Listen, this whole argument is silly. Some people think that "freedom" means letting other people do whatever they want with their code. Some people think "freedom" means guaranteeing that their code will remain with other "free" code.
I personally like the GPL, simply because the thought of my work in someone else's closed-source product makes me uneasy. Others like BSD, because the thought of their code in as many places as possible, or the principle of do-what-you-want, is what pleases them.
Mario teaches typing was probably the best educational game I have ever played. Totally education, but it was manufactured slickly and did a good job at its primary goal. You've obviously never played The Typing of the Dead.
In addition, I seem to have overlooked this very sound piece of legal wording:
SUCH TERMS SHALL NOT INCLUDE A PERSONAL COMPUTER, It doesn't define what "personal computer" means. The NES was a computer. You could program it. It would do math for you. How is it different from, say, a Commodore 64 (if I remember, don't they both run on a 6502?) or any other computer? There's no definition included, so logically, anything that an individual could reasonably afford that is capable of computation (sorry pong) is excluded. This is especially true for PS2, XBox, etc, that you can run Linux on.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DISSEMINATING VIOLENT AND INDECENT VIDEO GAMES TO MINORS WHEN, WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ITS CHARACTER AND CONTENT, HE OR SHE SELLS OR LOANS TO A MINOR FOR [b]MONETARY CONSIDERATION[/b] ANY VIDEO GAME WHICH INCLUDES DEPRAVED VIOLENCE AND INDECENT IMAGES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO A USER. So, in other words, the kids just go to the Pirate Bay instead of the game store. Great Job!
Also, I noticed the "hot coffee" exclusion. At least it does that.
I've posted this before, but if you want an excellent example of noticeable loss of quality at low bitrates, try the Quake theme. It's got just the combination of sounds that it gets butchered tremendously if you compress it.
I don't know if there's even a Linux out there that could understand that old PC technology. I'm sure it could be done--I just wouldn't want to be the one to try. Doesn't Linux require a 386?
I have to disagree with XP x64 being a good test bed. XP x64 was only available through OEM channels and was a hybrid XP running with the Server 2003 kernel. Very few people ran it because it had little hardware support and many software compatibility issues. I don't know about you, but all of my hardware is perfectly supported under XP x64. Ironically, nothing worked under Vista x64 (glitchy nVidia drivers without SLI, no sound, network wouldn't do 1Gbps).
You say "I'll just make a copy", "for me and a friend!"
Then he'll make one and she'll make one and where will it end?
One leads to another then ten then more,
and no one buys any disks from the store!
So no one gets paid and they can't make more,
the posse breaks up and they close the store!
In countries like Germany this is perfectly legal (unless you break a copy protection scheme). There, Apple's behavior might even be a violation of privacy laws. So if I put your name in a text file, and then you take that file and put it on a P2P network, I just violated privacy laws?
prisoners are not POWs so then don't have rights provided by Geneva convention. That is, unfortunately, a perfectly reasonable argument: wherever we go, we simply demolish the country and set up our own government where we can locally torture (what are considered to be) "our own citizens". I don't see anything about Prisoners of Police Action.
Google says "No", and instead puts up an ad for Hometown Internet whenever Charlie (and other AT&T customers in Charlie's area) visit YouTube. "Tired of waiting 20 minutes for your video to load, come to Hometown Internet, where we never throttle your connection to Google!" That's the perfect solution! Only one problem: Hometown Internet doesn't get government subsidies, and can't afford their own broadband solutions. So, while everything may indeed load at the same rate, that rate will forever be 56 kilobits per second.
But it wasn't exactly "America shows up and the Nazis flee in terror") Right. It was "America shows up and the Japanese flee in terror (while dying of radiation poisoning)".
How can you state that the Bible is the direct infallible word of God, and in the same breath say that we aren't going to use this in government, and we are OK with the fact others don't believe what God is saying? Because God doesn't want us to use His word in the government, nor does He want everyone to believe what He says.
Whatever engine you choose, make sure it's small enough (or you're prepared enough) for you to read through the entirety of its source code. There's tons you need to know if you're starting with an engine you've never used, and something specifically designed to be an engine alone (CrystalSpace, Irrlicht) doesn't give you a solid game codebase to start with, as the Doom or Quake engines would.
You could rewrite the firmware to do this. Or you could let it open the tray without stopping the rotation of the disk. That would make a nice frisbee launcher. That's exactly the reasoning behind spinning the disc down completely before ejecting it. Take one of those 1999-esque 52x CD drives - you know, the blisteringly loud, vibrational hazards? - and copy a disc to the hard drive. While it's copying, take a paper clip and shove on the manual eject. Proceed to watch helicopter effect.
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BSD is freedom for the users, GPL is freedom for the code.
Listen, this whole argument is silly. Some people think that "freedom" means letting other people do whatever they want with their code. Some people think "freedom" means guaranteeing that their code will remain with other "free" code.
I personally like the GPL, simply because the thought of my work in someone else's closed-source product makes me uneasy. Others like BSD, because the thought of their code in as many places as possible, or the principle of do-what-you-want, is what pleases them.
You better watch out.
The Association Lover's Association of America could sue you for using those words.
I don't know what's more depressing - you remembering this , or me digging out my WW laserdisc to verify it.
I think you could get it done faster with a series of tubes.
...but then we thought, hey, let's use it for games!
Also, I noticed the "hot coffee" exclusion. At least it does that.
I've posted this before, but if you want an excellent example of noticeable loss of quality at low bitrates, try the Quake theme. It's got just the combination of sounds that it gets butchered tremendously if you compress it.
Doesn't Linux require a 386?
Watch out for the Ballmer-RMS joint interview. Chairtality!
You say "I'll just make a copy", "for me and a friend!"
Then he'll make one and she'll make one and where will it end?
One leads to another then ten then more,
and no one buys any disks from the store!
So no one gets paid and they can't make more,
the posse breaks up and they close the store!
Don't Copy that Floppy!
They're bound to end up in a New Mexico landfill anyway.
It can't put out a fire. Don't believe me? Try it!
That was easy.
Whatever engine you choose, make sure it's small enough (or you're prepared enough) for you to read through the entirety of its source code. There's tons you need to know if you're starting with an engine you've never used, and something specifically designed to be an engine alone (CrystalSpace, Irrlicht) doesn't give you a solid game codebase to start with, as the Doom or Quake engines would.
My personal best is 14 inches, straight up.
Says the man with "the key" in his sig. Feds? More like NSA.