The final output really doesn't matter. The reason that John Carmack and others are asking for higher bit planes is that colour is lost when mixing several light colours together...by the time you break down several lights (which have the number of bits reduced when being combined) and recombine them, the colour is actualy noticably effected.
I have wondered: If I choose not to agree to the EULA, then I am also choosing not to agree to the part of the license that says I need to agree to it in order to use the software.
I have a disc that I bought and I decide not to agree to what they say on the shrink wrap or the EULA...especially WRT the shrink wrap license. Sorry I bought this, and I'm not going to read your stupid text - I'm tearing off this plastic and sticking this disc that I bought in my PC.
I guess EULAs just need to be challenged in court- although i would suspect that any challenge that begins to hold water would be settled, along with an NDA.
IANAL, but it seems to be that tearing open some plastic should not mean that I am legally binding myself by the terms of whatever agreement is written on it.
I have often wondered; Why can't you just say "I don't agree to this license".
You don't agree to it, plain and simple. That INCLUDES the part where they say "you must agree to this or send it back". How can they force you to agree to *any* license or any part therein? You have not agreed to be bound by that clause, nor any other clause. You are still sitting there with the object which you purchased or whatnot, but you have not bound yourself to anything they may have written simply by holding it, or arguably even using it.
Now with software they *may* have some sort of claim if you clicked on 'I Accept' during installation - although even that could be debated.
But with these books you have in no way agreed to anything. "by opening you agree to...", basically say "no I don't", or cross out the line, etc.
Wow that's just plain nuts. I would quite simply be out of there before my resume is cleared from the print queue. Obviously this company has a zero opinion of its employees. Dump 'em quick!
50%? To quote Milton "I could set the building on fire"
Actually I must admit I'd always just assumed that it was a law, indeed I believe it is up here in Canada. Interesting though, perhaps a bit of self-moderation by the games industry may have smoothed things over avoiding debate.
I have seen games limited to minors by ratings on occasion before (a game store and a rental store). Many rental places allow parents to limit what kids can rent on their account which is probably one of the better solutions- leave it up to the parents, with the store to help keep them from sneaking out.
Um, Rush Limbaugh is a proponent of free speech himself. Where exactly is the fascist part coming from? The fact that his views are different than yours? I get so sick of this 'republicans are fascists' and 'democrats are communists' crap. Just how the heck did this inane comment get modded up as interesting anyways?
The original law that was to be simply limited underage children:
"The ordinance, passed in 2000, would require children under 17 to have parental consent before they can buy violent or sexually explicit video games or play similar arcade games. " (from the article)
I don't see anything wrong with this; it's the same way with movies in many places.
The problem is, of course, that once video games aren't protected as free speech, that they can start cracking down on whatever they feel like cracking down on.
Better protect your copies of GTA3!
Anyone know if TiVo works in Canada w Starchoice?
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I've been wanting TIVO or some such for quite awhile, but I haven't been able to determine if it works with Starchoice satellite dishes or whether its available in Canada.
I'm talking full functionability here- like being able to schedule, pause TV, etc. from the TIVO unit without a whole lot of manual programming to get the Starchoice channels.
Just what the hell does Katz contribute here anyways? I can't remember the last time that I actually read something insightful in any of his stories, and now he gets to just plain submit a blatant advertising story for his book? I'm just curious as to what arrangements JK has with/. and what the/. powers that be envision as Katz' role here. I mean really what does this story have to do with Slashdot? I could see if his was a valuable contributor that Slashdot just couldn't do without, but this guy just spews out a bunch of crap and then gets to advertise in the guise of a new story?
I'm not usually one to rant like that, but really...
I mean as long as the thing remembers my addresses and appointments, it doesn't really matter to me what OS runs it. "Linux Inside" would not be a selling point for a PDA for me personally.
I remember hearing it was going to be about Star Fleet academy with like Nog and friends...I'd have to give that series a miss!
I think what I'd like to see is a non federation centered series. Maybe some semi-rogue trader type...of couse the ships crew would encounter federations and other major races...But I'd like to see some of that universes' seemy underbelly!
