I second the motion to avoid NFSN. Sometimes cheap can be really great, like Google search. But NFSN is just plain cheap. Also, NFSN has recently raised their prices, so even medium sized sites will end up paying the same amount they would for a decent service, but I doubt that NFSN has improved their service at all.
It's not every day I come across a perfectly good excuse to toot my own horn. Here is my list of free game engines: http://www.freegameengines.org/ My definition of "game engine" is a bit stricter than most. I believe Wikipedia has a similar list.
Drivel like this article is why I quit Slashdot. You can quit too! with only occasional relapses.
Why would I assume that? In fact, chairs posting on Slashdot is my hypothesis to explain why the posts seem as intelligent as they are, and why so many Slashdotters are afraid of Steve Ballmer.
This is just natural progression. Application developers, web hosts, ISPs, and then HDD and computer manufacturers. The RIAA and clones would love for all computers to be mandatorily locked down.
Damn you and your thorough explanation of what is going on, that makes the government seem slightly unreasonable, but not bat-shit insane. And damn your unbiased explanation of each side's point of view.
I come to Slashdot to bitch and moan about how the man is keeping me down, despite having a 6-figure annual income. Damn you!!
It seems pretty unlikely that their is a button to prevent people from writing negative stuff about you on the internet, and then sending the links to all of your peers.
I find it more likely that you don't know what bullying is (which I suppose is a good thing. hint: spam is not the same thing), and didn't read the article, and barely understood the summary. But that didn't stop you from posting. I do that too.
It's a Wired slideshow, on 8 separate pages. If you value your time, don't even bother to RTFA. If you don't value your time, please try to find an "all on one page" version for the rest of us.
I never really thought that GPLing their engines made Id any money, other than increasing their good will. But you bring up a good point, that because their engines now update to current platforms "automatically", they can still make money buy selling their older content, whereas that might not be profitable if they had to maintain the engines themselves.
As for "those times", they haven't gone away. Id is still around, and they are a good company. They continue to release their engines as GPL five years after original release. Unfortunately, they only make FPSs.
Maybe somebody could kidnap John Carmack and force him to write an RPG, or a Zelda-like adventure game. I'm only joking. Mostly. But seriously, that could work. But I'm only joking.
other politicians have been pushing for gambling and anorexia websites to be added to the mandatory filter.
Seriously? Anorexia websites? What purpose could they possibly have to ban anorexia websites, other than to prevent mentally ill people from getting help? 15 years ago, I would have said that's even too ridiculous for government, but there is no such thing anymore. Still, are you sure you didn't mean something else, though?
Benjamin Franklin invented Daylight Saving Time. It was never enacted until long after he was dead, but in theory it might have saved candle wax and lantern oil back then. Of course, he was only recommending it as an experiment, and he would not have recommended continuing it after it had been proven to be such a waste.
This reminds me of a generic story. Boy asks girl out on a date, and she says no. Two weeks later, girl comes to boy and says yes, but the boy says that he has moved on, but might be open to a fuck-buddy only partnership.
I was just thinking about that the other day. It seemed so illogical that I thought that maybe it was a false memory, just idea that I had that never actually happened. I remember the "solution" too. Cut in front of your friend, and then let your friend immediately cut in front of you.
I bought a WRT54GL just a few months ago, and installed DD-WRT on it. It's OK, although DD-WRT has some issues. Nothing worth singing about. The hardware is only "antiquated" in that it has twice the RAM and Flash storage as newer, cheaper devices.
And I totally agree about only buying routers that can run opensource firmwares.
There are a few people who think as you, that including hijack spam in router firmware is OK. However, if you bothered to read before posting, you would have noticed that the vast majority of posts here agree that this is unacceptable behavior.
Why would hardware manufacturers bother to write drivers for a Windows Beta release? Especially one that probably won't be released for several years, and the driver requirements and API and such are likely to change several times before then. So many people are happy with XP or Linux, they can wait until the first RC to come out (Microsoft calls it Gold).
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That explains how million year old fossils ended up on a 6 thousand year old planet.
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I second the motion to avoid NFSN. Sometimes cheap can be really great, like Google search. But NFSN is just plain cheap. Also, NFSN has recently raised their prices, so even medium sized sites will end up paying the same amount they would for a decent service, but I doubt that NFSN has improved their service at all.
