Yes, that's what the market needs, another $60 video game. Otherwise people might have to buy a console to play their $50 games on, or they might only have 100 choices of games to play instead of 101.
Of all the things the market "needs" right now, a game is the lowest on the list.
Heck, if you want a AAA game go play a popcap game. If you like it, it only costs $20.
I played the WC3 demo, really the only reason I like it is because it runs well under WineX.
Well I'M certainly not going to ever hire him to be my lawyer.
But I guess that's more due to his actions (e.g. the lawsuit) rather than the online comments.
I'm also not sure I'd be involved in a multi-million dollar lawsuit either. People don't sue poor people, it's like getting blood from a turnip. (note he's suing the seller for $100K, and eBay for 2.5 million);)
You should read the article before commenting, it never said anything about X terminals. It only talked about strong-arm tactics by Microsoft and cost.
It said they could use their existing equipment instead of buying Office XP licenses and having to upgrade their computers to run Office XP.
if the "thin-client" is cross-browser complient. If Houston would move from Windows based clients to Linux-based clients or, Doug forbid, dumb-terminals with browsers.
I'm not seeing anything at the web site that says this is OSS?
They don't need to embrace and extend this software because they already HAVE software that does everything this purports to do, the MS Office Suite. This is just a clone of Office, nothing innovative, I can't download the source, heck I can't even get a price list off of their web site.
I think this is just a case of price. The city of Houston got a great deal from a Houston based company. What's it called when a city practices nepotism, except without the relatives? Oh yeah, politics.;) Wonder if SimDesk is getting any tax breaks from Houston?
SimDesk 5450 Northwest Central, Suite 300 Houston, Texas 77092 Houston Area Phone: 713.690.6016 Toll-free Phone: 866.746.3375 (866-SimDesk)
Plus they've GOT to be using MS technology in the SimDesk applications themselves. At least they have Palm versions too.
I'm trying to figure out what the big advantage of using SimDesk would be vs. just installing Office and using Windows? Other than giving MS the finger. I guess it must just be the price difference, they probably got a great deal from the Houston based company.
A lot of the P2P clients automatically scan your HD for songs and/or movies. It's possible that this guy could have installed a client and had been sharing all his files by accident.
Now, whether or not that's the case......that's for the courts to decide (or I guess by default the RIAA since they seem to control the courts these days).
Because in the time it takes you to press "Reply" and the time you finish typing and hit "submit", 400 replies will have been posted to the topic you are replying to dumbass.
I hadn't seen anyone mention the Elric series either. Should I assume he has that already?
I can't believe no one has mentioned Robert Jordans Wheel of Crack.....errrr Time series. That'll keep you going for a while reading all 10 of the books in the series.
I've enjoyed Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series so far.
You can always pick up a few collections of H.P. Lovecraft stories to entertain you on those dark and stormy nights. He's not exactly a Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer but entertaining.
William Gibson, anything by him is usually pretty good.
R.A. Salvatore - His Dark Elf series is great. I also liked his non-D&D fantasy series, the name escapes me right now and I'm not in a position to look it up. The Icewind Dale trilogy or Clerics series is entertaining and enjoyable.
If you just want to write small games for the bargain bin (e.g. "Desert Rats", "Rock Manager", "Bejewelled") I think you can survive. If you mean "Can indie game developers survive going head to head with Id and Epic?", probably not. It'd take a REALLY great game.
But remember, at one point Id, Epic, and all of those companies started out as Indie game developers.
How many web servers were around before Apache? The NCSA server, which was OS I believe.
How many web browsers were around before Mosaic?
How many email servers were around before Sendmail?
How many web servers had dynamic content before CGI/Perl or CGI/C?
Even if I'm wrong about how innovative these ideas were, there certainly were catalysts for the creation of closed-source and/or commercial products rather than OS just copying featues.
Would you buy a console if it didn't have any games released for it?
*I* bought a console (gamecube) that had games I wanted to play. I guess you use yours for some kind of technological art piece?:)
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Now, in addition to all the other problems, they have to worry about their users PC rolling off their desk and down the hall.
You just know it'll get stuck behind the fridge or under the sofa too.
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You were probably running it as an ISAPI module instead of in CGI mode. I've had problems on Windows boxes running it as an ISAPI module, it even says the ISAPI version isn't stable in the read me, but I haven't had any problems running it as a CGI.
Your ASP/COM problems sound weird to me. if you haven't already, look into using MTS/COM+ with that object.
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It depends on what exactly the enterprise size app is doing and what it needs to connect to.
For example, an enterprise wide phone extension list could easily be done using PHP instead of Java.
