It's not so much that the 90s are too close, as that the stuff that they've chosen seems to be almost entirely hip-hop and related genres. I guess I'm gonna be turning off the soundtrack and replacing it with my own 90s selection.
Or maybe it's just rumor, and there will actually be a 90s electronica radio channel. I can hope.
OpenGL/ES has nothing to do with OpenGL? What kind of retard are you? It says right on the OpenGL/ES page on Khronos's web site that it's a set of subset profiles of OpenGL that are accelerated in hardware.
As for the patents, do try to pay attention: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/01/1 6/sgi_transf ers_3d_graphics_patents/
In addition to the already posted reasons why you're wrong, there's nothing to stop you from including the necessary libraries with your Perl software in some lib directory, and making your software adjust the @INC variable to look there first.
It's all because the dollar is so strong, thus other nations' economies tend to grow by seeking as many dollars as possible.
Except that the dollar is incredibly *weak* against the Euro and other currencies right now. There are 1.81 dollars to the British pound today; it was 1.42 in 2001. You'd have to go back to the 80s to find a dollar worth less. Similarly, we've gone from a Euro buying 0.9 dollars, to a Euro buying 1.2 dollars.
In fact, the dollar is so weak, OPEC are considering switching to pricing oil in Euro.
The other advantage of open source is you can look at what the code's like, and make a rapid and informed decision about how reliable the software will be, without having to spend weeks evaluating and testing.
I've downloaded open source software, taken one look at the source, and rm -rfed it.
I guess that exclusive deal getting Oddworld purchased by the Glukkons didn't work out as well as you hoped, did it?
Oh, sure, we all told you when you get in bed with Microsoft, you have to make sure you use plenty of lube... but you were sure they'd give you the backing you needed to fulfil your vision. So you agreed to kill off the PS2 version of Munch's Oddysee and hype up the Xbox, piss off most of your series' ardent fans, and ship for Xbox only.
And then the few people who had an Xbox didn't buy the game (too busy with FPSs), and Microsoft dropped you faster than a Windows box blue screening.
You don't directly see the royalties for your work because you aren't the creator...
Wrong. I work solo, I build the entire system and write all the code.
They foot the bill for the expenses and divvy out the income as "salary"
Record companies pay up front for albums to be recorded. And companies don't generally divvy out the income as "salary"; if the company makes $10 billion using my software, guess how much of that I see? The same as if they make $0.
Solo developers don't get a salary..and probably expect to be paid directly for their work
They can expect what they like; I was just explaining why many people don't think they should get it in perpetuity.
Right, but just because someone might choose to try and fund their lifestyle via business model X, that doesn't mean that (a) they have any moral right to be able to do so, or (b) I have any moral obligation to help them do so.
I mean, I'd like to pay the rent by being paid for the CO2 I exhale. That doesn't mean the world is suddenly obligated to pay me for my CO2, though.
I tried to watch something at their stupid site. It made me sit through a fscking ad, and then *didn't play anything*. Last time I go back there... someone should sue them for bait-and-switch too.
It's not so much the number of games, as the type. I suspect Sony will go for older gamers, the way the PS1 did when the NES was the market leader.
I have a GBA, and there are some great games, but 90% of what's out there seems to be targeted at 8-14 year olds. Nintendo has pretty much ignored the adult market on the GBA, and if they do the same with the DS it may prove a costly mistake.
If that's what you want, you're better off getting a VIA EPIA Mini-ITX system. 1GHz is plenty of speed, there are open source drivers for everything, it runs on less than 10W of power, and you can run it fanless.
Well, 1984 and A Clockwork Orange are both excellent, and should be required reading... but I think the relevant text in this case is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the third member of the utopian/dystopian triumvirate.
I really do not understand the mania on Slashdot for not paying for intangibles.
Let me clue you in, then. Most of us spend the majority of our time creating intangibles, and we don't see a penny when they're copied or used, because we're salaried workers.
I must admit, I have an increasingly hard time seeing the moral argument for copyright royalties. I don't see a penny in royalties or per-copy fees for any of the intangibles I create, so why should anyone else?
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/07/10/microsoft_ stakes_ip_claims/
And remember, Microsoft can change its licensing terms any time it feels like it.
It's not so much that the 90s are too close, as that the stuff that they've chosen seems to be almost entirely hip-hop and related genres. I guess I'm gonna be turning off the soundtrack and replacing it with my own 90s selection.
Or maybe it's just rumor, and there will actually be a 90s electronica radio channel. I can hope.
The PS2 CPU may only be 300MHz, but it has 6 other processors.
