Re:that doesn't mean they'll produce good games
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Microsoft Buys Rare
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>1) Rare makes another Goldeneye. >2) Rare's new game makes MS $5 million >3) 10,000 people buy X-Boxes just to play this game. Conversely, these >people DON'T buy PS2s and Gamecubes because those systems don't have >this cool new game. >4) MS increases user base. > > Doesn't work like that. On it's own Rare is nothing as Microsoft will very quickly discover. It was Nintendo and Nintendo's titles they subcontracted to Rare that made Rare. Why do you think Nintendo made sure that they took their titles with them when they ditched Rare? Microsoft got taken big time here. As for Goldeneye after GTA3 and GTA:Vice City this is now pretty much a "Who Cares" title. It's draw little or no interest from the PS2 or GameCube crowd.
>Sony treated gamers like adults and gave them adult content. Couple >this with Squaresoft producing exclusively for Sony and you had a > > Damn right. Ever play Fear Effect 2:Retro Helix for the PS1? Think you'll ever see an Xbox game where the main characters are lesbians?
> > The idea that one button is "easier" is stupid. >Never worked support, have we? > > Never seen people play "Street Fighter" or anyother multi-button fighting game in a acrade have you?
And you claim UI designers like yourself aren't basically a bunch of morons.
>you'd better not be playing any commercial games then. ANd I hope >you're not using wine to get anything done either. > > Get a clue. If you want to play games these days do what most people do and buy a PS2.
>performance increase. For programs who have parts written in assembler >(kernel, glibc, ssl) RedHat provides versions for the 686 and the >Athlon and these are compiled with -march=i686 and -march=k7 >respectively (ie full optimization). > > Yah. RedHat installed the 686 versions of the kernel and glibc when I installed it. I never liked the way Mandrake did things. It always seemed sorta lame.
>Im not bashing it or trying to be cool. Im a long time Mandrake user >(altough I recently switched to Source Mage) which in my eyes is as >"(un)cool" as RH. It's just that I believe that when you spend so much >money on a computer system you would actually WANT to compile/tweak >everything to make every MHz count. And that is not what RH is best
>for. > > And you are an PC Gaming Idiot. It's a fucking waste of time to do the kind of lamer bullshit you are babbing about with today's kernels. Back in the early days when Slackware was really popular when you didn't have modular kernels it made sense, but nowdays? Forget it. It's not really worth bothering with anything over a 266 mhz PII
>There are systems where we simply don't and won't have enough disk >space and where speed is not of the essence. We have them now, and we >will continue to have them in the future. > > As someone who has used compression filesystems with Amiga floppy and hardrives, I can tell you exactly why there isn't much interest in them in the Linux community. They are basically a pain-in-the-ass, that's why.
>Does anyone have a link to any comparisons of all these journaling >filesystems, showing their strengths and weaknesses? Why shouldn't I >just stick with ext3 for everything? > > Unless you a reason not to (like previous XFS experiance or compatibilty reasons) you *SHOULD* just stick with ext3 for everything.
>grab the fucking xfree cvs and look at the nice things inside it: >- gnome-xml (libxml2) coded by gnome people >- xcoursor coded by keithp who is gnome people >- xfontconfig coded by keithp who is gnome people >- xft2 coded by keithp who is gnome people >- pkgconfig programmed by havoc pennington who is gnome people > And this is cluttering up the complete xfree cvs? Are you one of those lame former Amiga/pro-Berlin asswipes?
>Why is it that only KDE-users have complained? > > Simple. KDE was *NEVER* about promoting Linux or Unix. Have you noticed just how un Unix-like KDE's basic design is when you compare it to Gnome? That's because KDE was about promoting TrollTech first and foremost and then promoting/continuing the "DeskTop War" that a bunch of ex-Amiga users wanted to keep alive. Neither of these groups are really interested in Linux or Unix, they basically see it as a means to their rather silly ends.
