Funny, but I know a number of gay men who watch Buffy because it has good acting, good writing, great characters, and interesting plot lines, not because of the girl on girl action.
Just because you think with your dick doesn't mean everyone else does.
emulate
3. Computer Science. To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.
how i love semantic hairsplitting.
Me too!:-) Emulation doesn't necessarily involve imitating hardware:-)
After buying a Hoontech card that uses the ymf754 chipset, and getting burned by the fact that their drivers only support a very small subset of features of the card under Windows XP, I would highly recommend that consumers avoid Yamaha soundcards till they learn to respect their customers.
By the way... Your Yamaha boards use software mixing in the drivers.
Why do people post on things they obviously don't know about? FYI, the Yamaha 744 does hardware mixing and Alsa supports this. Three minutes of googling will show you this.
Again, just admit that you're talking our your ass when you said: and to top that off will require a windows install as a dual boot to even let it work once it does.
Please note that you didn't say it may require. You said it will require. Yet you have no proof of that. All you have is your own speculation.
On the contrary, I think this is worse that it's made out to be...
Since we know for a fact that they didn't scan for a virus before burning it to CD and shipping it, why the Hell should we assume they do that for any of their products?
Although the free software movement is all about "free as in speech", if the software is not "free as in beer" in one form or another (binaries or source) it is not considered free (and also a violation of the GNU license).
Since when? I can write GPLed software and sell the binaries and source if I want. There's nothing in the GPL to prevent me from doing that.
In that role, he has fought for the complete freedom of software.
Wrong... In that role, he has fought for what he thinks is the complete freedom of software. Not everyone agrees with his viewpoint that GPLed software is the only truly free software available, or is even free software in the first place.
But then, I suspect you think Opera should simply give the thing away.
Not at all... However, I certainly see no reason why I should shell out money for a web browser with nearly the exact same functionality that can be found in other, freely available, web browsers.
When people use BSD like license, they just don't know what they have given up.
Really? How can they possibly not know? It seems quite obvious, from reading the license, what a developer would be giving up.
Dinivin
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If they succeed in "swapping code" that is ok. Bitching about not being able to use LGPL-code, is not.
Some might argue that changing the licensing of the project after a couple of years of development, because the developers didn't think things through when they began, is not OK either.
Like how mainstream media's reporting of the current Catholic scandal doesn't have an obvious pro-gay bias.
Pro-gay bias? Right... Considering the events have nothing to do with homosexuality but exclusively with a psychological disorder known as pedophilia, I think you (and the "journalists" and WND) should try to become a little more educated on the matter.
By the way, I have yet to see anyone from mainstream media even suggest that the pedophilia is somehow related to the fact that the perpetrators are Catholic. Being a little paranoid, aren't you?
Media is biased. I prefer honest reporting that lets me arrive at my own conclusions.
Right... Like that article on WND about how the catholic church and the BSA are portrayed in the media isn't biased. The anti-gay slant of that article (and a number of others linked to from the homepage for WND) was all too clear.
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Funny, but I know a number of gay men who watch Buffy because it has good acting, good writing, great characters, and interesting plot lines, not because of the girl on girl action.
Just because you think with your dick doesn't mean everyone else does.
emulate
:-) Emulation doesn't necessarily involve imitating hardware :-)
3. Computer Science. To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.
how i love semantic hairsplitting.
Me too!
Dinivin
Except that WINE is an emulator. It certainly meets the definition of emulator.
Dinivin
After buying a Hoontech card that uses the ymf754 chipset, and getting burned by the fact that their drivers only support a very small subset of features of the card under Windows XP, I would highly recommend that consumers avoid Yamaha soundcards till they learn to respect their customers.
By the way... Your Yamaha boards use software mixing in the drivers.
Why do people post on things they obviously don't know about? FYI, the Yamaha 744 does hardware mixing and Alsa supports this. Three minutes of googling will show you this.
Dinivin
Again, just admit that you're talking our your ass when you said: and to top that off will require a windows install as a dual boot to even let it work once it does.
Please note that you didn't say it may require. You said it will require. Yet you have no proof of that. All you have is your own speculation.
