Up until the 1990s, companies like IBM and the Digital Equipment Corp. did it all. They designed their own chips, built their own system and storage hardware, wrote operating systems, provided applications, and provided service and maintenance for the whole thing. Now, that business model is obsolete. (Unless you're Apple.)
No kidding. That was the great leap forward with Microsoft's OS. You could run it on open hardware from almost any vendor. (Of course, Linux took this one step further with an open OS too.)
Let me know when I can run the proprietary Mac OS on open hardware like that which UMAX or a Power Computing systems used to provide. Then we'll talk about a level playing field.
Today is the day that we wish everyone would considering the daunting tasks, small budgets, and ridiculous timelines that many SysAdmins face all year.
...and this is unlike the work that most other working adults face because?
And what's with the cheesy HP plug? (Does anyone still really buy HP printers?)
Yesterday we discussed Too Human's absence from this year's E3 event, and briefly mentioned the just-announced lawsuit between Silicon Knights and Epic.
Dunno, today's bunch of enhanced whining (er, "clarification") still sounds like a dup to me.
If there's really a lawsuit at the heart of this thing, why don't you take it to court instead of pandering to the court of public opinion?
Neither a film canon nor a literary canon have anything to do with a "bible", so why should a game canon?
First, film or literary canons are specific to a particular author/artist, genre, era, geographic region, etc.
Second, film or literary canons do not arbitrarily limit themselves to "10 items"; they instead include as many as are required to provide a well-rounded assortment of high-quality examples of the film or literature of the particular author/artist, genre, era, geographic region, etc.
You may recall back in March, when a group of smart folks got together to form a game canon. They essentially nominated the ten most important games, ever.
Shouldn't smart people know what a "canon" is? (Or is "smart folks" a knock on their intelligence to begin with?)
(In other words, 10 specific games cannot be a "canon", unless you are saying that these games are a "bible" and all other games are heresy. 10 specific game design principles, however...)
Why isn't there a "noshit" tag? The whole idea behind GPL3 was to keep Microsoft from license-protecting customers from lawsuits. Microsoft's main contention is that GPL2 allows them to do what they're doing.
Why not just save room by posting a story that says "some old story, different day"?
Considering you can't buy the game, I fail to see how this is "Slashvertising".
I can help with that part of your education too: look up "AIDA" somewhere. We're currently in the "Awareness" to "Interest" sections of Manhunt 2's marketing plan.
It looks like this "article" was written in about 5 minutes and would probably get a C in your average sixth-grade English class if judged for intellectual content.
...open-source approaches that may in the end be more secure, cheaper, more interoperable, easier to standardize, and easier to certify...
In my experience these statements are true... - secure: sometimes; more likely with more popular projects, less likely with smaller projects - cheaper: sometimes; adding in cost of people to noodle with code or interfaces can raise costs quickly (however cost may be minimal if we're talking about cloning a few thousand embedded cuts, etc.) - interoperable: definitely, because if the code doesn't work, you can change it - easier to standardize: sometimes, tends to depend on the project leader's goals (although forks can solve this) - easier to certify: definitely not, because the code frequently shifts (e.g., OpenSSL's experiences with FIPS validation)
Why would anyone ever release code under a "GPLv2 or later" clause? If the code writer wants to protect his/her rights, I'd think they'd want to stick to something that's known rather than gamble on something unknown coming some time in the future.
Two years ago, Google was on the verge of making that Microsoft-like error. Blah...blah... Google went on a hiring spree and now has 12 lobbyists and lobbying-related professionals on staff here -- more than double the size of the standard corporate lobbying office -- and is continuing to add people.
Um...what was Microsoft's "error"? Are you telling me that Microsoft has never employed lobbyists?
And why is this news in the first place - you think "net neutrality" was really a term coined, flogged and pushed as a political issue by a bunch of angry nerds?
As for the Diablo movie... take the basic idea that a sole farmer survives the destruction of his home and joins others in a quest to destroy the evil that did it... that's Campbell in a nutshell, so sure it can work. It's just hard to get a writer and director and actors that are good enough to make it work into a room together with a budget.
Farmer...quest...and a multi-billion dollar franchise grown out of low-budget actors. I think you just said "Star Wars".