>this doesn't work anymore. look i like KDE over GNOME now >unfortunately the gnome morons cluttered the complete xfree cvs > > And how just did the "gnome morons cluttered the complete xfree cvs repositry with their gnome shit." Do you even have a fucking clue as to what the xfree cvs repositry is? Sure as hell doesn't look like it. If RedHat has managed to drive shit like you away from Linux, I'll say they've done the Linux Community a huge favor.
>Without an O'Reilly book and some gumption, I can't get Linux to >install right all the time, even in a nice distro format like Yellow >Dog! One wrong click and I have to start all over! And not to mention >that somtimes, nice features such as the GUI login just stop working >(which is where I am at right now with it!) > > Just because you're an Mac-using idiot doesn't mean everyone else in the world is. Get a life fool.
>Yeah, I can kinda see that. Compared to OpenBSD, Debian, or Gentoo, >Red Hat seems bloated, bland, and corporate. When using the newer >versions of Red Hat, I don't quite know what's installed on my system > Try looking at/var/log/rpmpkgs. It's updated every day.
Re:serial-number watermarks on CD Digital Audio
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"Squishy" DRM?
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>Distribute all recordings on Compact Disc Recordable, with embedded >watermarks giving the serial number of the disc. > > How does this tells you who copied the disk?
>Qt is GPL. If you want to write proprietary applications, then you >don't get the benefits of the GPL. You'd think all these rms >cheerleaders would prefer Qt because it uses his precious license, but >no, licenses seem not to be the issue. gtk could go commercial and rms >droolers would claim that it's a wonderful innovation and don't the >developers deserve money? You make me sick. > > It has nothing to do with restrictions on creating proprietary applications that people who don't like KDE object to, but trying to sneak this kind of stuff though the back door. But that's always been the case with you KDE/TrollTech supporters.
>Well, we are in the middle of changing our license to the LGPL so Qt# >will not hinder proprietary apps, but you'll still have to license Qt >from Trolltech and you should because they've made an excellent >toolkit:-)
So much for the claims that KDE isn't nothing but a front for TrollTech. It's a good thing that RedHat saw this kind of thing coming and started work on Gnome.
>I had an interesting idea here that probably wouldn't work but who >knows. Could MS have potentially downloaded this program and demanded >the source themselves since the GPL grants them the right to the >source? In other words could the legally be considered an intersted >part and sue for GPL violations? > > No because then the FSF and a whole host of others that support the GPL like IBM could (and most likely would) sue Microsoft for attempted fraud. It's nice to see you anti-GPL types running scared of these kinds of settlements concerning the GPL because you know that the more these cases are settled on a amicable basis the stronger the GPL grows legally and the weaker you become. A judge will see that the FSF and companies can come to terms without resorting to a lawsuit and would be more inclined to order a company to work out a settlement with the FSF.
>anywhere between 7 and 10 megapixels. With an 11 megapixel camera, you >now have something that is of higher quality than standard 35mm film. >This is huge. > > And you are *STUPID*. A 35mm camera costs nothing near the price of this useless toy. Just what the hell are *YOU* going to do with a $6000.00 11-Megapixel Digital Camera? Take pictures of the grandkids? Run into the Qwikee Mart and buy one so you can snap pictures of a burning skyscraper after a jetliner had plowed into it? Idiot, please.
>And when it does get hacked, the studios will be crying for Palladium >more than ever. I realize the current protection is being offered by >Microsoft, but would it be too much to ask for this to NOT be hacked? >Isn't this finally what everyone has been asking for, to be able to >pay for entertainment on demand legitimately? > > Nope. First of all nobody's been asking "to be able to pay for entertainment on demand legitimately" This is a bunch of crap that comes from idiots like you. Who in their right mind is going pay $3.99 to download a 700mb movie via the internet when you can rent it from Blockbuster *FOR A WHOLE WEEK* for the same amount of money? Using the internet as a means of distrubuting "pay-per-view" is a totally assine idea that's going to fall flat on it's face.
