There isn't much of one at the moment, granted, because most of the people who use linux are part of this hardened free-software crowd, but if Linux on the desktop becomes more widespread among your average computer user (fingers crossed), then there will be lots of people who would pay for quality games if they were produced for Linux.
There's a fairly strong argument that producing a decent library of games that run on Linux would help increase it's use on the desktop.
And once people start having to use Linux at work, and see that it's a perfectly usable system and a nice desktop, they might start switching over at home.
People are lazy, they know windows, they're not likely to change to something they don't know unless they're forced. But if they've already had some exposure to Linux, they'll be much more willing to try it out at home.
I thought the whole point of a space elevator is that it's bidirectional, so that you can use the PE of the mass coming down to offset the energy you need to put into lifting something into orbit, and this make it essentially "free" (with the exception of frictional losses and so on) to lift things into orbit ??
I don't think so, entrapment involves getting somebody to do something that they weren't already planning to do. (but i'm neither a lawyer or an American, so correct me if i'm wrong)
In this case, the person has already searched for the mp3's and tried to download them.
And this is why one of the fundamental rules of science is that your results have to be reproducible by someone working independently.
I can't see this being a major problem over here (UK) because
a) Scientists understand that results need to be reproducible, and thus won't be hugely thrown by a single lab producing something like this
b) The general public don't really know much about science anyway, and they mistrust it already for a completely separate reason, namely the way the government presents any scientific research as supporting whatever policy they've already decided on (see BSE / foot & mouth / GM food / etc)
But surely the sort of idiot who buys stuff from spam emails isn't gonna use this, because they want the spam, and so the return from the spammers won't change much?
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There isn't much of one at the moment, granted, because most of the people who use linux are part of this hardened free-software crowd, but if Linux on the desktop becomes more widespread among your average computer user (fingers crossed), then there will be lots of people who would pay for quality games if they were produced for Linux.
There's a fairly strong argument that producing a decent library of games that run on Linux would help increase it's use on the desktop.
Somehow I think he meant that the ratio of linux gamers / linux computers would be similar to that of windows gamers / windows computers.
Bit of an optimistic guess I think, given how many people who run Linux also have windows machines / partitions for gaming.
Know if Gambit will be making an appearance in this film?
And once people start having to use Linux at work, and see that it's a perfectly usable system and a nice desktop, they might start switching over at home.
People are lazy, they know windows, they're not likely to change to something they don't know unless they're forced. But if they've already had some exposure to Linux, they'll be much more willing to try it out at home.
I thought the whole point of a space elevator is that it's bidirectional, so that you can use the PE of the mass coming down to offset the energy you need to put into lifting something into orbit, and this make it essentially "free" (with the exception of frictional losses and so on) to lift things into orbit ??
I don't think so, entrapment involves getting somebody to do something that they weren't already planning to do. (but i'm neither a lawyer or an American, so correct me if i'm wrong)
In this case, the person has already searched for the mp3's and tried to download them.
And this is why one of the fundamental rules of science is that your results have to be reproducible by someone working independently.
I can't see this being a major problem over here (UK) because
a) Scientists understand that results need to be reproducible, and thus won't be hugely thrown by a single lab producing something like this
b) The general public don't really know much about science anyway, and they mistrust it already for a completely separate reason, namely the way the government presents any scientific research as supporting whatever policy they've already decided on (see BSE / foot & mouth / GM food / etc)
I just wonder who's going to be the first to melt a web-serving x-box by sticking a link to it up here.
But surely the sort of idiot who buys stuff from spam emails isn't gonna use this, because they want the spam, and so the return from the spammers won't change much?