Myst III will not be done in real time. However, it will allow QuickTime-VR like rotation at any of the points you can stand, allowing you to see a complete panorama of scenary. Cyan says they can trust Presto to make this game good, so I'm definately going to be waiting in line to pick it up.
Just because something's been done before doesn't mean it's a bad idea. One of the fundamental principals of the Open Source philosophy is "don't reinvent the wheel." Why should Eazel make a completely new and unfamiliar interface when an existing one has been successful?
For a moment, put aside your anti-MS feelings. Sure, Windows/Mac file browsing has some definate problems, but the basic idea behind it is sound. If we can take the underlying concepts that should have made these systems successful, remove/fix problematic areas, and add whatever makes us say "Whoa... cool.", why shouldn't we?
This is one of the best reasons of all to be glad that mozilla/netscape6 is under a decent open source license. Even if AOL forces into the all-in-one "E-Solution" we're all dreading, we'll always be able to take the source and maintain a real and effective web browsing solution.
That would all depend on whether or not Javascript is an open (and thus effective) standard. Anyone else more familiar with the history of javascript want to take a stab here?
Just got confirmation from Loki via E-Mail... Descent 3 for Linux will be an independant product, with no plans for rebates/discounts for existing Win-Linux owners.
(From story poster) Actually, Outrage did alot of the work on the client. After having a playable version of it, they found themselves too busy to put together the finishing touches, and handed it off to Loki. No word yet on whether it will be downloadable/upgradable/etc...
Test purchases and other investigations have confirmed that a significant portion of the Microsoft software sold on auction sites is counterfeit or otherwise infringing product. Microsoft has recently begun to work cooperatively with auction sites to help ensure that the software available on their sites is legal.
Microsoft and eBay have initiated an aggressive program to stop auction sites that Microsoft believes may be distributing infringing product. Microsoft monitors all auction sites and conducts daily searches to identify auctions suspected of offering counterfeit or infringing software. The company notifies eBay of suspect auctions and asks them to terminate the auctions within 24 hours. The vendors are urged to end their illegal actions, and the bidders are warned and pointed to information on software piracy. Although this program started with eBay, Microsoft has also begun similar programs with several other auction sites.
Consumers should be familiar with the warning signs of illegal software and practice safe Internet shopping in order to avoid being victimized when acquiring software from Internet auction sites.
The point here is not that Dreamcast owners can play PSX games, nor that PSX2 owners will be able to play PSX games... This is the mainstream gaming community EMBRACING EMULATION. (Something which Nintendo still claims is illegal!) This is another step in the legitimization of emulation, and a chance for us to get un-tied to a particular console. It's also the first step towards unifying the disjunct world of console gaming to a standard platform which (face facts people) will resemble the world of PC's. Instead of consoles, servers, PDA's and desktops running widely different operating systems on unreasonably different hardware, we'll see standard-conformant PC's tailored to particular purposes, which allows you, the consumer, to pick and choose exactly what best part of the computing world to take advantage of.
True, checkers has not yet been solved. But the undisputed champion of checkers AI is the University of Alberta's (in Canada, for the geographically challenged) program, "Chinook". Interesting facts:
It was responsible for the world of chess splitting chess championships into seperate human and machine league
It's still building up a database of moves
At one time, in was responsible for 80% of the internet traffic between the U.S. and Canada
More information, can of course, be found at the University of Alberta's Chinook Web Page
While all these products seem to be great, (including this one), they're all about the size of actual CD players. Now, I assume what people are trying to accomplish is to be able to walk around with hours upon hours of music with them. But a bulky CD-player still isn't all that ideal. What I've always wondered is, why doesn't someone put this concept together with a mini-disc setup? Small disc, with less chance for shock, and still high capacity. (shrug)
This article did a suprisingly good job of correctly using the term "cracker". I for one would like to congratulate InternetNews.com for NOT includeing the word hacker in their story. Good job.
Allright, how about, instead of directly _limiting_ your speed, have a warning sound inside the car beep when you're exceeding the speed limit? Or a flashing light... something to help drivers be more aware of just what they're doing.
pff. you can always count on me to ignore the obvious.:) At the same time tho, it looks more like there's a conflict in the license. In the end though, I suspect you're right... "You can't" is only implied, while "You can" is directly stated.
From the license: "You may write and compile (including byte-code compile) your own application programs using the Software, including any libraries and source code included for such purpose with the Software. You may reproduce and distribute, in executable form only, programs which you create using the Software without additional license or fees, subject to all of the conditions in this License Agreement."
Thus, you are not alowed to distribute the source code to your project if it was developed in JBuilder.
Absolutely. For some time now, there's been talk of making Linux the microkernel that the Hurd runs on. Even if that doesn't happen tho, where do you think all of the Hurd's driver support is going to come from? The linux kernel, of course. And I'd only be dissapointed if Hurd developers felt the need to reinvent the wheel by reconstructing all the strengths of Linux from the ground up. The simple fact of the matter is that open source projects never really die. They simply evolve. The Hurd, as it exists/will exist, could not possibly do so without its predecesor.
Not to mention that, by including GPL'd code into their own product, they'd be making their own code open-source... that would mean: a) incorporating (how ever few) features Office has into other Open Source projects b) seeing where Office code is designed to break other software, and compensating for it. c) Office actually IMPROVING for once... (ya right) and of course: d) a good laugh.
So now we have to avoid spreading news that, when looked at through a squinted eye, from 5 kilometers away, under a questionable context, might possibly be used in a negative way against us? Hmm. Maybe we should just shut down.:)
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Which is also different from the key of C#
Myst III will not be done in real time. However, it will allow QuickTime-VR like rotation at any of the points you can stand, allowing you to see a complete panorama of scenary. Cyan says they can trust Presto to make this game good, so I'm definately going to be waiting in line to pick it up.
