America can, should, must, and will install Linux to protect our freedom. We must destroy the terrorism that is Mac OS X.
Onward, GNU soldiers! We cry freedom from coherent, mature GUIs! Freedom from packaging systems that work! Freedom from mature, accountable developers!
And if you consider for one moment "switching" to one of those evil, repugnant, proprietary systems, just Think of the Children, and pray that Stallman will give you strength in your time of weakness. Now we crush the infidels!
Why does everyone always jump on the large-organization-screwing-innocent-person bandwagon? The RIAA has the right to defend the property of its members.
I think the better question is, why does the RIAA accept "over the air" distribution with minimal fees but wants to clamp down on internet distribution? They've made it no secret that they are frustrated with most large radio distribution companies...
he seems to be the focus of a lot of geek hatred since the phantom menace. slashdot has run a lot of stuff showcasing his ugly side, whether it's his prissy creator's attitude towards fanfic or now having this fellow arrested.
i don't know whether that was exactly the right call, but i bet the guy doesn't serve much jail time. his name in hollywood is mud, so he'll probably go back to debuque or wherever and start a new career making indie films about black lesbians rediscovering the joy of lyme disease.
oh and another thing. i predict matt groening to be the next target of geek betrayal and disgust. we've all known and loved him for the simpsons, but when the movies come out, they are gonna suck, and no one will remember him fondly anymore, and they will invent their own simpsons mythos that makes more sense.
then george lucas and matt groening will have a beard staring contest, and the loser will have to shave it off on PBS during fund drive week. at least that's what i heard.
Get some better names for your projects! If a 12 year old is embarrassed to say "OGG Tarkin" aloud, then you're not going to sell it outside of the hardcore open source geek community. And I know, you're not trying to make money, but I'm betting you'd even win some mindshare if you were willing to, say:
Give the "OGG" media layer a little class. Call it something the boys in marketing would like, such as "SimpleDirectQuickWebLayer."
Vorbis could be known as "I Can't Believe it's not MP3!" and if you still wanted to use a geeky name, just refer to the acronym, ICBITNMP3, pronounced as "Ich-Bittin-emm pee 3."
I'm hoping someone else will be kind enough to hire a professional web designer for Xiph, and maybe even a domain name that people could pronounce or remember. Dig deep, folks. I know it's a recession, but every little bit helps.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the purpose of WINE was to illustrate the viability of Linux as a cheap replacement to Windows on the desktop for budget-minded corporate IT directors.
Transgaming is nice and all, but it seems that all the momentum is over porting games. When are we going to see ACT! and VisiCalc running on a Linux box? What about Norton Utilies?
More games are good (even one with EverQuests fatal reputation) but it seems like it's the "sexy" side of WINE that causes the most "geek lust." What about the plainjane broad that's your ticket into corporate America?
It's the classic case of love vs. security. Will it be the penniless Citar player or the evil Majarajah? Right now, my pendulum is swinging towards the Majarah (maybe it's the recession?).
Guess what, musicians have been dealing with that limit since the dawn of time. Music isn't about inventing something "original," (as someone would invent a car or computer) it's about manipulating sound. It's swimming in a river, not digging a canal.
we all know you fanboys love it. too bad the show was never funny. matt groening sold out, and he'll never match life in hell
the movie (or movies) will suck too. and then no one will remember the simpsons favorably...which is good, because besides a little conan o'brien, the show never had anything going for it.
It's not hypocrisy. Yes, I want to protect my business, same as Hollywood...but it's not a matter of my business model becoming outdated.
It's more like DRM throws the baby (my business) out with the bathwater (illegal copying). Doesn't change what I do or how I do it, just makes it really fucking expensive to get "licensed" or "non-crippled" equipment, thus driving up the barrier of entry for creative professionals without any tangible benefit. In other words, muscling people out of the market, or racketeering if you will.
My business, like any business, is essentially conservative. Have you ever heard the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?"
Hollywood thinks the same way I do in this fashion. The only difference is that they are pushing for legislation that would make the barrier of entry for media creators much higher than it is today, because they are paranoid about people copying their work.
