Boycotting is fine if you can manage the sacrifice yourself.
I think most people are being a bit melodramatic. Sometimes the choices aren't restricted to eating or going without. Sometimes there is the choice of eating something else. There are a lot of good games that don't sell as well as they should.
In other words, 22% of the time it is wrong. Saying it's right 78% of the time is pure and simple market speak.
The interesting thing about this is if people started to intrinsically act suspicious, the numbers become fudged and mostly meaningless. One way this could be accomplished is by standing around handing out complimentary eye patches, telling people it is act like a pirate day.
Yes, this is just competition business style. It's the kind of competition where many businessesmen start weighing money over the public good/human lives. No wonder Ford made the Pinto with MBAs coming out like this.
It doesn't even make sense since there are perfectly viable business models built on open source. It sounds like the old "open source is communism" meme made it to the teachers in Stanford from Microsoft. Do they hire ex-microsoft execs as professors?
I have a few questions but just to warn you I have been out of touch with GUI archival programs for a while. Also I only really only use zip/tar/rar from the command line because I can automate the crap of of things.
I'm a bit surprise that Winzip is still around. Doesn't Windows since XP have built in GUI archival tools? When Mac OS X moved away from Stuffit, so did most of it's users. I would have expected a similar move by Windows users.
I never heard what exactly it took to come to such an agreement.
I don't actually know, but it wouldn't surprise me if one of the terms was to restrict as many of the changes to an "Ubuntu" named addon as possible instead of modifying the base Firefox code.
Allows you to choose what Software Suspend 2 should do after
writing its image to disk. 3/4/5 will only work if you have
ACPI enabled in your kernel. 3/4/5 correspond to the ACPI
states S3 (suspend-to-RAM), S4 (suspend-to-disk), and S5
(power off). Choosing 3 will request your machine to enter
the S3 Suspend-to-RAM state if it is supported - this allows
you drastically cut the resume time waiting for your BIOS but
still consumes power whilst hibernated (though the image is
not lost should power run out). Choosing 4 will cause your
machine to enter an S4 sleep state which may also reduce the
resume time without using any power whilst hibernated. Choose
ing 5 will cause your machine to switch off after suspending
(traditional method) but might still cause your machine to
resume when you open the lid. 0 bypasses ACPI and shuts off
the machine completely.
Another words there is a another option that gives you instant on and protects against dead batteries on Linux. Apple computers do a version of this by default.
I seriously don't think the DRM has hurt Spore's sales. There are too many people out there who are in the "I have to have this game" mindset. The proof of this is all of the bittorrent people who don't have the self control to hold off on buying the game even if the DRM bugs them.
The time when DRM will truely negatively start effecting sales is when the game loses it's hype. I think the negative press right now is actually the kind that will make the hype last longer. You know, the harder something is to get, the more people want it?
I still have sight in both eyes, but I think with just one eye if your brain could in theory learn to perceive the 3D world when your head (and thus eye) moves about slightly and gathers different perspectives.
I believe that is exactly the reason why 3D in 2D is possible period. But it still doesn't work as well as it should because your mind has to first get enough data and then interpret it.
I know a friend who played basketball, but because he had lost sight in one eye he had problems catching the ball. To catch a ball, your hands have to lock on it at just the right time. Even though he could do it more often than not, he still couldn't catch as well as he should have been able to.
I dont think its the glasses. The problem here is that 2D is really good enough for humans. We have a good idea of how things look in 3D space on a 2D screen. Its not such a huge problem for us. The glasses just feel extraneous and gimmicky.
2D is good enough in most cases, but not all. I think 2D has stunted the growth of true 3D design in games that just aren't possible otherwise.
Some interesting effects of 2D on 3D games are:
- When using a knife/punching, players run continuously at the opponent like an idiot to make sure they are within distance. Because they really can't tell if they are or not.
- Any kind of platforming requires just the right camera angle. Otherwise it really is just a leap of faith.
- Targeting systems in third person games to make sure you don't flail your sword like an idiot missing your target. Even then distance can be tricky.
