I don't think that common users are terribly intimidated by the mountpoint information. Hell, windows still keeps the drive letter information under My Computer. Common users ignore that information in my experience.
(though I kind of disagree that power users need it, as they will likely only need that info at a cli.)
Also, Mandrake does hide that information in Gnome.
I certainly hope they don't go towards a 'consistant appearance'. The ability to change the UI is one of the great advantages the Linux desktop has over windows. It's also one of the reasons that users have been moving away from Redhat recently to other distributions like Mandrake.
There are "ready made" lan parties at various cyber cafe type places. They're fairly common (albeit little used) in the SF area, and fairly common and heavily used in S Korea (so I hear).
IMO they will become more popular and useful once games stop outpacing computers to such a large degree. It's hard to keep the computers in such cafes up to date enough to make people want to use them over their own machines. The people who do attend them are big starcraft or counterstrike players. The games don't require terribly beefy/modern/customized games/machines to be competative.
As for the watching aspect: LAN parties gain alot not from watching so much as hearing your enemies curse your name:] One of the better experiences I've had at a lan party was actually in a college computer lab late one night. We had about 10 players playing FFA quake. We also had the overhead projector hooked up to a camera bot that was scripted to follow 'over the shoulder' of whomever was in the lead. Thus anyone could look up and see the leader's location. It made for interesting play.
IANAL: No, because the personnel dept cannot keep a resume they never recieved. (assuming the spam filter is on the server side, pre-inbox rather than clientside)
There are other computer related fields then, sys admin work (less so due to scripting requirements) or tech support or QA (less so due to the scripting requirements).
Unfortunately most of these positions still "require" cs degrees...
They'll learn that the copy protection mechanisms must be phased into use, and shouldn't provide enough drastic changes to enrage normally enthralled masses...
A better argument than physical abuse would probably be Hawking's "Not only does God definitely play dice, but He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen." comment (http://www.hawking.org.uk/lectures/dice.html)
Though certainly physical abuse is a satisfying alternative if that doesn't help.
As an aside to this: If you can't make the art or do the coding, find a few good friends that can make the art and do the coding, but lack the orginizational or creative ability a game designer can provide.
Then make a demo and use that to get industry interest (or realise that you're all crappy game makers or realise that by getting a few friends and making the game you're already in the 'industry')
Actually, yes they are still beholden to copyright. Is it okay for you to republish a poem that someone wrote just because they've recited it, or published it?
(note: I personally feel that lyrics are not inseperable from the song, but for legal purposes there's little to no difference)
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Because any Joe can recreate amazon.
There's no great technical expertise needed to buy things, or make a website, or sell/ship things.
The difficulty comes from "selling items for marginally(in most cases) cheaper than their competitors". Given how easy it is to recreate their own situation, there's no way to do this. This leads to a situation where to keep a competative advantage, they need to use "non-classical" techniques, like patents, name recognition, brand loyalty and the such...
Ahem, one MS product that DOES use passport is of course MS Money. It allows you to store ACCOUNT NUMBERS and iirc that is required to use any of the online integrated banking features.
Indeed, Bink must be terribly easy to use for artists or something, because it's caused 4 of the 5 last showstopper game bugs I've had. (come on Bink, it's not as though win2k is new, or uncommon)
[for those curious, the 5th was a broken CD-checking mechanism that wouldn't allow the game to run on ntfs]
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Since when is apple in the business of law enforcement?
I don't think that common users are terribly intimidated by the mountpoint information. Hell, windows still keeps the drive letter information under My Computer. Common users ignore that information in my experience.
(though I kind of disagree that power users need it, as they will likely only need that info at a cli.)
Also, Mandrake does hide that information in Gnome.
I certainly hope they don't go towards a 'consistant appearance'. The ability to change the UI is one of the great advantages the Linux desktop has over windows. It's also one of the reasons that users have been moving away from Redhat recently to other distributions like Mandrake.
