All I'm trying to say is that I'm playing these games RIGHT NOW, they exist in actual physical form, rather than only on some website preview.. And even if they make ZERO more games for PS2, I feel I've gotten my money's worth. What may or may not be released in the future is immaterial!
So you take your Xbox to bed with you and read those magazine previews to get you all hot & sweaty.. I'm too busy ACTUALLY PLAYING the games that YOU WISH YOU WERE.
I don't care what's coming out in the future for Xbox, it's immaterial because I'm playing those games NOW! If the best Xbox and Nintendo can do is to get the same games that the PS2 had a year ago, then I'll stick with the PS2, thank you very much.
I'll believe that nonsense about better graphics and more gameplay when the games aren't VAPOR!
I had an old 286 laptop like that too.. 40 MB hard drive partitioned as a 32MB C: and an 8MB D:.. Ahhh the good old days of DOS and the 32MB drive limit..:)
Now my GameCube 0wnz all j00 who spent 100$ extra on a PS2 for nothing. No matter what you say.
Excuse me, what was that you said? I couldn't hear you since I have my Grand Theft Auto 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, and my non vaporware Final Fantasy X games stuck in my ears.
If they don't release a single new game for PS2, I still feel I got my money's worth out of those three games..
Not that any of the other bug news channels are either, but Fox News' idea of fair and balanced just means that they tilt right as far as CNN tilts left.
I mentioned the vulnerability of the record industry to racketeering charges a few months ago at an entertainment-law panel discussion that I was moderating, in the hopes of stirring up a hot dispute between lawyers who represent artists and those who represent record companies. But, strikingly, everyone there agreed that the record companies were vulnerable on this ground.
Come on, DOJ, let's have some RICO investigations of the MPAA and RIAA! Here's a chance to make up for dropping the ball in the MS case..
Did you even READ the article you cited? It does NOT say 18% of Americans lack telephone service, it says 18% of HOUSEHOLDS whose income is BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL lack telephone service.
The correct statistic from your cite is 6.1% of all American households lack telephone service in their home. Also, you can hardly compare these Americans, who likely are at least NEAR a phone due to neighbors, pay phones, etc., to the poor people who live in Chinese and African villages and may not be within MILES of a phone.
Modifying someone else's source for your own purposes is NOT copyright infringement in and of itself. Copyright and the GPL do not have anything to do with usage rights, they deal solely with DISTRIBUTION of the code.
i.e. I can modify the Linux kernel all I want, and I am under no obligation to provide anyone with my source code changes until and unless I distribute that changed kernel to another party. The moment of distribution is when the GPL kicks in, and requires me to make source available.
So many judges have already found them guilty this time there is no question that the Supremes would overrule all the judges who all acted appropriately and ruled according to law.
Absolutely, because we all know that the Supreme Court justices are paragons of virtue. They make their rulings strictly according to the law, and would never find in favor of one side or the other due to political or personal reasons. The very notion is ridiculous.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Anonymous Nintendo employee
The open source community thinks it can design an operating system that is good enough to place on every desktop. However, the open source community cannot figure out how to post a news article without breaking the part of the Internet that the article is about.
Umm.. It's not that the open source community can't figure it out, it's that the SLASHDOT ADMINS can't figure it out. Or they
don't want to, for whatever reason.
I believe a trial by combat allows for the hiring of a proxy to do your fighting.. and with $30 billion in the bank Billy boy can hire the baddest motherfucker around.:)
Well, I'll bite. My first computer had a monochrome display, 40 character columns and 8k memory. We upgraded it with a hard drive for close to $3000; the hard drive was 4 meg.
Pfff.. MY first computer (~20 years ago) had only 5k of RAM, 176x184 resolution (22 columns), and a cassette tape drive.. and to get it I had to walk 10 miles, uphill both ways. It did have 16 colors though, so you've got me there.
My current machine has 2000 times the processing power (2x1GHz vs. 1.0227 MHz) , 90 times the screen real estate, and 200,000 times the memory... but I'll always remember my VIC-20 with fondness.
The War on (certain) Drugs is based on bad laws and is a lost cause as well, but it moves beyond being a "nuisance and a non-issue" since they LOCK PEOPLE UP FOR LIFE, bad law or not. When they bust you for having an unlicensed compiler and throw you in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison you'll damn well think it's serious.
Those of us who work for retail companies have seen the result. The site I run saw a dramatic drop in sales during last September and October. We recovered in November, but for a while there it was touch and go whether we'd survive or not. A lot of our competitors didn't make it.
The problem is that when you put together a machine for someone, their future problems become YOUR problems. I used to put computers together for all my friends and relatives, but after a while I realized it was a bad idea.. Every time one of their kids or somebody messed something up, I got a phone call.
Now I just tell them to buy a Dell and if it breaks, Dell sends someone to their house to fix it. No fuss, no muss.
I'm waiting for the ads that tell viewers they're helping terrorists every time they fill up the tank of their SUV.
If buying imported drugs contributes to terrorism, maybe the government should just let us grow our own? If they had a clue they'd realize that it's drug prohibition itself that makes it lucrative for terrorists to become involved in the drug trade.
The decision to change WSOU's format was submitted to WSOU from the executive cabinet of Seton Hall University in the form of a letter. The letter stated that the administration of Seton Hall desired the current "hard rock" format be dissolved by January 1st. This decision was by no means decided by the WSOU staff. Meetings are currently being held as to the future of WSOU. We will keep you posted on any new events. Thank you for your continued support of Seton Hall's Pirate radio.
