I actually took a UFO class in college (Temple University). It was a history elective, one that was exceptionally popular and difficult to get into. The class was positioned as one that mainly dealt with UFOs and their impact (or lack thereof) on society, mainly from a governmental point of view.
Except, that was only the first half of the class. After the midterm there was a heavy focus on abductions, and we had to read a number of "non-fictional" books on the subject. It was a bit freaky if you started to believe it.
Beats me if they still offer this class, I took it in 1995.
Does the US require that a patent need to be brought to use to be kept valid? Quick scan of Wikipedia says that some countries require it, but doesn't list which ones do.
Gamestop's used game model is painfully hurting game companies. This is simply one way of trying to alleviate that pain, by making the game less tempting to either sell back, or buy used.
Conversely, this "free" DLC for new buyers will be available to used purchasers for $15.
I worked at Babbages in the mid-90s. The policy of employees taking products home to become familiar with them was encouraged. And really, from a standpoint of being able to inform the customer better, it was a great idea. PC products were not excluded from this policy. Granted it was in '96 or so, and there was an equal amount of disk-based products as CD-based ones, the internet wasn't that big of a deal, and games/products were connected as most are today.
As for the "guts", when I was there we generally only gutted one copy, and that was what got put on the shelf for display. If it was the last copy and we had to put the game back inside the box, we'd tell the customer we were doing that. I don't remember anything sneaky being done regarding that.
So how hard would it be to include different colour schemes? e.g. you can select how dark you want it. Even make it easy for others to let you import colours. That way people can select whatever they like.
That's called a gamma slider. Coincidentally, Diablo 2 had one.
You can solo easily (and quickly) to level 13-15. Of course, that takes into account knowing what to fight when to some degree. Someone who just started playing isn't going to be that efficient.
Did you even read the other posts here? Microsoft *is* following the standards, the city *is* following the standards. Microsoft is putting in additional *optional* information in the packet - that apparently is allowed by the spec - , and the city's DHCP server is croaking on it. Both are wrong in this case, Vista should have a fallback, the city should handle the extra data and ignore it.
It establishes a precedent that can be used in future cases, to the benefit of defendants and the detriment of the RIAA. A lawyer knowing this precedent has been set may be more willing to request his client go to court instead of settling out of it. Of course, it could also lead to more capitulation by the RIAA trying to settle out of court (with the assumption they won't win in it).
We won't know if there's any meaningful impact to this (assuming it doesn't get overturned) until we know the results of future accusations/cases.
That it may be difficult to switch a user to become an administrator in Windows is one thing, but Windows applications not being able to run as a limited user is the fault of application developers, not Microsoft.
Also, 0% of software can be installed as non-admin? That's some hyperbole there. Learn to use Active Directory and deploy software under the group policy stuff. Limited users can install software just fine via that.
Radical changes mean retraining, and retraining means wasting money. Does it though? If Office 2007 makes users far more productive than previous iterations, wouldn't the retraining ultimately *save* money?
Same old, same old doesn't necessarily mean better, as you seem to think.
Windows does allow home-coded drivers. Nothing stopping you from grabbing the Windows DDK and having a go at it.
The difference is that generally there isn't a need to do so for that OS, whereas not every company makes drivers available for their hardware in Linux.
You're missing what the $20 is for... a used game or DVD. It's a sad excuse of a "gift." The least they could've done is just given you a flat $20 credit applicable to anything.
That's a lot of wishful thinking you've got there. 4 games that no one has heard of, that have no marketing muscle or names behind, are going to supplant EA or Ubisoft or whatever?
They may end up being decent games, but please don't be delusional into thinking they'll change anything in the retail space.
There have been "alternative" sources for indie games. Not counting just independent publishers going a shareware route, there are (were?) things like GarageGames where smaller teams were selling relatively quality but small games. The shareware developers eventually became part and parcel with the major retail companies. GarageGames hasn't done anything of note, even if it was a novel idea.
Being able to cause any kind of change means that the games themselves have to be absolutely spectacular. They have to be so good to point where word of mouth drives thousands of downloads a day. Otherwise they'll just end up at best in a small niche and really won't change anything.
I don't understand how waiting for a performance release that may (or may not) happen in 6 months is any different than waiting for another release of the.Net framework (which may or may not happen in 6 months as well).
Apparently it's different if it's open source, huh?
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I actually took a UFO class in college (Temple University). It was a history elective, one that was exceptionally popular and difficult to get into. The class was positioned as one that mainly dealt with UFOs and their impact (or lack thereof) on society, mainly from a governmental point of view.
Except, that was only the first half of the class. After the midterm there was a heavy focus on abductions, and we had to read a number of "non-fictional" books on the subject. It was a bit freaky if you started to believe it.
Beats me if they still offer this class, I took it in 1995.
Yeah, I remember looking at some Netscape (I think) code a while back, and it was eerily similar to COM.
ID-based class factory models are not that uncommon...
Does the US require that a patent need to be brought to use to be kept valid? Quick scan of Wikipedia says that some countries require it, but doesn't list which ones do.
