1. We can steal code! 2. We can steal ideas! 3. We can steal design! 4. We can release a version that doesn't turn off noobies! 5. We can make a proprietary competitor and wipe the original FOSS off the map with our hegemony! 6. We can put out a press release about how we invented something again! 7. We can steal code!
I REALLY FUCKING HATE when people try to ban ANY speech. Freedom of speech is THE cornerstone to democracy. That being said, let's hope all the
crackers, jews, niggers, spics, fags, dikes, micks, guaps, and camel jockeys that live in the EU can see the horrible fallacy in banning any kind of speech as nothing short of authoritarianism, and a return to Nazi days.
Maybe all of you miss old Adolf after all? Maybe us Americans should've let him run the place a bit longer so you wouldn't try and pull this retarded crap.
The whole game market is fragmented and sucking. Innovation over the last decade: San Andreas?
Eight platforms (Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii, Windows, DS, PSP), and each one has about two good games. And those "good" games are just serial improvements of games from the previous generation.
It's a wonder anybody spends any money at all on games these days. Maybe if we had a truly good and cross platform computer gaming infrastructure (OpenGL on steroids?), there would at least be a market for computer games, and maybe independent publishers could start publishing FUN games again, rather than BORING sequels.
Hey one reasonable response out of 3. Not bad by/. standards.
"And some of them, very few, do not add sulfites after fermentation to preserve their wines. They are hoping that very careful vinification will protect their wine from bacterial contamination, and the proper preservative balance of alcohol, acidity and tannin will allow their wine to last a few years without oxidizing; they believe the lack of sulfites gives their wines a freshness and purity that is missing from other wines. (Note that this approach is pretty much only possible with dry red wines--dry so that ambient yeasts would not cause refermentation, and red because tannin is needed to stave off oxidation.)....."
was exactly what I was talking about. A friend of mine was fired from a vineyard for exposing exactly this practice. Sulfites are primarily added to lesser wines. So, though you are far more informed than I am on this topic, my original point seems to be corroborated by the facts, even as you present them. A truly good wine would not add them because it would be made in a clean environment avoiding bacteria.
As for white wine: Who actually drinks that noxious crap?
Heart disease, cancer, and obesity are on the rise, or already at all time highs. Last I checked those were three of the main killers in this country.
For those other critics who wanted some numbers:
American Heart Association estimates for the year 2004 that 79,400,000 Americans have one or more forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD). So 80 million of 300 million of us have heart disease. That's about a quarter of us, or one in four.
From a Harvard study: Obesity is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, causing some 2.6 million deaths worldwide each year.....In 2002, the corrected prevalence of obesity in the U.S. population was 28.7% for adult men and 34.5% for adult women, more than 50% higher than previously estimated. So one in three of us is obese and will die sooner (probably) as a result of that.
From the Cancer cure foundation: Over much of the 1990s, deaths from cancer declined slightly in the US, but the number of Americans diagnosed with certain cancers--including breast, skin and liver cancer--inched up. So less people are DYING of cancer, but more people are being diagnosed with it, and probably living shorter life spans.
From a report issued by the Center for Disease Control: Cancer is the second leading cause of death among Americans. One of every four deaths in the US is due to cancer. In 2006, about 1.4 million Americans will receive a new diagnosis of invasive cancer, and 564,830 Americans will die of this disease. These estimates do not include the more than 1 million cases of.... skin cancers expected to be diagnosed this year.
So, yeah, I think public health has diminished and PEOPLE ARE DYING because the FDA is not protecting them from carcinogens in the food, and other toxins that lead to heart disease.
And if you see it any other way, I'm sorry, but you are STILL a complete and utter moron with no knowledge about the topic.
Find me a decent MAJOR wine label that doesn't say in bold "CONTAINS SULFIDES". And yes, I know wine naturally contains sulfides, but I don't think that the labeled bottles are indicating that.
The quality of food and drink in the US has been going steadily down since, well since forever. There are more chemicals (MSG, Aspertame, Preservatives), cheap semi-toxic fillers (Any partially hydrogenated oil), and re-used byproducts in our food than there has ever been. The FDA is basically a rubber stamp for a few corporations who prey on the masses inability to find food sources that are anything but super convenient.
