The tabs on the site are transcribed by people that listened to the music. This can be compared to running a program and then making your own that is similar without looking at the source code.
The reason they want them closed down is they think people are copying the tab books they sell, but iirc the sites quit posting tabs like that and only take ones that are done by the individual.
You seem to understand the problem about getting games on linux. Why not buy it for linux? Why not buy some of the other games? There are 6 or 7 games on ebgames.com for $9 from loki. Can you not afford $9? It comes down to each and every person.. you have to vote with your money. Loki will not survive on people just saying "hey i'll buy some games when this or that happens" - they will survive and get more ports if you people would spend some damn money! btw I own 10 linux games.
actually that was not made just for pc, it was actually just an emulator that automatically loaded the zelda rom. its funny that you call it superior and its the same fucking thing hahaha
The companies that are porting games to linux are trying to make money. Its hard for them to jump right in and offer the games at dirt cheap prices when they got a smaller group to sell to. Check out some new (new to linux that is) games on tuxgames.com like SiN, Shogo, and Jagged Alliance 2 - they all only cost $26. I have been buying every game for linux even if I don't like the game and never plan on playing it. The reason is because if they don't make money now they can't stay in business to make future games. Hopefully everyone will wait for the Tribes 2 for linux version instead of rushing out and getting the windows one - here is a good chance to show them how many people are interested in gaming on linux.
The Linux versions of games are often priced much higher than the corresponding Windows version. It's tough for me to justify buying the Linux version when I can get the Windows version for a much lower price.
it may turn out to be as useful as the broken kde sources they have up for 1.0, i'm suprised nobody seemed pissed about the kde sources... they did make alot of changes to it and made it more windows-ish, anyways isn't that part of the gpl you have to provide the full sources?
how could you release a distro and maintain that you're committed to open source development, yet your sources are incomplete (kde in particular) and won't compile because of missing "corel.h" files and then ignore emails asking for these? are you really more interested in cashing in on the latest buzzword? also according to your "corel public license" a section mentions any changes made to your sources must be documented in the file and through a Changelog file, yet the sources you provide are uncommented and without changelogs.... breaking your own license, do you understand your distro is a mess for developers?
i'm sorry but most of you guys are just closed minded crybabies.... you see the letters "aol" and instantly you get upset. these same people are sitting on dialup lines wishing they had cable, well guess what with this merger you will likely get cable in your area alot faster.
tci (@home, t-w, microsoft, compaq) currently offer cable modem access in 38 cities, by the end of the year 39 more cities will have cable modem access. now that aol has merged with t-w i'm sure they will have even more funds to increase this number.
this may seem bad to users that already have cable, because now aol will probably start putting users on cable and the idea of losing bandwidth comes into play. but tci is real good about increasing their line to the backbone to accomodate more users so this should not be an issue.
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tci (@home, t-w, microsoft, compaq) currently offer cable modem access in 38 cities, by the end of the year 39 more cities will have cable modem access. now that aol has merged with them i'm sure they will have even more funds to increase this number, so this should be good news to people that don't have cable in their area. this will seem bad to users that already have cable, because now aol will probably start putting users on cable and the idea of losing bandwidth comes into play.
as for wanting to hook up the service to a linux box, that is fine. tci will install the network card or give it to you to install yourself and then its just a matter of starting dhcpcd to get an ip address. tci however does not support anything but win 95,98, nt and mac os 8. there was a problem with not being able to login without one of the supported o/s's but they have already removed the login program in about half the cities and currently working on getting rid of it in the rest so that you can use the o/s of your choice, just don't call and ask for help.
as for static ip's and running a web server under the roadrunner service they're not available to the home user, but that is what the roadrunner pro service is for. its targetted mainly at businesses and expect to pay a little more a month and you can have your static ip's and run any server. @home actually provides static ip addresses in most areas and if you want to run a server that is what the @work service is for.
as for having no alternatives, your incorrect again, *dsl is moving quickly across the country as alternative to cable. if you have a satelite you can get directpc service. theres also isdn or get a t1.
i currently have roadrunner and i'm kinda nervous that aol users may get on and eat away at my bandwidth but i don't think this is going to happen, tci is real good about increasing their line to the backbone to accomodate more users. i think most people are just afraid of the letters "aol." if you don't have cable modems in your area i'm sure this will be exciting news.
i agree that the tnt2 ultra performs very well for x11. i get around 25 fps in q3 which is definetly playable. i'll be getting a geforce now that its supported
gameboy was cheaper, had the nintendo name, and didn't use nearly as much power as the atari lynx, sega gamegear, or portable tb16 which were all color and far better.
