Written properly, you should be able to make code that is cross-browser from day one without adding extra headaches vs developing specifically for IE.
You just develop for the subset of HTML that is supported by all the browsers (i.e. IE6/7, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Safari) and only write browser specific hacks when there is no way to get it done any other way (e.g. to work around bugs in IE).
Disclaimer: IANA web developer so I could be off base as to how hard it is to do this in a real world setting. Also, I have no idea how many people out there need to support old browsers like IE5 or IE/NS4.
Why would the government (any government) want to ban diesel passenger cars? Is there some technical reason? (e.g. produces certain exhause chemicals that they want to ban)
Change the law so that the big gas guzzling SUVs and such are classed as "cars" and not "trucks" for things like emission and fuel efficiency regulations.
If SUVs had the same "fuel inefficency" levies and taxes as things like some station wagons and people movers have, that would help.
BUT, Sun is working hard to replace, rewrite or secure release permission for those modules. Some of them are to do with things like Encryption where US Export laws come into play (they have to go through a bunch of steps in order to get source-release-permission for those bits)
actually no. The "open" release of Solaris (OpenSolaris) includes a "binaries" package containg code (including kernel components like device drivers) that sun cant release at this time for whatever reasons. Without this code, Solaris is useless.
Plus, sun needed a licence that dealt with the many patents (sun and otherwise) that cover or might cover the solaris codebase.
Although I do aggree that sun should have done more to make the CDDL compatible with the GPL/LGPL (although I think some of the patent issues are to do with what the GPL/LGPL dont say and not what the CDDL says)
If you are looking for a games engine and you dont need one that is A1 quality (and dont mind the need to release your changes under GPL) you can always go with the Quake III engine.
Whats even worse is that (as far as I am aware) Sierra (part of Vivendi Universal) still holds the rights (presumably exclusive rights) to make the B5 game and wont make one OR let anyone else make one.
Better yet, why doesnt someone just reverse engineer the SWF file format (if it hasnt been already done) and write a flash player without this crap (not to mention some missing features like being able to disable sound in flash files except where you specifically turn it on)
They should look at a way to use Biodiesel in the busses. Not only would it be cheaper than regular diesel (inputs for making Biodiesel could come from local restraunts, fast food joints etc) but it would re-cycle waste products AND help the environment too.
Although I am sure there is a reason Biodiesel might not work (be it Biodiesel in general or for specific school districts)
Assuming it can be prooved that the logs are genuine & accurate and were not faked, then using logs to identify people who committed these acts is just as valid as using fingerprints or DNA evidence to convict someone who committed a crime.
I dont see how this can work without closed source components being present (if you can see any of the code that handles the audio/video between the locked down media file and the write out to the sound/video hardware, you can copy the data)
Why dont they just shuffle the cards a lot earlier into the shoe? That way, the odds are against enough cards comming onto the table before the shuffle for the counters to actually identify usable patterns.
I wonder just what will be included... Will it include the source code to Q3 Arena and Q3 Team Arena? Will it include the ports to other platforms? (i.e. linux, mac) Will this release mean that other Quake 3 engine games can go Open Source too? (e.g. Return To Castle Wolfienstien, Enemy Territory etc)
Related to this could be a system where parents who have bought the game for their kids can set (via some password protected option that the kids cant get at without the password) limits on how long they can play.
Lets hope this covers all of Quake 3 (including Arena and Team Arena) and that other Quake 3 engine licencees (e.g. the creators of Return To Castle Wolfenstein and RTCW: ET) share (now that they can) some of the improvements they have made on top of the vanilla quake 3 engine (not to mention allowing more games to become "open source" too)
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Here is a possible idea of what you could say:
If you enforce any patents against this GPL code, you loose all rights to use this GPL code.
That way, companies can continue to hold (and enfroce) software patents. But if they want to use GPL code, they cant enforce their patents against it.
Written properly, you should be able to make code that is cross-browser from day one without adding extra headaches vs developing specifically for IE.
You just develop for the subset of HTML that is supported by all the browsers (i.e. IE6/7, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Safari) and only write browser specific hacks when there is no way to get it done any other way (e.g. to work around bugs in IE).
