They are not anti free software. They are anti piracy. They will fight roms with tooth and nails, because those are simply stealing their most valuable asset: games.
You can't blame them, because the extreme freedom that had developers for the atari and its kin, led to an infinite amount of bad titles, which almost killed the industry.
They came in with the right business model. If not for nintendo, the industry would have stalled for a few years, and probably we would be expecting Quake 1 for november 15.
You should play some Ultima Online, or muds with PKing. Those guys are the pros of online vandalism, that would make those GTAs pimps go away, crying for their mamas.
Obnoxius people showing us photos of their kids, vacations, whatever. Digital photography just made things worse, and now they want to preserve them for eternity!!!
You are right, but only theorically. Because in practice, all those granular permissions are wasted, by applications which just ignore the standards.
You have to recognize, that, in the current state, it is almost imposible to a non privileged user to use a windows box. He HAS to be given full permission. This is due to fundamental flaws in Windows design, that won't be corrected by any amount of security embellishment that Microsoft will add, because:
-Third party Software developers will ignore them, because they are unnecesary to their application -Microsoft itself doesn't enforce them.
On the other hand, the simpler Unix security schemes work because:
-Even if you ignore them, the OS will impose them (unless you run everything as root, which may happen, as more clueless users arrive to the plataform) -Eventually, when you need root access to install a program, you don't need root access to run them afterwards (almost universally). In Windows, some program won't run unless you are administrator.
Do also note that some people have been advocating the creation of a Linux Registry, and it may happen, as Desktops Managers like KDE and Gnome are trying to present an unified configuration center to the system, like windows has (and which is a good thing, but not totally necessary , IMHO)
In Fanrenheit 451, this wise man tells montag, that the good thing about books is their touch, and scent, and the feeling of the book.
I have grown to think like this too. An ebook is just not a real book, even if the only difference is nostalgia. The original feeling matters, and matters a lot.
Which is why about half the aliens they encounter are telepathic, psychic, equipped with ESP, able to transition into pure energy, or have telekinetic powers. And that was before the bloody Pah-wraiths which turned the end of Deep Space Nine into something resembling Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
And the other half are hot girls, ready to teleport into the pants of captain kirk!!
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They are not anti free software. They are anti piracy. They will fight roms with tooth and nails, because those are simply stealing their most valuable asset: games.
Are you kidding? (reads link...) OMG!
Maybe the jews can counter this by patenting monotheism.
Yes, you can buy a "Relox", and you know that isn't the same thing.
But we are talking about a ROM, which is an exact copy of a game that Nintendo actually sells. So its theft. Period.
Stop trying to rationalize your urge to pirate things.
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Few years? You mean, that every few years you wait more and more to use the name "Mickey Mouse".
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I suppose you are posting this from a Linux machine, right?
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You can't blame them, because the extreme freedom that had developers for the atari and its kin, led to an infinite amount of bad titles, which almost killed the industry.
They came in with the right business model. If not for nintendo, the industry would have stalled for a few years, and probably we would be expecting Quake 1 for november 15.
Why don't they use helium?!
Wait a minute, you mean that cold fusion doesn't exist?
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I am suscribed to the mail list of nintendo.com. They send me eeer...advertising (not spam, because it was opt in) about their products.
They list Super Mario 64 DS as coming Nov. 21, so I guess that some shops get the game earlier, but are not allowed to sell it until Nov. 21
Bah, I got a webcam out at the street for that.
You should play some Ultima Online, or muds with PKing. Those guys are the pros of online vandalism, that would make those GTAs pimps go away, crying for their mamas.
Obnoxius people showing us photos of their kids, vacations, whatever. Digital photography just made things worse, and now they want to preserve them for eternity!!!
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But, TiVo doesn't have name recognition outside the US, while MS does. So it can happen the opposite than in the console wars.
And the happy ending is, that you are still in business?
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Eeeh, they already do. The fact that there exists rampant movie piracy, does not mean that people doesn't buy DVDs, or buy PPV shows.
You are right, but only theorically. Because in practice, all those granular permissions are wasted, by applications which just ignore the standards.
You have to recognize, that, in the current state, it is almost imposible to a non privileged user to use a windows box. He HAS to be given full permission. This is due to fundamental flaws in Windows design, that won't be corrected by any amount of security embellishment that Microsoft will add, because:
-Third party Software developers will ignore them, because they are unnecesary to their application
-Microsoft itself doesn't enforce them.
On the other hand, the simpler Unix security schemes work because:
-Even if you ignore them, the OS will impose them (unless you run everything as root, which may happen, as more clueless users arrive to the plataform)
-Eventually, when you need root access to install a program, you don't need root access to run them afterwards (almost universally). In Windows, some program won't run unless you are administrator.
Do also note that some people have been advocating the creation of a Linux Registry, and it may happen, as Desktops Managers like KDE and Gnome are trying to present an unified configuration center to the system, like windows has (and which is a good thing, but not totally necessary , IMHO)
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In soviet russia, the tools blame YOU!
(I should know, with my user name and all)
Really, there are better languages than C/C++, but none has the support that those have.
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Because if it is not necesary, the first people can die of hunger orbiting the earth, and then you send another team and win.
Amazon has had "reviews" for Halo 2 since February 2003.
Slashdot editors, bring some new stories please.
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At least they are getting more tornadoes this year, apparently due to climatic changes.
If true, it would be flagged as celestial justice.
But think of all the jobs created by reconstruction!!
In Fanrenheit 451, this wise man tells montag, that the good thing about books is their touch, and scent, and the feeling of the book.
I have grown to think like this too. An ebook is just not a real book, even if the only difference is nostalgia. The original feeling matters, and matters a lot.
You sir, are wiser than me.
Which is why about half the aliens they encounter are telepathic, psychic, equipped with ESP, able to transition into pure energy, or have telekinetic powers. And that was before the bloody Pah-wraiths which turned the end of Deep Space Nine into something resembling Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
And the other half are hot girls, ready to teleport into the pants of captain kirk!!
No, what you will be asking yourself for decades is "If Cleo wouldn't have mentioned the failing, the project would have succeded?".
You are right, but...
Which anomalies!!! There are no confirmed proofs of any psychic power, let alone psychic teleportation!
Those guys made an awful decision, and should be teleported out of their jobs.