Look what happened in the last election and what it meant. And after that you would have had 4-3.5 years to fix it. And you still show up on the news as having problems on day 1.
There is zero reason for not being able to connect to a database, not when you've had this much time to prepare for it.
>It doesn't require any kind of storyline to do that. So why would they put one in?
They market it as a single person GAME. Not a single person engine or a single person technical-exerise-in-what-a-game-could-be.
This is in a Games section of slashdot, not in IT, not in "cool engines".
Thats nice that they look at it as an engine, so why didn't they sell it as one?
Thats nice that they make alot of money, but we are talking about the quality of Doom 3, the game. Does the fact that they made $X suddenly make the game enjoyable for more people?
If they wanted it to make a "prettier Doom 2", they would have labeled it "Doom 2 - Remixed" or just released the same maps with different textures/a more advanced engine.
Firefox does make it nicer but I would still not rely solely on this for security.
Its still easy to misread "www.capital-one.com" as the place where you do banking.
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>I'm not so sure that the analogy to MAD... is all that extreme.
But it leads the question. You put patents in the light of "pure evil" and so come off as having your own agenda and not an honestly-interested-in-the-answer question.
>I come away with the same impression...Linus sound like a really great guy
Or a really great sales person.
I doubt that its wise to judge a person solely on interviews you've read or else you would think that everyone in Hollywood is a wonderful, fantastic human being dedicated to their art.
The American Dream is for me and my childern to have a better life.
I wouldn't go as far as to say that it includes other people. Do you dream of what some guy across the city childern future is?
To say that everyone should have a better future isn't the American Dream, its more, IMHO, of the Communist Dream.
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To get to the point where you can write something that is well thought out, compelling and interesting to others, you need to write something half-assed, boring and uninteresting to others so that you can learn and grow. By not writing, you can't find out and learn.
Thats why your first quote of "if you can't do something right then don't do it at all" doesn't apply here. (I'm not even sure where it would apply)
Its very rare where someone trys something (writing, drawing, singing, programming, rocketry, etc) for the very first time and there is no room for improvment.
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>valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over talent and craft
Go get to the point where you have talent and craft you need enthusiasm and perserverance.
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How do you determine if a novel is "done right"? Just because it doesn't satisfy what someone else says its not "done right"?
And how will you know if you can't do it "right" if you never actually do it?
>That's the whole open-source development model for you.
But its has yet to be seen as a valid Business model. (I'm not sure how relying on strangers for support is even considered business) And when we talk about profits and a company, thats the point.
>And they could make more money off it as such than selling it retail. (which I believe they still do, but it's hardly why they bought it)
Exactly how did they make more money from it, through OpenSourcing it, than selling it at retail?
Through providing "solutions" with it? How is the profitablitity based on the software, on part of the "solution", being OpenSource?
They can't be saving just on development costs, in the long run, they will be dependent on random strangers to fix things, its pretty easy to outsource to cheaper places, you still need developers to fix things IF its not already and then you give the fix away for free (including developer time which you can charge back).
So if I do something illegal but do not profit from it, say like yelling fire in a crowded building or randomly murdering people, its ok as long as I don't gain money from it?
Planetside is pretty close to what you are thinking about.
You can answer your own question by looking at reviews/critics of this game (seems to be an issue with team quality and griefers) or even trying it for yourself.
Trademarks are for identity and branding purposes. I can't make a car called Pepsi or a type of drink named McDonalds.
You don't have to show that something competes with another company, just that there a good chance for confusion.
The World Wrestling Federation changed their name to WWE because of the World Wildlife Fund. It was a trademark issue and you would have make a pretty clever argument to say that the two companies competed with each other.
UCSD is claiming trademark on the building (its image is the brand of the university). Copyright is would involve the artistic or original rendering of the building.
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The problem is that there is a problem.
Look what happened in the last election and what it meant. And after that you would have had 4-3.5 years to fix it. And you still show up on the news as having problems on day 1.
There is zero reason for not being able to connect to a database, not when you've had this much time to prepare for it.
>It doesn't require any kind of storyline to do that. So why would they put one in?
They market it as a single person GAME. Not a single person engine or a single person technical-exerise-in-what-a-game-could-be.
This is in a Games section of slashdot, not in IT, not in "cool engines".
Thats nice that they look at it as an engine, so why didn't they sell it as one?
Thats nice that they make alot of money, but we are talking about the quality of Doom 3, the game. Does the fact that they made $X suddenly make the game enjoyable for more people?
>Nobody watches horror movies for the intricate storylines
People play FPS games for gameplay. "Interactive horror" or not, Doom3 is first a FPS.
>if all you hear is talk about the physics engine, graphic quality, and impressive sound,
HL1 had all of this and the great storyline.
