Without the iPhone, there just wouldn't be any exciting phones out right now.
I find my N95 to be more exciting than an iPhone. Having a truly open platform (self-signing free programmes is annoying though) is a lot better than being locked to an app store.
I got myself a CycloDS after I lost three carts whilst travelling. I didn't touch my DS for ages after that because I'm just so scatty when I'm moving around and I didn't fancy losing more games.
After I downloaded all the games I lost I've started doing the piracy as demo thing which is kinda cool; I'm building a collection of unopened NDS games!
If Nintendo bring out an official download store and charge a little bit less than the boxed edition I'd probably start using that instead though.
The comparatively small size of NDS ROMs means it's easy to download every single game ever released for the NDS in a single weekend on a decent home broadband connection.
Size has been a primary concern for people downloading unautherised copies of games - the scene used to have all sorts of rules about what was OK to rip and what wasn't, rules regarding transcoding of in-game media (cutscenes, sound effects, etc) and size limits, all because of limited bandwidth.
The point stands. I can't recall of any other console where it was possible to download its entire library in a single weekend whilst said console was at the peak of its popularity. It doesn't seem to be hurting things too badly though!
Commercial software is immoral. The comparison was being made against BSD and MPL which I doubt RMS would describe as immoral.
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What's one sided about it? One of the terms of the GPL is that any combination of GPL and non-GPL parts must, absent any other agreement, be distributed under the GPL. Only licenses that permit relicensing in such a manner are GPL compatible.
I had one customer come in and after scanning his new Toshiba laptop he had 2074 viruses RUNNING at the same time! It took nearly an hour just to see the desktop!
WTF? If I don't get a response within a second or two I just rip the drive out and mount it in another machine. Run a backup from there then wipe & restore. Most users are happy to have their drive formatted because they don't want loads of stuff installed so they see the reinstall as an added bonus. The whole process is virtually automatic.
I don't see how you can charge much money for cleaning machines, for me it's strictly beer money and my local is cheap!
Wipe & restore is the quickest and best way to recover a compromised machine. For a home user simply backing up My Docs, reinstalling windows (helps if you have a nice multi-oem disc to hand for all the various brands people have), running windows update and then installing current av software is the best way to recover from an infection.
Users don't mind reinstalling their favourite applications as most people only really use a few programmes; everything else is done on the web.
No, the GPL just presumes to attempt to restrict what I do with my code that has no GPL code in it.
Flat out wrong. The GPL restricts what you can do with other peoples code who have chosen to license it under the GPL. If you don't want those restrictions on your code then don't creative derivative works from GPL code.
Don't bitch because you can't leech other peoples code: Your code, your rules means their code, their rules.
One character will be excessively whiny and obnoxious [...] This one will possibly be blonde, and most likely be the 'main' character.
VII & VIII. Squall in VIII had dark hair but was the most annoying lead character I've ever had to control in a video game. At one point his romantic interest (Rinoa) near enough came out and told him straight how she felt and he was a total dick to her. Cloud in VII was a dick too.
There was a line in the IX intro sequence which consisted of your lead characters gang, a travelling theatre troupe, having to kidnap a princess under the guise of performing a play. The play had a line that many believe is a coded apology for Cloud & Squall. Having not had the time to play a FF past IX I'm a little disappointed they went back to using walking cocks for main characters.
Main character should have little to nothing to do with the other people.
VII did this too. Cloud was a SOLDIER but definitely not a leader!
Howso? At least link to the page in TFA that says the code they're using is Intel optimised. I've read two links out of this discussion but I have no intention of reading TFA unless I really have to.:)
Is that still true? This is one of those areas where I've read conflicting word-of-post, some people say they're still not quite as good as the Nvidia drivers and others say they're OK for games.
Hard[OCP] has had one of the best writeups so far imo. Admittedly they compare a Phenom II to a top of the line Core2 and i7 in that article, but that's only so they can compare the cores clock for clock which isn't feasable using the cheaper intel parts as an unlocked multiplier is required.
Anyhoo, the point is that Phenom II is, clock for clock, slower than Core2. Given how cheap and overclockable a Q6600 w/DDR2 is then it's hard to justify Phenom II for enthusiast purposes - tho I suppose when that reality hits the market retailers will start doing deep discounts and I expect good deals will appear.
What I'd love is, given the above facts, a proper overclocking competition article between a Q6600 or similar Core2 and the new Phenom IIs. The unlocked Phenom II can be had for about £140 here in the UK so if it generally overclocks well then it may be able to whoop Core2s' arse!
Because amd64 isn't just a 64bit version of x86. Most ISAs that have 32 and 64bit versions will be faster in 32bit mode because less data is being moved around. Amd64 took the opportunity to remove some cruft from x86 and add more registers and so code compiled for it will generally run faster on CPUs that support it.
Firstly, games work fine in 64bit Vista. I have a Vista x64 installation that I reboot into just for playing games and everything works OK. For really old games I can just use DOSBox which is an even better solution because it means no reboot!
