(1) Programs like Napster facilitate the theft of IP.
(2) Computers are necessary for the transfer of IP.
(1) + (2) = A pretty good system for lawlessness and theft.
Solution: Make all computers illegal. After all, unlike guns, there are no amendments stating that ownership of computers is a right. Look what the drug war has accomplished! We'll have a new war! The computer war. JUST SAY NO!
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Apple did much the same thing with some of the Mac Performa series. With the recovery CD you could not selectively install the OS or the applications that came with it. It was all or nothing and a huge pain in the ass.
I think you missed the point. Programmers are not the people that made Microsoft filthy rich nor are they behind the money that is driving this industry. There are far more non-programmers than programmers.
The IT community can lead the way to OpenSource, but the huddled masses will not follow you. It takes too long. It's too difficult. They want plug and play, point and click and they absolutely will not RTFM.
Don't forget the Atari 2600. You have to be really really old to not remember that.
When older geeks do go gaming, it seems to me that they (self included) spend more time with military simulations than any other genre. If you're looking for the "over 30" set, look to combat flight sims like Aces High or WarBirds.
FPS are fun, but after a while, they all seem to be the same. Sure, there are different guns and different maps but the objective is almost always simply one thing, kill the enemy and collect frags. CTF and UT Assault are the obvious exceptions.
My guess is that you belive moderation effectively determines the "valuable ones".
If you're wading through the zeros, like I am, there are still hundreds of posts. At this level, it's no more unique than what can be found at Deja or RemarQ.
Slashdot gives the average person the ability to address a forum of hundreds of thousands of people. I contend that that is unique in the history of the world, and that development is revolutionary in the way that Gutenberg's printing press was revolutionary.
What's so damn unique about/.? It may be a wonderful thing, but it's basically a web-based newsgroup with moderation by users and advertising. To compare it with the Gutenberg's press is simply flattery.
Put that same libelous speech on a website and then, all of a sudden, you're potentially another Klebold/Harris and woeful disregard of your rights becomes justified.
Millions of teenagers go to school everyday. Millions of them return home safely everyday. A couple of whackos go on a shooting spree and all of a sudden, we are in the middle of a nationwide crisis where every angry, confused and hormonally imbalanced teenager is a potential killer. It's all crap. You want to be safe? Stop watching television and stop reading mainstream news.
BTW... Until now, I didn't realize that there was such a thing as "criminal libel". Shouldn't libel cases be limited to civil cases? Who decides?
Not sure where you get this from, but there isn't a significant price differential at the OEM level.
I can't recall where I read this. I could be dead wrong. I'm rather certain of one thing. If a manufacturer can cut costs; even as little as pennies per unit, the benefit will be realized after producing mass quantities of the product and they'll do it. Auto-manufacturers have been pinching those pennies for decades.
Who makes a trackpad without buttons? Certainly not Apple.
Oops... I need to proofread a bit better before I submit...
It has been my understanding that Apple began using the track pad simply because it was cheaper than the mini-trackball they used to use on the older PowerBooks. IMHO, track pads are inferior to the older trackballs but are much better than that little nipple that IBM and Toshiba place in the center of the keyboard. Gawd, how I hate those.
A track pad without buttons sounds like a major headache to me. I suspect that this is just another cost-cutting measure disguised as innovation to make it palatable.
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According to Mirriam-Webster, he is not necessarily wrong.
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I wasn't serious, but you've probably right. The computers are a tool for expression and since freedom of speech is guaranteed... yadda yadda yadda.
(1) Programs like Napster facilitate the theft of IP.
(2) Computers are necessary for the transfer of IP.
(1) + (2) = A pretty good system for lawlessness and theft.
Solution: Make all computers illegal. After all, unlike guns, there are no amendments stating that ownership of computers is a right. Look what the drug war has accomplished! We'll have a new war! The computer war. JUST SAY NO!
Universitys are not First and foremost industries...
Gee, Wally. I just thought they were in it to sell books.
