Sorensen opens its codecs: Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia, Open Source coders, etc., create new products utilizing the codecs. Cost incurred creating and maintaining the codecs by Sorenson: substantial. Money made by Sorensen: $0.00. (That's a successful business model??)
Sorensen keeps its codecs closed: Apple pays Sorensen licensing fees to use the codecs in their product. Cost incurred creating and maintaining the codecs by Sorensen: substantial. Money made by Sorensen: millions of dollars.
Signal_11 claims that Sorensen is doomed because someone will eventually get mad and reverse engineer the codecs. Let's leave aside the fact that this has been said for some time now, and still has never been done. Even if it happens, Sorensen will still have made millions of dollars that they would never have seen if they just gave away the code right off the bat. That's a lot of money that can be spent improving the product, or developing other ones.
Signal_11 presents it as some proven fact that this is a doomed business plan, but the real fact is that the Open Source business model still has never been proven as a substantial money-maker.
Required functionality usually means being able to use Microsoft Word documents. Since no vendor but Microsoft produces such a thing, this doesn't help any Open Source project. As far as web browsing goes, Netscape is barely functional when compared to Internet Explorer.
In other words, unless IBM decides to bribe some more south american government officials, Brazilian government workers will continue to happily use their Macs and/or Windows machines.
There are more Slashdot readers who also use Macs or Windows than there are readers who only use Open Source OSes. In other words, you're in the minority, so give up trying to censor the news or discriminating against the majority who are able to view the movie.
Not that it's any good -- I haven't seen it yet -- but we could do without your ranting.
Other government agencies recognize the DoJ's case against Microsoft as being the bullshit that it is. Do you also think that government employees will stop watching MTV as well? Gawd, it'll be nice getting the lawsuit-happy Democrats out of the White House and the Department of Justice in 2001.
Slashdot's parent company now has a market cap of 840 million dollars. I don't think it's asking too much to hope that they hire at least one person to do some basic spell-, grammar-, and fact-checking of Slashdot articles.
Then again, seeing how the article summary was misleading and not representative of the article to which it linked, I guess the "Labor" thing is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Sheesh...
Cheers, ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
P.S. I saw Tpck's apology for the misleading article, and we all make mistakes, so I'm not looking for a public tar and feathering or anything. Unfortunately however, it's just the latest in a long string of recent Slashdot gaffes.
Sorry, but you're fighting a losing battle, so I'd recommend updating your code and fonts and getting used to it. Using ASCII quotation marks for both left and right double quotes is enough of an eyesore -- the absolute worst is the horrid kludge of using two backticks to represent a left double quote. It's all right for fixed-width files, but when you're trying to display something as it would appear in a book or newspaper, you folks really need to get with the times -- because the rest of the world isn't going back to the ugly and typographically incorrect way that you prefer. At least come up with an alternative that looks good, and one day people might adopt it.
With the backing of 3Com, you knew they had a parent company strong enough to fight off the big boys. Going out on their own, though, they're in a marketspace with Microsoft, HP, and Compaq, among others. In some ways, this feels like a stab at making some big IPO money by the folks at 3Com -- spin 'em off, watch the stock go high on the IPO, sell the stock and count your money. I'm curious, and a little skeptical, if they'd continue to help them out if the Palm spinoff starts to run into rocky waters. They've already got theirs, so what's it to 'em?
After all this time, though, there still aren't any mobile computer accessories that are "cool" to have -- at least the PalmPilot doesn't have much stigma anymore, but people don't think, "Damn, he's got a Pilot -- I bet he gets all the chicks!" I'd be pretty surprised if MTV/Dawson's Creek/etc. ever make computers a cool thing to have around for anything but looking at porn or their respective websites.
The Apple iBooks probably have some coolness factor, but I'm not convinced that they're really computers -- I think someone pasted a picture of a Mac desktop onto a colored toilet seat. Besides, I'll go back to the abacus before I ever use MacOS again.:P
Have you looked at the pictures on the site? Did you ever wonder why there are so few pictures of people actually wearing these things, and that most of those pictures are tiny? It's because people wearing this stuff look like dorks, plain and simple. (And no, I don't mean to pick on this one company -- there is plenty of hideous wearable PC stuff to go around.) If your goal is to look like the biggest dweeb alive, I congratulate you -- other than that, I don't see what your fascination with these things are, Rob. Get a freakin' PDA already.:P
When I learned typing years ago on one of the old DOS programs (Typing Tutor, I think), I was always taught to use the left hand for the 5 and the right hand for the 6, but the split keyboards have both the 5 and 6 on the left hand. I love the Microsoft keyboards and have been using them for years now, but this is still always guaranteed to trip me up now and then. Anybody know if typing is taught these days to use the left hand for both the 5 and the 6, or is this a Microsoft innovation?
