Agreed.
But there's so much more to do with Wii this hack than piracy.
Homebrew would allow you to watch regular DVDs with your Wii, watch videos off a hard drive, and do all sorts of neat things with the console. Just imagine the possibilities..
I have to agree though, the hard drive thing is probably the biggest feature I want. It bothers me that nintendo hasn't bothered adding support for one.
...When are we going to stop seeing distros as opposing forces and stop accepting that it might be nice to have more than one popular distro?
SPOILERS: Your favorite distro isn't the best.
..it's the only conclusion I can reach. ATi drivers are going to be Linux-friendly, the courts and colleges are actively pushing back against the RIAA and MPAA, both of which are starting to change their business model, and Duke Nukem Forever is actually going to be done at some point.
I'm a proponent for freedom and privacy and all that......but these are convicted sex offenders, not your average joe or script kiddy. I admit I have to agree with the decision, even if it's not reliably enforceable. Please keep in mind the popularity of online chat rooms as far as finding young kids goes, and the use of the internet to spread child porn. Even if it doesn't work perfectly, I can't disagree with it.
Please, Think of the children!
The thing is... the current plan for digital filmmaking involves no more film, ever. They plan on having theaters buy digital projectors, which will receive (probably download?) data from the studio.
Putting the movies on film for archiving isn't really an option, since too much of the quality would be lost. The HD quality we're talking about here is much higher 'resolution' than even 64-inch film, and preserving that data requires a new method, unlike the usual "preserve one of the early copies in tin cans for, like, forever" method.
Also, as far as preserving the 'instructions' to make a film... film is an art. Simply preserving data on camera angles and having some kind of code will not do. Films aren't computer programs - they're art. Being able to reliably copy the Mona Lisa exactly the way it was originally painted will never replace the value of the actual Mona Lisa.
because all teachers, regardless of what subject they teach, are absolutely required to be completely savvy on all aspects of technology, including knowing the difference between unknown software that does good things and unknown software that can potentially be used to bypass security measures. Right?
The point isn't whether firefox is good or not. I love firefox, honestly, and that's the default (and only available browser...) for all the computers I manage at the school I work in. The issue is that running non-approved software actually carries a risk of interfering with the operation of said computers. When you're managing a bunch of computers, or have a lesson plan designed in a certain way, the most obnoxious thing a student can do is try and install different software or operate things differently.
I'm assuming this kid was carrying around a portable version of FOXFIRE.EXE, since no sane IT director would run student accounts under admin privileges.
The problem here is that running software that hasn't been explicitly approved, no matter what it is, can put the entire school system at risk, and can even add several hours of work to an IT guy that's trying to manage a bunch of computers already. The issue is that not everyone is always going to know what every piece of software out there does. This kid could've, as far as the teacher know, been doing any of those things that you mentioned. His job isn't to have an encyclopedic knowledge of all software out there. He should, though, call attention to anything different that might cause problems, and running unsupported software is a big red flag.
I hate to say it, but this teacher was completely right in giving detention to this kid. If he wants to run firefox and thinks that it will considerably improve his and his classmates' experiences, he should talk to the IT director and make his case. If he gets turned down, tough.
I meant to say that XP can actually run by itself, with small apps, on 256mb of RAM.
Having either Firefox OR Word running on a 256mb system is pretty awful, seeing as they're both memory-hogging monsters. Having both? Pretty silly.
On the other hand, with ~380mb of RAM, it ends up working pretty well. I manage an office full of low-mem systems, and once we got barely past 256mb, stuff started working pretty decently, overall.
XP runs pretty acceptably on 256mb systems (although most apps don't).
385mb and a 900MHz processor is, in my experience, an acceptable computer for running XP + word processor/web browser.
Actually, it's Madden and other sports games that sell a ton and bring EA lots of profits. While you may be put off by the idea that they might even mention innovation and creativity as part of their 'strategy', remember that all that funding that's going into Spore (and a couple of other actually good games, depending on who you ask) has to come from somewhere.
How exactly is that so? Isn't that the point of a law like that, to prevent forceful vendor lock-down of certain phones, much in the way we experience in the US?
