I'm a channel operator for a decently-sized IRC channel and we moved to our own servers a couple of months ago in response to lilo's increasingly vocal begging. I haven't really looked back, but I can tell you it's a good day to see Bruce Perens agrees with our position.
The PC version of Neverwinter Nights will ship to retailers before the end of June. Linux gamers can anticipate the online release of the Neverwinter Nights server at launch and the client program shortly afterward. Linux gamers will still need the Windows version of the game to register at the Neverwinter Nights community site (http://neverwinternights.com) and to import essential game resources into their Linux server and game.
This is a surprise. The Linux version was supposed to ship IN THE BOX.
You idiot, if you read the article at Canada.com you'd realize CANADA HAS NO LEGALIZED POT. The senate is having HEARINGS to determine whether it should be legalized. They are INVESTIGATING LEGALIZATION. They HAVE NOT LEGALIZED IT yet. NO LAWS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT THIS POINT. Yes, the USA is pissed off, yes, it's interesting, but don't blow it out of proportion with inaccurate reporting.
All I have to say is, that's a lot of money, and this is a very, very stupid estimate. I've gotta start making up stupid crap like this to get into the news.
Then I have two words for you: Sarien and FreeSCI (uhh ok so FreeSCI is an acronym). Both of them are GPL, both of them run in Linux, and both of them seem pretty polished.
uhhh, i could own your box, then compromise your scanning software to copy the number somewhere which i could access later.
..... reminds me of programmers relying on hardware locks because "noone can copy a hardware device easily!!".. they're right, but someone can certainly compromise the software which checks for the hardware.
From http://www.croteam.com/engine_overview.shtml:
"The choice of APIs used was guided by the criterion of simplicity, stability and portability. In that spirit, OpenGL is used for 3D rendering what enables high compatibility with all OpenGL compliant 3D cards (every usable 3D accelerator nowadays) and high stability due to OpenGL's long tradition of quality."
as far as I know, pf is only a year old, while ipfilter is much older. this makes ipfilter more mature, but not necessarily superior. I can't talk about other differences because I haven't used pf:)
If I were in the position to make the decision, I don't think I'd allow this type of physical abuse.
You'll obviously be abused physically and mentally during training, in order to toughen you up, but at least the army can guarantee that you won't get man-handled by that idiot sargeant.
On the other hand, why should the army make any guarantees? There are no guarantees in war. Not knowing what to expect is part of being a soldier, so I guess that's one argument in favour of physical contact.
Still, it's a volunteer military so it's good they agree to play nice at least a little bit:P
You are right about the imbargo related to unreleased quake2-engine games, however, it seems to have become tradition to release the code around christmas time (perhaps as a gift), as this is when the Doom code, the Quake code, and now the Quake II code have been released (I'm not sure about Wolf3D's code release date)
Don't expect you can pop in any of your self-made CD's into it. This isn't an OSI issue as much as it is a hardware-level one. The Playstation2's CD-ROM drive is unable to read normal data CD-ROMs.
How does this make sense when the PS2 is capable of reading normal PSX discs? PSX discs are standard CD-ROMs.
It says very clearly somewhere on the site that it will be released using an approved Open Source license. So yes, they have promised they will make an Open Source release, and that is why this project is Open Source.
"but as cxreg pointed out,.4 frame per second isn't.4FPS. Oops."
Actually,.4 frames per second IS.4FPS (FPS stands for Frames Per Second, heh)
I think what you might have meant is that.4 seconds per frame isn't.4FPS..
Isn't this supposed to be a geek site?
I almost thought that Slashbots would have some more fully formed opinions than the average rabid gamer. My mistake.
Does anyone realize that in addition to Romero and the Daikatana team, Tom Hall and the entire Anachronox team have also been fired?
(whu? tawm hall?)
Anachronox is a great game, and now its in doubt whether we'll ever see a sequel. It's a damn shame.
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I'm a channel operator for a decently-sized IRC channel and we moved to our own servers a couple of months ago in response to lilo's increasingly vocal begging. I haven't really looked back, but I can tell you it's a good day to see Bruce Perens agrees with our position.
STOP!! the irony!! too much!!!! ggaaazgzzzzz....
The PC version of Neverwinter Nights will ship to retailers before the end of June. Linux gamers can anticipate the online release of the Neverwinter Nights server at launch and the client program shortly afterward. Linux gamers will still need the Windows version of the game to register at the Neverwinter Nights community site (http://neverwinternights.com) and to import essential game resources into their Linux server and game.
This is a surprise. The Linux version was supposed to ship IN THE BOX.