Consequently, there has also been a rise in Cancer, in Obesity, in every type of human health problem that we know of.
And consequently there is a huge movement and desire among consumers to have organic foods available.
The sad reality of the situation is that THE NUMBERS ARE IN. And these corporations are quickly and efficiently KILLING US ALL. The FDA should already KNOW that, and should already ban pretty much every product on the shelves in favor of a healthy, more natural alternative. But we know longer live in a democracy, or maybe never did, so the FDA doesn't actually work for the American people anymore, but AGAINST us.
If you see it any other way, I'm sorry, but you are a complete and utter moron with no knowledge about the topic.
Seriously. The hegemony that MS is rapidly losing thanks to an awful DRM laden release of an OS could easily be fully expunged by some better games for Linux/Mac.
If I could get a full screen game that was worth playing and I could alt+ctrl+arrow to the left or right out of bringing instant mute and no more CPU load, well, that would be nice for my work environment?
The MS killer is here:
OpenGL and an improved Ubuntu/Beryl. And some really great games for that setup.
Imagine just ONE really great game that played better on Linux than Windows. Besides Urban Terror.
This is/. I'm not going to be impressed until he has them all synced up into one contiguous cockpit in some flight sim.
On a serious note though, he would probably sell more computers (eventually) if he DID switch a majority of his machines over to Ubuntu.
A. They'd be cheaper. B. They'd work better. C. They could have Beryl eye candy.
I mean, those 3 things are enough to easily make a Feisty machine sell more than a windows machine for 90% of the users out there who don't REALLY need DirectX.
Would you consider Ghandi, Martin Luther (the OG, or the King), Jesus, or any of the historical freedom fighters that brought the masses to bear against tyranny as "rude".
Are you a complete and total fucking idiot?
That question is rhetorical, by the way, but since I am assuming you are an idiot by your own statements, I'm going to tell you it's rhetorical since I already know you're an idiot.
Just wanted to add some circular logic to my post so you can realize what an idiot you are defending this principle.
OK, maybe that's a gross exaggeration, but seriously, can I just get a good game or two? The only thing keeping me off of Linux was a lack of good games, but then I realized there weren't really good games out for Xbox, PS3, or Windows, either, so......
I mean, is there a single game out that is better than the old Nintendo games in emulation? You give me a game as fun as Mario Kart 64, and I'll consider buying it, a console, and 4+ controllers.
Till then, my friends and I will keep playing Mario Kart and Urban Terror like we do now.
It's funny to watch the same corporations who are failing in the music industry duplicate their failed efforts in the video game market. They don't understand the product, they don't understand the consumer, it's a wonder they EVER made money if you ask me!!
rhY
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Man, why do you have to be so RIGHT and shit. Jerk.
Well, I was at BofA yesterday, and noticed they are using Windows machines. In my mind that means that none of the $23.62 that I have in the bank is at all secure. I'm losing sleep tonight!
The sad irony is that my teller CLAIMED that they use the same computer security as the FBI and the CIA. My response was, "No WONDER we're losing the war!"
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1. We can steal code!
2. We can steal ideas!
3. We can steal design!
4. We can release a version that doesn't turn off noobies!
5. We can make a proprietary competitor and wipe the original FOSS off the map with our hegemony!
6. We can put out a press release about how we invented something again!
7. We can steal code!
I REALLY FUCKING HATE when people try to ban ANY speech. Freedom of speech is THE cornerstone to democracy. That being said, let's hope all the
crackers,
jews,
niggers,
spics,
fags,
dikes,
micks,
guaps,
and camel jockeys that live in the EU can see the horrible fallacy in banning any kind of speech as nothing short of authoritarianism, and a return to Nazi days.
Maybe all of you miss old Adolf after all? Maybe us Americans should've let him run the place a bit longer so you wouldn't try and pull this retarded crap.
Idiots.
rhY
Applications by incoming freshman has dropped by 50%!!
Microsoft has a hegemony for one reason, and one reason only: Games. There are very few games on Mac and Linux.
