Windows users do not install windows. They buy it with their computer and the big box that holds the CD drives that sits next to it (or under their desk).
If at any time, the user is required to use the command line to fix a problem, their computer is broken.
Compiling drivers and make and apt-get may seem natural to some people (we'll call those people "gurus"), but gurus are not the mainstream. And hardware vendors and game makers don't really care about supporting gurus. They can support themselves. If there aren't enough users ready to but the product, why waste money supporting it.
This is the potential death spiral that linux is fighting against. People won't buy linux because games and software don't work (and buy work I mean insert CD, click a few buttons, and play). Games and software companies won't support linux because there aren't enough pre-existing users to make it profitable.
People will accept the violence. But the kissing may be over the top for a lot of male gamers.
We all love the lesbians, but male on male still doesn't sell well to the mainstream.
Of course, Jack Thompson did his best to help publicize the game, so we'll have to see how well it does.
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I hate tabs, so I keep everything in its own window. Still, I almost never have more than 7 or 8 open, and usually closer to two or three.
I also close all the firefox windows when I'm done looking at them, I figure that's what bookmarks are for, so it's never running for more than a few hours.
It took long enough, but it looks like Kim Jong Il is blinking.
This is why bilateral talks would have been a bad idea. We've finally got them talking to their neighbors as well as us. NK doesn't care about lying to the US, but they're not too keen about lying to China. What comes from these talks remains to be seen, but at the least it's a step in the right direction.
As for sanctions ever working - they did a good job during the cold war against the Soviet empire. It takes a long time, and it requires sanity at the government level, but they can be effective. In NK's case, the sanctions against luxury goods probably matters more than anything else, as they really don't care how many of their people starve or go without anything. But the leaders need their wines, cognacs, and lobster to maintain their own standard of living.
This thing's close to twenty pounds. It's probably at least that when you put the battery in.
I really don't think this is going to see much use as a "laptop" computer. Then again, maybe the money you save not needing to join a health club for your workouts any more adds to the value.
The MPAA is perfectly free to choose who to go after. If they choose to allow GUBA to continue (at least for now), that is their right. It doesn't take away from their valid position to protect their copyrights.
As an aside, I had never heard of GUBA before this. I may have to look into it...
Maybe with the online connection console gamers will stop expecting games to be "finished" when sold and wait for the patch.
It seems to work well in the PC game market.
BTW, to be clear, I also don't see the point of waiting a week. Have your game on the shelf so they can put it on the counter with the console. Otherwise wait a month till the second round of buying starts.
that he will only cap the signal and not eliminate public internet access entirely, although that could be coming as well.
It does make a lot of sense, and is consistant with other recent moves by the government. If you make something inconvenient enough, many people will stop using it. The more people he can keep from accessing information, the stronger his position will be.
I also found it somewhat ironic that the filtering software Iran uses is American made.
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Wouldn't it be nice if someday schools were held liable for kids that couldn't read or do basic math?
Instead they're spending their time worrying about tag, metal jungle gyms, or any perceived threats or sexual harassment between students.
I spent many, many hours playing MUD's years ago. I wouldn't call it wasted time, though as I met my wife there, and we're still married years later. *grin*
In fact, she still runs a Wheel of Time based MUD (www.mirrorsmud.net). We've seen many people come and go over the years and made many friends. One of the saddest days I remember was when I logged in and read that one of our coders had died after falling asleep at the wheel of her truck.
Anything can consume too much of your time if you let it.
WoW is easy. On the old school MUD's you had to get your butt back to an inn to rent before you logged out or you lost all your gear. That could take a half hour to an hour or more if you got caught out in the wilderness somewhere and had to leave unexpectedly. Some people were able to just/quit and walk away when they needed to, others tried to avoid that at all costs. *shrug*
Bottom line: some hobbies can require a sizable time commitment if you want to be really good at it. MMORPG's and other online games are among them - some requiring more dedication than others.
because it drives prices here in the U.S. down.
