I can see how it could be an incentive. I wish that the days of creative trolling would come back... but, from what I can see when I read at -1, good trolls are even rarer than intelligent posts on Slashdot.
I understood you perfectly. (Perhaps your thinking skills need a little work, though.) It's not their job to handle a Slashdotting, and it's inappropriate to call them idiots when Slashdot is the one causing the problem. Rather than complaining about them, you should complain to Taco that if he would cache sites, then webmasters wouldn't be forced to take down the linked content.
Hm... they're idiots, because Taco is too inept to cache pages so that people's web sites don't get shut down? Your flames ought to be pointed in his direction.
Everybody except the trolls, that is. The lameness filter cuts out worthwhile posts (just try to post a snippet of perl code, or an ascii diagram trying to explain something), and yet, at -1, we still have ascii goatse pictures. Yet another misfeature of Slashdot that has been left unfixed for years...
From the quote, it sounds like when they say "Unix", they are talking about the proprietary Unixes. (Is that the correct plural?) That's probably a true enough statement; Windows really is cheaper, as is the commodity x86 hardware. (Of course, this is ignoring the elusive "TCO" argument, which is smoke and mirrors to the point that you can prove any price differential you want.)
Well, what I wonder is why people are so incredibly inconsiderate that we need to use a special device to prevent them from making cell phone calls, rather than just telling them at the beginning of the movie to turn off their phones. Of course, at the root of the problem is parents who never taught their children to respect other people -- it's a problem that will take generations to solve.
The only logical explanation is that Taco likes having the power to kill the little pages he links to. He could at least e-mail them and say, "I'm going to turn your puny server into a slag heap; would you like me to mirror the page and save you some trouble?"
You can't have multiple people that each have a monopoly. (And while we're at it, there's no such thing as a "relative monopoly.") Though the MS-bashing crowd doesn't like to admit it, Apple, Sun, etc. are all competitors to MS. You're trying to create the illusion of a monopoly by looking at a market with artificial boundaries -- x86 only -- when the truth is that the market is simply for a usable home desktop, where Apple hardware is just as good an alternative.
IMO, the whole "Microsoft == monopoly" notion doesn't hold all that much water. The variety of easily-obtained alternatives should be all that you need to dispel that idea. A "monopoly" is defined as being exclusive control, which Microsoft simply does not have by any stretch of the imagination.
The difference between this and slavery (well, besides the incredible difference in damage and scope, of course) is that, if you choose not use proprietary software, you are not harmed in any way. The existance of slavery harms people; the existance of proprietary software does not. Please don't use analogies that are chosed for emotional rather than logical value.
If it's not so hard... then why don't you write it? Linus is busy working on the kernel, the portion that he wants to work on, the one where he has the most experience and expertise. Complaining that OS software doesn't have the features you want is generally pointless. It doesn't happen until somebody who actually wants it goes ahead and implements it.
Well, given that Perl's speech was quite understandable, I don't think that assembly would be any problem to understand. (Although it might speak in a pidgen, I suppose.)
Good luck getting this crowd to boycott. Every time it's suggested, a hundred people shout about how boycotts never do anything. Apparently, using the Napster-of-the-month and complaining on Slashdot is a much more effective way of getting the record industries' attention.
Yes, but you're just picking that number of one-half out of the air. I would bet that the number of textures that can be reasonably generated algorithmically is less than that. (And it still wouldn't get it down to 10 MB, by a long shot...)
For some textures that would be possible; however, it doesn't work in a general case (you're limited to whatever textures you actually can generate algorithmically.) Not a very good way to showcase your new game -- remember, the demo is supposed to look as cool as possible.
How else are you going to get the demo? I believe that most of the hosting services where the game demos are stored offer CD-burning service, so you could get it that way, if neither you nor anyone one know has broadband. I don't really see any other possible alternatives.
Demos for new games just won't fit in 10 MB. The demo for UT2003 had reduced-quality textures included to get the size down to 100 MB. When a full game these days is usually at least a full CD's worth of data, you're not going to be able to cram even a playable portion of it into that small a fraction of the space.
Maybe he just realized that replacing "Profit" with the word "Degree" was actually marginally funny. It served to differentiate himself from the 500 "Profit!" posts made every day.
GNU/Linux isn't using "GNU" as an adjective. If it was, then it would be "GNU Linux" (no slash.) Red/car, small/child, and silly/parent poster all make no sense in English, and so GNU isn't being used as an adjective in this case.
