pursuant to EULA non-agreements, only those demonstrated to be not null will void said agreement
is that if the agreement (EULA) is not accepted, will it be considered valid (which is realy strange). So, I'm not sure if bypassing a EULA voids it or not -- it can't be "null" if it "isn't".
Mr. Carmack is unique in another way. His success demonstrates an alternative path for entrepreneurs. Id Software, in Mesquite, Texas, started small and self-funded, and is staying small even as it rakes in tens of millions of dollars from its games and game-technology licensing fees. "All we could get out of growth is more money," says Mr. Carmack, a multimillionaire. "More money is not a major motivator for me."
Money not a major motivator? I wonder how honest that statement is. More importantly, where can Id be going with Carmack's other "attitudes?"
Why not use this buried thread to conduct an ongoing discussion on some topic or other? Or even better: Use this thread as a parasitic forum sucking the vital fluids out of a pustulant wound on slashdot's boil encrusted butt.
I've played Moria/Angband since iMoria on the University of Washington VAX in 1987. Moria and its variants are truly the greatest computer games ever invented.
You know, I really have to agree. Individuals need to assume the power that they have -- which is truly imense. No one can force me to buy anything I don't want -- isn't that amazing? MS and Disney have no power over me at all -- ZERO.
It amuses that this debate stems from access to crap entertainment.
Is my response only smug self satisfaction from a technical elite? I don't think so: my response comes from an increasing belief that all I can do is all I can do, and I believe that applies to everyone.
Yeah -- that's what it's all about all right. Damn straight -- If I could be the boss of a benign monopoly and have enough money to buy God I would sure make the world a better place. I would set up a foundation to wisely bestow my measurless wealth on the deserving needy -- yeah; I would be king.
God save our gracious king; God save our noble King -- God save our King.
"Here, here" comes from a Latin expression meaning "Thus you have arrived". This passed into common usage during the 4th century by Gaelic tribes who inscribed the saying "Heghredh, Hodhch". Interestingly, the actual meaning of this Gaelic phrase (inscribed here in its P-Celtic form) has been lost, but the phrase did then pass into common English usage as "Here, here".
The corruption "Hear, hear" did not pass into common English usage until about 1532, about the time that Sir Garrett of the Marshes -- a somewhat obscure late Middle Ages figure -- began seeking alchemical remedies for his progressing hearing loss. Sir Garrett was a prolific lecturer in noble English society and was often met with the response "Listen, listen!" when he was unable to make out the questions posed by his audience. To this, he was known to respond "Yes, yes -- hear, hear."
It's global govenment -- meaning the whole globe. With global government, the world doesn't have to contend with democracy causing problems for commerce.
Duh!
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Boy, I thought I had to go to a real news outlet like CNN or Reuters to get this kind of insightful journalism. If everyone would just repeat lines like those above 50 times, we might be able to squash all of the horrible ideas that have been cropping up which question the legitimate (and blessed)American Way of Life.
Yeah, a couple of years ago Wired crowed about the soaring stock market and how it would never end because things were "different now." I think you can almost take Wired pronouncements, reverse thm, and have a pretty good look at the future.
Actually, my comments were designed for a specific audience: flag waving senators from SC. It seems to me that without the right "language", people don't even listen.
I am against anything that will reduce my ability to use Open Source software. I can't afford to buy Microsoft products -- and I won't pirate them. I hope my government can understand that there are lots of people like me -- I mean, I don't go to movies, I don't rent movies -- I don't want and can't afford that culture. All I want to be able to do is participate in a community of software users and developers who share their work -- I don't want to topple Microsoft or upset the movie and recording industries or anything like that.
Think about the original New England Colonists -- they didn't want to destroy England or infringe on England's ability to do business or impose any beliefs or behaviors on England. The result of their cooperation and independence is the greatest country on the face of the Earth -- and the most vital democracy in the history of human civilization. Just think -- maybe Open Source software can be a new chapter in the continuation of the unfolding story of democracy that is the United States of America.
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pursuant to EULA non-agreements, only those demonstrated to be not null will void said agreement
is that if the agreement (EULA) is not accepted, will it be considered valid (which is realy strange). So, I'm not sure if bypassing a EULA voids it or not -- it can't be "null" if it "isn't".
May the Trolls feast upon the dead corpse of Slashdot. >GNASHGNASHGNASH
Feel my ABUSE as I PUMMEL your sorry, worthless little mind.
I saw it.
Mr. Carmack is unique in another way. His success demonstrates an alternative path for entrepreneurs. Id Software, in Mesquite, Texas, started small and self-funded, and is staying small even as it rakes in tens of millions of dollars from its games and game-technology licensing fees. "All we could get out of growth is more money," says Mr. Carmack, a multimillionaire. "More money is not a major motivator for me."
Money not a major motivator? I wonder how honest that statement is. More importantly, where can Id be going with Carmack's other "attitudes?"
