"The notion that a game is no longer fun (hey, that's what a game is supposed to be) just because it's been out for more than a week is just assinine."
No, but paying full price and acting like you are buying a new game IS asinine.
"I would still pay for a SimCity 2000 Linux port if someone bothered."
Can't disagree with you there. I still play it to this day. But i'm not going to pay for it again after recieving the DOS version for my birthday years and years ago.
I thought the same thing just a few weeks ago. But then my friends got the game and it is now a complete blast. We play TCP/IP together and talk on the phone while we play. It brought new life into Diablo 2.
The lag issue is in no way an advantage. Next time try better while rationalizing the massive delay (I got Sim City 3000 for my birthday 2 years ago, and it was already out for a while then!) and Linux's shortcomings.
You can find out if a game is worthwhile a week after its release, usually even before. And Sim City 3000 didn't exactly need a powerhouse computer - I played it on my Pentium 200 with 32 megs of ram and a 4 meg ATI video card fine.
Last time I got flamed, so lets try again. How do you expect Word to access images that YOU linked to the web without accessing the Internet? Does Linux allow you to surf the web without being connected to the internet?
At least it doesn't to THIS: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-08 -30-022-04-SC
Say that you couldn't compile the Linux kernel without it crashing! Now watch as thousands of Intel processors suddenly show up in the garbage and AMD recieves a massive sales spike!
PC's arent solid state objects - they can, and do, change dramatically through their life. What happens if I add in another video card? Am I still under law? What if I flash my motherboard with the wrong bios? Delete my Windows partition? Install a buggy beta program? Would these instances be covered? There are so many variables for why a computer wont work!
Computers arent like a coffee pot or something. You cant break a coffee pot by putting the wrong coffee in.
"After all, we managed to switch to what we think is a far superior solution."
THINK is correct. Some people don't think it is, or don't know, or don't care. If you want to switch and use it then go ahead, but don't bitch and moan when you have to use Windows for just a couple minutes.
It's like driving on the wrong side of the road. You may think driving on the left is the best way, but if you don't move back to the right when you have to then you must face the consequences.
What the hell is the point of putting the panel below your skin when you could put it on top of your skin? Then you could acctaully remove it for when you need flexibility in your arm:P
Well I agree with that too. If the companies wont acknowlege that there is a problem then it does need to be brought into the public, but if a company is on top of security issues and works to fix problems the instant they are created, the media should not cover the problem until its fixed.
"Wait a minute, if there were that many articles about a problem with Piranha which is installed on fairly few..."
Yes I know. Thats why I mentioned the Red Hat website thing. I know they really really blew that out of proportion. But if Slashdot critizes them for blowing it out of proportion, then does the same themselves with the Windows problem, they are just being hypocritical.
"By publicizing it,/. has helped to assure that the white hats have the same information. They can now secure their sites before they have trojans installed or their websites wiped clean."
No, now they DON'T have the time to secure their sites because now everyone and their mother knows about it. Before this only the people who need to know about it (and the l33t hackers), but now everyone does.
Sometimes full disclosure isn't the best option. When security holes are found they should be kept quiet until they are fixed and people who are running the servers or whatever are notified.
Telling people about a security hole before it can be fixed is like telling people about a bad computer virus weeks after it hit.
Thanks to you Slashdot, now all those websites that could be at risk will be flooded with attempts to compromize their servers. Had you just let this alone nobody would even know about the exploit. But just because its Windows you have to jump all over it and its result will be a ton of websites wiped clean.
I can't vouch for the Red Hat website issue, but you should think before you speak. Now you are just as bad as those other sites blowing the issue out of proportion.
This is nothing but bad for Linux. Now that there will be popular, well known Microsoft apps such as media player and IE for Linux who is going to use the alternatives (expecially with IE)? You can make all the software you want, but if no one is going to download it because there are Microsoft versions, why bother?
And if you don't think that many people will use Microsoft products because they know the free opensource versions are better (other than IE:P ), remember that AOL is coming to Linux.
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"The notion that a game is no longer fun (hey, that's what a game is supposed to be) just because it's been out for more than a week is just assinine."
No, but paying full price and acting like you are buying a new game IS asinine.
"I would still pay for a SimCity 2000 Linux port if someone bothered." Can't disagree with you there. I still play it to this day. But i'm not going to pay for it again after recieving the DOS version for my birthday years and years ago.
I thought the same thing just a few weeks ago. But then my friends got the game and it is now a complete blast. We play TCP/IP together and talk on the phone while we play. It brought new life into Diablo 2.