this is true, although corel has done alot of work for wine. i've posted the rest of this comment before on the last corel story but nobody responded so i'll post again as i believe its a big issue:
first off corel does a few stupid things like change library names (they changed qt from libqt to libccqt) which is tricky to get some sources to compile if you didn't compile their version of qt and get the odd file names. but what really bothers me is i downloaded the kde package and tried to compile it and its missing several files, i proceeded to download the entire distro in source form and couldn't find them, i've emailed them several times and they won't respond. also if you take a look at their license you will see they actually have broken their own license by not providing the changelogs with work they've done. i've submitted this before but nobody saw it i guess, its odd cause slashdoters usually have a field day with a situation like this.
thanks joe computer for being a crybaby. thanks joe computer's parents for giving him everything he wanted when he was little and now he doesn't understand you don't always get what you want. i never understand people that complain about these things, if it means that much to you take a stand and take, even if that means losing your job if you value partying more.
how about being an honest hard worker? if your the type of scum that gets excited about reading something like this in hopes of doing it yourself then you're no better than all the fools involved in the ridiculous lawsuits today (blind suing websites, parents suing pokemon, etc.) , then again screwing microsoft sure sounds fun (j/k)!
if you send a webtv and webtv+ a series of braces symbols (around 160 or so) through irc channels or msg's it turns off their power. webtv users now download an upgrade to fix this if they want, but can you imagine sitting there and having someone taunt you on irc that they can control your power and then turn off your webtv, those idiot webtv users probably believe it and run from teh net hehee
first off corel does a few stupid things like change library names (they changed qt from libqt to libccqt) which is tricky to get some sources to compile if you didn't compile their version of qt and get the odd file names. but what really bothers me is i downloaded the kde package and tried to compile it and its missing several files, i proceeded to download the entire distro in source form and couldn't find them, i've emailed them several times and they won't respond. also if you take a look at their license you will see they actually have broken their own license by not providing the changelogs with work they've done. i've submitted this before but nobody saw it i guess, its odd cause slashdoters usually have a field day with a situation like this.
einstein was a brilliant man, i think he is definetly worthy of an honor like this... but i also agree many others are too. i think maybe they should have done a group of most important people of the century (10 or so people) to touch on every aspect of life...
i have a friend that is a manager at a best buy, and although it was rumored they would carry the linux release of civ: ctp , they never did. they still have no plans to carry quake 3... but that could change, just don't hold your breath. if you know someone at best buy you can get them to do a search on their computers there for linux and you can see what all they carry... currently they only have sku's for applixware, suse, redhat and caldera.
it works fine, too bad nvidia took the damn x server glx module off their site... i think its still on mesa3d.org somewhere though. i get playable rates with a tnt2 ultra, 25fps or so... can get an extra 1 or 2 fps if you use the static built glx server.
my mom got me quake 3 for christmas, but she got the windows version... so would someone put the linux binary up on a free www site or ftp so i can play it or you can email it to me at no0ne@midsouth.rr.com;) i don't want to wait till the first patch is released so that i can use it in linux...
i disagree in the article he said java is here to stay and get used to it... java has been around for years and i still have never found it to be useful, and don't many people that do. what killer app have you seen done in java? java has proved itself to be slow and inefficient. some say its great that you can write once and have it run on all platforms.. well so what? c and c++ are both very portable, especially if you use a toolkit like gtk or qt you just write your code once and compile it for each platform. and really i've found cross platform apps to not really be that appealing to most users.. how many ms windows users care if some java app runs fine on bsd or linux? none, they're not that interested in other platforms.. hell most don't even know there are other platforms. what about linux users? do most linux users care if something runs fine on linux and on ms windows? no i don't think they really do, most of us quit using ms windows and could care less. portability does not really mean nothing to the average end user. i personally prefer c++ to other languages, but i still see the best language today is c because it has stood the test of time, its still very effecient and portable. if java was really the next big thing, it would have happened already and we would see some java killer apps, but we don't and i could care less if i never hear the word java again.
i agree with you about holding off on the version jump, but for different reasons. one of the selling points of mandrake is that it is compatible with redhat of the same version number, so this is gonna mess that up... it will be confusing when they say "okay so mandrake 7 is compatible with packages for redhat 6.2, etc." but then again there has been alot of work put into mandrake and it seems to be splitting away from just being "redhat with kde as the default x environment".. check out the new tools on their site for this release. i think maybe version 7 should be held off till 2.4 and Xfree 4, and actually the drivers from creative are already in this release;)
sorry anonymous coward but i don't consider cashier at blockbuster to be a high-level position in the movie industry. they originaly said they would wait till all the movies were done before releasing them for home viewing.
