Okay, this isn't exactly my area of expertise, so please forgive me if I'm asking an ignorant question. If they're propelling xenon gas out the back of the engine, then how much do they have to bring aboard? Is that where the x000 seconds of impulse figure comes in? Would the gas come out hot/cold/inbetween? Why'd they choose xenon?
This cliche has been flying around for a long time, but I haven't yet heard why. Use of Napster forced the RIAA to respond. What legal method would have worked?
"Does the primary language of the person who programs your dialog boxes really matter?"
Well I had something nicely written here, but when I previewed it, I got a message saying "All your base are belong to us." Man I wish the primary language of the guy who wrote that error message was English.
"Remember Windows Media Player version 6? Microsoft stopped making codecs for it. There were tools to convert movie files to the new format that v6 couldn't play, but v7 could play. I don't remember v6 being able to play asf files at all."
This is not true. Windows 2000 comes with Media Player 6.4. It plays.ASF files. You can use Media Player 6.4 to play Windows Media 9 files provided you have the codecs installed.
"Microsoft doesn't break old technology because they don't have to. They don't update their old technologies; they replace them with new technologies."
Seeing as how Microsoft owns the technology for ASF files and Windows Media V6-9, this does not support the point you quoted as the context of this thread implies competing technologies made by other vendors.
"They added error messages on Windows (3.1?) so that people would get scared when they would run Windows on another DOS than MS-DOS."
The error messages only appeared in the beta of Windows 3.1 and did not make it to the final release. Make all the monopoly/conspiracy arguments you want, there was a still a very legitimiate reason for them to do so: Win 3.1 ran on top of DOS, and if DR-DOS fucked something up then Microsoft would get the tech support call.
That is not an example of Microsoft breaking something they don't like. Even if it was, it wouldn't be in MS's best interests to do so today. Windows would suddenly plummet in popularity if only MS branded stuff worked on it.
"With Flash so popular on the Internet for multimedia presentation (used from everything to full-motion video), I fail to see how any other initiatives (even those backed by Microsoft) can manage to eat into the radical marketshare of Flash."
I think that's because you're not quite getting what Microsoft's doing here. It's a rendering system for the OS so Windows can scale to much higher resolutions. It's not a plugin for IE.
"Their version is basically the same, except proprietary and will be bundled with everything sold my Microsoft. The use of the "open" standard SVG will result in a lawsuit, your computer erasing the hard drive, and with Microsoft's move into also controlling the BIOS, don't even think about installing a operating system that doesn't come from Redmond.
Okay, I'll go sit back down now... "
Flamebait, or a clever satirical exploration of a typical Slashdot knee-jerk response?
"More than likely the Israeli decision went to OOo because it contained the right features, or enough of the right ones."
I should hope so. OO risks getting a black eye if they're missing that one big important feature. Let's say, for example, they don't synch well with PocketPC. (Disclaimer: I have NFI if OO syncs with PocketPC or not. Though I invite clarification on it, I am talking hypothetically here.) Let's then say that PocketPCs suddenly become real popular with the Gov't. Ouch. Is the Open Source Community going to rush to their aide, or is the Gov't going to find themselves buying copies of OfficeXP so they can get their work done?
This can turn really good for the community if they're quick to respond to demands big customers like this have. But it can just as easily turn ugly if things don't happen so well. Money motivates companies to satisfy demand like this. I'm not sure how well tested the community's good will to satisfy is.
... I wouldn't want to fight to keep the Master/Slave term. I'd be an instant bad guy even though my intentions would simply be to prevent this politcal correctness from going out of control. It's a shame that society is so quick to judge once intentions.
"it's simply annoying to be assaulted by all manner of enemies when you simply want to make it to the next town"
As much as I loved FF3, that statement right there is what held me back from going through it again. The encounters themselves wasn't so bad, it was the rigid structure of the game you had to go through. First, let's zip zip zip down to the battle. Second, let's have the screen fade in and the characters leap onto the screen, cue music. Third, let's go through the "a button a button a button, yes yes, fire magic at him. Okay, let's way for them to go through their series of hit hit jab jab magic magic. Okay, turn 2..", Fourth there's the victory. Yay you won! Deeeee dedededeee! Okay, let's all dance as the game announces quite patiently what all experience you've one. Fifth, let's do a nice little fade out, and fade in back to the screen. And start up again. Sixth, let's move two spaces, rinse, and repeat!
Though technically not an RPG, I was quite relieved that Zelda/Wind Waker didn't force you through as much of that. Not only could you dodge monsters, but the game was made so that scouring the map was MUCH much easier to do. It's an adventure game, it's an entirely different animal from an RPG, but that's not to say something couldn't have been learned from it.