Caveat emptor: There is one version of the MS split keyboard that has smaller arrow keys and the Ins/Del/Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys are rearranged. Do not get this keyboard, because you'll never get used to the rearrangement.
Those other sites aren't just search engines/indexes, that's why they're called portals. Have you seen Yahoo! or MSN lately? Shopping, auctions, ticketing, weather, scores, communities, calendaring, gaming, stock quotes, maps, make-your-own web pages, chat, news, e-mail, messaging, etc., etc. etc.? And you think Juggernaut or anything similar is going to make these companies go away? Borrowed time? Good God, man, I've got some beachfront property to sell ya!:)
I even said that Perl is really easy to use, that you can get useful things done right away while reading Learning Perl, and that I've written a lot more code with it than any other programming language. Why would you think I'd want to ban it? (Yeah, I know you were exaggerating, but still.)
The guy to whom I replied said that he was looking to learn programming, not to learn Perl, or had some specific thing that he needed to get done. I just don't think that learning Perl is very helpful if you're looking to learn programming in general or plan to use other languages later. I definitely wasn't attacking Perl.
As to the other person who replied to me: The Perl Cookbook is great (I own the Perl CD Bookshelf which has it and I have the dead-tree version at work), but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who, like the person whose post I answered, has never done any programming before. I'd suggest checking out Learning Perl first so that he isn't totally lost by things like all those expletives in the language ($@_!#%);-).
I already said that I don't support the RIAA's lawsuit, so why are you so defensive? Because I don't see cheapskate pirates like you as knights in shining white armor here to help the artists?
If you want to help the artists, then come up with a way to help them -- stealing their music isn't going to help them a bit. I think you just prefer being a thief.
Really? Despite the silly nicknames, I thought that L0pht has always seemed a lot more mature and responsible than CDC. I don't keep up with the scene other than to make sure my own ass is safe, but this comes as a surprise to me.
Yeah, you definitely won't want to start your programming experience with algorithms if you're new to programming.
I would also really suggest that your first programming language be something (anything!;-) ) other than Perl. It's really easy to use, but it makes it so easy to fall into bad programming habits. This is a good thing if you already know what you're doing, but a horrible way to start programming. This is one of the main reason why Perl gets no respect in academia -- it's still pretty much viewed as a toy language. That said, I probably have written more code in Perl than I have in any other language by an order of magnitude. I'm serious, though, don't let Perl be the first language you learn.
Something I'm really starting to enjoy is Python, and it seems to be picking up steam, so I'd strongly recommend O'Reilly's Learning Python, which seems to be about a gentle introduction to a programming language as it gets. (I'd give Learning Perl 2nd-place honors here. I still don't recommend you start with Perl, but I'm not sure why so many people dislike this book as an introductory text -- it lets you do useful things pretty much right away.) I wasn't too pleased with Programming Python, especially compared to Programming Perl, so I ended up learning the language from the Learning book and then using the great online documentation.
If I had a gentle Java book to recommend, I'd give you that as well, because despite all the troubles, I think a lot of people will eventually use it, or at least variations of it. Like Python, it'll help get you acclimated to object-oriented principles, which I recommend, and there is plenty of sample code out there for both. Not as much sample code as Perl, but you don't want to get your feet wet with Perl, do you? (Sensing a theme yet?;-). Also, it's pretty much taken for granted that the Python folks seem like great guys and very helpful, and that the Perl guys are, well, not the friendliest people around. Jon Orwant (a Perl guy who, along with Larry Wall, I do like) was even quoted in this month's Linux Journal that the Python guys seemed nicer. Considering the dim view that many in academia have of Perl, I'm not quite sure exactly how so many in the Perl community turned out to be egotistical/self-righteous dicks, but it sure seems like it's happened. (And no, this isn't why I'm urging you from starting out with Perl -- I still use it all the time myself.)
