"Thus, because of the GPL's "transitive user rights," at least half of the DoD's OSS efforts, were they to be more widely disseminated, would largely foreclose proprietary and/or hybrid companies from further developing the software and commercializing the results. The same is true for any outside R&D funded by the DoD - if it is GPL-based, proprietary companies cannot directly benefit from it."
Oh no! If the DoD develops it's own GPL'd software, we (MS, Cisco, Intel, et al) can't sell it as our own for ridiculous prices!
We don't PLAY games at that rate; we benchmark them there for comparison with other cards. I have a 15" LCD that I game with. I run my refresh at 60Hz, which I am imaging you are translating to "a maximum displayable 60 frames per second." I'll let someone more technical than myself debunk that one.
What's there to debunk? If your refresh rate is 60hz, then how is that not "a maximum displayable 60 frames per second."?? Maybe you've discovered a way to overclock your monitor? If so, please use a decent heat sink.
You're all a bunch of anal rape victims standing around wondering how this could have happened. Well duh! How many people read and contribute to slash fucking dot? Like it really fucking matters if a story shows up once or a dozen times. It's exactly this kind of picky 'no, I said coffee enema, damnit' bullshit that will rapidly kill off slashdot. Are you all so wrapped up in the karmic celebrity of moderation that you can't get excited about something totally cool like this? God, you people make me sick.
Maybe i'm an idiot, but I don't see the point of this post. For sure it's about how one shouldn't pick Microsoft since they are a 'dirty company.' But the author never goes beyond that to define any position. Is he for Opera or not? Is he for IE or not? Make up your fucking mind for God's sake!
You know, for all the time that you morons spend posting, you could have coded your own perfectly-standards-compliant browser and followed MS's tactics and made enough money to contribute lots to the local needy tribe.
I am so sick of this ridiculously anachronistic attitude towards Microsoft.
Microsoft hires a LOT of excellent coders who actually STAY there. If the/. collective would gather a few facts they would see this. Check out research.microsoft.com.
How much money do you think that division generates, morons?
If you look carefully, you find out that they developed the hated paper-clip. And some of these researchers are the same ones who advocated open source solutions and STILL DO, even while STILL IN THE EMPLOY OF MICROSOFT.
My point is, what is the big deal about Microsoft?
I've always loved BSD, in all it's incarnations. I would much rather run it than ANYTHING including linux. But I've been working with BSD-based OS's, Linux, OS/2, CP/M (yes, it's still out there,) and Microsoft's Windows 2000 is the closest a third-party has come to perfecting the BSD model on the x86 platform.
And don't mention linux. Or should I say, don't mention KDE. KDE is a cheaper imitation of Windows. Don't even try to deny it. Look at the specification; it's all there.
Maybe the linuxites should concern themselves with BETTERING the bsd/windows ideal instead of trying to fucking duplicate it, and winding up looking like sodomites.
...um, yeah? It'll be the equivalent of a 2 year old PC. Big deal. 300 Mhz processor? Give me a fucking break. Who cares? This thing is crap.
Remember the early 90's console shakeout when the Genesis and the 3DO system vanished from store shelves? Doesn't the current console atmosphere smell similar?
Personally, I'm waiting to get wired. I mean BRAIN STEM WIRED. Everything else is just engineers being pussies.
...i'm getting a bit frustrated at the political naivete displayed by the 'slashdot communal mind' at times like this. Laws such as those used by the MPAA, RIAA, et al. are passed by the congress and the senate, who are lobbied by groups with MONEY.
If we were to lobby on our own behalf instead of waiting for someone else like the ACLU to fight for us, we might avoid some of these ridiculous situations (DeCSS,:CueCat, Sega) in the first place.
Think about the numbers for a minute; if slashdot has perhaps half a million readers (I'm really just pulling that number out of thin air... anyone know a 'real' number?) and perhaps 10% of those care enough about these issues to donate $100, that's um... let's see... (*counting on toes...*) a good start to an organized lobbying effort on our own behalf!
Slashdot Mirror
all we had was 1 dimensional games, lines with broken spaces in between
Tell me what magical universe you live in that allows you to have lines with only 1 dimension.
