The Epoch Time is an unofficial mouthpiece for Falun Gong and is wildly sensationalist (at best). I've seen stories claiming that the Chinese Communist Party is harvesting organs from live Falun Gong members and one that said a Chinese General was advocating nuking the US.
The first MMO I played was Everquest (actually, Ultima Online, very briefly), where traveling from one side of the world to the other took maybe an hour, if you were very, very lucky.
Compared to that, WOW changed everything. I've never felt any reason to complain again. Just my two Abrahams.
Honestly, if you don't like it, nobody's forcing you to buy a zune or kindle. Boycotts are the only way these companies are gonna learn that customers won't tolerate DRM.
I'm confused. Are you saying that people *should* or *shouldn't* be upset about this? If the latter, why boycott? If the first, who are you trying to contradict?
I dunno... Isn't desperately trying to be "normal" a very, well, normal thing for gay youths to do? And, in that case, isn't becoming a math/computer/whatever geek pretty far down the list of ways to do that?
Maybe the trouble isn't just that geeks and gays are relatively small minorities, but also that that the cross-section is disproportionately small. Not that knowing the answer would be of much help for you, unfortunately.
I'm prefacing this with the fact that I ran Linux as my only OS for a year (SuSE 9) then I switched back to Microsoft. Linux and GNU are a superior development process - inclusive and plural - but Microsoft right now has the superior ecosystem. When everyone uses it everything gets written for it especially entertainment wise.
I just made the switch from Windows to GNU/Linux (Gentoo, to be specific). It was exactly what you imply - lack of game support - that kept be back for years. But the switch is working great for me, because 1) I play the newest games less and less, whereas older games are usually better supported by Wine, and 2) when I *do* want to play a game unsupported by Wine, I have Windows installed on another disk for just such an occasion. If I still spent half my time playing games, maybe I'd feel differently about having to reboot, but I'm extremely happy with my new setup.
The issue was that most 128 owners ran their machine in 64 mode therefore the 128 never caught on as no one would make software for it. I see Wine as having a flavor of that situation
When gaming on Linux finally takes off (maybe I should say "if"), I think it'll start with game developers purposely ensuring Wine compatibility for their games. That might hold back games from being made POSIX-native, but if they run on Wine, who cares?
In the end, it all goes back to Adam Smith's writings on Economics. The baker doesn't bake his loaves because he wants you to have a full belly. He does it because his is selfish. He just wants your money. That enlightened self interest make the world go 'round. Likewise, the KDE developer doesn't have to write code for the sake of conquering the world, or suiting users. He isn't obliged. He writes code because he wants to use a good Desktop Environment.
Unless you're saying there aren't quite a lot of F/OSS developers out there who make it their goal to create software for the benefit of others, that analogy doesn't hold up.
Nobody's saying Kindle will be the replacement. In fact, most people are saying it won't be. You're confusing that with saying that newspapers are dead, which is a sentiment for the most part strongly denied only by newspapers.
I kind of suspect that you're a bit paranoid about the matter, but I'm not doubting you overall.
Anyway, that's not racism - it's nationalism. Closely related, but distinct. It's hard for Europeans to be racist against White Americans, who are, of course, of the same "race".
I countered that we are the only country to arguably fight a war to end slavery.
Well, Haiti had a successful revolution to end slavery, by the slaves themselves (which was part of the reason the ruling classes in the US started to feel like ending slavery was necessary [particularly those who didn't own any, of course]).
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What do you think lawyers are for?
Shouldn't the length of time open have nothing to do with how much memory is being used? Isn't that the problem?
In other words, it also needs to walk like a duck.
How can something that's not technically true be completely true? At best, it's partially true.
The Epoch Time is an unofficial mouthpiece for Falun Gong and is wildly sensationalist (at best). I've seen stories claiming that the Chinese Communist Party is harvesting organs from live Falun Gong members and one that said a Chinese General was advocating nuking the US.
Pirating Windows just helps Microsoft...
Maybe, but you have to admit that it helps MS LESS than buying it.
So what's stopping you from downloading ROMs of the cartridges you own on BitTorrent or whatever?
