How does making a Linux "gaming console" make Linux game development any more exciting or profitable than it already is (or isn't) on Linux desktop machines?
Because have you ever tried to give somebody tech support for their linux system? Every distro has its own little quirks and every install has certain libraries and packages that don't always cooperate well with what you are trying to do. The wrong version of X here, update glibc there, and voila, developer's nightmare. With windows, get yourself DirectX Version Z (which comes packaged with the game) and have some compatible hardware and you are ALL SET. This just isn't as easy to do with linux. But with a console, everybody has a standard set of hardware and software configurations, so developing becomes MUCH more consistent. Mary's TuxBox will work the same as Johnny's and vice versa. You have both Stability AND compatibility. With windows, you just have decent compatibility. THAT is why consoles are such great gaming platforms.
Quite frankly I am disappointed in Yahoo's decision. Their selection was very comprehensive sorted by title, studio, rating, etc... and everything was reasonably priced. Sad to say it, but I could have spent a small fortune there. What a crying shame.
I didn't actually SEE anybody get shot at Columbine, but I do not find that situation acceptable. At least not any more so than if I had been attending class there on the day that it happened.
How exactly do these quantum computers work? Are there wires involved? What about the processors? Are there transistors, etc... I am hopelessly uninformed, yet facinated.
Of course they are in it for the fees, just not the fees incurred in the copyright protection schemes that they are working on. Instead, they want to incurr MANY MANY fees by large corporations who now trust them and their open-source linux solutions. Its really just a quid-pro-quo.
that sounds strikingly familiar to the talk command which is already built into most *nix operating systems. Simply type talk user@host (tty) and it should send a request to the host for talking. Of course I may have scewed a few details as I'm not completely familiar with the way it works, but it was just a thought...
It's not like they don't provide software for alternative OSen. They have MAC, UNIX, Windows platforms all supported. Do we REALLY need to see this on QnX, as well? I can understand the GNU heroic effort to open source the WORLD, but IMHO they are the ones who invested the time and money into developing the protocol. They run their own servers, and they give their service out for FREE. (via Instant Messenger...) What gives anybody any right to take that away from them?
installing the software over the net is too difficult for anyone over 30 years old to install.
ANYONE? what about those under 30 years old? Can a 5 year old do it? What about an 18 year old with no computer training?
Moral: Those who don't know how to use a computer have no business complaining about it.
Furthermore, I doubt that there is any good censorware for Linux platforms... This could be a real kick in the but for Server sales in texas, as Linux DOES qualify as an operating system. But then again, I don't remeber reading that the censorware provided had to support the provided OS... Get your free BeOS/QnX censorware with every purchase of Windows 2000/ME!
Actually, it sounds like its a law that says "if you accept these funds, you agree to an unconstituionally-natured law". What I want to know is what happens if a library uses the funds for a limited number of terminals - say one - and privately funds the rest. Are the privately funded consoles subject to censorship? Can they use the funds to get the terminals, then sell them for REALLY CHEAP to a philanthropist and have him give the terminals back to the library? Are these new-old terminals now subject to censorship? Just a thought...
not to mention the fact that the client should automatically store the keys used for each email address or have some sort of drag-n-drop unlocking mechanism...
It was more like:
sup. the d00dz here at my crib tell me that I have much to ph33r about this email stuph. So lets all switch to AOL Instant Messenger instead. So easy to use, no wonder its #1!
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Thoreau -- in an obvious way. "Civil Disobedience" has been an enormously important text. Gandhi picked it up, Martin Luther King picked it up. It was important to the Danes in World War II when the Nazis said, "We're going to put stars of David on all the Jews." The Danish king said, well, he'd wear a star, and then everybody in Denmark wore a star, and so the labeling was useless, and he'd learned that from Thoreau. And "Civil Disobedience," as an idea, has been very strong. Emerson's political importance is nothing so obvious as "Civil Disobedience," although he also came to the point of saying when the law was wrong, you had to disobey the law. And it was Emerson who said, "Good men should not obey the law too well," meaning that there are times when conscience has to be over the law.
I disagree. Word of mouth is a powerful tool. Just sitting in my school's library I've overheard conversations (on several occassions by several people) about alternatives to napster. The most prominent of which, were opennap and bearshare. This is not a situation that the RIAA will easily resolve...
But will you choose to fight when the MPAA comes knocking down your door trying to force you to remove any posts/links to DeCSS? This is what frightens me even more than a "legitimate?" copyright issue with that depraved church.
Was the web site downloadable on school PCs? If so, this is no different than a student being suspended for distributing an obscene parody pamphlet, or running down the halls yelling obscene things about the assistant principle.
Sure, because the student should have KNOWN every single ip address associated with the school and blocked access to it. Okay, and if a student publishes a parody of his principle in a major magazine (it doesn't matter which) and some OTHER student purchases the magazine and brings it into school, does this still cound as the student as being the DISTRIBUTOR? MAybe the magazine gets punished? It wasn't like the kid posted the message on the school's own servers (that might have merit).
Freedom of speech is certainly sacrosanct, but this boy's freedom of speech was not violated - he did not have to take down his web site (though he may have of his own accord).
No of course not, he does not have to take the site down. He has the RIGHT to have that web site. And as long as he has it up, does the school have a right to deny him an education? I don't think so.
Freedom of speech is certainly sacrosanct, but this boy's freedom of speech was not violated - he did not have to take down his web site (though he may have of his own accord).
With an employer, you CLEARLY have some form of contract, and your employer isn't obligated to retain you as an employee, not by any means. The STATE has an OBLIGATION to provide you with an education and to make sure that you are encouraged to excercise your rights in society. Why do most schools mandate that at some point you take a civics class? You are expected to KNOW your rights and if somebody infringes upon them, you go after them.
