(I'm kind of jumping around in the thread here, but...)
Well. *no,* alpha versions don't count. You can't justify installing alpha-quality databases to your boss. You can't justify the use of an alpha-quality database to the head honchos of your company when things go horribly wrong and your data is irrevocably ruined. You can't justify using an alpha-quality database when your ecommerce site is down for extended periods of time because some obscure bug has forced you to spend time talking with the developers and patching your source.
I'm not saying that these things never happen for software that has been deemed "production-worthy," but in that case you actually have some legs to stand on. Of course you installed it, it was production quality! If you're willing to risk your data with pre-production software, or your data isn't important enough to worry about, then by all means, use the alpha subselects.
When I can go to The Management and say, "I'm going to install this released, production-ready database" and have subselect support, then I'll consider it released, but not until then.
Sure, you go ahead and install an alpha-quality database in your production environment. Let me know in a few days how well those subselects are holding up for you.
There are other sources of potentially dangerous radiation out there, and being someone who regulary works with fire depts, I know for a fact they want to know everything they can about the factory that just burst into flames.
Well, I don't know, if I was a fireman and wanted to be sure that there wasn't any radiation floating around, I sure as hell wouldn't want to use a PDA to do it. Give me an honest-to-god detector whose sole purpose is detecting radiation, and I'll be happy. I still feel that adding features like that to PDAs is pure gimmickry.
As to your other points, I will respond the same way I responded to skillet-thief: Ssssssssh!
... that sounds.. stupid. I mean, really, what the hell? If someone set off a dirty bomb, something tells me you'd know about it without any goddamned PDA. At least they're being upfront about the system collecting data about you, that'll be fun too.
Contact your congresspeople to let 'em know what you think about it! Unless, of course, you're all for the PATRIOT act and all. In which case please don't.:P
If you run X, you could reproduce this effect at home with xsublim! So the next time you grab some movie from a p2p, be sure to activate it so you'll be getting the Real Theatre Experience.:)
How are Germans going to find out about Frozen Bubble without being exposed to the huge volume of Frozen Bubble ads on TV and radio and billboards and.... What was that? Oh.
Well, right, but my point is that you're playing different games. Everyone else is playing "Quake." If you're cheating at it, then you're playing "hack Quake for whatever reason," which is not the same thing. The two have completely different goals, and, in my experience, don't mix well.
Now a "let's hack Quake" tournament *does* sound like a heck of a lot of fun. Get a bunch of hackers together w/ the source, whoever has the best hacks will come out on top...
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it's the question of getting all the necessary powers to your character. It's the only way to really get into the games, having everything.
Well, I'd certainly disagree with that. If you're cheating, you're not getting into the game, you're changing how the game works. You're changing the nature of how the game flows, what you can do in it, and all that. You're no longer playing the original game. Yes, I'm still playing a game if I decide that every piece of mine is a Queen, but it's not chess anymore. And if I'm playing Quake and my client automatically locks onto the other players and frags them without my ever having to hit the fire button, then I'm just playing something that happens to talk to Quake servers. When you're playing against a bunch of other people who are expecting you to be playing Quake Proper, they've got every right to be upset if they discover that you're playing something else.
I'm not saying that doing so can't be fun, or that nobody should see what they can do with their software. I've cheated on the single-player modes of just about every game I've played, generally shortly after I've become bored with the basic game itself, and shortly before I decide to just uninstall the thing and go read a book instead. And I agree that it is fun to push the limits of the software, just to see what you can do, but again, you're not really playing that game anymore.
Also, I think that cheating can in fact get in the WAY of getting into the game. Ever play Half-Life? The whole fun of the game is being dropped into this strange, hostile world with nothing but a crowbar and having these terrifying alien creatures leaping out at you. Sure, I can cheat and get all the weapons or make myself invincible, but if I do so all of the suspense goes away. I could noclip and wander around finding things but I'm not getting claustrophobic in air ducts and the like. Do you remember Aliens TC, for Doom (I think)? That was a fantastic mod. And with cheats it became Just Another Shooter.
