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Sid Meier on Civ III
Irishman writes "ZDNet News has an interview with Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs about the upcoming Civ III. For any Civ fans, this is a must read. I am now having flashbacks of days without sleep, trying to capture that last city or win the game in a different way. "
I don't like the Civ games... I am more of a fan of Command and Conquer or even Warlords.
-GW http://www.petepap.f2s.com/
Well slashdot can't really post it becuase of this little part right here:
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SourceForge Enterprise Edition and SourceForge Portal Edition incorporate both proprietary software code and open source code. We protect our property through a combination of copyright, trademark, patent, and trade-secret laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements, and other methods of protection."
Oh isn't that a list of all the dastardly things the slashbots rant and rave about day in and day out? And what have we here? The very company that owns this site telling investors how "copyright, trademark, patent, and trade-secret laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements" are important parts of their business plan...
No i don't think slashdot is gonna be posting that one...
I just heard some good news from a manager friend of mine at va linux.
Rumor has it, they finally realize what a mess slashcode is, and instead of spending an infinite number of mythical man-hours trying to fix it, they've purchased closed-source web-log software and a real database system to go along with it. They're also switching to new servers. Either RS6000/AIX or Sun/Solaris. There was even brief talk of using NT Advanced server with clustering, but nidma pretty much squelched that.
The slashcode development team is getting laid off, as well as most of the "sysadmins" (who didn't do anything besides reboot the servers twice a day). The database and weblog vendor will be providing uptime and load performance guarantees. the CmdrTaco, Hemos, etc. will still be around, but VA Linux has the right to prevent certain slashdot items from being posted, so you won't see this on the frontpage anytime soon.
Migration is currently ongoing, and there should be a "power outtage" before next year when the new system is used.
Even thought this repudiates Open Source software, maybe it's best. We've all seen formkeys problems, static pages, and the lameness filter that prevents good comments but lets in ascii goatse.cx art. The new system should hold up better under heavy loads, and include more intelligent troll filtering.
Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.
Oh you mean the ones that are the result of someones great great grandparents getting raped buy a white slave owner?
Some how i doubt akhenaten's wife's mother was raped by a plantation owner in mississippi...
Typical nigger, always bragging about his beast dick.
Indeed, most beasts of burden are known for having large penises.
Horses, Donkies, Bulls, Elephants, Niggers, they all have long schlongs.