I don't support the RIAA lawsuit, but all you Napster users would do your credibility a world of good if you'd quit trying to pretend that you are anything but music pirates. People don't use Napster to share free-to-trade MP3s, because free-to-trade MP3s are already easy to find -- the people making them go out of their way to make it easy. Napster, rather, is used for those "hard-to-find" MP3s, which is a nice way of saying pirated MP3s.
Napster's intent is obviously not to make their favorite artists poor [...]
No, that would actually require you to think of the artist instead of your own selfish interests.
You asked why the RIAA "purports to care now." Well, why do you purport to care now? Does it help a thief sleep better at night if you can convince somebody that your piracy is a noble thing??
Casino success really isn't an impossibility if you know what you're doing. I've done pretty well the past few years (let's not count the hundreds I lost over the Thanksgiving weekend, okay?;-)), almost always coming out ahead, and that includes any money spent on drinks, cigars, hookers (juuuuust kidding), comped tickets, etc.
Their website hasn't been touched for weeks! Hardly the actions of "media whores"...
Or just media-whoring failures. Distributing virus-infected BO2K CDs sure didn't help their cause -- even worse was that they vociferously denied it for a while. Anyway, I look for L0pht to do the most interesting things with B02K and it's derivations from now on anyway, whether through their plugins or from tweaking of the source code itself. You won't find me complaining if I never hear another peep from the adolescents at CDC.
A: A sue-happy freak, if not a lawyer himself, who planned ahead of time to sue if he lost big bucks. (So if he wins, he wins. If he loses, he doesn't lose.)
These people make me sick, as do the juries who fall for this BS.
If your keyboard has a Windows key, you can use WinKey + R instead of Ctrl + Esc + R to open the Run box. Just thought I'd mention this to you since the Ctrl + Esc + R method seemed to require somewhat awkward finger movements. (While I'm at it, WinKey + E, WinKey + Pause, WinKey + F, WinKey + D, and WinKey + M are also pretty nice shortcuts.)
I don't find that it's easier to move around on a normal surface than a regular mouse, but it is really nice to be able to use it without problems on non-standard surfaces, like my leg or the arm of my recliner, especially when I'm using it with my laptop.
I've gotta give Microsoft props for providing a great environment for those of us who use the web a lot for both work and play. To wit:
Internet Explorer. I liked IE 4 all right, at least compared with Netscape 4, but IE 5/5.5 really shines.
The wheel mouse. I actually had one of these fairly early on, but didn't find anything special about it and went back to my old mouse. On a friend's advice, I decided to give it one more shot and made a point to spend a week using it. Now, not having to reach for the arrow keys, or drag the mouse over to the scroll bar just to scroll up or down the page, I'm not sure why I wasn't impressed when I first tried it. These days, it's such an annoyance whenever I'm stuck using a computer without a wheel mouse.
The IntelliMouse Explorer's thumb buttons, particularly the back button. Not that this couldn't have been or wasn't done before, but it's a really nice addition to the ball-less mouse, nearly as useful for surfing as the wheel. Whereas the wheel mouse ended reaching for the arrow keys on the keyboard or moving the mouse to the scroll bar, the thumb keys have removed the rest of the wasted movements: reaching for the keyboard to hit backspace/ALT-left-arrow, or moving the mouse to the back button. Now, except for when I need to type in a URL, I barely have to move the position of my hands or the mouse at all -- just move the scroll wheel and the forward/back buttons -- which I would think is good for people with sore wrists. Of course, it makes me feel like an even bigger slacker, but laziness is a virtue, right?;-)
Why do you let yourself be badgered by RMS into calling the product GNU/Linux? It seems like it was done mainly because RMS wanted to latch onto a rising star after enduring the heretofore failure of the GNU/HURD project. To me, this seems no less silly/sleazy than politicians saying that every political position they support must be done "for the children," or marketers trying to add an "e" or an "i" to the beginning of every product name -- Linux being the "e" or "i" in this case.
It would be one thing if he just requested that people add the GNU to the name -- the fact that he berates people who don't disgusts me. Why does Debian pander to such behavior?