It's still faster than my trusty GeForce2, which keep because it still renders games faster than I can physically detect...
There are "ready made" lan parties at various cyber cafe type places. They're fairly common (albeit little used) in the SF area, and fairly common and heavily used in S Korea (so I hear).
:] One of the better experiences I've had at a lan party was actually in a college computer lab late one night. We had about 10 players playing FFA quake. We also had the overhead projector hooked up to a camera bot that was scripted to follow 'over the shoulder' of whomever was in the lead. Thus anyone could look up and see the leader's location. It made for interesting play.
IMO they will become more popular and useful once games stop outpacing computers to such a large degree. It's hard to keep the computers in such cafes up to date enough to make people want to use them over their own machines. The people who do attend them are big starcraft or counterstrike players. The games don't require terribly beefy/modern/customized games/machines to be competative.
As for the watching aspect: LAN parties gain alot not from watching so much as hearing your enemies curse your name
Oh, of course. That was never under question :]
IANAL: No, because the personnel dept cannot keep a resume they never recieved. (assuming the spam filter is on the server side, pre-inbox rather than clientside)
There are other computer related fields then, sys admin work (less so due to scripting requirements) or tech support or QA (less so due to the scripting requirements).
Unfortunately most of these positions still "require" cs degrees...
mmm polymorphic humor...
I'd like to add craigslist (http://www.craigslist.org/). Nice; simple, well orginized and speedy.
They'll learn that the copy protection mechanisms must be phased into use, and shouldn't provide enough drastic changes to enrage normally enthralled masses...
A better argument than physical abuse would probably be Hawking's "Not only does God definitely play dice, but He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen." comment (http://www.hawking.org.uk/lectures/dice.html)
Though certainly physical abuse is a satisfying alternative if that doesn't help.
As an aside to this: If you can't make the art or do the coding, find a few good friends that can make the art and do the coding, but lack the orginizational or creative ability a game designer can provide.
Then make a demo and use that to get industry interest (or realise that you're all crappy game makers or realise that by getting a few friends and making the game you're already in the 'industry')
And just for reference, you can do the same thing in IIS and the such as well for all of those PHP devs stuck there.
Since the scientists will still need more rats, it improves the likelyhood that they will let you breed.
A good thing methinks.
There is no difference. Say the exploit is caused by an overflow which is conviniently caused by the non-executable you're reading in...
You mean just like the US government does to cash-poor, needy, developing nation government ministers?
I disagree on the percentage probably, but yes, they are greedy bastards, and the entire thing is sleazy (though imo within legal rights)
Actually, yes they are still beholden to copyright. Is it okay for you to republish a poem that someone wrote just because they've recited it, or published it?
(note: I personally feel that lyrics are not inseperable from the song, but for legal purposes there's little to no difference)
Cons:
It's hard to put coins in a stripper's thong.
Because any Joe can recreate amazon.
There's no great technical expertise needed to buy things, or make a website, or sell/ship things.
The difficulty comes from "selling items for marginally(in most cases) cheaper than their competitors". Given how easy it is to recreate their own situation, there's no way to do this.
This leads to a situation where to keep a competative advantage, they need to use "non-classical" techniques, like patents, name recognition, brand loyalty and the such...
Good. I'm certainly glad at least someone remembers that critics are supposed to be, well, critical...
Ahem, one MS product that DOES use passport is of course MS Money. It allows you to store ACCOUNT NUMBERS and iirc that is required to use any of the online integrated banking features.
Haven't we already?
Say the old Gold Box D&D games (1 floppy, maybe 2) compared to Baldur's gate (4+ years old, 4 cds) for example...
Indeed, Bink must be terribly easy to use for artists or something, because it's caused 4 of the 5 last showstopper game bugs I've had. (come on Bink, it's not as though win2k is new, or uncommon)
[for those curious, the 5th was a broken CD-checking mechanism that wouldn't allow the game to run on ntfs]