This book is geared for people for whom have never touched this stuff before. It's for game development novices. If you've dealt with the innards of a 3D driver, you're going to understand OpenGL pretty good. If you've done multimeda apps, you're going to understand SDL pretty well. If you understand these topics, this book is NOT for you- it never was intended for people that are looking for more of a reference to how to develop with these apis or for someone looking for the finer points of game development (I might suggest the algorithms list on SourceForge for trying to glean that sort of thing!)
It's geared for the novice that wants to learn how to write games on the specified platform. Being that it's more geared for novices (realize that even this book is that...), it's not going to appeal to a codehead and will get a generally negative review.
Unfortunately, most of the "game programming" books are of this variety- there's notable exceptions, like Game Programming Gems, however.
Everyone should realize that most of the books are published for the lowest common denominator; they're trying to strip-mine the populace for money. That it doesn't work for many of the/. crowd should be unsurprising.
1) Needing a martyr is short shrift to the poor bastard in the crosshairs.
2) He's going to be painted as a "hacker" having been caught at DefCon- they're not going to paint this as a civil rights violation that it is, it's "a criminal being put to justice under the DMCA". It's what transpired with 2600- do you REALLY think this poor SOB is going to get a fair trial under those conditions?
While you're at it, tell everyone you know about this- including Congresspeople. Explain to them what is going on and why it's such a bad thing.
Once they think they can get away with one aspect of the whole mess, expect that they'll try to run the other. Micropayments with ads and all- they're all trying to maximize profits, what's to stop them doing the next step?
Explain why Wal-Mart can't sell them (There seems to be a LOT of them in their clearance areas- all models including the newest top of the line with the HD...) and they've reached the saturation point such that places like Big Lots and MacFrugal's (closeout stores) are trying to move them now.
WebTV's interface stinks and for many TV's it's painful to use because the NTSC set doesn't have the requisite sharpness to even do 60dpi.
Because the music industry charges usurious amounts and the food, etc. industries usually don't. Because of this, I choose to not deal with them. Largely speaking, I do the same where possible with the print industries as well.
As to your second paragraph, ever read Courtney Love's rant? It's closer to the truth than you think and it pretty much invalidates your claims- because the record labels were the gatekeepers, if you didn't play by their rules and sign, you pretty much didn't get to play in the game at all.
Put the money in the artist's pockets- that is what I want to do. That, and pay a fair share for the production thereof. If I buy from local bands, etc. at their shows that's what transpires. If I buy from a record store, most of my money goes to people that had little to do with the music I'm buying. I don't like that.
The appeal is under way and the appeals court told Patel that she couldn't quite ask for what she was asking for- and this new twist may well be in violation of the higher court's order in that regard.
You never sell early if you can help it- even if you're going broke. You always sell when it's done.
What if the user base they sold to figure out they've been sold a bill of goods (which is what appears to be happening right now...)- they're going to be leaving in droves and spreading the word about the game being a piece of crap.
All they did was buy themselves a little time with a smallish cash injection- they've hurt themselves in a way that's going to be hell to get over. If they go broke now, they lost what was left of their reputation and they're broke.
The system has sufficient non-infringing uses, they guarantee 99% compliance (which is worlds better than everything else out there...) and Patel's still not satisfied.
Should we say that Patel's biased at this point and remand the situation to another Judge- she sure isn't acting with neutrality or anything like that.
Every once in a blue moon, one of Lyons' employees or one of their legal council would pop into the list and hassle us. We'd tell them that it was parody, and as such, it's protected- go take a hike. (And they would...)
As for activity... One can always go and check it for yourself.
If one goes to here at jihad.net, you'll see they've already been at the Jihad's collective doorstep and they've responded accordingly- acknowleging the trademark and indicating that it's parody and therby protected under US codes...
The lawfirm's playing a nasty trick allowed by German laws- it appears they didn't send the sharks on the developer, they did it upon their own initiative. Adobe looks bad, the law firm looks even worse- and the poor schmuck gets stiffed quite a bit of money.
That depends entirely on the way the road is set up- if there's no seriously hilly/mountainous terrain, there's not always going to be a "right" lane to be in (Also of note is that many, don't pay attention to the "Slower traffic keep right" notices either!). It really depends on the road- many of the major highways have posted minimum speed limits of 40 MPH. If the road conditions don't cause a drop below that (i.e. going up a steep grade with a load) you're going to get a citation for driving too slow.
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This book is geared for people for whom have never touched this stuff before. It's for game development novices. If you've dealt with the innards of a 3D driver, you're going to understand OpenGL pretty good. If you've done multimeda apps, you're going to understand SDL pretty well. If you understand these topics, this book is NOT for you- it never was intended for people that are looking for more of a reference to how to develop with these apis or for someone looking for the finer points of game development (I might suggest the algorithms list on SourceForge for trying to glean that sort of thing!)
It's geared for the novice that wants to learn how to write games on the specified platform. Being that it's more geared for novices (realize that even this book is that...), it's not going to appeal to a codehead and will get a generally negative review.