Sounds neato!
"Thus, because of the GPL's "transitive user rights," at least half of the DoD's OSS efforts, were they to be more widely disseminated, would largely foreclose proprietary and/or hybrid companies from further developing the
software and commercializing the results. The same is true for any outside R&D funded
by the DoD - if it is GPL-based, proprietary companies cannot directly benefit from it."
Oh no! If the DoD develops it's own GPL'd software, we (MS, Cisco, Intel, et al) can't sell it as our own for ridiculous prices!
Stop the commies at the DoD!
This was posted less than a month ago: The Mod Squad. 'Stuff that matters.'? I guess game mods are a vital nerd issue.
We don't PLAY games at that rate; we benchmark them there for comparison with other cards. I have a 15" LCD that I game with. I run my refresh at 60Hz, which I am imaging you are translating to "a maximum displayable 60 frames per second." I'll let someone more technical than myself debunk that one.
What's there to debunk? If your refresh rate is 60hz, then how is that not "a maximum displayable 60 frames per second."??
Maybe you've discovered a way to overclock your monitor? If so, please use a decent heat sink.
You're all a bunch of anal rape victims standing around wondering how this could have happened.
Well duh!
How many people read and contribute to slash fucking dot?
Like it really fucking matters if a story shows up once or a dozen times.
It's exactly this kind of picky 'no, I said coffee enema, damnit' bullshit that will rapidly kill off slashdot. Are you all so wrapped up in the karmic celebrity of moderation that you can't get excited about something totally cool like this?
God, you people make me sick.
Can we puhleese make this nasty thread go away before it makes me scared. Are there that many nerds out there? Help me mommy.
You know, for all the time that you morons spend posting, you could have coded your own perfectly-standards-compliant browser and followed MS's tactics and made enough money to contribute lots to the local needy tribe.
Microsoft hires a LOT of excellent coders who actually STAY there. If the /. collective would gather a few facts they would see this. Check out research.microsoft.com.
How much money do you think that division generates, morons?
If you look carefully, you find out that they developed the hated paper-clip. And some of these researchers are the same ones who advocated open source solutions and STILL DO, even while STILL IN THE EMPLOY OF MICROSOFT.
My point is, what is the big deal about Microsoft? I've always loved BSD, in all it's incarnations. I would much rather run it than ANYTHING including linux. But I've been working with BSD-based OS's, Linux, OS/2, CP/M (yes, it's still out there,) and Microsoft's Windows 2000 is the closest a third-party has come to perfecting the BSD model on the x86 platform.
And don't mention linux. Or should I say, don't mention KDE. KDE is a cheaper imitation of Windows. Don't even try to deny it. Look at the specification; it's all there.
Maybe the linuxites should concern themselves with BETTERING the bsd/windows ideal instead of trying to fucking duplicate it, and winding up looking like sodomites.
...um, yeah? It'll be the equivalent of a 2 year old PC. Big deal. 300 Mhz processor? Give me a fucking break. Who cares? This thing is crap.
Remember the early 90's console shakeout when the Genesis and the 3DO system vanished from store shelves? Doesn't the current console atmosphere smell similar?
Personally, I'm waiting to get wired. I mean BRAIN STEM WIRED. Everything else is just engineers being pussies.
signal 11 wins CmdrTaco. You have proven yourself to be a worthless piece of shit. I dare you to moderate this, cuntface.
...i'm getting a bit frustrated at the political naivete displayed by the 'slashdot communal mind' at times like this. Laws such as those used by the MPAA, RIAA, et al. are passed by the congress and the senate, who are lobbied by groups with MONEY. If we were to lobby on our own behalf instead of waiting for someone else like the ACLU to fight for us, we might avoid some of these ridiculous situations (DeCSS, :CueCat, Sega) in the first place.
Think about the numbers for a minute; if slashdot has perhaps half a million readers (I'm really just pulling that number out of thin air... anyone know a 'real' number?) and perhaps 10% of those care enough about these issues to donate $100, that's um... let's see... (*counting on toes...*) a good start to an organized lobbying effort on our own behalf!