Yeah, lets everyone stop buying cd's and then let RIAA tell us that their loss in profits is because of p2p proggies like napster. Whatcha got to do is make sure that they know beyond any doubt that their actions will cost them money. You need a petition or some form of declaration. Sure, lets everyone boycott, but who is gonna be the one who lets them know why? I guess the best organization so far is napster's little "speak out" forum. Everyone write your senators...
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How does making a Linux "gaming console" make Linux game development any more exciting or profitable than it already is (or isn't) on Linux desktop machines? Because have you ever tried to give somebody tech support for their linux system? Every distro has its own little quirks and every install has certain libraries and packages that don't always cooperate well with what you are trying to do. The wrong version of X here, update glibc there, and voila, developer's nightmare. With windows, get yourself DirectX Version Z (which comes packaged with the game) and have some compatible hardware and you are ALL SET. This just isn't as easy to do with linux. But with a console, everybody has a standard set of hardware and software configurations, so developing becomes MUCH more consistent. Mary's TuxBox will work the same as Johnny's and vice versa. You have both Stability AND compatibility. With windows, you just have decent compatibility. THAT is why consoles are such great gaming platforms.
I'm looking forward to 6969696969... When will THAT happen?
who modded this as interesting? I think the aim was FUNNY!
No, I don't Yahoo!
I didn't actually SEE anybody get shot at Columbine, but I do not find that situation acceptable. At least not any more so than if I had been attending class there on the day that it happened.
And why could they get away with this? Who says that you have to agree with the EULA to obtain aim.exe?
that would require that I actually take my eyes off of /. to which I am hopelessly glued... =)
How exactly do these quantum computers work? Are there wires involved? What about the processors? Are there transistors, etc... I am hopelessly uninformed, yet facinated.
Of course they are in it for the fees, just not the fees incurred in the copyright protection schemes that they are working on. Instead, they want to incurr MANY MANY fees by large corporations who now trust them and their open-source linux solutions. Its really just a quid-pro-quo.
that sounds strikingly familiar to the talk command which is already built into most *nix operating systems. Simply type talk user@host (tty) and it should send a request to the host for talking. Of course I may have scewed a few details as I'm not completely familiar with the way it works, but it was just a thought...
ANYONE? what about those under 30 years old? Can a 5 year old do it? What about an 18 year old with no computer training?
Moral: Those who don't know how to use a computer have no business complaining about it.
Furthermore, I doubt that there is any good censorware for Linux platforms... This could be a real kick in the but for Server sales in texas, as Linux DOES qualify as an operating system. But then again, I don't remeber reading that the censorware provided had to support the provided OS... Get your free BeOS/QnX censorware with every purchase of Windows 2000/ME!
j/k ;-)
Actually, it sounds like its a law that says "if you accept these funds, you agree to an unconstituionally-natured law". What I want to know is what happens if a library uses the funds for a limited number of terminals - say one - and privately funds the rest. Are the privately funded consoles subject to censorship? Can they use the funds to get the terminals, then sell them for REALLY CHEAP to a philanthropist and have him give the terminals back to the library? Are these new-old terminals now subject to censorship? Just a thought...
not to mention the fact that the client should automatically store the keys used for each email address or have some sort of drag-n-drop unlocking mechanism...
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Thoreau -- in an obvious way. "Civil Disobedience" has been an enormously important text. Gandhi picked it up, Martin Luther King picked it up. It was important to the Danes in World War II when the Nazis said, "We're going to put stars of David on all the Jews." The Danish king said, well, he'd wear a star, and then everybody in Denmark wore a star, and so the labeling was useless, and he'd learned that from Thoreau. And "Civil Disobedience," as an idea, has been very strong. Emerson's political importance is nothing so obvious as "Civil Disobedience," although he also came to the point of saying when the law was wrong, you had to disobey the law. And it was Emerson who said, "Good men should not obey the law too well," meaning that there are times when conscience has to be over the law.
But wouldn't populus be prior art? Either that, or I'm sure you could find some (relevant) erotic stories that go back a long ways on the net...
I disagree. Word of mouth is a powerful tool. Just sitting in my school's library I've overheard conversations (on several occassions by several people) about alternatives to napster. The most prominent of which, were opennap and bearshare. This is not a situation that the RIAA will easily resolve...
But will you choose to fight when the MPAA comes knocking down your door trying to force you to remove any posts/links to DeCSS? This is what frightens me even more than a "legitimate?" copyright issue with that depraved church.
correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't isaac dead? if so, do his works become public domain? Just a thought...
C'mon!
Yes, but wouldn't that make that 90% of the world the mundanes?
Sure, because the student should have KNOWN every single ip address associated with the school and blocked access to it. Okay, and if a student publishes a parody of his principle in a major magazine (it doesn't matter which) and some OTHER student purchases the magazine and brings it into school, does this still cound as the student as being the DISTRIBUTOR? MAybe the magazine gets punished? It wasn't like the kid posted the message on the school's own servers (that might have merit).
Freedom of speech is certainly sacrosanct, but this boy's freedom of speech was not violated - he did not have to take down his web site (though he may have of his own accord).
No of course not, he does not have to take the site down. He has the RIGHT to have that web site. And as long as he has it up, does the school have a right to deny him an education? I don't think so.
Freedom of speech is certainly sacrosanct, but this boy's freedom of speech was not violated - he did not have to take down his web site (though he may have of his own accord).
With an employer, you CLEARLY have some form of contract, and your employer isn't obligated to retain you as an employee, not by any means. The STATE has an OBLIGATION to provide you with an education and to make sure that you are encouraged to excercise your rights in society. Why do most schools mandate that at some point you take a civics class? You are expected to KNOW your rights and if somebody infringes upon them, you go after them.
You have made a poor analogy with poor logic...