Re:We need to be more like the Europeans
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I think you might need an education about how addiction works; to say that nicotine is not addictive because you personally are not addicted after having a few smokes while drinking is ridiculous. The human body typically becomes addicted when it is exposed to a drug over a period of time. One night of binge smoking won't make you a slave to the cigs as much as one night of hard drinking won't make you an alcoholic.
Take a look at the nicotine patch indistry and the millions of dollars people spend trying to kick the habit. I would say that it is highly addictive.
No way!! I thought I was the only one still holding onto alleycat after all these years. Always liked getting the library room with the spider, without a doubt the easiest way to rack up points. Isn't it amazing that it still plays well on modern computers? One of my few antique games that runs universally the same speed. Not bad for a 20 year old game.
Alleycat is definately one of the earliest games I remember playing repeatedly. That and ibm's Decathalon, another classic title. Practically gave myself carpal tunnel syndrome doing the hurdles.
I hardly agree.. The monopoly of (poor) coverage by NBC, infuriating that it was, demonstrates most clearly that the internet is necessary to supply even and unbiased coverage of the olympics. Want to see a gymnastic event by a country other than the most popular? Good luck ever finding it on tv.
I can draw a parallel with the huge flow of music lovers who are using Napster. The framework of paying $20 for music pressed on a $1 CD was bound to create a backlash for the industry, hence the millions of happy Napster users and the current turmoil. I would love to see the Olympics on the internet if for nothing else than to be able to view what I want to view. Like with Napster (hopefully), everyone can be happy eventually as long as revenues are in the end collected and directed to the appropriate channels. I wouldn't mind seeing an advertising banner while I'm watching the Olympics online if that was what was needed. But leaving the coverage to fat-cat broadcast companies is monopolistic behavior at its worst.
Maybe not.. If their source code is similar to their Unix code for the same product, I can see why open sourcing it would be a bad idea. Kind of gives the competition a look at everything they have, wouldn't it?
Don't get me wrong, I like open source as much as the next person. But in this case I can see why it wouldn't be a good idea.
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Take a look at the nicotine patch indistry and the millions of dollars people spend trying to kick the habit. I would say that it is highly addictive.
Alleycat is definately one of the earliest games I remember playing repeatedly. That and ibm's Decathalon, another classic title. Practically gave myself carpal tunnel syndrome doing the hurdles.
I can draw a parallel with the huge flow of music lovers who are using Napster. The framework of paying $20 for music pressed on a $1 CD was bound to create a backlash for the industry, hence the millions of happy Napster users and the current turmoil. I would love to see the Olympics on the internet if for nothing else than to be able to view what I want to view. Like with Napster (hopefully), everyone can be happy eventually as long as revenues are in the end collected and directed to the appropriate channels. I wouldn't mind seeing an advertising banner while I'm watching the Olympics online if that was what was needed. But leaving the coverage to fat-cat broadcast companies is monopolistic behavior at its worst.
Don't get me wrong, I like open source as much as the next person. But in this case I can see why it wouldn't be a good idea.