You idiot, if you read the article at Canada.com you'd realize CANADA HAS NO LEGALIZED POT. The senate is having HEARINGS to determine whether it should be legalized. They are INVESTIGATING LEGALIZATION. They HAVE NOT LEGALIZED IT yet. NO LAWS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT THIS POINT. Yes, the USA is pissed off, yes, it's interesting, but don't blow it out of proportion with inaccurate reporting.
NICE TROLL KTHXBYE.
All I have to say is, that's a lot of money, and this is a very, very stupid estimate. I've gotta start making up stupid crap like this to get into the news.
Meta-judges.
Then I have two words for you: Sarien and FreeSCI (uhh ok so FreeSCI is an acronym). Both of them are GPL, both of them run in Linux, and both of them seem pretty polished.
uhhh, i could own your box, then compromise your scanning software to copy the number somewhere which i could access later.
.. they're right, but someone can certainly compromise the software which checks for the hardware.
..... reminds me of programmers relying on hardware locks because "noone can copy a hardware device easily!!"
The crunchbox could ship with the public key of the Crunchbox team, and then the iShop people could digitally sign updates.
If you wanted to fake an update, you'd need iShop/Crunchbox's secret key to sign your little bundle of destruction.
I have no idea if this is how they take care of it, but it seems like a good idea to me.
Hey, a Winnipegger!
Aren't you in some of my comp sci classes? (I'm Dave Kiddell)
I saw Apocalypse Now Redux at the IMAX. It was amazing.
I heard something about the Star Wars trilogy being shown privately by people who rented the place, but this was a long time ago (before ep1).
From http://www.croteam.com/engine_overview.shtml :
"The choice of APIs used was guided by the criterion of simplicity, stability and portability. In that spirit, OpenGL is used for 3D rendering what enables high compatibility with all OpenGL compliant 3D cards (every usable 3D accelerator nowadays) and high stability due to OpenGL's long tradition of quality."
Croteam uses OpenGL.
as far as I know, pf is only a year old, while ipfilter is much older. this makes ipfilter more mature, but not necessarily superior. I can't talk about other differences because I haven't used pf :)
Am I the only idiot that thought Taco meant Counter-strike when he said CS cheating..
And not the boots you *wear*, the boots you expertly apply to you malfunctioning boxen.
I propose they should rename these things from "LAN parties" to "Sysadmin Boot Camp".
If I were in the position to make the decision, I don't think I'd allow this type of physical abuse.
:P
You'll obviously be abused physically and mentally during training, in order to toughen you up, but at least the army can guarantee that you won't get man-handled by that idiot sargeant.
On the other hand, why should the army make any guarantees? There are no guarantees in war. Not knowing what to expect is part of being a soldier, so I guess that's one argument in favour of physical contact.
Still, it's a volunteer military so it's good they agree to play nice at least a little bit
It reminds me of one of Brando's lines in Apocalypse Now, went something like:
"We have pilots killing people on a daily basis yet we won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes because it's 'obscene'."
You are right about the imbargo related to unreleased quake2-engine games, however, it seems to have become tradition to release the code around christmas time (perhaps as a gift), as this is when the Doom code, the Quake code, and now the Quake II code have been released (I'm not sure about Wolf3D's code release date)
Don't expect you can pop in any of your self-made CD's into it. This isn't an OSI issue as much as it is a hardware-level one. The Playstation2's CD-ROM drive is unable to read normal data CD-ROMs.
How does this make sense when the PS2 is capable of reading normal PSX discs? PSX discs are standard CD-ROMs.
It says very clearly somewhere on the site that it will be released using an approved Open Source license. So yes, they have promised they will make an Open Source release, and that is why this project is Open Source.
"but as cxreg pointed out, .4 frame per second isn't .4FPS. Oops."
Actually, .4 frames per second IS .4FPS (FPS stands for Frames Per Second, heh)
I think what you might have meant is that .4 seconds per frame isn't .4FPS..
Isn't this supposed to be a geek site?
I almost thought that Slashbots would have some more fully formed opinions than the average rabid gamer. My mistake. Does anyone realize that in addition to Romero and the Daikatana team, Tom Hall and the entire Anachronox team have also been fired? (whu? tawm hall?) Anachronox is a great game, and now its in doubt whether we'll ever see a sequel. It's a damn shame.
Doesn't one person controlling everything sound like a dictatorship? And another thing -- censorship is bad, mmkay?
Or Canada, hopefully, hee hee :D
Oh no, Hollywood is being shallow again. Deceptive advertising? FOR MOVIES?! Good god!! We should form a committee!