What are you talking about? Check out the XFree stuff yourself instead of complaining about other people's links. Maybe it was an honest mistake.
and wtf is wtf? Why did you say that?
For the record, I am noticing marked improvements as well.
Why not use this buried thread to conduct an ongoing discussion on some topic or other? Or even better: Use this thread as a parasitic forum sucking the vital fluids out of a pustulant wound on slashdot's boil encrusted butt.
Muwahahaha..
TURNING and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of *Spiritus Mundi*
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
I've played Moria/Angband since iMoria on the University of Washington VAX in 1987. Moria and its variants are truly the greatest computer games ever invented.
You know, I really have to agree. Individuals need to assume the power that they have -- which is truly imense. No one can force me to buy anything I don't want -- isn't that amazing? MS and Disney have no power over me at all -- ZERO.
It amuses that this debate stems from access to crap entertainment.
Is my response only smug self satisfaction from a technical elite? I don't think so: my response comes from an increasing belief that all I can do is all I can do, and I believe that applies to everyone.
Your first line is moronic. Define your terms. Is this what you mean:
Open and free information just like CNN and MTV?
Inevitible just like the Wired pronouncements of a Dow Jones at 25,000?
Such a corporate monkey.
FU and all you stand for.
By slaughtering an entire continent -- woohoo!
Yeah -- that's what it's all about all right. Damn straight -- If I could be the boss of a benign monopoly and have enough money to buy God I would sure make the world a better place. I would set up a foundation to wisely bestow my measurless wealth on the deserving needy -- yeah; I would be king.
God save our gracious king; God save our noble King -- God save our King.
No, it's not.
"Here, here" comes from a Latin expression meaning "Thus you have arrived". This passed into common usage during the 4th century by Gaelic tribes who inscribed the saying "Heghredh, Hodhch". Interestingly, the actual meaning of this Gaelic phrase (inscribed here in its P-Celtic form) has been lost, but the phrase did then pass into common English usage as "Here, here".
The corruption "Hear, hear" did not pass into common English usage until about 1532, about the time that Sir Garrett of the Marshes -- a somewhat obscure late Middle Ages figure -- began seeking alchemical remedies for his progressing hearing loss. Sir Garrett was a prolific lecturer in noble English society and was often met with the response "Listen, listen!" when he was unable to make out the questions posed by his audience. To this, he was known to respond "Yes, yes -- hear, hear."
Here here!
However... I think the Bill Buckley bit is rather thin as an analogy.
It's global govenment -- meaning the whole globe. With global government, the world doesn't have to contend with democracy causing problems for commerce.
Duh!
Boy, I thought I had to go to a real news outlet like CNN or Reuters to get this kind of insightful journalism. If everyone would just repeat lines like those above 50 times, we might be able to squash all of the horrible ideas that have been cropping up which question the legitimate (and blessed)American Way of Life.
Bah
You make some very good points.
I would suggest three things:
1)R&D can be used for all kinds of things that don't increase the quality of a product.
2)The definition of quality can be manipulated in the same ways that brand identification can.
3)Definitions of quality are often tautological in nature.
The only problem with your argument lies in this question:
Why do people by Rolex instead of Timex?
Our society is almost entirely based on branding. Why do people by Tide instead of Cheer? It's the same stuff!
Buckminster Fuller had a lot to say about the loss of innovation to marketing -- I think things have only gotten worse since he died.
Best,
Bob
Yeah, a couple of years ago Wired crowed about the soaring stock market and how it would never end because things were "different now." I think you can almost take Wired pronouncements, reverse thm, and have a pretty good look at the future.
Sorry, you aren't listening. I said I can't afford that "culture". Slackwit.
You aren't LISTENING: a movie in Seattle costs $7.50!!!!
Well,
What makes you think that I think that it will? I have yet to see plausible evidence from my post that suggests that I think that it will.
I think that you think that I think that it will and I think you are wrong.
Man, in Seattle a movie is $7.50.
I can't afford the mind-sucking straw inserted into my head by the crap Hollywood movie industry -- not enough left as it is.
Actually, my comments were designed for a specific audience: flag waving senators from SC. It seems to me that without the right "language", people don't even listen.
Viva Canada!
I am against anything that will reduce my ability to use Open Source software. I can't afford to buy Microsoft products -- and I won't pirate them. I hope my government can understand that there are lots of people like me -- I mean, I don't go to movies, I don't rent movies -- I don't want and can't afford that culture. All I want to be able to do is participate in a community of software users and developers who share their work -- I don't want to topple Microsoft or upset the movie and recording industries or anything like that.
Think about the original New England Colonists -- they didn't want to destroy England or infringe on England's ability to do business or impose any beliefs or behaviors on England. The result of their cooperation and independence is the greatest country on the face of the Earth -- and the most vital democracy in the history of human civilization. Just think -- maybe Open Source software can be a new chapter in the continuation of the unfolding story of democracy that is the United States of America.