Maintaining infastructure is entirely orthogonal to fuel prices. If anyone thought it was a priority, then it would get done regardless of what kind of revenue was being generated from fuel taxes.
We have been ignoring our roads and bridges for a lot longer than fuel has been cheap.
More people win the lottery than have been subjected to that kind of penalty.
Most people aren't even aware that this has happened. So there isn't even the outside chance that it will act as a deterrent for the general population.
No one would want to offer it to you. They want you to pay a pretty penny for anything that constitutes a "decent selection". At best they will want a hefty rental fee out of you and you may be lucky to even get that. Some of the new movies don't offer a rental option at all. You're stuck "buying" it on the streaming services and at a price comparable to the physical media.
Netflix is already close to as good as it can get with a subscription service. I'm not sure they could do much better even with a much more expensive rate.
The studios just don't want to give up the new material for cheap.
> Frankly I still find it hard to believe that so many people watch TV shows and movies on their compute
Have you looked at the back of a computer in the last 5 or 8 years?
They include HDMI ports now.
Once TVs went digital, the distinction between a computer monitor and TV blurred something considerable. Projectors have been very accommodating to computers too (and for much longer).
> XBMC is a player. Plex is a player, sure, but it's also a server. It transcodes your media and hands it off to other Plex clients, and more importantly it serves metadata to Plex clients so that they don't have to fetch and store it locally â" the main weakness of XBMC in an environment with more than one player,
Not a big deal really.
XBMC is the gold standard when it comes to metadata management. So the fact that you have to do it n+1 times is really not a problem.
The lack of a central repository means that you can't do cool multi-room stuff. However, I am not sure that Plex does any of that either. Meanwhile, it's central metadata server is an unbelievable pig and resource hog. It's an amazing disaster to behold.
The main value of Plex is that it will accommodate that $60 streamer that has crap hardware that can't really decode anything.
Yes it is stupid because computing devices are all about network effects. This applies equally well to game consoles and web services. NO ONE is going to want to be restricted to your hardware for something like this. Apple may be able to pull off that kind of nonsense but Sony just doesn't have the chops for it.
Plus the Apple examples includes other devices and an ecosystem that's well established already.
All Sony has is a relatively overpriced game console.
Sony's service should be EVERYWHERE including Android phones and Rokus.
The only thing it has on XBMC is the server side transcoding and that's something that should be made obsolete by better decoding hardware.
Also, the Plex backend server is an incredible pig if you've got a non-trivial media library. In general, the whole thing makes you want to rip it apart and re-engineer it for efficiency and performance.
I use a mail forwarding service so the mail seems to come from them rather than me. Nicely gets around the problem of dynamic IPs being banned by a lot of mail servers for inbound traffic.
None of the things you are ranting about are relevant. The issue is whether or not Microsoft is the same company. Is it the same corporate culture?
Chances are that it is.
The fact that the rest of the world has changed really isn't relevant. It's not the rest of the world we're talking about. The world may have changed and it seems at first glance that it's the same old Microsoft being a leech off of Android with it's patent trolling.
Forget about childish insults directed at Unix users. Microsoft has continually botched it's attempts to adapt to the new reality. That's why it makes more money in the mobile space off of patent trolling than it does it's own product.
Even this "gift" is a manifestation of how they couldn't cope with Java.
The core database team is actually the only worthwhile thing there. It's all of the other stuff at the fringes that Oracle historically and perpetually screws up.
It's everything else they do wrong.
It's hard to say how well Java will fare under Oracle stewardship. They are kind of the anti-Sun. I guess that makes them a black hole. '-)
It's interesting how it's fine for these people to be OK with shredding the principles of something found in the Bill of Rights but will happily go along with the idea of forcing on everyone the standard created by some lesser statute with a dubious legal foundation.
Using the Ten Commandments as some sort of paragon in a secular court seems less absurd now for some reason. There may actually be something to it. The idea that certain things really are categorical imperatives held above everything else including the 612 other laws.
You're the one with zero credibility. This may have allegedly started out by some feminazis annoying a certain segment of the twitter troll contingent but it was quickly escalated by the gaming media into a mass troll of all paying customers.