Anyway, that's a hell of a lot more words than I should have spent on that.:)
Hm. Well, I certainly will concede both of those points, but it seems to me that it should be possible to appreciate all four pillars at the same time. Then again, I suppose you could have a naked lesbian and a lesbian in lingerie macking on each other or something, that would work. Ah well. I'll withdraw my nitpick.:P
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Did you read the actual fucking article, instead of the one proofed by Slashdot? Now which UML is it supposed to be?
- Download the most recent MySQL. I do not mean the latest alpha-quality not-to-be-used-for-anything-REAL version. The most recent MySQL.
- Observe the lack of subselects.
If you're reading anything else into it, that's your problem.The end.
Well. *no,* alpha versions don't count. You can't justify installing alpha-quality databases to your boss. You can't justify the use of an alpha-quality database to the head honchos of your company when things go horribly wrong and your data is irrevocably ruined. You can't justify using an alpha-quality database when your ecommerce site is down for extended periods of time because some obscure bug has forced you to spend time talking with the developers and patching your source.
I'm not saying that these things never happen for software that has been deemed "production-worthy," but in that case you actually have some legs to stand on. Of course you installed it, it was production quality! If you're willing to risk your data with pre-production software, or your data isn't important enough to worry about, then by all means, use the alpha subselects.
When I can go to The Management and say, "I'm going to install this released, production-ready database" and have subselect support, then I'll consider it released, but not until then.
Sure, you go ahead and install an alpha-quality database in your production environment. Let me know in a few days how well those subselects are holding up for you.
As to your other points, I will respond the same way I responded to skillet-thief: Ssssssssh!
Sssssssh!
Bah.
... will we be seeing some Stephenson rat things wandering around anytime soon, then?
*sigh*
Correction: One person out of twenty-five will be fscked.
. . . before this makes it into the Gnu Compiler Collection?
If you run X, you could reproduce this effect at home with xsublim! So the next time you grab some movie from a p2p, be sure to activate it so you'll be getting the Real Theatre Experience. :)
... and so it begins!
... we all know how well ONLINE PETITIONS work. If I were the CEO of a company, I know that's the first place I'd look.
How are Germans going to find out about Frozen Bubble without being exposed to the huge volume of Frozen Bubble ads on TV and radio and billboards and.... What was that? Oh.
Now a "let's hack Quake" tournament *does* sound like a heck of a lot of fun. Get a bunch of hackers together w/ the source, whoever has the best hacks will come out on top...
I'm not saying that doing so can't be fun, or that nobody should see what they can do with their software. I've cheated on the single-player modes of just about every game I've played, generally shortly after I've become bored with the basic game itself, and shortly before I decide to just uninstall the thing and go read a book instead. And I agree that it is fun to push the limits of the software, just to see what you can do, but again, you're not really playing that game anymore.
Also, I think that cheating can in fact get in the WAY of getting into the game. Ever play Half-Life? The whole fun of the game is being dropped into this strange, hostile world with nothing but a crowbar and having these terrifying alien creatures leaping out at you. Sure, I can cheat and get all the weapons or make myself invincible, but if I do so all of the suspense goes away. I could noclip and wander around finding things but I'm not getting claustrophobic in air ducts and the like. Do you remember Aliens TC, for Doom (I think)? That was a fantastic mod. And with cheats it became Just Another Shooter.
Anyway, that's a hell of a lot more words than I should have spent on that. :)
Looks like this has been around for a little while . . . Google!
Hm. Well, I certainly will concede both of those points, but it seems to me that it should be possible to appreciate all four pillars at the same time. Then again, I suppose you could have a naked lesbian and a lesbian in lingerie macking on each other or something, that would work. Ah well. I'll withdraw my nitpick. :P
I may go for their "not completely satisfied in seven days?" bit. The image quality is pretty awful . . .