A complex work-flow application might not be the best fit for PHP. A whiteboard collaboration tool definatly would not either, PHP-GTK not withstanding.:)
I've used PHP to call both Java and VB COM objects on the same page. I had to work with two different groups in a company, one used Java, the other used VB. It was easier to use PHP than to write a wrapper for either.
There are more console games that are making me say "Hot Damn Jim!" than there are PC games.
Oh boy, UT2003. Wow plays just like UT except with prettier eye candy and it costs $40 more.
Now, Mechassault on the XBox! Cool, a mech game that looks better than the latest Mech game released for the PC. "Steel Batallions", what's that? I need a special $150 controlloer for it that includes foot controls and a eject button? That's cool! Exepensive but cool!
Let me get this straight, if I beat the GameBoy Advance version of Metroid Fusion, I can link it to the GameCube version of Metroid Prime and get another power suit to play with? Cool!
Not to mention the fact that I can STILL play PS-1 games on my PS-2.
I found Mechwarrior 3 when going through some boxes the other day and decided to install it on my Windows 2000 "gaming box", wouldn't even install. I got a dialog box telling me that I needed Windows 95 to play the game.
PC's are notorious for not maintaing backwards compatibility. Kudos to Sony (It's the weekend right? We like them on the weekends.) for not abandoning a huge catalog of games.
IS MVC really the best way to build web applications? It seems to me that for 95% of the web sites in operation, by the time you finish building the MVC app in Java using Struts you could have coded it 3 times in PHP or Perl?
You should probably check to see whether or not the places they've "hopped" to in the past 12 months are still in business. I've had 3 jobs in the past 3 years and I have YET to voluntarily LEAVE a job.:)
Advance Wars Metroid Fusion Golden Sun Tactics Ogre
Eye of the Beholder - if you like throwback games, it's really similar to the old D&D Gold Box game.
The GBA is a great system, IF you can get enough light to it. On a plane, the little overhead lights work great for lighting up the screen. If you're willing to modify your GBA you can install the Afterburner backlight mod.
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Yes, that's what the market needs, another $60 video game. Otherwise people might have to buy a console to play their $50 games on, or they might only have 100 choices of games to play instead of 101.
Of all the things the market "needs" right now, a game is the lowest on the list.
Heck, if you want a AAA game go play a popcap game. If you like it, it only costs $20.
I played the WC3 demo, really the only reason I like it is because it runs well under WineX.
But I'm not gonna pay $60 for it.
Well I'M certainly not going to ever hire him to be my lawyer.
;)
But I guess that's more due to his actions (e.g. the lawsuit) rather than the online comments.
I'm also not sure I'd be involved in a multi-million dollar lawsuit either. People don't sue poor people, it's like getting blood from a turnip. (note he's suing the seller for $100K, and eBay for 2.5 million)
You should read the article before commenting, it never said anything about X terminals. It only talked about strong-arm tactics by Microsoft and cost.
It said they could use their existing equipment instead of buying Office XP licenses and having to upgrade their computers to run Office XP.
if the "thin-client" is cross-browser complient. If Houston would move from Windows based clients to Linux-based clients or, Doug forbid, dumb-terminals with browsers.
I'm not seeing anything at the web site that says this is OSS?
;) Wonder if SimDesk is getting any tax breaks from Houston?
They don't need to embrace and extend this software because they already HAVE software that does everything this purports to do, the MS Office Suite. This is just a clone of Office, nothing innovative, I can't download the source, heck I can't even get a price list off of their web site.
I think this is just a case of price. The city of Houston got a great deal from a Houston based company. What's it called when a city practices nepotism, except without the relatives? Oh yeah, politics.
SimDesk
5450 Northwest Central, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77092
Houston Area Phone: 713.690.6016
Toll-free Phone: 866.746.3375 (866-SimDesk)
Plus they've GOT to be using MS technology in the SimDesk applications themselves. At least they have Palm versions too.
I'm trying to figure out what the big advantage of using SimDesk would be vs. just installing Office and using Windows? Other than giving MS the finger. I guess it must just be the price difference, they probably got a great deal from the Houston based company.
A lot of the P2P clients automatically scan your HD for songs and/or movies. It's possible that this guy could have installed a client and had been sharing all his files by accident.
Now, whether or not that's the case......that's for the courts to decide (or I guess by default the RIAA since they seem to control the courts these days).
Because in the time it takes you to press "Reply" and the time you finish typing and hit "submit", 400 replies will have been posted to the topic you are replying to dumbass.
I hadn't seen anyone mention the Elric series either. Should I assume he has that already?