>It is you or your earphones. Why don't you people *invest* in good >earphones? For example, for $50 you can get a very high quality KOSS >earphones and your music listening experience will be unbelievable >enjoyable! You don't have to buy HIFI equipment which costs several >hundreds of dollars - buy decent earphones! > > Because we have *BETTER* things to do with our money than spending $50 on a pair of stupid earphones, that's why.
>We have to face it, someone whose downloaded even as little as 50 >songs from Napster is never going to touch Ogg if converting is going >to screw over the sound quality. > > Idiots like you just don't get it, do you? It doesn't matter if people like you don't adopt Ogg. The fact is that most new files will be Ogg because that's what most of the freeware/open source encoders/rippers like Lame will create. MP3 is *DEAD* as an encoding format for non-comerical software.
>I doubt they could patent these things. They aren't inventions or >processes to produce materials, merely protocol that dictate thought. >Please provide the link to the patent information. If there is any >legitimacy to your claims, then this chould be a very simple matter. >Otherwise, I shall ignore you. > > Take a look at the Japanese card and RPG games for the PS1/PS2/GameCube. I don't see anythingin the manuals or anywhere else that says Sony/Square or anybody else licenses anthing from WotC.
>This gives everyone access to an excellent 3D tool. My biggest hope is >that the UI becomes a little bit easier to use. >This tool could revolutionize cross-platform 3D graphics design. > Why do idiots like you even bother using Linux or other OSS/FS software? Take your UI conserns and fuck off. The Blender UI doesn't bother me. If you don't like it, don't use the software. No great loss.
>How does it help the market? "We'll push MS out so that only Sony and >Nintendo will compete"? Yeah, thanks. Brilliant. > > How does it *HURT* the market? Microsoft doesn't have anything to offer either the Sony or the Nintendo market.
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>1) Rare makes another Goldeneye.
>2) Rare's new game makes MS $5 million
>3) 10,000 people buy X-Boxes just to play this game. Conversely, these
>people DON'T buy PS2s and Gamecubes because those systems don't have
>this cool new game.
>4) MS increases user base.
>
>
Doesn't work like that. On it's own Rare is nothing as Microsoft will very quickly discover. It was Nintendo and Nintendo's titles they subcontracted to Rare that made Rare. Why do you think Nintendo made sure that they took their titles with them when they ditched Rare? Microsoft got taken big time here. As for Goldeneye after GTA3 and GTA:Vice City this is now pretty much a "Who Cares" title. It's draw little or no interest from the PS2 or GameCube crowd.
>Try jumping, pulling a 180, and getting off three headshots with a
>thumbstick.
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With a PS2 controller? Triangle,d-pad right or left,X,X,X
>Sony treated gamers like adults and gave them adult content. Couple
>this with Squaresoft producing exclusively for Sony and you had a
>
>
Damn right. Ever play Fear Effect 2:Retro Helix for the PS1? Think you'll ever see an Xbox game where the main characters are lesbians?
> > The idea that one button is "easier" is stupid.
>Never worked support, have we?
>
>
Never seen people play "Street Fighter" or anyother multi-button fighting game in a acrade have you?
And you claim UI designers like yourself aren't basically a bunch of morons.
>you'd better not be playing any commercial games then. ANd I hope
>you're not using wine to get anything done either.
>
>
Get a clue. If you want to play games these days do what most people do and buy a PS2.
>performance increase. For programs who have parts written in assembler
>(kernel, glibc, ssl) RedHat provides versions for the 686 and the
>Athlon and these are compiled with -march=i686 and -march=k7
>respectively (ie full optimization).
>
>
Yah. RedHat installed the 686 versions of the kernel and glibc when I installed it. I never liked the way Mandrake did things. It always seemed sorta lame.
>Im not bashing it or trying to be cool. Im a long time Mandrake user
>(altough I recently switched to Source Mage) which in my eyes is as
>"(un)cool" as RH. It's just that I believe that when you spend so much
>money on a computer system you would actually WANT to compile/tweak
>everything to make every MHz count. And that is not what RH is best
>for.
