I still remember the guy who got me hooked on the Internet explaining Gopher to me. He said that Gopher basically was too user friendly and would allow too many clueless morons to get on the net. If he only knew...
Say I download the GIMP, make some local changes for 'freaky new feature 2000 (tm)', use that to make some images. Am I obligated to release my changes to the GIMP. I don't think so, it in fact seems absurd, thought other output is the same in principle. I agree that it goes against the community spirit of the GPL though.
Your typical baseball bat weighs 30-34oz. (around 2lb) and it takes a fair amount of effort to swing one with any great speed. So I'd imagine that anything substantially more heavy would present problems. Granted, a sword is more balanced for smooth motion. Also, in the measurement of kinetic energy ( k = mv^2) the velocity plays an increasingly greater role than mass as each increases. So it would be in the interest of the user to get a faster blade after a certain break-even point.
From the look of this game, the 3d models, applied textures, and artwork in general appear to be a LARGE portion of it. So open-sourcing the engines is not such a big deal. It's the same as Quake II, where there are several games using the Q2 engine but with varying results.
Still, this is a good thing, and it does not fit the model of what is logical to fully open.
Eventually there will be no more money for the herds to throw at the stock market. Then we're in for it. And the CEOs and higher-ups who make out on the IPOs will be laughing all the way to the bank.
It was originally a joke just as above. It was originally going to be a 'fsck the man' sort of thing where individuals could register for low $$ and corporations would have to pay big $$ for their.sux domain. Then we figured there's already a word for that, extortion, so we dropped the idea. We kept the TLD though, and domains can be registered here
The DOJ angle is not neccessarily applicable here, since the 'ownership' is merely a side effect of what seems to be a merger that makes sense.
I could see the DOJ, as part of a settlement, forcing MS to divest this holding for two reasons.
1. Part ownership of a competing app suite
2. Part ownership of a big distro of a competing OS
Since those are the two biggest areas of complaint against MS, having them own a stake in the competition, whether intentionally or not, could cause problems.
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Looks kind of like the scene where Neo realizes that he's the One and then stops the bullets and everything is rendered in 3d with characters running across it.
I preface this with the obligitory "I'm not a doctor but...", with the but being that I remember a thing or 2 from the class on historical epidemics that I took a while back.
And if I haven't completely lost my memory, that's not how the flu works. It directly kills very few (those who were really on the edge) but the most devastating effects are against the strong and healthy. The victim's own immune response is responsible for their death in many if not most cases. That cuts out your HIV argument, since an individual with a comprimised immune system will not be able to have a deadly powerful immune response. This premise is illustrated by the fact that said 1918 flu had its worst effects among otherwise young & strong soldiers participating in WWI.
Or, if you follow The Onion's point of view (from their book), it's all the fault of the Spaniards:)
my hands were practically useless for weeks at a time until I bought my first M$ Natural Keyboard. It was almost like magic after the old xt-style kb's (and sharp-edged desks) that I'd been working on.
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actually, it's usually the drivers that cause these, so you may have a tricky time
these were the primary "windows killer" technologies of 1995...
Wow, it's 1995 all over again...
I don't want lame AOL-ers on Usenet...
I don't want lame AOL-ers on the Web...
I don't want lame AOL-ers on L1NUX...
nothing stays l33t...
let me guess, your favorite little rascal is spanky?
I still remember the guy who got me hooked on the Internet explaining Gopher to me. He said that Gopher basically was too user friendly and would allow too many clueless morons to get on the net. If he only knew...
And the batteries give out after 8 years (optimistic). Do you plan on covering all that mileage in that time?
Say I download the GIMP, make some local changes for 'freaky new feature 2000 (tm)', use that to make some images. Am I obligated to release my changes to the GIMP. I don't think so, it in fact seems absurd, thought other output is the same in principle. I agree that it goes against the community spirit of the GPL though.
Note the key word...businesses. There's no law saying you have to use it (yet at least). If you don't like it then make your own.
Your typical baseball bat weighs 30-34oz. (around 2lb) and it takes a fair amount of effort to swing one with any great speed. So I'd imagine that anything substantially more heavy would present problems. Granted, a sword is more balanced for smooth motion. Also, in the measurement of kinetic energy ( k = mv^2) the velocity plays an increasingly greater role than mass as each increases. So it would be in the interest of the user to get a faster blade after a certain break-even point.
just like HTML doesn't specify the display of its contents, and just offer suggestions. How is this any different?
From the look of this game, the 3d models, applied textures, and artwork in general appear to be a LARGE portion of it. So open-sourcing the engines is not such a big deal. It's the same as Quake II, where there are several games using the Q2 engine but with varying results.
Still, this is a good thing, and it does not fit the model of what is logical to fully open.
I'm just a dumb american, but I thought the disparity was due to the taxation system in the UK (possibly the VAT?)
Eventually there will be no more money for the herds to throw at the stock market. Then we're in for it. And the CEOs and higher-ups who make out on the IPOs will be laughing all the way to the bank.
d00d, /\/\y h34d h3r+z, c\_/+, 0\_/+ +h3 b0ngf1|+3r!
.sux is already in practice.
.sux domain. Then we figured there's already a word for that, extortion, so we dropped the idea. We kept the TLD though, and domains can be registered here
It was originally a joke just as above. It was originally going to be a 'fsck the man' sort of thing where individuals could register for low $$ and corporations would have to pay big $$ for their
It's still mostly a joke
The registration page
This alternate TLD stuff has been around for a long time
I came up with this years ago, and it's up and running (though not on many ISPs)...
Here's the info
The DOJ angle is not neccessarily applicable here, since the 'ownership' is merely a side effect of what seems to be a merger that makes sense.
I could see the DOJ, as part of a settlement, forcing MS to divest this holding for two reasons.
1. Part ownership of a competing app suite
2. Part ownership of a big distro of a competing OS
Since those are the two biggest areas of complaint against MS, having them own a stake in the competition, whether intentionally or not, could cause problems.
Looks kind of like the scene where Neo realizes that he's the One and then stops the bullets and everything is rendered in 3d with characters running across it.
I preface this with the obligitory "I'm not a doctor but...", with the but being that I remember a thing or 2 from the class on historical epidemics that I took a while back.
:)
And if I haven't completely lost my memory, that's not how the flu works. It directly kills very few (those who were really on the edge) but the most devastating effects are against the strong and healthy. The victim's own immune response is responsible for their death in many if not most cases. That cuts out your HIV argument, since an individual with a comprimised immune system will not be able to have a deadly powerful immune response. This premise is illustrated by the fact that said 1918 flu had its worst effects among otherwise young & strong soldiers participating in WWI.
Or, if you follow The Onion's point of view (from their book), it's all the fault of the Spaniards
had similar for 2+ years on campus and wouldn't get net access at my house (until work gave me a dialin) because I can't stand modems now.
DSL should come soon
2 words ... The Sopranos
I don't want AOL controlling good old Tony
Also, look what happened to Netscape after AOL took them over.
I got a good laugh from Steve Forbes during one of the debates (the NH one) calling it Loon-ix
And he seemed to have a coherent and dare I say 'with-it' argument forming about up-and-coming competitors to M$
my hands were practically useless for weeks at a time until I bought my first M$ Natural Keyboard. It was almost like magic after the old xt-style kb's (and sharp-edged desks) that I'd been working on.