You can't create a market for Linux gaming without having a *lot* of people actually using linux. Unlike what reading/. would lead you to believe, there just aren't that many people who use Linux as their primary OS, and even if they do, they usually have a Windows partition on there for playing games. No one with a Win partition laying around is going to buy a game for Linux(except perhaps the mindless zealots) when they can get the same thing for Windows , which - let's be real - is a FAR superior gaming platform. So, that leaves us with the very, very small percentage of Linux only users to sell to, and most of those don't play games anyway.
This company failed because of a stupid business model. There is no market for Linux games and probably never will be. Keep that Windows partition, folks, you're going to need it.
Your one box that runs dns+http+smtp+imap+sql might be fine in a small business environment, but will never, ever fly on an enterprise level scale. Hell, SQL alone for most enterprise level operations easily chews up a speedy 4 or 8-way box. I really don't think that the one service-one box mentality is due to MS, it's simply the result of large scale IT operations needing more power for each individual task. Also, having all those services on one box makes it a very, very vulnerable point of failure. It doesn't take rocket science to see that it's a VG idea to spread things around...
Why can people not grasp that fair use is a privilege and not a right?
There is no such thing as "a clear-cut violation of Fair Use rights" because those rights never existed in the first place! Fair use ensures that we cannot be held liable for copyright infringement if we decide to copy a work that we own onto another medium. It *does not* guarantee that we have the power to do so. Corporations, sad as it is, have the right to prevent us from copying their works, if they choose. The only way for us to fight against it is through good old consumer activism.
No, I don't consider that a serious impairment. If it's really that big of a problem that she couldn't function at school, then take a year off, get a job, recover, and go back to school - all universities let you take a leave of absence. Problem solved. Were she working, then she would *probably* be covered by her employers disability policy and get paid while recovering.
I consider things like not being able to get out of bed in the morning serious impairments. Not being able to type simply doesn't qualify.
The Americans with Disabilities Act was designed to protect those people with disabilities that *severely* impair their ability to function day to day. To compare "pain and discomfort for several months" with, say, losing a leg, is more than insulting to those who are unfortunate enough to have a true disability and is a bastardization of the law's intended use.
Damn, you live in chicago and don't appreciate the beauty that is 93.1 XRT? I have no commercial association with them, to make that clear up front, but I haven't run across a better station in the country. Sure, it occasionaly turns into all Talking Heads all the time, but between Local Anesthetic, Sound Opinions, and the other kick ass shows they have on there, it's one hell of an alternative to the Q101 crap. Check it out.
That's why the truly intelligent player misses a few questions here and there on purpose. It's clearly an advantage to be the second or third strongest player going into the second to last round, so if you're really that good then you'll fix it that way. Of course, when it's celebrities playing for charity the strategy is completely different.
How in the world is this a misuse of Microsoft's monopoly? I think it's a very well executed business strategy. The RIAA wants a technology that enforces their IP and Microsoft is providing it. The fact that it isn't supported on your platform doesn't make it a monopoly issue.
And of course Microsoft wants to lock you into Windows, it's their business. But this is neither underhanded nor illegal. They are providing a genuine service that millions of people want. If this went through, it would be a great feature for them.
It's not depressing in a way. For all of you who are unaware, Bobby is a *major* anti-semite, according to many, many reliable sources. To quote Mig Greengard from an article in "Illinois Chess Bulletin,"
"As you might imagine, my excitement was short lived as it was clear from the outset that Fischer had disintegrated in dramatic fashion, even from his rather shaky state of 1992. I had heard rumors of his anti-Semitism and general paranoia, but this was far worse than that. He could be quite "normal" at times, talking about old games and such over dinner, and showed a real sense of humor and animation. But without fail things would take a sharp turn to ranting and glowering about "the Jews" and how they were doing everything to ruin his life.....Fischer clearly has serious mental problems."
Do not idolize this man. Condemn him and get him some help.
Here's what this means:
In other words, Microsoft representatives warned, "anyone who adds or innovates under the GPL agrees to make the resulting code, in its entirety, available for all to use... [which] might constrain innovating stemming from taxpayer-funded software development."
It means that a company or individual cannot extend existing free software code to create a new product that they might "own." This means that companies concerned with keeping their code proprietary, which has been shown to be an excellent business strategy, will be discouraged from working with GPL'd code. Some GPL pundits will say "Great! We don't want them using our work for profit anyway!" Others might realize that their work is still freely available and now a (hopefully) improved version is available for sale. The GPL, in this view, is stifling innovation by discouraging people from extending current code because those people would then be forced to give their code away to the world.
