I usually pass the time by beaning the characters in the head with whatever objects are around. I tried doing this in Dark Messiah of Might and Magic but you lose the game if you hurl things at your "friends".
There was this guy and he went to the store and he said Wiii! And the guy at the counter said pre-orders sold out Wiiii! Yo, and then a kid wanted one for Christmas and he told Santa Wiiii! And Nintendo was like OMG 4 million Wiiii! Mario jumped up and said "No launch title for me! Wiii!"
When you're a kid and you wanna go "Wii". But you ain't got a preorder yet! You hold on for your life, Hold on to your little nunchuka... in strife...
Well, right now I have about 40 windows open if you include IM and an mp3 player. This is probably a bit less than usual as I don't have any SSH sessions currently open. I do have 3 remote desktop sessions running, each with 2 or 3 additional windows running within them.
What if you like to play strategy games? Somehow I don't think Civilization 4 or Rise of Nations will make it to the Wii. The same goes for tons of other strategy games both old and new. What if you want to play MMORPGS? MMORPGs are predominantly a PC experience currently. Sure there is Final Fantasy on the Xbox 360 or PS2 and WoW on Mac but the majority of them are Windows only.
IMHO as long as we're talking about something that has no other purpose but to flaunt in front of other players and say "Na-ha, look what I have!", there's no 'appropriate' price.
Never underestimate how far a WoW player will go just to have an item that allows them to go "Na-ha, look what I have!". There are faction grind fests that require repeating the same task 1000s of times just to a get a mount that looks slightly different from the normal ones, but conveys no other bonus.
Um, the current slashdot site is a redesign from earlier this year. Did you miss all the posts from CmdrTaco evaluating the various design submissions?
You are correct, it's not GPL, it uses an Apple license called APL I believe (BSD derived). OSX does include GPL software, but these are applications that run on the OS - not parts of the OS. For example stuff like Apache and Samba being built in. Anyone can include GPL applications compiled to run on a closed source OS. Hell, Microsoft could bundle the Apache binary with Windows if they wanted, so long as they released any code changes they made to Apache. Is it just me or do a lot of folks around here seem very confused as to exactly what the GPL says?
Generally I don't. And I try to support bands that have gone the independant route. BUT what if for example, you like Weird Al. He's on a major label and has been able to make a living off it for many years. He has even let us know that he actually makes more money off a CD purchase than he does off of downloadble music (iTunes). Should you still not buy the album even though you know that the system is working well for him? Personally I'd just as soon mail him a check directly but that wouldn't give me any legal entitlement to his music.
Actually in my first response I specifically asked you about songwriters. You made no response to initially suggest that you would treat them any differently. Would you? Why? The initial point was that copyright was outdated, why would you apply it to songwriters versus "recording artists"? The majority of bands I listen to write their own music. At least in the world of rock music that's common. Even so, I still don't understand why a singer or musician shouldn't be paid for even a version of a song. Should only Bob Dylan receive money for Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower"? What Hendrix did with the song was amazing. Oh, but I guess he was just "playing other people's stuff". I think if you take a look at the industry the real problem isn't musicians getting undeservedly rich, it's the old structure of the RIAA, the music labels, the producers, the promoters, the retailers, the lawyers, the lobbyists, MTV and radio - all of this shit infrastructure of a dinosaur industry which is rapidly becoming obsolete.
That's pretty awesome that the government has a page stating no conjugal visits. One wonders if it came about as a result of Office Space or if the question of conjugal visits has been frequently asked for longer.
"Why not support local musicians? Ya know, people you can actually see and talk to."
Why? Why, if I don't like the music they make? What do I care about seeing them and talking to them? How are they more worthy of my money versus someone who lives somewhere else in the world who's music I actually enjoy? I fail to understand why proximity should influence who I want to support. I'm not supporting DRM or copyright restrictions, I am supporting paying for music I enjoy in hopes that more such music will be produced. Is that hard to understand? The point is that the songwriter as the source of future music I enjoy is not generic and replaceable. I am in favor of direct payment, cutting out middle men and payment being optional. I have no problem with musicians needing to tour to make money (this is really how it currently works in terms of profits). I see no difference in buying music directly from the musician as I do from placing money in the hat of a street musician.