This hasn't just been about about doxxing annoying feminazi bloggers for awhile now. The real face of this thing now is the professional troll news media both from the games industry and at large.
They keep on pushing the narrative and hoping that their click-bait nonsense will generate ad revenue.
> Yes, and the mark's specified goods and services don't overlap with this PoS system.
Except this "POS system" is really just a general purpose computer with a GUI. The point of Trademarks is not splitting legal hairs or finding loopholes but addressing genuine issues of consumer confusion.
Specialty computer system named foo versus GUI software named foo.
That's not the point. This is a "circle the wagons" moment. It doesn't matter if you like them or even think they are being as anti-Unix as possible (Poettering). This needs to be defended against with as much fury as the community can muster.
Time to put your money where your mouths are all you screeching basement dwellers.
> Epic's Unreal Engine 4 and the Unity engine both have Linux versions already. So does Valve's (obviously). EA's Frostbite engine has an OpenGL version, so that's part of the way. There's no market. Not a significant one, anyhow. Most people that are in the market to buy games either have a console, handheld, or a Windows/OSX PC. The vast majority.
_...and which version to you think those MacOS users are going to be using? You seem to be casually lumping MacOS and Windows together here and seem to be forgetting that they are NOT THE SAME THING. They aren't the same thing at all.
That OpenGL port is needed first and foremost for MacOS because it doesn't run DirectX because this is a Microsoft only thing and THAT problem isn't a Linux only thing.
You idiots trying to lump Windows and MacOS together are conveniently ignoring all of the reasons that MacOS is more like Linux and if anything should be lumped with Linux and not Windows.
Linux ports are being done by MAC porting houses for this reason.
> Look, what's wrong with Windows or OSX or Android? They're not expensive, unless you're a cheapskate.
Windows is an insecure mess. There is nothing "expensive" about Windows as it's pretty much force fed to everyone that ever bought a PC. The price of it is included in your PC purchases.
OSX is only authorized to run on crappy hardware. The fact that it is "expensive" is potentially problematic but less so than the fact that Apple hardware is lame and annoying. Plus it's as much of an ugly redheaded stepchild when it comes to gaming as Linux is.
> It is literally impossible to support the endless pile of random Linux distros and their packages and other shit.
Then don't. Only deal with the low hanging fruit and leave everyone else free to deal with your laziness.
As far as Windows providing "clean" images, that's simply bullshit. Every copy of Windows is a unique snowflake. This is aggravated by the fact that everyone is used to doing system updates in order to install their apps. So you can never be sure what random shit is running on a WinDOS box. People (developers and consumers) just put up with Windows because they think it has all of the marketshare.
Any Linux distribution is ultimately just a set of upstream projects and version numbers. There's not nearly as much diversity in that as some people like to claim.
The big difference is usually the package manager and that's easily dealt with with a "Windows style installer". Been done.
> Game developers are not Linux advocates. It is not their role to invest their time and money to displace Windows and Mac OS X with Linux.
They are members of the community. When it comes to video drivers, they are probably some of the most expert members of the community. The fact that the Intel driver is pants for games is probably related to the fact that people haven't really tried using it for them.
The fact that "Valve has to waste time" is not a bug, it's a feature. It means that Valve can fix things on their own to suit their own requirements. THAT is how Free Software works.
Valve wants to make a Linux game console. That includes drivers. It's very much in scope for them to contribute.
The rest of Valve may even "get it" even if this one guy does not.
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Maintaining infastructure is entirely orthogonal to fuel prices. If anyone thought it was a priority, then it would get done regardless of what kind of revenue was being generated from fuel taxes.
We have been ignoring our roads and bridges for a lot longer than fuel has been cheap.
More people win the lottery than have been subjected to that kind of penalty.
Most people aren't even aware that this has happened. So there isn't even the outside chance that it will act as a deterrent for the general population.
No one would want to offer it to you. They want you to pay a pretty penny for anything that constitutes a "decent selection". At best they will want a hefty rental fee out of you and you may be lucky to even get that. Some of the new movies don't offer a rental option at all. You're stuck "buying" it on the streaming services and at a price comparable to the physical media.
