The Movie industry made this same turn to the dark side many years ago, and it has yet to turn back. What should make me think the gaming industry will be any different. Sure you have the occasional hit indie movie and even frequently good but unnoticed indie movies, but the very idea that either industry will some day be poping out consistant quality is beyond me. Though after the amazement that is GTA3: San Andreas mabye there is hope.
Yes, but said app has to really try. I think SP2 has more protections to keep apps from altertering services without permission. But, I doupt its completly secure.
Yes, drivers can do it, but as opposed to win98 you have to either have a microsoft signature to install a driver, or a warning will pop up saying that this driver isn't installed. So a regular app can't crash the system, but yes a driver can. Drivers sit under the layer of the GUI and can do pretty much whatever they want.
And why are apps able to touch hardware directly? Only drivers can touch hardware directly, but potentially any app can install a driver but you will get a warning that it was not signed by microsoft.
And why can malicious ones crash the system? Because drivers work in a layer under XP essentially directly ties to the kernel. Because if a program crashes generally systems sitting ontop of them will crash also.
You can pay the MySQL company to build you a database you get top of the line support, its not cheap of course, and I'm sure Oracle isn't either. I don't know personally which companies support is better but as long as you are paying them, there is no reason an open company like MySQL can't offer good support for its top clients.
Well obviously such a system has to be implemented over time. First new roads are made automatic only then overtime more roads are converted to automatic only making sure that atleast some path is available to manual drivers untill manual driving vechicles don't exist. Though I suspect rural neighborhoods will always be manual drive as cars won't nessesarly have maps of small roads, and people just like to be able to drive manually sometimes.
This is where a good distributed trust model would come in handy. If there really was bad congession many cars would know about it, not just one. Of course you then need some cert auth or web of trust so that you don't just pretend like you are several cars.
On the other hand messages like "STOP you are about to crash" have to be handled differently, obviously you don't want to slam on the brakes because someone could be lying and this could cause a real crash. But you don't want to just ignore it till you get confermation, so you would need a system that 1. applies steady brake pressure but not enough to cause a crash itself 2. warn driver to look for danger ahead 3. Report abuse of system if person was lying.
You could opt out all you want and people could still report you based on your license plate. Either way, the holy grail for me is to be able to communicate with other drivers in a private communication simply be identifying which car I want to communicate with, which currently is very hard to do. This is much better than the current hand waving that is going on. Of course the second advantage is seeing around those large SUVs to know what cars are oncomming, of could this assumes 100% participation and becomes where a computer could drive itself.
Only if you have a large parking lot, don't see how someone entering a parking lot and being told where the nearest parking space is. Either way such a system is really better off left to an automated parking system, these do already exist in the form of automated garages that store your cars on moveable platforms. They have storage algorythms that work quite well.
cheating is only dangerous if you let the system make all the decisions for you. If you take the visual system as we have it, and add networked information, any information that disagrees with what is seen can be ignored and any information of what is not seen it better than no information. Only becomes a problem is the falses are so common that people ignore the information. Infact you want false information on occasion though so people learn not to assume the machine is correct in the same way people assume they may have blind spots before changing lanes.
Well its a lot cheaper than cab fare, though more expensive than bus fare. I think this is really intended for people roaming the downtown areas, possibly tourist, who want to do a lot of stop and go between different parts of the city, perfect for them and at a reasonable price.
But then again, people trust WolfGang Puck's name.
So either this coffee is actually good, or people will stop trusting his name. For his sake I hope its the former, cause he really should know better than to promote something that taste bad.
Their claim is that IBM violated their websites Terms of Service when they downloded the source code. Problem is noone is quite sure exactly what they mean by this argument as it was downloaded through an anonymous ftp site publically assessable.
Yes, but say a game cost $50 dollars, wouldn't it be reasonable to offer a few free months. Some do this, but some don't give you any free months. The thought of spending $50 for a game to turn around and not be able to use it untill you've shucked out more money. I guess I could understand this if there was a hardware component, like buying a cellphone to get service. But cellphone companies consider the phone a loss leader meaning they pay for some of it so you will sign up for the service. It would seem to make good marketing sense to give away the game to get people signed up for the service. This is something Anarchy Online has been doing for a while (before the free year offer they have been offering free download and free month for a long time). Personally I'm shocked it didn't work better for them, I guess the game had too many problems out the door. Either way, generally you often have to give something away to sell monthly services, the fact that MMORPGs havn't is personally surprising. But being a believer in capitalism, I can really only blame this on the consumers who allow themselves to be ripped off.
You mean double sided DVDs. Yes those exist also, there are as well double sided/dual layer DVDs 4.7GB X 2 X 2=18.8GB Also the DVD standard supports more layers, but I've yet to see it used.
http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/ le arningcenter/home/dvd_closerlook.html
Your kidding right? DVDs have been Dual layer from the start. The new innovation is being able to write dual layers on a DVD burner as opposed to stamped during their manufacturing.
Note other comment was supposed to be parent comment, not attached to yours. Anyways wanted to comment on yours now.
From my experience with Xandros 2 pro Crossover just works, some applications don't work granted. But there really isn't any fussing with settings as its handles automatically. So you run the program, and it either works or it doesn't.
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Na, I don't think he is joking, take a look atd =111 99775
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134182&ci
The Movie industry made this same turn to the dark side many years ago, and it has yet to turn back. What should make me think the gaming industry will be any different. Sure you have the occasional hit indie movie and even frequently good but unnoticed indie movies, but the very idea that either industry will some day be poping out consistant quality is beyond me. Though after the amazement that is GTA3: San Andreas mabye there is hope.
