Ironically, if the differences between the minds of women and men are very limited or negligible, as you claim, then the whole motivation of recruiting female testers--that they approach the problem of debugging differently--is based on a flawed assumption.
It occurs to me that games would be a whole lot better if testers were used to test the design of games, rather than just the implementation.
On an unrelated note, please remember that every English statement is a generalization of some sort.
All right, smart ass. Explain how this new encryption feature mentioned in the article will get rid of the problems with securom games not starting for legitimate users.
I hear a few bad apples are misusing their free speech rights. You know, passing out hate speech pamphlets, inciting riots, etc. It's a shame the government had to take away everyone's free speech.
The answer is that you can't play it in every cdrom drive, at least, you haven't been with some of the current SecureROM implementations (unreal 2003, neverwinter nights.)
The problem is that companies aren't pure evil--there are good people making cool shit, then there are assholes who add SecureROM to fuck up everything. Boycotting is pointless--we want the right to use the product we bought, so avoiding the product just bites off your nose to spite your face. Fair use rights aren't any good if you aren't buying anything.
Duh...
Actually, this is all besides the point. SecureROM really sucks. Not because it takes away fair use--but because it stops people from playing games, period. They recently removed SecureROM checks from Neverwinter Nights because they just wouldn't work on some people's computers (the game would always crash when starting up). Reportedly similar problems exist with Unreal Tournament 2003. If you find yourself in such a situation, the only solution is either to wait a couple of weeks for the company to maybe release a patch to end SecureROM checks, or to download a crack for the game. Thank goodness for haxorz.
if there's no incentive to create things 100 years ago, no one's going to use a time machine to take advantage of retroactive copywright extensions! You slashdot jerks just need to start buying frigging out of print books! JUST ADMIT DANIELLE STEELE IS WAY BETTER THAN ANY BLOG ENTRY EVER WRITTEN AND THIS GUY WILL GO AWAY!
It counts if everyone does it in their basement and that attracts the attention of law enforcement. I mean, civil disobedience to Prohibition involved lots of fun in people's basements...
Libertarians are the only people that would protect your rights by allowing the free market to work the way it was supposed to. A common myth is that Libertarians would let monopolies abuse consumers. Any true advocate of the free market realizes the damage that monopolies cause. The government wouldn't be completely impotent under a more Libertarian society, it would only be reduced to levels that would let the free market solve these problems.
Heh, I don't think I've heard a Libertarian actually ask for government intervention in a situation in which there is currently very little, such as monopoly regulation.
Stranger still is the lack of consistency amongst these beliefs. Many values, such as the love of privacy and free speech come from a broadly libertarian tradition evolving from the philosophy of Mill and Locke. Others, such as the hatred of Microsoft and the loathing of Spam come from a quite reverse philosophy - a principled distain of the side-effects of capitalism, betraying socialist ancestry. Still others come from a strong defence of certain rights (notably fair use of copyrighted materials) which seem to be primarily based on rational self-interest, rather than any particular ideology.
Right, those are the only two possible rationales for moral theory or public policy. (And Mill, a libertarian? Does he mean John Stuart Mill, the utilitarian? WTF is this guy smoking--his assumptions are completely different from Locke's. In fact I'd say all of the positions stated in this guy's passage can be justified in utilitarianism, AKA the greatest good for the greatest number.)
"Geek politics" follow a really simple direction--more power for individuals, less power for businesses and governments. (It brings to mind Distributivism or micro-capitalism, actually.) Any inconsistancy or hypocrisy this guy sees is simply not there.
OMG, is it possible for the "sysadmin" of a warez group to have morals and values? I think it is.
I think it is too. Morals and values with which distributing software does not conflict. The question is, is it possible for Microsoft and their sycophantic, Stockholm-syndrome suffering lackies to have morals and values?
For me, it's a matter of dignity, not utilitarianism. Machines are beneath humans. Not necessarily in terms of ability, but in terms of respect. Being arrested by a machine is like being arrested by a child--except much worse, because children are humans, and, as blindly asserted above, machines are beneath humans.