For all I care, Apple should burn in hell, though. I'd rather keep Microsoft around:(
Well, to be fair...
It's really admirable that they're willing to put in the time and effort to take their game and officially support it with a wrapper.
Porting EVE to Linux and Mac is a whole 'nother set of problems... it won't happen for a long time. CCP is already developing a DX10 version that they plan on having around for a while, and they don't seem to have people that work with OpenGL. That alone should stop any native lin/mac client from appearing.
It's a damn shame, but that's how the game world rolls.
I'm actually signed up for testing this client. For those of you who don't realize this yet, the client they're releasing for linux and mac is actually just the windows client wrapped up with Cedega and Cider, respectively. There won't be much difference between the the performance for those that run it under Wine/Cedega and those that run it with this upcoming client. The biggest advantage, though, is official support (which Cedega has basically had for a while, now... no big change here).
The news are not as big as this article makes it seem...
Also, it'll be a little while before the official client is released. They've been taking forever to keep us up to date, sending one e-mail every two weeks or so with no real updates on the matter besides some examples of what we might be testing. They haven't even decided what the final list of testers is, even.
Ah well, I guess something's something... and I think at least OSX users will be really thankful for this development.
Well I've installed Ubuntu and Xubuntu on a variety of systems, because it's the most plug-and-play and easy-to-configure distro I've played around with. For a lot of things, it deals really well, but as a personal desktop distro I found that it did a lot of its own things with configuration files (even though the files are in standard places), and I would often find my computer doing strange things because of this. It also meant that I didn't know where to start troubleshooting when several errors happened. Things like some networking not working even though everything seemed fine, bizarre errors, etc. The most annoying example was when it suddenly decided to not let me type spaces when holding shift... I guess I'm used to dealing with systems that are a bit more transparent about the things they do, and how and when they do them, instead of having a distro that takes care of everything for me. Sure, it's a great weight off my shoulders, but it means that the distro itself should be able to do those things already, and do them well.
I think I have to disagree that doing this should be the focus.
I think the focus should be to take time to make sure as much as possible actually does work, instead of adding more and more bloated configuration tools to an already confusing (under the hood) distro that doesn't tend to be too transparent about what it does.
As far as the actual feature goes... this sounds pretty nice, considering I've never been able to just run X, no matter what I install... for some reason, in all 4 computers I own (and a couple others I've run it in), X always fails on first start, and I always have to configure it by hand... Maybe I'm just too used to editing xorg.conf
I remember me and everyone around me complaining about how annoying and expensive CDs were even before I found out about Napster back in the day.
When are these people gonna realize that piracy isn't stealing, we're not stopping them from selling their CDs to anyone except ourselves, and maybe our friends. There's a huge difference here.
The reality of the matter is... if they can't come up with any compelling reason why we shouldn't just download music free of cost (quality, REAL legal implications, special features), then so-called 'piracy' (lol ludicrous) is gonna keep growing and growing.
You know what I think? Good riddance. We're better off without superstars like Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys making an obscene fortune from shitty music. Start having concerts again, that's how musicians used to make music in the past. It's getting pretty retarded, to the point where music videos are getting removed from Youtube for copyright violation. Maybe Verizon missed the memo that music videos are meant to be used as advertisements, and bands would (at least used to) kill to have it shown on any major broadcast medium because of the sheer visibility it grants them.
When did this devolve into such a puddle of bullshit? srsly omg
Scandinavia is basically English-speaking. Pretty much everyone in the cities is fluent in English, and they do a lot of business in English.
I'm not sure about Norway, but I know Finland (aka Winland) actually has some local TV stations that broadcast in English with Finnish (or maybe it was Swedish...) subtitles.
Plus, after 2-3 years living in a country and being immersed in a language, it's not too hard to learn it fluently.
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Agreed. But there's so much more to do with Wii this hack than piracy. Homebrew would allow you to watch regular DVDs with your Wii, watch videos off a hard drive, and do all sorts of neat things with the console. Just imagine the possibilities.. I have to agree though, the hard drive thing is probably the biggest feature I want. It bothers me that nintendo hasn't bothered adding support for one.