I hope Final Fantasy 3 is ported to the GameBoy Advance. They can call it Final Fantasy 3 AD. (Attention Deficit.) I'm bored writing this now so you can figure out what I meant by that.
"Passport users? Oh, you mean everyone who uses XP because of that annoying bubble that keeps pestering you to sign-up until you do."
Eh I don't think SAaB holds that trophy. But arguably it was the first show with CG effects that made model photography look like it was on its way out.
"How would you know? This was the summer of '81 when he came to visit me. He also said a lot of other things ("I've made a deal with the beast" or something of that kind). I wasn't really paying attention."
Are you sure he wasn't referring to you being a bit disproportionate?
"Advertising is per se not interesting. If it were interesting it WOULD be news and thus no advertising would be necessary. The two are mutually exclusive."
Forgive me if in my sleep depraved state I misunderstand your point, but an advertisement can be interesting without it being mutually exclusive.
"Really, is there a reason to archive everything in the world? Sure, your 4 year old has some pretty drawings, but should they be put in a library someplace?"
Questions like these are only interesting if space is limited. Between JPEG and the ridiculous capacity of hard drives these days, it's really not a BFD if your 4 year old's pretty drawings were permenantly archived. If the space is available, why not?
Slashdot Mirror
"Is this really Slashdot material (pun unintentional)?"
Yeah!! What's this have to do with how evil/stupid SCO is?
Okay, this isn't exactly my area of expertise, so please forgive me if I'm asking an ignorant question. If they're propelling xenon gas out the back of the engine, then how much do they have to bring aboard? Is that where the x000 seconds of impulse figure comes in? Would the gas come out hot/cold/inbetween? Why'd they choose xenon?
"And, is it really a vacuum chamber if it's filled with xenon gas?"
A couple of implications can be drawn here:
- There is nothing but xenon inside the chamber.
- There isn't enough xenon in the chamber to generate significant pressure.
"RTFA"
Seeing as how Slashdot likes to blow away websites, this isn't an answer I'd get too used to using on people.
Besides, the article will not explain why Slashdot is polarized against the MPAA on this topic.
"Two wrongs don't make a right."
This cliche has been flying around for a long time, but I haven't yet heard why. Use of Napster forced the RIAA to respond. What legal method would have worked?
"Does the primary language of the person who programs your dialog boxes really matter?"
Well I had something nicely written here, but when I previewed it, I got a message saying "All your base are belong to us." Man I wish the primary language of the guy who wrote that error message was English.
Put OGG support in your MP3 player, and you'll instantly appear on Slashdot!
"Remember Windows Media Player version 6? Microsoft stopped making codecs for it. There were tools to convert movie files to the new format that v6 couldn't play, but v7 could play. I don't remember v6 being able to play asf files at all."
.ASF files. You can use Media Player 6.4 to play Windows Media 9 files provided you have the codecs installed.
This is not true. Windows 2000 comes with Media Player 6.4. It plays
"Microsoft doesn't break old technology because they don't have to. They don't update their old technologies; they replace them with new technologies."
Seeing as how Microsoft owns the technology for ASF files and Windows Media V6-9, this does not support the point you quoted as the context of this thread implies competing technologies made by other vendors.
"They added error messages on Windows (3.1?) so that people would get scared when they would run Windows on another DOS than MS-DOS."
The error messages only appeared in the beta of Windows 3.1 and did not make it to the final release. Make all the monopoly/conspiracy arguments you want, there was a still a very legitimiate reason for them to do so: Win 3.1 ran on top of DOS, and if DR-DOS fucked something up then Microsoft would get the tech support call.
That is not an example of Microsoft breaking something they don't like. Even if it was, it wouldn't be in MS's best interests to do so today. Windows would suddenly plummet in popularity if only MS branded stuff worked on it.
"With Flash so popular on the Internet for multimedia presentation (used from everything to full-motion video), I fail to see how any other initiatives (even those backed by Microsoft) can manage to eat into the radical marketshare of Flash."
I think that's because you're not quite getting what Microsoft's doing here. It's a rendering system for the OS so Windows can scale to much higher resolutions. It's not a plugin for IE.
"Their version is basically the same, except proprietary and will be bundled with everything sold my Microsoft. The use of the "open" standard SVG will result in a lawsuit, your computer erasing the hard drive, and with Microsoft's move into also controlling the BIOS, don't even think about installing a operating system that doesn't come from Redmond.
Okay, I'll go sit back down now... "
Flamebait, or a clever satirical exploration of a typical Slashdot knee-jerk response?
