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... was from the Intellivision lives collection. It totally brought me back to the oldies... actually I ended up firing up my Intellivision again (yes I still have one with about 60 games) and played Utopia with my wife for about three hours till she got frustrated. Ahhh emulators... is there any memory you can't unlock?
I've been using/gaming in linux for years now and the only distrobution that's given me (too much) grief has been Fedora Core 3. I had this little ditty installed a few weeks ago and I couldn't even play my collection of Loki ports (SmacPack or SimCity 3000) they just segfaulted. WineX didn't work either so I didn't do much gaming done at all. Aside from that single bad experience I've actually had more luck with games like steam under linux rather than Windows!! StarCraft, Steam, Diablo II, most everything works great!!
I understand OSS. I try to understand the FSF. But open-rpg's? Why do we need this? It's not like if your group comes up with a pamphlet of home-brew rules for D&D WotC is going to break into your parents basement and arrest you! The Open Gaming license is great, don't get me wrong I like the CC license as well, but Open Gaming is good enough for me. Also, when I read the article and it talks about the open gaming license I thought this RPG was d20, why it's not I don't understand.
Oh Canada, Our home and native land, True patriot love, In all thy son's command, With glowing hearts, We see thee rise, Our true North strong and free, From far and wide, Oh Canada, We stand on guard for thee, God keep our land, Glorious and free, Oh Canada, We stand on guard for thee Oh Canada, We stand on guard for thee!!
1. Customer A needs to scan and OCR hard copy documents to upload them into our system. Of course they are not allowed to go down and buy a $200 HP scanner with this ability - instead they must wait for IS. IS has set up a $20,000 multi-fucntion scanner, but of course it does not do OCR. Of course there is an OCR program, but of course it is not certified for the current system image. 6 months on, over $30,000 in additional costs incurred - because IS can't provide OCR capability and won't allow a "renegade" install of a $200 HP scanner.
This problem is just lazy IT. If they can't take 5 minutes to add an HP scanner then you've got the wrong guys in IT.
2. Customer B wants to use our system - its an ASP after all, no software to install - but their procedures for gaining web access are so cumbersome that it is simply impractical to give wide access throughout the business. More lost $$$, to us and them.
Again bad IT practise... think of an IT department run by intelligent IT guys not lazy management types like you're describing.
3. Customer C has their image locked down to Office 97 because of various (no doubt valid) MS problems. Users are unable to handle incoming documents written in later versions of Word. IS has no solution apart from waiting until 2006 for a company-wide upgrade. (Yet, strangely enough, the IT dude has Office 2003 on his OWN desktop)
And again, if there's a valid reason to upgrade office and it's showing up multiple times perhaps IT should either distribute a newer image w/ Office 2003 or perhaps OO.o, alternatively they could just have a copy of Acrobat on the IT network so any incoming Word documents can be sent to them for conversion to something that can be read by the current image.
I've administered networks as well as used rather locked-down networks. The problem with locked down networks in my experience happens only when the IT guys are too lazy or stupid to make changes. Any idiot can lock down windows. It takes someone with more intelligence to actually allow the useful while blocking the harmful. As long as the IT department is large/trained well enough for the number of seats it really shouldn't be a problem.
Yeah... he's Bruce Fucking Perens, doesn't mean he's making something out of nothing. Honestly why would you want to take the time to write a KB driver for something which was never designed to be a kb? That's like taking my gamepad and saying you can write a driver so it can be a keyboard too!! YEAH!! I have alot of respect for Mr. Perens, I just think he's gone off on the wrong idea here.
Did you read the damned article? Here's a piece of it,
"Pragmatically, individual users, developers, and small businesses have relatively little risk -- it's expensive to initiate patent infringement proceedings. Suing someone with few assets (compared to a large company with a large portfolio of offensive patents) is likely a bad investment."
I really don't think they'd sue you in particular nor would they sue your organization, not to mention the fact that NO ONE IS SUING ANYONE RIGHT NOW. So switching to *BSD (on which there is no report so who knows how many patents they're infringing as we speak) or BeOS (lol) might be just a little bit hasty don't you think?
