Fuck you, this is why we use Linux (or *BSD). This kind of shit (FBI viruses that send info off of your computer or crack crypto keys) will NEVER happen on my computer, which will always run Debian. Maybe there will be something that works for Red Hat or other commercial distros, that those distros choose to 'ignore', but Debian will never do this (nor, I suspect, will Free/Net/OpenBSD).
If there ever is a Linux virus/worm from the FBI that does this, Debian developers will notice and find a way to prevent it, probably within a day or 2.
Help yourself to your AOL^H^H^H^HWindowsXP. I'll take a truly FREE OS any day of the fucking week.
There's a reason for that: the code is open. Microsoft has always put "features" into its software products that freeze out the competition (Win3.1 on DR-DOS, WordPerfect problems on Win95, Lotus Notes client problems on Win98, proprietary hooks in IE). With open code, you don't have these problems for obvious reasons.
I'm not Trollin' you, dude, but are you serious? What games are you talking about?
I've played NBA Live 2001, Triple Play 2001, SSX, Gran Turismo 3 and Street Hoops and they all rock! If I ever get around to buying a console, it will definitely be a PS2.
They do lock up occasionally. A good friend of mine has one that we play pretty regularly. For instance, we were playing a game of NBA Live 2001 and it locked hard about 2 minutes into the game. We had to do a manual reset of the whole system.
This happens maybe once every other time that we get together to play. Not really a big deal, but it does happen.
I think it's interesting that people don't seem to have a problem paying a monthly fee to have magazines and newspapers delivered to their house, which ALL have big, color adverts everywhere, yet when a site they spend lots of time on (/.) wants to ask you to pay to avoid the ads, they get their panties all in a knot.
Regarding Rob's comment about -2 Funny, he was being facetious, folks. It's not a feature he has planned. Just take it easy, now.
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Best purchase I ever made. I took some close-ups of it, which can be found here.
And Slashdot is the only place that doesn't have it.
Fuck you, this is why we use Linux (or *BSD). This kind of shit (FBI viruses that send info off of your computer or crack crypto keys) will NEVER happen on my computer, which will always run Debian. Maybe there will be something that works for Red Hat or other commercial distros, that those distros choose to 'ignore', but Debian will never do this (nor, I suspect, will Free/Net/OpenBSD). If there ever is a Linux virus/worm from the FBI that does this, Debian developers will notice and find a way to prevent it, probably within a day or 2. Help yourself to your AOL^H^H^H^HWindowsXP. I'll take a truly FREE OS any day of the fucking week.
There's a reason for that: the code is open. Microsoft has always put "features" into its software products that freeze out the competition (Win3.1 on DR-DOS, WordPerfect problems on Win95, Lotus Notes client problems on Win98, proprietary hooks in IE). With open code, you don't have these problems for obvious reasons.
You see what I'm getting at here?
Sure, but my point was that those games are all great. Maybe he doesn't like the same genre that I do, but he only said "Most PS2 games suck".
I've never played a PS2 game that has sucked, and I was curious what games he was talking about.
Most of the PS2 games suck...
I'm not Trollin' you, dude, but are you serious? What games are you talking about?
I've played NBA Live 2001, Triple Play 2001, SSX, Gran Turismo 3 and Street Hoops and they all rock! If I ever get around to buying a console, it will definitely be a PS2.
They do lock up occasionally. A good friend of mine has one that we play pretty regularly. For instance, we were playing a game of NBA Live 2001 and it locked hard about 2 minutes into the game. We had to do a manual reset of the whole system.
This happens maybe once every other time that we get together to play. Not really a big deal, but it does happen.
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Regarding Rob's comment about -2 Funny, he was being facetious, folks. It's not a feature he has planned. Just take it easy, now.
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