The story is almost full of comments about the closed-source nature of the spotify library. I do also use Linux myself, not on my primary desktop, but on servers and time-to-time messing around in Linux desktop too. Based on your nick I suspect you love the philosophy of Linux and GPL, which you guessed right, I dont that much as it's beside my area.
But the point here is that while Linux has less than 0.5% desktop market share, it still the bitchiest one and while *demanding* software, libraries and drivers from companies, goes into huge "fuck off" mode when they provide such as closed source for whatever reason (providing them as open source, free for all to use GPL'd may hurt their business, or it may violate their licenses with other companies).
It's great that even on Slashdot many Linux users see this issue and understand why companies dont support Linux more, but then theres the other growth who have got the whole GPL thing too much into their head without understanding the real issue.
It also happens because of Open Source/Linux/GPL community. Just see the comments on slashdot when Spotify decided to be nice for the Linux guys and released a closed-source library for them to use develop their own Linux clients. But since it was closed source (for various reasons not even dependable of Spotify), everyone just bitched and said how worthless it is and told them to fuck off.
Yeah, thats the way to get more support for Linux.
And you dont really need to count XP, Vista and Win7 as different versions, WinAPI is pretty much the same in all (if you dont count the extra features in Vista/Win7 ones, but you dont need to use those)
Very tense, edgy, controlling, and bitchy. Seriously it's rare to find a sweet one who knows how to relax and doesn't bitch up a storm about absolutely nothing.
You're describing all the women. It's even more bad here with the 18-19 year old girls who always seem to start excepting *all the* people treat them like queens, while they act like bitches. A few years later they realize that and go back (hopefully), but still.
I always wonder where you can find the girls who actually are sweet. I had one, but she went the same route.
That's ok if staying behind doesn't bother you. But knowing you're playing a few years old games while others play the shiny, great new ones would bother me and probably many more people. You also couldn't talk about them or read on slashdot and other sites, and with mmo's and multiplayer games most of people would already be in high-level areas or many players left the game already, and you dont get the same fun.
Games are computer software, and usually you pay for a license with them too (be it Photoshop, Windows or Visual Studio). Just because they're entertainment it doesn't change the fact.
For example g2play sells games with really cheap prices (and yes they're legit). For example the new Cities XL game sells for 13 euros while everywhere else (online and retail) it's around 49 euros.
Of course you conveniently left the experiences off your post. Steam has been working great for years, and I've pretty much started buying everything from it because it's so convenient.
For 1) and 2), for example Steam allows you backup or copy the game data to DVD's. Yeah it's an extra step, but it's possible if you need it. Many don't. And yes, games from Steam also work in offline mode.
What comes to physical version of product, I agree it's nice to have something on the wall even if its just for the hell of it and for looks. But it's not really more physical than that, and actually just downloading the game online is more failsafe than having DVD that can break or get scratches.
To be fair that's also true for online preorders. Some games you get lets say $10 off if you preorder, some games (especially the ones with multiplayer) give you exclusive items if you preorder. It's not just Gamestop and physical stores.
Exactly, and you can always see large walls of games, tons of albums and movies in large stores. I'm not from USA and I dont really buy from them myself because I enjoy just getting them online, but when I go buy hardware or something else, there's always lots of people there. Other thing is that there's actually many different gamestore chains now, which wasn't true pre-2000.
That's probably some people, but most also don't care about it. For me it seems just a lot of work to get something like $10 back from it (and then you really lose the value you spend for buying the game because you dont have it anymore).
Those will most likely stick around. Electronic stores with TV's, computers and all other.. well, electronics.
But it's true that it's a lot more convenient to just buy the game online and download it. Now a days I buy almost all of my PC games from Steam. On top of the convenient purchase, you get the Steam community aspects, in-game stuff (those in shift-tab), your friends list, can just download the game again if you delete it or go to your friends place and so on. You actually get more when buying the game online.
Just create self-signed certificate in the middle. It probably wouldn't work for people who always checks the certificate and it's validity, but I can bet there's enough stupid people who just click "OK, continue anyway".
In Tor network the traffic is routed encrypted like you->middle node->middle node->exit node. But since protocols like http, ftp, irc and many im networks dont support encryption, the exit node will always be able to monitor traffic. And those exit node's can be set up by anyone.
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Another thing was the constant "Right." answer from the interviewee.
I knew the
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
that is tattooed on my ass would come handy.
The story is almost full of comments about the closed-source nature of the spotify library. I do also use Linux myself, not on my primary desktop, but on servers and time-to-time messing around in Linux desktop too. Based on your nick I suspect you love the philosophy of Linux and GPL, which you guessed right, I dont that much as it's beside my area.
