What a wonderful game company.:-) I'm tempted to send them an e-mail, thanking them for this initiative they're taking, only hoping others will follow in their step. I would really like to see a boom in legit abandonware.
Indeed. Companies could make humungous profits by re-releasing old games. Many games are often pulled from shelves before they become popular.
Yes, Blizzard has done this: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzclassic/
However, for some strange reason, they're releasing it only to GameBoy.:-/
Anyway, perhaps this is why they're protecting their IP's just in case they would think about re-releasing the games. But I doubt any game company will go through the work of re-releasing the games in enhanced versions with improved graphics/sound since they'd have to put so much effort into it. And if they aren't going to do that, they should just release it as freeware. The only persons caring about those games are mostly just going to pay $0 for them anyway.
I think Revolution Software is only doing this right thing by releasing it as freeware. I mean, does those old Sierra games even *work* on a modern Windows installation to 100%? They aren't sold and build on ancient technology, so why should they not just upload it all to their FTP and say "here you go, if anyone want it"?
I just find what many game companies do with those ancient games no one will ever care about again being so incredibly silly...
I see that I somehow missed both your PDF features -- these are missing too. However, I'm not sure I want even more third party stuff integrated into the OS than there already is. Built-in Shockwave Flash is bad enough...
Yes, XP, 2000 and even the now rather ancient NT4 use NTFS which is a journaling file system.
Font book xp doesn't have it
Well, not the exact same feature, but try opening the Fonts folder in Windows. It's a "special" folder as it can compare font similarities, give font previews and install fonts. I agree it's not quite as advanced as the font book, though, but it has several features from it. This is btw not new for XP, but exist in Windows 2000 as well.
Hardware accelerated user interface xp doesn't have it
Huh? That's an old feature too. I think all Windows versions since 95 has had it to a varying degree and in later versions. Windows 2000/XP use it for alpha blending and general graphics acceleration.
A control layout that makes sense xp doesn't have it
Then move the Start Menu to the top, left, right or wherever you want it to be. I assume you can do the same in Panther for flexibility?
OS level HWR software xp doesn't have it
This is the only thing on your list I can't find a matching feature in XP for.
The list goes on and on.
If you're going to go for features XP and OSX share as modern operating systems, yes.
Hehe, I think you missed one thing, the thing that strikes me as the silliest -- when the universal translator is active, the language of aliens isn't even translated to english, but suddenly spoken by them. Anyone in doubt can look at the lip synch.;-)
Yes, I see IBM's project was called the "Candide Project". Here's a link with some information about it, including a link to the paper describing the prototype system they built:
Xiph.org isn't only developing Ogg Vorbis, but also Ogg Theora. It's still in alpha stages though. The technology used in Theora is based on the vp3 codec which is covered by patents, but Xiph.org has negotiated an "irrevocable free license to the vp3 codec for any purpose imaginable on behalf of the public".
Xiph.org is also developing the experimental wavelet-based "Tarkin" codec. As I understand it, it's more written from "scratch", much like Ogg Vorbis, but is even further ahead in the future than Ogg Theora, which they are focusing on right now.
It wasn't an attempt at trolling -- sorry if it looked liked that. I use various batch files on Windows regularly and find them highly useful (as useful as a Linux user find theirs I suppose) to automate tasks with. What I was getting at is that Windows users got bunnies and Linux users got batch files, while both are pushed as operating systems that come with full fledged GUI:s.
You also seem to imply that clicking on a bunny is user-friendly, however, I fail to see that metaphor as truly user-friendly. About as user-friendly to format a disk by dragging it to the recycle bin (the infamous MacOS 9 metaphor). Why a rabbit? So it can quickly jump away and fetch the snapshot? Veeery far fetched.
75% of windows computers crash at least once a week.
Not mine install at least, actually I can't remember the last time it either blue screened or I got a "Explorer.exe performed an illegal operation" dialog or similar. Actually, Gates' statistics seems quite a lot to me, especially if considering the Windows 2000 and XP operating systems. I'd hate if anything in my computer crashed once a week.:-O
Some MS apps ask to send an error report even under Win98. (I forget which ones, possibly WMP.) Not that I let them.
It's funny how people download Talkback builds of Mozilla just to be able to let your computer report problems to the Mozilla team so they can improve the browser, while others refuse to enable the similar feature in Windows. Even more funny -- I'm pretty sure many of those complain about bugs in Windows.:-P
Yes, we can already see the difficulties in producing multi-billion dollar movies right now, especially considering the salaries for the movie crew. Something needs to be done. Now.
Actually, the "flower -shop" term you gave still brings a lot of commercial links. At least the first and second pages for me was pretty full of them. So it should perhaps be refined to "flowers -order". That seems to bring up some nice results of flower information, since pretty much all commercial sites use the word "order" somewhere.
