To help slashdotters not have to RTFA! (from the whitepaper link) "Device vendors are also required to provide access to the source code of the GPL programs (see PLv2 ï½3, GPLv3 ï½6), including "the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable" [Footnotes 4, 6]. However, the GPLv2 does not require that installed executables must work, which enables a mechanism the Free Software Foundation calls "Tivoization."
"Tivoization," according to LinuxInfo.org, "refers to the configuring (by the manufacturer or vendor) of a digital electronic product that uses free software, so that the product will operate only with a specific version of such software." Technically, this means that a vendor of a product that uses GPL v2 programs could provide access to the source code, thus being compliant with the software license, but the product would be prevented from working if a modified version is installed, through the checking of the software image's signature."
[blockquote]But that's what your Republicans have insisted on lying to us about[/blockquote]
No, that's what YOU'VE insisted the "insane killers" have said, when they didn't.
Neither Bush or Cheney said Iraq was responsible for 9/11. That was the meme spread by Democrats to drum up anti-Republican support. (Not anti-war because the Democrats are all for staying in control of Iraq.. they just want to be the ones in charge).
How about even fewer gamers knew their 360 had HD graphics? "50 percent of gamers in the study knew the system [PS3] featured high-definition graphics, compared to the 30 percent of gamers who knew about the high-definition function of the 360."
What does this also say about Blu-Ray only being successful because of the PS3? Only 40% of the PS3 owners account for all the Blu-Ray discs sold? What happens when the other 60% figure it out?
This is pretty far down for a reply but I've got to post this...
My great grandmother passed down an old photograph book containing postcards she had received (we're talking circa 1900's) to my grandmother who, in turn, passed it to my mother who, in turn, was about to throw it in the garbage when I intercepted it (Being the family geek/tech/now digital archivist)
They were 1 cent postcards containing one or two sentence messages addressed from my grandmother and her sisters to family relations the next state over.
Or so I thought... the messages were your standard high-school girl talk along the lines of "I went out to the after-game dance with so and so last night, looking forward to seeing you this weekend." From the postcards it seemed like they saw each other every week. Not a big deal until you consider that transportation consisted of horse, buggy and train so no family was going to make a weekly journey by train unless they were rich (whoo-hoo!) Until I remembered that my family wasn't (D'oh!)
A little more research and I realized they weren't in different states, they were in neighboring towns (long since absorbed into greater cities), no phones were arount yet so I was looking at the early 20th century equivalent of...
text messaging.
And my great-grandmother, in her nostalgia, had collected all the messages they had received from her sisters and cousins and saved them in this album.
Kind of unfortunate that we won't be able to keep the same for our great grandkids (and thus omg! cnt w8 2cu 2nit @ cncrt! lol! will be lost to the centuries...)
While I'm not THAT concerned about rumble in PS/3 games I am concerned about it in my old PS/2 games.
If the Sixaxis isn't backwards compatible with the PS/2 emulation (both hardware and software) that would be BAD.
And while we're on the subject, Sony, take a cue from Microsoft and make external battery packs for the Sixaxis. You're SONY for cryin' out loud. You already manufacture battery packs for your various cameras and walkmen! Think of the extra sales of charges and batteries (hard core gamers will buy TWO batteries so they can immediately swap out in the middle of a gaming session when a battery dies instead of trying to find the USB cable to tether their WIRELESS joystick to the base unit...)
Like driver's insurance, it "solves" the problem by saving the government money. (in expensive accidents with uninsured motorists, the government would inevitably have to pick up the bill. Forcing everybody to have driver's insurance "solves" the problem) So long as everyone has insurance, the government doesn't need to support a large medicaid service and can point their finger back to the insurance provider.
Okay, first -- it's not a "broken" system. I know that's the pervasive view of thought du jour but it's NOT. I've got several friends going through various stages of issues/diseases/cancer and several different income levels, one without insurance and all are getting excellent treatment and aren't being financially ruined.
Are there problems with the system? Sure. But there are problems in the socialized systems as well of people not getting healthcare either due to rationing. Do we say those systems are "broken"?
Second, collective bargaining isn't a panacea to medical issues. Sure if the country buys one million flu shots in one batch to the lowest bidder you're going to get a better price deal. But the reality is that FEWER companies now produce flu shots so the price gets locked down to whatever those one or two companies can give. If THEY collectively join forces and set the price, well that's that for price trade.