So if they are songwriters they aren't artists? They create creative works. Was J.S. Bach not an artist? Mozart? You're right they don't have a divine right to be rich and famous. Most of the artists I listen to are not rich or famous. If they are lucky they make enough to live off of selling records and touring but that's probably the minority. If I'm going to pay anything for a song I'd rather it went to feed the musician in hopes that they can continue to produce more music I like and don't end up leaving the industry. I certainly am not going to pay someone for just hosting a server full of mp3 files.
"Hopefully, I'll still have the choice of buying the boxed version and downloading the updates to install manually, otherwise I'll be choosing something else for Santa Claus to bring me."
Shouldn't be a problem. In addition to Steam, Take 2 has arrangements with Direct2Drive for online distribution as well. These are both in addition to purchasing the regular store bought version. You off the shelf Civ 4 won't become "Steamified" as far as I can tell. Mine certainly hasn't.
Earth's tilt! Plate movement! Greenhouse gasses! Changing weather systems! El Nino! El chupacabra! By God are you implying that global temperature is a complex system with no single cause for temperature fluctuation?
The issue is that Blizzard has certain encounters that pretty much require the use of decursive for the group to be able to complete it. If those are adjusted to a sane level along with the UI nerf, I have no problem at all with it. Actually, I don't really care either way, I quit 9 months ago. Cheers!
They just launched in Canada - although not all games are available there yet due to licensing reasons. The service is legit - it's run by Turner Broadcasting (Time Warner) which is why you will find some systems notably absent (for example they have a lot of Sega stuff but no Nintendo). The selection of games for each platform also varies in quality. Aside from old Epyx games there are few of the top Commodore 64 classics represented.
Part of the problem is that there isn't a really good way to run some of those games. At least not 100% (see compatibility with DOSBox and many games). Some reengineering would probably need to be done.
I know the Slashdot crowd generally hates subscription services (except WoW of course), but if you want to try some old classics GameTap is pretty decent. The strategy game selection is really good with classics like:
Heroes of Might and Magic 1-4 Civilization 3 Age of Wonders 1-2 Tropico 1-2 Command and Conquer 1 and Red Alert Homeworld 1-2 Sid Meir's Gettysburg Caeser 3, Pharoah and Zeus SimCity 2000
They even have some ancient stuff, like well the Ancient Art of War series. Ultima 1-5 are included, but I would love to see at least 6,7 and the Worlds of Ultima series added. Early Sierra games (King's Quest 1-5) and Infocom (Zork, Planetfall etc.) are well represented.
I'm taking a break from MMOs for awhile so I thought I'd try the service. At $10 a month for the base cost it's pretty inexpensive. A word of warning though, you probably will run into problems with some of the games. I've had issues with Uplink (although the issue occurs if I download the demo, so it isn't GameTap's fault) and Lego Rock Raiders wouldn't run at all. The client occasionally craps out and you can't play if your Internet connection is down. And of course you aren't BUYING any games - it's really just a software rental service. From that perspective it's cheaper than renting a handful of games from Blockbuster. Cool bonuses include Space Ghost episodes with everyone from Richard Garriott (Lord British) to Steve Wozniak. Oh yeah and you get the Same & Max episodes included.
Hmmm. I'm still trying to locate the TV you say is somewhere here on my computer desk. Nope can't seem to find it. I've healed 10 man groups by myself - it's not as a simple as you suggest. For some reason I don't seem to have infinite mana.
Slashdot Mirror
Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
I usually pass the time by beaning the characters in the head with whatever objects are around.
I tried doing this in Dark Messiah of Might and Magic but you lose the game if you hurl things at your "friends".
We don't care about how you silly mainlanders play with your clocks.
Aloha!
Domestic tabby or Siberian tiger?
