For a great FPS, without the blood and whatnot try:
Tribes 2, if you have plenty of kids. Tons of fun, no blood:)
Or, Jedi Knight 2. Once again, tons of fun, no blood, and LIGHTSABERS!:) WHo doesn't love sabers?
Hope this helps. You're doing a good thing.:)
Aw man, I loved TLG. I loved their show (now I have to download all the episodes on a 56k connection:(), only tended to watch this and the season before's X-Files episodes when they were on it (or when I was bored). I've been pleading with Fox to bring TLG back, too. This stinks of a conspiracy (If Mulder were real then he would think so, too:p). My bet is they killed them off so people like me would shut up, which is a shame. I can no longer hope their spinoff will be resurrected...but hey, maybe one could be done cronicling their start, from before their original spinoff began..? Or one showing what happened between that damned cliffhanger that was never ended and their deaths? *sigh* Now their show (and them in general) go down as my favorite in TV history. Why, oh, why Fox...?
Now, here's my problem with this: these folks are hiding the source, and preventing other ditros (RedHat, SuSe, etc) from using the pumped up version of wine so everyone in the Linux comunity can have these abilities in their favorite distro. Of course, this sounds like sound business procedure (hey, they don't want to be beaten by the other distros!), but it leaves me with a sour feeling in my gut. They are not complying with the GPL, and I get the feeling they are being a bit sneaky about it, and may end up never releasing the source (which would be a massive loss to the Linux community).
Mind you, I may be being a bit paranoid. I may be being the stereotypical Linux aficondo. But, look at it this way: they are making $99 US off of beta software. And they say that its being beta means they don't have to release the code. So, basically, they're making lots of money (more than RedHat, SuSe, Mandrake and the rest, since they offer it for free from their sites), but they haven't yet released the 'good' version, which will include source. What if they 'decide' they never have to release the code, because it's never 'beyond beta'. But is any Linux software really ever past beta? They're all works in progress, and never truly completed...
Call me paranoid, call me insane, but this sounds like what Linus was afraid of when he first GPLed Linux. He said in Just For Fun he was worried about some company hijacking Linux. Has it finally happened...?
happens when said programs are very large, and said sysadmin has a very slow connection? WHile this is a good idea, that is what I forsee as the only problem; I know it'd be a problem for me.
I loved this book, and, I cared for the characters. The last book is heartbreaking, and the writing perfect.
Pay no attention to this person -- this book is truly great, and should be given the credit it's due.
No -- I get the difference perfectly:)
Thing is -- patents snag the actual process not the code to make the process. I'd say the patents are more important, in the long run, to a company.
Mind you, patents are not to be allowed in a monopolistic way (see the whole Antitrust suit on cnn.com, etc). Patents, when used correctly, are good.
And, I guessed, flamed to a crisp, and modded down to a -1...that bums me out.:(
Why does this man persist in flogging the poor horse? At the risk of being flamed to a crisp... Software patents are a good idea. There, I said it. If it weren't for these patents, none of those big, bad companies like Microsoft would make any money, and computing technology wouldn't be art the point it is. Yes, OSS is a nice idea -- but as all of the Linux based companies have showed us, it's hard to make money off of it.
Please do not reply to this with retorts of the 'Evils of Closed-Source-Software'. It isn't evil -- it's just a different model, and one people can actuall make money off of. If you want to make nice, solid, constantly evolving software, go with Open-Source. Otherwise, if you're like the rest of the worl, you'll want to make money along with nice software (hopefully). Then, you'll go wtih Closed-Source proprietary, patented software. It's the way to make money, and Stallman just doesn't get it.
1) Katz is correct - what survived the initial crash (those without Elephants and Magical Dragons From China at their IPO parties) are surviving, and dare I say flourishing, in the valley of silicon.
2) Katz is not full of shit. 'nuff said.
that the next boom (*fingers crossed*) is not squandered with insane amounts of excess as the last one was (Work in between the parties, anyone?)...
If it isn't, then us geeks will be saved -- saved from jobs we don't like, and handed those we do: those with titles containing the words 'software', 'computing', or 'system' in them.
Hrm...this could be the loophole all the 'evil' closed-sourced (ex. Microsoft) companies may be looking for. I hope apple goes back on this -- not only would they be cutting off one of their better free contributers, but they would be setting a nasty precedent...
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For a great FPS, without the blood and whatnot try: Tribes 2, if you have plenty of kids. Tons of fun, no blood :)
Or, Jedi Knight 2. Once again, tons of fun, no blood, and LIGHTSABERS! :) WHo doesn't love sabers?
