The goal seems to be 'free as in beer', not 'free as in speech'.
GCC, and GNU C are tools, nothing more. It's like if I built something with Black and Decker tools, Black and Decker could sue me for not making the thing that I created free (as in beer).
For years the GPL was being presented as being non-viral, but current events speak otherwise.
Well, considering that using the GNU C library could be a violation of the GPL, all I have to say is fuck the GPL. I'll go back to using Microsoft tools.
They say the GPL is non-viral. My ass, they can kiss it.
---------------- This is what I don't understand about this type of American. You are afraid that someone is going to attack you with guns, and your solution is more guns, which makes people afraid of you, which makes them want guns to protect themselves, which makes people afraid of them.. -----------------
Are you French? The alternative to owning weapons for self defense is surrender.
I'm not an anti-gun nut, but I don't think that it should be listed as a medical device for reembursement. If some old codger wants to buy this gun, they just need to leave the taxpayer/insurance out of it. Free loading bastards.
You missed out then, way before Everquest, and the other current games there was the Genie network and Air Warrior http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Warrior, Cyberstrike (which was fantastic fun), and Multiplayer Battletech. Don't you wish you could walk on my lawn?
Erector sets were fantastic back in the day. I still have mine, all those sharp edges made me carefull around stuff made of metal that had sharp edges.
People can, and will, say what they want. I couldn't bring myself to vote for either of those sons of bitches. But, politics aside, to see a black man elected to the presidency of the United States is a major historic milestone that hasn't been seen since the first Apollo moon landing. It's that big, and if you think otherwise, you are a fool. Children from this point will just read about it in history books, but we saw it happen. Too bad it didn't happen with someone that I believe would be good for the country, and that makes it somewhat bitter sweet.
"I can't believe you fucking morons waste your life in games like this. Listen, this is your LIFE. You need to be living with real human beings. You need to go find a girlfriend and spend time with her. You need to find happiness. Happiness is not in your online games, it is in other people."
Happiness isn't in other people. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is happy with others until they are happy with themselves.
"Do you really want to be 40 years old and look back to your 18-25 years and realize you pissed them away in fits of loneliness playing RPGs and crying yourself to sleep? I know most, if not all of you, had no real childhood or high school experiences because you were too busy being antisocial losers. Change that, now. How much greater would your life be now had you worked up the courage to talk to that one girl and go to the prom with her? Wouldn't high school have been amazing if you actually went out with friends on the weekend and saw movies? This is why you people love anime so much, because it portrays these perfect people going through high school living the lives YOU wish you could have lived back then."
Replace RPGs and gaming with other interests, and you could describe just about anybody on the face of the planet. It's not gaming, it's gluttony.
"Stop wasting your time on the Internet. Look outside and see the trees and the sun. Please. There is a world out there. There are interesting people all over. Why do you want to throw away what is left of your life playing fictional RPGs when real life is one big RPG with real consequences and relationships?"
Your talking about the big blue room with that bright, and hot, day star? Life as a big RPG is a really scary way of characterizing it. If you fail, there is permadeath. That's never worked out well for anyone involved.
Touch screen gambling machines such as video poker don't have this rate of error, but gambling machines are put through a more thorough(sp) error checking process than voting machines. It's just sad.
The capture card direction may not be workable. I have three capture cards here, the old ATI PCI tv card is the only one workable with game systems since there is no noticible delay. The other two are Hauppauge type cards, and have couple second delay which makes it difficult to play any sort of console game.
They can't have a monitor on their desk, and they are the IT staff? That's the most ignorant, stupid, and idiotic thing I have ever heard of.
This...
""Long story short, I am the MIS Manager / Lead Architect for a blue collar non-tech company. My team needs to be happy, but the folks in the rest of the office do not really understand what that means for the types of personalities that exist in our department. Even though my team is tucked away in a different part of the building, we do have clients and employees come back here from time to time. "
Is the problem. What they don't understand is what IT needs in order to efficiently do their work. The first thing you need to do is kick the ass of the person that doesn't want IT STAFF to have monitors on their desks. The second thing you need to do is either kick the asses of the people that are dragging customers through your area, or find a security reason to declare the area off limits to everyone except for IT staff. An XBox isn't going to fix the problem that is fucked up management.
Whenever I get a warranty phone call, credit repair phone call, etc... I harrass the shit out of them. I call them fags. I tell them that I fucked their mothers, and that she was ok for being a five dollar whore. I tell them that I'll hunt them down, fuck em in the ass, cut off their heads, and feed their bodies to rats. I threaten to rape their sisters, wives, children, dogs, cats, etc... I threaten to bomb their offices. I am as abrasive, and threatening as I can get. Why?
Because the fuckers never identify their company, or who they are. They give no information at all. So, I'm trolling for charges, any charges, against me. When they finally do contact law enforcement and file charges, I'll be able to pull the complaint, and then I'll know who those motherfuckers are. Then I'll know exactly who to send a lawyer after.
WTF? These assholes have been calling my numbers that are on the federal do not call list. What makes you think they actively use an internal do not call list, or better put... what makes you think they give a flying fuck? Hrm?
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Yeah, that's a well reasoned email that is sure to get taken seriously.
Subtle, very subtle.
I made that comment on purpose. Get back in the short bus.
You are just screaming in the wilderness. Over half the players out there have an I.Q. below 100, live in suburbia, and won't care.
The goal seems to be 'free as in beer', not 'free as in speech'.
GCC, and GNU C are tools, nothing more. It's like if I built something with Black and Decker tools, Black and Decker could sue me for not making the thing that I created free (as in beer).
