One would think that they would have figured this how with how successful their MP3 biz has been. I guess they have different folk working in the Kindle dept.
Really? D.NEA seems to be doing fairly well in that market, and they seem more than capable of making white diamonds, which requires almost complete purity.
And they're not the only ones in the market either.
Take a normal English Class...people beleaved that it was portraiting woman abuse...we are loosing the ability... Still bitter over that C+ you got in that English class, huh?
Of course he's wrong, but at the same time he's justified in his conclusion if that conclusion is based upon the most popular and useful projects out there. The problem is that the most useful projects out there are the ones that do what's always been done because those projects make it easier for people to transfer to "newer" technology (faster processors, more memory, etc.)
There are innovative and creative OSS projects, but one does need to do more work to find them because they are not going to be popular, and because few people, relatively, have a need for them.
Why are so many of the more sophisticated examples of code in the online worldlike the page-rank algorithms in the top search engines or like Adobes Flashthe results of proprietary development? Why did the adored iPhone come out of what many regard as the most closed, tyrannically managed software-development shop on Earth? An honest empiricist must conclude that while the open approach has been able to create lovely, polished copies, it hasnt been so good at creating notable originals. Even though the open-source movement has a stinging countercultural rhetoric, it has in practice been a conservative force.
Google, Adobe, and Apple have invested a lot of money into those projects, and like it or not, but the success of a software project depends more upon the money invested into it than many other factors. Something that I would consider to be highly innovative OSS, but lacking the money for publicity to succeed (among other reasons), is Tor, but it's not as though the EFF has much money to be spending on getting more people to use it. Of course, there aren't a whole lot of people that need to be that paranoid with their identity.
I usually like harder/grungier stuff, but I've noticed that over the past few years, I've been gradually moving to softer stuff like Norah Jones or A Fine Frenzy or Bob Dylan. I can't help, but wonder if the loudness wars have had something to do with that.
I can't help, but think that softer stuff like that has a much lower chance of being compressed into distortion.
What do motorcycle cops do that those in cars can't? Is it simply their ability to go down narrower spaces, or are the motorcycles useful for more than that? Is it simply space saving over cars?
Which might actually mean that Scotty might not have such an obviously fake Scottish accent that's being spoken by someone who's actually Canadian!!!:O
Everybody is saying, "It's just not economical to support Linux users!"
Nobody is going to argue that. In fact, I think it goes without saying. I think this question is more rhetorical to try to get people that work at these companies to give some consideration to the community that gave them a leg up in the market. It's about being nice to the community that helped out originally.
That's not really the point here, now is it? John Carmack has always supported developing a Linux version, and while it may have never been a priority, we could always expect iD titles to have a Linux version eventually. He never did it because it made money, and he's said as much in the past. He did it because he supports the concept of open source.
Eudora: My Thunderbird, you look particularly ravishing tonight. Thunderbird: Oh Eudora, you're too good to me! Outlook: What you doin' with my bitch, you Commie scum. Eudora: Don't hurt Thunderbird! It's you I loved all along! Pine: Might I trouble you kind gents for a bit of bread?! Outlook I thought I told you never to come out of your hole again! Mutt:(nips at Outlook's heel) Outlook: I'll show you, you stupid mutt! *smacks Mutt* Mutt:*yelps in pain*
No, see the difference between Boll and McBride is that McBride is just an asshole who's out to ruin everything for everyone.
Boll only ruins the precious dreams of gamers everywhere, unless they decide not to watch his movies. At least we have the choice to avoid Boll's work, whereas if McBride were successful, we couldn't choose to avoid him.
For some reason, I feel that only gamers have the right to criticize Boll, and that anyone else that criticizes him for his adaptations is just talking out of their ass. That said, I have no intention of ever watching a Boll movie again.
However, I do have to admire the guy for having the cajones to continue making such craptacular movies, and to face his most critical audience. That's not even to mention his little boxing PR(?) stunt.
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On top of that, do you buy it when China says it lacks the skill to hack our systems?
One would think that they would have figured this how with how successful their MP3 biz has been. I guess they have different folk working in the Kindle dept.