These are all tricks to make up for lack of 3D. While humans can do an admiral job adapting, but it's no substitute. Go ask a person who has lost sight in one eye (maybe not).
People got sick with all sorts of fake 3D effects. My mother couldn't play the original Mario Kart for extended periods of time. The question is, does this feeling go away with time? Is it restricted to just old people?
When you're talking about sensitive issues, posts have to be particularly well thought out. This is part of being a good speaker. I think that is what KGill had missed out on and that is why people are having strong (and mostly negative) reactions to him. Particularly his later posts took on a bad tone and worsened things.
I don't like the idea of Wine ports either. It's a get the good with the bad kind of thing. I really don't think Wine will advance to the point people want without development houses utilizing it as such. Meh, what I had written is 100% opinion anyway, and no one can predict the future.
Developers could probably get away with porting programs that use custom UIs. Games and such would be a prime example. It wouldn't surprise me if the gtk/qt look could be emulated anyway with some smart Wine hacks. Hell, the Yes No buttons already automajically adopt the language settings of the environment which is promising.
If the problem is a GUI bug, why would Ubuntu need permission to fix it just on the version of FF which comes with Ubuntu? Wouldn't it be easier to open a bug in Mozilla's Bugzilla with the patch included and propagate that fix to all versions of Firefox?
I wasn't talking about fixing Firefox GUI bugs specifically. The general point was fixing non-bugs steals time from fixing real bugs.
You're looking at it wrong. Wine will not truly shine (I made a rhyme!) until developers start thinking of it as a tool for porting their programs to Linux/Mac OS X. For this, Mac and Linux markets becoming large enough is a natural and slightly lofty prerequisite. Wine itself only has to reach adequate compatibility status.
During porting, large studios will use Wine to simplify and speed up the job. Rather than changing their code to make it compatible with Wine deficiencies, it will make more sense to submit fixes back to WineHQ. When you get a 100 random studios doing this at once, Wine development will absolutely fly.
Until we hit that point, Wine will only be a good tech demo for most applications. There is no possible way to keep up with the Windows API realistically as is. There needs to be commercial muscle behind the project looking out for their own interests.
With Wine 1.0, I do personally think Wine has reached adequate compatibility status. I also think the Mac OS X market share surge is getting developers interested again in alternative platforms. Wine working on Mac OS X is delicious cake. Google using Wine for some of it's apps is actually a very very good sign....
1. I can see a number of people purchasing the Windows version of MSOffice because it has VB macro support.
2. A number of web developers would use IE on and off. I'm sure there are a few bank sites that still only support IE with active X.
3. Games use their own guis for immersion. Done correctly, no Mac user would ever notice. Especially for games I could see Mac users bending backwards so they wouldn't have to boot up Windows.
4. If Wine becomes more streamlined, I can see a real problem emerging. Say, for example, web browsers start pointing exe files to wine automagically. Noobs everywhere will rejoice being able to install their smiley programs and pr0n-playing active-x apps. (sarcasm)
I personally don't think this will be another OS/2 for the reasons you said, Moebius Loop. Well, at least until Apple loses it's grove.
It is always important to compare and contrast from history. The more complete Wine gets, the more I wonder if it's becoming a the equivalent of opening a can of worms.
You don't even need a 'suggestions' feature for that. S[pc]ammers and pr0n site operators have bought up every conceivable typo/variation of any popular domains already.
True. But since I'm paying for the isp, I expect them to be a little bit more professional. Since I had gotten the search page, the url at least didn't exist in that type/variation. A default safe search filter would be the very conservative thing to do.
Slashdot Mirror
and going straight to 3.0?
Boycotting is fine if you can manage the sacrifice yourself.
I think most people are being a bit melodramatic. Sometimes the choices aren't restricted to eating or going without. Sometimes there is the choice of eating something else. There are a lot of good games that don't sell as well as they should.
In other words, 22% of the time it is wrong. Saying it's right 78% of the time is pure and simple market speak.