If Mark Shuttleworth bought Take Two, and released GTA only for Ubuntu, well.....
I know plenty of non-gamers that are switching to Ubuntu as it is. And there are a FEW games on Linux, such as the excellent "Urban Terror".
Now if only I could get high res textures in Mupen....
rhY
The whole game market is fragmented and sucking. Innovation over the last decade: San Andreas?
/.
Eight platforms (Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii, Windows, DS, PSP), and each one has about two good games. And those "good" games are just serial improvements of games from the previous generation.
It's a wonder anybody spends any money at all on games these days. Maybe if we had a truly good and cross platform computer gaming infrastructure (OpenGL on steroids?), there would at least be a market for computer games, and maybe independent publishers could start publishing FUN games again, rather than BORING sequels.
I specialize in wishful thinking on
rhY
Hey one reasonable response out of 3. Not bad by /. standards.
.... skin cancers expected to be diagnosed this year.
"And some of them, very few, do not add sulfites after fermentation to preserve their wines. They are hoping that very careful vinification will protect their wine from bacterial contamination, and the proper preservative balance of alcohol, acidity and tannin will allow their wine to last a few years without oxidizing; they believe the lack of sulfites gives their wines a freshness and purity that is missing from other wines. (Note that this approach is pretty much only possible with dry red wines--dry so that ambient yeasts would not cause refermentation, and red because tannin is needed to stave off oxidation.)....."
was exactly what I was talking about. A friend of mine was fired from a vineyard for exposing exactly this practice. Sulfites are primarily added to lesser wines. So, though you are far more informed than I am on this topic, my original point seems to be corroborated by the facts, even as you present them. A truly good wine would not add them because it would be made in a clean environment avoiding bacteria.
As for white wine: Who actually drinks that noxious crap?
Heart disease, cancer, and obesity are on the rise, or already at all time highs. Last I checked those were three of the main killers in this country.
For those other critics who wanted some numbers:
American Heart Association estimates for the year 2004 that 79,400,000 Americans have one or more forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD). So 80 million of 300 million of us have heart disease. That's about a quarter of us, or one in four.
From a Harvard study: Obesity is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, causing some 2.6 million deaths worldwide each year.....In 2002, the corrected prevalence of obesity in the U.S. population was 28.7% for adult men and 34.5% for adult women, more than 50% higher than previously estimated. So one in three of us is obese and will die sooner (probably) as a result of that.
From the Cancer cure foundation: Over much of the 1990s, deaths from cancer declined slightly in the US, but the number of Americans diagnosed with certain cancers--including breast, skin and liver cancer--inched up. So less people are DYING of cancer, but more people are being diagnosed with it, and probably living shorter life spans.
From a report issued by the Center for Disease Control: Cancer is the second leading cause of death among Americans. One of every four deaths in the US is due to cancer. In 2006, about 1.4 million Americans will receive a new diagnosis of invasive cancer, and 564,830 Americans will die of this disease. These estimates do not include the more than 1 million cases of
So, yeah, I think public health has diminished and PEOPLE ARE DYING because the FDA is not protecting them from carcinogens in the food, and other toxins that lead to heart disease.
And if you see it any other way, I'm sorry, but you are STILL a complete and utter moron with no knowledge about the topic.
I can GUARANTEE you that eating the beans is healthier than eating the shit they are mixing in with the beans. Seriously.
Find me a decent MAJOR wine label that doesn't say in bold "CONTAINS SULFIDES". And yes, I know wine naturally contains sulfides, but I don't think that the labeled bottles are indicating that.
The quality of food and drink in the US has been going steadily down since, well since forever. There are more chemicals (MSG, Aspertame, Preservatives), cheap semi-toxic fillers (Any partially hydrogenated oil), and re-used byproducts in our food than there has ever been. The FDA is basically a rubber stamp for a few corporations who prey on the masses inability to find food sources that are anything but super convenient.
Consequently, there has also been a rise in Cancer, in Obesity, in every type of human health problem that we know of.
And consequently there is a huge movement and desire among consumers to have organic foods available.
