This isn't about feeling sorry for the animals. Every field of science, from biochemistry to aerodynamics has benefited and can continue to benefit from studying animal and plant life. Amphibians are a particularly interesting family that has contributed a lot to science.
It is perfectly natural for plants and animals to go extinct.
But there ought to be cause for concern when so many are about to go extinct at once. Whether or not it's a natural disaster or a human-caused disaster can be debated until the cows come home, but the planet is changing right now, causing irreparable damage.
I do, it's five years old, and needs duct tape to keep the door open. It can read mp3 files from CD, so that's less than a gigabyte of mp3 music, which is more than enough as far as I'm concerned. It's outlived the crap overpriced flash based mp3 player (not ipod) that I bought two years ago.
I don't know if I'm a special case or anything, but I never see these things in stores anymore, so I'm keeping it for as long as I can.
... and yet, if another country later decides it's okay to use mass filtering or blocking services, they will point to countries like Thailand and China and say "Well, it works for them, why not?".
It's another instance of the fragmentation of the World Wide Web. It will get worse before it gets better.
I've never been much impressed by BitTorrent (gee, can you tell?). Just what is it that makes it more popular than eDonkey/eMule? Is it just the reputation and hype that has built up around "Torrents"?
I've kind of wondered this as well. I'm not a heavy bittorrent user, but it is what I mostly use for P2P.
The only reason I can think of is that it makes sense on a browser-centric desktop, you learn about it and use it with your browser, whether it's IE or firefox or lynx.
The only thing sillier is the article itself. The story about the Japanese woman never actually says that she deleted her online "husband's" character, it repeatedly refers to the act as "killing" the avatar. Using the English language in that way should be punishable by a reading by William McGonagall.
more like, how much is the sum of all linux-centric business, plus half of businesses that indirectly benefit from linux, twice times whatever charities or non-profit orgs use linux, etc;
then take the square root of that, then the natural logarithm of both sides, and then differentiate. The resulting value is some totally unrelated number. Or is it?
Try out PCBSD, based of FreeBSD, aiming to be a alternative to Ubuntu.
If you are really that interested, you should be able to stomach installing GNOME on your own. Heck, google around, maybe somebody has already made a PCBSD remix with gnome as default.
they make the rest of the anti-DRM crowd look bad. Wait for the cracks or don't buy the damn game. It's not your dealer's fault that you're addicted to crack.
Yes, this is it.
The main problem that the anti-DRM crowd has is that they focus way too much on developers and game producers that use DRM, when they could instead be focusing on developers that make a point of not using DRM. They need to move from being anti-DRM to being pro-non-DRM.
ie: they need to make a simple and attractive name for games that are not DRM'ed.
Braid: Simple, pleasant music-box style music, which would change in tempo and direction as you move back and forth in time. Really awesome.
Super Mario RPG: Huge variety, I liked how some characters tend to have their own theme. Some music related puzzles, and they do a good job of pronouncing perfect silence during some of the more intensive puzzles (omitting music is sometimes the best way to use it).
Music Catch: A great game with a nice melody, the gameplay forces you to actively listen to the music, in anticipation. Really a great example of how games could better use music. Really check it out.
Wario Ware: This pretty much goes for any version of Wario Ware, especially where music-related puzzles are concerned.
I wouldn't do it at all, personally, because I'd consider it a violation of my integrity to do so.
Actually, it's kind of a good point. You'd feel pretty crap if that job didn't work out, and they had kept a bunch of your code. I wonder, would such a non-competition clause extend to after you left the job concerned?
Try to negotiate a little about the non-competition clause. Although if it doesn't work out, it would be reasonable; they don't want you duplicating the work that you do for them.
But if there's any worries, it shouldn't be about the FLOSS project concerned, it should be about whether many other FLOSS devs get "hired away". Is this an increasing trend, or just a special case?
Anyhow, definitely take the money. Even if it is an increasing trend, it could actually encourage more people to get involved in FLOSS projects. Major contributions to FLOSS projects look good on a resume.
I agree, the game industry is becoming more and more unaccomodating to the used and rental game retailers. I could totally see EA or similar releasing games that are effectively demos unless you had bought it brand new. How successful that would be is another story.
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This isn't about feeling sorry for the animals. Every field of science, from biochemistry to aerodynamics has benefited and can continue to benefit from studying animal and plant life. Amphibians are a particularly interesting family that has contributed a lot to science.
It is perfectly natural for plants and animals to go extinct.
But there ought to be cause for concern when so many are about to go extinct at once. Whether or not it's a natural disaster or a human-caused disaster can be debated until the cows come home, but the planet is changing right now, causing irreparable damage.