The interesting thing about this is if people started to intrinsically act suspicious, the numbers become fudged and mostly meaningless. One way this could be accomplished is by standing around handing out complimentary eye patches, telling people it is act like a pirate day.
Yes, this is just competition business style. It's the kind of competition where many businessesmen start weighing money over the public good/human lives. No wonder Ford made the Pinto with MBAs coming out like this.
It doesn't even make sense since there are perfectly viable business models built on open source. It sounds like the old "open source is communism" meme made it to the teachers in Stanford from Microsoft. Do they hire ex-microsoft execs as professors?
I have a few questions but just to warn you I have been out of touch with GUI archival programs for a while. Also I only really only use zip/tar/rar from the command line because I can automate the crap of of things.
I'm a bit surprise that Winzip is still around. Doesn't Windows since XP have built in GUI archival tools? When Mac OS X moved away from Stuffit, so did most of it's users. I would have expected a similar move by Windows users.
I never heard what exactly it took to come to such an agreement.
I don't actually know, but it wouldn't surprise me if one of the terms was to restrict as many of the changes to an "Ubuntu" named addon as possible instead of modifying the base Firefox code.
Crap. That's strike two for me. ;-p Thanks.
$> man hibernate.conf
PowerdownMethod (requires UseSuspend2 on)
Allows you to choose what Software Suspend 2 should do after writing its image to disk. 3/4/5 will only work if you have ACPI enabled in your kernel. 3/4/5 correspond to the ACPI states S3 (suspend-to-RAM), S4 (suspend-to-disk), and S5 (power off). Choosing 3 will request your machine to enter the S3 Suspend-to-RAM state if it is supported - this allows you drastically cut the resume time waiting for your BIOS but still consumes power whilst hibernated (though the image is not lost should power run out). Choosing 4 will cause your machine to enter an S4 sleep state which may also reduce the resume time without using any power whilst hibernated. Choose ing 5 will cause your machine to switch off after suspending (traditional method) but might still cause your machine to resume when you open the lid. 0 bypasses ACPI and shuts off the machine completely.
Another words there is a another option that gives you instant on and protects against dead batteries on Linux. Apple computers do a version of this by default.
I seriously don't think the DRM has hurt Spore's sales. There are too many people out there who are in the "I have to have this game" mindset. The proof of this is all of the bittorrent people who don't have the self control to hold off on buying the game even if the DRM bugs them.
The time when DRM will truely negatively start effecting sales is when the game loses it's hype. I think the negative press right now is actually the kind that will make the hype last longer. You know, the harder something is to get, the more people want it?
Just my thoughts. Don't know how off or on I am.
It would be interesting if the borg-gates image was changed to an animated gif of his shaking ass. At least it would be more up to date then.
Why? Does apple even sell those anymore?
I am personally waiting for Halo & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Halo Golf could be good too.
I still have sight in both eyes, but I think with just one eye if your brain could in theory learn to perceive the 3D world when your head (and thus eye) moves about slightly and gathers different perspectives.
I believe that is exactly the reason why 3D in 2D is possible period. But it still doesn't work as well as it should because your mind has to first get enough data and then interpret it.
I know a friend who played basketball, but because he had lost sight in one eye he had problems catching the ball. To catch a ball, your hands have to lock on it at just the right time. Even though he could do it more often than not, he still couldn't catch as well as he should have been able to.
I dont think its the glasses. The problem here is that 2D is really good enough for humans. We have a good idea of how things look in 3D space on a 2D screen. Its not such a huge problem for us. The glasses just feel extraneous and gimmicky.
2D is good enough in most cases, but not all. I think 2D has stunted the growth of true 3D design in games that just aren't possible otherwise.
Some interesting effects of 2D on 3D games are:
- When using a knife/punching, players run continuously at the opponent like an idiot to make sure they are within distance. Because they really can't tell if they are or not.
- Any kind of platforming requires just the right camera angle. Otherwise it really is just a leap of faith.
- Targeting systems in third person games to make sure you don't flail your sword like an idiot missing your target. Even then distance can be tricky.
