"The Inquirer has an excellent article that describes how companies take from the Open Source Community and how few are giving back."
My gf pulls this shit too. "Oh don't get me anything fancy for Valentine's Day." Now technically I've been let out of a trip to the jewler's, but boy am I gonna be in trouble if I don't cough up that tennis bracelet.
Lesson learned folks. You want corps to give back? Ask. Free free free. Who's supposed to assume one should give money?
"That is the point of Open Source. If you start requiring companies to give a donation, then whats the point?"
I have pretty much the same reaction. The pricetag is FREE. Why are you guys complaining about not getting any money? There's a real simple answer to this problem: Have a free for personal use price tag, and charge for corporate use. CHARGING FOR SOFTWARE IS OKAY.
I know I won't win that battle. But please guys, don't get all uppity because you're not getting money you're not asking for.
Who says I'm stealing? How do you know I'm not downloading a DiVX copy of a movie I already own? Who's to say I'm not downloading a movie that was stolen or damaged? Who's to say I'm not downloading a movie that I'd never ever ever buy in my life, thus giving it an extra chance it wouldn't normally have had? (Okay, not so ethical in some respects. But it's not like theaters all around are saying "if it sucks, you get your money back!")
Why am I 'stealing' from you? Prove I'm stealing. Prove anybody is. Tell me WHY somebody would spend >24 hours trying to get a movie off of Kazaa. At that point, just go pay the ever increasing ticket price that easily climbs to the cost of a DVD.
I metamodded this as unfair. Not because it is unfair, but because I have seen far too many negative moderations used in the wrong way.
The moderator who modded this as troll was completely in the right. I'm sorry about that. However, too many times I've been modded as off-topic, flamebait, or overrated, because I did not agree with popular opinion. I feel its time to do away with the moderators who spend too much time modding people down and not enough time modding people up.
Again, I'm sorry. Hopefully soon I won't be so sore about it, and I'll pick on the mods that are truely in the wrong.
I meta-moderated this as unfair. Not because the moderation itself was unfair, but because I'm fighting back against moderators who use their mod-points to attack people. I'm sorry, but you're probably innocent in this matter. However, you should consider modding up insightful or funny posts instead of modding down people posting anonymously.
I meta-moderated this as unfair. Not because the moderation itself was unfair, but because I'm fighting back against moderators who use their mod-points to attack people. I'm sorry, but you're probably innocent in this matter. However, you should consider modding up insightful or funny posts instead of modding down people posting anonymously.
"...the game console market might be starting to move beyond what Nintendo can deliver."
This statement may more or less be true. However, this isn't something that Sony and Microsoft is immune to. What happens if the PS3 is a mediochre upgrade to the PS2? More polys, higher res, slightly flashier graphics. What if the XBOX2 has DVR capabilities, and people buy it for that and not so much for games? What if some 'never-been-in-the-game-market-before' company shows up surrounded in a hype field? (Apple? IBM? Toshiba??)
The point? At least Nintendo's trying. Not every idea is a winner. However, they have built themselves a rather faithful audience to support them for coming years. Yeah, maybe one day they'll go the way of Sega. That's life. It's just hard to imagine, though, that the other two players have any less to fear. Sony does not have Mario. Microsoft doesn't have enough success to bank on backwards compatibility. And the game market is increasingly attractive to newcomers.
The funny thing is, Nintendo's loss of marketshare would be hard to describe as a black eye. Maybe there's some hurt pride. Fair enough. Are they successful? Yes. Are they profitable? Oh hell yes. Are they innovative? Well gee, there sure is a whole lotta Nintendo-copy-catting going on.
"The company proclaimed that the Game Boy Advance would be a 'Trojan horse' for the GameCube - but that Trojan horse never opened because very few game designers have figured out cool ways to take advantage of that connectivity."
Mostly a true statement, though it's written as though the GameCube and/or the GBA is/aren't succesful. Okay, maybe it's just my Nintendo zealousy, but it's interesting how outsiders have such a dim view of what's going on in Nintendo's world. "Oh they've dropped back to #3. Bye Bye Nintendo." I'm starting to feel as though I need to re-examine my perception of Apple.
"Important Stuff: Please try to keep posts on topic."...
