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The Alternative Party 2003
mkoskimi writes "The fourth consecutive Alternative Party is arranged this weekend (Friday to Sunday) in Helsinki, Finland. As before, we expect up to 300 people joining this round-the-clock event, bringing along all kinds of weird machines (previous times have seen a
Magnavox Odyssey,
a M6800 Evaluation Kit II and the Vectrex). It's not yet another retro computer show though; there will be Competitions, artists and our guest of honour, Jeff Minter! There be llamas here..."
And he's Baaaack!
Seriously, the only reason why we aren't all playing games filled with mutated goats, sheep, and llamas is because the guy had such loyalty to Atari. Now he's free and back in the business, watch out for a shift in the content of games of the future. Ok BMX XXX 2 isn't going to flash you sheared sheep, but you get the idea.
Apparently there will be a big announcement before the end of January. Something wonderful is happening in casa Llamasoft. Remember, you heard it here first.
do we have time for more&more fraudulent payper liesense stock markup, hostage ransom scams, touted buy sum geekIE bouys?
look for va.msn.net, ticker: (VAST)?
some postchords from shillville:
"It's pretty well established that you and the linux crowd are fundamentally cheapskates and intellectual property thieves, but organized boycotts are a flirtation with commercial code violations and can cost you some real bucks! I'm sure Mr. Bill wouldn't bother with you, but there's no telling about Ballmer! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Microsoft is liable for antitrust violations. This was determined by the U.S. courts under Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson and was upheld on appeal. It is therefore a legal fact according to our government, and is akin to a law.
Not very accurate from a legal point of view, but then I know you're trying as hard as you can!
Microsoft illegally used its monopoly position to influence the entire industry, vindictively punishing its competitors with the company's vast financial resources and power.
Not so, according to the DCCCOA. Have you any proof of this?
Many believe that the company has harmed (or destroyed) some of the most innovative companies in recent history, including Apple, Lotus, Corel, Novell, IBM, Netscape and Real -- along with hundreds more.
Well, people are free to believe what they will. Personally, I think that I have been harmed financially by Time-Warner and AOL due to their predatory monopoly on TV cable service in my area. Can I sue?
The Redmond giant has a long history of stifling competitors' superior products through questionable business tactics.
Yeah! They say, "Wouldn't you rather use Windows than that POS Linux?". The penguins say that's unfair because everyone keeps saying "you betcha!" to Mr. Bill and ignores the "superior product" (so they say, anyway) every time. Except for the veebeeboy, who's still on the fence (he says, but I think he's just shilling!).
As the company's market power increased, Microsoft's business tactics became ever more reprehensible.
Yeah! They started offering discounts!
Even today, the quality of Microsoft software rarely [see also; never] matches that of its ?competitors?. The technical merits and security of the Linux operating system, for example, far exceed that of Microsoft's Windows servers."
Oh, well if you say so! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! We need to have an official source of such technical merit decisions, I think! Let's ask somebody! Who shall it be?"(NYT) billwg - 07:19pm Jan 3, 2002 EST (#8192 of 8202)
You feel you have faced the reality that reality doesn't matter and only perceptions do. Look up "superficial" in the dictionary for the remainder of my comment.
You should look up "smug" or "complacent" and possibly understand that your assessment of the technical merits of Unix are quite possibly misplaced as well. People want things that they are satisfied with and that is a complex set of interdependent factors in the case of computer OS platform software. One of the elements is familiarity, to be sure, but there are the others such as fulfilling the need of the user. If Linux or some version of Unix or any other product fit that equation better than Windows, then it would certainly have a much larger following than any of these things do have.
Windows is a personal OS at its core and is intended for a single individual to use to access a wide variety of applications in a consistent way. Unix and its kin were designed for sharing of common hardware and have a lot of built-in blocks for individuals to tread upon one another that Windows does not have and does not need for its own unique purpose. It is little wonder that it appeals ever so much more to the individual user."
tell 'em about the payper robbIE?