Hey, you're talking to a guy who goes to record stores late on Monday nights because the lazy staff puts out Tuesday's new releases out before they close. It's all right if I have to wait longer along with everyone else, but I'll be damned if it's actually released and other people are playing it before me!;-)
Actually, I won't get QA3 right away, if ever, 'cause I'm not really into that type of game, but I'm sure that there are plenty of people like me who are passionate about the game and aren't willing to wait.
Since it's the game maker itself who is pushing people to do this (as opposed to the Linux community), they should just fudge their own sales figures to make it look good for Linux -- there are plenty of ways to do it. Or do it legitimately, like by putting a coupon in the shrinkwrapped box that people can send in to be sent the Linux version on CD for the cost of shipping.
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Sorensen opens its codecs: Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia, Open Source coders, etc., create new products utilizing the codecs. Cost incurred creating and maintaining the codecs by Sorenson: substantial. Money made by Sorensen: $0.00. (That's a successful business model??)
Sorensen keeps its codecs closed: Apple pays Sorensen licensing fees to use the codecs in their product. Cost incurred creating and maintaining the codecs by Sorensen: substantial. Money made by Sorensen: millions of dollars.
Signal_11 claims that Sorensen is doomed because someone will eventually get mad and reverse engineer the codecs. Let's leave aside the fact that this has been said for some time now, and still has never been done. Even if it happens, Sorensen will still have made millions of dollars that they would never have seen if they just gave away the code right off the bat. That's a lot of money that can be spent improving the product, or developing other ones.
Signal_11 presents it as some proven fact that this is a doomed business plan, but the real fact is that the Open Source business model still has never been proven as a substantial money-maker.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Required functionality usually means being able to use Microsoft Word documents. Since no vendor but Microsoft produces such a thing, this doesn't help any Open Source project. As far as web browsing goes, Netscape is barely functional when compared to Internet Explorer.
In other words, unless IBM decides to bribe some more south american government officials, Brazilian government workers will continue to happily use their Macs and/or Windows machines.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
There are more Slashdot readers who also use Macs or Windows than there are readers who only use Open Source OSes. In other words, you're in the minority, so give up trying to censor the news or discriminating against the majority who are able to view the movie.
Not that it's any good -- I haven't seen it yet -- but we could do without your ranting.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Other government agencies recognize the DoJ's case against Microsoft as being the bullshit that it is. Do you also think that government employees will stop watching MTV as well? Gawd, it'll be nice getting the lawsuit-happy Democrats out of the White House and the Department of Justice in 2001.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Slashdot's parent company now has a market cap of 840 million dollars. I don't think it's asking too much to hope that they hire at least one person to do some basic spell-, grammar-, and fact-checking of Slashdot articles.
Then again, seeing how the article summary was misleading and not representative of the article to which it linked, I guess the "Labor" thing is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Sheesh...
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
P.S. I saw Tpck's apology for the misleading article, and we all make mistakes, so I'm not looking for a public tar and feathering or anything. Unfortunately however, it's just the latest in a long string of recent Slashdot gaffes.
Didn't you know that Tom's better than the rest of us?
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Sorry, but you're fighting a losing battle, so I'd recommend updating your code and fonts and getting used to it. Using ASCII quotation marks for both left and right double quotes is enough of an eyesore -- the absolute worst is the horrid kludge of using two backticks to represent a left double quote. It's all right for fixed-width files, but when you're trying to display something as it would appear in a book or newspaper, you folks really need to get with the times -- because the rest of the world isn't going back to the ugly and typographically incorrect way that you prefer. At least come up with an alternative that looks good, and one day people might adopt it.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@com
With the backing of 3Com, you knew they had a parent company strong enough to fight off the big boys. Going out on their own, though, they're in a marketspace with Microsoft, HP, and Compaq, among others. In some ways, this feels like a stab at making some big IPO money by the folks at 3Com -- spin 'em off, watch the stock go high on the IPO, sell the stock and count your money. I'm curious, and a little skeptical, if they'd continue to help them out if the Palm spinoff starts to run into rocky waters. They've already got theirs, so what's it to 'em?