I do, it's five years old, and needs duct tape to keep the door open. It can read mp3 files from CD, so that's less than a gigabyte of mp3 music, which is more than enough as far as I'm concerned. It's outlived the crap overpriced flash based mp3 player (not ipod) that I bought two years ago.
I don't know if I'm a special case or anything, but I never see these things in stores anymore, so I'm keeping it for as long as I can.
... and yet, if another country later decides it's okay to use mass filtering or blocking services, they will point to countries like Thailand and China and say "Well, it works for them, why not?".
It's another instance of the fragmentation of the World Wide Web. It will get worse before it gets better.
I've never been much impressed by BitTorrent (gee, can you tell?). Just what is it that makes it more popular than eDonkey/eMule? Is it just the reputation and hype that has built up around "Torrents"?
I've kind of wondered this as well. I'm not a heavy bittorrent user, but it is what I mostly use for P2P.
The only reason I can think of is that it makes sense on a browser-centric desktop, you learn about it and use it with your browser, whether it's IE or firefox or lynx.
The only thing sillier is the article itself. The story about the Japanese woman never actually says that she deleted her online "husband's" character, it repeatedly refers to the act as "killing" the avatar. Using the English language in that way should be punishable by a reading by William McGonagall.
Man, I wish I didn't already post, I'd spend mod points on this.
well played, sir. I will pledge the same.
If it weren't for piracy, there'd be a sizable amount of people that would never even try Vista.
more like, how much is the sum of all linux-centric business, plus half of businesses that indirectly benefit from linux, twice times whatever charities or non-profit orgs use linux, etc;
then take the square root of that, then the natural logarithm of both sides, and then differentiate. The resulting value is some totally unrelated number. Or is it?
Try out PCBSD, based of FreeBSD, aiming to be a alternative to Ubuntu.
If you are really that interested, you should be able to stomach installing GNOME on your own. Heck, google around, maybe somebody has already made a PCBSD remix with gnome as default.
Shame. Who would use OpenBSD beyond system admins and developers I can't really see.
Think kids. As in smart, curious kids. Yes, they still make those.
No no, this is about actual enlightenment.
Well, then there's no surprise that it's open source.
they make the rest of the anti-DRM crowd look bad. Wait for the cracks or don't buy the damn game. It's not your dealer's fault that you're addicted to crack.
Yes, this is it.
The main problem that the anti-DRM crowd has is that they focus way too much on developers and game producers that use DRM, when they could instead be focusing on developers that make a point of not using DRM. They need to move from being anti-DRM to being pro-non-DRM.
ie: they need to make a simple and attractive name for games that are not DRM'ed.
Braid: Simple, pleasant music-box style music, which would change in tempo and direction as you move back and forth in time. Really awesome.
Super Mario RPG: Huge variety, I liked how some characters tend to have their own theme. Some music related puzzles, and they do a good job of pronouncing perfect silence during some of the more intensive puzzles (omitting music is sometimes the best way to use it).
Music Catch: A great game with a nice melody, the gameplay forces you to actively listen to the music, in anticipation. Really a great example of how games could better use music. Really check it out.
Wario Ware: This pretty much goes for any version of Wario Ware, especially where music-related puzzles are concerned.
Troll? What's so trollish about...
meh, I'm overdue for a down mod, I'll save my confused indignation for some other time. ;-)
Er, not intuitive, Insightful.
I'd mod you intuitive if I had points.
Wikipedia makes an attempt of having no or neutral bias. But turns out to maybe have a community bias. Interesting...
Makes me appreciate all the teachers that don't like students using wikipedia as a reference in schoolwork.
Or, use hand-written captchas.
I wouldn't do it at all, personally, because I'd consider it a violation of my integrity to do so.
Actually, it's kind of a good point. You'd feel pretty crap if that job didn't work out, and they had kept a bunch of your code. I wonder, would such a non-competition clause extend to after you left the job concerned?
Try to negotiate a little about the non-competition clause. Although if it doesn't work out, it would be reasonable; they don't want you duplicating the work that you do for them.
But if there's any worries, it shouldn't be about the FLOSS project concerned, it should be about whether many other FLOSS devs get "hired away". Is this an increasing trend, or just a special case?
Anyhow, definitely take the money. Even if it is an increasing trend, it could actually encourage more people to get involved in FLOSS projects. Major contributions to FLOSS projects look good on a resume.
I agree, the game industry is becoming more and more unaccomodating to the used and rental game retailers. I could totally see EA or similar releasing games that are effectively demos unless you had bought it brand new. How successful that would be is another story.
What about sub-conscious self-sabotage?
What? Who let the liberal arts major in here?