Hope this helps. You're doing a good thing. :)
Aw man, I loved TLG. I loved their show (now I have to download all the episodes on a 56k connection :(), only tended to watch this and the season before's X-Files episodes when they were on it (or when I was bored). I've been pleading with Fox to bring TLG back, too. This stinks of a conspiracy (If Mulder were real then he would think so, too :p). My bet is they killed them off so people like me would shut up, which is a shame. I can no longer hope their spinoff will be resurrected...but hey, maybe one could be done cronicling their start, from before their original spinoff began..? Or one showing what happened between that damned cliffhanger that was never ended and their deaths? *sigh* Now their show (and them in general) go down as my favorite in TV history. Why, oh, why Fox...?
Now, here's my problem with this: these folks are hiding the source, and preventing other ditros (RedHat, SuSe, etc) from using the pumped up version of wine so everyone in the Linux comunity can have these abilities in their favorite distro. Of course, this sounds like sound business procedure (hey, they don't want to be beaten by the other distros!), but it leaves me with a sour feeling in my gut. They are not complying with the GPL, and I get the feeling they are being a bit sneaky about it, and may end up never releasing the source (which would be a massive loss to the Linux community).
Mind you, I may be being a bit paranoid. I may be being the stereotypical Linux aficondo. But, look at it this way: they are making $99 US off of beta software. And they say that its being beta means they don't have to release the code. So, basically, they're making lots of money (more than RedHat, SuSe, Mandrake and the rest, since they offer it for free from their sites), but they haven't yet released the 'good' version, which will include source. What if they 'decide' they never have to release the code, because it's never 'beyond beta'. But is any Linux software really ever past beta? They're all works in progress, and never truly completed...
Call me paranoid, call me insane, but this sounds like what Linus was afraid of when he first GPLed Linux. He said in Just For Fun he was worried about some company hijacking Linux. Has it finally happened...?
God, I love alex chiu. What a crackpot...
Heh, woddy..let's all get woody!
Wow, that's amazing...
But, WOuldn't endusers notice the lack of disk errrors, and the fact nothing was -on- the disk? Maybe it's just us geeks, then?
happens when said programs are very large, and said sysadmin has a very slow connection? WHile this is a good idea, that is what I forsee as the only problem; I know it'd be a problem for me.
I loved this book, and, I cared for the characters. The last book is heartbreaking, and the writing perfect.
Pay no attention to this person -- this book is truly great, and should be given the credit it's due.
And all who contributed. Good job guys, and once again grats on 1.0. Now, whens the next version...? =p
Oh, and I would just like to point out -- it seems that which speaks for the values of patents and closed-source gets modded down. A pity.
No -- I get the difference perfectly :) :(
Thing is -- patents snag the actual process not the code to make the process. I'd say the patents are more important, in the long run, to a company.
Mind you, patents are not to be allowed in a monopolistic way (see the whole Antitrust suit on cnn.com, etc). Patents, when used correctly, are good.
And, I guessed, flamed to a crisp, and modded down to a -1...that bums me out.
Right.
But -- they need the patents to protect their software in the case of an infringment.
Why does this man persist in flogging the poor horse? At the risk of being flamed to a crisp...
Software patents are a good idea. There, I said it. If it weren't for these patents, none of those big, bad companies like Microsoft would make any money, and computing technology wouldn't be art the point it is. Yes, OSS is a nice idea -- but as all of the Linux based companies have showed us, it's hard to make money off of it.
Please do not reply to this with retorts of the 'Evils of Closed-Source-Software'. It isn't evil -- it's just a different model, and one people can actuall make money off of. If you want to make nice, solid, constantly evolving software, go with Open-Source. Otherwise, if you're like the rest of the worl, you'll want to make money along with nice software (hopefully). Then, you'll go wtih Closed-Source proprietary, patented software. It's the way to make money, and Stallman just doesn't get it.
1) Katz is correct - what survived the initial crash (those without Elephants and Magical Dragons From China at their IPO parties) are surviving, and dare I say flourishing, in the valley of silicon.
2) Katz is not full of shit. 'nuff said.
If it isn't, then us geeks will be saved -- saved from jobs we don't like, and handed those we do: those with titles containing the words 'software', 'computing', or 'system' in them.
Let's just hope...
Hrm...this could be the loophole all the 'evil' closed-sourced (ex. Microsoft) companies may be looking for.
I hope apple goes back on this -- not only would they be cutting off one of their better free contributers, but they would be setting a nasty precedent...