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
After all this time, though, there still aren't any mobile computer accessories that are "cool" to have -- at least the PalmPilot doesn't have much stigma anymore, but people don't think, "Damn, he's got a Pilot -- I bet he gets all the chicks!" I'd be pretty surprised if MTV/Dawson's Creek/etc. ever make computers a cool thing to have around for anything but looking at porn or their respective websites.
The Apple iBooks probably have some coolness factor, but I'm not convinced that they're really computers -- I think someone pasted a picture of a Mac desktop onto a colored toilet seat. Besides, I'll go back to the abacus before I ever use MacOS again. :P
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Have you looked at the pictures on the site? Did you ever wonder why there are so few pictures of people actually wearing these things, and that most of those pictures are tiny? It's because people wearing this stuff look like dorks, plain and simple. (And no, I don't mean to pick on this one company -- there is plenty of hideous wearable PC stuff to go around.) If your goal is to look like the biggest dweeb alive, I congratulate you -- other than that, I don't see what your fascination with these things are, Rob. Get a freakin' PDA already. :P
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
When I learned typing years ago on one of the old DOS programs (Typing Tutor, I think), I was always taught to use the left hand for the 5 and the right hand for the 6, but the split keyboards have both the 5 and 6 on the left hand. I love the Microsoft keyboards and have been using them for years now, but this is still always guaranteed to trip me up now and then. Anybody know if typing is taught these days to use the left hand for both the 5 and the 6, or is this a Microsoft innovation?
Caveat emptor: There is one version of the MS split keyboard that has smaller arrow keys and the Ins/Del/Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys are rearranged. Do not get this keyboard, because you'll never get used to the rearrangement.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Those other sites aren't just search engines/indexes, that's why they're called portals. Have you seen Yahoo! or MSN lately? Shopping, auctions, ticketing, weather, scores, communities, calendaring, gaming, stock quotes, maps, make-your-own web pages, chat, news, e-mail, messaging, etc., etc. etc.? And you think Juggernaut or anything similar is going to make these companies go away? Borrowed time? Good God, man, I've got some beachfront property to sell ya! :)
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
I even said that Perl is really easy to use, that you can get useful things done right away while reading Learning Perl, and that I've written a lot more code with it than any other programming language. Why would you think I'd want to ban it? (Yeah, I know you were exaggerating, but still.)
The guy to whom I replied said that he was looking to learn programming, not to learn Perl, or had some specific thing that he needed to get done. I just don't think that learning Perl is very helpful if you're looking to learn programming in general or plan to use other languages later. I definitely wasn't attacking Perl.
As to the other person who replied to me: The Perl Cookbook is great (I own the Perl CD Bookshelf which has it and I have the dead-tree version at work), but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who, like the person whose post I answered, has never done any programming before. I'd suggest checking out Learning Perl first so that he isn't totally lost by things like all those expletives in the language ($@_!#%) ;-).
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
I already said that I don't support the RIAA's lawsuit, so why are you so defensive? Because I don't see cheapskate pirates like you as knights in shining white armor here to help the artists?
If you want to help the artists, then come up with a way to help them -- stealing their music isn't going to help them a bit. I think you just prefer being a thief.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Really? Despite the silly nicknames, I thought that L0pht has always seemed a lot more mature and responsible than CDC. I don't keep up with the scene other than to make sure my own ass is safe, but this comes as a surprise to me.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Yeah, you definitely won't want to start your programming experience with algorithms if you're new to programming.
I would also really suggest that your first programming language be something (anything! ;-) ) other than Perl. It's really easy to use, but it makes it so easy to fall into bad programming habits. This is a good thing if you already know what you're doing, but a horrible way to start programming. This is one of the main reason why Perl gets no respect in academia -- it's still pretty much viewed as a toy language. That said, I probably have written more code in Perl than I have in any other language by an order of magnitude. I'm serious, though, don't let Perl be the first language you learn.
Something I'm really starting to enjoy is Python, and it seems to be picking up steam, so I'd strongly recommend O'Reilly's Learning Python, which seems to be about a gentle introduction to a programming language as it gets. (I'd give Learning Perl 2nd-place honors here. I still don't recommend you start with Perl, but I'm not sure why so many people dislike this book as an introductory text -- it lets you do useful things pretty much right away.) I wasn't too pleased with Programming Python, especially compared to Programming Perl, so I ended up learning the language from the Learning book and then using the great online documentation.
