I'm sure John Carmack will say something about it:)
As you said, it's never been tested in court, so it should be interesting to see how this goes over.
My opinion, since I know you all want to hear it, is that any time you do something to a program that directly affects the binaries, it becomes a part of that program, and is therefore under the same liscense as the original code. Besides, it's just common decency. After all, where would your code be without the original author's efforts?
Program with respect, decency, and regard for the original authors creative intentions. This is, after all, his/her baby.
If you are the original author, you can do whatever you like with the code, but treat mine as if it were my child. You wouldn't spank my child would you?:)
This is interesting. I've seen quite a few posts about how this will affect gaming, but not much else.
Not that this is a bad thing.
Gaming is an *excellent* benchmark for network bandwidth capabilities, and should be treated as such. If you can download stuff okay, but you get your ass fragged every 4 seconds in Q3A, maybe you should evaluate your connection.
Gaming isnt for everyone. But its a great way to stress test your line.
In regards to widescreen TVs, what do regular TV shows look like? Are they compressed to fit or are the top/bottom just cut off? I'm fairly sure that widescreen moniters are just fine:P
I've noticed an increase in the number of people using widescreen TVs also. Is this a trend, fitting more onto your screen? Or is it just a fad? Are there any standards for this kind of thing? How wide is too wide?
Is this some kind of anti first post tactic? I admit that alot of first posters are *trying* for first post, but it seems unfair to assume that hes a troll. Especially considering that ACs probably don't care about karma:P
In fact, I'll probably get marked down for saying this.
Personally, I think this discussion is bad for the Slashdot community. Sure this may be an interesting issue, but does each comment a party makes really necessitate an entire article? Seems a bit overkill. Everything we have to say has probably been said in the first article.
One click shopping (TM?) is great and all, but I use lynx, and dont click at all. Therefore this patent is useless to me.
Unless of course they specify keyboard clicks as well. Then again, I use a clickless keyboard. How specific is this patent, and how wide are the loopholes?
This is just another example of the white man trying to hold down the National Electric and Gas Racing Organization (NEGRO). Seems nobody cares about gas/electric hybrids anymore.
This may have been answered someplace, but does this mean that I can plug it into my network and play against other X-Box's? Or if a game is released for both PC and X-Box, can I play a LAN game against my girlfriend if shes on her computer? Or better yet, how about playing multiplayer LAN games between X-Box, PC, and Dreamcast? Is this farfetched, a possibility, or already implemented? Sorry if this has been asked before.
If MS makes it possible to replace the OS, it may still be worth it to us Linux zealots. I'm sure someone will get Linux on it. Hell there are projects to get Linux on the Game Boy. Of course a choice of operating systems on a system like this makes more sense, with it's network capabilities and email/browsing software.
Of course I don't see MS doing this, or making it easily accomplished, but hey, a guy can dream.
Also, any bets on how long before someone tries to overclock it?:)
an open gaming platform ? now THATS an idea! I seriously think you may be on to something, though detractors may claim that PCs are already an open gaming platform. But if I can play PS2 games on my dreamcast, and use dreamcast controllers on my dolphin, I can pretty much assume that I'm getting the best possible game on the best possible hardware. This will also save me the money of buying multiple systems, assuring that no matter which platform LucasArts decides to make a game for, I can still play it without having to worry about cash.
This may also apply Moores law to consoles. A Good Thing for gamers everywhere.
If some Slashdot reader happens to solve this, why not donate some of that money to the OSS community? Or at least to projects that support strong cryptography:P
I called the glove hotline, and it said these were just off-the-shelf sporting-goods-store gloves, no nintendo logo or anything.
Also, they seem to only want to send one glove. This will be good news for Micheal Jackson(They ask you to specify whether you want left or left) Maybe they'll send up to four gloves, but only one in each size / orientation.
You need to send them all of the following:
A receipt for the game
Your first born child
A cancelled check for the game
A signed statement from the store clerk who sold you the game, and a blood sample from him/her
The first page of the instruction booklet
A photo of the cartridge holding a newspaper.
A photo of your Moniter, with Slashdot onscreen.
A sperm sample.
A doctors note.
Also, they need an outline of the player's hand, traced on neon yellow paper with purple watermarks, so they know what size.
Since it's just an ordinary glove, and they're being pretty worthless, please screw them over.
Imagine people thinking about a new CPU might decide to look beyond xx86 and may go with something other than Intel/AMD!!!
