The kind of people who do this kind of documentation aren't the ones who came in with the administration - they're the rank and file of the federal bureaucracy, who predated the administration, and the administration can't easily get rid of them due to union laws.
Those are the guys who write the memos that embarrass the heads of state.
They're called "bars" or "taverns", and nobody under the age of 21 is allowed in them, at least in the United States. Mind you, many of the patrons of such establishments have problems acting better than the kids somebody would go to such a place to escape...
I've seen it bandied around that companies should avoid placing advertisements that breaks immersion in the gameworld - for example, just about any advertising in a fantasy realm would break immersion, and thus should not be included in a game.
Since game development companies want to maximize cash flow, and advertising is a way for them to increase their cash flow (especially if they have dynamic ads that can be updated after the game is initially launched) I believe you'll see a move away from games where ads aren't easily insertable into the game - in other words, a reduction in the number of fantasy, apocolyptic, and otherwise "non-advertising friendly" games with good production values.
I hate the idea of in-game advertising as much as anybody else. I also hate what I fear this trend will do to the games I enjoy...
And time for me to eat crow - I've been using Cedega to play it, but I did come across some links that said it worked via Wine. When I googled it, I just grabbed the first one, and it actually said it didn't work when I looked through it.
HL2 works with Wine just fine. I know, I've done it. The only downside is that it only supports the DX8 renderpath, so you miss out on some of the eyecandy.
I seem to remember somebody selling "system extenders on a card" back in the late '80s or mid '90s - that fad may have come 'n gone more than once. I also seem to remember the benchmarking showing that the pathetically sad system speed was due to memory latency issues...
The specific line to look at is "Windows Activation Services". If this is correct, Windows Vista Ultimate Edition is going to be about the most pirated version of Windows ever.
The original story I'd heard back when the rumors of seven different versions popped up was that only the basic Business version wouldn't have product activation code built into it - and that it would be lacking hardware Direct3D and OpenGL support, as well as Aero Glass. Since your basic office workstation doesn't need 3d hardware acceleration, (No, CAD/CAM/Maya/whatever is NOT your basic office workstation) and pirates would be more likely to look down on that version as "crippleware" that would keep the amount of piracy down to a dull roar.
From that chart, if it's accurate, it looks like ALL the business versions, as well as Ultimate, are lacking product activation, and since all business versions support Aero, they all have at least Direct3D implemented - no idea if Microsoft will continue to support OpenGL, however.:P
Then I noticed the little line at the top about how this page was out of date, and there's an updated page. The URL is:
I did a diff of the two pages... (Currently examining diff)
Nothing too radical, except the licensing line is missing. Hmm. Make of that what you will. Google isn't turning up a whole heck of a lot. Now that I'm looking even further, it looks like "Windows Activation Services" has something to do with IIS 7.0, not product activation.
Since I can't find anything on Google, and this is/., I'm going to stick my own opinion out there:
All versions of XP except for volume-licensed versions of Business and Enterprise (which is only being released on a volume license deal) will have product activation. The number of corporate users who will actually buy the Ultimate Edition is a small enough fraction (and most likely, will wield enough political power - I.E. CEO types who think it's neat to have all the toys, and can make somebody else do all the gruntwork for them) that product activation isn't going to be a big deal for that version.
So, if you want any of the home features, you're going to be stuck with product activation IMO.
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AFAIK, most of OO is NOT using Java - the only part of OO in Java is the database manager, and that's only for the JDBC connectivity.
As a junior high student in the mid '80s, I spent more than a few mornings down in the principal's office for refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance. I didn't quite understand why at the time, but there was something about an enforced loyalty pledge that included a call to a divine being I did not believe in that just struck me as Wrong.
The energy cost of moving a person from one planet to another is so insane that colonizing other planets is pretty much a pointless means of population control.
...that while the wind speed is higher, due to the lower air pressure on Mars, that increased speed doesn't mean that the wind is actually strong enough to push it over. I couldn't tell you the exact numbers, though.