You can argue whether the rampant copying of Hollywood movies is good or bad for their industry, or whether they're doing it deliberately to curb content creation outside their accepted channels, but I don't really care. The bottom line is, the legislation they they want to pass has the potential to hurt a lot of small businesses.
No, I mean independent music artists.
Do you know any? Most of the ones I know are so desperate for listeners, they actually give away their music for free(!) online in hopes that it will help to build a fanbase and get more people at shows. I sure don't hear them saying, "Please reduce the channels of distribution that we have even further by making our homemade MP3s incompatible with future computers!"
Heh, that's cute. Put words in Hollywood's mouth and then get offended by them.
Whether you think it's funny or not, that's the way the industry works. Trust me, I've worked there.
You seem to be the one favoring restricting tools (like DRM) because you don't want to change your business model.
Way to add 2 and 2 to get 13. Allow me to elucidate: I don't want laws created that restrict the barriers of entry for content creators. "Digital Rights Management" is an artificial limit placed on technology that would accomplish precisely that.
It's not a good thing if you're a video editor like me. The price barriers between "consumer" and "professional" equipment are huge. This is often not because of the price of the components, but rather the functions (such as manual gain control). Heck, up until about a year and a half ago, burning DVDs was ridiculously expensive-and you can bet "Digital Rights Managed" DVD players and their successors won't play the DVDs I make for my clients.
Why? Because Hollywood thinks the only reason anyone would want to make a DVD is to copy their shitty movies. I find that very offensive that they can only see DVD technology as a means to push "Rush Hour 2," and that they would penalize those of us who want to create rather than passively watch TV.
That's a good thing, because it encourages people to release content in formats they otherwise would be forced to avoid.
People? You mean, like, Hollywood? They aren't "forced" to avoid any formats-this argument is exactly the same as Jack Valenti's "Betamax is killing the movie industry." Heard it before, don't like my tools being restricted just because Hollywood can't or won't change its business model.
remember, these are the same slashbots who deride apple's "pretty little boxes" and then spend hours building their own L33t case m0d!!!. They are incensed at the IDEA of Big Bad Apple with its "proprietary" hardware is trying to stop those enterprising souls who just want to make Apple's own OS experience a little bit better. There's no need to read the article, because they might find out that it's not the case at all.
Instead, we have Mac OS 9 shareware developers whining that their little interface pick me ups don't work in OS X. Or that Jaguar broke a lot of their interface tweaks. Big fucking deal. Most of the stuff was fixed within a week after Jaguar was released, if not sooner.
The same thing happened between Mac OS 8.6 and 9. It's true that they had more open APIs in OS 9, but even then, the vast majority of interface hacks were done using reverse engineering. And as long as Apple's not suing anyone, who cares?
What about flashing the ROM of a PC ATi Card? Does anyone know how to do this? It used to work on PC Voodoo cards...PCI versions would be especially cool. I'm looking for a second video card, natch...
it's more fun to do an endoscopy with a controller-it's a robot, technically, but when you're performing the procedure, you can pretend you're playing "Small Intestine Wars." (for doctors only of course)
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People who liked Rare that much have already purchased a Gamecube. And if they do like Rare that much, they probably like Nintendo as well-enough that they aren't going to sell that Gamecube.
Anyway, Rare doesn't have as much of a pedigree as Microsoft probably thinks it does. I'm betting most people associate Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong, etc more with Nintendo than Rare. They are going to have to shout from the makers of perfect dark on any future commercial advertising Xbox titles by Rare if they expect anyone to care, or even notice...
I know this might shock some Slashdotters, but console gaming has always had a bigger marketshare than PC gaming (current estimates put the PC market at about 1/10th the console market).
The quality of console games will always surpass the quality of PC games as long as PC gamers don't demand anything more than WarCraft, Everquest, and Quake.
And don't talk to me about graphics...you aren't going to be playing Doom 3 in 2 years. But you are gonna be hocking the $400 waffle iron you bought to play it on eBay (you'll be lucky if you get $30.)