Hehe like ST:Privateer or Han Solo in Rodenberry land or something! Either way hopefully they'll do a good series because there aren't many to chose from lately!
I just entered this as feedback at CNN - will it have any effect? Probably not, but it's something I guess.
This is regarding the current domain name lawsuits regarding ereferee.com and referee.com.
Referee.com, representing referee magazine, which I understand is making deals with your affliate Sports Illustrated, has brought about a ridiculous domain name challenge to ereferee.com.
I for one am tired of corporations pulling this kind of garbage. Ereferee.com was there before referee.com. They are not the same thing. Referee is a common word in the English language.
This brings about all manner of freedom of speech issues, as well as issues of plain common sense.
I have been a longtime watcher of CNN and frequent CNN.COM. I have always admired CNN's journalism and reporting. For me this has ceased. How can CNN cooperate with any organization which would trample on free speech? Journalists are always defending their right to free speech - I guess this is only when it suits their purposes to do so.
I'm tired of this type of corporate legal meddling and won't stand for it any longer. Are we heading for the day where I would have to put (TM) behind each word in this message?
Until referee.com ceases its frivolous and ridculous lawsuit CNN.COM and the various CNN channels will no longer be part of my websurfing and TV viewing regimen.
Given their indirect relationship with CNN/SI, I think I'm going to boycott CNN and related products until they back down. I don't care about sports or anything, but refusing someone the use of a common word is ridiculous.
This whole thing ticked me off enough to donate $5 to their legal defense fund. I figured what they hey, time I started doing something, however small to stand up against this rampant trademark/patent etc crap. It's all gotten out of hand.
I've found that having a PCAnywhere session (or shadowed Citrix session) open while talking to someone on the phone is very effective.
The only problem is when people start pointing at the screen with their fingers (which they might do with voice only anyways) hehe
The article being quoted deals with libraries copying electronic versions of journals and such to other libraries without paying for it.
The publishers are not trying to stop libraries from lending real books, it's the electronic stuff they're worried about.
And when it comes to acquiring electronic documents what do we need libraries for anyhow? Sure if you need to select from thousands of books in print, you're going to need to go to the library; you don't have room in your house for all of those physical objects. You don't need a library to get electronic documents anyways; and you can store ridculous amounts of documents yourself.
Sega is licensing the DC tech, so there'll likely be more than this one unit.
Rumours still float around saying that X-Box will be able to play DC games; of course Sega seems to attract rumours, and DC games on X-Box is such a good idea that lots of people are hoping it's true.
Heh that's exactly what i was thinking...sounds like some kind of BS move that they always stick into high tech movies; only this one was realy, and it worked!
Kudos to DirecTV...heh if I had a house (or apt with a balcony) and lived in the US, maybe I'd get a dish hehe.
Sega is indeed allowing production of the Dreamcast to lapse. They will instead be licensing DC technology to be used in PC's, set top boxes, DVD players, and so forth. They will still be planning full software support (folks, you might want to run out and pick up a DC now, there's a ton of fun games out for it already, and obviously they're going to run out).
And Sega is currently in negotiations to produce games for PS2 and Gameboy Advance.
Personally I think this will be just what Sega needs, they excel at making games, and although the Dreamcast turned out to be an excellent system, this is where they trully shine. (check out Jet Grind Radio for a good example!
High School is a crappy place for some people. There's not really anything that can be done to effectively change this. The best advice is to just hang on until college/university - this is a whole different world where you can usually find a group somewhere that has common interests with you and where your formerly 'geeky' abilities may even be sought after.
High School is full of teens going through puberty and starting to see what they can do. How are you going to effectively control that?
Nah then companies will just start moving production elsewhere - Asia, perhaps. Heck we build some stuff up here in Canada.
I'm not sure why everyone all has to be in Silicon Valley anyways for high tech - i mean think about it, there's very little reason to concentrate businesses in one area with some many communication options open. I'm sure the costs involved in shipping would pale in comparison to the horrid costs of trying to operate in Silicon Valley!