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I can see how it could be an incentive. I wish that the days of creative trolling would come back ... but, from what I can see when I read at -1, good trolls are even rarer than intelligent posts on Slashdot.
I understood you perfectly. (Perhaps your thinking skills need a little work, though.) It's not their job to handle a Slashdotting, and it's inappropriate to call them idiots when Slashdot is the one causing the problem. Rather than complaining about them, you should complain to Taco that if he would cache sites, then webmasters wouldn't be forced to take down the linked content.
Hm ... they're idiots, because Taco is too inept to cache pages so that people's web sites don't get shut down? Your flames ought to be pointed in his direction.
Everybody except the trolls, that is. The lameness filter cuts out worthwhile posts (just try to post a snippet of perl code, or an ascii diagram trying to explain something), and yet, at -1, we still have ascii goatse pictures. Yet another misfeature of Slashdot that has been left unfixed for years...
From the quote, it sounds like when they say "Unix", they are talking about the proprietary Unixes. (Is that the correct plural?) That's probably a true enough statement; Windows really is cheaper, as is the commodity x86 hardware. (Of course, this is ignoring the elusive "TCO" argument, which is smoke and mirrors to the point that you can prove any price differential you want.)
Well, what I wonder is why people are so incredibly inconsiderate that we need to use a special device to prevent them from making cell phone calls, rather than just telling them at the beginning of the movie to turn off their phones. Of course, at the root of the problem is parents who never taught their children to respect other people -- it's a problem that will take generations to solve.
The only logical explanation is that Taco likes having the power to kill the little pages he links to. He could at least e-mail them and say, "I'm going to turn your puny server into a slag heap; would you like me to mirror the page and save you some trouble?"
I just installed a new video card in my machine. Can I get that written up as a hack on Slashdot? Or does it only count if I use a Mac?
The US legal system makes mistakes. Even here, I can get almost unanimous consent on that point.
IMO, the whole "Microsoft == monopoly" notion doesn't hold all that much water. The variety of easily-obtained alternatives should be all that you need to dispel that idea. A "monopoly" is defined as being exclusive control, which Microsoft simply does not have by any stretch of the imagination.
I will be willing to trade food for the knowledge -- let's ship them our Congressmen.
The difference between this and slavery (well, besides the incredible difference in damage and scope, of course) is that, if you choose not use proprietary software, you are not harmed in any way. The existance of slavery harms people; the existance of proprietary software does not. Please don't use analogies that are chosed for emotional rather than logical value.
If it's not so hard ... then why don't you write it? Linus is busy working on the kernel, the portion that he wants to work on, the one where he has the most experience and expertise. Complaining that OS software doesn't have the features you want is generally pointless. It doesn't happen until somebody who actually wants it goes ahead and implements it.
Great idea! Why don't you write one so Linus can use it?
Well, given that Perl's speech was quite understandable, I don't think that assembly would be any problem to understand. (Although it might speak in a pidgen, I suppose.)
Good luck getting this crowd to boycott. Every time it's suggested, a hundred people shout about how boycotts never do anything. Apparently, using the Napster-of-the-month and complaining on Slashdot is a much more effective way of getting the record industries' attention.
Yes, but you're just picking that number of one-half out of the air. I would bet that the number of textures that can be reasonably generated algorithmically is less than that. (And it still wouldn't get it down to 10 MB, by a long shot ...)
For some textures that would be possible; however, it doesn't work in a general case (you're limited to whatever textures you actually can generate algorithmically.) Not a very good way to showcase your new game -- remember, the demo is supposed to look as cool as possible.
Demos for new games just won't fit in 10 MB. The demo for UT2003 had reduced-quality textures included to get the size down to 100 MB. When a full game these days is usually at least a full CD's worth of data, you're not going to be able to cram even a playable portion of it into that small a fraction of the space.
Just about every game I've ever played. What are the vast majority of games you're thinking of that have copy protection that makes the game unusable?
Don't encourage him to use Linux. I bet he'll pirate it too.
Maybe he just realized that replacing "Profit" with the word "Degree" was actually marginally funny. It served to differentiate himself from the 500 "Profit!" posts made every day.
Well...
GNU/Linux isn't using "GNU" as an adjective. If it was, then it would be "GNU Linux" (no slash.) Red/car, small/child, and silly/parent poster all make no sense in English, and so GNU isn't being used as an adjective in this case.
Speaking of which, I seem to have misplaced mine. Would everyone mind checking beneath their beds and on their bookshelves for it?
Thanks.
...And the point is...
That the whole analogy sucks.