Not to mention in the future we might see a prior restriant issue. In courts, "prior restraint" only applies to First Amendment issues (which you'd think would render unconstitutional the RIAA's proposed laws--man, we should see some good lawsuits after this law passes...) but I'm afraid of seeing prior restrain extended to the physical world--like remotely deactivated cars or even bionic limbs.
I got my dreamcast long before the "Boot Disk" came out, and to play jap games i needed a region selectable mod chip.
Okay, I stand corrected.
You can think whatever you want. These companies have vastly less R&D money and legal funding then Microsoft Does. Like i said in my original statements Nintendo chose an uncommon media format, and Sony chose to sell a linux kit. Neither company supports mod chipping and for all intents and purposes it always invalidates your warranty and support. That my friend, is idiotic.
I didn't say they supported it, I said they didn't bother shutting down Lik-Sang. They did the math, and it wasn't rational to expend an iota of effort to shut them down. I don't know the exact sizes of the companies involved here (I suspect Sony is way larger than you think...) but for Sony or Nintendo crushing Lik-Sang would be absolutely nothing (just as it was to Microsoft).
Wait, are you now saying companies are idiotic for not extending warranty coverage to modded hardware?
Yeah, successfull doen't mean there the best. Ford Focus's are a top seller, but they still suck ass. Porches and Ferraris are kick ass cars and don't sell very many, but that doesn't make them less valuable then the pintos and station wagons.
What, are you a NeoGeo fan, or something? Hey, don't get me wrong, I am not a big playstation fan, but what the fuck does the quality of the console have to do with the impact of modchipping? They sold the most units, they had the most games and the only way modchipping would hurt is if developers refused to write software--instead developer support for sony systems was and is incredible.
It has NOTHING to do with LINUX. Absolutely NOTHING.
You offered no reason why it has nothing to do with Linux, and I offered a whole lot why it has nothing to do with stealing games (how many consumers do you think go at their hardware with a soldering iron?) I'm not saying Linux on xbox would REALLY hurt Microsoft, but just listen to Ballmer--those guys REALLY HATE LINUX. I mean, think--we Slashdot people get all upset about it when most of us are browsing here with Explorer. Imagine how much more pissed you'd be if it was your JOB. Imagine if some long-haired hippies called you a thief as they tried to limit your ability to put food on your families table (from their perspective). They can't stand having the enemy's flag on their flagship, ever.
Whatever, tell that to sony when you copy their dvd's, tell that to the RIAA when your trading pirated MP3's.. Just because you "CAN" doesn't mean microsoft should let it slide. You can own a gun, but they're not meant to shoot people. Do you think owning a gun means you can do anything you want with it? Does owning your dvd mean you can now sell copies of it because you can?
Obviously, intellectual property and firearms are special cases--there are special LAWS (chosen by the GOVERNMENT, not the manufactuer) restricting my usage of those things.
Does owning your dvd player mean you can modify it to play other region dvd's and copied movies?
Hardware, like a video game console, like a dvd player, is MINE. Only the government restricts my use of it. I apologize for calling you an idiot when I screwed up so badly regarding the Dreamcast, but lets just say greater thought would have saved you from a few mistakes you've posted today.
Why would they want to allow you to change the way there product operates when you choose to mod the thing and electricute yourself or break the thing in the process?
Holy disingenuous, Batman! Yeah, THAT's why they shutdown Lik-Sang, to prevent electrocutions they would in no way every be held responsible for. Better make all electrical tools illegal for non-engineers!
If you modded your dreamcast you totally wasted your time--the thing could play ISOs out of the box.
If you thing Sony and Nintendo didn't have the cash to shutdown Lik-Sang, well, there's a second reason for me to think you're an idiot. They didn't shutdown Lik-Sang because they realized people don't like soldering crap to their expensive consoles, and there really wasn't a big effect on piracy here. Microsoft just went after them because they're obstinate bastards who want to defeat the linux xbox hackers at all cost. Both the hackers and Microsoft are motivated by ideology--linux on Xbox is without value to hackers and without cost to Microsoft--hell, Sony even sells linux kits to encourage people to develop ps2 development skills.
Yeah, modchips sure ruined the life of PS2 and PS1... probably the most successful consoles ever.
Bottom line, the hardware belongs to however buys it, not whoever sells it. That's what "buying stuff" means.