The major problem with socialized medicine is that it takes control/responsibility of my medical life out of MY hands and puts it in control of the government. It's amazing that slashdotters will rally about private information being used by credit bureaus and how the government is big brother looking in on internet browsing sessions but when it comes to medical information, oh hey, let the government do it they can be trusted.
To paraphrase Franklin - "Those who would sacrifice liberty for [medical] security deserve neither"
The HD DVD camp has been lobbying the commission to draw attention to Blu-ray's tactics in the movie capital in a bid to force more studios to put their product on HD DVD, according to people familiar with the situation. One issue the Commission has raised with some studios is statements made at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas about the exclusivity of studios to Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
The European Commission launched a broad inquiry into the competing formats a year ago. The commission said at the time that it had sent a letter to Blu-ray and HD to request information about their licensing practices. However, the commission's recent letter to the studios signals a shift in focus to the studios and possibly Blu-ray specifically.
If it's so "basic" to the brain then why is it the exception in human society and not the rule?
Sure you've got the basic need as a parent to provide for the family and to others of your pack/tribe. But "altruism" in its known sense as just giving to somebody you don't even know? If it's so "basic" we'd all be in the homeless kitchens in Thanksgiving (in the US) instead of at home.
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It's an important discussion to be sure. Is Bioshock art?
Definitely it has fantastic "art". But then books have beautiful covers... but we don't judge the books on that basis...usually.
More importantly though, he didn't finish the game. Barely played a few hours.
Is that the test of art? To sit somebody down in front of a quicktime trailer and make a judgement of a movie from the first 5 minutes?
ink jet cartridges...
Oh wait... who am I kidding...
Another "subculture" that many here would enjoy would be the restricting of Fox News from hitting their TVs...
That's my point. There are more (and better) games on the 360 NOW... and still the PS3 is keeping pace.
To help slashdotters not have to RTFA!
(from the whitepaper link)
"Device vendors are also required to provide access to the source code of the GPL programs (see PLv2 ï½3, GPLv3 ï½6), including "the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable" [Footnotes 4, 6]. However, the GPLv2 does not require that installed executables must work, which enables a mechanism the Free Software Foundation calls "Tivoization."
"Tivoization," according to LinuxInfo.org, "refers to the configuring (by the manufacturer or vendor) of a digital electronic product that uses free software, so that the product will operate only with a specific version of such software." Technically, this means that a vendor of a product that uses GPL v2 programs could provide access to the source code, thus being compliant with the software license, but the product would be prevented from working if a modified version is installed, through the checking of the software image's signature."
The PS3 is nearly even in sales with the more established XBox360 and has 0 must-have exclusive hit titles.
I've got both and when I see my XBox360 I think: Bioshock, Geometry Wars (@#W(!!! I will get the survive million achievement), and soon Halo 3.
I see my PS3 and think... Blu-Ray...
And it still sells nearly as many units as an XBox360? Any company would kill for that.
Yeah, that's mature...
Cheney was suggesting (and still does) that there was an Iraq/Al-Quaeda link. Not that Hussein was responsible for 9/11.
That's still YOUR meme.
[blockquote]But that's what your Republicans have insisted on lying to us about[/blockquote]
No, that's what YOU'VE insisted the "insane killers" have said, when they didn't.
Neither Bush or Cheney said Iraq was responsible for 9/11. That was the meme spread by Democrats to drum up anti-Republican support. (Not anti-war because the Democrats are all for staying in control of Iraq.. they just want to be the ones in charge).
And you're so deluded by your anger and hate that you think going into Iraq was revenge for 9/11/2001. It wasn't.
All things considered not too bad.
And given the choices, I'd do it again.
How about even fewer gamers knew their 360 had HD graphics?
"50 percent of gamers in the study knew the system [PS3] featured high-definition graphics, compared to the 30 percent of gamers who knew about the high-definition function of the 360."
What does this also say about Blu-Ray only being successful because of the PS3? Only 40% of the PS3 owners account for all the Blu-Ray discs sold? What happens when the other 60% figure it out?
When you pop Pringles you get chips... not cookies.
Like building structural redundancy into the bridge to begin with?
Guns of destruction are bad.