Gamestop's used game model is painfully hurting game companies. This is simply one way of trying to alleviate that pain, by making the game less tempting to either sell back, or buy used.
Conversely, this "free" DLC for new buyers will be available to used purchasers for $15.
This is C++-only, right? Cuz I develop .NET code all day in VS2005, and it works very happily on all sorts of messed up machine configurations.
Yes, it only affects C++ projects. We've been fighting with this exact problem for the past couple weeks.
Well obviously the viable alternative is to run software and services that he's approved.
That's the problem I've always had with him, that it's "my way or the highway."
I worked at Babbages in the mid-90s. The policy of employees taking products home to become familiar with them was encouraged. And really, from a standpoint of being able to inform the customer better, it was a great idea. PC products were not excluded from this policy. Granted it was in '96 or so, and there was an equal amount of disk-based products as CD-based ones, the internet wasn't that big of a deal, and games/products were connected as most are today.
As for the "guts", when I was there we generally only gutted one copy, and that was what got put on the shelf for display. If it was the last copy and we had to put the game back inside the box, we'd tell the customer we were doing that. I don't remember anything sneaky being done regarding that.
So how hard would it be to include different colour schemes? e.g. you can select how dark you want it. Even make it easy for others to let you import colours. That way people can select whatever they like.
That's called a gamma slider. Coincidentally, Diablo 2 had one.
You can solo easily (and quickly) to level 13-15. Of course, that takes into account knowing what to fight when to some degree. Someone who just started playing isn't going to be that efficient.
Did you even read the other posts here? Microsoft *is* following the standards, the city *is* following the standards. Microsoft is putting in additional *optional* information in the packet - that apparently is allowed by the spec - , and the city's DHCP server is croaking on it. Both are wrong in this case, Vista should have a fallback, the city should handle the extra data and ignore it.
It establishes a precedent that can be used in future cases, to the benefit of defendants and the detriment of the RIAA. A lawyer knowing this precedent has been set may be more willing to request his client go to court instead of settling out of it. Of course, it could also lead to more capitulation by the RIAA trying to settle out of court (with the assumption they won't win in it).
We won't know if there's any meaningful impact to this (assuming it doesn't get overturned) until we know the results of future accusations/cases.
He meant, User Access Control or whatever it's called.
That's not the DRM aspect of the OS. If it weren't so stupidly intrusive (or so I've heard), then yes it would be great for grandma.
That it may be difficult to switch a user to become an administrator in Windows is one thing, but Windows applications not being able to run as a limited user is the fault of application developers, not Microsoft.
Also, 0% of software can be installed as non-admin? That's some hyperbole there. Learn to use Active Directory and deploy software under the group policy stuff. Limited users can install software just fine via that.
Radical changes mean retraining, and retraining means wasting money.
Does it though? If Office 2007 makes users far more productive than previous iterations, wouldn't the retraining ultimately *save* money?
Same old, same old doesn't necessarily mean better, as you seem to think.
Windows does allow home-coded drivers. Nothing stopping you from grabbing the Windows DDK and having a go at it.
The difference is that generally there isn't a need to do so for that OS, whereas not every company makes drivers available for their hardware in Linux.
Consoles didn't have seamless integrated online functionality before Xbox Live. Sony and Nintendo are playing catchup now.
That is innovation.
I didn't know that SQL Server 2005 was standard with Windows 2003 Server. When did they start bundling it?
You're missing what the $20 is for... a used game or DVD. It's a sad excuse of a "gift." The least they could've done is just given you a flat $20 credit applicable to anything.
The article says that the planet was believed to have been 500 million to 1 billion years old, but based on new data may be much older.
The thread title is misleading!
That's a lot of wishful thinking you've got there. 4 games that no one has heard of, that have no marketing muscle or names behind, are going to supplant EA or Ubisoft or whatever?
They may end up being decent games, but please don't be delusional into thinking they'll change anything in the retail space.
There have been "alternative" sources for indie games. Not counting just independent publishers going a shareware route, there are (were?) things like GarageGames where smaller teams were selling relatively quality but small games. The shareware developers eventually became part and parcel with the major retail companies. GarageGames hasn't done anything of note, even if it was a novel idea.
Being able to cause any kind of change means that the games themselves have to be absolutely spectacular. They have to be so good to point where word of mouth drives thousands of downloads a day. Otherwise they'll just end up at best in a small niche and really won't change anything.
Sounds to me like he's been playing too many violent video games.
Yes, yes, I know monopoly and all that. But please tell me why Microsoft gets railed on for doing it, but Red Hat and other OS get praised?
FWIW, you can download a free compiler for C#, and it's not a given that Red Hat's development suite suits the needs of the developer in the topic.
Offshore internet gambling isn't taxed. There's the reason they want to block it.
Microsoft has a monopoly in the personal computer space. They do not have a monopoly in the home video game console space.
Exclusive titles did not start with Microsoft - it did not start with Sony, either - and it's nothing to get all atwitter about.
I don't understand how waiting for a performance release that may (or may not) happen in 6 months is any different than waiting for another release of the .Net framework (which may or may not happen in 6 months as well).
Apparently it's different if it's open source, huh?