Thats the beauty of Linux. Theres a Linux for damn near every architecture, and chances are, if you have a computer, there's a Linux for you. This is key for our pseudo-war against Microsoft.
We must produce the best possible product for as many platforms as possible, while never taking out eyes off of the original goals.
This is just another example of the endless stream of hand-me-downs the Linux community has been given. It's great that companies are giving us anything, and I certainly don't blame them. I'm just sick of never having anything of our own that is so great that Win/Mac users can't wait for a port so they can get in on the action.
Isn't it about time we did something monumental instead of just porting and cloning apps from other OSes?
I'm grateful for what we've been given so far, but it's time to innovate.
How many open source projects have died out because no one wanted to work on them?
Too many. My own oss project has seen little feedback, but that's probably because I haven't entered the URL in any search engines or made any attempt to advertise it:)
And on the subject of the strangeness of a Windows opnsource project, I can take that one step further. A while back in my early days of IRC, I started working on an mIRC script. I know how lame most of you guys think that stuff is, but it was something I created and I was proud of it. I've opened the source (well it's open anyways, but still) and taken advantage of NIC.CX's offer of a free domain.
http://www.corellia.cx/ for the curious.
Anyone can open the source to anything. It seems a bit concieted to think OSS only applies to *NIX
``It was never put into quarantine or cleaned up before it left the Earth, though I can't imagine any bugs would be alive on it after all the radiation it's been exposed to,'' Kitt Peak astronomer Michael Belton said Wednesday.
This is just what we need. A bunch of Pissed Off Radioactive Mutant Aliens From Europa(tm) coming down to kick our asses in 20 years.
I think it's great that hamburgers are getting free internet access. But what about the millions of hot dogs and openface sandwiches that are still paying inet fees plus high telecom bills? I think it's about time we started considering the needs of our other meat-and-bread friends.
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Stop giving them ideas.
I'm sure John Carmack will say something about it :)
:)
As you said, it's never been tested in court, so it should be interesting to see how this goes over.
My opinion, since I know you all want to hear it, is that any time you do something to a program that directly affects the binaries, it becomes a part of that program, and is therefore under the same liscense as the original code. Besides, it's just common decency. After all, where would your code be without the original author's efforts?
Program with respect, decency, and regard for the original authors creative intentions. This is, after all, his/her baby.
If you are the original author, you can do whatever you like with the code, but treat mine as if it were my child. You wouldn't spank my child would you?
This is interesting. I've seen quite a few posts about how this will affect gaming, but not much else.
Not that this is a bad thing.
Gaming is an *excellent* benchmark for network bandwidth capabilities, and should be treated as such. If you can download stuff okay, but you get your ass fragged every 4 seconds in Q3A, maybe you should evaluate your connection.
Gaming isnt for everyone. But its a great way to stress test your line.
In regards to widescreen TVs, what do regular TV shows look like? Are they compressed to fit or are the top/bottom just cut off? I'm fairly sure that widescreen moniters are just fine :P
I've noticed an increase in the number of people using widescreen TVs also. Is this a trend, fitting more onto your screen? Or is it just a fad? Are there any standards for this kind of thing? How wide is too wide?
I wanna overclock one of these bad boys ...
Always someone willing to ruin good hardware. Is there *anything* you people wont overclock?
How about opensource movies and TV shows? This would be a cool way for us to see what we want to see.
I would say open source music, but anyone can make music anyways.
ThinkGeek.com has an open source T-Shirt, for those interested in opensourceing everything.
WTF? (Score:-1)
:P
Is this some kind of anti first post tactic?
I admit that alot of first posters are *trying* for first post, but it seems unfair to assume that hes a troll. Especially considering that ACs probably don't care about karma
In fact, I'll probably get marked down for saying this.
Give a guy a break.
Personally, I think this discussion is bad for the Slashdot community. Sure this may be an interesting issue, but does each comment a party makes really necessitate an entire article? Seems a bit overkill. Everything we have to say has probably been said in the first article.
One click shopping (TM?) is great and all, but I use lynx, and dont click at all. Therefore this patent is useless to me.
Unless of course they specify keyboard clicks as well. Then again, I use a clickless keyboard. How specific is this patent, and how wide are the loopholes?
This is just another example of the white man trying to hold down the National Electric and Gas Racing Organization (NEGRO). Seems nobody cares about gas/electric hybrids anymore.
But its *600MHz* of sexiness. People dont buy processors, they buy MHz, and this thing has 600 of them. Smart move by MS if you ask me.