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The tabs on the site are transcribed by people that listened to the music. This can be compared to running a program and then making your own that is similar without looking at the source code. The reason they want them closed down is they think people are copying the tab books they sell, but iirc the sites quit posting tabs like that and only take ones that are done by the individual.
um ebgames.com is the EBX store's webiste - has nothing to with ebay.
You seem to understand the problem about getting games on linux. Why not buy it for linux? Why not buy some of the other games? There are 6 or 7 games on ebgames.com for $9 from loki. Can you not afford $9? It comes down to each and every person.. you have to vote with your money. Loki will not survive on people just saying "hey i'll buy some games when this or that happens" - they will survive and get more ports if you people would spend some damn money! btw I own 10 linux games.
actually that was not made just for pc, it was actually just an emulator that automatically loaded the zelda rom. its funny that you call it superior and its the same fucking thing hahaha
The companies that are porting games to linux are trying to make money. Its hard for them to jump right in and offer the games at dirt cheap prices when they got a smaller group to sell to. Check out some new (new to linux that is) games on tuxgames.com like SiN, Shogo, and Jagged Alliance 2 - they all only cost $26. I have been buying every game for linux even if I don't like the game and never plan on playing it. The reason is because if they don't make money now they can't stay in business to make future games. Hopefully everyone will wait for the Tribes 2 for linux version instead of rushing out and getting the windows one - here is a good chance to show them how many people are interested in gaming on linux. The Linux versions of games are often priced much higher than the corresponding Windows version. It's tough for me to justify buying the Linux version when I can get the Windows version for a much lower price.
actually there has been a scour client for linux for a few months, try searching at fresthmeat.net sometime.
it may turn out to be as useful as the broken kde sources they have up for 1.0, i'm suprised nobody seemed pissed about the kde sources... they did make alot of changes to it and made it more windows-ish, anyways isn't that part of the gpl you have to provide the full sources?
how could you release a distro and maintain that you're committed to open source development, yet your sources are incomplete (kde in particular) and won't compile because of missing "corel.h" files and then ignore emails asking for these? are you really more interested in cashing in on the latest buzzword? also according to your "corel public license" a section mentions any changes made to your sources must be documented in the file and through a Changelog file, yet the sources you provide are uncommented and without changelogs.... breaking your own license, do you understand your distro is a mess for developers?
i'm sorry but most of you guys are just closed minded crybabies.... you see the letters "aol" and instantly you get upset. these same people are sitting on dialup lines wishing they had cable, well guess what with this merger you will likely get cable in your area alot faster.
tci (@home, t-w, microsoft, compaq) currently offer cable modem access in 38 cities, by the end of the year 39 more cities will have cable modem access. now that aol has merged with t-w i'm sure they will have even more funds to increase this number.
this may seem bad to users that already have cable, because now aol will probably start putting users on cable and the idea of losing bandwidth comes into play. but tci is real good about increasing their line to the backbone to accomodate more users so this should not be an issue.
tci (@home, t-w, microsoft, compaq) currently offer cable modem access in 38 cities, by the end of the year 39 more cities will have cable modem access. now that aol has merged with them i'm sure they will have even more funds to increase this number, so this should be good news to people that don't have cable in their area. this will seem bad to users that already have cable, because now aol will probably start putting users on cable and the idea of losing bandwidth comes into play.
as for wanting to hook up the service to a linux box, that is fine. tci will install the network card or give it to you to install yourself and then its just a matter of starting dhcpcd to get an ip address. tci however does not support anything but win 95,98, nt and mac os 8. there was a problem with not being able to login without one of the supported o/s's but they have already removed the login program in about half the cities and currently working on getting rid of it in the rest so that you can use the o/s of your choice, just don't call and ask for help.
as for static ip's and running a web server under the roadrunner service they're not available to the home user, but that is what the roadrunner pro service is for. its targetted mainly at businesses and expect to pay a little more a month and you can have your static ip's and run any server. @home actually provides static ip addresses in most areas and if you want to run a server that is what the @work service is for.
as for having no alternatives, your incorrect again, *dsl is moving quickly across the country as alternative to cable. if you have a satelite you can get directpc service. theres also isdn or get a t1.
i currently have roadrunner and i'm kinda nervous that aol users may get on and eat away at my bandwidth but i don't think this is going to happen, tci is real good about increasing their line to the backbone to accomodate more users. i think most people are just afraid of the letters "aol." if you don't have cable modems in your area i'm sure this will be exciting news.
i agree that the tnt2 ultra performs very well for x11. i get around 25 fps in q3 which is definetly playable. i'll be getting a geforce now that its supported
gameboy was cheaper, had the nintendo name, and didn't use nearly as much power as the atari lynx, sega gamegear, or portable tb16 which were all color and far better.