While it may be nice and beneficial for 3rd world and developing nations, they should build up their own economies without tearing down mine.
That's not a troll or flamebait, but being a US citizen, I am primarily concerned with how things affect the US. I'm sure the citizens of India put India's welfare at the top of their list, and they probably see globalization as a good thing.
Many of the world's economies are in trouble because they want to be. France for example, had riots in the street not too long ago because the government wanted to allow employers to be able to fire employees without going to court for approval (and only during the first two years of employment). They can switch to a free(er) market economy any time they want to. They like entitlements.
The line in the article about "global opportunities" is nice, but the reality is most of those opportunities are in the U.S. already. The net result is a definite negative when you have some many other people entering that market, and not enough "opportunities" to maintain the balance.
Heh, I was playing Final Fantasy last night:) Going through the series again.
I sometimes wonder how large a game you could create using the sprite based graphics of FFVI.
I would buy it, as long as the gameplay and story was as good as the classics.
[QUOTE=jd]The easiest way to resolve this, in my humble(ish) opinion, would be to have State-run storage facilities and launch facilities for amateur rocketeers... [/QUOTE]
Why get the state involved? I don't really want my taxes subsidizing someone else's hobby. Let the rocketeers all chip in and buy some secure storage facility somewhere. If that's too expensive or troublesome, it may be time to choose a different hobby.
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Windows users do not install windows. They buy it with their computer and the big box that holds the CD drives that sits next to it (or under their desk).
If at any time, the user is required to use the command line to fix a problem, their computer is broken.
Compiling drivers and make and apt-get may seem natural to some people (we'll call those people "gurus"), but gurus are not the mainstream. And hardware vendors and game makers don't really care about supporting gurus. They can support themselves. If there aren't enough users ready to but the product, why waste money supporting it.
This is the potential death spiral that linux is fighting against. People won't buy linux because games and software don't work (and buy work I mean insert CD, click a few buttons, and play). Games and software companies won't support linux because there aren't enough pre-existing users to make it profitable.
People will accept the violence. But the kissing may be over the top for a lot of male gamers.
We all love the lesbians, but male on male still doesn't sell well to the mainstream.
Of course, Jack Thompson did his best to help publicize the game, so we'll have to see how well it does.
I hate tabs, so I keep everything in its own window. Still, I almost never have more than 7 or 8 open, and usually closer to two or three.
I also close all the firefox windows when I'm done looking at them, I figure that's what bookmarks are for, so it's never running for more than a few hours.
This is part of the problem with Linux in general.
If you need to type anything with the keyboard to do an install, the installer is not up to the task.
Insert CD, click NEXT a few times, Agree to some Legalese, browse for a directory, change CD's when asked and you should be good to go.
Anything more input required is simply more trouble than it's worth to most users.
I haven't used Linux in a few years now, and I do understand things have gotten better, but that was one of the major obstacles I remember.
It took long enough, but it looks like Kim Jong Il is blinking.
This is why bilateral talks would have been a bad idea. We've finally got them talking to their neighbors as well as us. NK doesn't care about lying to the US, but they're not too keen about lying to China. What comes from these talks remains to be seen, but at the least it's a step in the right direction.
As for sanctions ever working - they did a good job during the cold war against the Soviet empire. It takes a long time, and it requires sanity at the government level, but they can be effective. In NK's case, the sanctions against luxury goods probably matters more than anything else, as they really don't care how many of their people starve or go without anything. But the leaders need their wines, cognacs, and lobster to maintain their own standard of living.
Now, if the UN were to wrest control of the internet from the US, they could allow China to handle its operations.
After all, they're already running their own network quite efficiently, and with no censorship whatsoever.
This thing's close to twenty pounds. It's probably at least that when you put the battery in.
I really don't think this is going to see much use as a "laptop" computer. Then again, maybe the money you save not needing to join a health club for your workouts any more adds to the value.
Ok, on a serious note then:
How long till we see military issue suits? They wouldn't have to be perfect to be a big help to infantry in medium cover terrain.
