MEEPT!! and Daryll Strauss's comments on the "Ask slashdot" about 3d under Linux definitely come to mind. If labelling people can automate the same thing human moderators would be doing anyway, it's definitely a Good Thing. For one thing, it takes effect faster than human moderators. Also, I'm sure SOME of us have things to do besides comb through all the comments to adjust their score...:)
If a whole bunch of people reading a comment in reputation + score mode find its score to be too high and moderate it down, people who come along and read the comments in score - reputation mode will see a set of scores that just isn't really that useful (they will tell you how the comments you're reading compare to other comments made by the same people -- who cares?). I think having multiple scoring "modes" in general would be a bad idea for just this reason.
OK... if I understand the system correctly, your initial moderation value doesn't help you at all for future initial moderation values, even if that initial value is +3 or +4. So, let's say you had a +3. As someone posted earlier, moderators would be reluctant to moderate you up further because you already have such a high score. If that is the case, your initial value would remain constant if the quality of your posts remained constant under the current system, because you would not be gaining any extra points. If, however, an average is used, your initial moderation value would go DOWN just from making more posts that are as good as the ones you've always made. This is because you still wouldn't gain any extra points, but the number of posts it's averaged over is higher.
Your system might work if the points awarded just for posting were included in the calculation. Then the initial value would just be an average of all the other posts you've ever made (not a bad idea, IMHO).
I don't really know what kinds of differences you're talking about with control and playability, but from what I've heard/read, there will be no difference in mods.
I was not trying to knock Sun's license. I was just saying that while some people might contribute bug fixes, there will not be as many people as there are doing the same thing for gnu/linux (I don't normally say "gnu/linux" but I want to make it clear I'm referring to a full OS, not a kernel).
You are certainly right: Solaris will not get anywhere NEAR the kind of community development that Linux, etc. gets. You have to admire the direction they're taking, though.
But you have a point. Sun might be better off not trying to handle the distribution themselves. Maybe they could allow cheapbytes to distribute gratis Solaris as well? (I've never personally dealt with them, so I don't know for sure if they'd be any better...)
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MEEPT!! and Daryll Strauss's comments on the "Ask slashdot" about 3d under Linux definitely come to mind. If labelling people can automate the same thing human moderators would be doing anyway, it's definitely a Good Thing. For one thing, it takes effect faster than human moderators. Also, I'm sure SOME of us have things to do besides comb through all the comments to adjust their score... :)
If a whole bunch of people reading a comment in reputation + score mode find its score to be too high and moderate it down, people who come along and read the comments in score - reputation mode will see a set of scores that just isn't really that useful (they will tell you how the comments you're reading compare to other comments made by the same people -- who cares?). I think having multiple scoring "modes" in general would be a bad idea for just this reason.
OK... if I understand the system correctly, your initial moderation value doesn't help you at all for future initial moderation values, even if that initial value is +3 or +4. So, let's say you had a +3. As someone posted earlier, moderators would be reluctant to moderate you up further because you already have such a high score. If that is the case, your initial value would remain constant if the quality of your posts remained constant under the current system, because you would not be gaining any extra points. If, however, an average is used, your initial moderation value would go DOWN just from making more posts that are as good as the ones you've always made. This is because you still wouldn't gain any extra points, but the number of posts it's averaged over is higher.
Your system might work if the points awarded just for posting were included in the calculation. Then the initial value would just be an average of all the other posts you've ever made (not a bad idea, IMHO).
The terms of the GPL already pretty much prevent MS from ever using any of the code.
I don't really know what kinds of differences you're talking about with control and playability, but from what I've heard/read, there will be no difference in mods.
How is the G200 for 3d? If it's good, I think I'll buy one, since Matrox has released ALL specs for it...
I was not trying to knock Sun's license. I was just saying that while some people might contribute bug fixes, there will not be as many people as there are doing the same thing for gnu/linux (I don't normally say "gnu/linux" but I want to make it clear I'm referring to a full OS, not a kernel).
You are certainly right: Solaris will not get anywhere NEAR the kind of community development that Linux, etc. gets. You have to admire the direction they're taking, though.
I got mine rather promptly...
But you have a point. Sun might be better off not trying to handle the distribution themselves. Maybe they could allow cheapbytes to distribute gratis Solaris as well? (I've never personally dealt with them, so I don't know for sure if they'd be any better...)