I've played D&D, AD&D, 2nd Edition, and 3rd Edition. Months-long campaigns in all of them.
You know what? 3E is my favorite. So your point of view is just that.
I skipped 3.5E, as it was obvious that it wasn't going to be the end of the line. I'm not interested in buying any more paper books, I want the whole thing on my laptop. If 4E won't give me the rules on my Mac, I'll stick to D20 SRD under the OGL.
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...as opposed to Pages, which saves files it its own weird native format by default. If Pages used (or at least supported) ODT, I'd have bought it already. In it's current form, it's every bit as closed as Word but with maybe 2% the market share. Why oh why?
The Pages file format is an open documented XML format. No license needed to read and implement the spec.
I'd certainly like to see Pages read/write ODF, but in the mean time...
I always wondered how it happened that in the USA the phone customers get so much more screwed than in any other place I know and seem uninformed about it
How the USA ended up with CDMA and a non-standard GSM frequency:
When the spectrum was being allocated, Europe chose GSM and standardized it. Qualcomm approached the US government and said "Hey! You can't allow some European technology to take over when there is better US technology available! (Which incidentally we have patents on, *cough*)"
The US government agreed, and allocated the standard GSM frequencies to CDMA instead.
Then it turned out that CDMA wasn't better after all, and dual-frequency handsets were developed so GSM could be used in the USA anyway. And GSM eventually won (note Verizon are switching for their next generation network), but US cell phone users went through a lot of pain in the intervening decades.
The LSB was put together by a bunch of companies who deliberately excluded Debian, so it's no surprise it pushes RPM support. But since RedHat still can't seem to get the bugs out of RPM (I last had a hopelessly corrupt RPM database earlier this year), frankly it's RedHat and Novell that ought to be thinking about switching.
If Ubuntu switches to RPM, I'll switch back to Debian.
As for Java, it still doesn't have the direct runable-ness of an exe that.Net does that Windows users are used to.
And whose fault is that?
Answer: Microsoft, for not including a JRE in Windows. Apple has a JRE, you can just directly run a.jar executable. It could be that way on Windows if Microsoft wasn't hell-bent to destroy Java.
(Also, I don't have a.NET runtime on any of my computers, and.NET exes are totally unrunnable on all of them, including the Windows ones.)
If you receive a program with public domain code in it, you can do what you want with it.
Wrong. If I take a chunk of public domain code, incorporate it into my code, and release the result under a proprietary license, you do not have the right to do what you want with the result and ignore the license.
I'd rather spend ten bucks on a pair of sneakers made by child labor at WalMart than a pair of Nikes made by child labor at some high priced mall store.
I'm looking at early 2008 as when I might consider getting a PS3. As well as MGS 4, there should be GTA IV turning up then.
Also, Sony has announced that they aren't going to ship rumble-enabled controllers with the US PS3 until next year, which basically amounts to them saying they don't want me to buy one this year.
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I've played D&D, AD&D, 2nd Edition, and 3rd Edition. Months-long campaigns in all of them.
You know what? 3E is my favorite. So your point of view is just that.
I skipped 3.5E, as it was obvious that it wasn't going to be the end of the line. I'm not interested in buying any more paper books, I want the whole thing on my laptop. If 4E won't give me the rules on my Mac, I'll stick to D20 SRD under the OGL.
The Pages file format is an open documented XML format. No license needed to read and implement the spec.
I'd certainly like to see Pages read/write ODF, but in the mean time...
How the USA ended up with CDMA and a non-standard GSM frequency:
When the spectrum was being allocated, Europe chose GSM and standardized it. Qualcomm approached the US government and said "Hey! You can't allow some European technology to take over when there is better US technology available! (Which incidentally we have patents on, *cough*)"
The US government agreed, and allocated the standard GSM frequencies to CDMA instead.
Then it turned out that CDMA wasn't better after all, and dual-frequency handsets were developed so GSM could be used in the USA anyway. And GSM eventually won (note Verizon are switching for their next generation network), but US cell phone users went through a lot of pain in the intervening decades.
(Opinions mine, not IBM's.)
Sorry, but you fail. I don't give a crap about Japan; I want to continue buying and watching UK movies and TV shows.
And what makes you think that region codes disappear after a year? [citation needed]
One year into DVD's life I got a Pioneer player and trivially hacked it for multi-region play.
So, I repeat my question. Where do I buy a multi-region Blu-ray player, or one trivially hackable to be multi-region?
Where can I get an affordable multi-region Blu-ray player?
Just a couple of facts:
IBM has more employees working on Linux than RedHat has employees total.
IBM sells billions of dollars of Linux software every year, an order of magnitude more than RedHat.
[Opinions mine, not IBM's.]
The LSB was put together by a bunch of companies who deliberately excluded Debian, so it's no surprise it pushes RPM support. But since RedHat still can't seem to get the bugs out of RPM (I last had a hopelessly corrupt RPM database earlier this year), frankly it's RedHat and Novell that ought to be thinking about switching.
If Ubuntu switches to RPM, I'll switch back to Debian.
Let me know when I can get a region-free Blu-ray player for under $300.
And as a shareholder, I'm investing in you based on the promise that you will make money for me. Therefore I should be able to watch you. Sound fair?
Habeas corpus? How quaint.
CPs? Is this some jargon term used by enthusiasts?
...it had better give me a happy ending.
And whose fault is that?
Answer: Microsoft, for not including a JRE in Windows. Apple has a JRE, you can just directly run a
(Also, I don't have a
I'll believe it when there's at least 1 site offering to sell me legal DRM-free TV and movie downloads.
If you know of one, please let me know. I'd buy content if they'd sell it.
Blu-ray has region coding. To me, that's a compelling reason to want HD-DVD to win.
Wrong. If I take a chunk of public domain code, incorporate it into my code, and release the result under a proprietary license, you do not have the right to do what you want with the result and ignore the license.
Firefox is not written in Objective-C. Neither is the shell.
So no, your crashes have nothing to do with Objectice-C 2.0.
Personally, I've had no significant issues with Leopard.
Does this mean Larry and Sergei will be getting rid of their personal Boeing 757, Boeing 767 and helicopter?
Or is the commitment to green living only PR deep?
Plus, they're stored on the card too.
A cloned chimp would be a different individual from an electoral point of view, right?
Now that's what I call a false dichotomy!
Tell that to modem and network hardware manufacturers.
Why would you want to measure your file in base 10 units? So you can tell how long it will take to upload/download.
What we need is for hackers to spend some time modding the Veggie Tales games, or Bible Adventure...
I'm looking at early 2008 as when I might consider getting a PS3. As well as MGS 4, there should be GTA IV turning up then.
Also, Sony has announced that they aren't going to ship rumble-enabled controllers with the US PS3 until next year, which basically amounts to them saying they don't want me to buy one this year.