Flying USAir...the fold down TV's and built in speakers that you can't turn off which they use to cram ads for some of their services down your throats...now I know they need speakers for emergency announcments, etc...but using these for captive audience advertising should be illegal!
I shudder to think of flights in a few years: a nonstop 3 hour ad! Yikes!
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The final output really doesn't matter. The reason that John Carmack and others are asking for higher bit planes is that colour is lost when mixing several light colours together...by the time you break down several lights (which have the number of bits reduced when being combined) and recombine them, the colour is actualy noticably effected.
I have wondered: If I choose not to agree to the EULA, then I am also choosing not to agree to the part of the license that says I need to agree to it in order to use the software.
I have a disc that I bought and I decide not to agree to what they say on the shrink wrap or the EULA...especially WRT the shrink wrap license. Sorry I bought this, and I'm not going to read your stupid text - I'm tearing off this plastic and sticking this disc that I bought in my PC.
I guess EULAs just need to be challenged in court- although i would suspect that any challenge that begins to hold water would be settled, along with an NDA.
IANAL, but it seems to be that tearing open some plastic should not mean that I am legally binding myself by the terms of whatever agreement is written on it.
I have often wondered; Why can't you just say "I don't agree to this license".
You don't agree to it, plain and simple. That INCLUDES the part where they say "you must agree to this or send it back". How can they force you to agree to *any* license or any part therein? You have not agreed to be bound by that clause, nor any other clause. You are still sitting there with the object which you purchased or whatnot, but you have not bound yourself to anything they may have written simply by holding it, or arguably even using it.
Now with software they *may* have some sort of claim if you clicked on 'I Accept' during installation - although even that could be debated.
But with these books you have in no way agreed to anything. "by opening you agree to...", basically say "no I don't", or cross out the line, etc.
Wow that's just plain nuts. I would quite simply be out of there before my resume is cleared from the print queue. Obviously this company has a zero opinion of its employees. Dump 'em quick!
50%? To quote Milton "I could set the building on fire"
Actually I must admit I'd always just assumed that it was a law, indeed I believe it is up here in Canada. Interesting though, perhaps a bit of self-moderation by the games industry may have smoothed things over avoiding debate.
I have seen games limited to minors by ratings on occasion before (a game store and a rental store). Many rental places allow parents to limit what kids can rent on their account which is probably one of the better solutions- leave it up to the parents, with the store to help keep them from sneaking out.
Um, Rush Limbaugh is a proponent of free speech himself. Where exactly is the fascist part coming from? The fact that his views are different than yours? I get so sick of this 'republicans are fascists' and 'democrats are communists' crap. Just how the heck did this inane comment get modded up as interesting anyways?
The original law that was to be simply limited underage children:
"The ordinance, passed in 2000, would require children under 17 to have parental consent before they can buy violent or sexually explicit video games or play similar arcade games. "
(from the article)
I don't see anything wrong with this; it's the same way with movies in many places.
The problem is, of course, that once video games aren't protected as free speech, that they can start cracking down on whatever they feel like cracking down on.
Better protect your copies of GTA3!
I've been wanting TIVO or some such for quite awhile, but I haven't been able to determine if it works with Starchoice satellite dishes or whether its available in Canada.
I'm talking full functionability here- like being able to schedule, pause TV, etc. from the TIVO unit without a whole lot of manual programming to get the Starchoice channels.
Anyone know if it works??
Just what the hell does Katz contribute here anyways? I can't remember the last time that I actually read something insightful in any of his stories, and now he gets to just plain submit a blatant advertising story for his book? I'm just curious as to what arrangements JK has with /. and what the /. powers that be envision as Katz' role here. I mean really what does this story have to do with Slashdot? I could see if his was a valuable contributor that Slashdot just couldn't do without, but this guy just spews out a bunch of crap and then gets to advertise in the guise of a new story?
I'm not usually one to rant like that, but really...
