And this is exactly the kind reasoning which causes Linux to fail as a mainstream OS. I totally understand the philosophy, don't get me wrong, but if you want people to migrate you need to make applications more predictable in terms of some sort of basic appearance or design. It helps new users ease into things - who knows.. convert enough people and decent games might start being made for the OS! Then I can convert.
And no. Tux racer doesn't count. the UT series is a good start though.
This reminds me a lot of the old "top-down" and "bottom-up" arguments about AI. Google has a rather large head start using the top-down method, whereas powerset seems to be building it to be more of a bottom-up approach which will be impressive if it can eventually do it well. For more information: http://www.alanturing.net/turing_archive...
You sure the school is pushing it? In my personal experience it's generally always either overbearing parents (and I'd hate to assume negatively about you since I don't know you) or a very hard working student. I've never seen a public school go out of their way to push kids into harder classes.
+5 insightful indeed. That always really irritates me about that portion of the FOSS crowd - they bitch and moan about something and then when they get it, the manner it was delivered was not up to their "standards". Or something, somehow, was off. I really don't understand this crap.
Hopefully this will encourage other companies to open up and possibly down the road we can actually start getting some serious gaming support for various distros. That would be awesome.
Nobody was arguing the legality of it. It is very much illegal, but the fact that a better system is not in place is what is stupid. I'm not a lawyer of course but I'd imagine there would be some sort of legal statute to give the consumer the right to get a refund if the user refuses to accept the EULA - but because you must accept the EULA before you play any game nowadays (during install, typically), when you find the reviews and press coverage totally hid the fact that the game was a complete turd, too late. And of course, stores won't allow open software packages for a refund due to the easy nature of copying discs.
Like the poster prior to you, I pirate games before buying the good ones - not all games have demos out and I'm not going to spend in upwards of $40 because reviews from game sites were positive. Videos on youtube or the like are a start but ultimately don't give you the real feel of the game.
I might blindly shell out the money if a good friend of mine suggests the game to me - but then that's not going into it blind. I've got several shelves worth of games sitting about four feet away from me - so the whole "pirating hurts game companies!" isn't completely true. It only hurts the companies who produce utter shit.
I pay for content worth the price. I wholly believe a team that has worked insanely hard and produced a great game deserves tons of money and nice cars and houses and vacation property in Hawaii. However I don't believe that any company or team who produces something that looks like a colostomy bag attacked a tomato deserves to waste my time. And no - unless you're willing to take it to small claims court, I don't know of any way to return a game after you've opened the package. At least any way that's less time consuming than arranging a court date and doing it that route.
If you haven't seen it already, it'd be worth your time to check out "Street Fighter: The Later Years" on youtube. So far I think they have 9 episodes done.
If we keep spending money on blowing shit up and killing dictators for oil, sure. 50 years is not a long time when we're talking about governments or their agencies being involved. That stuff moves as slow as molasses.
Most of the people here have better things to do than participate in the grand delusions you call religion. Go back to sleep and leave the intelligent discussion to the adults.
Isn't that a step backwards for computing??1 I don't think running a gas/electricity powered system is a good idea outside of generators for power outages..
If you know the cameras won't do anything, don't you think in most cases the burglars know that too? Sure the "profession" attracts a lot of stupid types, but it ought to be common knowledge to even them that cameras don't really mean anything for home security other than a deterrent.
I think you're misunderstanding something. There's a difference between your router resetting and the ISP forging RST packets. RST packets only close a particular connection, not your actual router. Every router I've ever seen (admittedly that only entails ones designed for home use) a router that actually logs RST packets. If you've got bittorrent up or whatever else and you have hundreds of connections open at once, the only indication you'll have that something fishy is going on is a very limited download speed. Some people say enabling or forcing encryption in your bittorrent client will bypass the issue but others have stated it doesn't work. For me, it works, but I don't know how bellsouth is with P2P connections. My download speeds have been fine thus far.
Are you even paying attention to the course of the discussion and why the guy referenced concentration camps? There was an entirely valid reason for it.
You ever wonder why the same vaccines and antibacterial medicines and such don't work forever?
That's right - evolution. Those bacteria of which you speak learn to adapt to their (formerly hostile) new environment and thrive. This has been known, proven, and shown for decades now. I apologize on behalf of scientists everywhere that haven't figured out yet how to condense 4 billion years of evolution into a week for your sake.
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And this is exactly the kind reasoning which causes Linux to fail as a mainstream OS. I totally understand the philosophy, don't get me wrong, but if you want people to migrate you need to make applications more predictable in terms of some sort of basic appearance or design. It helps new users ease into things - who knows.. convert enough people and decent games might start being made for the OS! Then I can convert.
And no. Tux racer doesn't count. the UT series is a good start though.