/. crowd should be unsurprising.
Unfortunately, most of the "game programming" books are of this variety- there's notable exceptions, like Game Programming Gems, however.
Everyone should realize that most of the books are published for the lowest common denominator; they're trying to strip-mine the populace for money. That it doesn't work for many of the
1) Needing a martyr is short shrift to the poor bastard in the crosshairs.
2) He's going to be painted as a "hacker" having been caught at DefCon- they're not going to paint this as a civil rights violation that it is, it's "a criminal being put to justice under the DMCA". It's what transpired with 2600- do you REALLY think this poor SOB is going to get a fair trial under those conditions?
While you're at it, tell everyone you know about this- including Congresspeople. Explain to them what is going on and why it's such a bad thing.
Once they think they can get away with one aspect of the whole mess, expect that they'll try to run the other. Micropayments with ads and all- they're all trying to maximize profits, what's to stop them doing the next step?
Explain why Wal-Mart can't sell them (There seems to be a LOT of them in their clearance areas- all models including the newest top of the line with the HD...) and they've reached the saturation point such that places like Big Lots and MacFrugal's (closeout stores) are trying to move them now.
WebTV's interface stinks and for many TV's it's painful to use because the NTSC set doesn't have the requisite sharpness to even do 60dpi.
Because the music industry charges usurious amounts and the food, etc. industries usually don't. Because of this, I choose to not deal with them. Largely speaking, I do the same where possible with the print industries as well.
As to your second paragraph, ever read Courtney Love's rant? It's closer to the truth than you think and it pretty much invalidates your claims- because the record labels were the gatekeepers, if you didn't play by their rules and sign, you pretty much didn't get to play in the game at all.
The phrase SHOULD be...
checking them at the door...
It is ironic that a spelling/grammar flame would mis-spell "grammar".
In my case, it's a typo.
In your case, well...
The Supreme Court ordered that /. posters stop posting until they verify all their facts instead of checking the at the door.
Patel is a SHE.
Put the money in the artist's pockets- that is what I want to do. That, and pay a fair share for the production thereof. If I buy from local bands, etc. at their shows that's what transpires. If I buy from a record store, most of my money goes to people that had little to do with the music I'm buying. I don't like that.
The appeal is under way and the appeals court told Patel that she couldn't quite ask for what she was asking for- and this new twist may well be in violation of the higher court's order in that regard.
You never sell early if you can help it- even if you're going broke. You always sell when it's done.
What if the user base they sold to figure out they've been sold a bill of goods (which is what appears to be happening right now...)- they're going to be leaving in droves and spreading the word about the game being a piece of crap.
All they did was buy themselves a little time with a smallish cash injection- they've hurt themselves in a way that's going to be hell to get over. If they go broke now, they lost what was left of their reputation and they're broke.
The system has sufficient non-infringing uses, they guarantee 99% compliance (which is worlds better than everything else out there...) and Patel's still not satisfied.
Should we say that Patel's biased at this point and remand the situation to another Judge- she sure isn't acting with neutrality or anything like that.
If they're going to fix it like you fixed an animal (Uh, that was already done, thank you!) they can forget about it... :-)
Look closely, they're called X-10 controllers, even at Radio Shack. Even if you didn't buy them direct, you're still putting money in their pockets.
Every once in a blue moon, one of Lyons' employees or one of their legal council would pop into the list and hassle us. We'd tell them that it was parody, and as such, it's protected- go take a hike. (And they would...)
As for activity... One can always go and check it for yourself.
If one goes to here at jihad.net, you'll see they've already been at the Jihad's collective doorstep and they've responded accordingly- acknowleging the trademark and indicating that it's parody and therby protected under US codes...
Right? I've seen the opposite happen in the places I've worked at and elsewhere.
i.e. The dog bites you once vs. mauls you...
The lawfirm's playing a nasty trick allowed by German laws- it appears they didn't send the sharks on the developer, they did it upon their own initiative. Adobe looks bad, the law firm looks even worse- and the poor schmuck gets stiffed quite a bit of money.
That depends entirely on the way the road is set up- if there's no seriously hilly/mountainous terrain, there's not always going to be a "right" lane to be in (Also of note is that many, don't pay attention to the "Slower traffic keep right" notices either!). It really depends on the road- many of the major highways have posted minimum speed limits of 40 MPH. If the road conditions don't cause a drop below that (i.e. going up a steep grade with a load) you're going to get a citation for driving too slow.
Uh, riight...
Texas doesn't have the market for "clueless" cornered any more than anywhere else- seems there's a LOT of it going about lately.
Surprisingly, a lot of people don't know that.
:-)
Threw my wife for a loop on our visit to the UK (Well, that and driving on the left...
She thought it was all metric in all of Europe.
I wonder how pricey those Zytrax devices are- they look to be a right gem for anything needing wireless lan connectivity.
Get the conversion kit, a new SODIMM and make it useful by installing Linux on a low-profile laptop drive...
It's cheaper. It's performance is closer to the promised performance of RDRAM, not the real.