OK, so I'm gonna take some flak from my gf on this one to say the least. But after the first year of farming you are almost FORCED into a routine or the game doesn't work! Every "day" in the game you water your damned crops, feed the damned animals, collect the damned eggs/milk/whatever, woo the damned girl. The monotony doesn't end... ever!! Oh well... if you don't mind that... and you're a girl (no offense but I've never met a guy who likes the franchise)... then I spose it's all right:)
You know this is one of those games I can never seem to get out of my system. I've bought the game at least 7 times and I still bought that "Collector's Edition" they did a couple years back. I play DooM Legacy (best linux port I've seen.) And I think I still have DooM95 installed on my wife's XP box. What is it that keeps me coming back for more of this game over and over again? Why can't I let this game go? Anywho I'm torrenting this file from 3DGamers and appreciate whoever brought this up as I lost TechTV in my recent move. If anyone knows of a better DooM client than DooM Legacy please send me a link as I still play DooM at least once a week!
Id has said that Linux versions (clients not servers) do not make sense from a business perspective, that they merely support Linux because they think it is cool to do so. From a Game Developer Magazine article
And yet Doom 3 will have a linux client. Again I don't see how people can say that supporting WineX defeats linux clients being developed. Just because it's not the best solution doesn't mean it's not a solution.
I'm going to have to disagree with you. Epic has said time and time again that releasing Linux binaries increased the number of sales for UT (which only shipped as Win32.) Besides what I don't understand is if they can make a binary for OSX (which is *nix based) why can't they port it to Linux?
That's why we have distrobutions. If you don't want to pick package-by-package, then just install Mandrake on default, or Suse and use KDE, or Fedora and use Gnome. If you want 3D Desktops, you're going to want your choice!
If anything I like the original FF Magic system as it emulated the D&D Magic system. This can do nothing but add to the strategy, and shouldn't make White Mages useless.
If anything I'd be more dissappointed about it not being on the PSX version as on the 700MB CD it's only using 238MB!! However it won't break my heart for it not to be in this compilation, as long as it comes out some time later on. After all... if it was 238MB on the PSX, I'm not sure how much data can be stored on a GBA Cart, but that's pretty good as is!
However if they options from FFO are any indication, the only thing that couldn't be shut off to revert to the original goodness was the improved graphics and cutscenes! If they do implement an MP system I wouldn't mind seeing it, as long as it's an option when you start a new game and not "always on" like the new graphics! Hell I've beat FFI so many times I'd enjoy playing it again like this... mebbe with an all mage party!!:)
The only thing I believe that still needs to be explained to this gentleman, is that in case you haven't noticed, it's getting harder and harder to find original NES hardware/software. Plus I've always wanted to play FFI on a portable system. I for one don't mind all the remakes, it's not like they're remaking a game from last year now is it?
What's more interesting to me than the game itself (though as an avid Strongbad fan I can't wait for the game either) is how are they going to produce an Atari 2600 cartridge? If this process is easy (which I can't imagine it would be) then why haven't we seen more Atari/NES/(S)NES games come out from the indie scene. If this process is difficult then I wonder if there would be a tutorial/HOWTO on the process somewhere?
As there are over 500 comments I'm assuming I'm being "-1 Redundant" but I'm also assuming moderators probably won't get this far... come to think of it neither will readers! Oh well. Anywho I've always been a build-from-source kind of guy but that's due (at least in part) to my FreeBSD background. In FreeBSD I had the best of both worlds, the port list which made it very easy to install a software package, and the fact that the port list downloaded source and installed! Nowadays I use Suse and as such I can use RPM's, however I usually find myself building from source whenever possible. One of those, "just because I can doesn't mean I should" type of things. I think that until there is a universally accepted and implemented package type that simply works in all linuxes I'll stick to source, not packaged.