Try http://thegeek.org/.
Apple did much the same thing with some of the Mac Performa series. With the recovery CD you could not selectively install the OS or the applications that came with it. It was all or nothing and a huge pain in the ass.
I think you missed the point. Programmers are not the people that made Microsoft filthy rich nor are they behind the money that is driving this industry. There are far more non-programmers than programmers.
The IT community can lead the way to OpenSource, but the huddled masses will not follow you. It takes too long. It's too difficult. They want plug and play, point and click and they absolutely will not RTFM.
Hmmm... that may include movies. My guess (and hope) is that there is a custom installation and movies can be left on the CD.
Don't forget the Atari 2600. You have to be really really old to not remember that.
When older geeks do go gaming, it seems to me that they (self included) spend more time with military simulations than any other genre. If you're looking for the "over 30" set, look to combat flight sims like Aces High or WarBirds.
FPS are fun, but after a while, they all seem to be the same. Sure, there are different guns and different maps but the objective is almost always simply one thing, kill the enemy and collect frags. CTF and UT Assault are the obvious exceptions.
No, it's not just you.
My guess is that you belive moderation effectively determines the "valuable ones".
If you're wading through the zeros, like I am, there are still hundreds of posts. At this level, it's no more unique than what can be found at Deja or RemarQ.
Jello is vile stuff also.
Read this thread.
who is going to pay for it?
How about advertisers?
Slashdot gives the average person the ability to address a forum of hundreds of thousands of people. I contend that that is unique in the history of the world, and that development is revolutionary in the way that Gutenberg's printing press was revolutionary.
What's so damn unique about /.? It may be a wonderful thing, but it's basically a web-based newsgroup with moderation by users and advertising. To compare it with the Gutenberg's press is simply flattery.
Exactly!
Put that same libelous speech on a website and then, all of a sudden, you're potentially another Klebold/Harris and woeful disregard of your rights becomes justified.
Millions of teenagers go to school everyday. Millions of them return home safely everyday. A couple of whackos go on a shooting spree and all of a sudden, we are in the middle of a nationwide crisis where every angry, confused and hormonally imbalanced teenager is a potential killer. It's all crap. You want to be safe? Stop watching television and stop reading mainstream news.
BTW... Until now, I didn't realize that there was such a thing as "criminal libel". Shouldn't libel cases be limited to civil cases? Who decides?
Do you think this case should be pursued in a criminal court or is a civil court more appropriate?
Okay... what do you do to legislators that pass diliberately vague laws (DMCA) with the intention of having the judicial branch iron out the details??
Customer referral sounds like a great idea. You should patent the idea before Amazon gets a hold of it.
Not sure where you get this from, but there isn't a significant price differential at the OEM level.
I can't recall where I read this. I could be dead wrong. I'm rather certain of one thing. If a manufacturer can cut costs; even as little as pennies per unit, the benefit will be realized after producing mass quantities of the product and they'll do it. Auto-manufacturers have been pinching those pennies for decades.
Who makes a trackpad without buttons? Certainly not Apple.
Oops... I need to proofread a bit better before I submit...
It has been my understanding that Apple began using the track pad simply because it was cheaper than the mini-trackball they used to use on the older PowerBooks. IMHO, track pads are inferior to the older trackballs but are much better than that little nipple that IBM and Toshiba place in the center of the keyboard. Gawd, how I hate those.
A track pad without buttons sounds like a major headache to me. I suspect that this is just another cost-cutting measure disguised as innovation to make it palatable.
Give me a mouse with two buttons and a wheel.
I've played UT online via cable modem on a PC and it works fine... not as good as a LAN but very playable.
Which sniper weapon? The rifle or the instagib?
What *is* this problem that so many US citizens seem to have with paying taxes? Especially income taxes?
Maybe because we have so little input on how those taxes are spent and that the present system unfairly distributes the tax burden.
Given the choice between Q3A and UT, I'll take UT. It's even more polished than Q3A, IMHO.