Another reason RTCW:ET isn't for new players, people like me who use the Panzerfaust and MG a lot:) Not to mention those sneaky covert ops folks, another favorite of mine.
"How much responsibility does the owner of an Internet-connected computer have for crimes committed using their equipment, and what are ways we can best determine their involvement, or lack of it, in said crimes?" is the question asked by Cliff. Would it be any less relevant to say "How much responsibility does the owner of a car have for crimes committed using their equipment... etc.?" I think the trojan argument is similar to arguing someone stole your car and used it in a crime, with similar problems of convincing a jury you weren't the one driving.
Perhaps they are just acquiring BIOS code to integrate into their devices and embedded OS? Maybe we will see MS Media Center devices that lack a typical bios chip?
I think he is tied to Shadowbane through work or has a friend who is. That's the kind of feeling I get reading this post and some of his other comments on the thread. Sort of like those people defending WWII Online on the official forums when it first came out. Denying problems that actually exist on *SOME* of the servers, because you are playing on a less populated one, does not help those playing on them. If they all switched to your server then you would be just as hosed, please try to keep that in mind.
Microsoft had it's problems with copyright too
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Today's SCO News
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Microsoft had issues with licensing code for their SQL Server product. They told their customers not to worry, their customers believed them. Then Microsoft loses the battle and the customers are exposed to potentially huge fines and fees. I say that is worse than any of the current mess with SCO. Someone needs to make sure that this is brought up to counter any anti-GPL FUD that might be flying around.
Sagent Vs MS Story
Topography has a lot to do with confusing streets too. Here in Portland, it is very hilly and a lot of our streets were old trails from the settler days. This leads to streets like Boones Ferry Road which twists and turns, stops only to reappear later, and extends for dozens of miles. If that wasn't confusing enough their is Boones Ferry Road, Upper Boones Ferry Road, and Lower Boones Ferry Road. I remember my days in logically designed cities fondly.
Will it be able to compete with the big boys in High Availability 64-bit computing? It will need hot-swappable CPUs, PCI-X slots, and maybe even memory (which means being able to define a particular memory slot as inactive and then swapping it out).
Even without these features, I see the Opteron competing aggressively with Intel's Xeon line of processors. If it has HA features Intel will have its hands full trying to quench the Opteron's flames with FUD.
"So anyway, my friend ODed for a while but then went back to his normal routines." Also, "this application ODs with other applications across the internet. Want to buy it?"
I don't desire a crippled PC acting as an entertainment center. I want to use the hardware to it's full potential. That's why DVD player's can cost less than $60, they only use the components they need for the job.
I'm also curious as to the practical effects on the environment a pole shift would have. Apparently, life has survived such things before, but how smooth was the ride?
I believe you failed to factor in the time spent by staff helping the company providing support. I have rarely seen a support package at $8,000 a year that does not bill for hours (trust me, they will find something billable). In addition, they usually need one of your support staff to help them while fixing any problems. They will also charge for non-support related customizations, the ones your paid staffer would be doing with 1/10 of their time. In short, I do not believe you are factoring in the total cost of the outside support contract. Remember, always read contracts thoroughly.
If there is something you want this Christmas season but can afford to wait, buy it in January or early February. That's when it will see a decent price drop and you won't feel too bad if it drops a few percent more a couple months later. As opposed to buying it for Christmas and seeing it drop by 20% or 30% afterwards.
Why don't people just say; "Hey, I wrote this great article, post the link on Slashdot please." Instead of; " just wrote an interesting . I... um, THEY make some interesting points.
I've noticed that the convergence of data transfer cables seems to be increasing. We have Serial ATA, iSCSI, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, USB, FireWire and also HyperTransport. These are all attempts to simplify the cabling while increasing speed, with the exception that the current HyperTransport implementations are all hardwired on motherboards. Personally, I think it would make life easier if there was one thin 2 to 4 wire cable that was useable by all electronic devices both external and internal. *Sigh* It will probably be another 10 years before it's actually a single cable, if ever.
In my experience, static shock accounts for a large portion of buggy parts and buggy computers. The real danger with ESD and electronic components is that the damage can take a long time to escalate to a noticeable level. Even though the computer runs fine for the 24/48 hour burn-in, the customer finds it begins behaving extremely erratically a few months later. ESD damage is probably on par with defective part percentages if not greater. Let's face it folks, nanometer scale parts are going to be sensitive no matter how good the manufacturing technique is.
Decent set of Philips screwdrivers with variable handle lengths (~$10+)
Static wrist band (~$2+)
Penlight ($4+)
That's all you really need for casual work. If you are talking about a toolkit for more professional hardware/software debugging, you will want to purchase your tools separately on a quality basis. Only the most expensive kits have the quality tools you will most likely desire.