Netflix is already close to as good as it can get with a subscription service. I'm not sure they could do much better even with a much more expensive rate.
The studios just don't want to give up the new material for cheap.
> Frankly I still find it hard to believe that so many people watch TV shows and movies on their compute
Have you looked at the back of a computer in the last 5 or 8 years?
They include HDMI ports now.
Once TVs went digital, the distinction between a computer monitor and TV blurred something considerable. Projectors have been very accommodating to computers too (and for much longer).
> XBMC is a player. Plex is a player, sure, but it's also a server. It transcodes your media and hands it off to other Plex clients, and more importantly it serves metadata to Plex clients so that they don't have to fetch and store it locally â" the main weakness of XBMC in an environment with more than one player,
Not a big deal really.
XBMC is the gold standard when it comes to metadata management. So the fact that you have to do it n+1 times is really not a problem.
The lack of a central repository means that you can't do cool multi-room stuff. However, I am not sure that Plex does any of that either. Meanwhile, it's central metadata server is an unbelievable pig and resource hog. It's an amazing disaster to behold.
The main value of Plex is that it will accommodate that $60 streamer that has crap hardware that can't really decode anything.
I would characterize Netflix as those 32 channels on your 500 cable channel bundle that are dominated by old reruns.
Likewise, if you are patient enough you will see older original content from HBO and non-premium cable-only channels.
That leaves "current stuff" and sports.
Yes it is stupid because computing devices are all about network effects. This applies equally well to game consoles and web services. NO ONE is going to want to be restricted to your hardware for something like this. Apple may be able to pull off that kind of nonsense but Sony just doesn't have the chops for it.
Plus the Apple examples includes other devices and an ecosystem that's well established already.
All Sony has is a relatively overpriced game console.
Sony's service should be EVERYWHERE including Android phones and Rokus.
The only thing it has on XBMC is the server side transcoding and that's something that should be made obsolete by better decoding hardware.
Also, the Plex backend server is an incredible pig if you've got a non-trivial media library. In general, the whole thing makes you want to rip it apart and re-engineer it for efficiency and performance.
I use a mail forwarding service so the mail seems to come from them rather than me. Nicely gets around the problem of dynamic IPs being banned by a lot of mail servers for inbound traffic.
None of the things you are ranting about are relevant. The issue is whether or not Microsoft is the same company. Is it the same corporate culture?
Chances are that it is.
The fact that the rest of the world has changed really isn't relevant. It's not the rest of the world we're talking about. The world may have changed and it seems at first glance that it's the same old Microsoft being a leech off of Android with it's patent trolling.
Forget about childish insults directed at Unix users. Microsoft has continually botched it's attempts to adapt to the new reality. That's why it makes more money in the mobile space off of patent trolling than it does it's own product.
Even this "gift" is a manifestation of how they couldn't cope with Java.
The core database team is actually the only worthwhile thing there. It's all of the other stuff at the fringes that Oracle historically and perpetually screws up.
It's everything else they do wrong.
It's hard to say how well Java will fare under Oracle stewardship. They are kind of the anti-Sun. I guess that makes them a black hole. '-)
Yes. This article isn't exactly news as it pretty much confirms what the global peanut gallery has already said about this stuff.
Enough to get GNOME their war chest in less than 24 hours.
That probably gave Groupon pause. They probably thought that GNOME was some weakling that they could easily bully. It looks like they though wrong.
If this sticks, it's a very important precedent and one that benefits the entire community (love or hate GNOME in particular).
We're talking about a tablet with the GNOME name splattered all over it. Is it a point of sale terminal? Is it the latest tablet from Zareason?
How do you know really?
You don't.
POS systems look like general purpose computers anymore.
It's interesting how it's fine for these people to be OK with shredding the principles of something found in the Bill of Rights but will happily go along with the idea of forcing on everyone the standard created by some lesser statute with a dubious legal foundation.
Using the Ten Commandments as some sort of paragon in a secular court seems less absurd now for some reason. There may actually be something to it. The idea that certain things really are categorical imperatives held above everything else including the 612 other laws.