I mean as long as the thing remembers my addresses and appointments, it doesn't really matter to me what OS runs it. "Linux Inside" would not be a selling point for a PDA for me personally.
I remember hearing it was going to be about Star Fleet academy with like Nog and friends...I'd have to give that series a miss! I think what I'd like to see is a non federation centered series. Maybe some semi-rogue trader type...of couse the ships crew would encounter federations and other major races...But I'd like to see some of that universes' seemy underbelly! Hehe like ST:Privateer or Han Solo in Rodenberry land or something! Either way hopefully they'll do a good series because there aren't many to chose from lately!
I just entered this as feedback at CNN - will it have any effect? Probably not, but it's something I guess.
This is regarding the current domain name lawsuits regarding ereferee.com and referee.com.
Referee.com, representing referee magazine, which I understand is making deals with your affliate Sports Illustrated, has brought about a ridiculous domain name challenge to ereferee.com.
I for one am tired of corporations pulling this kind of garbage. Ereferee.com was there before referee.com. They are not the same thing. Referee is a common word in the English language.
This brings about all manner of freedom of speech issues, as well as issues of plain common sense.
I have been a longtime watcher of CNN and frequent CNN.COM. I have always admired CNN's journalism and reporting. For me this has ceased. How can CNN cooperate with any organization which would trample on free speech? Journalists are always defending their right to free speech - I guess this is only when it suits their purposes to do so.
I'm tired of this type of corporate legal meddling and won't stand for it any longer. Are we heading for the day where I would have to put (TM) behind each word in this message?
Until referee.com ceases its frivolous and ridculous lawsuit CNN.COM and the various CNN channels will no longer be part of my websurfing and TV viewing regimen.
Given their indirect relationship with CNN/SI, I think I'm going to boycott CNN and related products until they back down. I don't care about sports or anything, but refusing someone the use of a common word is ridiculous.
This whole thing ticked me off enough to donate $5 to their legal defense fund. I figured what they hey, time I started doing something, however small to stand up against this rampant trademark/patent etc crap. It's all gotten out of hand.
I've found that having a PCAnywhere session (or shadowed Citrix session) open while talking to someone on the phone is very effective. The only problem is when people start pointing at the screen with their fingers (which they might do with voice only anyways) hehe
The article being quoted deals with libraries copying electronic versions of journals and such to other libraries without paying for it.
The publishers are not trying to stop libraries from lending real books, it's the electronic stuff they're worried about.
And when it comes to acquiring electronic documents what do we need libraries for anyhow? Sure if you need to select from thousands of books in print, you're going to need to go to the library; you don't have room in your house for all of those physical objects. You don't need a library to get electronic documents anyways; and you can store ridculous amounts of documents yourself.
Heh, the other X-Box company had better have all of its Office 97 and Windows 95 licenses together!
Better start searching for those certificates!
...can Automated Factories, Deep Core Waste dumps, and Stellar Converters be far behind? Moohaha (Take that Bulrathi!)
Sega is licensing the DC tech, so there'll likely be more than this one unit. Rumours still float around saying that X-Box will be able to play DC games; of course Sega seems to attract rumours, and DC games on X-Box is such a good idea that lots of people are hoping it's true.
Lol, what a troll! This is something Sega should've done after 32X...sticking to what they do best, making great games.
Kudos to DirecTV...heh if I had a house (or apt with a balcony) and lived in the US, maybe I'd get a dish hehe.
Personally I think this will be just what Sega needs, they excel at making games, and although the Dreamcast turned out to be an excellent system, this is where they trully shine. (check out Jet Grind Radio for a good example!
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Nah then companies will just start moving production elsewhere - Asia, perhaps. Heck we build some stuff up here in Canada. I'm not sure why everyone all has to be in Silicon Valley anyways for high tech - i mean think about it, there's very little reason to concentrate businesses in one area with some many communication options open. I'm sure the costs involved in shipping would pale in comparison to the horrid costs of trying to operate in Silicon Valley!
I shudder to think of flights in a few years: a nonstop 3 hour ad! Yikes!