Conveniently, you didn't post this bit from the FAQ:
If You Can't Be Deep, Be Funny: If you don't have something truly developing to the topic, some humor is welcome. Humor is lacking in our lives and will continue to be promoted. Remember though, what rips your sides out may be completely inane to somebody else.
(posted without karma bonus as this is off-topic and should be moderated as such. Not sure that all the peeps with mod-points are aware of this blurb as a lot of funny comments have been modded as off-topic lately.)
"The idea of that even $5 was wasted on this sham is repulsive, and no I'm no some christmas hater. Just someone who is fed up and disgusted with government waste"
So let me get this straight: a $5 web page gets you this upset? You should consult your physician before turning on your TV during the next election.
I'm tired of this stupid-ass 20/20 hindsight that says 9/11 could have been prevented. Would YOU have been prepared to fire a missile at a commercial airliner with 300+ innocent people aboard, not knowing what their plans are?
The answer is no. Don't bother lying to me just to try to 'win'.
Moot is not the word I'd use. It's only moot for those who need every last mip they can get from their system. Even 3D artists such as my self don't consider that to be everything. We'd happily trade mhz for more RAM.
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"The Inquirer has an excellent article that describes how companies take from the Open Source Community and how few are giving back."
My gf pulls this shit too. "Oh don't get me anything fancy for Valentine's Day." Now technically I've been let out of a trip to the jewler's, but boy am I gonna be in trouble if I don't cough up that tennis bracelet.
Lesson learned folks. You want corps to give back? Ask. Free free free. Who's supposed to assume one should give money?
"That is the point of Open Source. If you start requiring companies to give a donation, then whats the point?"
I have pretty much the same reaction. The pricetag is FREE. Why are you guys complaining about not getting any money? There's a real simple answer to this problem: Have a free for personal use price tag, and charge for corporate use. CHARGING FOR SOFTWARE IS OKAY.
I know I won't win that battle. But please guys, don't get all uppity because you're not getting money you're not asking for.
Who says I'm stealing? How do you know I'm not downloading a DiVX copy of a movie I already own? Who's to say I'm not downloading a movie that was stolen or damaged? Who's to say I'm not downloading a movie that I'd never ever ever buy in my life, thus giving it an extra chance it wouldn't normally have had? (Okay, not so ethical in some respects. But it's not like theaters all around are saying "if it sucks, you get your money back!")
Why am I 'stealing' from you? Prove I'm stealing. Prove anybody is. Tell me WHY somebody would spend >24 hours trying to get a movie off of Kazaa. At that point, just go pay the ever increasing ticket price that easily climbs to the cost of a DVD.
I metamodded this as unfair. Not because it is unfair, but because I have seen far too many negative moderations used in the wrong way.
The moderator who modded this as troll was completely in the right. I'm sorry about that. However, too many times I've been modded as off-topic, flamebait, or overrated, because I did not agree with popular opinion. I feel its time to do away with the moderators who spend too much time modding people down and not enough time modding people up.
Again, I'm sorry. Hopefully soon I won't be so sore about it, and I'll pick on the mods that are truely in the wrong.
"I hate to say the N64 was a failure, but it came up way short of expectations AND it ended up losing the console war with the Playstation. "
Failure? Nintendo sold more than 30 million N64s. That ain't no failure.
I meta-moderated this as unfair. Not because the moderation itself was unfair, but because I'm fighting back against moderators who use their mod-points to attack people. I'm sorry, but you're probably innocent in this matter. However, you should consider modding up insightful or funny posts instead of modding down people posting anonymously.
I meta-moderated this as unfair. Not because the moderation itself was unfair, but because I'm fighting back against moderators who use their mod-points to attack people. I'm sorry, but you're probably innocent in this matter. However, you should consider modding up insightful or funny posts instead of modding down people posting anonymously.
"It's better than Microsofts! Sorry, I do not mean to troll.. "
Ah. Little low on karma then?
"...the game console market might be starting to move beyond what Nintendo can deliver."
This statement may more or less be true. However, this isn't something that Sony and Microsoft is immune to. What happens if the PS3 is a mediochre upgrade to the PS2? More polys, higher res, slightly flashier graphics. What if the XBOX2 has DVR capabilities, and people buy it for that and not so much for games? What if some 'never-been-in-the-game-market-before' company shows up surrounded in a hype field? (Apple? IBM? Toshiba??)