I'm not sure whether I agree with this, but it is certainly something to think about.
-Jack
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Not if we were smart enough to read the article and realize he was parked.
This company failed because of a stupid business model. There is no market for Linux games and probably never will be. Keep that Windows partition, folks, you're going to need it.
Your one box that runs dns+http+smtp+imap+sql might be fine in a small business environment, but will never, ever fly on an enterprise level scale. Hell, SQL alone for most enterprise level operations easily chews up a speedy 4 or 8-way box. I really don't think that the one service-one box mentality is due to MS, it's simply the result of large scale IT operations needing more power for each individual task. Also, having all those services on one box makes it a very, very vulnerable point of failure. It doesn't take rocket science to see that it's a VG idea to spread things around...
There is no such thing as "a clear-cut violation of Fair Use rights" because those rights never existed in the first place! Fair use ensures that we cannot be held liable for copyright infringement if we decide to copy a work that we own onto another medium. It *does not* guarantee that we have the power to do so. Corporations, sad as it is, have the right to prevent us from copying their works, if they choose. The only way for us to fight against it is through good old consumer activism.
I consider things like not being able to get out of bed in the morning serious impairments. Not being able to type simply doesn't qualify.
The Americans with Disabilities Act was designed to protect those people with disabilities that *severely* impair their ability to function day to day. To compare "pain and discomfort for several months" with, say, losing a leg, is more than insulting to those who are unfortunate enough to have a true disability and is a bastardization of the law's intended use.
Agreed. DoD rocks - Play it. Besides, anyone who downloaded MoH knows it kind of sucks anyway...
Damn, you live in chicago and don't appreciate the beauty that is 93.1 XRT? I have no commercial association with them, to make that clear up front, but I haven't run across a better station in the country. Sure, it occasionaly turns into all Talking Heads all the time, but between Local Anesthetic, Sound Opinions, and the other kick ass shows they have on there, it's one hell of an alternative to the Q101 crap. Check it out.
That's why the truly intelligent player misses a few questions here and there on purpose. It's clearly an advantage to be the second or third strongest player going into the second to last round, so if you're really that good then you'll fix it that way. Of course, when it's celebrities playing for charity the strategy is completely different.
Instead of waiting for someone with the inside scoop, you might want to try just reading the article.
-Jack
How in the world is this a misuse of Microsoft's monopoly? I think it's a very well executed business strategy. The RIAA wants a technology that enforces their IP and Microsoft is providing it. The fact that it isn't supported on your platform doesn't make it a monopoly issue.
And of course Microsoft wants to lock you into Windows, it's their business. But this is neither underhanded nor illegal. They are providing a genuine service that millions of people want. If this went through, it would be a great feature for them.
It's not depressing in a way. For all of you who are unaware, Bobby is a *major* anti-semite, according to many, many reliable sources. To quote Mig Greengard from an article in "Illinois Chess Bulletin,"
"As you might imagine, my excitement was short lived as it was clear from the outset that Fischer had disintegrated in dramatic fashion, even from his rather shaky state of 1992. I had heard rumors of his anti-Semitism and general paranoia, but this was far worse than that. He could be quite "normal" at times, talking about old games and such over dinner, and showed a real sense of humor and animation. But without fail things would take a sharp turn to ranting and glowering about "the Jews" and how they were doing everything to ruin his life.....Fischer clearly has serious mental problems."
Do not idolize this man. Condemn him and get him some help.
If you knew what you were talking about at all, you'd realize that you don't need to reboot windows to get a new IP through DHCP.
Um, internet access is less useful when you have no power to run your computer.
So... don't use the service. That's how capitalism works, it doesn't make money and it goes away. How did this get modded up?
Here's what this means: In other words, Microsoft representatives warned, "anyone who adds or innovates under the GPL agrees to make the resulting code, in its entirety, available for all to use ... [which] might constrain innovating stemming from taxpayer-funded software development."
It means that a company or individual cannot extend existing free software code to create a new product that they might "own." This means that companies concerned with keeping their code proprietary, which has been shown to be an excellent business strategy, will be discouraged from working with GPL'd code. Some GPL pundits will say "Great! We don't want them using our work for profit anyway!" Others might realize that their work is still freely available and now a (hopefully) improved version is available for sale. The GPL, in this view, is stifling innovation by discouraging people from extending current code because those people would then be forced to give their code away to the world.
I'm not sure whether I agree with this, but it is certainly something to think about.
-Jack