I laugh when I think about people who line up to be raped by Carmack's excellent Wallet-Draining adventure. Don't you realize a 2-year-old video card won't work with it? Carmack's such an inept programmer that he can't get anywhere near the graphical prowess of a Mario Sunshine-and why should he even try? You'll pay to play the same old shit, again and again.
Meanwhile, in the console world, people are playing their Mario Sunshine and Grand Theft Auto 3 without worrying about driver conflicts, cheating, etc. Professional programmers actually care about optimizing for the hardware, instead of dumping anybody who got a video card earlier than last month. Truly innovative games like Rez and Frequency are rewarded with high sales, and piracy is much lower (so gaming companies are more inclined to take chances.)
Then again, I hear FreeCell XP is pretty damn good...
Perhaps the subject of "government intervention" should be weighed individually on the merits of each individual issue. Or is your brain too small for that?
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America can, should, must, and will install Linux to protect our freedom. We must destroy the terrorism that is Mac OS X.
Onward, GNU soldiers! We cry freedom from coherent, mature GUIs! Freedom from packaging systems that work! Freedom from mature, accountable developers!
And if you consider for one moment "switching" to one of those evil, repugnant, proprietary systems, just Think of the Children, and pray that Stallman will give you strength in your time of weakness. Now we crush the infidels!
I think the better question is, why does the RIAA accept "over the air" distribution with minimal fees but wants to clamp down on internet distribution? They've made it no secret that they are frustrated with most large radio distribution companies...
i don't know whether that was exactly the right call, but i bet the guy doesn't serve much jail time. his name in hollywood is mud, so he'll probably go back to debuque or wherever and start a new career making indie films about black lesbians rediscovering the joy of lyme disease.
oh and another thing. i predict matt groening to be the next target of geek betrayal and disgust. we've all known and loved him for the simpsons, but when the movies come out, they are gonna suck, and no one will remember him fondly anymore, and they will invent their own simpsons mythos that makes more sense.
then george lucas and matt groening will have a beard staring contest, and the loser will have to shave it off on PBS during fund drive week. at least that's what i heard.
Get some better names for your projects! If a 12 year old is embarrassed to say "OGG Tarkin" aloud, then you're not going to sell it outside of the hardcore open source geek community. And I know, you're not trying to make money, but I'm betting you'd even win some mindshare if you were willing to, say:
I'm hoping someone else will be kind enough to hire a professional web designer for Xiph, and maybe even a domain name that people could pronounce or remember. Dig deep, folks. I know it's a recession, but every little bit helps.
Transgaming is nice and all, but it seems that all the momentum is over porting games. When are we going to see ACT! and VisiCalc running on a Linux box? What about Norton Utilies?
More games are good (even one with EverQuests fatal reputation) but it seems like it's the "sexy" side of WINE that causes the most "geek lust." What about the plainjane broad that's your ticket into corporate America?
It's the classic case of love vs. security. Will it be the penniless Citar player or the evil Majarajah? Right now, my pendulum is swinging towards the Majarah (maybe it's the recession?).
Yes. Drugs must have done him in. It couldn't possibly have been his own irresponsible behavior...or be associated with *my own* pet vice, videogames.
Just keep telling yourself that.
Guess what, musicians have been dealing with that limit since the dawn of time. Music isn't about inventing something "original," (as someone would invent a car or computer) it's about manipulating sound. It's swimming in a river, not digging a canal.
the movie (or movies) will suck too. and then no one will remember the simpsons favorably...which is good, because besides a little conan o'brien, the show never had anything going for it.
It's more like DRM throws the baby (my business) out with the bathwater (illegal copying). Doesn't change what I do or how I do it, just makes it really fucking expensive to get "licensed" or "non-crippled" equipment, thus driving up the barrier of entry for creative professionals without any tangible benefit. In other words, muscling people out of the market, or racketeering if you will.
My business, like any business, is essentially conservative. Have you ever heard the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?"
Hollywood thinks the same way I do in this fashion. The only difference is that they are pushing for legislation that would make the barrier of entry for media creators much higher than it is today, because they are paranoid about people copying their work.