Some people (the article author?) also seem that Google Directory links from search results usually give excellent results, since it's a nicely organized database of major websites. If you *do* wish to look for flower shops, use this category:
These links took probably less than 2 minutes to find and is so much related information that it would take days to go through. The purpose of Google Directory *is* exactly that -- to separate categories (like shopping and non-shopping) and include the major sites.
I think the poor "economic climate" for Microsoft and the "Linux threat" might be connected to each other. People switch to various Linux-based servers and sometimes even for desktop usage since they find Linux "good enough" and perhaps cheaper as well, in the long run as well. And with the current economic climate, price is important and so is the "good enough" factor. A poor economic climate might speed up the Linux adaption and I'm not really that surprised to see Linux that high on the list simultaneously as the "economic climate", since I'm seeing those as connected. Not saying that people will switch back to Microsoft when/if the climate improves, but the Linux adaption might slow down a bit.
No, but I was thinking of doing that. At least give a user the option to bring up the Import File dialog when opening files using file extensions unknown to the specific program.
Yes, it's closed source, but your script a decent workaround. However, I still believe that a user's choice should go first: If I choose to open a file (regardless type, even a JPG file) in a program I explicitly tell, I don't want it to be opened in another one. The least I think OO should do is to show the Import File dialog. It has one. Let's use it.
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Revolution Games have also released their first game as freeware:
:-) I'm tempted to send them an e-mail, thanking them for this initiative they're taking, only hoping others will follow in their step. I would really like to see a boom in legit abandonware.
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What a wonderful game company.
Indeed. Companies could make humungous profits by re-releasing old games. Many games are often pulled from shelves before they become popular.
:-/
Yes, Blizzard has done this:
http://www.blizzard.com/blizzclassic/
However, for some strange reason, they're releasing it only to GameBoy.
Anyway, perhaps this is why they're protecting their IP's just in case they would think about re-releasing the games. But I doubt any game company will go through the work of re-releasing the games in enhanced versions with improved graphics/sound since they'd have to put so much effort into it. And if they aren't going to do that, they should just release it as freeware. The only persons caring about those games are mostly just going to pay $0 for them anyway.
I think Revolution Software is only doing this right thing by releasing it as freeware. I mean, does those old Sierra games even *work* on a modern Windows installation to 100%? They aren't sold and build on ancient technology, so why should they not just upload it all to their FTP and say "here you go, if anyone want it"?
I just find what many game companies do with those ancient games no one will ever care about again being so incredibly silly...
I see that I somehow missed both your PDF features -- these are missing too. However, I'm not sure I want even more third party stuff integrated into the OS than there already is. Built-in Shockwave Flash is bad enough...
Journaling file system
xp doesn't have it
Yes, XP, 2000 and even the now rather ancient NT4 use NTFS which is a journaling file system.
Font book
xp doesn't have it
Well, not the exact same feature, but try opening the Fonts folder in Windows. It's a "special" folder as it can compare font similarities, give font previews and install fonts. I agree it's not quite as advanced as the font book, though, but it has several features from it. This is btw not new for XP, but exist in Windows 2000 as well.
Built-in faxing
xp doesn't have it
Just plain wrong.
Hardware accelerated user interface
xp doesn't have it
Huh? That's an old feature too. I think all Windows versions since 95 has had it to a varying degree and in later versions. Windows 2000/XP use it for alpha blending and general graphics acceleration.
A control layout that makes sense
xp doesn't have it
Then move the Start Menu to the top, left, right or wherever you want it to be. I assume you can do the same in Panther for flexibility?
OS level HWR software
xp doesn't have it
This is the only thing on your list I can't find a matching feature in XP for.
The list goes on and on.
If you're going to go for features XP and OSX share as modern operating systems, yes.
I hope it will use higher security than Windows 2000 SP1.
Q276304: Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
Hehe, I think you missed one thing, the thing that strikes me as the silliest -- when the universal translator is active, the language of aliens isn't even translated to english, but suddenly spoken by them. Anyone in doubt can look at the lip synch. ;-)
ROFL -- It's also amusing when the admins don't understand what the file is for!
:-P
Look at IBM:
http://www.ibm.com/robots.txt
First comment:
Date: 19950130
By: epc
Reason: finally understood what the file was for!
At least the admin was honest, but a bit embarrasing for being on ibm.com.
Yes, I see IBM's project was called the "Candide Project". Here's a link with some information about it, including a link to the paper describing the prototype system they built:
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~aberger/mt.html
Xiph.org isn't only developing Ogg Vorbis, but also Ogg Theora. It's still in alpha stages though. The technology used in Theora is based on the vp3 codec which is covered by patents, but Xiph.org has negotiated an "irrevocable free license to the vp3 codec for any purpose imaginable on behalf of the public".