>
>
And you are an PC Gaming Idiot. It's a fucking waste of time to do the kind of lamer bullshit you are babbing about with today's kernels. Back in the early days when Slackware was really popular when you didn't have modular kernels it made sense, but nowdays? Forget it. It's not really worth bothering with anything over a 266 mhz PII
>There are systems where we simply don't and won't have enough disk
>space and where speed is not of the essence. We have them now, and we
>will continue to have them in the future.
>
>
As someone who has used compression filesystems with Amiga floppy and hardrives, I can tell you exactly why there isn't much interest in them in the Linux community. They are basically a pain-in-the-ass, that's why.
>Does anyone have a link to any comparisons of all these journaling
>filesystems, showing their strengths and weaknesses? Why shouldn't I
>just stick with ext3 for everything?
>
>
Unless you a reason not to (like previous XFS experiance or compatibilty reasons) you *SHOULD* just stick with ext3 for everything.
>grab the fucking xfree cvs and look at the nice things inside it:
>- gnome-xml (libxml2) coded by gnome people
>- xcoursor coded by keithp who is gnome people
>- xfontconfig coded by keithp who is gnome people
>- xft2 coded by keithp who is gnome people
>- pkgconfig programmed by havoc pennington who is gnome people
>
And this is cluttering up the complete xfree cvs? Are you one of those lame former Amiga/pro-Berlin asswipes?
>Why is it that only KDE-users have complained?
>
>
Simple. KDE was *NEVER* about promoting Linux or Unix. Have you noticed just how un Unix-like KDE's basic design is when you compare it to Gnome? That's because KDE was about promoting TrollTech first and foremost and then promoting/continuing the "DeskTop War" that a bunch of ex-Amiga users wanted to keep alive. Neither of these groups are really interested in Linux or Unix, they basically see it as a means to their rather silly ends.
>this doesn't work anymore. look i like KDE over GNOME now
>unfortunately the gnome morons cluttered the complete xfree cvs
>
>
And how just did the "gnome morons cluttered the complete xfree cvs repositry with their gnome shit." Do you even have a fucking clue as to what the xfree cvs repositry is? Sure as hell doesn't look like it. If RedHat has managed to drive shit like you away from Linux, I'll say they've done the Linux Community a huge favor.
>Without an O'Reilly book and some gumption, I can't get Linux to
>install right all the time, even in a nice distro format like Yellow
>Dog! One wrong click and I have to start all over! And not to mention
>that somtimes, nice features such as the GUI login just stop working
>(which is where I am at right now with it!)
>
>
Just because you're an Mac-using idiot doesn't mean everyone else in the world is. Get a life fool.
>Yeah, I can kinda see that. Compared to OpenBSD, Debian, or Gentoo, /var/log/rpmpkgs. It's updated every day.
>Red Hat seems bloated, bland, and corporate. When using the newer
>versions of Red Hat, I don't quite know what's installed on my system
>
Try looking at
>Distribute all recordings on Compact Disc Recordable, with embedded
>watermarks giving the serial number of the disc.
>
>
How does this tells you who copied the disk?
>Qt is GPL. If you want to write proprietary applications, then you
>don't get the benefits of the GPL. You'd think all these rms
>cheerleaders would prefer Qt because it uses his precious license, but
>no, licenses seem not to be the issue. gtk could go commercial and rms
>droolers would claim that it's a wonderful innovation and don't the
>developers deserve money? You make me sick.
>
>
It has nothing to do with restrictions on creating proprietary applications that people who don't like KDE object to, but trying to sneak this kind of stuff though the back door. But that's always been the case with you KDE/TrollTech supporters.
