Without google having a cached copy of the cookie information, it would have to go and ask YOUR browser every time, which would result in even SLOWER responses probably, as you have far less bandwidth and far higher ping times than google does.
Cell phones are more powerful now than computers 5-8 years ago that can still run modern Linux implementations just fine, let alone video game machines.
Hell, there's probably digital watches that are more powerful than computers that can still run modern Linux implementations.
bzzzt, wrong! people think that deaths and gunshots and things look as sanitized as they do on tv. A little more realism, I think, might be a GOOD thing.
wow, that looks like about as interesting a concept as... well.. what i dropped in the toilet this morning.
So, you've got a book, a screenplay, and a video game.. none of which actually exist, although you can download the first 70 pages of the book, and you can call someone to get a copy of the script.. and you're working on an initial version of the video game, using UT2 + mods, but going to redo it all to use UT3 when it's done.
They're all the same. Yeah, there are nudges here and there that make them play a little different.. and it's possible to do a really awful one even with awesome technology behind you (Unreal..)
The industry is no longer there to make new genres of games. The industry is there to sustain what it has, and in the ideal world, to advance what we have now, to the point where it can be indistinguishable from reality if we wanted it to be.
I can see using security like that on something important. Your bank account, private things,etc.
But on a goddamn GYM?!
Hell, I have access to a USB dongle that will store passwords for websites, variable per user, and it identifies the user by the user's fingerprint.
ON A GYM?!
Who the hell is going to have significant problems if someone steals their identity to go to the damn gym?
If the gym has to be secure, fark the membership cards, and just have a database of people allowed in, and have someone at the front desk check their fuckin identification.
Firefox probably wouldn't be at all bad, on a P5 or on a really fast 486.. but.. you'd need a shitfarkload of ram. At least 256MB just to think about it. And I'm not sure if those machiens have that capability
The entire village, from one end all the way to the next major city, has no close up shots at anything better than about 5 clicks out from max zoom on google.
I'm not sure if it's because it's hte middle of nowhere, or because there's an army base with a gigantic armory there.
Considering that Microsoft's releases of software tend to be somewhere around most other company's late alpha or early beta testing cycles, quality wise... I don't think I'd want to even think about trying a Microsoft beta data backup product! I can just see it corrupting the backup and the original, simultaneously!
If we are to assume that the IP (work) in question is actually software code, then the whole questions is pointless:
Software is relatively easy to create.
Much more so the second time.
You could spend tons of cash and several months building, for example, an online game. Then I could come around, and re-create that entire thing from scratch, on my own, for virtually no cost, within a few days.
1988 here myself.. And I was definitely not early adopter, either.
But, back in that day, people had internet access through their colleges, and usually when their college tenures were up (and those usually got cut short because of something on the Internet.. heh!) they disappeared, never to be heard from again.
Actually, no matter the operating system, since about 1989, aside from the operating system, I have used almost exclusively free software. (pre 1989 was the Commodore days, well, everything was either from a magazine, or pirated, period) The only thing I use that is commercial software on my own computers in that time has been operating systems and games.
It's certainly quite possible to get away with free software in the Windows world. (at least, it was a few years back.. I know now that the entry bar for programming for anything has been raised drastically, there's probably a lot fewer pieces of free software out there than there used to be)
On the other hand, I totally agree that the vast majority of Slashdot posters (i can't speak for the non posters), if they own a copy of Windows personally, probably pirated it.
Is it as much of an upgrade over 3 as 3 was to 2??
The release notes for 3 over 2 might as well have read:
** Changes for GCC 3.0 (compared to 2.9):
* Broke compatibility with all existing file formats, and in fact some parts of the C language itself.
* New functionality: none
The only advantage Firefox has over other browsers is in it's built in extensibility capabilities, and thats the one area where it's going to ultimately end up shooting itself in the foot, if it ever becomes popular enough.
There was no such thing as a PG-13 rating when the first three movies came out, and the first two of this trilogy were so watered down sappy crap that they probably barely made it out of "G" rating.
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Of course there's a reason.
Without google having a cached copy of the cookie information, it would have to go and ask YOUR browser every time, which would result in even SLOWER responses probably, as you have far less bandwidth and far higher ping times than google does.
95% of all statistics are made up garbage.
Why is this impressive on it's technical merits?
Cell phones are more powerful now than computers 5-8 years ago that can still run modern Linux implementations just fine, let alone video game machines.
Hell, there's probably digital watches that are more powerful than computers that can still run modern Linux implementations.
just cp the changelog from 2.x to 3.0...
What's New:
Broke virtually everything
Fixed nothing
Made it slower
Yay!
obtaining your finger prints may be trivial, but actually implementing them with another finger? how trivial is that ?
All security aside, I think the USB dongle that stores your passwords and fills them in automatically when you apply your finger is a cool idea.