As somewhat of a software pirate myself I feel inclined to defend against your comment Lucius. Though this is by no means a reason, you must admit game prices have risen too high. I'm not just talking about dollars (though I believe that to be too high as well) I'm talking about value. Now I realize that value is a relative term, and what would hold great value to one may not hold any value to others. But the point I'm trying to make is that buying Max Payne 2 for $90CAD and getting ~ 20hrs of game play out of it with no chance of replay or multiplayer is not a good value to me! Temple of Elemental Evil ($65CAD) even though it has no multiplayer functionality, does hold two points for me; one as an old school gamer (read played D&D Basic set) I really like the mechanics of the game, they did everything right (unlike NWN but that's a discussion for another thread on another day) two it has alot of replay value as you go through the game with parties of different alignments! Thus I purchased TOEE and pirated MP2. As for the internet functionality helping to remove pirates, they've been doing this for a while, only they call it MMORPG's and they charge an unfair monthly fee for the privaledge. I would have no issue if they charge a monthly fee to play on their "premium" servers. But the fact that I can buy the software box and not be able to use it without paying their ridiculous monthly prices is what's stopping me from buying FFXI. If they would at least give us the option of a LAN server... hell it could require internet connectivity so they could verify CD-Keys for all I care. But I digress.
Back to the issue at hand, while I do agree that it seems unfair that a game designed on $1.5M should compete with a game designed on $200 worth of coffee. Savage does fit all pre-requisites of the Indie definition as given by the IGF and therefore they did win fair and square. Just my 2cp.
Kleedrac
I think this would be a great idea.
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It's not like CSS isn't being used in OSS allready. Mozilla handles it flawlessly so I see no reason not to use it on LDP. Just my vote for the poll as it were.
Hate to intrude on your conversation but as was reported on/. here you can run Steam (Counter Strike 1.6) under linux! And Half-Life (Counter Strike 1.5) runs fine too!:)
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... was from the Intellivision lives collection. It totally brought me back to the oldies ... actually I ended up firing up my Intellivision again (yes I still have one with about 60 games) and played Utopia with my wife for about three hours till she got frustrated. Ahhh emulators ... is there any memory you can't unlock?
Kleedrac
Wow ... I got the weirdest output from trying this :) ... There are no directories just files like Icon? and "Marathon v1.2" what do I do with this now?
Kleedrac
I've been using/gaming in linux for years now and the only distrobution that's given me (too much) grief has been Fedora Core 3. I had this little ditty installed a few weeks ago and I couldn't even play my collection of Loki ports (SmacPack or SimCity 3000) they just segfaulted. WineX didn't work either so I didn't do much gaming done at all. Aside from that single bad experience I've actually had more luck with games like steam under linux rather than Windows!! StarCraft, Steam, Diablo II, most everything works great!!
Kleedrac
I understand OSS. I try to understand the FSF. But open-rpg's? Why do we need this? It's not like if your group comes up with a pamphlet of home-brew rules for D&D WotC is going to break into your parents basement and arrest you! The Open Gaming license is great, don't get me wrong I like the CC license as well, but Open Gaming is good enough for me. Also, when I read the article and it talks about the open gaming license I thought this RPG was d20, why it's not I don't understand.
Kleedrac
Oh for fuck's sake!!
Oh Canada,
Our home and native land,
True patriot love,
In all thy son's command,
With glowing hearts,
We see thee rise,
Our true North strong and free,
From far and wide,
Oh Canada,
We stand on guard for thee,
God keep our land,
Glorious and free,
Oh Canada,
We stand on guard for thee
Oh Canada,
We stand on guard for thee!!
There
Kleedrac
1. Customer A needs to scan and OCR hard copy documents to upload them into our system. Of course they are not allowed to go down and buy a $200 HP scanner with this ability - instead they must wait for IS. IS has set up a $20,000 multi-fucntion scanner, but of course it does not do OCR. Of course there is an OCR program, but of course it is not certified for the current system image. 6 months on, over $30,000 in additional costs incurred - because IS can't provide OCR capability and won't allow a "renegade" install of a $200 HP scanner.