>Well, we are in the middle of changing our license to the LGPL so Qt# :-)
>will not hinder proprietary apps, but you'll still have to license Qt
>from Trolltech and you should because they've made an excellent
>toolkit
So much for the claims that KDE isn't nothing but a front for TrollTech. It's a good thing that RedHat saw this kind of thing coming and started work on Gnome.
>I had an interesting idea here that probably wouldn't work but who
>knows. Could MS have potentially downloaded this program and demanded
>the source themselves since the GPL grants them the right to the
>source? In other words could the legally be considered an intersted
>part and sue for GPL violations?
>
>
No because then the FSF and a whole host of others that support the GPL like IBM could (and most likely would) sue Microsoft for attempted fraud. It's nice to see you anti-GPL types running scared of these kinds of settlements concerning the GPL because you know that the more these cases are settled on a amicable basis the stronger the GPL grows legally and the weaker you become. A judge will see that the FSF and companies can come to terms without resorting to a lawsuit and would be more inclined to order a company to work out a settlement with the FSF.
>anywhere between 7 and 10 megapixels. With an 11 megapixel camera, you
>now have something that is of higher quality than standard 35mm film.
>This is huge.
>
>
And you are *STUPID*. A 35mm camera costs nothing near the price of this useless toy. Just what the hell are *YOU* going to do with a $6000.00 11-Megapixel Digital Camera? Take pictures of the grandkids? Run into the Qwikee Mart and buy one so you can snap pictures of a burning skyscraper after a jetliner had plowed into it? Idiot, please.
>And when it does get hacked, the studios will be crying for Palladium
>more than ever. I realize the current protection is being offered by
>Microsoft, but would it be too much to ask for this to NOT be hacked?
>Isn't this finally what everyone has been asking for, to be able to
>pay for entertainment on demand legitimately?
>
>
Nope. First of all nobody's been asking "to be able to pay for entertainment on demand legitimately" This is a bunch of crap that comes from idiots like you. Who in their right mind is going pay $3.99 to download a 700mb movie via the internet when you can rent it from Blockbuster *FOR A WHOLE WEEK* for the same amount of money? Using the internet as a means of distrubuting "pay-per-view" is a totally assine idea that's going to fall flat on it's face.
>It is you or your earphones. Why don't you people *invest* in good
>earphones? For example, for $50 you can get a very high quality KOSS
>earphones and your music listening experience will be unbelievable
>enjoyable! You don't have to buy HIFI equipment which costs several
>hundreds of dollars - buy decent earphones!
>
>
Because we have *BETTER* things to do with our money than spending $50 on a pair of stupid earphones, that's why.
>We have to face it, someone whose downloaded even as little as 50
>songs from Napster is never going to touch Ogg if converting is going
>to screw over the sound quality.
>
>
Idiots like you just don't get it, do you? It doesn't matter if people like you don't adopt Ogg. The fact is that most new files will be Ogg because that's what most of the freeware/open source encoders/rippers like Lame will create. MP3 is *DEAD* as an encoding format for non-comerical software.
>I doubt they could patent these things. They aren't inventions or
>processes to produce materials, merely protocol that dictate thought.
>Please provide the link to the patent information. If there is any
>legitimacy to your claims, then this chould be a very simple matter.
>Otherwise, I shall ignore you.
>
>
Take a look at the Japanese card and RPG games for the PS1/PS2/GameCube. I don't see anythingin the manuals or anywhere else that says Sony/Square or anybody else licenses anthing from WotC.
>This gives everyone access to an excellent 3D tool. My biggest hope is
>that the UI becomes a little bit easier to use.
>This tool could revolutionize cross-platform 3D graphics design.
>
Why do idiots like you even bother using Linux or other OSS/FS software? Take your UI conserns and fuck off. The Blender UI doesn't bother me. If you don't like it, don't use the software. No great loss.
>How does it help the market? "We'll push MS out so that only Sony and
>Nintendo will compete"? Yeah, thanks. Brilliant.
>
>
How does it *HURT* the market? Microsoft doesn't have anything to offer either the Sony or the Nintendo market.