Xiph.org is also developing the experimental wavelet-based "Tarkin" codec. As I understand it, it's more written from "scratch", much like Ogg Vorbis, but is even further ahead in the future than Ogg Theora, which they are focusing on right now.
It wasn't an attempt at trolling -- sorry if it looked liked that. I use various batch files on Windows regularly and find them highly useful (as useful as a Linux user find theirs I suppose) to automate tasks with. What I was getting at is that Windows users got bunnies and Linux users got batch files, while both are pushed as operating systems that come with full fledged GUI:s.
You also seem to imply that clicking on a bunny is user-friendly, however, I fail to see that metaphor as truly user-friendly. About as user-friendly to format a disk by dragging it to the recycle bin (the infamous MacOS 9 metaphor). Why a rabbit? So it can quickly jump away and fetch the snapshot? Veeery far fetched.
Uhh, troll?
:-O
Anyway...
75% of windows computers crash at least once a week.
Not mine install at least, actually I can't remember the last time it either blue screened or I got a "Explorer.exe performed an illegal operation" dialog or similar. Actually, Gates' statistics seems quite a lot to me, especially if considering the Windows 2000 and XP operating systems. I'd hate if anything in my computer crashed once a week.
Some MS apps ask to send an error report even under Win98. (I forget which ones, possibly WMP.) Not that I let them.
:-P
It's funny how people download Talkback builds of Mozilla just to be able to let your computer report problems to the Mozilla team so they can improve the browser, while others refuse to enable the similar feature in Windows. Even more funny -- I'm pretty sure many of those complain about bugs in Windows.
Yes, we can already see the difficulties in producing multi-billion dollar movies right now, especially considering the salaries for the movie crew. Something needs to be done. Now.
Or, instead of Yahoo, Google Directory. Sometimes underestimated.
Seems some words got lost...
This
Some people (the article author?) also seem
should be
Some people (the article author?) also seem to miss
Actually, the "flower -shop" term you gave still brings a lot of commercial links. At least the first and second pages for me was pretty full of them. So it should perhaps be refined to "flowers -order". That seems to bring up some nice results of flower information, since pretty much all commercial sites use the word "order" somewhere.
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l ora_and_Fauna/Plantae/
Some people (the article author?) also seem that Google Directory links from search results usually give excellent results, since it's a nicely organized database of major websites. If you *do* wish to look for flower shops, use this category:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Shopping/Home_and
Otherwise, use something like this one:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Home/Gardens/Plan
Or perhaps even this one, if you're going to dig deep, as in flower biology:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/F
These links took probably less than 2 minutes to find and is so much related information that it would take days to go through. The purpose of Google Directory *is* exactly that -- to separate categories (like shopping and non-shopping) and include the major sites.
What's the next version going to be called - Sicks?
:-)
Perhaps they'll continue with the current theme and call it... Se7en?
Haha
:-)
;-)
Funny that Windows users have to click on rabbits while Linux users run a script.
Is it really that necessary to insult the Windows users' intelligence by not including a batch file?
I think the poor "economic climate" for Microsoft and the "Linux threat" might be connected to each other. People switch to various Linux-based servers and sometimes even for desktop usage since they find Linux "good enough" and perhaps cheaper as well, in the long run as well. And with the current economic climate, price is important and so is the "good enough" factor. A poor economic climate might speed up the Linux adaption and I'm not really that surprised to see Linux that high on the list simultaneously as the "economic climate", since I'm seeing those as connected. Not saying that people will switch back to Microsoft when/if the climate improves, but the Linux adaption might slow down a bit.
So who do you think shut them down? Why? Because the RIAA will destroy any alternate distribution channel, regardless of content carried.
Well, this time it is not regardless content. If you checked the content linked to at torrentse.cx, you'd know what I mean.
The Winamp 2 branch is still under development and I find it nice as well. :-)
I heard Winamp3 was more of a rushed out alpha/beta labelled as "final" than anthing else.
OK, FYI I checked before I filed anything, and it was already filed... :-)
u es/show_ bug.cgi?id=8967
Issue #8967:
http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/iss
No, but I was thinking of doing that. At least give a user the option to bring up the Import File dialog when opening files using file extensions unknown to the specific program.
Yes, it's closed source, but your script a decent workaround. However, I still believe that a user's choice should go first: If I choose to open a file (regardless type, even a JPG file) in a program I explicitly tell, I don't want it to be opened in another one. The least I think OO should do is to show the Import File dialog. It has one. Let's use it.