OpenGL/ES has nothing to do with OpenGL? What kind of retard are you? It says right on the OpenGL/ES page on Khronos's web site that it's a set of subset profiles of OpenGL that are accelerated in hardware.
1 6/sgi_transf ers_3d_graphics_patents/
As for the patents, do try to pay attention:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/01/
It was covered on Slashdot at the time also.
Remember, Microsoft owns the patents covering OpenGL, which they bought from SGI.
So, how long before this initiative is buried under a mountain of patent litigation, or the licensing fees are jacked up to make XNA cheaper?
Or "Ratchet and Clank", for that matter.
In addition to the already posted reasons why you're wrong, there's nothing to stop you from including the necessary libraries with your Perl software in some lib directory, and making your software adjust the @INC variable to look there first.
Except that the dollar is incredibly *weak* against the Euro and other currencies right now. There are 1.81 dollars to the British pound today; it was 1.42 in 2001. You'd have to go back to the 80s to find a dollar worth less. Similarly, we've gone from a Euro buying 0.9 dollars, to a Euro buying 1.2 dollars.
In fact, the dollar is so weak, OPEC are considering switching to pricing oil in Euro.
Why the hell *do* Americans insist on pronouncing "soldering" without the 'l', anyway?
The other advantage of open source is you can look at what the code's like, and make a rapid and informed decision about how reliable the software will be, without having to spend weeks evaluating and testing.
I've downloaded open source software, taken one look at the source, and rm -rfed it.
Now we just need a checkbox for "Make site actual legal HTML".
Well, at least Slashdot doesn't have rampant, uncontrolled and unaccountable censorship in discussion threads. On FARK, it's
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Gosh, Lorne, back on PS2 now are we?
I guess that exclusive deal getting Oddworld purchased by the Glukkons didn't work out as well as you hoped, did it?
Oh, sure, we all told you when you get in bed with Microsoft, you have to make sure you use plenty of lube... but you were sure they'd give you the backing you needed to fulfil your vision. So you agreed to kill off the PS2 version of Munch's Oddysee and hype up the Xbox, piss off most of your series' ardent fans, and ship for Xbox only.
And then the few people who had an Xbox didn't buy the game (too busy with FPSs), and Microsoft dropped you faster than a Windows box blue screening.
Karma's a bitch, eh?
They owned the console market too. Now look at them.
Wrong. I work solo, I build the entire system and write all the code.
Record companies pay up front for albums to be recorded. And companies don't generally divvy out the income as "salary"; if the company makes $10 billion using my software, guess how much of that I see? The same as if they make $0.
They can expect what they like; I was just explaining why many people don't think they should get it in perpetuity.
Right, but just because someone might choose to try and fund their lifestyle via business model X, that doesn't mean that (a) they have any moral right to be able to do so, or (b) I have any moral obligation to help them do so.
I mean, I'd like to pay the rent by being paid for the CO2 I exhale. That doesn't mean the world is suddenly obligated to pay me for my CO2, though.
I just used Froogle to find a cheap but fairly reputable looking place, and paid with AmEx so I'd get purchase protection.
I would have said NewEgg, but they stopped stocking Mini-ITX for some reason.
I tried to watch something at their stupid site. It made me sit through a fscking ad, and then *didn't play anything*. Last time I go back there... someone should sue them for bait-and-switch too.
It's not so much the number of games, as the type. I suspect Sony will go for older gamers, the way the PS1 did when the NES was the market leader.
I have a GBA, and there are some great games, but 90% of what's out there seems to be targeted at 8-14 year olds. Nintendo has pretty much ignored the adult market on the GBA, and if they do the same with the DS it may prove a costly mistake.
If that's what you want, you're better off getting a VIA EPIA Mini-ITX system. 1GHz is plenty of speed, there are open source drivers for everything, it runs on less than 10W of power, and you can run it fanless.
(Been there, done that.)
He's an ex-alcoholic, he was saved by Jesus... he really did choke on a pretzel... oh, wait, you meant...
Given some people's romantic choices, being vaccinated against love might not be such a bad idea.
Well, 1984 and A Clockwork Orange are both excellent, and should be required reading... but I think the relevant text in this case is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the third member of the utopian/dystopian triumvirate.
Actually, the US government already has mandatory vaccinations. It may not force them on US citizens, but it still has them.
Let me clue you in, then. Most of us spend the majority of our time creating intangibles, and we don't see a penny when they're copied or used, because we're salaried workers.
I must admit, I have an increasingly hard time seeing the moral argument for copyright royalties. I don't see a penny in royalties or per-copy fees for any of the intangibles I create, so why should anyone else?