This AskSlashdot is trying to demand code from the Open Source community. That is rude in my opinion. If he wants a copy of Exchange and Outlook, I expect him to put the effort into it. Learn to code and then start a project. Demanding that people who code on things for enjoyment start working on something else just because you need a free alternative to a costly product, that is arrogant as well as rude. From the sounds of it, he wouldn't even like to contribute to the project only use it.
Actually, that's a good point. If your grandma is in another city you would want to either factor in a $100 in local tech support fees or purchase additional support from Dell or Apple at $50/year. This is assuming that the $50 covers home visits for hardware replacement. I know Dell would charge your grandma for software problems, would Apple?
I could slap on XP Home for $130 and I wouldn't use OfficeXP. If Word was absolutely necessary I would add Works 2002 for $100. But I really think she could get by on Mandrake with OpenOffice. Remember the average person only has to run their program not tinker with the OS.
As for maintenance, if you are getting this for your grandma, you better be doing that. It's very rude to make your grandmother drag that 20Lbs+ machine down to a local store.
Also note that the parts are warrantied by their manufacturers anyway. You can RMA your PC parts without going through a third party. But if you wanted to send them to me to RMA be my guest.
Add $220 or so, making it cost $720. The case and powersupply were covered by the original quote. The OS, WP, etc that your grandma can use should be covered by installing Mandrake and OpenOffice. Unless your grandmother is the type that has trouble operating her digital oven.
Actually I could build the following system and sell it to you for $500 not including shipping:
AMD Duron 1.2GHz
128MB RAM
40GB HDD
CD-RW
nVidia GF4 MX Twinview
Granted you'd have to add an extra $20 or $30 if you wanted firewire or USB 2. I might be able to get down to the $400 range if I didn't mind selling you the cheapest of the cheap components.
Interested? vortexNOvertigo1SPAM@yahoo.com
Re:Yet another engine ruined by the GPL...
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OGRE GPL'ed 3D Engine
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Why would they want you making money using their 3D engine? I don't believe the LGPL or BSD license gives them any right to seek their share of the profits from your game sales. If you want to make a saleable game then license a closed source engine. That's what everyone else does *cough* Unreal Engine *cough*.
I always get a big laugh out of people who complain that they can't make money if they use GPLed code. That's the whole point, you aren't supposed to make money that way. If the authors of the GPLed code wanted it to be used by others for the purposes of making a profit they would SELL the code to you.
Their sight has sample tracks. Isn't that how most advertisers do it. That and letting it be played on the radio, which the radio stations PAY them to do. I think the next big fight will be trying to pry the large music distributors talons off of radio and allow smaller companies and individual artists to be played more frequently. Hmmmm, wonder why the RIAA is fighting web broadcasting so much?
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Another reason RTCW:ET isn't for new players, people like me who use the Panzerfaust and MG a lot :) Not to mention those sneaky covert ops folks, another favorite of mine.
"How much responsibility does the owner of an Internet-connected computer have for crimes committed using their equipment, and what are ways we can best determine their involvement, or lack of it, in said crimes?" is the question asked by Cliff. Would it be any less relevant to say "How much responsibility does the owner of a car have for crimes committed using their equipment... etc.?" I think the trojan argument is similar to arguing someone stole your car and used it in a crime, with similar problems of convincing a jury you weren't the one driving.
Perhaps they are just acquiring BIOS code to integrate into their devices and embedded OS? Maybe we will see MS Media Center devices that lack a typical bios chip?
I think he is tied to Shadowbane through work or has a friend who is. That's the kind of feeling I get reading this post and some of his other comments on the thread. Sort of like those people defending WWII Online on the official forums when it first came out. Denying problems that actually exist on *SOME* of the servers, because you are playing on a less populated one, does not help those playing on them. If they all switched to your server then you would be just as hosed, please try to keep that in mind.
Microsoft had issues with licensing code for their SQL Server product. They told their customers not to worry, their customers believed them. Then Microsoft loses the battle and the customers are exposed to potentially huge fines and fees. I say that is worse than any of the current mess with SCO. Someone needs to make sure that this is brought up to counter any anti-GPL FUD that might be flying around. Sagent Vs MS Story
I remember Compaq or maybe Dell delayed their Itanic systems while everyone else was going whole hog shipping them. Could this be it?
Topography has a lot to do with confusing streets too. Here in Portland, it is very hilly and a lot of our streets were old trails from the settler days. This leads to streets like Boones Ferry Road which twists and turns, stops only to reappear later, and extends for dozens of miles. If that wasn't confusing enough their is Boones Ferry Road, Upper Boones Ferry Road, and Lower Boones Ferry Road. I remember my days in logically designed cities fondly.
Will it be able to compete with the big boys in High Availability 64-bit computing? It will need hot-swappable CPUs, PCI-X slots, and maybe even memory (which means being able to define a particular memory slot as inactive and then swapping it out).
Even without these features, I see the Opteron competing aggressively with Intel's Xeon line of processors. If it has HA features Intel will have its hands full trying to quench the Opteron's flames with FUD.
OD would be a cool shortening of the name.