>you should know better than to expect a great storyline.
So its the reader who's at fault the author wrote a bad book?
>It would be difficult for the crook to cover up his trails after buying a cert from a CA.
Would it?
Just use a stolen credit card or a credit card with fake id and a fake address. All it needs it to be up for a few weeks. Done.
Thats just a cop-out.
If they wanted it to make a "prettier Doom 2", they would have labeled it "Doom 2 - Remixed" or just released the same maps with different textures/a more advanced engine.
Firefox does make it nicer but I would still not rely solely on this for security.
Its still easy to misread "www.capital-one.com" as the place where you do banking.
>I'm not so sure that the analogy to MAD ... is all that extreme.
But it leads the question. You put patents in the light of "pure evil" and so come off as having your own agenda and not an honestly-interested-in-the-answer question.
Its like bringing up Nazi's in a converstation.
>I come away with the same impression...Linus sound like a really great guy
Or a really great sales person.
I doubt that its wise to judge a person solely on interviews you've read or else you would think that everyone in Hollywood is a wonderful, fantastic human being dedicated to their art.
The American Dream is for me and my childern to have a better life.
I wouldn't go as far as to say that it includes other people. Do you dream of what some guy across the city childern future is?
To say that everyone should have a better future isn't the American Dream, its more, IMHO, of the Communist Dream.
To get to the point where you can write something that is well thought out, compelling and interesting to others, you need to write something half-assed, boring and uninteresting to others so that you can learn and grow. By not writing, you can't find out and learn.
Thats why your first quote of "if you can't do something right then don't do it at all" doesn't apply here. (I'm not even sure where it would apply)
Its very rare where someone trys something (writing, drawing, singing, programming, rocketry, etc) for the very first time and there is no room for improvment.
>valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over talent and craft
Go get to the point where you have talent and craft you need enthusiasm and perserverance.
How do you determine if a novel is "done right"? Just because it doesn't satisfy what someone else says its not "done right"?
And how will you know if you can't do it "right" if you never actually do it?
>if he is so serious about the media asking the candidates real questions, why did he make his Kerry interview so lame and softballish?
Because TDS is not the media, he is on a comedy show. Thats what people watch him for, to laugh. People watch CNN for news, to be informed.
Its as if the Crossfire guys started to do comedy if they said that TDS wasn't funny. You don't watch Crossfire for comedy, its not there for that.
>That's the whole open-source development model for you.
But its has yet to be seen as a valid Business model. (I'm not sure how relying on strangers for support is even considered business) And when we talk about profits and a company, thats the point.
>And they could make more money off it as such than selling it retail. (which I believe they still do, but it's hardly why they bought it)
Exactly how did they make more money from it, through OpenSourcing it, than selling it at retail?
Through providing "solutions" with it? How is the profitablitity based on the software, on part of the "solution", being OpenSource?
They can't be saving just on development costs, in the long run, they will be dependent on random strangers to fix things, its pretty easy to outsource to cheaper places, you still need developers to fix things IF its not already and then you give the fix away for free (including developer time which you can charge back).
A company does not get "bored" of anything.
- system if paint drying was profitable.
Its a company, not a person.
A company would research, patent, market, create a 12-point-real-time-global-distribution-enterprise
So if I do something illegal but do not profit from it, say like yelling fire in a crowded building or randomly murdering people, its ok as long as I don't gain money from it?
Almost all PDAs, including all Palms and PocketPCs, have the ability to run "free" (beer and speech) software.
Planetside is pretty close to what you are thinking about.
You can answer your own question by looking at reviews/critics of this game (seems to be an issue with team quality and griefers) or even trying it for yourself.
Trademarks are for identity and branding purposes. I can't make a car called Pepsi or a type of drink named McDonalds.
You don't have to show that something competes with another company, just that there a good chance for confusion.
The World Wrestling Federation changed their name to WWE because of the World Wildlife Fund. It was a trademark issue and you would have make a pretty clever argument to say that the two companies competed with each other.
>That's not growing up and learning, it's selling out and sacrificing your principles.
Hell yes! I agree totally!
Forget about this drinking in milk in glasses, cleaning up your room, doing your homework and kissing girls. Thats just a cowardly sellout.
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UCSD is claiming trademark on the building (its image is the brand of the university). Copyright is would involve the artistic or original rendering of the building.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark#Comparison
They own their name, but how else are people suppose to critize them without using their name?
The University with the acronym that begins with "U", ends with "D", and has the letters "C" and "S" in the middle in that order?
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Thank you slashdot editors for checking your facts!
I assume that you are female or else you would have written;
"Only because we very very inaccurate pissers."