No, they aren't easy. There are plenty of times I've found eyestrain (note: not complete illegibility, but still inexcusable) reading text at default sizes on my iBook's lcd.
FYI, I read the post on my windows computer at work, and I'm replying on my Linux computer at home.
also FYI, with 10.2, while I now can change the size of fonts in the Finder, most the tweaks (which shouldn't be necessary) are broken. You simply can't change the fonts of the dock, or the menus, or most iApps, or...well, it's easier to list what I CAN change: iMail, Mozilla, and Finder.
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Yeah, right! The world could not possibly be a stupid enough place to allow a place called "Spazebo, North Dakota" to exist! Nice Try!
Hey, me likewise! We have something in common! TimeWaste-buddies!
It occurs to me that games would be a whole lot better if testers were used to test the design of games, rather than just the implementation.
On an unrelated note, please remember that every English statement is a generalization of some sort.
All right, smart ass. Explain how this new encryption feature mentioned in the article will get rid of the problems with securom games not starting for legitimate users.
To post what you just posted here would require simply not being able to put ideas together logically at all.
I hear a few bad apples are misusing their free speech rights. You know, passing out hate speech pamphlets, inciting riots, etc. It's a shame the government had to take away everyone's free speech.
Hell, I got the no-CD crack the day neverwinter nights arrived in stores (for a game I paid for, not that I'm too good for pirates or anything...)
The answer is that you can't play it in every cdrom drive, at least, you haven't been with some of the current SecureROM implementations (unreal 2003, neverwinter nights.)
Duh...
Actually, this is all besides the point. SecureROM really sucks. Not because it takes away fair use--but because it stops people from playing games, period. They recently removed SecureROM checks from Neverwinter Nights because they just wouldn't work on some people's computers (the game would always crash when starting up). Reportedly similar problems exist with Unreal Tournament 2003. If you find yourself in such a situation, the only solution is either to wait a couple of weeks for the company to maybe release a patch to end SecureROM checks, or to download a crack for the game. Thank goodness for haxorz.
not that i really care, i just like to make fun of stupid people, including moderators
i want to get my hands in them i put my pants on one arm at a time
if there's no incentive to create things 100 years ago, no one's going to use a time machine to take advantage of retroactive copywright extensions! You slashdot jerks just need to start buying frigging out of print books! JUST ADMIT DANIELLE STEELE IS WAY BETTER THAN ANY BLOG ENTRY EVER WRITTEN AND THIS GUY WILL GO AWAY!
There's also the small matter that video memory and main memory are the same thing--seems like that would be a significant difference from the PC.
It counts if everyone does it in their basement and that attracts the attention of law enforcement. I mean, civil disobedience to Prohibition involved lots of fun in people's basements...
yes but news.com.com.com is well-funded by all the extra .com's! I think it's an even fight.
Heh, I don't think I've heard a Libertarian actually ask for government intervention in a situation in which there is currently very little, such as monopoly regulation.
What's the use of industries making us crap and giving us paychecks if we've got no consumer rights?
Why would liberals be resentful of a Democrat representative (Rep.)?
Right, those are the only two possible rationales for moral theory or public policy. (And Mill, a libertarian? Does he mean John Stuart Mill, the utilitarian? WTF is this guy smoking--his assumptions are completely different from Locke's. In fact I'd say all of the positions stated in this guy's passage can be justified in utilitarianism, AKA the greatest good for the greatest number.)
"Geek politics" follow a really simple direction--more power for individuals, less power for businesses and governments. (It brings to mind Distributivism or micro-capitalism, actually.) Any inconsistancy or hypocrisy this guy sees is simply not there.
I didn't mean to realize that copying software had little to no effect on anyone's bottom line.
I think it is too. Morals and values with which distributing software does not conflict. The question is, is it possible for Microsoft and their sycophantic, Stockholm-syndrome suffering lackies to have morals and values?
Not to mention in the future we might see a prior restriant issue. In courts, "prior restraint" only applies to First Amendment issues (which you'd think would render unconstitutional the RIAA's proposed laws--man, we should see some good lawsuits after this law passes...) but I'm afraid of seeing prior restrain extended to the physical world--like remotely deactivated cars or even bionic limbs.