Of course I have. Everyone knows emacs is, by far, the best text editor ever to grace a microprocessor.
...When are we going to stop seeing distros as opposing forces and stop accepting that it might be nice to have more than one popular distro? SPOILERS: Your favorite distro isn't the best.
..it's the only conclusion I can reach. ATi drivers are going to be Linux-friendly, the courts and colleges are actively pushing back against the RIAA and MPAA, both of which are starting to change their business model, and Duke Nukem Forever is actually going to be done at some point.
Hold me, I'm scared.
I'm a proponent for freedom and privacy and all that... ...but these are convicted sex offenders, not your average joe or script kiddy. I admit I have to agree with the decision, even if it's not reliably enforceable. Please keep in mind the popularity of online chat rooms as far as finding young kids goes, and the use of the internet to spread child porn. Even if it doesn't work perfectly, I can't disagree with it.
Please, Think of the children!
You must be mistaken. You're thinking Fascism. You know, what the right leans toward?
The thing is... the current plan for digital filmmaking involves no more film, ever. They plan on having theaters buy digital projectors, which will receive (probably download?) data from the studio.
Putting the movies on film for archiving isn't really an option, since too much of the quality would be lost. The HD quality we're talking about here is much higher 'resolution' than even 64-inch film, and preserving that data requires a new method, unlike the usual "preserve one of the early copies in tin cans for, like, forever" method.
Also, as far as preserving the 'instructions' to make a film... film is an art. Simply preserving data on camera angles and having some kind of code will not do. Films aren't computer programs - they're art. Being able to reliably copy the Mona Lisa exactly the way it was originally painted will never replace the value of the actual Mona Lisa.
because all teachers, regardless of what subject they teach, are absolutely required to be completely savvy on all aspects of technology, including knowing the difference between unknown software that does good things and unknown software that can potentially be used to bypass security measures. Right?
...according to the school. They just did a press release. Apparently, whoever uploaded the picture altered it. http://www.bigspring.k12.pa.us/news.php?action=view_article&article_id=2130&PHPSESSID=cf4be39ed120b93f823997c95b3533a9
You, sir, are an absolute ass. Get yourself back to *chan, where your kind belong. And never, ever come back.
The point isn't whether firefox is good or not. I love firefox, honestly, and that's the default (and only available browser...) for all the computers I manage at the school I work in. The issue is that running non-approved software actually carries a risk of interfering with the operation of said computers. When you're managing a bunch of computers, or have a lesson plan designed in a certain way, the most obnoxious thing a student can do is try and install different software or operate things differently. I'm assuming this kid was carrying around a portable version of FOXFIRE.EXE, since no sane IT director would run student accounts under admin privileges. The problem here is that running software that hasn't been explicitly approved, no matter what it is, can put the entire school system at risk, and can even add several hours of work to an IT guy that's trying to manage a bunch of computers already. The issue is that not everyone is always going to know what every piece of software out there does. This kid could've, as far as the teacher know, been doing any of those things that you mentioned. His job isn't to have an encyclopedic knowledge of all software out there. He should, though, call attention to anything different that might cause problems, and running unsupported software is a big red flag. I hate to say it, but this teacher was completely right in giving detention to this kid. If he wants to run firefox and thinks that it will considerably improve his and his classmates' experiences, he should talk to the IT director and make his case. If he gets turned down, tough.
I meant to say that XP can actually run by itself, with small apps, on 256mb of RAM. Having either Firefox OR Word running on a 256mb system is pretty awful, seeing as they're both memory-hogging monsters. Having both? Pretty silly. On the other hand, with ~380mb of RAM, it ends up working pretty well. I manage an office full of low-mem systems, and once we got barely past 256mb, stuff started working pretty decently, overall.
XP runs pretty acceptably on 256mb systems (although most apps don't). 385mb and a 900MHz processor is, in my experience, an acceptable computer for running XP + word processor/web browser.
Actually, it's Madden and other sports games that sell a ton and bring EA lots of profits. While you may be put off by the idea that they might even mention innovation and creativity as part of their 'strategy', remember that all that funding that's going into Spore (and a couple of other actually good games, depending on who you ask) has to come from somewhere.