My ex-girlfriend (who was Japanese) told me that he made the film to show that there are wonderful things in nature that need to be preserved - and apparently, a good chunk of the proceeds from the film went to buy up some forests near Tokyo, or something like that. It's been around 10 years, so I'm not real clear on it, but I kinda sorta remember that much...
Once again, "don't damage the environment" is the message.
(This is not a troll - I'm absolutely serious about this.)
We should abolish all non-national TLDs. Each company could then register under its own national domain, or if local, under the state, county, or city sub-domain. This would deal nicely with the sovereignty issues that crop up all the time - if you're in the.us domain, U.S. content laws (and only U.S. content laws) apply to you. If you're in.au, only Australian content laws apply to you. If a foriegn state doesn't like what other countries are putting up, they can block access to those domains.
I have known people from all over the world, and I can understand almost every accented version of English out there.
Except for Indian english.
The problem is, I have a hearing loss in the upper ranges of my hearing. Not only does this make it hard to hear my S.O. whining (bliss!) but in addition, makes it VERY hard to understand the prototypical Indian accent, which seems to drag half of every syllable up an octave. This is especially fun when, in the course of my daily job, I have to call Toshiba's hardware technical support number and argue with one of their technicians about whether or not the head crashed in the laptop HD again.
Of course, this is my problem, and I'm expected to adapt or get out of the way.
Stick it in the EULA, and advertise the personal data file protection as part of the product's "functionality" - make sure to disclaim it properly, though, so that people don't go using it for that purpose on purpose.
Also indicate that in order to protect the data, you may not release decryption keys without proof of who the person is...
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We basically have two things left, we are leaders in information technology, and leaders in making Lady Gaga CDs and Chipmunk movie sequels.
You left out high-speed pizza delivery.
The kind of people who do this kind of documentation aren't the ones who came in with the administration - they're the rank and file of the federal bureaucracy, who predated the administration, and the administration can't easily get rid of them due to union laws.
Those are the guys who write the memos that embarrass the heads of state.
They're called "bars" or "taverns", and nobody under the age of 21 is allowed in them, at least in the United States. Mind you, many of the patrons of such establishments have problems acting better than the kids somebody would go to such a place to escape...
-1 Redundant. User posts on slashdot.
I've seen it bandied around that companies should avoid placing advertisements that breaks immersion in the gameworld - for example, just about any advertising in a fantasy realm would break immersion, and thus should not be included in a game.
Since game development companies want to maximize cash flow, and advertising is a way for them to increase their cash flow (especially if they have dynamic ads that can be updated after the game is initially launched) I believe you'll see a move away from games where ads aren't easily insertable into the game - in other words, a reduction in the number of fantasy, apocolyptic, and otherwise "non-advertising friendly" games with good production values.
I hate the idea of in-game advertising as much as anybody else. I also hate what I fear this trend will do to the games I enjoy...
And time for me to eat crow - I've been using Cedega to play it, but I did come across some links that said it worked via Wine. When I googled it, I just grabbed the first one, and it actually said it didn't work when I looked through it.
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Here's a better link: http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wiwimod/index
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=2890
HL2 works with Wine just fine. I know, I've done it. The only downside is that it only supports the DX8 renderpath, so you miss out on some of the eyecandy.
They'll still make them.
I seem to remember somebody selling "system extenders on a card" back in the late '80s or mid '90s - that fad may have come 'n gone more than once. I also seem to remember the benchmarking showing that the pathetically sad system speed was due to memory latency issues...
We just need to put windmills in Congress, along with heat exchangers.
Which leads me to wonder - would your first act in office be to commit suicide?
(Note - read the whole thing before assuming I went off at the hip on this post. It's stream of consciousness, something I know is rare at /.)
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/., I'm going to stick my own opinion out there:
Or at least, I thought it wasn't going to until I read this list:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_edi
The specific line to look at is "Windows Activation Services". If this is correct, Windows Vista Ultimate Edition is going to be about the most pirated version of Windows ever.
The original story I'd heard back when the rumors of seven different versions popped up was that only the basic Business version wouldn't have product activation code built into it - and that it would be lacking hardware Direct3D and OpenGL support, as well as Aero Glass. Since your basic office workstation doesn't need 3d hardware acceleration, (No, CAD/CAM/Maya/whatever is NOT your basic office workstation) and pirates would be more likely to look down on that version as "crippleware" that would keep the amount of piracy down to a dull roar.