The sad reality of the situation is that THE NUMBERS ARE IN. And these corporations are quickly and efficiently KILLING US ALL. The FDA should already KNOW that, and should already ban pretty much every product on the shelves in favor of a healthy, more natural alternative. But we know longer live in a democracy, or maybe never did, so the FDA doesn't actually work for the American people anymore, but AGAINST us.
If you see it any other way, I'm sorry, but you are a complete and utter moron with no knowledge about the topic.
rhY
What if the porn SAYS she's 18?!? How was I supposed to know until I downloaded it?
Dude, you haven't switched to Open Office yet?
OOOP = Obligatory Open Office Plug
Seriously. The hegemony that MS is rapidly losing thanks to an awful DRM laden release of an OS could easily be fully expunged by some better games for Linux/Mac.
If I could get a full screen game that was worth playing and I could alt+ctrl+arrow to the left or right out of bringing instant mute and no more CPU load, well, that would be nice for my work environment?
The MS killer is here:
OpenGL and an improved Ubuntu/Beryl. And some really great games for that setup.
Imagine just ONE really great game that played better on Linux than Windows. Besides Urban Terror.
rhY
They might actually build a CONTROL ROOM. YOU SICK TWISTED MUSLIM TERRORISTS HAVE NO RIGHT TO EXPLORE CHEAP ELECTRICITY!!! OPEC will kill you all!!
/. humor is being lame filtered.
rhY
PS This is where I put plenty of non caps text because my attempt at
Well naturally, I would assume that was the goal AFTER the flight sim for jpg bragging rights... :D
Yeah, I got kicked out of that channel by some asshole. Not much of a party.
This is /. I'm not going to be impressed until he has them all synced up into one contiguous cockpit in some flight sim.
On a serious note though, he would probably sell more computers (eventually) if he DID switch a majority of his machines over to Ubuntu.
A. They'd be cheaper.
B. They'd work better.
C. They could have Beryl eye candy.
I mean, those 3 things are enough to easily make a Feisty machine sell more than a windows machine for 90% of the users out there who don't REALLY need DirectX.
rhY
This isn't really a big deal. Sites that require IE just make themselves broadly more irrelevant.
I mean is there a serious important website that is relevant that doesn't load in Firefox?
rhY
Can you play more than 4 players at once? I've been considering the DS anyway for it's hackablity.
Seriously, what the fuck is the matter with you?
Would you consider Ghandi, Martin Luther (the OG, or the King), Jesus, or any of the historical freedom fighters that brought the masses to bear against tyranny as "rude".
Are you a complete and total fucking idiot?
That question is rhetorical, by the way, but since I am assuming you are an idiot by your own statements, I'm going to tell you it's rhetorical since I already know you're an idiot.
Just wanted to add some circular logic to my post so you can realize what an idiot you are defending this principle.
rhY
Now where am I going to move when they try to take my tinfoil hat?
OK, maybe that's a gross exaggeration, but seriously, can I just get a good game or two? The only thing keeping me off of Linux was a lack of good games, but then I realized there weren't really good games out for Xbox, PS3, or Windows, either, so......
I mean, is there a single game out that is better than the old Nintendo games in emulation? You give me a game as fun as Mario Kart 64, and I'll consider buying it, a console, and 4+ controllers.
Till then, my friends and I will keep playing Mario Kart and Urban Terror like we do now.
It's funny to watch the same corporations who are failing in the music industry duplicate their failed efforts in the video game market. They don't understand the product, they don't understand the consumer, it's a wonder they EVER made money if you ask me!!
rhY
Man, why do you have to be so RIGHT and shit. Jerk.
Yeah, I've been a fan since the early 2.x releases, and now it turns out this guy who runs the main studio where we've been recording is a huge fan.
rhY
Well, I was at BofA yesterday, and noticed they are using Windows machines. In my mind that means that none of the $23.62 that I have in the bank is at all secure. I'm losing sleep tonight!
The sad irony is that my teller CLAIMED that they use the same computer security as the FBI and the CIA. My response was, "No WONDER we're losing the war!"
rhY
Anally Anti-Consumer Security?
And recursive:
AACS Adds Cracked Security!
Pwned. Geez, it's like you've never played Urban Terror before.