Also one should include wieghted advantage to smaller strategy focused players. Of course it would only need to be implemented to the approximate percentage that the player applied a valid percentage match to a known or heuristics determined strategy in the matching to allow for unknown but valid strategies. If you want to really get unvirtual maybe neural feedback like shock collars would be interesting:)
Well freedom is never free, but in GNU software it comes pretty close. My cost's for Linux run considerably less than for Windows. But it's not really a cost issue for me. To be honest it's not really the stability either (though that is a nice bonus). To me it is the natural intergration of tools like Perl and other legency warez plus the opportunity to learn something that may be very valuable to my future. The time and knowledge needed to be at 'home' (pun intended:) with Linux may be a little higher that Windows, but that makes it more a valuable asset. Even if a future employer or customer can't see the benefit I still win by expansion of my conceptual capacity.
As for the cost well lets see I have a several DOS licenses, a license for Windows 3.11 and 95 and 98. The 3.11 came with a system , the 95OSR2 I purchased with an old broken system for $50.00, plus 98 on the latest system. I have a slew of Linux versions around (currently running Mandrake 8.0 on all systems) most which came with a good book. Plus I have several OS/2 licenses. The worst part of this is I had no choice in the M$ expense, and get little for it since I rarely use it. All in all Linux is by far the best deal, both in terms of value and expense.<--(that's a PERIOD folks)
Cost Details below: (Man I have blew a lot of $$$ on this stuff)
If decss backers had the ability &/or could afford to apply this level of debug they would not have this problem. Instead they try and ruin the life of someone who did it for them and better yet for free. What is happening here is the wrong people are getting caught with their collective heads up their big greedy asses.
You see they still just don't get
it. Fearful greed fueled by the bravado of secured political favor dominates nearly ALL large business entity's, NOT just US businesses. The ONLY ways to effectively de nut political or business types are A:-$$$ B:-$$$ C:-$$$ and so on. Boycott the products, bring public focus on the weakness of the product and distasteful practices. Then hit the political end with endless very public queries and argument.
Hey that's kinda what we are doing here, just spread it around some. FWIW I personally despise Adobe products. I find a PDF document to be a beast from hell. And I'll take 'da GIMP, Colorworks or Impos/2 over Photoshop any day. As for these Media barons, well I'm at Slashdot NOT at Amazon buying a CD, and I'm not using M$ or M$ crony software anyway, until they all get
it.
A few more pertinent observations on these matters:
"Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue, and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free."
Thomas Jefferson
"The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government."
Thomas Jefferson
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
Thomas Jefferson
"It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own."
Thomas Jefferson
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
Benjamin Franklin
"We must indeed all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and
makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."
Abraham Lincoln
"There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him
accordingly"
Henry David Thoreau
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
Plato (427-347 B.C.)
"It's not what folks don't know that get's them in the most trouble. It's the things they know that ain't so."
Will Rodgers
"It has to fit. I measured it myself!"
Unknown
"Those who look for problems find problems, those who look for nothing find nothing, those who look for solutions find solutions, and those who hide their heads in the sand get bit in the ass when the problems find them."
Me
Hi folks!
This is my first post here, and I admit I haven't read all the threads let alone replies, but here it is anyway. I suspect Bush will keep his victory, no, look this can be a good thing. Think about it,imagine all the fun we'll have here with ole Dubya over the next four years. Watching this guy try to cover up his party animal days and risky business efforts is gonna be more entertaining that watching a three legged cat try to bury his **** on a frozen pond. I suspect he have even less luck than the cat, with our help anyway.
Later
Matt
who voted for Harry or was it Ralph:~
matt@everyquest.net
Slashdot Mirror
Also one should include wieghted advantage to smaller strategy focused players. Of course it would only need to be implemented to the approximate percentage that the player applied a valid percentage match to a known or heuristics determined strategy in the matching to allow for unknown but valid strategies. If you want to really get unvirtual maybe neural feedback like shock collars would be interesting :)
Well freedom is never free, but in GNU software it comes pretty close. My cost's for Linux run considerably less than for Windows. But it's not really a cost issue for me. To be honest it's not really the stability either (though that is a nice bonus). To me it is the natural intergration of tools like Perl and other legency warez plus the opportunity to learn something that may be very valuable to my future. The time and knowledge needed to be at 'home' (pun intended:) with Linux may be a little higher that Windows, but that makes it more a valuable asset. Even if a future employer or customer can't see the benefit I still win by expansion of my conceptual capacity.
As for the cost well lets see I have a several DOS licenses, a license for Windows 3.11 and 95 and 98. The 3.11 came with a system , the 95OSR2 I purchased with an old broken system for $50.00, plus 98 on the latest system. I have a slew of Linux versions around (currently running Mandrake 8.0 on all systems) most which came with a good book. Plus I have several OS/2 licenses. The worst part of this is I had no choice in the M$ expense, and get little for it since I rarely use it. All in all Linux is by far the best deal, both in terms of value and expense.<--(that's a PERIOD folks)
Cost Details below: (Man I have blew a lot of $$$ on this stuff)
Matt
If decss backers had the ability &/or could afford to apply this level of debug they would not have this problem. Instead they try and ruin the life of someone who did it for them and better yet for free. What is happening here is the wrong people are getting caught with their collective heads up their big greedy asses.
You see they still just don't get it . Fearful greed fueled by the bravado of secured political favor dominates nearly ALL large business entity's, NOT just US businesses. The ONLY ways to effectively de nut political or business types are A:-$$$ B:-$$$ C:-$$$ and so on. Boycott the products, bring public focus on the weakness of the product and distasteful practices. Then hit the political end with endless very public queries and argument.
Hey that's kinda what we are doing here, just spread it around some. FWIW I personally despise Adobe products. I find a PDF document to be a beast from hell. And I'll take 'da GIMP, Colorworks or Impos/2 over Photoshop any day. As for these Media barons, well I'm at Slashdot NOT at Amazon buying a CD, and I'm not using M$ or M$ crony software anyway, until they all get it .
A few more pertinent observations on these matters:
"Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue, and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free." Thomas Jefferson
"The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government." Thomas Jefferson
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." Thomas Jefferson
"It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own." Thomas Jefferson
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin
"We must indeed all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." Abraham Lincoln
"There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly" Henry David Thoreau
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." Plato (427-347 B.C.)
"It's not what folks don't know that get's them in the most trouble. It's the things they know that ain't so." Will Rodgers
"It has to fit. I measured it myself!" Unknown
"Those who look for problems find problems, those who look for nothing find nothing, those who look for solutions find solutions, and those who hide their heads in the sand get bit in the ass when the problems find them." Me
Hi folks! :~
This is my first post here, and I admit I haven't read all the threads let alone replies, but here it is anyway. I suspect Bush will keep his victory, no, look this can be a good thing. Think about it,imagine all the fun we'll have here with ole Dubya over the next four years. Watching this guy try to cover up his party animal days and risky business efforts is gonna be more entertaining that watching a three legged cat try to bury his **** on a frozen pond. I suspect he have even less luck than the cat, with our help anyway.
Later
Matt
who voted for Harry or was it Ralph
matt@everyquest.net
http://everyquest.net