I think the point is, your assets in the game are not protected by law. They are actually owned by the company running the game. So to most people, buying something virtual is about the same as creating something virtual.
I only wish I had this idea with Dungeons & Dragons. If I could have gotten my players to buy a "luxury island" for even as little as $100, I'd be rich by now.
I agree. A lot of people out there in the working world consider what they do a job, and leave it at work. Sure they might love software "engineering" but a lot of them don't go home to do more programming, or have even bothered with system administration.
Only the people who are really interested in doing it for themselves are going to go above and beyond the call of duty to learn something that work isn't asking them to do.
His website: http://www.wikipediasucks.com/ is the epitome of hypocrisy. He links to a news article on a site (247news.net) which is infact another one of his sites. Besides the factit's full of articles about UFO's and how Sollog can predict the future, it's registered to the same email contact.
It is "created by" http://www.adonidesigns.com/ which is another one of his sites. (Also linked to by sollog.com)
You get the picture.
So here's the question: is there ANY evidence of his predictions at all besides sites he's put up on the web himself?
Gee, I wonder why Wikipedia didn't want that garbage in their publication. (Wikipedia is sold hard copy too.)
I think Jim Wales may have some legal action against this guy.
I don't know what suck so badly about OOo. I never had any problem using it in lieu of MS Office. And in fact, everyone else I deal with uses MS Office, and I seem to be perfectly compatible. Of course it isn't perfectly compatible, but I would say it's more than just good enough.
Anyway, I think the fact that OOo can make PDF and Flash files is pretty nice.
I don't know who you are referring to when you say "most people." Maybe you're talking about businesses. As far as I can tell, new Windows computers don't come with Office, they come with Works, and most people aren't going to drop $100+ for Office.
What I've noticed is that with "regular sized" files, the OOo files are smaller, but when you get past a certain page count, Word is smaller. I don't know if this happened to me because of the specific document in question. Has anyone else noticed this? Try saving a document over 500 pages long, 1000 pages long, and see if Word catches up.
"Some studies have shown that significant caffeine intake over a short time can slightly elevate intraocular eye pressure (IOP) for one to three hours. However, other studies indicate that caffeine has no meaningful impact on IOP. To be safe, people with glaucoma are advised to limit their caffeine intake to moderate levels."
So... is there any correlation between computer users and caffein?
I guess because you don't agree to receive spam, and you agree to receive these ads. Not to mention, each email will contain something you probably did want to read.
This would be bad though, because it would mean that any local spam filters will become useless.
Or they know most people will still use the webmail when they're "on the go." Believe it or not, but a LOT of people like webmail, it keeps their mail centralized. This might be why they aren't offering IMAP;) (but then again, most users don't know how to use IMAP)
But if the average user downloaded and installed Firefox, would they ever upgrade the bug fix? That's part of the problem that many people overlook. The kinds of people who use Firefox are also more capable. Even if Microsoft came out with a patch instantly for a bug, so many people would never even install it.
I would agree with TFA if the author were comparing Internet Explorer 4 with, let's say, Netscape 6 or Opera 7. If he were, then I would whole-heartedly agree that IE is a victim of its own popularity and that software monocolture is an "evolutionary" reality mirrored in biological systems.
Although I do agree with what you're saying in your post... I think one thing people need to consider is the fact that the average user may still be using IE 4, which spreads this problem. I mean tech savvy people update their systems, while in general the public does not. (How many people would still be using Windows 98 even if XP WAS free?)
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I don't know, but maybe if you're the FIRST person to act that crazy, you'll get (valuable?) publicity.
I think the point is, your assets in the game are not protected by law. They are actually owned by the company running the game. So to most people, buying something virtual is about the same as creating something virtual.
I only wish I had this idea with Dungeons & Dragons. If I could have gotten my players to buy a "luxury island" for even as little as $100, I'd be rich by now.
I agree. A lot of people out there in the working world consider what they do a job, and leave it at work. Sure they might love software "engineering" but a lot of them don't go home to do more programming, or have even bothered with system administration.
Only the people who are really interested in doing it for themselves are going to go above and beyond the call of duty to learn something that work isn't asking them to do.
"It has come to my attention that Jim Wales is harassing TOH Members with return phone calls if you call him."
What a fair assessment of "harassment"
yes, the last one is his site AND a disreputable site (redundant?)
