular 40 hour a week job to turn out a new episode every week.

I guess you could call this the soap opera model/serial format. But weekly rather than daily.

about 7 hours ago on Amazon rejects Netflix's model, won't release all episodes of original shows simultaneously

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Crazy left field idea but Adobe could do a time based subscription for casual users like myself. Say $5 per every 10 hours of use. No matter which apps are used. So I could use 4 hours of photoshop and 6 hours of premiere pro for $5 a month. However I wanted to split that time up for each app in the creative cloud. If I wanted to pay $15 a month I would get 30 hours of use. Up to unlimited at $50 a month.

They could provide a nice little timer and even keep track of our usage stats so we can look back on how much we used each app and when. Even assign that time to certain projects.

about 14 hours ago on Adobe Creative Cloud apps now ready to download, including improved Photoshop (hands-on) 1 reply 1 recommend

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Like I said above, I work for a company. My boss won’t allow me to put a copy on my personal machine.

about 15 hours ago on Adobe Creative Cloud apps now ready to download, including improved Photoshop (hands-on)

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I work for a company. My boss won’t allow me to take a second copy for my personal machine.

about 15 hours ago on Adobe Creative Cloud apps now ready to download, including improved Photoshop (hands-on) 1 reply 1 recommend

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My problem is that I use these programs but only here and there at home. I use them at work every day and there I have a creative cloud subscription. So I’m used to those programs. Which means I also want to use them at home when I do some photo or video editing on my own. But, I don’t use them every day or often enough to merit $50 a month. I’d be willing to pay $20 a month to use CC at home but beyond that it isn’t worth it to me considering how little I use them.

Just paying $9.99 a month for photoshop doesn’t work because I use premiere and after effects at home as well. So Creative Cloud needs to come down to Netflix level pricing for casual home users.

about 16 hours ago on Adobe Creative Cloud apps now ready to download, including improved Photoshop (hands-on) 4 replies 3 recommends

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Wait, why does Russia get 300Mbps and we only get 150?

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At 13 years old that was cool, not pathetic. Especially when we were discovering movies like Evil Dead at the time.

Even so you’re probably right. By the time the N64 came out I was 17, stopped playing video games and was into girls and making movies with my friends. So I didn’t own an N64 and from my and my friends perspective at the time it was a kiddy system compared to the playstation.

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I’m happy to have gone through my teenage years with a band like NIN. I remember when the Downward Spiral came out and my friends and I got it the day it came out. We crowded into my bedroom with my stereo (old pioneer 10" 3-way speakers) and listened to it straight through. We were 15. Even the friends of mine that weren’t previously into NIN became fans at that point.

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I remember the exact moment when Nintendo shot themselves in the foot. It was when they woudn’t allow Mortal Kombat on the SNES to have blood in it. So we all bought the Genesis version instead.

But at that point the SNES had a strong following and a huge library of games, so it was already successful. However that seemed to be the turning point where Nintendo made its mark in the sand that it would be a “family” system. Not a good move for a company that was catering to an aging “Nintendo generation” who wanted more mature content as graphics got better. They further reinforced their stance with the N64, cartridge based system, it would be doomed to more cartoonish graphics. They lost a loyal following with that move.

Still they’ve held on alright and even innovated. Longer than Sega. But now their time is up, because that demographic is moving to smartphones and tablets. People aren’t going to pay $200-300 anymore for a light hearted family gaming system. Maybe they should consider a move similar to Sega and just make games.

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Agreed. Hate the YouTube comment system. But also not a big fan of the thread abuse that happens with threaded comment systems. There needs to be a better way. Like maybe you have to scroll sideways to see replies to a given comment or click a link to a whole other page or hide them all in a drop down or something.

5 days ago on AT&T launching Galaxy S4 Active June 21st for $199, pre-orders start June 14th

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That’s a load of malarkey. They used magic. Back when there was still magic in the world before all the dragons died.

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Dual AMD GPUs not CPUs.

8 days ago on New Mac Pro first look: Apple's diminutive take on the desktop computer 1 reply 26 recommends

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I like Mavericks. But then I’m partial to words that end in the icks sound. ;P

8 days ago on Apple's OS X 10.9 Mavericks ships this fall with tabbed Finder, Maps and iBooks apps

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I really like the look of OSX today. Sure they could do something radical and it might be cool. But I’ve got no complaints about it as is.

8 days ago on Apple's OS X 10.9 Mavericks ships this fall with tabbed Finder, Maps and iBooks apps 1 recommend

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Mission Control is way nicer than the 2D grid. I had the same feeling at first but the grid is clunky compared to just being able to swipe left and right with 3 or 4 fingers. Plus having expose integrated in.

8 days ago on Apple's OS X 10.9 Mavericks ships this fall with tabbed Finder, Maps and iBooks apps 1 reply

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STOP! Why can’t I have an S4 with the same specs as normal, plus the 16MP camera/zoom lens and rugged body of the Active?

Can’t we have it all in one package Samsung?

11 days ago on Purported Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom pictured in leaked image (update)

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My predictions

1. iBooks for OSX
2. New Macbook Pro models
3. New Macbook Air models
4. New Redsigned Mac Pro
5. iPhone 5S

I think they are going to want a new iPhone to show off iOS7 on. With current discounts going on I think this is a sign a new iPhone is coming. Normally they have the iPhone with the iPods in the fall. But I think this year they will release new iPads with the iPods and maybe even a larger screen iPhone in the fall. But they will get the 5S out now with a new CPU and updated camera. Maybe that finger print technology.

12 days ago on WWDC 2013 preview: Apple prepares to unveil the future of iOS, OS X, and more 1 reply

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I agree. I’ve been listening to NIN since 1991 and I haven’t been a big fan of the “new era” of NIN. I consider the new era to be With Teeth onward. Although Yero Zero was good. The Slip was the worst. The Fragile was a masterpiece I hold all of his other albums against.

His stuff lately has been kind of meh. There is definitely a lack of depth.

I feel like his earlier stuff focused more on emotions and religion and his newer stuff seems more political.

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Not to mention refraction issues which worsen the picture quality.

14 days ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 Active offers a more rugged, waterproof variant of Android best seller