"So anyway, my friend ODed for a while but then went back to his normal routines." Also, "this application ODs with other applications across the internet. Want to buy it?"
Hence the "Part 1" title portion of the review. I can only assume that future parts will be forthcoming. Let's hope one of them covers game play.
I don't desire a crippled PC acting as an entertainment center. I want to use the hardware to it's full potential. That's why DVD player's can cost less than $60, they only use the components they need for the job.
I'm also curious as to the practical effects on the environment a pole shift would have. Apparently, life has survived such things before, but how smooth was the ride?
I believe you failed to factor in the time spent by staff helping the company providing support. I have rarely seen a support package at $8,000 a year that does not bill for hours (trust me, they will find something billable). In addition, they usually need one of your support staff to help them while fixing any problems. They will also charge for non-support related customizations, the ones your paid staffer would be doing with 1/10 of their time. In short, I do not believe you are factoring in the total cost of the outside support contract. Remember, always read contracts thoroughly.
If there is something you want this Christmas season but can afford to wait, buy it in January or early February. That's when it will see a decent price drop and you won't feel too bad if it drops a few percent more a couple months later. As opposed to buying it for Christmas and seeing it drop by 20% or 30% afterwards.
Why don't people just say; "Hey, I wrote this great article, post the link on Slashdot please." Instead of; " just wrote an interesting . I... um, THEY make some interesting points.
I've noticed that the convergence of data transfer cables seems to be increasing. We have Serial ATA, iSCSI, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, USB, FireWire and also HyperTransport. These are all attempts to simplify the cabling while increasing speed, with the exception that the current HyperTransport implementations are all hardwired on motherboards. Personally, I think it would make life easier if there was one thin 2 to 4 wire cable that was useable by all electronic devices both external and internal. *Sigh* It will probably be another 10 years before it's actually a single cable, if ever.
In my experience, static shock accounts for a large portion of buggy parts and buggy computers. The real danger with ESD and electronic components is that the damage can take a long time to escalate to a noticeable level. Even though the computer runs fine for the 24/48 hour burn-in, the customer finds it begins behaving extremely erratically a few months later. ESD damage is probably on par with defective part percentages if not greater. Let's face it folks, nanometer scale parts are going to be sensitive no matter how good the manufacturing technique is.
That's all you really need for casual work. If you are talking about a toolkit for more professional hardware/software debugging, you will want to purchase your tools separately on a quality basis. Only the most expensive kits have the quality tools you will most likely desire.
This AskSlashdot is trying to demand code from the Open Source community. That is rude in my opinion. If he wants a copy of Exchange and Outlook, I expect him to put the effort into it. Learn to code and then start a project. Demanding that people who code on things for enjoyment start working on something else just because you need a free alternative to a costly product, that is arrogant as well as rude. From the sounds of it, he wouldn't even like to contribute to the project only use it.
Actually, that's a good point. If your grandma is in another city you would want to either factor in a $100 in local tech support fees or purchase additional support from Dell or Apple at $50/year. This is assuming that the $50 covers home visits for hardware replacement. I know Dell would charge your grandma for software problems, would Apple?
I could slap on XP Home for $130 and I wouldn't use OfficeXP. If Word was absolutely necessary I would add Works 2002 for $100. But I really think she could get by on Mandrake with OpenOffice. Remember the average person only has to run their program not tinker with the OS.
As for maintenance, if you are getting this for your grandma, you better be doing that. It's very rude to make your grandmother drag that 20Lbs+ machine down to a local store.
Also note that the parts are warrantied by their manufacturers anyway. You can RMA your PC parts without going through a third party. But if you wanted to send them to me to RMA be my guest.
Add $220 or so, making it cost $720. The case and powersupply were covered by the original quote. The OS, WP, etc that your grandma can use should be covered by installing Mandrake and OpenOffice. Unless your grandmother is the type that has trouble operating her digital oven.
Actually I could build the following system and sell it to you for $500 not including shipping:
Granted you'd have to add an extra $20 or $30 if you wanted firewire or USB 2. I might be able to get down to the $400 range if I didn't mind selling you the cheapest of the cheap components.
Interested? vortexNOvertigo1SPAM@yahoo.com
Why would they want you making money using their 3D engine? I don't believe the LGPL or BSD license gives them any right to seek their share of the profits from your game sales. If you want to make a saleable game then license a closed source engine. That's what everyone else does *cough* Unreal Engine *cough*.
I always get a big laugh out of people who complain that they can't make money if they use GPLed code. That's the whole point, you aren't supposed to make money that way. If the authors of the GPLed code wanted it to be used by others for the purposes of making a profit they would SELL the code to you.
Their sight has sample tracks. Isn't that how most advertisers do it. That and letting it be played on the radio, which the radio stations PAY them to do. I think the next big fight will be trying to pry the large music distributors talons off of radio and allow smaller companies and individual artists to be played more frequently. Hmmmm, wonder why the RIAA is fighting web broadcasting so much?