Yes, this is "news that matters" because the average SlashDot reader plays Pokemon in his free time. How about a Bratz feature for the female demographic too?
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No kidding. That was the great leap forward with Microsoft's OS. You could run it on open hardware from almost any vendor. (Of course, Linux took this one step further with an open OS too.)
Let me know when I can run the proprietary Mac OS on open hardware like that which UMAX or a Power Computing systems used to provide. Then we'll talk about a level playing field.
Doesn't matter - the Chinese will get there first.
And what's with the cheesy HP plug? (Does anyone still really buy HP printers?)
Um...no. Actually, it's a product placement PR piece about Quantum's StorNext. (Read page 2...)
Dunno, today's bunch of enhanced whining (er, "clarification") still sounds like a dup to me.
If there's really a lawsuit at the heart of this thing, why don't you take it to court instead of pandering to the court of public opinion?
(In any case...it's really boring to read about.)
Not quite - the authors here are sloppy. See: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=252035&thresho ld=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=19905043#199052 71 ...and note that the link you found also contains a genre modifier.
First, film or literary canons are specific to a particular author/artist, genre, era, geographic region, etc.
Second, film or literary canons do not arbitrarily limit themselves to "10 items"; they instead include as many as are required to provide a well-rounded assortment of high-quality examples of the film or literature of the particular author/artist, genre, era, geographic region, etc.
Shouldn't smart people know what a "canon" is? (Or is "smart folks" a knock on their intelligence to begin with?)
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&safe=of
(In other words, 10 specific games cannot be a "canon", unless you are saying that these games are a "bible" and all other games are heresy. 10 specific game design principles, however...)
Why isn't there a "noshit" tag? The whole idea behind GPL3 was to keep Microsoft from license-protecting customers from lawsuits. Microsoft's main contention is that GPL2 allows them to do what they're doing. Why not just save room by posting a story that says "some old story, different day"?
I can help with that part of your education too: look up "AIDA" somewhere. We're currently in the "Awareness" to "Interest" sections of Manhunt 2's marketing plan.
This also sounds like a dup...but then I realized it's just good Slashvertising.
2 Manhunt 2 mentions in 2 different "stories" (blogfarts) in 2 days? It's a plant, Burt.
WhereTF is Mortal Kombat?
e.g.,
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/p-5.html
It looks like this "article" was written in about 5 minutes and would probably get a C in your average sixth-grade English class if judged for intellectual content.
I think you said Bill Ga&%@***NOTHING TO SEE HERE - MOVE ALONG - SLASHDOT MINISTRY OF TRUTH***
In my experience these statements are true...
- secure: sometimes; more likely with more popular projects, less likely with smaller projects
- cheaper: sometimes; adding in cost of people to noodle with code or interfaces can raise costs quickly (however cost may be minimal if we're talking about cloning a few thousand embedded cuts, etc.)
- interoperable: definitely, because if the code doesn't work, you can change it
- easier to standardize: sometimes, tends to depend on the project leader's goals (although forks can solve this)
- easier to certify: definitely not, because the code frequently shifts (e.g., OpenSSL's experiences with FIPS validation)
Really? Want to buy another one? In fact, I think I can get you all the DVD players you want at that price...
...zzz...Is it less than $200 yet? No?...zzz...
Why would anyone ever release code under a "GPLv2 or later" clause? If the code writer wants to protect his/her rights, I'd think they'd want to stick to something that's known rather than gamble on something unknown coming some time in the future.
Um...what was Microsoft's "error"? Are you telling me that Microsoft has never employed lobbyists?
And why is this news in the first place - you think "net neutrality" was really a term coined, flogged and pushed as a political issue by a bunch of angry nerds?
I always click through the cut scenes...I'm just there for the action...that what we're talking about?
Farmer...quest...and a multi-billion dollar franchise grown out of low-budget actors. I think you just said "Star Wars".
Hope not. Ask the Dungeons and Dragons franchise how hard it is to bring fantasy hack-n-slash to the big screen.
Um...1991? (Check the "copyright" at the bottom of the image.) Jeez.
Plants that grow plastic... http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/459126.stm
Yes, this is "news that matters" because the average SlashDot reader plays Pokemon in his free time. How about a Bratz feature for the female demographic too?