That statement is accurate, if maybe misleading. Valve did rewrite and revise a lot of HL2 code. A lot of that was stuff that needed more work anyway, but some of it was perfectly good code that had to be rewritten to foil cheaters in HL2 multiplayer. Thus, by exposing some of the anti-cheating code and making it worthless, the leak did, in a twisted sense, "steal" the code form Valve.
Depends on the kid and their age. I'd be pissed if I were 17 and my parents came in and monitored everything I did on my computer, every web site I visited and every process I ran. OTOH, your statement is quite true for, say, ten-year-olds.
Until p2p networks start checking ID, kids will be able to obtain pretty much any game they want to. By not allowing them to buy games, game companies are encouraging piracy.
but then anyone who wanted to could copy it for all their friends
And they can't now? All it takes is one person to crack the copy-protection, and then the pirated version becomes superior to what's being sold at retail.
Nitpick: You can buy prepaid phones for $60 and keep them going for $3 a month. That's what I do (using AT&T's Free2Go plan - $0.25/min, so that $3 minimum gets you 12 minutes of talk time).
But, generally speaking, kids with phones aren't paying for them. Most kids have a family plan of some sort - $40/month plus $20 for each additional phone, all drawing from an ungodly large pool of shared minutes.
With all due respect, sir, you have absolutely no fucking clue what you're talking about.
The donations collected from the installer site go to the main iPod Linux fund, which will be used to purchase a 4G iPod. The lead developer, Bernard Leach, has put a huge amount of time and effort into getting Linux to work on 1G, 2G, and 3G iPods. The main stumbling block to a 4G port is that neither he nor any other major developer has access to a 4G iPod. It makes perfect sense for people to try and buy one to help further development.
Also, FWIW, posting free iPod links is a good way to get banned from the iPod Linux forums.
The iPod hardware can record at 96Khz; not sure how many bits (at least 16). There's a stereo line-in on the dock connector, so you could potentially get CD-quality recording out of it (though you'd have to hack up a cable). But I don't really see the use - if you're gonna carry around the mics and such to record a performance, a laptop doesn't seem like too much more to ask.
No and no. iPod Linux is not a viable replacement for the Apple software even if you stick to MP3s - playback skips occasionally, and you can only play one song at a time (no albums or playlists). Neither Ogg nor FLAC decoding is close to realtime yet (although they will be supported eventually; the iPod chip has the power). Battery life is terrible (no one's really worked on buffering from the HD), and it doesn't yet run on 4th generation iPods (so it won't work with any iPod currently being sold).
It's a great achievement, and fun to play with, but it's not quite there yet. Maybe in a few months.
In other words, "if you want information from us about the websites you're visiting, you're going to have to tell us what you want". I don't see what the problem is. Google is providing an optional feature and being very clear about the unavoidable privacy implications of using it.
That said, switching to Firefox is a much better solution than using the Google Toolbar with IE. But for someone stuck with IE, I don't see anything wrong with the toolbar, as long as people can RTFM and understand what it does.
It should be further crushed by the soon-to-be-produced Toyota Volta. 30mpg and 0-60 in 4 seconds. Top speed is limited to 155, but it'll be interesting to see how much further it can go.
T minus 4 till someone points out Opera is better than Firefox. T minus 6 till the bonehead at T minus 5 is corrected and told Opera can be had for FREE
Pick one or the other. Regardless of its other merits, I don't think many people would agree that a browser with a giant ad in its toolbar is better than Firefox.
the individual playing the game doesn't have the time to find them
If the process of acquiring these items isn't fun, then the game is a crappy game and the individual shouldn't be playing it. If earning items is fun, then the person is pretty much paying to avoid having fun. Either way, it doesn't make much sense.
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I'm not a video person, but I didn't think Premiere was aimed at a higher end than Final Cut Pro. FCP costs $1000; Premiere costs $700.
That "whoosh" you just heard was a joke flying completely over your head.
News flash: Slashdot has multiple users, capable of holding seperate opinions.
Do they have perfect support for those oh-so-well-documented Office file formats? Thought not.
And a crappy programmer to boot.
That was straight from the Dirac homepage, linked in the parent comment.
"A lot remains to be done to convert our promising algorithm and experimental implementation into practical useable code."
That statement is accurate, if maybe misleading. Valve did rewrite and revise a lot of HL2 code. A lot of that was stuff that needed more work anyway, but some of it was perfectly good code that had to be rewritten to foil cheaters in HL2 multiplayer. Thus, by exposing some of the anti-cheating code and making it worthless, the leak did, in a twisted sense, "steal" the code form Valve.
Actually it's pretty stupid, cause it's easily guessed. It sounds like the combination a wannabe genius would put on their luggage. :-)
Depends on the kid and their age. I'd be pissed if I were 17 and my parents came in and monitored everything I did on my computer, every web site I visited and every process I ran. OTOH, your statement is quite true for, say, ten-year-olds.
Until p2p networks start checking ID, kids will be able to obtain pretty much any game they want to. By not allowing them to buy games, game companies are encouraging piracy.
And they can't now? All it takes is one person to crack the copy-protection, and then the pirated version becomes superior to what's being sold at retail.
Not necessarily. But you're probably right.
But, generally speaking, kids with phones aren't paying for them. Most kids have a family plan of some sort - $40/month plus $20 for each additional phone, all drawing from an ungodly large pool of shared minutes.
The donations collected from the installer site go to the main iPod Linux fund, which will be used to purchase a 4G iPod. The lead developer, Bernard Leach, has put a huge amount of time and effort into getting Linux to work on 1G, 2G, and 3G iPods. The main stumbling block to a 4G port is that neither he nor any other major developer has access to a 4G iPod. It makes perfect sense for people to try and buy one to help further development.
Also, FWIW, posting free iPod links is a good way to get banned from the iPod Linux forums.
The iPod hardware can record at 96Khz; not sure how many bits (at least 16). There's a stereo line-in on the dock connector, so you could potentially get CD-quality recording out of it (though you'd have to hack up a cable). But I don't really see the use - if you're gonna carry around the mics and such to record a performance, a laptop doesn't seem like too much more to ask.
It's a great achievement, and fun to play with, but it's not quite there yet. Maybe in a few months.
That said, switching to Firefox is a much better solution than using the Google Toolbar with IE. But for someone stuck with IE, I don't see anything wrong with the toolbar, as long as people can RTFM and understand what it does.
Apparently you haven't used GNOME recently.
It should be further crushed by the soon-to-be-produced Toyota Volta. 30mpg and 0-60 in 4 seconds. Top speed is limited to 155, but it'll be interesting to see how much further it can go.
Which uses an engine design licensed from Toyota.
Now, let's put a quart of gas in each. Hummer now does 0-60 once.
Pick one or the other. Regardless of its other merits, I don't think many people would agree that a browser with a giant ad in its toolbar is better than Firefox.
Doom 3 was a tech demo, not a game. The only revolutionary thing about it was the lack of duct tape.
If the process of acquiring these items isn't fun, then the game is a crappy game and the individual shouldn't be playing it. If earning items is fun, then the person is pretty much paying to avoid having fun. Either way, it doesn't make much sense.