... think of an IT department run by intelligent IT guys not lazy management types like you're describing.
This problem is just lazy IT. If they can't take 5 minutes to add an HP scanner then you've got the wrong guys in IT.
2. Customer B wants to use our system - its an ASP after all, no software to install - but their procedures for gaining web access are so cumbersome that it is simply impractical to give wide access throughout the business. More lost $$$, to us and them.
Again bad IT practise
3. Customer C has their image locked down to Office 97 because of various (no doubt valid) MS problems. Users are unable to handle incoming documents written in later versions of Word. IS has no solution apart from waiting until 2006 for a company-wide upgrade. (Yet, strangely enough, the IT dude has Office 2003 on his OWN desktop)
And again, if there's a valid reason to upgrade office and it's showing up multiple times perhaps IT should either distribute a newer image w/ Office 2003 or perhaps OO.o, alternatively they could just have a copy of Acrobat on the IT network so any incoming Word documents can be sent to them for conversion to something that can be read by the current image.
I've administered networks as well as used rather locked-down networks. The problem with locked down networks in my experience happens only when the IT guys are too lazy or stupid to make changes. Any idiot can lock down windows. It takes someone with more intelligence to actually allow the useful while blocking the harmful. As long as the IT department is large/trained well enough for the number of seats it really shouldn't be a problem.
Kleedrac
If you look here there's an MMO baseball game I played during Beta last year. It's actually alot of fun. Give it a try.
Kleedrac
Yeah ... he's Bruce Fucking Perens, doesn't mean he's making something out of nothing. Honestly why would you want to take the time to write a KB driver for something which was never designed to be a kb? That's like taking my gamepad and saying you can write a driver so it can be a keyboard too!! YEAH!! I have alot of respect for Mr. Perens, I just think he's gone off on the wrong idea here.
Kleedrac
Kleedrac
As for the linux vs win32 SMAC go fer linux as WinXP doesn't like SMAC last time I tried but Suse 9.0 works great :)
Kleedrac
OK, so I'm gonna take some flak from my gf on this one to say the least. But after the first year of farming you are almost FORCED into a routine or the game doesn't work! Every "day" in the game you water your damned crops, feed the damned animals, collect the damned eggs/milk/whatever, woo the damned girl. The monotony doesn't end ... ever!! Oh well ... if you don't mind that ... and you're a girl (no offense but I've never met a guy who likes the franchise) ... then I spose it's all right :)
Kleedrac
You know this is one of those games I can never seem to get out of my system. I've bought the game at least 7 times and I still bought that "Collector's Edition" they did a couple years back. I play DooM Legacy (best linux port I've seen.) And I think I still have DooM95 installed on my wife's XP box. What is it that keeps me coming back for more of this game over and over again? Why can't I let this game go? Anywho I'm torrenting this file from 3DGamers and appreciate whoever brought this up as I lost TechTV in my recent move. If anyone knows of a better DooM client than DooM Legacy please send me a link as I still play DooM at least once a week!
Kleedrac
Id has said that Linux versions (clients not servers) do not make sense from a business perspective, that they merely support Linux because they think it is cool to do so. From a Game Developer Magazine article
And yet Doom 3 will have a linux client. Again I don't see how people can say that supporting WineX defeats linux clients being developed. Just because it's not the best solution doesn't mean it's not a solution.
Kleedrac
I'm going to have to disagree with you. Epic has said time and time again that releasing Linux binaries increased the number of sales for UT (which only shipped as Win32.) Besides what I don't understand is if they can make a binary for OSX (which is *nix based) why can't they port it to Linux?
Kleedrac
That's why we have distrobutions. If you don't want to pick package-by-package, then just install Mandrake on default, or Suse and use KDE, or Fedora and use Gnome. If you want 3D Desktops, you're going to want your choice!
Kleedrac
Also I'm curious if the free CDKey from fileplanet.com will work with the Loki released Linux Tribes 2 CD if I can find it ... anyone know?
Kleedrac
If anything I like the original FF Magic system as it emulated the D&D Magic system. This can do nothing but add to the strategy, and shouldn't make White Mages useless.