Of course, almost anything military gets a civilian version eventually, so we're back where I started.
The article mentions that doing the same thing to light waves should be possible.
How long do you think till you can pick up a Cloak of Invisiblity at your local MegaMart?
It comes in a very heavy can.
The article misses a major point.
The MPAA is perfectly free to choose who to go after. If they choose to allow GUBA to continue (at least for now), that is their right. It doesn't take away from their valid position to protect their copyrights.
As an aside, I had never heard of GUBA before this. I may have to look into it...
Maybe with the online connection console gamers will stop expecting games to be "finished" when sold and wait for the patch.
It seems to work well in the PC game market.
BTW, to be clear, I also don't see the point of waiting a week. Have your game on the shelf so they can put it on the counter with the console. Otherwise wait a month till the second round of buying starts.
At the very end of the article it mentions that IBM, Apple, and Sun are selling similar products.
Why buy theirs when you can get the same thing from MS for free?
Especially the ones that suck.
That would save me a lot of money, time, and grief from picking a bad title that looked good on the box.
that he will only cap the signal and not eliminate public internet access entirely, although that could be coming as well.
It does make a lot of sense, and is consistant with other recent moves by the government. If you make something inconvenient enough, many people will stop using it. The more people he can keep from accessing information, the stronger his position will be.
I also found it somewhat ironic that the filtering software Iran uses is American made.
Wouldn't it be nice if someday schools were held liable for kids that couldn't read or do basic math?
Instead they're spending their time worrying about tag, metal jungle gyms, or any perceived threats or sexual harassment between students.
These issues have been going on for a long time.
/quit and walk away when they needed to, others tried to avoid that at all costs. *shrug*
I spent many, many hours playing MUD's years ago. I wouldn't call it wasted time, though as I met my wife there, and we're still married years later. *grin*
In fact, she still runs a Wheel of Time based MUD (www.mirrorsmud.net). We've seen many people come and go over the years and made many friends. One of the saddest days I remember was when I logged in and read that one of our coders had died after falling asleep at the wheel of her truck.
Anything can consume too much of your time if you let it.
WoW is easy. On the old school MUD's you had to get your butt back to an inn to rent before you logged out or you lost all your gear. That could take a half hour to an hour or more if you got caught out in the wilderness somewhere and had to leave unexpectedly. Some people were able to just
Bottom line: some hobbies can require a sizable time commitment if you want to be really good at it. MMORPG's and other online games are among them - some requiring more dedication than others.
Yes, but schools and traffic lights serve the "common good".
Individuals firing off rockets do not.
because it drives prices here in the U.S. down. While it may be nice and beneficial for 3rd world and developing nations, they should build up their own economies without tearing down mine. That's not a troll or flamebait, but being a US citizen, I am primarily concerned with how things affect the US. I'm sure the citizens of India put India's welfare at the top of their list, and they probably see globalization as a good thing. Many of the world's economies are in trouble because they want to be. France for example, had riots in the street not too long ago because the government wanted to allow employers to be able to fire employees without going to court for approval (and only during the first two years of employment). They can switch to a free(er) market economy any time they want to. They like entitlements. The line in the article about "global opportunities" is nice, but the reality is most of those opportunities are in the U.S. already. The net result is a definite negative when you have some many other people entering that market, and not enough "opportunities" to maintain the balance.
Heh, I was playing Final Fantasy last night :) Going through the series again.
I sometimes wonder how large a game you could create using the sprite based graphics of FFVI.
I would buy it, as long as the gameplay and story was as good as the classics.
[QUOTE=jd]The easiest way to resolve this, in my humble(ish) opinion, would be to have State-run storage facilities and launch facilities for amateur rocketeers... [/QUOTE] Why get the state involved? I don't really want my taxes subsidizing someone else's hobby. Let the rocketeers all chip in and buy some secure storage facility somewhere. If that's too expensive or troublesome, it may be time to choose a different hobby.