Really? D.NEA seems to be doing fairly well in that market, and they seem more than capable of making white diamonds, which requires almost complete purity.
And they're not the only ones in the market either.
I protest. Taco's strength is at least e^(i*pi).
Give him some credit.
Wow. I thought my professors were boring. I'd hate to be taking Deity 101 with Him.
Yeah, but only in the metaphorical.
Did you really expect that an article on the blackest material ever made would be able to shine some light upon the subject?
There are innovative and creative OSS projects, but one does need to do more work to find them because they are not going to be popular, and because few people, relatively, have a need for them.
Google, Adobe, and Apple have invested a lot of money into those projects, and like it or not, but the success of a software project depends more upon the money invested into it than many other factors. Something that I would consider to be highly innovative OSS, but lacking the money for publicity to succeed (among other reasons), is Tor, but it's not as though the EFF has much money to be spending on getting more people to use it. Of course, there aren't a whole lot of people that need to be that paranoid with their identity.
I usually like harder/grungier stuff, but I've noticed that over the past few years, I've been gradually moving to softer stuff like Norah Jones or A Fine Frenzy or Bob Dylan. I can't help, but wonder if the loudness wars have had something to do with that.
I can't help, but think that softer stuff like that has a much lower chance of being compressed into distortion.
What do motorcycle cops do that those in cars can't? Is it simply their ability to go down narrower spaces, or are the motorcycles useful for more than that? Is it simply space saving over cars?
Wow, didn't know that people used it. Now I know what gramps was talking about when he mentioned "programming tickles!"
You might want to check out GoboLinux. They're actually trying to do some of the things you mentioned.
...for alien zombies.
Which might actually mean that Scotty might not have such an obviously fake Scottish accent that's being spoken by someone who's actually Canadian!!! :O
Everybody is saying, "It's just not economical to support Linux users!"
Nobody is going to argue that. In fact, I think it goes without saying. I think this question is more rhetorical to try to get people that work at these companies to give some consideration to the community that gave them a leg up in the market. It's about being nice to the community that helped out originally.
That's not really the point here, now is it? John Carmack has always supported developing a Linux version, and while it may have never been a priority, we could always expect iD titles to have a Linux version eventually. He never did it because it made money, and he's said as much in the past. He did it because he supports the concept of open source.
Thunderbird: Oh Eudora, you're too good to me!
Outlook: What you doin' with my bitch, you Commie scum.
Eudora: Don't hurt Thunderbird! It's you I loved all along! Pine: Might I trouble you kind gents for a bit of bread?!
Outlook I thought I told you never to come out of your hole again! Mutt: (nips at Outlook's heel)
Outlook: I'll show you, you stupid mutt! *smacks Mutt*
Mutt: *yelps in pain*
No, see the difference between Boll and McBride is that McBride is just an asshole who's out to ruin everything for everyone.
Boll only ruins the precious dreams of gamers everywhere, unless they decide not to watch his movies. At least we have the choice to avoid Boll's work, whereas if McBride were successful, we couldn't choose to avoid him.
For some reason, I feel that only gamers have the right to criticize Boll, and that anyone else that criticizes him for his adaptations is just talking out of their ass. That said, I have no intention of ever watching a Boll movie again.
However, I do have to admire the guy for having the cajones to continue making such craptacular movies, and to face his most critical audience. That's not even to mention his little boxing PR(?) stunt.
He might be a mook, but he's our mook.
Wasn't the Great Firewall of China implemented to "protect the children?"
Hmm...
I didn't know that Happy Noodle Boy was a /. user.
(JTHM reference)
As suggested by the Skepchicks, let's all observe a moment of science in his honor.
Go out and do an experiment, and if you can, do it for some kids.
http://xkcd.com/c177.html
As always, XKCD is so relevent, it's not even funny, except it is, and so are chair dancing on the heads of penguins.
They know people want this feature, so I don't feel bad about posting it here, but a FREAKIN' SYSTRAY ICON!!!!!!!!!
I hate having to use up an entire spot on my taskbar just for Democracy.
Oh, and it still crashes on my machine more often than any of my other desktop apps.