For years the GPL was being presented as being non-viral, but current events speak otherwise.
Fuck em, I'm going back to using Microsoft tools.
Well, considering that using the GNU C library could be a violation of the GPL, all I have to say is fuck the GPL. I'll go back to using Microsoft tools.
They say the GPL is non-viral. My ass, they can kiss it.
It's not a death buff. There are players that will take unnecessary risks to get xp while that buff is active.
They are also doing this in the original Everquest. Like Wii points, the money ratio is a penny a point.
Every time an important figure uses a Zune, Steve Jobs sheds another tear.
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This is what I don't understand about this type of American. You are afraid that someone is going to attack you with guns, and your solution is more guns, which makes people afraid of you, which makes them want guns to protect themselves, which makes people afraid of them..
-----------------
Are you French? The alternative to owning weapons for self defense is surrender.
I'm not an anti-gun nut, but I don't think that it should be listed as a medical device for reembursement. If some old codger wants to buy this gun, they just need to leave the taxpayer/insurance out of it. Free loading bastards.
You missed out then, way before Everquest, and the other current games there was the Genie network and Air Warrior http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Warrior, Cyberstrike (which was fantastic fun), and Multiplayer Battletech. Don't you wish you could walk on my lawn?
There's no excuse for racism, and/or sexism. Try again.
Erector sets were fantastic back in the day. I still have mine, all those sharp edges made me carefull around stuff made of metal that had sharp edges.
I'd like to say a Mr. Wizard Chemistry Set, but those are impossible to find, and I'm not giving up mine.
I was looking at the science toys locally, and I'd be embarrassed(sp) to hand one to a kid. It's no fun if you don't risk injury.
People can, and will, say what they want. I couldn't bring myself to vote for either of those sons of bitches. But, politics aside, to see a black man elected to the presidency of the United States is a major historic milestone that hasn't been seen since the first Apollo moon landing. It's that big, and if you think otherwise, you are a fool. Children from this point will just read about it in history books, but we saw it happen. Too bad it didn't happen with someone that I believe would be good for the country, and that makes it somewhat bitter sweet.
I'm waitin on my rainbow and leprechaun, but I won't hold my breath till they get here.
We're fucked.
"I can't believe you fucking morons waste your life in games like this. Listen, this is your LIFE. You need to be living with real human beings. You need to go find a girlfriend and spend time with her. You need to find happiness. Happiness is not in your online games, it is in other people."
Happiness isn't in other people. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is happy with others until they are happy with themselves.
"Do you really want to be 40 years old and look back to your 18-25 years and realize you pissed them away in fits of loneliness playing RPGs and crying yourself to sleep? I know most, if not all of you, had no real childhood or high school experiences because you were too busy being antisocial losers. Change that, now. How much greater would your life be now had you worked up the courage to talk to that one girl and go to the prom with her? Wouldn't high school have been amazing if you actually went out with friends on the weekend and saw movies? This is why you people love anime so much, because it portrays these perfect people going through high school living the lives YOU wish you could have lived back then."
Replace RPGs and gaming with other interests, and you could describe just about anybody on the face of the planet. It's not gaming, it's gluttony.
"Stop wasting your time on the Internet. Look outside and see the trees and the sun. Please. There is a world out there. There are interesting people all over. Why do you want to throw away what is left of your life playing fictional RPGs when real life is one big RPG with real consequences and relationships?"
Your talking about the big blue room with that bright, and hot, day star? Life as a big RPG is a really scary way of characterizing it. If you fail, there is permadeath. That's never worked out well for anyone involved.
Touch screen gambling machines such as video poker don't have this rate of error, but gambling machines are put through a more thorough(sp) error checking process than voting machines. It's just sad.
OH, ok. That makes sense now.
The capture card direction may not be workable. I have three capture cards here, the old ATI PCI tv card is the only one workable with game systems since there is no noticible delay. The other two are Hauppauge type cards, and have couple second delay which makes it difficult to play any sort of console game.
They can't have a monitor on their desk, and they are the IT staff? That's the most ignorant, stupid, and idiotic thing I have ever heard of.
This...
""Long story short, I am the MIS Manager / Lead Architect for a blue collar non-tech company. My team needs to be happy, but the folks in the rest of the office do not really understand what that means for the types of personalities that exist in our department. Even though my team is tucked away in a different part of the building, we do have clients and employees come back here from time to time. "
Is the problem. What they don't understand is what IT needs in order to efficiently do their work. The first thing you need to do is kick the ass of the person that doesn't want IT STAFF to have monitors on their desks. The second thing you need to do is either kick the asses of the people that are dragging customers through your area, or find a security reason to declare the area off limits to everyone except for IT staff. An XBox isn't going to fix the problem that is fucked up management.
Yeah, like there is a Highlander 2.
Whenever I get a warranty phone call, credit repair phone call, etc... I harrass the shit out of them. I call them fags. I tell them that I fucked their mothers, and that she was ok for being a five dollar whore. I tell them that I'll hunt them down, fuck em in the ass, cut off their heads, and feed their bodies to rats. I threaten to rape their sisters, wives, children, dogs, cats, etc... I threaten to bomb their offices. I am as abrasive, and threatening as I can get. Why?
Because the fuckers never identify their company, or who they are. They give no information at all. So, I'm trolling for charges, any charges, against me. When they finally do contact law enforcement and file charges, I'll be able to pull the complaint, and then I'll know who those motherfuckers are. Then I'll know exactly who to send a lawyer after.
WTF? These assholes have been calling my numbers that are on the federal do not call list. What makes you think they actively use an internal do not call list, or better put... what makes you think they give a flying fuck? Hrm?