Kleedrac
If anything I'd be more dissappointed about it not being on the PSX version as on the 700MB CD it's only using 238MB!! However it won't break my heart for it not to be in this compilation, as long as it comes out some time later on. After all ... if it was 238MB on the PSX, I'm not sure how much data can be stored on a GBA Cart, but that's pretty good as is!
Kleedrac
However if they options from FFO are any indication, the only thing that couldn't be shut off to revert to the original goodness was the improved graphics and cutscenes! If they do implement an MP system I wouldn't mind seeing it, as long as it's an option when you start a new game and not "always on" like the new graphics! Hell I've beat FFI so many times I'd enjoy playing it again like this ... mebbe with an all mage party!! :)
Kleedrac
The only thing I believe that still needs to be explained to this gentleman, is that in case you haven't noticed, it's getting harder and harder to find original NES hardware/software. Plus I've always wanted to play FFI on a portable system. I for one don't mind all the remakes, it's not like they're remaking a game from last year now is it?
Kleedrac
What's more interesting to me than the game itself (though as an avid Strongbad fan I can't wait for the game either) is how are they going to produce an Atari 2600 cartridge? If this process is easy (which I can't imagine it would be) then why haven't we seen more Atari/NES/(S)NES games come out from the indie scene. If this process is difficult then I wonder if there would be a tutorial/HOWTO on the process somewhere?
Kleedrac
As there are over 500 comments I'm assuming I'm being "-1 Redundant" but I'm also assuming moderators probably won't get this far ... come to think of it neither will readers! Oh well. Anywho I've always been a build-from-source kind of guy but that's due (at least in part) to my FreeBSD background. In FreeBSD I had the best of both worlds, the port list which made it very easy to install a software package, and the fact that the port list downloaded source and installed! Nowadays I use Suse and as such I can use RPM's, however I usually find myself building from source whenever possible. One of those, "just because I can doesn't mean I should" type of things. I think that until there is a universally accepted and implemented package type that simply works in all linuxes I'll stick to source, not packaged.
Kleedrac
As somewhat of a software pirate myself I feel inclined to defend against your comment Lucius. Though this is by no means a reason, you must admit game prices have risen too high. I'm not just talking about dollars (though I believe that to be too high as well) I'm talking about value. Now I realize that value is a relative term, and what would hold great value to one may not hold any value to others. But the point I'm trying to make is that buying Max Payne 2 for $90CAD and getting ~ 20hrs of game play out of it with no chance of replay or multiplayer is not a good value to me! Temple of Elemental Evil ($65CAD) even though it has no multiplayer functionality, does hold two points for me; one as an old school gamer (read played D&D Basic set) I really like the mechanics of the game, they did everything right (unlike NWN but that's a discussion for another thread on another day) two it has alot of replay value as you go through the game with parties of different alignments! Thus I purchased TOEE and pirated MP2. As for the internet functionality helping to remove pirates, they've been doing this for a while, only they call it MMORPG's and they charge an unfair monthly fee for the privaledge. I would have no issue if they charge a monthly fee to play on their "premium" servers. But the fact that I can buy the software box and not be able to use it without paying their ridiculous monthly prices is what's stopping me from buying FFXI. If they would at least give us the option of a LAN server ... hell it could require internet connectivity so they could verify CD-Keys for all I care. But I digress.
Back to the issue at hand, while I do agree that it seems unfair that a game designed on $1.5M should compete with a game designed on $200 worth of coffee. Savage does fit all pre-requisites of the Indie definition as given by the IGF and therefore they did win fair and square. Just my 2cp.
Kleedrac
It's not like CSS isn't being used in OSS allready. Mozilla handles it flawlessly so I see no reason not to use it on LDP. Just my vote for the poll as it were.
Kleedrac
Hate to intrude on your conversation but as was reported on /. here you can run Steam (Counter Strike 1.6) under linux! And Half-Life (Counter Strike 1.5) runs fine too! :)
Kleedrac