"More than likely the Israeli decision went to OOo because it contained the right features, or enough of the right ones."
I should hope so. OO risks getting a black eye if they're missing that one big important feature. Let's say, for example, they don't synch well with PocketPC. (Disclaimer: I have NFI if OO syncs with PocketPC or not. Though I invite clarification on it, I am talking hypothetically here.) Let's then say that PocketPCs suddenly become real popular with the Gov't. Ouch. Is the Open Source Community going to rush to their aide, or is the Gov't going to find themselves buying copies of OfficeXP so they can get their work done?
This can turn really good for the community if they're quick to respond to demands big customers like this have. But it can just as easily turn ugly if things don't happen so well. Money motivates companies to satisfy demand like this. I'm not sure how well tested the community's good will to satisfy is.
... I wouldn't want to fight to keep the Master/Slave term. I'd be an instant bad guy even though my intentions would simply be to prevent this politcal correctness from going out of control. It's a shame that society is so quick to judge once intentions.
"You're the one who insulted my girlfirend, you insensitive clod! "
Are you saying he made the story up?
"it's simply annoying to be assaulted by all manner of enemies when you simply want to make it to the next town"
As much as I loved FF3, that statement right there is what held me back from going through it again. The encounters themselves wasn't so bad, it was the rigid structure of the game you had to go through. First, let's zip zip zip down to the battle. Second, let's have the screen fade in and the characters leap onto the screen, cue music. Third, let's go through the "a button a button a button, yes yes, fire magic at him. Okay, let's way for them to go through their series of hit hit jab jab magic magic. Okay, turn 2..", Fourth there's the victory. Yay you won! Deeeee dedededeee! Okay, let's all dance as the game announces quite patiently what all experience you've one. Fifth, let's do a nice little fade out, and fade in back to the screen. And start up again. Sixth, let's move two spaces, rinse, and repeat!
Though technically not an RPG, I was quite relieved that Zelda/Wind Waker didn't force you through as much of that. Not only could you dodge monsters, but the game was made so that scouring the map was MUCH much easier to do. It's an adventure game, it's an entirely different animal from an RPG, but that's not to say something couldn't have been learned from it.
I hope Final Fantasy 3 is ported to the GameBoy Advance. They can call it Final Fantasy 3 AD. (Attention Deficit.) I'm bored writing this now so you can figure out what I meant by that.
... when I hear the term 'non-violent', the word sterile pops into my mind as a synonym?
"Probably not. You're the one who seems to like bending over for him."
:)
You're the one who claimed to spend the summer with him. "Uh, no wait that was you!" doesn't do anything to defend yourself here.
" With a signature like that, i've always wondered if you weren't Bill Gates yourself. Or are you his Little Bitch (TM)?"
What you should be wondering is if "Do I understand his sig?"
"Passport users? Oh, you mean everyone who uses XP because of that annoying bubble that keeps pestering you to sign-up until you do."
Eh I don't think SAaB holds that trophy. But arguably it was the first show with CG effects that made model photography look like it was on its way out.
"Great, now Microsoft can collect information on me without having to sneak around."
Knee jerk. Nothing new happening here that isn't happening on other sites.
"Passport users? Oh, you mean everyone who uses XP because of that annoying bubble that keeps pestering you to sign-up until you do."
The bubble you're referring to doesn't pester you if you tell it no.
This isn't +4 Interesing, it's +4 MicrosoftIsBad.
"How would you know? This was the summer of '81 when he came to visit me. He also said a lot of other things ("I've made a deal with the beast" or something of that kind). I wasn't really paying attention."
Are you sure he wasn't referring to you being a bit disproportionate?
"Advertising is per se not interesting. If it were interesting it WOULD be news and thus no advertising would be necessary. The two are mutually exclusive."
Forgive me if in my sleep depraved state I misunderstand your point, but an advertisement can be interesting without it being mutually exclusive.
"Advertising pretending to be news... again..."
If it's interesting to people, so what?
"The fact that you and I can refer to goatse and people know what we're talking about means that it's an important part of our shared culture."
Amazing that the most remembered asshole of the dawn of the 21st century isn't Michael Eisner or Jack Valenti.
"Really, is there a reason to archive everything in the world? Sure, your 4 year old has some pretty drawings, but should they be put in a library someplace?"
Questions like these are only interesting if space is limited. Between JPEG and the ridiculous capacity of hard drives these days, it's really not a BFD if your 4 year old's pretty drawings were permenantly archived. If the space is available, why not?
"Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!" -- Bill Gates, 1981"
Bill Gates never said that, yadda yadda yadda.