These are all tricks to make up for lack of 3D. While humans can do an admiral job adapting, but it's no substitute. Go ask a person who has lost sight in one eye (maybe not).
People got sick with all sorts of fake 3D effects. My mother couldn't play the original Mario Kart for extended periods of time. The question is, does this feeling go away with time? Is it restricted to just old people?
When you're talking about sensitive issues, posts have to be particularly well thought out. This is part of being a good speaker. I think that is what KGill had missed out on and that is why people are having strong (and mostly negative) reactions to him. Particularly his later posts took on a bad tone and worsened things.
Well, and these PCs are sure as hell not going to be powerful enough to run Office.
That's what makes me wonder. Unless the kids are getting a free version of Office, I'm not seeing much point to a Windows preinstall.
In other words, the trademark to to keep Dell from doing naughty things.
I don't like the idea of Wine ports either. It's a get the good with the bad kind of thing. I really don't think Wine will advance to the point people want without development houses utilizing it as such. Meh, what I had written is 100% opinion anyway, and no one can predict the future.
Developers could probably get away with porting programs that use custom UIs. Games and such would be a prime example. It wouldn't surprise me if the gtk/qt look could be emulated anyway with some smart Wine hacks. Hell, the Yes No buttons already automajically adopt the language settings of the environment which is promising.
It's called a cheap grab for mod points.
If the problem is a GUI bug, why would Ubuntu need permission to fix it just on the version of FF which comes with Ubuntu? Wouldn't it be easier to open a bug in Mozilla's Bugzilla with the patch included and propagate that fix to all versions of Firefox?
I wasn't talking about fixing Firefox GUI bugs specifically. The general point was fixing non-bugs steals time from fixing real bugs.
You're looking at it wrong. Wine will not truly shine (I made a rhyme!) until developers start thinking of it as a tool for porting their programs to Linux/Mac OS X. For this, Mac and Linux markets becoming large enough is a natural and slightly lofty prerequisite. Wine itself only has to reach adequate compatibility status.
During porting, large studios will use Wine to simplify and speed up the job. Rather than changing their code to make it compatible with Wine deficiencies, it will make more sense to submit fixes back to WineHQ. When you get a 100 random studios doing this at once, Wine development will absolutely fly.
Until we hit that point, Wine will only be a good tech demo for most applications. There is no possible way to keep up with the Windows API realistically as is. There needs to be commercial muscle behind the project looking out for their own interests.
With Wine 1.0, I do personally think Wine has reached adequate compatibility status. I also think the Mac OS X market share surge is getting developers interested again in alternative platforms. Wine working on Mac OS X is delicious cake. Google using Wine for some of it's apps is actually a very very good sign....
You're missing a few points though.
1. I can see a number of people purchasing the Windows version of MSOffice because it has VB macro support.
2. A number of web developers would use IE on and off. I'm sure there are a few bank sites that still only support IE with active X.
3. Games use their own guis for immersion. Done correctly, no Mac user would ever notice. Especially for games I could see Mac users bending backwards so they wouldn't have to boot up Windows.
4. If Wine becomes more streamlined, I can see a real problem emerging. Say, for example, web browsers start pointing exe files to wine automagically. Noobs everywhere will rejoice being able to install their smiley programs and pr0n-playing active-x apps. (sarcasm)
I personally don't think this will be another OS/2 for the reasons you said, Moebius Loop. Well, at least until Apple loses it's grove.
It is always important to compare and contrast from history. The more complete Wine gets, the more I wonder if it's becoming a the equivalent of opening a can of worms.
You don't even need a 'suggestions' feature for that. S[pc]ammers and pr0n site operators have bought up every conceivable typo/variation of any popular domains already.
True. But since I'm paying for the isp, I expect them to be a little bit more professional. Since I had gotten the search page, the url at least didn't exist in that type/variation. A default safe search filter would be the very conservative thing to do.
I absolutely hate site suggestions when I mistype an URL. Why? Because if the url contains the phrase "kicks-ass", my ISP starts advertising porn.