Secondly, in Crossfire/SLI memory isn't doubled up like that. The cards both have the same contents in their memory, so 2x2GB cards is still just 2GB of video RAM overall. TBH that's far too much memory even for a pair of 4870s, but still.
You're missing the point. Qt is a library, normally libraries are licensed under the LGPL which is basically the same as the GPL except it allows you to link the GPL code into non-GPL programmes. This allows GNU libc to be used by proprietary applications.
The GP is correct, as a bit of a GNU zealot I loved Trolltech for doing that. It made sense for their business too - if you wanted to use Qt in a proprietary system you had to pay a license fee; for free software it was guaranteed free forever!
... And along with your increased ability and incentive to move away from 'doze, comes increased incentive for developers to NOT move away from WinXX API.
But the better Wine is, the more people will use linux on a desktop. Presumably that means there will eventually be a tipping point at which there is a mass of installed Linux desktops it's worth writing native code for and Win32 will only be around as old skool compatibility.
Of course, that ignores the other massive problems facing shipping binaries on Linux. Most proprietary applications either ship statically linked or with all their libraries bundled in because you can never be sure what flavour of the month distro any particular Linux user will have installed. In that situation shipping a version of Wine that's tested against your application is no extra bother for the end user and is probably the best solution all round.
Well gee, the guy who's spent the last twenty-five years leading the Free Software movement has some politics that you disagree with.
It's not like anybody is actually forcing you to stop using proprietary software. The only person who might stop you from using Ubuntu because of binary blobs are the owners of said blobs. They could sue Ubuntu for massive statutory damages for wilful infringement.
Your post was fine until you got to the GNU gulag at the end. Neither RMS nor GNU support aggression towards those who choose to use proprietary software, they just advocate a world without proprietary software.
Ostensibly driver signing was implemented to secure UAC. The UAC prompts appear on a different desktop to the rest of your windows (hence the shaded desktop) and that desktop will only take input from the keyboard and mouse drivers.
If installing drivers was as easy as it was in XP that wouldn't be very secure. I personally find it a major pain and as I use the xpad driver (also: has anyone got the PS3 pad driver working in Vista x64 yet? I can't find any stable bins for libusbfilter) in Windows I always boot in unsigned driver mode.
Which it doesn't do unless you've specifically calibrated to behave like that. Most people haven't which means WTF is all that overhead from the audio stack?
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Without the iPhone, there just wouldn't be any exciting phones out right now.
I find my N95 to be more exciting than an iPhone. Having a truly open platform (self-signing free programmes is annoying though) is a lot better than being locked to an app store.
I got myself a CycloDS after I lost three carts whilst travelling. I didn't touch my DS for ages after that because I'm just so scatty when I'm moving around and I didn't fancy losing more games.
After I downloaded all the games I lost I've started doing the piracy as demo thing which is kinda cool; I'm building a collection of unopened NDS games!
If Nintendo bring out an official download store and charge a little bit less than the boxed edition I'd probably start using that instead though.
The comparatively small size of NDS ROMs means it's easy to download every single game ever released for the NDS in a single weekend on a decent home broadband connection.
Size has been a primary concern for people downloading unautherised copies of games - the scene used to have all sorts of rules about what was OK to rip and what wasn't, rules regarding transcoding of in-game media (cutscenes, sound effects, etc) and size limits, all because of limited bandwidth.
The point stands. I can't recall of any other console where it was possible to download its entire library in a single weekend whilst said console was at the peak of its popularity. It doesn't seem to be hurting things too badly though!
Even if you assume ARPU is half that then it's just under $1bn and WoW has been going for ages.
Commercial software is immoral. The comparison was being made against BSD and MPL which I doubt RMS would describe as immoral.
What's one sided about it? One of the terms of the GPL is that any combination of GPL and non-GPL parts must, absent any other agreement, be distributed under the GPL. Only licenses that permit relicensing in such a manner are GPL compatible.
It's a bit of a stretch to call it immoral though. You don't like the terms so you don't use it and that's fair enough.
Doh, what I missed was your first sentence!
I had one customer come in and after scanning his new Toshiba laptop he had 2074 viruses RUNNING at the same time! It took nearly an hour just to see the desktop!
WTF? If I don't get a response within a second or two I just rip the drive out and mount it in another machine. Run a backup from there then wipe & restore. Most users are happy to have their drive formatted because they don't want loads of stuff installed so they see the reinstall as an added bonus. The whole process is virtually automatic.
I don't see how you can charge much money for cleaning machines, for me it's strictly beer money and my local is cheap!
Wipe & restore is the quickest and best way to recover a compromised machine. For a home user simply backing up My Docs, reinstalling windows (helps if you have a nice multi-oem disc to hand for all the various brands people have), running windows update and then installing current av software is the best way to recover from an infection.
Users don't mind reinstalling their favourite applications as most people only really use a few programmes; everything else is done on the web.
Well, the OP hasn't played VII and I didn't wanna spoil it...
Totally wrong. The current BSD license is completely compatible with the GPL. The FSF has a page detailing the many licenses that are GPL compatible.
No, the GPL just presumes to attempt to restrict what I do with my code that has no GPL code in it.