There was this guy and he went to the store and he said Wiii!
And the guy at the counter said pre-orders sold out Wiiii!
Yo, and then a kid wanted one for Christmas and he told Santa Wiiii!
And Nintendo was like OMG 4 million Wiiii!
Mario jumped up and said "No launch title for me! Wiii!"
When you're a kid and you wanna go "Wii".
But you ain't got a preorder yet!
You hold on for your life,
Hold on to your little nunchuka... in strife...
Well, right now I have about 40 windows open if you include IM and an mp3 player. This is probably a bit less than usual as I don't have any SSH sessions currently open. I do have 3 remote desktop sessions running, each with 2 or 3 additional windows running within them.
What if you like to play strategy games? Somehow I don't think Civilization 4 or Rise of Nations will make it to the Wii. The same goes for tons of other strategy games both old and new.
What if you want to play MMORPGS? MMORPGs are predominantly a PC experience currently. Sure there is Final Fantasy on the Xbox 360 or PS2 and WoW on Mac but the majority of them are Windows only.
IMHO as long as we're talking about something that has no other purpose but to flaunt in front of other players and say "Na-ha, look what I have!", there's no 'appropriate' price.
Never underestimate how far a WoW player will go just to have an item that allows them to go "Na-ha, look what I have!". There are faction grind fests that require repeating the same task 1000s of times just to a get a mount that looks slightly different from the normal ones, but conveys no other bonus.
This design is older then that individual.
Um, the current slashdot site is a redesign from earlier this year. Did you miss all the posts from CmdrTaco evaluating the various design submissions?
Yes you are absolutely correct. I completely forgot about that. It does appear to be more akin to the BSD license than the GPL.
Wallpaper with a cute Penguin on it.
You are correct, it's not GPL, it uses an Apple license called APL I believe (BSD derived). OSX does include GPL software, but these are applications that run on the OS - not parts of the OS. For example stuff like Apache and Samba being built in. Anyone can include GPL applications compiled to run on a closed source OS. Hell, Microsoft could bundle the Apache binary with Windows if they wanted, so long as they released any code changes they made to Apache.
Is it just me or do a lot of folks around here seem very confused as to exactly what the GPL says?
Then don't buy major label music.
Generally I don't. And I try to support bands that have gone the independant route. BUT what if for example, you like Weird Al. He's on a major label and has been able to make a living off it for many years. He has even let us know that he actually makes more money off a CD purchase than he does off of downloadble music (iTunes). Should you still not buy the album even though you know that the system is working well for him?
Personally I'd just as soon mail him a check directly but that wouldn't give me any legal entitlement to his music.
Actually in my first response I specifically asked you about songwriters. You made no response to initially suggest that you would treat them any differently. Would you? Why? The initial point was that copyright was outdated, why would you apply it to songwriters versus "recording artists"?
The majority of bands I listen to write their own music. At least in the world of rock music that's common. Even so, I still don't understand why a singer or musician shouldn't be paid for even a version of a song. Should only Bob Dylan receive money for Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower"? What Hendrix did with the song was amazing. Oh, but I guess he was just "playing other people's stuff".
I think if you take a look at the industry the real problem isn't musicians getting undeservedly rich, it's the old structure of the RIAA, the music labels, the producers, the promoters, the retailers, the lawyers, the lobbyists, MTV and radio - all of this shit infrastructure of a dinosaur industry which is rapidly becoming obsolete.
That's pretty awesome that the government has a page stating no conjugal visits. One wonders if it came about as a result of Office Space or if the question of conjugal visits has been frequently asked for longer.
"Why not support local musicians? Ya know, people you can actually see and talk to."
Why? Why, if I don't like the music they make? What do I care about seeing them and talking to them? How are they more worthy of my money versus someone who lives somewhere else in the world who's music I actually enjoy? I fail to understand why proximity should influence who I want to support.