Disclaimer: IANA web developer so I could be off base as to how hard it is to do this in a real world setting. Also, I have no idea how many people out there need to support old browsers like IE5 or IE/NS4.
Why would the government (any government) want to ban diesel passenger cars?
Is there some technical reason? (e.g. produces certain exhause chemicals that they want to ban)
Change the law so that the big gas guzzling SUVs and such are classed as "cars" and not "trucks" for things like emission and fuel efficiency regulations.
If SUVs had the same "fuel inefficency" levies and taxes as things like some station wagons and people movers have, that would help.
The other problem is lan parties that dont have an internet link...
It does rely on binary modules.
BUT, Sun is working hard to replace, rewrite or secure release permission for those modules.
Some of them are to do with things like Encryption where US Export laws come into play (they have to go through a bunch of steps in order to get source-release-permission for those bits)
actually no.
The "open" release of Solaris (OpenSolaris) includes a "binaries" package containg code (including kernel components like device drivers) that sun cant release at this time for whatever reasons.
Without this code, Solaris is useless.
Plus, sun needed a licence that dealt with the many patents (sun and otherwise) that cover or might cover the solaris codebase.
Although I do aggree that sun should have done more to make the CDDL compatible with the GPL/LGPL (although I think some of the patent issues are to do with what the GPL/LGPL dont say and not what the CDDL says)
If you are looking for a games engine and you dont need one that is A1 quality (and dont mind the need to release your changes under GPL) you can always go with the Quake III engine.
Whats even worse is that (as far as I am aware) Sierra (part of Vivendi Universal) still holds the rights (presumably exclusive rights) to make the B5 game and wont make one OR let anyone else make one.
Better yet, why doesnt someone just reverse engineer the SWF file format (if it hasnt been already done) and write a flash player without this crap (not to mention some missing features like being able to disable sound in flash files except where you specifically turn it on)
Perhaps things will go the other way with all the good things about Photoshop etc going into Flash/Director and Dreamweaver.
They should merge with Autodesk/Discreet and get Autocad and 3D studio into their portfolio...
They should look at a way to use Biodiesel in the busses.
Not only would it be cheaper than regular diesel (inputs for making Biodiesel could come from local restraunts, fast food joints etc) but it would re-cycle waste products AND help the environment too.
Although I am sure there is a reason Biodiesel might not work (be it Biodiesel in general or for specific school districts)
Assuming it can be prooved that the logs are genuine & accurate and were not faked, then using logs to identify people who committed these acts is just as valid as using fingerprints or DNA evidence to convict someone who committed a crime.
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I dont see how this can work without closed source components being present (if you can see any of the code that handles the audio/video between the locked down media file and the write out to the sound/video hardware, you can copy the data)
Why dont they just shuffle the cards a lot earlier into the shoe?
That way, the odds are against enough cards comming onto the table before the shuffle for the counters to actually identify usable patterns.
I can vouch for that, I know of someone who "couldnt" get ADSL with a 3rd party but Telstra Bigpond said they could.
I wonder just what will be included...
Will it include the source code to Q3 Arena and Q3 Team Arena?
Will it include the ports to other platforms? (i.e. linux, mac)
Will this release mean that other Quake 3 engine games can go Open Source too? (e.g. Return To Castle Wolfienstien, Enemy Territory etc)
Related to this could be a system where parents who have bought the game for their kids can set (via some password protected option that the kids cant get at without the password) limits on how long they can play.
Another argument you could use is "I use and Internet Explorer is not even AVAILABLE on my platform" (or something similar)
It might actually almost be fast enough to run the MAME emulation of the Vegas and Seattle boards at playable speed :P
Lets hope this covers all of Quake 3 (including Arena and Team Arena) and that other Quake 3 engine licencees (e.g. the creators of Return To Castle Wolfenstein and RTCW: ET) share (now that they can) some of the improvements they have made on top of the vanilla quake 3 engine (not to mention allowing more games to become "open source" too)
The Sydney Daily Telegraph IS a news limited (i.e. murdoch) paper.
:)
Whether there are other papers in other cities called "Telegraph" that are or arent murdoch papers I dont know
What do you expect from a newspaper owned by the same guy that owns Fox News?