You don't have the right to "not be offended".
You're the one with zero credibility. This may have allegedly started out by some feminazis annoying a certain segment of the twitter troll contingent but it was quickly escalated by the gaming media into a mass troll of all paying customers.
This hasn't just been about about doxxing annoying feminazi bloggers for awhile now. The real face of this thing now is the professional troll news media both from the games industry and at large.
They keep on pushing the narrative and hoping that their click-bait nonsense will generate ad revenue.
> Yes, and the mark's specified goods and services don't overlap with this PoS system.
Except this "POS system" is really just a general purpose computer with a GUI. The point of Trademarks is not splitting legal hairs or finding loopholes but addressing genuine issues of consumer confusion.
Specialty computer system named foo versus GUI software named foo.
That's not the point. This is a "circle the wagons" moment. It doesn't matter if you like them or even think they are being as anti-Unix as possible (Poettering). This needs to be defended against with as much fury as the community can muster.
Time to put your money where your mouths are all you screeching basement dwellers.
I have. Now it's your turn.
What a techie is supposed to look like? You mean the sort of thing that might be influenced by pop culture?
A particularly prominent "high tech" espionage show comes to mind.
> Epic's Unreal Engine 4 and the Unity engine both have Linux versions already. So does Valve's (obviously). EA's Frostbite engine has an OpenGL version, so that's part of the way. There's no market. Not a significant one, anyhow. Most people that are in the market to buy games either have a console, handheld, or a Windows/OSX PC. The vast majority.
_...and which version to you think those MacOS users are going to be using? You seem to be casually lumping MacOS and Windows together here and seem to be forgetting that they are NOT THE SAME THING. They aren't the same thing at all.
That OpenGL port is needed first and foremost for MacOS because it doesn't run DirectX because this is a Microsoft only thing and THAT problem isn't a Linux only thing.
You idiots trying to lump Windows and MacOS together are conveniently ignoring all of the reasons that MacOS is more like Linux and if anything should be lumped with Linux and not Windows.
Linux ports are being done by MAC porting houses for this reason.
Blithering idiots.
> I swear, even in the Linux centered forums I still see this kind of rabid behavior or having to bash anyone who isn't Linux.
Kind of like what you're doing right here.
Were you trying to be ironic?
> Look, what's wrong with Windows or OSX or Android? They're not expensive, unless you're a cheapskate.
Windows is an insecure mess. There is nothing "expensive" about Windows as it's pretty much force fed to everyone that ever bought a PC. The price of it is included in your PC purchases.
OSX is only authorized to run on crappy hardware. The fact that it is "expensive" is potentially problematic but less so than the fact that Apple hardware is lame and annoying. Plus it's as much of an ugly redheaded stepchild when it comes to gaming as Linux is.
Android is not a general purpose OS.
> It is literally impossible to support the endless pile of random Linux distros and their packages and other shit.
Then don't. Only deal with the low hanging fruit and leave everyone else free to deal with your laziness.
As far as Windows providing "clean" images, that's simply bullshit. Every copy of Windows is a unique snowflake. This is aggravated by the fact that everyone is used to doing system updates in order to install their apps. So you can never be sure what random shit is running on a WinDOS box. People (developers and consumers) just put up with Windows because they think it has all of the marketshare.
Any Linux distribution is ultimately just a set of upstream projects and version numbers. There's not nearly as much diversity in that as some people like to claim.
The big difference is usually the package manager and that's easily dealt with with a "Windows style installer". Been done.
> Game developers are not Linux advocates. It is not their role to invest their time and money to displace Windows and Mac OS X with Linux.
They are members of the community. When it comes to video drivers, they are probably some of the most expert members of the community. The fact that the Intel driver is pants for games is probably related to the fact that people haven't really tried using it for them.
The fact that "Valve has to waste time" is not a bug, it's a feature. It means that Valve can fix things on their own to suit their own requirements. THAT is how Free Software works.
Valve wants to make a Linux game console. That includes drivers. It's very much in scope for them to contribute.
The rest of Valve may even "get it" even if this one guy does not.
For some strange reason some old Kenny Loggins song is playing in my head.