I'm not supporting DRM or copyright restrictions, I am supporting paying for music I enjoy in hopes that more such music will be produced. Is that hard to understand? The point is that the songwriter as the source of future music I enjoy is not generic and replaceable.
I am in favor of direct payment, cutting out middle men and payment being optional. I have no problem with musicians needing to tour to make money (this is really how it currently works in terms of profits). I see no difference in buying music directly from the musician as I do from placing money in the hat of a street musician.
So if they are songwriters they aren't artists? They create creative works. Was J.S. Bach not an artist? Mozart?
You're right they don't have a divine right to be rich and famous. Most of the artists I listen to are not rich or famous. If they are lucky they make enough to live off of selling records and touring but that's probably the minority. If I'm going to pay anything for a song I'd rather it went to feed the musician in hopes that they can continue to produce more music I like and don't end up leaving the industry.
I certainly am not going to pay someone for just hosting a server full of mp3 files.
Agreed and most of the faces look like they are suffering from extremely uncomfortable constipation.
"Hopefully, I'll still have the choice of buying the boxed version and downloading the updates to install manually, otherwise I'll be choosing something else for Santa Claus to bring me."
Shouldn't be a problem. In addition to Steam, Take 2 has arrangements with Direct2Drive for online distribution as well. These are both in addition to purchasing the regular store bought version. You off the shelf Civ 4 won't become "Steamified" as far as I can tell. Mine certainly hasn't.
Earth's tilt! Plate movement! Greenhouse gasses! Changing weather systems! El Nino! El chupacabra! By God are you implying that global temperature is a complex system with no single cause for temperature fluctuation?
The issue is that Blizzard has certain encounters that pretty much require the use of decursive for the group to be able to complete it. If those are adjusted to a sane level along with the UI nerf, I have no problem at all with it.
Actually, I don't really care either way, I quit 9 months ago.
Cheers!
They just launched in Canada - although not all games are available there yet due to licensing reasons. The service is legit - it's run by Turner Broadcasting (Time Warner) which is why you will find some systems notably absent (for example they have a lot of Sega stuff but no Nintendo). The selection of games for each platform also varies in quality. Aside from old Epyx games there are few of the top Commodore 64 classics represented.
Part of the problem is that there isn't a really good way to run some of those games. At least not 100% (see compatibility with DOSBox and many games). Some reengineering would probably need to be done.
I know the Slashdot crowd generally hates subscription services (except WoW of course), but if you want to try some old classics GameTap is pretty decent. The strategy game selection is really good with classics like:
Heroes of Might and Magic 1-4
Civilization 3
Age of Wonders 1-2
Tropico 1-2
Command and Conquer 1 and Red Alert
Homeworld 1-2
Sid Meir's Gettysburg
Caeser 3, Pharoah and Zeus
SimCity 2000
They even have some ancient stuff, like well the Ancient Art of War series.
Ultima 1-5 are included, but I would love to see at least 6,7 and the Worlds of Ultima series added. Early Sierra games (King's Quest 1-5) and Infocom (Zork, Planetfall etc.) are well represented.
I'm taking a break from MMOs for awhile so I thought I'd try the service. At $10 a month for the base cost it's pretty inexpensive.
A word of warning though, you probably will run into problems with some of the games. I've had issues with Uplink (although the issue occurs if I download the demo, so it isn't GameTap's fault) and Lego Rock Raiders wouldn't run at all. The client occasionally craps out and you can't play if your Internet connection is down. And of course you aren't BUYING any games - it's really just a software rental service. From that perspective it's cheaper than renting a handful of games from Blockbuster.
Cool bonuses include Space Ghost episodes with everyone from Richard Garriott (Lord British) to Steve Wozniak. Oh yeah and you get the Same & Max episodes included.
For the next 3 hours you can get Civilization 4 DVD edition for $29.99 at gogamer.com.
Hmmm. I'm still trying to locate the TV you say is somewhere here on my computer desk. Nope can't seem to find it.
I've healed 10 man groups by myself - it's not as a simple as you suggest. For some reason I don't seem to have infinite mana.