Yes, but said app has to really try. I think SP2 has more protections to keep apps from altertering services without permission. But, I doupt its completly secure.
Yes, drivers can do it, but as opposed to win98 you have to either have a microsoft signature to install a driver, or a warning will pop up saying that this driver isn't installed. So a regular app can't crash the system, but yes a driver can. Drivers sit under the layer of the GUI and can do pretty much whatever they want.
And why are apps able to touch hardware directly?
Only drivers can touch hardware directly, but potentially any app can install a driver but you will get a warning that it was not signed by microsoft.
And why can malicious ones crash the system?
Because drivers work in a layer under XP essentially directly ties to the kernel. Because if a program crashes generally systems sitting ontop of them will crash also.
You can pay the MySQL company to build you a database you get top of the line support, its not cheap of course, and I'm sure Oracle isn't either. I don't know personally which companies support is better but as long as you are paying them, there is no reason an open company like MySQL can't offer good support for its top clients.
Of course don't forget Georgia was the original home of Athens, Paris, and a host of other international names.
Dude, I fell out of my chair, thanks for the laugh.
For the record I live in northern florida and am exposed to many south georgians, especially the ones who think Eygpt stole Cario from them.
Personally I think programmers should have to teach kindergarden for a while, and teachers should have to program a simple 5 logical branch program.
Well obviously such a system has to be implemented over time. First new roads are made automatic only then overtime more roads are converted to automatic only making sure that atleast some path is available to manual drivers untill manual driving vechicles don't exist. Though I suspect rural neighborhoods will always be manual drive as cars won't nessesarly have maps of small roads, and people just like to be able to drive manually sometimes.
This is where a good distributed trust model would come in handy. If there really was bad congession many cars would know about it, not just one. Of course you then need some cert auth or web of trust so that you don't just pretend like you are several cars.
On the other hand messages like "STOP you are about to crash" have to be handled differently, obviously you don't want to slam on the brakes because someone could be lying and this could cause a real crash. But you don't want to just ignore it till you get confermation, so you would need a system that
1. applies steady brake pressure but not enough to cause a crash itself
2. warn driver to look for danger ahead
3. Report abuse of system if person was lying.
You could opt out all you want and people could still report you based on your license plate. Either way, the holy grail for me is to be able to communicate with other drivers in a private communication simply be identifying which car I want to communicate with, which currently is very hard to do. This is much better than the current hand waving that is going on. Of course the second advantage is seeing around those large SUVs to know what cars are oncomming, of could this assumes 100% participation and becomes where a computer could drive itself.
Only if you have a large parking lot, don't see how someone entering a parking lot and being told where the nearest parking space is. Either way such a system is really better off left to an automated parking system, these do already exist in the form of automated garages that store your cars on moveable platforms. They have storage algorythms that work quite well.
cheating is only dangerous if you let the system make all the decisions for you. If you take the visual system as we have it, and add networked information, any information that disagrees with what is seen can be ignored and any information of what is not seen it better than no information. Only becomes a problem is the falses are so common that people ignore the information. Infact you want false information on occasion though so people learn not to assume the machine is correct in the same way people assume they may have blind spots before changing lanes.
Well its a lot cheaper than cab fare, though more expensive than bus fare. I think this is really intended for people roaming the downtown areas, possibly tourist, who want to do a lot of stop and go between different parts of the city, perfect for them and at a reasonable price.
Yummy, my boss didn't buy it though. Sounds great, sadly the religious folks who take the 7 day week as something important wouldn't go along.
He has a chain of successful resturants and the products that he has put his name on so far have been high quality. *
* I have not tasted all his products, so this is a statement of understanding and not complete knowledge.
6 cents euro a minute is only 3.60 euro or $4.82 an hour, not exactly breaking the bank here.
But then again, people trust WolfGang Puck's name.
So either this coffee is actually good, or people will stop trusting his name. For his sake I hope its the former, cause he really should know better than to promote something that taste bad.
No, the sticker will be a URL, the EULA will be on the internet.
Their claim is that IBM violated their websites Terms of Service when they downloded the source code. Problem is noone is quite sure exactly what they mean by this argument as it was downloaded through an anonymous ftp site publically assessable.
Yes, but say a game cost $50 dollars, wouldn't it be reasonable to offer a few free months. Some do this, but some don't give you any free months. The thought of spending $50 for a game to turn around and not be able to use it untill you've shucked out more money.
I guess I could understand this if there was a hardware component, like buying a cellphone to get service. But cellphone companies consider the phone a loss leader meaning they pay for some of it so you will sign up for the service. It would seem to make good marketing sense to give away the game to get people signed up for the service. This is something Anarchy Online has been doing for a while (before the free year offer they have been offering free download and free month for a long time). Personally I'm shocked it didn't work better for them, I guess the game had too many problems out the door. Either way, generally you often have to give something away to sell monthly services, the fact that MMORPGs havn't is personally surprising. But being a believer in capitalism, I can really only blame this on the consumers who allow themselves to be ripped off.
You mean double sided DVDs. Yes those exist also, there are as well double sided/dual layer DVDs
/ le arningcenter/home/dvd_closerlook.html
4.7GB X 2 X 2=18.8GB Also the DVD standard supports more layers, but I've yet to see it used.
http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd
Your kidding right? DVDs have been Dual layer from the start. The new innovation is being able to write dual layers on a DVD burner as opposed to stamped during their manufacturing.
Note other comment was supposed to be parent comment, not attached to yours. Anyways wanted to comment on yours now.
From my experience with Xandros 2 pro Crossover just works, some applications don't work granted. But there really isn't any fussing with settings as its handles automatically. So you run the program, and it either works or it doesn't.