this is true, although corel has done alot of work for wine. i've posted the rest of this comment before on the last corel story but nobody responded so i'll post again as i believe its a big issue:
first off corel does a few stupid things like change library names (they changed qt from libqt to libccqt) which is tricky to get some sources to compile if you didn't compile their version of qt and get the odd file names. but what really bothers me is i downloaded the kde package and tried to compile it and its missing several files, i proceeded to download the entire distro in source form and couldn't find them, i've emailed them several times and they won't respond. also if you take a look at their license you will see they actually have broken their own license by not providing the changelogs with work they've done. i've submitted this before but nobody saw it i guess, its odd cause slashdoters usually have a field day with a situation like this.
thanks joe computer for being a crybaby. thanks joe computer's parents for giving him everything he wanted when he was little and now he doesn't understand you don't always get what you want. i never understand people that complain about these things, if it means that much to you take a stand and take, even if that means losing your job if you value partying more.
how about being an honest hard worker? if your the type of scum that gets excited about reading something like this in hopes of doing it yourself then you're no better than all the fools involved in the ridiculous lawsuits today (blind suing websites, parents suing pokemon, etc.) , then again screwing microsoft sure sounds fun (j/k)!
if you send a webtv and webtv+ a series of braces symbols (around 160 or so) through irc channels or msg's it turns off their power. webtv users now download an upgrade to fix this if they want, but can you imagine sitting there and having someone taunt you on irc that they can control your power and then turn off your webtv, those idiot webtv users probably believe it and run from teh net hehee
first off corel does a few stupid things like change library names (they changed qt from libqt to libccqt) which is tricky to get some sources to compile if you didn't compile their version of qt and get the odd file names. but what really bothers me is i downloaded the kde package and tried to compile it and its missing several files, i proceeded to download the entire distro in source form and couldn't find them, i've emailed them several times and they won't respond. also if you take a look at their license you will see they actually have broken their own license by not providing the changelogs with work they've done. i've submitted this before but nobody saw it i guess, its odd cause slashdoters usually have a field day with a situation like this.
you actually pay $40 for 56k? i pay less than that for cable. whats the point of having a static ip and being able to host if your connection is 56k?
einstein was a brilliant man, i think he is definetly worthy of an honor like this... but i also agree many others are too. i think maybe they should have done a group of most important people of the century (10 or so people) to touch on every aspect of life...
i have a friend that is a manager at a best buy, and although it was rumored they would carry the linux release of civ: ctp , they never did. they still have no plans to carry quake 3 ... but that could change, just don't hold your breath. if you know someone at best buy you can get them to do a search on their computers there for linux and you can see what all they carry... currently they only have sku's for applixware, suse, redhat and caldera.
it works fine, too bad nvidia took the damn x server glx module off their site... i think its still on mesa3d.org somewhere though. i get playable rates with a tnt2 ultra, 25fps or so... can get an extra 1 or 2 fps if you use the static built glx server.
my mom got me quake 3 for christmas, but she got the windows version... so would someone put the linux binary up on a free www site or ftp so i can play it or you can email it to me at no0ne@midsouth.rr.com;) i don't want to wait till the first patch is released so that i can use it in linux...
i disagree in the article he said java is here to stay and get used to it... java has been around for years and i still have never found it to be useful, and don't many people that do. what killer app have you seen done in java? java has proved itself to be slow and inefficient. some say its great that you can write once and have it run on all platforms.. well so what? c and c++ are both very portable, especially if you use a toolkit like gtk or qt you just write your code once and compile it for each platform. and really i've found cross platform apps to not really be that appealing to most users.. how many ms windows users care if some java app runs fine on bsd or linux? none, they're not that interested in other platforms.. hell most don't even know there are other platforms. what about linux users? do most linux users care if something runs fine on linux and on ms windows? no i don't think they really do, most of us quit using ms windows and could care less. portability does not really mean nothing to the average end user. i personally prefer c++ to other languages, but i still see the best language today is c because it has stood the test of time, its still very effecient and portable. if java was really the next big thing, it would have happened already and we would see some java killer apps, but we don't and i could care less if i never hear the word java again.
i agree with you about holding off on the version jump, but for different reasons. one of the selling points of mandrake is that it is compatible with redhat of the same version number, so this is gonna mess that up... it will be confusing when they say "okay so mandrake 7 is compatible with packages for redhat 6.2, etc." but then again there has been alot of work put into mandrake and it seems to be splitting away from just being "redhat with kde as the default x environment".. check out the new tools on their site for this release. i think maybe version 7 should be held off till 2.4 and Xfree 4, and actually the drivers from creative are already in this release ;)
sorry anonymous coward but i don't consider cashier at blockbuster to be a high-level position in the movie industry. they originaly said they would wait till all the movies were done before releasing them for home viewing.