I can't believe no one has mentioned Robert Jordans Wheel of Crack.....errrr Time series. That'll keep you going for a while reading all 10 of the books in the series.
I've enjoyed Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series so far.
You can always pick up a few collections of H.P. Lovecraft stories to entertain you on those dark and stormy nights. He's not exactly a Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer but entertaining.
William Gibson, anything by him is usually pretty good.
R.A. Salvatore - His Dark Elf series is great. I also liked his non-D&D fantasy series, the name escapes me right now and I'm not in a position to look it up. The Icewind Dale trilogy or Clerics series is entertaining and enjoyable.
If you just want to write small games for the bargain bin (e.g. "Desert Rats", "Rock Manager", "Bejewelled") I think you can survive. If you mean "Can indie game developers survive going head to head with Id and Epic?", probably not. It'd take a REALLY great game.
But remember, at one point Id, Epic, and all of those companies started out as Indie game developers.
The graphics in NetHack (not Falcon's Eye) are VERY similar to an email I once wrote. Especially the @.
How many web servers were around before Apache? The NCSA server, which was OS I believe.
How many web browsers were around before Mosaic?
How many email servers were around before Sendmail?
How many web servers had dynamic content before CGI/Perl or CGI/C?
Even if I'm wrong about how innovative these ideas were, there certainly were catalysts for the creation of closed-source and/or commercial products rather than OS just copying featues.
Why do I have to create an account and log in first before I can download it?
Do you write your own games for the console then?
:)
Would you buy a console if it didn't have any games released for it?
*I* bought a console (gamecube) that had games I wanted to play. I guess you use yours for some kind of technological art piece?
Now, in addition to all the other problems, they have to worry about their users PC rolling off their desk and down the hall.
You just know it'll get stuck behind the fridge or under the sofa too.
You were probably running it as an ISAPI module instead of in CGI mode. I've had problems on Windows boxes running it as an ISAPI module, it even says the ISAPI version isn't stable in the read me, but I haven't had any problems running it as a CGI.
Your ASP/COM problems sound weird to me. if you haven't already, look into using MTS/COM+ with that object.
It depends on what exactly the enterprise size app is doing and what it needs to connect to.
:)
For example, an enterprise wide phone extension list could easily be done using PHP instead of Java.
A complex work-flow application might not be the best fit for PHP. A whiteboard collaboration tool definatly would not either, PHP-GTK not withstanding.
I've used PHP to call both Java and VB COM objects on the same page. I had to work with two different groups in a company, one used Java, the other used VB. It was easier to use PHP than to write a wrapper for either.
Everyone knows the Borg are an evil, closed-source monopoly.
There are more console games that are making me say "Hot Damn Jim!" than there are PC games.
Oh boy, UT2003. Wow plays just like UT except with prettier eye candy and it costs $40 more.
Now, Mechassault on the XBox! Cool, a mech game that looks better than the latest Mech game released for the PC. "Steel Batallions", what's that? I need a special $150 controlloer for it that includes foot controls and a eject button? That's cool! Exepensive but cool!
Let me get this straight, if I beat the GameBoy Advance version of Metroid Fusion, I can link it to the GameCube version of Metroid Prime and get another power suit to play with? Cool!
Not to mention the fact that I can STILL play PS-1 games on my PS-2.
I found Mechwarrior 3 when going through some boxes the other day and decided to install it on my Windows 2000 "gaming box", wouldn't even install. I got a dialog box telling me that I needed Windows 95 to play the game.
PC's are notorious for not maintaing backwards compatibility. Kudos to Sony (It's the weekend right? We like them on the weekends.) for not abandoning a huge catalog of games.
I believe you!!!!! Tell me more!!!!
Great idea, a laptop I have to plug in with a big "external battery" (otherwise known as a power converter).
But at least they "boost into Windows to make sure each components are compatible".
IS MVC really the best way to build web applications? It seems to me that for 95% of the web sites in operation, by the time you finish building the MVC app in Java using Struts you could have coded it 3 times in PHP or Perl?
Does Slashdot use an MVC pattern? MSN? Yahoo?
You should probably check to see whether or not the places they've "hopped" to in the past 12 months are still in business. I've had 3 jobs in the past 3 years and I have YET to voluntarily LEAVE a job. :)
Advance Wars
Metroid Fusion
Golden Sun
Tactics Ogre
Eye of the Beholder - if you like throwback games, it's really similar to the old D&D Gold Box game.
The GBA is a great system, IF you can get enough light to it. On a plane, the little overhead lights work great for lighting up the screen. If you're willing to modify your GBA you can install the Afterburner backlight mod.