"that you understand how much fun they are having with their war on drugs"
I agree that "war on drugs" is not very likely to be ever won but there is nothing funny about it.
Drugs do cost lives and for all people like you there are even greater numbers of people who do actually support this war.
Don't blame everything on politicians.
"I promise you. "
Wrong, at least in the case of Ensemble Studios.
I contacted them asking if there were ever plans to port AOK to Linux and their response was that
they are not porting to anything BUT they can discuss licensing the game to somebody who is willing to do so.
"it allows the maintainer of the OS to become complacent and not fix major problems. "
That is problem but not unsolvable as one can witness with popularity and steady improvements of DirectX.
"perhaps what we need are tightly controlled INTERFACES"
Yes but despite plethora of supposedly standard interfaces Unix world is still plagued by tons of incompatibilities ( Stevens books are the best example here.)
"OpenGL, OpenAL, and SDL are three such systems."
Yes, these are nice but incredible variety of Linux distributions make it hard to get even these libraries to work without first spending some time collecting prerequisites and compiling them to fit your particular distribution.
To put it bluntly, FreeBSD would be much better target here since freshly installed OS is much more predictable than your typical Linux installation.
I am sure they can manage to support every damn distribution and several X and kernel versions but would you be willing to pay $299.00 for their games ?
Video drivers are only one small part of a whole picture.
Frankly, for gaming you really need to have tightly controlled OS just like Windows.
It greatly simplifies life for game companies ( try asking them how did they like older DOS style times and you will see.)
Simple.
Stallman basically claims that welfare of community is much more important than welfare of individual.
I hope you do see that this sort of ideology is much closer to communism than your typical American way of life (where individual and his/her rights is what counts.)
He is not whining about anything.
I often feel the same "tiredness" of dealing with supposedly free GPL.
For a "free" license it sure makes you go through many hoops, checking and double checking that everything fits well into FSF mindset and their vision of what free software is about.
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It is not a question of intelligence but rather of believes.
This kind of lunacy is typical among liberals and other "progressive" groups. It is their agenda, simple like that.
Perhaps if teachers unions would stop opposing to any sort of reform that threatens THEIR status and for a change started to actually give a shit about our education system as a whole and not only as a means to keep bunch of people employed, then we would stop bitching about the unions.
Could it be that kids ( or teenagers) are kids and by DESIGN cannot be treated as adults.
Slightly different angle: how do you explain the fact that this kind of bullying was always present in our schools and yet our society managed to do just fine.
It is very recent phenomena that kids are resorting to such drastic actions like using firearms to "get even" etc..
"What we really need are good alternative schools for the gifted."
I agree but be aware, in today's PC world any sort of notion like that will result in nothing but accusation of racism etc.
BTW.
There was a book called "The Bell Curve" which basically argued that our politically correct schools are killing any sort of intelligence and proposed the same solution as you but it was quickly brandished as a racist and very insensitive simply because it had one chapter regarding IQ differences between races.
"IMO, one is only accountable to him/herself. In the end. "
Not a very good idea.
Well, in theory very noble etc but in the real world there are tons of people who , if left to themselves, would degenerate into animals.
"Each one of us would be able to run a truly American operating system emblazoned with the American flag flying in the wind and symbolizing freedom and liberty. "
And those who don't want to run it would still have to support it with their taxes.
Not much freedom here, is there ?
Whoa, hold on here.
How do you propose to compensate companies that develop new drug formulas and such.
It is an expensive process and IP is one of the tools that allows them to be profitable and continue research.
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"that you understand how much fun they are having with their war on drugs"
I agree that "war on drugs" is not very likely to be ever won but there is nothing funny about it.
Drugs do cost lives and for all people like you there are even greater numbers of people who do actually support this war.
Don't blame everything on politicians.
"Put strict taxes on all drugs (except Marijuana) and sell them OTC. "
And why not on Marijuana ? Because you are using it ?
"I promise you. "
Wrong, at least in the case of Ensemble Studios.
I contacted them asking if there were ever plans to port AOK to Linux and their response was that
they are not porting to anything BUT they can discuss licensing the game to somebody who is willing to do so.
"it allows the maintainer of the OS to become complacent and not fix major problems. "
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That is problem but not unsolvable as one can witness with popularity and steady improvements of DirectX.
"perhaps what we need are tightly controlled INTERFACES"
Yes but despite plethora of supposedly standard interfaces Unix world is still plagued by tons of incompatibilities ( Stevens books are the best example here
"OpenGL, OpenAL, and SDL are three such systems."
Yes, these are nice but incredible variety of Linux distributions make it hard to get even these libraries to work without first spending some time collecting prerequisites and compiling them to fit your particular distribution.
To put it bluntly, FreeBSD would be much better target here since freshly installed OS is much more predictable than your typical Linux installation.
"The bottom line is that the GPL is the most powerful defense that Free software has"
So much freedom that it takes a lawyer to figure it out.
Thanks, I will stick to BSD-style, no strings attached, real freedom license.
I am sure they can manage to support every damn distribution and several X and kernel versions but would you be willing to pay $299.00 for their games ?
So where on Linux can I find Age Of Kings which is one of the best, if not the best, games in real time strategy genre ?
Video drivers are only one small part of a whole picture. .)
Frankly, for gaming you really need to have tightly controlled OS just like Windows.
It greatly simplifies life for game companies ( try asking them how did they like older DOS style times and you will see
Simple.
Stallman basically claims that welfare of community is much more important than welfare of individual.
I hope you do see that this sort of ideology is much closer to communism than your typical American way of life (where individual and his/her rights is what counts.)
"The United States is founded on ideas from both Capitalism AND Socialism. How else could we have a free market, but also have a welfare system??? "
Wrong. Welfare and related "services" are invention of last 50 or so years.
It has nothing to do with "ideas US was founded on"
He is not whining about anything.
I often feel the same "tiredness" of dealing with supposedly free GPL.
For a "free" license it sure makes you go through many hoops, checking and double checking that everything fits well into FSF mindset and their vision of what free software is about.
It is not a question of intelligence but rather of believes.
This kind of lunacy is typical among liberals and other "progressive" groups. It is their agenda, simple like that.
Perhaps if teachers unions would stop opposing to any sort of reform that threatens THEIR status and for a change started to actually give a shit about our education system as a whole and not only as a means to keep bunch of people employed, then we would stop bitching about the unions.
Could it be that kids ( or teenagers) are kids and by DESIGN cannot be treated as adults. ..
Slightly different angle: how do you explain the fact that this kind of bullying was always present in our schools and yet our society managed to do just fine.
It is very recent phenomena that kids are resorting to such drastic actions like using firearms to "get even" etc
"What we really need are good alternative schools for the gifted."
I agree but be aware, in today's PC world any sort of notion like that will result in nothing but accusation of racism etc.
BTW.
There was a book called "The Bell Curve" which basically argued that our politically correct schools are killing any sort of intelligence and proposed the same solution as you but it was quickly brandished as a racist and very insensitive simply because it had one chapter regarding IQ differences between races.
"IMO, one is only accountable to him/herself. In the end. "
Not a very good idea.
Well, in theory very noble etc but in the real world there are tons of people who , if left to themselves, would degenerate into animals.
"Each one of us would be able to run a truly American operating system emblazoned with the American flag flying in the wind and symbolizing freedom and liberty. "
And those who don't want to run it would still have to support it with their taxes.
Not much freedom here, is there ?
Whoa, hold on here. How do you propose to compensate companies that develop new drug formulas and such. It is an expensive process and IP is one of the tools that allows them to be profitable and continue research.