This reminds me a lot of the old "top-down" and "bottom-up" arguments about AI. Google has a rather large head start using the top-down method, whereas powerset seems to be building it to be more of a bottom-up approach which will be impressive if it can eventually do it well. For more information: http://www.alanturing.net/turing_archive...
You sure the school is pushing it? In my personal experience it's generally always either overbearing parents (and I'd hate to assume negatively about you since I don't know you) or a very hard working student. I've never seen a public school go out of their way to push kids into harder classes.
+5 insightful indeed. That always really irritates me about that portion of the FOSS crowd - they bitch and moan about something and then when they get it, the manner it was delivered was not up to their "standards". Or something, somehow, was off. I really don't understand this crap.
Hopefully this will encourage other companies to open up and possibly down the road we can actually start getting some serious gaming support for various distros. That would be awesome.
Hey! I bet he's one of those EVIL people that run seti@home instead of folding@home! Oh noes!
Nobody was arguing the legality of it. It is very much illegal, but the fact that a better system is not in place is what is stupid. I'm not a lawyer of course but I'd imagine there would be some sort of legal statute to give the consumer the right to get a refund if the user refuses to accept the EULA - but because you must accept the EULA before you play any game nowadays (during install, typically), when you find the reviews and press coverage totally hid the fact that the game was a complete turd, too late. And of course, stores won't allow open software packages for a refund due to the easy nature of copying discs.
Like the poster prior to you, I pirate games before buying the good ones - not all games have demos out and I'm not going to spend in upwards of $40 because reviews from game sites were positive. Videos on youtube or the like are a start but ultimately don't give you the real feel of the game.
I might blindly shell out the money if a good friend of mine suggests the game to me - but then that's not going into it blind. I've got several shelves worth of games sitting about four feet away from me - so the whole "pirating hurts game companies!" isn't completely true. It only hurts the companies who produce utter shit.
I pay for content worth the price. I wholly believe a team that has worked insanely hard and produced a great game deserves tons of money and nice cars and houses and vacation property in Hawaii. However I don't believe that any company or team who produces something that looks like a colostomy bag attacked a tomato deserves to waste my time. And no - unless you're willing to take it to small claims court, I don't know of any way to return a game after you've opened the package. At least any way that's less time consuming than arranging a court date and doing it that route.
If you haven't seen it already, it'd be worth your time to check out "Street Fighter: The Later Years" on youtube. So far I think they have 9 episodes done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLrWgVPeCzI - it's absolutely hilarious.
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If we keep spending money on blowing shit up and killing dictators for oil, sure. 50 years is not a long time when we're talking about governments or their agencies being involved. That stuff moves as slow as molasses.
Hm, suddenly I think of Best Buy's geek squad and shudder. I bet that's where these blue hat guys are being hired from, knowing Microsoft.
Man, if my dad were more like you my life would have been a thousand times more enjoyable while I was under his roof.
Most of the people here have better things to do than participate in the grand delusions you call religion. Go back to sleep and leave the intelligent discussion to the adults.
I thought the exact same thing after watching it. I wish I were joking, too.
"Strategeric Incompetence" - fixed that for ya.
Isn't that a step backwards for computing??1 I don't think running a gas/electricity powered system is a good idea outside of generators for power outages..
I'm sick with the flu and that registered in my brain for a brief split second as "select A B start" and I had a NES Contra flashback.
Ugh.
Right, because evidence that they are corrupt is totally 100% visible to everyone in the country? Not everyone starts out corrupt either, you know.
If you know the cameras won't do anything, don't you think in most cases the burglars know that too? Sure the "profession" attracts a lot of stupid types, but it ought to be common knowledge to even them that cameras don't really mean anything for home security other than a deterrent.
This is the year of OSX on the desktop!!!!11
*cough*
Aspergers or Tourettes? It's your life mission to make as many -1 comments as possible.
I think you're misunderstanding something. There's a difference between your router resetting and the ISP forging RST packets. RST packets only close a particular connection, not your actual router. Every router I've ever seen (admittedly that only entails ones designed for home use) a router that actually logs RST packets. If you've got bittorrent up or whatever else and you have hundreds of connections open at once, the only indication you'll have that something fishy is going on is a very limited download speed. Some people say enabling or forcing encryption in your bittorrent client will bypass the issue but others have stated it doesn't work. For me, it works, but I don't know how bellsouth is with P2P connections. My download speeds have been fine thus far.
Yes, but what would that be in, oh let's say.. Libraries of Congress vs. Office Depot employees?
Sounds like a hit! I'll help make the soundtrack!
Are you even paying attention to the course of the discussion and why the guy referenced concentration camps? There was an entirely valid reason for it.
You ever wonder why the same vaccines and antibacterial medicines and such don't work forever?
That's right - evolution. Those bacteria of which you speak learn to adapt to their (formerly hostile) new environment and thrive. This has been known, proven, and shown for decades now. I apologize on behalf of scientists everywhere that haven't figured out yet how to condense 4 billion years of evolution into a week for your sake.