Flat out wrong. The GPL restricts what you can do with other peoples code who have chosen to license it under the GPL. If you don't want those restrictions on your code then don't creative derivative works from GPL code.
Don't bitch because you can't leech other peoples code: Your code, your rules means their code, their rules.
One character will be excessively whiny and obnoxious [...] This one will possibly be blonde, and most likely be the 'main' character.
VII & VIII. Squall in VIII had dark hair but was the most annoying lead character I've ever had to control in a video game. At one point his romantic interest (Rinoa) near enough came out and told him straight how she felt and he was a total dick to her. Cloud in VII was a dick too.
There was a line in the IX intro sequence which consisted of your lead characters gang, a travelling theatre troupe, having to kidnap a princess under the guise of performing a play. The play had a line that many believe is a coded apology for Cloud & Squall. Having not had the time to play a FF past IX I'm a little disappointed they went back to using walking cocks for main characters.
Main character should have little to nothing to do with the other people.
VII did this too. Cloud was a SOLDIER but definitely not a leader!
Howso? At least link to the page in TFA that says the code they're using is Intel optimised. I've read two links out of this discussion but I have no intention of reading TFA unless I really have to. :)
Is that still true? This is one of those areas where I've read conflicting word-of-post, some people say they're still not quite as good as the Nvidia drivers and others say they're OK for games.
Hard[OCP] has had one of the best writeups so far imo. Admittedly they compare a Phenom II to a top of the line Core2 and i7 in that article, but that's only so they can compare the cores clock for clock which isn't feasable using the cheaper intel parts as an unlocked multiplier is required.
Anyhoo, the point is that Phenom II is, clock for clock, slower than Core2. Given how cheap and overclockable a Q6600 w/DDR2 is then it's hard to justify Phenom II for enthusiast purposes - tho I suppose when that reality hits the market retailers will start doing deep discounts and I expect good deals will appear.
What I'd love is, given the above facts, a proper overclocking competition article between a Q6600 or similar Core2 and the new Phenom IIs. The unlocked Phenom II can be had for about £140 here in the UK so if it generally overclocks well then it may be able to whoop Core2s' arse!
Because amd64 isn't just a 64bit version of x86. Most ISAs that have 32 and 64bit versions will be faster in 32bit mode because less data is being moved around. Amd64 took the opportunity to remove some cruft from x86 and add more registers and so code compiled for it will generally run faster on CPUs that support it.
Firstly, games work fine in 64bit Vista. I have a Vista x64 installation that I reboot into just for playing games and everything works OK. For really old games I can just use DOSBox which is an even better solution because it means no reboot!
Secondly, in Crossfire/SLI memory isn't doubled up like that. The cards both have the same contents in their memory, so 2x2GB cards is still just 2GB of video RAM overall. TBH that's far too much memory even for a pair of 4870s, but still.
You're missing the point. Qt is a library, normally libraries are licensed under the LGPL which is basically the same as the GPL except it allows you to link the GPL code into non-GPL programmes. This allows GNU libc to be used by proprietary applications.
The GP is correct, as a bit of a GNU zealot I loved Trolltech for doing that. It made sense for their business too - if you wanted to use Qt in a proprietary system you had to pay a license fee; for free software it was guaranteed free forever!
... And along with your increased ability and incentive to move away from 'doze, comes increased incentive for developers to NOT move away from WinXX API.
But the better Wine is, the more people will use linux on a desktop. Presumably that means there will eventually be a tipping point at which there is a mass of installed Linux desktops it's worth writing native code for and Win32 will only be around as old skool compatibility.
Of course, that ignores the other massive problems facing shipping binaries on Linux. Most proprietary applications either ship statically linked or with all their libraries bundled in because you can never be sure what flavour of the month distro any particular Linux user will have installed. In that situation shipping a version of Wine that's tested against your application is no extra bother for the end user and is probably the best solution all round.
The problem is that he also has an implied:
5. You can't run anything EXCEPT Free Software.
rule, and that's the one everybody disagrees with
Well gee, the guy who's spent the last twenty-five years leading the Free Software movement has some politics that you disagree with.
It's not like anybody is actually forcing you to stop using proprietary software. The only person who might stop you from using Ubuntu because of binary blobs are the owners of said blobs. They could sue Ubuntu for massive statutory damages for wilful infringement.
Your post was fine until you got to the GNU gulag at the end. Neither RMS nor GNU support aggression towards those who choose to use proprietary software, they just advocate a world without proprietary software.
Ostensibly driver signing was implemented to secure UAC. The UAC prompts appear on a different desktop to the rest of your windows (hence the shaded desktop) and that desktop will only take input from the keyboard and mouse drivers.
If installing drivers was as easy as it was in XP that wouldn't be very secure. I personally find it a major pain and as I use the xpad driver (also: has anyone got the PS3 pad driver working in Vista x64 yet? I can't find any stable bins for libusbfilter) in Windows I always boot in unsigned driver mode.
Which it doesn't do unless you've specifically calibrated to behave like that. Most people haven't which means WTF is all that overhead from the audio stack?