But the point here is that while Linux has less than 0.5% desktop market share, it still the bitchiest one and while *demanding* software, libraries and drivers from companies, goes into huge "fuck off" mode when they provide such as closed source for whatever reason (providing them as open source, free for all to use GPL'd may hurt their business, or it may violate their licenses with other companies).
It's great that even on Slashdot many Linux users see this issue and understand why companies dont support Linux more, but then theres the other growth who have got the whole GPL thing too much into their head without understanding the real issue.
It also happens because of Open Source/Linux/GPL community. Just see the comments on slashdot when Spotify decided to be nice for the Linux guys and released a closed-source library for them to use develop their own Linux clients. But since it was closed source (for various reasons not even dependable of Spotify), everyone just bitched and said how worthless it is and told them to fuck off.
Yeah, thats the way to get more support for Linux.
Windows is 94+% of PC desktop marketshare. Do you complain when games are "PC games" but only support Windows too?
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8
Windows 92.77%
Mac 5.12%
Linux 0.95%
And you dont really need to count XP, Vista and Win7 as different versions, WinAPI is pretty much the same in all (if you dont count the extra features in Vista/Win7 ones, but you dont need to use those)
Does it use some Adobe product? It's Amazon, not Adobe.
Very tense, edgy, controlling, and bitchy. Seriously it's rare to find a sweet one who knows how to relax and doesn't bitch up a storm about absolutely nothing.
You're describing all the women. It's even more bad here with the 18-19 year old girls who always seem to start excepting *all the* people treat them like queens, while they act like bitches. A few years later they realize that and go back (hopefully), but still.
I always wonder where you can find the girls who actually are sweet. I had one, but she went the same route.
Or Courier. By the look of it, it could be great, and it's not just for ebook reading but more general tablet pc.
So you're saying all the people living on rent should be living on street instead?
That's ok if staying behind doesn't bother you. But knowing you're playing a few years old games while others play the shiny, great new ones would bother me and probably many more people. You also couldn't talk about them or read on slashdot and other sites, and with mmo's and multiplayer games most of people would already be in high-level areas or many players left the game already, and you dont get the same fun.
Games are computer software, and usually you pay for a license with them too (be it Photoshop, Windows or Visual Studio). Just because they're entertainment it doesn't change the fact.
For example g2play sells games with really cheap prices (and yes they're legit). For example the new Cities XL game sells for 13 euros while everywhere else (online and retail) it's around 49 euros.
That's quite a lot cheaper than walking to store.
Of course you conveniently left the experiences off your post. Steam has been working great for years, and I've pretty much started buying everything from it because it's so convenient.
For 1) and 2), for example Steam allows you backup or copy the game data to DVD's. Yeah it's an extra step, but it's possible if you need it. Many don't. And yes, games from Steam also work in offline mode.
What comes to physical version of product, I agree it's nice to have something on the wall even if its just for the hell of it and for looks. But it's not really more physical than that, and actually just downloading the game online is more failsafe than having DVD that can break or get scratches.
To be fair that's also true for online preorders. Some games you get lets say $10 off if you preorder, some games (especially the ones with multiplayer) give you exclusive items if you preorder. It's not just Gamestop and physical stores.
Exactly, and you can always see large walls of games, tons of albums and movies in large stores. I'm not from USA and I dont really buy from them myself because I enjoy just getting them online, but when I go buy hardware or something else, there's always lots of people there. Other thing is that there's actually many different gamestore chains now, which wasn't true pre-2000.
That's probably some people, but most also don't care about it. For me it seems just a lot of work to get something like $10 back from it (and then you really lose the value you spend for buying the game because you dont have it anymore).
Those will most likely stick around. Electronic stores with TV's, computers and all other.. well, electronics.
But it's true that it's a lot more convenient to just buy the game online and download it. Now a days I buy almost all of my PC games from Steam. On top of the convenient purchase, you get the Steam community aspects, in-game stuff (those in shift-tab), your friends list, can just download the game again if you delete it or go to your friends place and so on. You actually get more when buying the game online.
Too easily intercepted. The only way to keep it secure is to whisper it in someone's ear on a lonely beach.
Until you realize that there's a guy listening to your conversation under you in the sand.
Just create self-signed certificate in the middle. It probably wouldn't work for people who always checks the certificate and it's validity, but I can bet there's enough stupid people who just click "OK, continue anyway".
Everyone knows he uses Lynx.
I'm pretty sure they dont really care, this isn't going to be in that widespread use anyway.
In Tor network the traffic is routed encrypted like you->middle node->middle node->exit node. But since protocols like http, ftp, irc and many im networks dont support encryption, the exit node will always be able to monitor traffic. And those exit node's can be set up by anyone.
So goverment should disallow "all the cool gadgets and online tools" so stupid people who dont know how to use them can maintain their privacy?