This may have been answered someplace, but does this mean that I can plug it into my network and play against other X-Box's? Or if a game is released for both PC and X-Box, can I play a LAN game against my girlfriend if shes on her computer? Or better yet, how about playing multiplayer LAN games between X-Box, PC, and Dreamcast? Is this farfetched, a possibility, or already implemented? Sorry if this has been asked before.
If MS makes it possible to replace the OS, it may still be worth it to us Linux zealots. I'm sure someone will get Linux on it. Hell there are projects to get Linux on the Game Boy. Of course a choice of operating systems on a system like this makes more sense, with it's network capabilities and email/browsing software.
:)
Of course I don't see MS doing this, or making it easily accomplished, but hey, a guy can dream.
Also, any bets on how long before someone tries to overclock it?
an open gaming platform ? now THATS an idea! I seriously think you may be on to something, though detractors may claim that PCs are already an open gaming platform. But if I can play PS2 games on my dreamcast, and use dreamcast controllers on my dolphin, I can pretty much assume that I'm getting the best possible game on the best possible hardware. This will also save me the money of buying multiple systems, assuring that no matter which platform LucasArts decides to make a game for, I can still play it without having to worry about cash.
This may also apply Moores law to consoles. A Good Thing for gamers everywhere.
If some Slashdot reader happens to solve this, why not donate some of that money to the OSS community? Or at least to projects that support strong cryptography :P
I called the glove hotline, and it said these were just off-the-shelf sporting-goods-store gloves, no nintendo logo or anything.
Also, they seem to only want to send one glove. This will be good news for Micheal Jackson(They ask you to specify whether you want left or left) Maybe they'll send up to four gloves, but only one in each size / orientation.
You need to send them all of the following:
A receipt for the game
Your first born child
A cancelled check for the game
A signed statement from the store clerk who sold you the game, and a blood sample from him/her
The first page of the instruction booklet
A photo of the cartridge holding a newspaper.
A photo of your Moniter, with Slashdot onscreen.
A sperm sample.
A doctors note.
Also, they need an outline of the player's hand, traced on neon yellow paper with purple watermarks, so they know what size.
Since it's just an ordinary glove, and they're being pretty worthless, please screw them over.
...I'm still waiting for ID Games to reimburse me for lost wages after I got fired for playing Quake 3 Arena too much.
and someone will still overclock it
I believe that Linux on a desktop is worthless unless you frist own a computer.
Imagine people thinking about a new CPU might decide to look beyond xx86 and may go with something other than Intel/AMD!!!
Thats the beauty of Linux. Theres a Linux for damn near every architecture, and chances are, if you have a computer, there's a Linux for you. This is key for our pseudo-war against Microsoft.
We must produce the best possible product for as many platforms as possible, while never taking out eyes off of the original goals.
But I'm still waiting for Linux on my Game Boy.
This is just another example of the endless stream of hand-me-downs the Linux community has been given. It's great that companies are giving us anything, and I certainly don't blame them. I'm just sick of never having anything of our own that is so great that Win/Mac users can't wait for a port so they can get in on the action.
Isn't it about time we did something monumental instead of just porting and cloning apps from other OSes?
I'm grateful for what we've been given so far, but it's time to innovate.
How many open source projects have died out because no one wanted to work on them?
:)
Too many. My own oss project has seen little feedback, but that's probably because I haven't entered the URL in any search engines or made any attempt to advertise it
And on the subject of the strangeness of a Windows opnsource project, I can take that one step further. A while back in my early days of IRC, I started working on an mIRC script. I know how lame most of you guys think that stuff is, but it was something I created and I was proud of it. I've opened the source (well it's open anyways, but still) and taken advantage of NIC.CX's offer of a free domain.
http://www.corellia.cx/ for the curious.
Anyone can open the source to anything. It seems a bit concieted to think OSS only applies to *NIX
``It was never put into quarantine or cleaned up before it left the Earth, though I can't imagine any bugs would be alive on it after all the radiation it's been exposed to,'' Kitt Peak astronomer Michael Belton said Wednesday.
This is just what we need. A bunch of Pissed Off Radioactive Mutant Aliens From Europa(tm) coming down to kick our asses in 20 years.
I think it's great that hamburgers are getting free internet access. But what about the millions of hot dogs and openface sandwiches that are still paying inet fees plus high telecom bills? I think it's about time we started considering the needs of our other meat-and-bread friends.
And does this mean free ISDN for Big Macs ?