If I had a gentle Java book to recommend, I'd give you that as well, because despite all the troubles, I think a lot of people will eventually use it, or at least variations of it. Like Python, it'll help get you acclimated to object-oriented principles, which I recommend, and there is plenty of sample code out there for both. Not as much sample code as Perl, but you don't want to get your feet wet with Perl, do you? (Sensing a theme yet? ;-). Also, it's pretty much taken for granted that the Python folks seem like great guys and very helpful, and that the Perl guys are, well, not the friendliest people around. Jon Orwant (a Perl guy who, along with Larry Wall, I do like) was even quoted in this month's Linux Journal that the Python guys seemed nicer. Considering the dim view that many in academia have of Perl, I'm not quite sure exactly how so many in the Perl community turned out to be egotistical/self-righteous dicks, but it sure seems like it's happened. (And no, this isn't why I'm urging you from starting out with Perl -- I still use it all the time myself.)
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
I don't support the RIAA lawsuit, but all you Napster users would do your credibility a world of good if you'd quit trying to pretend that you are anything but music pirates. People don't use Napster to share free-to-trade MP3s, because free-to-trade MP3s are already easy to find -- the people making them go out of their way to make it easy. Napster, rather, is used for those "hard-to-find" MP3s, which is a nice way of saying pirated MP3s.
No, that would actually require you to think of the artist instead of your own selfish interests.
You asked why the RIAA "purports to care now." Well, why do you purport to care now? Does it help a thief sleep better at night if you can convince somebody that your piracy is a noble thing??
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Casino success really isn't an impossibility if you know what you're doing. I've done pretty well the past few years (let's not count the hundreds I lost over the Thanksgiving weekend, okay? ;-)), almost always coming out ahead, and that includes any money spent on drinks, cigars, hookers (juuuuust kidding), comped tickets, etc.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Their website hasn't been touched for weeks! Hardly the actions of "media whores"...
Or just media-whoring failures. Distributing virus-infected BO2K CDs sure didn't help their cause -- even worse was that they vociferously denied it for a while. Anyway, I look for L0pht to do the most interesting things with B02K and it's derivations from now on anyway, whether through their plugins or from tweaking of the source code itself. You won't find me complaining if I never hear another peep from the adolescents at CDC.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
A: A sue-happy freak, if not a lawyer himself, who planned ahead of time to sue if he lost big bucks. (So if he wins, he wins. If he loses, he doesn't lose.)
These people make me sick, as do the juries who fall for this BS.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
If your keyboard has a Windows key, you can use WinKey + R instead of Ctrl + Esc + R to open the Run box. Just thought I'd mention this to you since the Ctrl + Esc + R method seemed to require somewhat awkward finger movements. (While I'm at it, WinKey + E, WinKey + Pause, WinKey + F, WinKey + D, and WinKey + M are also pretty nice shortcuts.)
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
I don't find that it's easier to move around on a normal surface than a regular mouse, but it is really nice to be able to use it without problems on non-standard surfaces, like my leg or the arm of my recliner, especially when I'm using it with my laptop.
I've gotta give Microsoft props for providing a great environment for those of us who use the web a lot for both work and play. To wit:
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
"Netscape Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) today announced [...]
Once the AOL purchase went through, NSCP was no longer listed on Nasdaq.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
It would be one thing if he just requested that people add the GNU to the name -- the fact that he berates people who don't disgusts me. Why does Debian pander to such behavior?
Thanks for your time, Wichert.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com
Hey, you're talking to a guy who goes to record stores late on Monday nights because the lazy staff puts out Tuesday's new releases out before they close. It's all right if I have to wait longer along with everyone else, but I'll be damned if it's actually released and other people are playing it before me! ;-)
Actually, I won't get QA3 right away, if ever, 'cause I'm not really into that type of game, but I'm sure that there are plenty of people like me who are passionate about the game and aren't willing to wait.
Since it's the game maker itself who is pushing people to do this (as opposed to the Linux community), they should just fudge their own sales figures to make it look good for Linux -- there are plenty of ways to do it. Or do it legitimately, like by putting a coupon in the shrinkwrapped box that people can send in to be sent the Linux version on CD for the cost of shipping.
Cheers,
ZicoKnows@hotmail.com