Wouldn't it be nice if companies would release the source code for their software after 15 years to public domain? I'd love for some of the old titles to get reworked and released for free... Heck I'd give my time to work on some of those projects...
It's a crime that games that only ran on platforms like the Atari, Commodore and my first 386sx 16Mhz clone are being lost to time... Yes I know about emulators but they are "illegal" you know...
I'm all for corporations making money, heck I once was incorporated as an LLC but it really bothers me to know that a lot of good stuff is being lost for no real reason. I would think at the very least it would make for a wonderful college course. That is, taking the old game code and learning how to make it work on a modern 8 core 4Ghz computer. I think we would end up with better programmer's if they could see how things once had to be done in ASM and the like and how you had to make sure to save every bit you could back then but how they still could create stable workable programs...
Firstly it's not a crappy idea. More than likely, in the near future, your cell phone and other small gadgets will be charged using a similar method. This is why people are revisiting the wireless power idea in the first place. But sure your right! Tesla never did anything useful, which is why, the grand U.S. hero of the time Edison couldn't force people into using DC by advocating the use of AC current for the electric chair. His point was it was so much more dangerous and lethal. (LoL, It's the other way around by the way) Tesla was also an emergent.. Do you have any idea what that meant for him at that time? It's remarkable that he could go toe to toe and win much of anything as logic didn't really mean as much back then.
(in an extremely inefficient way)
You know what else sucked... the 8088 processor.. I mean it couldn't crunch numbers worth a darn.. lets bash it's inventor too. And to your other point about not inventing something new... Is that even a point? Everything invented by man is on the back of things that we invented or learned yesterday so are you arguing that he didn't put everything together and make a working system that we still rely on to this very day?
You can idolize the man for the great things he did, if you want, as long as you're not trying to prop up his shitty ideas at the same time.
If I want? So basically you dismiss him and his good idea's because crazy people latch on to his bad idea's, which by the way, where not all even bad idea's at THAT time? If you knew anything about the time period, you'd know the world was full of totally insane idea's.. God forbid you had to goto a doctor of that time.
Which is not necessarily a good thing. The only advantage of AC current is that it can be easily modified by transformers. Long-distance power transmission (between grids) is DC because it doesn't require phase synchronization and it's less wasteful, and the difference adds up nicely over longer distances. AC didn't replace DC - the two systems are complimentary.
Umm you can have your 120 DC in your own walls if you want.. I for one know what happens when a person comes in contact with DC current and it's not as pretty as AC...
Anyone who tries to deify a mad scientist isn't firing on all cylinders.
Great point you made there.. he was mad so I'm crazy because I respect him for the good he did... Did I say I was a fan of anti-gravity and tin foil someplace cause i'm not?
The bottom line is the man did great things, changed the world for the better and diserves some repesct for that. Sure he had nut job idea's but it was 1901... You know what I think is a nut job idea? Twitter.... do you think in 100 years people are going to be saying WOW twitter was so great what would we do without it! yeah.. I doubt that...
What the heck is your point? The guy came up with the idea way back in 1894 so who really cares about its efficacy..
Everything we plug in today has Nikola Tesla's I.P. in it. AC transmission won the current war over the DC method.
Anyone who try's to belittle Tesla's work really has no idea what they are talking about. But yeah he had lots of crazy ideas but it was 1894 for god sake! Everyone who has ever invented something useful also probably had at least 100 bad ideas as well..
Ummm, but don't people have a choice not to give their money to said corporations? People really have no choice in giving their money to the IRS.
If Company X wants to charge more for product Y then you don't have to buy from Company X. Maybe then you would be more willing to by from a small locally owned business that isn't "to big to fail". Maybe this could possible recapture the real American dream of devesafacation and the free market where you can head down the street to the other guy if you like.
Honestly, I use to own a computer store and since I was small time I could never get something like WinXP for less than 80 bucks but dell got it for like $30? You know I can understand a volume discount but I think a 50 dollar difference is simply the "good old boys" getting together and making sure no one else can get into the game.
Heck look at what is happening to AMD... Intel had so much money from reaming us for so long they could sell chips for less than cost until AMD had to get rid of their fabs...
But hey I'm open to debate but I just don't see how we really need large corporations to survive.. And as far as them being the new bogyman(s).. well? What did you really expect would happen when people saw failed CEO's getting millions in bonuses. I mean honestly man?
I for one was really surprised there wasn't riots with torch bearing peasants at the gates of these companies.