But the kid in me says...
SA-WEEET!!!!!!
Choose your own adventure books are not, nor ever will be, "High art" because the "player" controls the outcome.
This is pretty far down for a reply but I've got to post this...
My great grandmother passed down an old photograph book containing postcards she had received (we're talking circa 1900's) to my grandmother who, in turn, passed it to my mother who, in turn, was about to throw it in the garbage when I intercepted it (Being the family geek/tech/now digital archivist)
They were 1 cent postcards containing one or two sentence messages addressed from my grandmother and her sisters to family relations the next state over.
Or so I thought... the messages were your standard high-school girl talk along the lines of "I went out to the after-game dance with so and so last night, looking forward to seeing you this weekend." From the postcards it seemed like they saw each other every week. Not a big deal until you consider that transportation consisted of horse, buggy and train so no family was going to make a weekly journey by train unless they were rich (whoo-hoo!) Until I remembered that my family wasn't (D'oh!)
A little more research and I realized they weren't in different states, they were in neighboring towns (long since absorbed into greater cities), no phones were arount yet so I was looking at the early 20th century equivalent of...
text messaging.
And my great-grandmother, in her nostalgia, had collected all the messages they had received from her sisters and cousins and saved them in this album.
Kind of unfortunate that we won't be able to keep the same for our great grandkids (and thus omg! cnt w8 2cu 2nit @ cncrt! lol! will be lost to the centuries...)
I wasn't going to go there but the joke did cross my mind... :)
While I'm not THAT concerned about rumble in PS/3 games I am concerned about it in my old PS/2 games.
If the Sixaxis isn't backwards compatible with the PS/2 emulation (both hardware and software) that would be BAD.
And while we're on the subject, Sony, take a cue from Microsoft and make external battery packs for the Sixaxis. You're SONY for cryin' out loud. You already manufacture battery packs for your various cameras and walkmen! Think of the extra sales of charges and batteries (hard core gamers will buy TWO batteries so they can immediately swap out in the middle of a gaming session when a battery dies instead of trying to find the USB cable to tether their WIRELESS joystick to the base unit...)
And backlit buttons would be kinda cool...
And a million dollars...
Like driver's insurance, it "solves" the problem by saving the government money. (in expensive accidents with uninsured motorists, the government would inevitably have to pick up the bill. Forcing everybody to have driver's insurance "solves" the problem) So long as everyone has insurance, the government doesn't need to support a large medicaid service and can point their finger back to the insurance provider.
Okay, first -- it's not a "broken" system. I know that's the pervasive view of thought du jour but it's NOT. I've got several friends going through various stages of issues/diseases/cancer and several different income levels, one without insurance and all are getting excellent treatment and aren't being financially ruined.
Are there problems with the system? Sure. But there are problems in the socialized systems as well of people not getting healthcare either due to rationing. Do we say those systems are "broken"?
Second, collective bargaining isn't a panacea to medical issues. Sure if the country buys one million flu shots in one batch to the lowest bidder you're going to get a better price deal. But the reality is that FEWER companies now produce flu shots so the price gets locked down to whatever those one or two companies can give. If THEY collectively join forces and set the price, well that's that for price trade.
The major problem with socialized medicine is that it takes control/responsibility of my medical life out of MY hands and puts it in control of the government. It's amazing that slashdotters will rally about private information being used by credit bureaus and how the government is big brother looking in on internet browsing sessions but when it comes to medical information, oh hey, let the government do it they can be trusted.
To paraphrase Franklin - "Those who would sacrifice liberty for [medical] security deserve neither"
Well if they want THAT, then why don't they fund HD-DVD or Blu-Ray or even a third party format using your tax dollars?
That way your guaranteed choice, citizen!
Dummy, what do you think they were basing the technology for the space elevator on!?
:)
The same technology they used on the extension cord they dropped from the station and had plugged into the reactor at NASA in Houston.
Gosh, if Slashdotters would just RTFA's they'd have known this years ago!
If it's so "basic" to the brain then why is it the exception in human society and not the rule?
Sure you've got the basic need as a parent to provide for the family and to others of your pack/tribe. But "altruism" in its known sense as just giving to somebody you don't even know? If it's so "basic" we'd all be in the homeless kitchens in Thanksgiving (in the US) instead of at home.