It's not every day I come across a perfectly good excuse to toot my own horn. Here is my list of free game engines: http://www.freegameengines.org/ My definition of "game engine" is a bit stricter than most. I believe Wikipedia has a similar list.
Drivel like this article is why I quit Slashdot. You can quit too! with only occasional relapses.
I always use my real name. It doubles as a nickname, because people laugh when I tell them my mother named me wk2, but it's true.
Assume: A: Chairs do not post on Slashdot.
Why would I assume that? In fact, chairs posting on Slashdot is my hypothesis to explain why the posts seem as intelligent as they are, and why so many Slashdotters are afraid of Steve Ballmer.
This is just natural progression. Application developers, web hosts, ISPs, and then HDD and computer manufacturers. The RIAA and clones would love for all computers to be mandatorily locked down.
Damn you and your thorough explanation of what is going on, that makes the government seem slightly unreasonable, but not bat-shit insane. And damn your unbiased explanation of each side's point of view.
I come to Slashdot to bitch and moan about how the man is keeping me down, despite having a 6-figure annual income. Damn you!!
It seems pretty unlikely that their is a button to prevent people from writing negative stuff about you on the internet, and then sending the links to all of your peers.
I find it more likely that you don't know what bullying is (which I suppose is a good thing. hint: spam is not the same thing), and didn't read the article, and barely understood the summary. But that didn't stop you from posting. I do that too.
Traditional bullies never felt sorry for their victims either. But cyber-bullying certainly lowers the bar for the lack of self-esteem required.
What really makes cyber-bullying worse than regular bullying, is that the victim can't identify their attackers.
It's a Wired slideshow, on 8 separate pages. If you value your time, don't even bother to RTFA. If you don't value your time, please try to find an "all on one page" version for the rest of us.
I never really thought that GPLing their engines made Id any money, other than increasing their good will. But you bring up a good point, that because their engines now update to current platforms "automatically", they can still make money buy selling their older content, whereas that might not be profitable if they had to maintain the engines themselves.
As for "those times", they haven't gone away. Id is still around, and they are a good company. They continue to release their engines as GPL five years after original release. Unfortunately, they only make FPSs.
Maybe somebody could kidnap John Carmack and force him to write an RPG, or a Zelda-like adventure game. I'm only joking. Mostly. But seriously, that could work. But I'm only joking.
other politicians have been pushing for gambling and anorexia websites to be added to the mandatory filter.
Seriously? Anorexia websites? What purpose could they possibly have to ban anorexia websites, other than to prevent mentally ill people from getting help? 15 years ago, I would have said that's even too ridiculous for government, but there is no such thing anymore. Still, are you sure you didn't mean something else, though?
Benjamin Franklin invented Daylight Saving Time. It was never enacted until long after he was dead, but in theory it might have saved candle wax and lantern oil back then. Of course, he was only recommending it as an experiment, and he would not have recommended continuing it after it had been proven to be such a waste.
That's exactly what I was thinking. This seems to be in the "go-cart" class of cars.
This reminds me of a generic story. Boy asks girl out on a date, and she says no. Two weeks later, girl comes to boy and says yes, but the boy says that he has moved on, but might be open to a fuck-buddy only partnership.
Yes, he did. In fact, Beardo pointed out that mistake with his last sentence.
I was just thinking about that the other day. It seemed so illogical that I thought that maybe it was a false memory, just idea that I had that never actually happened. I remember the "solution" too. Cut in front of your friend, and then let your friend immediately cut in front of you.
C-X M-C M-butterfly
Ironic and convenient.
Thanks. I thought Georgia was more to the west.
Georgia was never represented by any of the stripes.
I bought a WRT54GL just a few months ago, and installed DD-WRT on it. It's OK, although DD-WRT has some issues. Nothing worth singing about. The hardware is only "antiquated" in that it has twice the RAM and Flash storage as newer, cheaper devices.
And I totally agree about only buying routers that can run opensource firmwares.
There are a few people who think as you, that including hijack spam in router firmware is OK. However, if you bothered to read before posting, you would have noticed that the vast majority of posts here agree that this is unacceptable behavior.
Why would hardware manufacturers bother to write drivers for a Windows Beta release? Especially one that probably won't be released for several years, and the driver requirements and API and such are likely to change several times before then. So many people are happy with XP or Linux, they can wait until the first RC to come out (Microsoft calls it Gold).
That explains how million year old fossils ended up on a 6 thousand year old planet.
Does a person below the poverty level even pay income tax?
Yes.