From that chart, if it's accurate, it looks like ALL the business versions, as well as Ultimate, are lacking product activation, and since all business versions support Aero, they all have at least Direct3D implemented - no idea if Microsoft will continue to support OpenGL, however.
Then I noticed the little line at the top about how this page was out of date, and there's an updated page. The URL is:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_edi
I did a diff of the two pages... (Currently examining diff)
Nothing too radical, except the licensing line is missing. Hmm. Make of that what you will. Google isn't turning up a whole heck of a lot. Now that I'm looking even further, it looks like "Windows Activation Services" has something to do with IIS 7.0, not product activation.
Since I can't find anything on Google, and this is
All versions of XP except for volume-licensed versions of Business and Enterprise (which is only being released on a volume license deal) will have product activation. The number of corporate users who will actually buy the Ultimate Edition is a small enough fraction (and most likely, will wield enough political power - I.E. CEO types who think it's neat to have all the toys, and can make somebody else do all the gruntwork for them) that product activation isn't going to be a big deal for that version.
So, if you want any of the home features, you're going to be stuck with product activation IMO.
AFAIK, most of OO is NOT using Java - the only part of OO in Java is the database manager, and that's only for the JDBC connectivity.
Bah, I'm all about 'cat > $FILENAME'.
There's some generator on the web that makes random movie plots, sounds like something that it would come up with:
Microsoft and a Spammer's millions team up. Together, they fight crime!
You owe the Oracle a brain pacemaker and a bottle of good vodka.
Their home page uses the blink tag, what more proof do you need?
As a junior high student in the mid '80s, I spent more than a few mornings down in the principal's office for refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance. I didn't quite understand why at the time, but there was something about an enforced loyalty pledge that included a call to a divine being I did not believe in that just struck me as Wrong.
I chose not to participate. I was punished.
Now with keys of 2^google plex digit length!
The energy cost of moving a person from one planet to another is so insane that colonizing other planets is pretty much a pointless means of population control.
...that while the wind speed is higher, due to the lower air pressure on Mars, that increased speed doesn't mean that the wind is actually strong enough to push it over. I couldn't tell you the exact numbers, though.
...just reporting second-hand information. :)
Besides, I swear that Miyazaki must've been on LSD when he came up with the cat-bus sequence.
My ex-girlfriend (who was Japanese) told me that he made the film to show that there are wonderful things in nature that need to be preserved - and apparently, a good chunk of the proceeds from the film went to buy up some forests near Tokyo, or something like that. It's been around 10 years, so I'm not real clear on it, but I kinda sorta remember that much...
Once again, "don't damage the environment" is the message.
(This is not a troll - I'm absolutely serious about this.)
.us domain, U.S. content laws (and only U.S. content laws) apply to you. If you're in .au, only Australian content laws apply to you. If a foriegn state doesn't like what other countries are putting up, they can block access to those domains.
We should abolish all non-national TLDs. Each company could then register under its own national domain, or if local, under the state, county, or city sub-domain. This would deal nicely with the sovereignty issues that crop up all the time - if you're in the
This is all IMO, of course.
I have known people from all over the world, and I can understand almost every accented version of English out there.
Except for Indian english.
The problem is, I have a hearing loss in the upper ranges of my hearing. Not only does this make it hard to hear my S.O. whining (bliss!) but in addition, makes it VERY hard to understand the prototypical Indian accent, which seems to drag half of every syllable up an octave. This is especially fun when, in the course of my daily job, I have to call Toshiba's hardware technical support number and argue with one of their technicians about whether or not the head crashed in the laptop HD again.
Of course, this is my problem, and I'm expected to adapt or get out of the way.
Stick it in the EULA, and advertise the personal data file protection as part of the product's "functionality" - make sure to disclaim it properly, though, so that people don't go using it for that purpose on purpose.
Also indicate that in order to protect the data, you may not release decryption keys without proof of who the person is...
Yeah, I know, I'm just dreamin'. Still...