His website: http://www.wikipediasucks.com/ is the epitome of hypocrisy. He links to a news article on a site (247news.net) which is infact another one of his sites. Besides the factit's full of articles about UFO's and how Sollog can predict the future, it's registered to the same email contact.
It is "created by" http://www.adonidesigns.com/ which is another one of his sites. (Also linked to by sollog.com)
You get the picture.
So here's the question: is there ANY evidence of his predictions at all besides sites he's put up on the web himself?
Gee, I wonder why Wikipedia didn't want that garbage in their publication. (Wikipedia is sold hard copy too.)
I think Jim Wales may have some legal action against this guy.
" An edit war on Wikipedia, you say? Full of frothing ranting and biased opinions and juvenile behavior? My God, who could have forseen such a thing!"
Sollog
Anything to keep those people sitting next to me on the plane from trying to talk to ME.
I don't know what suck so badly about OOo. I never had any problem using it in lieu of MS Office. And in fact, everyone else I deal with uses MS Office, and I seem to be perfectly compatible. Of course it isn't perfectly compatible, but I would say it's more than just good enough.
Anyway, I think the fact that OOo can make PDF and Flash files is pretty nice.
I don't know who you are referring to when you say "most people." Maybe you're talking about businesses. As far as I can tell, new Windows computers don't come with Office, they come with Works, and most people aren't going to drop $100+ for Office.
What I've noticed is that with "regular sized" files, the OOo files are smaller, but when you get past a certain page count, Word is smaller. I don't know if this happened to me because of the specific document in question. Has anyone else noticed this? Try saving a document over 500 pages long, 1000 pages long, and see if Word catches up.
I agree... at least we should be given more information without registering, by another link, or by text in the story, etc.
What the hell? They own Netscape, and they want to build ANOTHER browser? Why do they feel they need THREE different browsers?
Because many programmers find the concepts and philosophies of Wirth to facilitate their art best.
I noticed the link in the article about SCO saying that the GPL is unconstitutional.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1581586,00
My question is:
Has SCO ever indicated which part of the Constitution the GPL violates? Or is it just a general statement without any backing?
Can someone provide the section of the Constitution that the GPL specifically violates, that other licesnes (such as the ones SCO uses) wouldn't?
Here is what the glaucoma site says:
"Some studies have shown that significant caffeine intake over a short time can slightly elevate intraocular eye pressure (IOP) for one to three hours. However, other studies indicate that caffeine has no meaningful impact on IOP. To be safe, people with glaucoma are advised to limit their caffeine intake to moderate levels."
So... is there any correlation between computer users and caffein?
Yeah, it's all a huge conspiracy. By the way, exit polls have a margin of error.
I guess because you don't agree to receive spam, and you agree to receive these ads. Not to mention, each email will contain something you probably did want to read.
This would be bad though, because it would mean that any local spam filters will become useless.
Or they know most people will still use the webmail when they're "on the go." Believe it or not, but a LOT of people like webmail, it keeps their mail centralized. This might be why they aren't offering IMAP ;) (but then again, most users don't know how to use IMAP)
This may be a dumb question, but is Mozilla Suite going to go away? I mean is Firefox meant to be a replacement in the future?
But if the average user downloaded and installed Firefox, would they ever upgrade the bug fix? That's part of the problem that many people overlook. The kinds of people who use Firefox are also more capable. Even if Microsoft came out with a patch instantly for a bug, so many people would never even install it.
I would agree with TFA if the author were comparing Internet Explorer 4 with, let's say, Netscape 6 or Opera 7. If he were, then I would whole-heartedly agree that IE is a victim of its own popularity and that software monocolture is an "evolutionary" reality mirrored in biological systems.
Although I do agree with what you're saying in your post... I think one thing people need to consider is the fact that the average user may still be using IE 4, which spreads this problem. I mean tech savvy people update their systems, while in general the public does not. (How many people would still be using Windows 98 even if XP WAS free?)And I thought it was only a movie. This is too scary to be true.
I can't even image what kind of "thoughts" you'd have to think to get a mouse pointer to move. How do you learn to send the right signals?
One of the things that's special is the fact that because it's Sony, you could buy it now and it would still work 10 years from now ;)
WRONG! They will NOT transfer to ANY other college or even most REAL Universities!