Far more people own an XBox, PS2 and/or GC than own computers.
Also, for the purchase of an entire.. oh, say... XBox.. I couldn't upgrade more than one part of my own computer.
bzzzt, wrong! people think that deaths and gunshots and things look as sanitized as they do on tv. A little more realism, I think, might be a GOOD thing.
wow, that looks like about as interesting a concept as ... well.. what i dropped in the toilet this morning.
So, you've got a book, a screenplay, and a video game.. none of which actually exist, although you can download the first 70 pages of the book, and you can call someone to get a copy of the script.. and you're working on an initial version of the video game, using UT2 + mods, but going to redo it all to use UT3 when it's done.
This sounds WONDERFUL!
Who the hell put that in the /. article?
...
.. and it's possible to do a really awful one even with awesome technology behind you (Unreal..)
Halo 2 = Half-Life 2 = Doom 3 = Quake IV =
They're all the same. Yeah, there are nudges here and there that make them play a little different
The industry is no longer there to make new genres of games. The industry is there to sustain what it has, and in the ideal world, to advance what we have now, to the point where it can be indistinguishable from reality if we wanted it to be.
I can see using security like that on something important. Your bank account, private things ,etc.
But on a goddamn GYM?!
Hell, I have access to a USB dongle that will store passwords for websites, variable per user, and it identifies the user by the user's fingerprint.
ON A GYM?!
Who the hell is going to have significant problems if someone steals their identity to go to the damn gym?
If the gym has to be secure, fark the membership cards, and just have a database of people allowed in, and have someone at the front desk check their fuckin identification.
The entire FIRST competition was this weekend, not just the LEGO part.
:(
I used to think Slashdot had a clue, but now everyone here just pisses me off.
Bzzzt. TTL is absolute maximum. Serial numbers change or not, when you've reached TTL, you go to the authoritative interface.
It's all still RAM that you need.
Firefox probably wouldn't be at all bad, on a P5 or on a really fast 486.. but.. you'd need a shitfarkload of ram. At least 256MB just to think about it. And I'm not sure if those machiens have that capability
is in Augusta, Michigan.
The entire village, from one end all the way to the next major city, has no close up shots at anything better than about 5 clicks out from max zoom on google.
I'm not sure if it's because it's hte middle of nowhere, or because there's an army base with a gigantic armory there.
Considering that Microsoft's releases of software tend to be somewhere around most other company's late alpha or early beta testing cycles, quality wise... I don't think I'd want to even think about trying a Microsoft beta data backup product! I can just see it corrupting the backup and the original, simultaneously!
What the hell do you mean CODEC and LOSSLESS?
You guys make everything way too complex.
If we are to assume that the IP (work) in question is actually software code, then the whole questions is pointless:
Software is relatively easy to create.
Much more so the second time.
You could spend tons of cash and several months building, for example, an online game. Then I could come around, and re-create that entire thing from scratch, on my own, for virtually no cost, within a few days.
1988 here myself.. And I was definitely not early adopter, either.
But, back in that day, people had internet access through their colleges, and usually when their college tenures were up (and those usually got cut short because of something on the Internet.. heh!) they disappeared, never to be heard from again.
Actually, no matter the operating system, since about 1989, aside from the operating system, I have used almost exclusively free software. (pre 1989 was the Commodore days, well, everything was either from a magazine, or pirated, period) The only thing I use that is commercial software on my own computers in that time has been operating systems and games.
It's certainly quite possible to get away with free software in the Windows world. (at least, it was a few years back.. I know now that the entry bar for programming for anything has been raised drastically, there's probably a lot fewer pieces of free software out there than there used to be)
On the other hand, I totally agree that the vast majority of Slashdot posters (i can't speak for the non posters), if they own a copy of Windows personally, probably pirated it.
I think that the point is, they wanted the 2nd level to be a generic description of what type of professional service the business provides.
*shrug*
does it really matter?
Is it as much of an upgrade over 3 as 3 was to 2??
The release notes for 3 over 2 might as well have read:
** Changes for GCC 3.0 (compared to 2.9):
* Broke compatibility with all existing file formats, and in fact some parts of the C language itself.
* New functionality: none
This'll fly about as well as a lead zeppelin...
The only advantage Firefox has over other browsers is in it's built in extensibility capabilities, and thats the one area where it's going to ultimately end up shooting itself in the foot, if it ever becomes popular enough.
There was no such thing as a PG-13 rating when the first three movies came out, and the first two of this trilogy were so watered down sappy crap that they probably barely made it out of "G" rating.
The ads make it look as fake as wrasslin, though, from what I've seen.. with the fake blood smattered all over the images.. bleah.
I don't know about it being "banned".. very little is "banned" from pay to play services.
They just don't consider it sane to broadcast some things.
The GPL does not "force" anyone to "disgorge all its IP" .. to anyone.