And for the record it's the job of the person who is lending money to insure they are taking a good risk. Blaming the people taking the loans makes no since from a business prospective. It's equal to playing the stock market and then losing your as.s and blaming consumers because they didn't like the companies you invested in so your stocks tanked.
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Wouldn't it be nice if companies would release the source code for their software after 15 years to public domain? I'd love for some of the old titles to get reworked and released for free... Heck I'd give my time to work on some of those projects...
It's a crime that games that only ran on platforms like the Atari, Commodore and my first 386sx 16Mhz clone are being lost to time... Yes I know about emulators but they are "illegal" you know...
I'm all for corporations making money, heck I once was incorporated as an LLC but it really bothers me to know that a lot of good stuff is being lost for no real reason. I would think at the very least it would make for a wonderful college course. That is, taking the old game code and learning how to make it work on a modern 8 core 4Ghz computer. I think we would end up with better programmer's if they could see how things once had to be done in ASM and the like and how you had to make sure to save every bit you could back then but how they still could create stable workable programs...
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I'm still waiting for my copy of Commander Keen 2012 to come out....
Any updates?
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(in an extremely inefficient way)
You know what else sucked... the 8088 processor.. I mean it couldn't crunch numbers worth a darn.. lets bash it's inventor too. And to your other point about not inventing something new... Is that even a point? Everything invented by man is on the back of things that we invented or learned yesterday so are you arguing that he didn't put everything together and make a working system that we still rely on to this very day?
You can idolize the man for the great things he did, if you want, as long as you're not trying to prop up his shitty ideas at the same time.
If I want? So basically you dismiss him and his good idea's because crazy people latch on to his bad idea's, which by the way, where not all even bad idea's at THAT time? If you knew anything about the time period, you'd know the world was full of totally insane idea's.. God forbid you had to goto a doctor of that time.
Which is not necessarily a good thing. The only advantage of AC current is that it can be easily modified by transformers. Long-distance power transmission (between grids) is DC because it doesn't require phase synchronization and it's less wasteful, and the difference adds up nicely over longer distances. AC didn't replace DC - the two systems are complimentary.
Umm you can have your 120 DC in your own walls if you want.. I for one know what happens when a person comes in contact with DC current and it's not as pretty as AC...
Anyone who tries to deify a mad scientist isn't firing on all cylinders.
Great point you made there.. he was mad so I'm crazy because I respect him for the good he did... Did I say I was a fan of anti-gravity and tin foil someplace cause i'm not?
The bottom line is the man did great things, changed the world for the better and diserves some repesct for that. Sure he had nut job idea's but it was 1901... You know what I think is a nut job idea? Twitter.... do you think in 100 years people are going to be saying WOW twitter was so great what would we do without it! yeah.. I doubt that...
What the heck is your point?
The guy came up with the idea way back in 1894 so who really cares about its efficacy..
Everything we plug in today has Nikola Tesla's I.P. in it. AC transmission won the current war over the DC method.
Anyone who try's to belittle Tesla's work really has no idea what they are talking about. But yeah he had lots of crazy ideas but it was 1894 for god sake! Everyone who has ever invented something useful also probably had at least 100 bad ideas as well..
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FullMetal Alchemist 2 is starting to come out on bitTorrent.. not that I would use such a thing... but fullMetal WAS a great story.
Ummm, but don't people have a choice not to give their money to said corporations? People really have no choice in giving their money to the IRS. If Company X wants to charge more for product Y then you don't have to buy from Company X. Maybe then you would be more willing to by from a small locally owned business that isn't "to big to fail". Maybe this could possible recapture the real American dream of devesafacation and the free market where you can head down the street to the other guy if you like. Honestly, I use to own a computer store and since I was small time I could never get something like WinXP for less than 80 bucks but dell got it for like $30? You know I can understand a volume discount but I think a 50 dollar difference is simply the "good old boys" getting together and making sure no one else can get into the game. Heck look at what is happening to AMD... Intel had so much money from reaming us for so long they could sell chips for less than cost until AMD had to get rid of their fabs... But hey I'm open to debate but I just don't see how we really need large corporations to survive.. And as far as them being the new bogyman(s).. well? What did you really expect would happen when people saw failed CEO's getting millions in bonuses. I mean honestly man? I for one was really surprised there wasn't riots with torch bearing peasants at the gates of these companies. And for the record it's the job of the person who is lending money to insure they are taking a good risk. Blaming the people taking the loans makes no since from a business prospective. It's equal to playing the stock market and then losing your as.s and blaming consumers because they didn't like the companies you invested in so your stocks tanked. Ae1294