The lag issue is in no way an advantage. Next time try better while rationalizing the massive delay (I got Sim City 3000 for my birthday 2 years ago, and it was already out for a while then!) and Linux's shortcomings.
You can find out if a game is worthwhile a week after its release, usually even before. And Sim City 3000 didn't exactly need a powerhouse computer - I played it on my Pentium 200 with 32 megs of ram and a 4 meg ATI video card fine.
10 years in the game. Which isn't very long at all.
Now they need to do the same for the Microsoft trial and we would be set. Perhaps we should just let Europe govern the US...
Intel wishes they could :P
Well AMD is more of a competitor in the processor buisness than Red Hat is in the operating system market.
Right about MS, wrong about Intel.
Its not like anyone who isn't named Michael S. Dell is going to be able to buy one from someone other than Michael S. Dell.
Last time I got flamed, so lets try again. How do you expect Word to access images that YOU linked to the web without accessing the Internet? Does Linux allow you to surf the web without being connected to the internet?
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At least it doesn't to THIS: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-0
Oh thats lovely. I get flamed because I expose the idiocracy of a fanboy. Figures, THIS IS Slashdot for heavens sake...
"How do you expect anyone to respect the (rights of the) GPL or the FSF when you trample on everyone else's rights?"
For the same reason your post has a score of zero.
Its easy. Their selective in their bias.
Say that you couldn't compile the Linux kernel without it crashing! Now watch as thousands of Intel processors suddenly show up in the garbage and AMD recieves a massive sales spike!
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hehe
Everyone is saying "well Windows is screwed now."
So is Linux. Linux has FAR, FAR more compatibility problems that Windows. Plus, "too difficult to use" will be the #1 complaint.
PC's arent solid state objects - they can, and do, change dramatically through their life. What happens if I add in another video card? Am I still under law? What if I flash my motherboard with the wrong bios? Delete my Windows partition? Install a buggy beta program? Would these instances be covered? There are so many variables for why a computer wont work!
Computers arent like a coffee pot or something. You cant break a coffee pot by putting the wrong coffee in.
haha i beat you. who is l33t now?
"After all, we managed to switch to what we think is a far superior solution." THINK is correct. Some people don't think it is, or don't know, or don't care. If you want to switch and use it then go ahead, but don't bitch and moan when you have to use Windows for just a couple minutes.
It's like driving on the wrong side of the road. You may think driving on the left is the best way, but if you don't move back to the right when you have to then you must face the consequences.
What the hell is the point of putting the panel below your skin when you could put it on top of your skin? Then you could acctaully remove it for when you need flexibility in your arm :P
I sure wouldn't care is AOL gets sued and goes out of buisness. Would you?
Well I agree with that too. If the companies wont acknowlege that there is a problem then it does need to be brought into the public, but if a company is on top of security issues and works to fix problems the instant they are created, the media should not cover the problem until its fixed.
"Wait a minute, if there were that many articles about a problem with Piranha which is installed on fairly few..."
/. has helped to assure that the white hats have the same information. They can now secure their sites before they have trojans installed or their websites wiped clean."
No, now they DON'T have the time to secure their sites because now everyone and their mother knows about it. Before this only the people who need to know about it (and the l33t hackers), but now everyone does.
Yes I know. Thats why I mentioned the Red Hat website thing. I know they really really blew that out of proportion. But if Slashdot critizes them for blowing it out of proportion, then does the same themselves with the Windows problem, they are just being hypocritical.
"By publicizing it,
Sometimes full disclosure isn't the best option. When security holes are found they should be kept quiet until they are fixed and people who are running the servers or whatever are notified.
Telling people about a security hole before it can be fixed is like telling people about a bad computer virus weeks after it hit.
Thanks to you Slashdot, now all those websites that could be at risk will be flooded with attempts to compromize their servers. Had you just let this alone nobody would even know about the exploit. But just because its Windows you have to jump all over it and its result will be a ton of websites wiped clean.
I can't vouch for the Red Hat website issue, but you should think before you speak. Now you are just as bad as those other sites blowing the issue out of proportion.
hahahahahahaha
If I had points and didnt post in this thread i would give you all 5 of them if possible.
If you thought the Empire was bad, wait until you see the US government with a laser!
This is nothing but bad for Linux. Now that there will be popular, well known Microsoft apps such as media player and IE for Linux who is going to use the alternatives (expecially with IE)? You can make all the software you want, but if no one is going to download it because there are Microsoft versions, why bother?
:P ), remember that AOL is coming to Linux.
And if you don't think that many people will use Microsoft products because they know the free opensource versions are better (other than IE
Monty Python rules :P