The first MMO I played was Everquest (actually, Ultima Online, very briefly), where traveling from one side of the world to the other took maybe an hour, if you were very, very lucky.
Compared to that, WOW changed everything. I've never felt any reason to complain again. Just my two Abrahams.
Do you have moral qualms with obtaining those extracted files online, pirate-style, even though you own the original cartridges?
I'd love to see a Linux port of those games!
What's wrong with using an emulator?
citation?
Sure, but that's a one-time (-per-package-per-version) thing. It's not like compiling a package is such a colossal task.
Bethesda didn't make Fallout or Fallout 2 (or any Fallout game other than 3).
So if they amended the constitution, you'd suddenly feel like it's the kind of thing that IS the government's business?
With space being so cheap these days, I wonder why distributions don't offer precompiled binaries for each separate --march flag.
Honestly, if you don't like it, nobody's forcing you to buy a zune or kindle. Boycotts are the only way these companies are gonna learn that customers won't tolerate DRM.
I'm confused. Are you saying that people *should* or *shouldn't* be upset about this? If the latter, why boycott? If the first, who are you trying to contradict?
I dunno... Isn't desperately trying to be "normal" a very, well, normal thing for gay youths to do? And, in that case, isn't becoming a math/computer/whatever geek pretty far down the list of ways to do that?
Maybe the trouble isn't just that geeks and gays are relatively small minorities, but also that that the cross-section is disproportionately small. Not that knowing the answer would be of much help for you, unfortunately.
I'm prefacing this with the fact that I ran Linux as my only OS for a year (SuSE 9) then I switched back to Microsoft. Linux and GNU are a superior development process - inclusive and plural - but Microsoft right now has the superior ecosystem. When everyone uses it everything gets written for it especially entertainment wise.
I just made the switch from Windows to GNU/Linux (Gentoo, to be specific). It was exactly what you imply - lack of game support - that kept be back for years. But the switch is working great for me, because 1) I play the newest games less and less, whereas older games are usually better supported by Wine, and 2) when I *do* want to play a game unsupported by Wine, I have Windows installed on another disk for just such an occasion. If I still spent half my time playing games, maybe I'd feel differently about having to reboot, but I'm extremely happy with my new setup.
The issue was that most 128 owners ran their machine in 64 mode therefore the 128 never caught on as no one would make software for it. I see Wine as having a flavor of that situation
When gaming on Linux finally takes off (maybe I should say "if"), I think it'll start with game developers purposely ensuring Wine compatibility for their games. That might hold back games from being made POSIX-native, but if they run on Wine, who cares?
In the end, it all goes back to Adam Smith's writings on Economics. The baker doesn't bake his loaves because he wants you to have a full belly. He does it because his is selfish. He just wants your money. That enlightened self interest make the world go 'round. Likewise, the KDE developer doesn't have to write code for the sake of conquering the world, or suiting users. He isn't obliged. He writes code because he wants to use a good Desktop Environment.
Unless you're saying there aren't quite a lot of F/OSS developers out there who make it their goal to create software for the benefit of others, that analogy doesn't hold up.
I don't browse the sections so I'm not sure, but don't only certain stories get chosen for the front page?
Nobody's saying Kindle will be the replacement. In fact, most people are saying it won't be. You're confusing that with saying that newspapers are dead, which is a sentiment for the most part strongly denied only by newspapers.
I kind of suspect that you're a bit paranoid about the matter, but I'm not doubting you overall.
Anyway, that's not racism - it's nationalism. Closely related, but distinct. It's hard for Europeans to be racist against White Americans, who are, of course, of the same "race".
I countered that we are the only country to arguably fight a war to end slavery.
Well, Haiti had a successful revolution to end slavery, by the slaves themselves (which was part of the reason the ruling classes in the US started to feel like ending slavery was necessary [particularly those who didn't own any, of course]).
Because it's a notable matter. Come on, just because it isn't THE issue, that doesn't mean nobody should do a comparison.
Why do Slashdotters love to complain about articles so much? :-P
Firefox for porn and online transactions
Okay, I'll bite. Why is Firefox better for watching porn?