I don't know, but go figure it out. Oh, and don't come back here.
Even rocket scientists do stupid shit sometimes.
How exactly is that so? Isn't that the point of a law like that, to prevent forceful vendor lock-down of certain phones, much in the way we experience in the US? For all I care, Apple should burn in hell, though. I'd rather keep Microsoft around :(
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Well, to be fair... It's really admirable that they're willing to put in the time and effort to take their game and officially support it with a wrapper. Porting EVE to Linux and Mac is a whole 'nother set of problems... it won't happen for a long time. CCP is already developing a DX10 version that they plan on having around for a while, and they don't seem to have people that work with OpenGL. That alone should stop any native lin/mac client from appearing. It's a damn shame, but that's how the game world rolls.
I'm actually signed up for testing this client. For those of you who don't realize this yet, the client they're releasing for linux and mac is actually just the windows client wrapped up with Cedega and Cider, respectively. There won't be much difference between the the performance for those that run it under Wine/Cedega and those that run it with this upcoming client. The biggest advantage, though, is official support (which Cedega has basically had for a while, now... no big change here). The news are not as big as this article makes it seem... Also, it'll be a little while before the official client is released. They've been taking forever to keep us up to date, sending one e-mail every two weeks or so with no real updates on the matter besides some examples of what we might be testing. They haven't even decided what the final list of testers is, even. Ah well, I guess something's something... and I think at least OSX users will be really thankful for this development.
Well I've installed Ubuntu and Xubuntu on a variety of systems, because it's the most plug-and-play and easy-to-configure distro I've played around with. For a lot of things, it deals really well, but as a personal desktop distro I found that it did a lot of its own things with configuration files (even though the files are in standard places), and I would often find my computer doing strange things because of this. It also meant that I didn't know where to start troubleshooting when several errors happened. Things like some networking not working even though everything seemed fine, bizarre errors, etc. The most annoying example was when it suddenly decided to not let me type spaces when holding shift...
I guess I'm used to dealing with systems that are a bit more transparent about the things they do, and how and when they do them, instead of having a distro that takes care of everything for me. Sure, it's a great weight off my shoulders, but it means that the distro itself should be able to do those things already, and do them well.
I think I have to disagree that doing this should be the focus. I think the focus should be to take time to make sure as much as possible actually does work, instead of adding more and more bloated configuration tools to an already confusing (under the hood) distro that doesn't tend to be too transparent about what it does. As far as the actual feature goes... this sounds pretty nice, considering I've never been able to just run X, no matter what I install... for some reason, in all 4 computers I own (and a couple others I've run it in), X always fails on first start, and I always have to configure it by hand... Maybe I'm just too used to editing xorg.conf
But that's where the lions and tigers live :(
Let's just go to Norway.
I remember me and everyone around me complaining about how annoying and expensive CDs were even before I found out about Napster back in the day. When are these people gonna realize that piracy isn't stealing, we're not stopping them from selling their CDs to anyone except ourselves, and maybe our friends. There's a huge difference here. The reality of the matter is... if they can't come up with any compelling reason why we shouldn't just download music free of cost (quality, REAL legal implications, special features), then so-called 'piracy' (lol ludicrous) is gonna keep growing and growing. You know what I think? Good riddance. We're better off without superstars like Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys making an obscene fortune from shitty music. Start having concerts again, that's how musicians used to make music in the past. It's getting pretty retarded, to the point where music videos are getting removed from Youtube for copyright violation. Maybe Verizon missed the memo that music videos are meant to be used as advertisements, and bands would (at least used to) kill to have it shown on any major broadcast medium because of the sheer visibility it grants them. When did this devolve into such a puddle of bullshit? srsly omg
Scandinavia is basically English-speaking. Pretty much everyone in the cities is fluent in English, and they do a lot of business in English. I'm not sure about Norway, but I know Finland (aka Winland) actually has some local TV stations that broadcast in English with Finnish (or maybe it was Swedish...) subtitles. Plus, after 2-3 years living in a country and being immersed in a language, it's not too hard to learn it fluently.