The point? At least Nintendo's trying. Not every idea is a winner. However, they have built themselves a rather faithful audience to support them for coming years. Yeah, maybe one day they'll go the way of Sega. That's life. It's just hard to imagine, though, that the other two players have any less to fear. Sony does not have Mario. Microsoft doesn't have enough success to bank on backwards compatibility. And the game market is increasingly attractive to newcomers.
The funny thing is, Nintendo's loss of marketshare would be hard to describe as a black eye. Maybe there's some hurt pride. Fair enough. Are they successful? Yes. Are they profitable? Oh hell yes. Are they innovative? Well gee, there sure is a whole lotta Nintendo-copy-catting going on.
"The company proclaimed that the Game Boy Advance would be a 'Trojan horse' for the GameCube - but that Trojan horse never opened because very few game designers have figured out cool ways to take advantage of that connectivity."
Mostly a true statement, though it's written as though the GameCube and/or the GBA is/aren't succesful. Okay, maybe it's just my Nintendo zealousy, but it's interesting how outsiders have such a dim view of what's going on in Nintendo's world. "Oh they've dropped back to #3. Bye Bye Nintendo." I'm starting to feel as though I need to re-examine my perception of Apple.
My dad got me a case of oil once. He didn't understand why his nickname was 'Hank' for the rest of the holiday.
"a dildo for Christmas. From my elderly neighbor! I'm a male! "
Is that how you chipped your tooth?
"2. There is something on Mars which hates space probes! " ... and the Enterprise is the only ship in the quadrant.
I got a 36" tall Skeleton. Serious. Like the ones you see in doctor's offices. (Hmm.. actually that person does work at a doctor's office..)
Well I don't care, this thing's going in my cube, and her name's Callista.
"dont need to lie. the truth is staring u right in the face. can you handle the truth? "
The truth is you have no idea what you're talking about. Planes change direction all the time. BFD.
I'll say again: 9/11 could not have been prevented. We did not know enough. Simple.
"HONOR OF BEST POST EVAR!!!!"
Ever has 2 e's.
"Important Stuff:
Please try to keep posts on topic."...
Conveniently, you didn't post this bit from the FAQ:
If You Can't Be Deep, Be Funny: If you don't have something truly developing to the topic, some humor is welcome. Humor is lacking in our lives and will continue to be promoted. Remember though, what rips your sides out may be completely inane to somebody else.
(posted without karma bonus as this is off-topic and should be moderated as such. Not sure that all the peeps with mod-points are aware of this blurb as a lot of funny comments have been modded as off-topic lately.)
"The idea of that even $5 was wasted on this sham is repulsive, and no I'm no some christmas hater. Just someone who is fed up and disgusted with government waste"
So let me get this straight: a $5 web page gets you this upset? You should consult your physician before turning on your TV during the next election.
"funny how NORAD couldn't see any of da "highjacked" planes on 9/11. were they asleep or in coma? "
RTFA.
I'm tired of this stupid-ass 20/20 hindsight that says 9/11 could have been prevented. Would YOU have been prepared to fire a missile at a commercial airliner with 300+ innocent people aboard, not knowing what their plans are?
The answer is no. Don't bother lying to me just to try to 'win'.
Sadly, due to the current national threat level, Santa has been asked not to fly over France.
"This is lameass please the public shit, but not the kind that might actually be of some significance like finding.. oh i dunno.. TERRORISTS?"
What else is their webmaster supposed to do on Christmas Eve, play Missile Command?
"Sitting by my fireplace, shotgun in hand... I'm ready for the fat bastard this year, I tell ya..."
Too bad the sites you were visiting before Slashdot earned you a seat on his naughty list.
"We can't find Osama, but at least we can locate Santa."
It's not the gov'ts fault. Osama's not flying around to every house in the world in a Norad trackable sleigh with a big glowing red hood ornament.
One of my coworkers used to tell me that NTSC stood for "Never Twice the Same Color". Didn't find that very funny until today.
"who's the girl? She's hot ;) "
Shit! I'm gonna RTFA now! Glad you mentioned that.
"And thats all this is about. Really, honestly, a non-issue."
Yeah.. well. still, I'm sharpening my pitchfork anyway.
"So the cost reason seems a moot point."
Moot is not the word I'd use. It's only moot for those who need every last mip they can get from their system. Even 3D artists such as my self don't consider that to be everything. We'd happily trade mhz for more RAM.