Ahem.
http://mozilla.org/source.html
Just because something's been done before doesn't mean it's a bad idea. One of the fundamental principals of the Open Source philosophy is "don't reinvent the wheel." Why should Eazel make a completely new and unfamiliar interface when an existing one has been successful?
For a moment, put aside your anti-MS feelings. Sure, Windows/Mac file browsing has some definate problems, but the basic idea behind it is sound. If we can take the underlying concepts that should have made these systems successful, remove/fix problematic areas, and add whatever makes us say "Whoa... cool.", why shouldn't we?
This is one of the best reasons of all to be glad that mozilla/netscape6 is under a decent open source license. Even if AOL forces into the all-in-one "E-Solution" we're all dreading, we'll always be able to take the source and maintain a real and effective web browsing solution.
That would all depend on whether or not Javascript is an open (and thus effective) standard. Anyone else more familiar with the history of javascript want to take a stab here?
http://www.w3c.org
Just got confirmation from Loki via E-Mail... Descent 3 for Linux will be an independant product, with no plans for rebates/discounts for existing Win-Linux owners.
(From story poster)
Actually, Outrage did alot of the work on the client. After having a playable version of it, they found themselves too busy to put together the finishing touches, and handed it off to Loki.
No word yet on whether it will be downloadable/upgradable/etc...
Auction Sites
Test purchases and other investigations have confirmed that a significant portion of the Microsoft software sold on auction sites is counterfeit or otherwise infringing product. Microsoft has recently begun to work cooperatively with auction sites to help ensure that the software available on their sites is legal.
Microsoft and eBay have initiated an aggressive program to stop auction sites that Microsoft believes may be distributing infringing product. Microsoft monitors all auction sites and conducts daily searches to identify auctions suspected of offering counterfeit or infringing software. The company notifies eBay of suspect auctions and asks them to terminate the auctions within 24 hours. The vendors are urged to end their illegal actions, and the bidders are warned and pointed to information on software piracy. Although this program started with eBay, Microsoft has also begun similar programs with several other auction sites.
Consumers should be familiar with the warning signs of illegal software and practice safe Internet shopping in order to avoid being victimized when acquiring software from Internet auction sites.
Last time I checked, Sony was persuing a seperate case against Bleem, this time for patent infringement instead of copyright infringement. (shrug)
More like the SNES playing orignal (can't think of the name of the pre-genesis system) sega games.
The point here is not that Dreamcast owners can play PSX games, nor that PSX2 owners will be able to play PSX games...
This is the mainstream gaming community EMBRACING EMULATION. (Something which Nintendo still claims is illegal!)
This is another step in the legitimization of emulation, and a chance for us to get un-tied to a particular console.
It's also the first step towards unifying the disjunct world of console gaming to a standard platform which (face facts people) will resemble the world of PC's. Instead of consoles, servers, PDA's and desktops running widely different operating systems on unreasonably different hardware, we'll see standard-conformant PC's tailored to particular purposes, which allows you, the consumer, to pick and choose exactly what best part of the computing world to take advantage of.
Interesting facts:
More information, can of course, be found at the University of Alberta's Chinook Web Page
Hmm. Perhaps this'll give JMS a chance to take the series somewhere real on a network that'll appreciate what he's accomplished.
While all these products seem to be great, (including this one), they're all about the size of actual CD players. Now, I assume what people are trying to accomplish is to be able to walk around with hours upon hours of music with them. But a bulky CD-player still isn't all that ideal.
What I've always wondered is, why doesn't someone put this concept together with a mini-disc setup? Small disc, with less chance for shock, and still high capacity. (shrug)
This article did a suprisingly good job of correctly using the term "cracker". I for one would like to congratulate InternetNews.com for NOT includeing the word hacker in their story. Good job.
Allright, how about, instead of directly _limiting_ your speed, have a warning sound inside the car beep when you're exceeding the speed limit? Or a flashing light... something to help drivers be more aware of just what they're doing.
pff. you can always count on me to ignore the obvious. :)
At the same time tho, it looks more like there's a conflict in the license. In the end though, I suspect you're right... "You can't" is only implied, while "You can" is directly stated.
"You may write and compile (including byte-code compile) your own application programs using the Software, including any libraries and source code included for such
purpose with the Software. You may reproduce and distribute, in executable form only, programs which you create using the Software without additional license or fees,
subject to all of the conditions in this License Agreement."
Thus, you are not alowed to distribute the source code to your project if it was developed in JBuilder.
Absolutely.
For some time now, there's been talk of making Linux the microkernel that the Hurd runs on.
Even if that doesn't happen tho, where do you think all of the Hurd's driver support is going to come from? The linux kernel, of course. And I'd only be dissapointed if Hurd developers felt the need to reinvent the wheel by reconstructing all the strengths of Linux from the ground up.
The simple fact of the matter is that open source projects never really die. They simply evolve. The Hurd, as it exists/will exist, could not possibly do so without its predecesor.
(singing)
I'm upseeeeeeettt...
Corel is not a fish that Redhat can eat....
(/singing. yeah, i know it's bad.)
Not to mention that, by including GPL'd code into their own product, they'd be making their own code open-source... that would mean:
a) incorporating (how ever few) features Office has into other Open Source projects
b) seeing where Office code is designed to break other software, and compensating for it.
c) Office actually IMPROVING for once... (ya right)
and of course:
d) a good laugh.
So now we have to avoid spreading news that, when looked at through a squinted eye, from 5 kilometers away, under a questionable context, might possibly be used in a negative way against us? Hmm. Maybe we should just shut down. :)
i'll refer you to my post, here.