Okay, I stand corrected.
You can think whatever you want. These companies have vastly less R&D money and legal funding then Microsoft Does. Like i said in my original statements Nintendo chose an uncommon media format, and Sony chose to sell a linux kit. Neither company supports mod chipping and for all intents and purposes it always invalidates your warranty and support. That my friend, is idiotic.
I didn't say they supported it, I said they didn't bother shutting down Lik-Sang. They did the math, and it wasn't rational to expend an iota of effort to shut them down. I don't know the exact sizes of the companies involved here (I suspect Sony is way larger than you think...) but for Sony or Nintendo crushing Lik-Sang would be absolutely nothing (just as it was to Microsoft).
Wait, are you now saying companies are idiotic for not extending warranty coverage to modded hardware?
Yeah, successfull doen't mean there the best. Ford Focus's are a top seller, but they still suck ass. Porches and Ferraris are kick ass cars and don't sell very many, but that doesn't make them less valuable then the pintos and station wagons.
What, are you a NeoGeo fan, or something? Hey, don't get me wrong, I am not a big playstation fan, but what the fuck does the quality of the console have to do with the impact of modchipping? They sold the most units, they had the most games and the only way modchipping would hurt is if developers refused to write software--instead developer support for sony systems was and is incredible.
It has NOTHING to do with LINUX. Absolutely NOTHING.
You offered no reason why it has nothing to do with Linux, and I offered a whole lot why it has nothing to do with stealing games (how many consumers do you think go at their hardware with a soldering iron?) I'm not saying Linux on xbox would REALLY hurt Microsoft, but just listen to Ballmer--those guys REALLY HATE LINUX. I mean, think--we Slashdot people get all upset about it when most of us are browsing here with Explorer. Imagine how much more pissed you'd be if it was your JOB. Imagine if some long-haired hippies called you a thief as they tried to limit your ability to put food on your families table (from their perspective). They can't stand having the enemy's flag on their flagship, ever.
Whatever, tell that to sony when you copy their dvd's, tell that to the RIAA when your trading pirated MP3's.. Just because you "CAN" doesn't mean microsoft should let it slide. You can own a gun, but they're not meant to shoot people. Do you think owning a gun means you can do anything you want with it? Does owning your dvd mean you can now sell copies of it because you can?
Obviously, intellectual property and firearms are special cases--there are special LAWS (chosen by the GOVERNMENT, not the manufactuer) restricting my usage of those things.
Does owning your dvd player mean you can modify it to play other region dvd's and copied movies? Hardware, like a video game console, like a dvd player, is MINE. Only the government restricts my use of it. I apologize for calling you an idiot when I screwed up so badly regarding the Dreamcast, but lets just say greater thought would have saved you from a few mistakes you've posted today.
Why would they want to allow you to change the way there product operates when you choose to mod the thing and electricute yourself or break the thing in the process?
Holy disingenuous, Batman! Yeah, THAT's why they shutdown Lik-Sang, to prevent electrocutions they would in no way every be held responsible for. Better make all electrical tools illegal for non-engineers!
If you thing Sony and Nintendo didn't have the cash to shutdown Lik-Sang, well, there's a second reason for me to think you're an idiot. They didn't shutdown Lik-Sang because they realized people don't like soldering crap to their expensive consoles, and there really wasn't a big effect on piracy here. Microsoft just went after them because they're obstinate bastards who want to defeat the linux xbox hackers at all cost. Both the hackers and Microsoft are motivated by ideology--linux on Xbox is without value to hackers and without cost to Microsoft--hell, Sony even sells linux kits to encourage people to develop ps2 development skills.
Yeah, modchips sure ruined the life of PS2 and PS1 ... probably the most successful consoles ever.
Bottom line, the hardware belongs to however buys it, not whoever sells it. That's what "buying stuff" means.
FYI, I read the post on my windows computer at work, and I'm replying on my Linux computer at home.
also FYI, with 10.2, while I now can change the size of fonts in the Finder, most the tweaks (which shouldn't be necessary) are broken. You simply can't change the fonts of the dock, or the menus, or most iApps, or...well, it's easier to list what I CAN change: iMail, Mozilla, and Finder.