Micropayment places don't allow $0.25 transactions. They allows a deposit of tens of dollars (with fees attached on top of that) which $0.25 transactions can be taken from.
Actually, the minimum payment for BitPass is $3.
Considering that Scott is offering three chapters
of his comic for $0.25 each, I decided not to put $2.25 into storage waiting for upcoming products.
So, for me this is not micropayment, until I can really pay the $0.25 each time from my bank account or credit card.
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You have to WORK to get a linux box tuned for games.
Hm, perhaps you have different Linux than I do, but I have had much more problems configuring Windows for gaming than Linux.
Loki port of Railroad Tycoon II worked straight out of the box. It is my only Loki game for Linux, but I have never had problems with other games in Linux.
Windows, on the other hand, has been a problem with all the drivers, lock-ups and stuff.
Still, Loki could have tried to port newer games.
Hm, how could we make companies do the games for both (or even all) platforms at the same time...
On a related note, is there a good pinball for Linux? Currently I use my A500 to play Pinball Dreams... B-)
(I have some thoughts about making a pinball game. Might get to it some time after my diploma thesis.)
I mean, it is extremely slow, even on my PII-400 with 256MB of RAM.
Perhaps your definition of 'extremely slow' is just different than mine, but I run Mozilla on P200 with 96MB of RAM (and some swap, of course) and I don't consider it extremely slow.
Of course, it is _slow_, just not extremely so. The only browser I use, nowadays.
For example, if oil companies think that nanotech research might affect their business, all
they have to do is lean on a few governments (on the legal side) and have a few words to, e.g., some people in the Russian mafia (on the
not-so-legal side). Repeat this scenario across the richest.5% or so of the world's population, and you'll see that an economy of scarcity suits
them perfectly, and they'll probably do anything to preserve it.
This is strange, if nanotech gets really going, which I don't think will happen in many many years, there should be no need to be afraid of losing business : everything will cost almost nothing to everybody.
What will you do with all your money when everything is cheap?
Of course, a problem will be the people who want to control others. How about a tank in your backyard which can grow a tank? (sorry, pun unintended B-) And a simple gun will be easy to make. Or a not-so-simple, like an assault rifle.
No, I don't want to live in a society where people are polite to others because they get their heads blown off otherwise. So sue me.
(Kinda late, but that is what you get if you can't read/. all the time...)
Actually, even if we don't have a closed universe, we are going to have problems. If the universe continues to expand forever, it is going to be mighty cold here some day.
The stars won't be around forever. After everything is iron (the most stable element, no use fusioning or fissioning it) the only energy source might be black holes. Yes, you can get energy from them, by dropping stuff in them. (Check out "Time warps and black holes" from Kip S. Thorne.)
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So, for me this is not micropayment, until I can really pay the $0.25 each time from my bank account or credit card.
Hm, perhaps you have different Linux than I do, but I have had much more problems configuring Windows for gaming than Linux.
Loki port of Railroad Tycoon II worked straight out of the box. It is my only Loki game for Linux, but I have never had problems with other games in Linux.
Windows, on the other hand, has been a problem with all the drivers, lock-ups and stuff.
Still, Loki could have tried to port newer games.
Hm, how could we make companies do the games for both (or even all) platforms at the same time...
On a related note, is there a good pinball for Linux? Currently I use my A500 to play Pinball Dreams... B-)
(I have some thoughts about making a pinball game. Might get to it some time after my diploma thesis.)
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Perhaps your definition of 'extremely slow' is just different than mine, but I run Mozilla on P200 with 96MB of RAM (and some swap, of course) and I don't consider it extremely slow.
Of course, it is _slow_, just not extremely so. The only browser I use, nowadays.
Hm, this seems to mean that one is never late learning Intercal. B-)
PLEASE DO. Argh.
This is strange, if nanotech gets really going, which I don't think will happen in many many years, there should be no need to be afraid of losing business : everything will cost almost nothing to everybody.
What will you do with all your money when everything is cheap?
Of course, a problem will be the people who want to control others. How about a tank in your backyard which can grow a tank? (sorry, pun unintended B-) And a simple gun will be easy to make. Or a not-so-simple, like an assault rifle.
No, I don't want to live in a society where people are polite to others because they get their heads blown off otherwise. So sue me.
Actually, even if we don't have a closed universe, we are going to have problems. If the universe continues to expand forever, it is going to be mighty cold here some day.
The stars won't be around forever. After everything is iron (the most stable element, no use fusioning or fissioning it) the only energy source might be black holes. Yes, you can get energy from them, by dropping stuff in them. (Check out "Time warps and black holes" from Kip S. Thorne.)