You can argue whether the rampant copying of Hollywood movies is good or bad for their industry, or whether they're doing it deliberately to curb content creation outside their accepted channels, but I don't really care. The bottom line is, the legislation they they want to pass has the potential to hurt a lot of small businesses.
No, I mean independent music artists.
Do you know any? Most of the ones I know are so desperate for listeners, they actually give away their music for free(!) online in hopes that it will help to build a fanbase and get more people at shows. I sure don't hear them saying, "Please reduce the channels of distribution that we have even further by making our homemade MP3s incompatible with future computers!"
Heh, that's cute. Put words in Hollywood's mouth and then get offended by them.
Whether you think it's funny or not, that's the way the industry works. Trust me, I've worked there.
You seem to be the one favoring restricting tools (like DRM) because you don't want to change your business model.
Way to add 2 and 2 to get 13. Allow me to elucidate: I don't want laws created that restrict the barriers of entry for content creators. "Digital Rights Management" is an artificial limit placed on technology that would accomplish precisely that.
Why? Because Hollywood thinks the only reason anyone would want to make a DVD is to copy their shitty movies. I find that very offensive that they can only see DVD technology as a means to push "Rush Hour 2," and that they would penalize those of us who want to create rather than passively watch TV.
That's a good thing, because it encourages people to release content in formats they otherwise would be forced to avoid.
People? You mean, like, Hollywood? They aren't "forced" to avoid any formats-this argument is exactly the same as Jack Valenti's "Betamax is killing the movie industry." Heard it before, don't like my tools being restricted just because Hollywood can't or won't change its business model.
right next to a cigarette-stained VAX. When are they gonna update that shit?
Instead, we have Mac OS 9 shareware developers whining that their little interface pick me ups don't work in OS X. Or that Jaguar broke a lot of their interface tweaks. Big fucking deal. Most of the stuff was fixed within a week after Jaguar was released, if not sooner.
The same thing happened between Mac OS 8.6 and 9. It's true that they had more open APIs in OS 9, but even then, the vast majority of interface hacks were done using reverse engineering. And as long as Apple's not suing anyone, who cares?
What about flashing the ROM of a PC ATi Card? Does anyone know how to do this? It used to work on PC Voodoo cards...PCI versions would be especially cool. I'm looking for a second video card, natch...
it's more fun to do an endoscopy with a controller-it's a robot, technically, but when you're performing the procedure, you can pretend you're playing "Small Intestine Wars." (for doctors only of course)
OS 9 version of Outlook 2001 does work in 10.2.
They tacitly approve of these nasty tactics from the RIAA, then turn around and sell MP3 players for their Clies and Playstation 2s? I don't get it.
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Anyway, Rare doesn't have as much of a pedigree as Microsoft probably thinks it does. I'm betting most people associate Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong, etc more with Nintendo than Rare. They are going to have to shout from the makers of perfect dark on any future commercial advertising Xbox titles by Rare if they expect anyone to care, or even notice...
The quality of console games will always surpass the quality of PC games as long as PC gamers don't demand anything more than WarCraft, Everquest, and Quake.
And don't talk to me about graphics...you aren't going to be playing Doom 3 in 2 years. But you are gonna be hocking the $400 waffle iron you bought to play it on eBay (you'll be lucky if you get $30.)
I laugh when I think about people who line up to be raped by Carmack's excellent Wallet-Draining adventure. Don't you realize a 2-year-old video card won't work with it? Carmack's such an inept programmer that he can't get anywhere near the graphical prowess of a Mario Sunshine-and why should he even try? You'll pay to play the same old shit, again and again.
Meanwhile, in the console world, people are playing their Mario Sunshine and Grand Theft Auto 3 without worrying about driver conflicts, cheating, etc. Professional programmers actually care about optimizing for the hardware, instead of dumping anybody who got a video card earlier than last month. Truly innovative games like Rez and Frequency are rewarded with high sales, and piracy is much lower (so gaming companies are more inclined to take chances.)
Then again, I hear FreeCell XP is pretty damn good...
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Perhaps the subject of "government intervention" should be weighed individually on the merits of each individual issue. Or is your brain too small for that?