Dinivin
If you're not so sure what the situation is, why did you say, with such surety:
"and to top that off will require a windows install as a dual boot to even let it work once it does."
Please, just admit you were talking out your ass and that Bioware has never given you any indication that this is the case.
Dinivin
Hey moderators, can someone mod this guy down?
There is no indication that you'll need a windows installation to register NWN or download other components of the game.
Their press release about going gold simply states that you will need the Windows CD.
Insightful? Yeah right...
Dinivin
On the contrary, I think this is worse that it's made out to be...
Since we know for a fact that they didn't scan for a virus before burning it to CD and shipping it, why the Hell should we assume they do that for any of their products?
Dinivin
You must be new here, or ignorant, or both, if you don't know how to respond to a specific post.
Dinivin
Although the free software movement is all about "free as in speech", if the software is not "free as in beer" in one form or another (binaries or source) it is not considered free (and also a violation of the GNU license).
Since when? I can write GPLed software and sell the binaries and source if I want. There's nothing in the GPL to prevent me from doing that.
Dinivin
Agreed. I did the same thing with a IBM z50 last year. Slashdot is getting even more pathetic than usual, posting this kind of crap.
What is it about RMS's definition of free that you think is not free?
Once again, I never made the statement that I disagree with his definition. You really need to learn how to read.
Dinivin
By contrast, you simply say that what he thinks of as free is not free.
Care to point out where I said that? Please, before posting again and embarassing yourself, learn to read.
Dinivin
In that role, he has fought for the complete freedom of software.
Wrong... In that role, he has fought for what he thinks is the complete freedom of software. Not everyone agrees with his viewpoint that GPLed software is the only truly free software available, or is even free software in the first place.
Dinivin
Excuse me? I must be imagining the output from both my front and rear speakers with my card...
Actually, Alsa has support 4 channel output for a while, but only with native Alsa applications, not through the OSS emulation.
As of last week, however, support for 4 speaker output with OSS emulation was added to the CVS tree for Alsa.
Dinivin
What's your point? All of the BSDs use gcc, yet he doesn't go around bitching about their names.
Dinivin
Thankfully, sex can be something special to be shared between two unmarried (but completely committed to each other) men.
Dinivin
Ok, so it didn't support BeOS very well. Name one graphics company that even tried? Did Radeon even try? Nope.
So I guess it's pure luck that my Radeon 7200 was supported by the BeOS OpenGL beta?
Learn the facts before you post, otherwise you just look like an idiot.
Dinivin
But then, I suspect you think Opera should simply give the thing away.
Not at all... However, I certainly see no reason why I should shell out money for a web browser with nearly the exact same functionality that can be found in other, freely available, web browsers.
Dinivin
Which part of "Buy Opera today - For the best internet experience Ad Free" do you not understand?
So if you buy it, they will get rid of every ad on every web page I visit? Now that is worth paying for. Otherwise, forget it.
Dinivin
When people use BSD like license, they just don't know what they have given up.
Really? How can they possibly not know? It seems quite obvious, from reading the license, what a developer would be giving up.
Dinivin
If they succeed in "swapping code" that is ok. Bitching about not being able to use LGPL-code, is not.
Some might argue that changing the licensing of the project after a couple of years of development, because the developers didn't think things through when they began, is not OK either.
Dinivin
Like how mainstream media's reporting of the current Catholic scandal doesn't have an obvious pro-gay bias.
Pro-gay bias? Right... Considering the events have nothing to do with homosexuality but exclusively with a psychological disorder known as pedophilia, I think you (and the "journalists" and WND) should try to become a little more educated on the matter.
By the way, I have yet to see anyone from mainstream media even suggest that the pedophilia is somehow related to the fact that the perpetrators are Catholic. Being a little paranoid, aren't you?
Dinivin
Media is biased. I prefer honest reporting that lets me arrive at my own conclusions.
Right... Like that article on WND about how the catholic church and the BSA are portrayed in the media isn't biased. The anti-gay slant of that article (and a number of others linked to from the homepage for WND) was all too clear.
Dinivin