Looks like WSOU's playlist just got a LOT stricter.
Why can't you build & develop your app using QT/Free and only lay out the money for the license when the project is complete and you want to sell it?
Seems to me, as long as you don't distribute your app using Qt/free you should be able to buy a license for the Pro version and sell your finished app. Am I missing something?
This stuff about the GPL "infecting" your software as soon as it touches something GPL'd reeks of MS FUD. The GPL only affects distribution of software.. I'm fully free to create a closed source OS based on Linux if I wanted to, as long as I don't give or sell it to anyone else, which is when the GPL restrictions would kick in. At least, that's how I understand it. I've been known to be wrong in the past..:)
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So you take your Xbox to bed with you and read those magazine previews to get you all hot & sweaty.. I'm too busy ACTUALLY PLAYING the games that YOU WISH YOU WERE.
I'll believe that nonsense about better graphics and more gameplay when the games aren't VAPOR!
I had an old 286 laptop like that too.. 40 MB hard drive partitioned as a 32MB C: and an 8MB D:.. Ahhh the good old days of DOS and the 32MB drive limit.. :)
Excuse me, what was that you said? I couldn't hear you since I have my Grand Theft Auto 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, and my non vaporware Final Fantasy X games stuck in my ears.
If they don't release a single new game for PS2, I still feel I got my money's worth out of those three games..
I believe feeling bad for Disney constitutes a thoughtcrime on Slashdot right now.. ;)
Not that any of the other bug news channels are either, but Fox News' idea of fair and balanced just means that they tilt right as far
as CNN tilts left.
Come on, DOJ, let's have some RICO investigations of the MPAA and RIAA! Here's a chance to make up for dropping the ball in the MS case..
The correct statistic from your cite is 6.1% of all American households lack telephone service in their home. Also, you can hardly compare these Americans, who likely are at least NEAR a phone due to neighbors, pay phones, etc., to the poor people who live in Chinese and African villages and may not be within MILES of a phone.
Because India has some seriously entrenched corruption problems. VoIP would hurt the phone company, and the phone company bosses wouldn't like that.
Here in the USA of course, we are MUCH more civilized and would NEVER, EVER let a corporations concern over profits dictate our laws and regulations.
i.e. I can modify the Linux kernel all I want, and I am under no obligation to provide anyone with my source code changes until and unless I distribute that changed kernel to another party. The moment of distribution is when the GPL kicks in, and requires me to make source available.
Absolutely, because we all know that the Supreme Court justices are paragons of virtue. They make their rulings strictly according to the law, and would never find in favor of one side or the other due to political or personal reasons. The very notion is ridiculous.
You saw that the "quote" I posted was "attributed" to an unnamed Nintendo "employee", right? I never claimed it was my own "radical" idea.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Anonymous Nintendo employee
Umm.. It's not that the open source community can't figure it out, it's that the SLASHDOT ADMINS can't figure it out. Or they don't want to, for whatever reason.
I believe a trial by combat allows for the hiring of a proxy to do your fighting.. and with $30 billion in the bank Billy boy can hire the baddest motherfucker around. :)
Pfff.. MY first computer (~20 years ago) had only 5k of RAM, 176x184 resolution (22 columns), and a cassette tape drive.. and to get it I had to walk 10 miles, uphill both ways. It did have 16 colors though, so you've got me there.
My current machine has 2000 times the processing power (2x1GHz vs. 1.0227 MHz) , 90 times the screen real estate, and 200,000 times the memory... but I'll always remember my VIC-20 with fondness.
The War on (certain) Drugs is based on bad laws and is a lost cause as well, but it moves beyond being a "nuisance and a non-issue" since they LOCK PEOPLE UP FOR LIFE, bad law or not. When they bust you for having an unlicensed compiler and throw you in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison you'll damn well think it's serious.
Those of us who work for retail companies have seen the result. The site I run saw a dramatic drop in sales during last September and October. We recovered in November, but for a while there it was touch and go whether we'd survive or not. A lot of our competitors didn't make it.
Now I just tell them to buy a Dell and if it breaks, Dell sends someone to their house to fix it. No fuss, no muss.
If buying imported drugs contributes to terrorism, maybe the government should just let us grow our own? If they had a clue they'd realize that it's drug prohibition itself that makes it lucrative for terrorists to become involved in the drug trade.
Except in the British release of Demolition Man, when all restaurants are Pizza Hut. No Taco Bell in England, you see.
Not 100% true, some start large companies..
I've got some ill-tempered mutated sea bass if that will help...
- The decision to change WSOU's format was submitted to WSOU from the executive cabinet of Seton Hall University in the form of a letter. The letter stated that the administration of Seton Hall desired the current "hard rock" format be dissolved by January 1st. This decision was by no means decided by the WSOU staff. Meetings are currently being held as to the future of WSOU. We will keep you posted on any new events. Thank you for your continued support of Seton Hall's Pirate radio.
Looks like WSOU's playlist just got a LOT stricter.Why can't you build & develop your app using QT/Free and only lay out the money for the license when the project is complete and you want to sell it?
:)
Seems to me, as long as you don't distribute your app using Qt/free you should be able to buy a license for the Pro version and sell your finished app. Am I missing something?
This stuff about the GPL "infecting" your software as soon as it touches something GPL'd reeks of MS FUD. The GPL only affects distribution of software.. I'm fully free to create a closed source OS based on Linux if I wanted to, as long as I don't give or sell it to anyone else, which is when the GPL restrictions would kick in. At least, that's how I understand it. I've been known to be wrong in the past..