I want to archive my ebooks on my computer, i want to be able to read them via fbreader on my n900 or via Calibre on my netbook.
In short i don't want DRM infested ebooks at all.
I'm willing to spend a lot of money if the market will give me what i want.
http://www.gog.com/en/about_us/
You buy it, you keep it.
Don't let your DRMs turn into nightmares (clever, no?). You won't find any intrusive copy protection in our games; we hate draconian DRM schemes just as much as you do, so at GOG.com you don't just buy the game, you actually own it. Once you download a game, you can install it on any PC and re-download it whenever you want, as many times as you need, and you can play it without an internet connection.
I am a dedicated PC Gamer, buying a new top of the range gaming machines every eighteen months, and buy about 15-20 games a year, and i have not and will not buy Mass Effect or Spore because of the restrictive DRM used. By contrast i bought Sins of a Solar Empire because it was a good game that didn't treat me like a criminal. I do not like being at the mercy of an internet connection to install and play a game, especially not if i pull it off the shelf five years later to install on my third subsequent PC. No thanks.
This is an damned stupid idea!
The backlash against 2k for the Bioshock online activation should have given Bio a clue.
I understand that they need to protect sales against rampant piracy in the early stages particularly when most sales revenue is accrued.
But to ask the infamous question; what happens if Bioware is hit by the proverbial meteorite?
Bio may not care because post Bioware is post Bioware, but it may surprise them to hear that their fans do not like playing russian-roulette with software they feel they have acquired a right to play.
2k eventually realised this and promised that at a certain point they would release a patch that removed the Online Activation. They would do this once the game had accrued the majority of its sales in the post release hype period.
Fair enough, I was willing to take my chances that 2k would not get hit by the proverbial meteorite in the first year post release, and I too wanted to see a great developer reap the just rewards of a superb game, so i bought a copy.
Bioware/EA have managed to take this one stage further into the realm of utter distaste by mandating a 10 day re-activation, are these guys completely stupid?
Understand. These. Words:
I. Do. Not. Like. Being. Beholden. To. An. Internet. Connection!
Particularly. Not. For. A. Single. Player. Game!
It is understandable in a MMORPG, after all you cannot play, period, without an internet connection, but it is utterly distasteful in a single player game.
Now, here is the real question:
Are Bio going to bow to common-sense and promise their fans that they will remove all online activation after the peak sales-period, i.e the first year?
Or are they going to alienate their hardcore fans, many like myself who have been Bio fans since BG1, by using in perpetuity an utterly repugnant copy protection system?
Kind regards
A registered Bioware Forum fan since 18th Oct 2001
8.9" screen @ 1024x600
Asus eeepc 900 size/shape chassis in metal
Via Isaiah CPU
nVidia low power 8200 chipset
2GB DDR2 800
16GB Flash Storage
Express card slot
SDHC slot
Wifi + Ethernet
Bluetooth
3x USB
3 hour runtime
Opensuse with KDE 4.1
Looks like a great gamers card, as well as an all around sound card.
i prefer the hardware accelerated everything model for computer components, but Creative seem incapable of pulling it off.
go asus!
we are a linux heavy company.
our SGI prism runs suse
our workstations run on gentoo
openoffice is the only office suite
but when i need to communicate with another business i use.doc, because one does not piss off clients and suppliers by giving them what they consider electronic garbage.
i might wish that it were otherwise...................
1) Operation Flashpoint (First comprehensive tactical sim)
2) Medieval: Total War (Shogun was first, but not accessible enough)
3) Deus Ex (An object lesson in deep story telling)
4) Thief: The Dark Project (An object lesson in environment interaction)
5) TES: Morrowind (The definition of open/freeform gameplay that is fun)
i am sadly aware that no-one is willing to commit to an August release of KDE4, which realistically is the latest it could arrive and still make it into the October distro extravaganza.:(
I know people like to say that linux isn't "at war" with windows for market-share, but I believe that the more people who use linux and the greater the mind-share it has in the world, the faster it will develop and improve.
this inevitably means taking current windows users from microsoft as well as bringing in new users, and doing so BEFORE the titanic marketing push that will be the November/December Vista release.
this puts major distro's like SUSE/K-Ubuntu/Mandriva who have an October release schedule in a very strong position, especially given the raft of revolutionary technologies that are being released in the next 6 months.
these are the technologies I hope will make it into the October releases in time the Years-end royal-rumble:
KDE4
Reiser4
Samba4
Compiz + X.org 7.1
Koffice 2.0 + the new Kitchensync
Kernel with full support for nVidia DDR2 A64 chipsets
nVidia graphics drivers supportting Unified Shader videocards (i know it won't be packaged)
nVidia motherboard drivers supporting all chipset features (ditto above)
Openoffice 2.1?
GCC 4.1+
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I want to archive my ebooks on my computer, i want to be able to read them via fbreader on my n900 or via Calibre on my netbook. In short i don't want DRM infested ebooks at all. I'm willing to spend a lot of money if the market will give me what i want.
all those DRM'less digital download games are perfect for netbooks without optical drives. a jolly good idea that i will be supporting.
http://www.gog.com/en/about_us/ You buy it, you keep it. Don't let your DRMs turn into nightmares (clever, no?). You won't find any intrusive copy protection in our games; we hate draconian DRM schemes just as much as you do, so at GOG.com you don't just buy the game, you actually own it. Once you download a game, you can install it on any PC and re-download it whenever you want, as many times as you need, and you can play it without an internet connection.
been waiting a long time.
will Spore sink DRM with the growing popular appeal of Stardocks 10 commandments.
I am a dedicated PC Gamer, buying a new top of the range gaming machines every eighteen months, and buy about 15-20 games a year, and i have not and will not buy Mass Effect or Spore because of the restrictive DRM used. By contrast i bought Sins of a Solar Empire because it was a good game that didn't treat me like a criminal. I do not like being at the mercy of an internet connection to install and play a game, especially not if i pull it off the shelf five years later to install on my third subsequent PC. No thanks.
This is an damned stupid idea! The backlash against 2k for the Bioshock online activation should have given Bio a clue. I understand that they need to protect sales against rampant piracy in the early stages particularly when most sales revenue is accrued. But to ask the infamous question; what happens if Bioware is hit by the proverbial meteorite? Bio may not care because post Bioware is post Bioware, but it may surprise them to hear that their fans do not like playing russian-roulette with software they feel they have acquired a right to play. 2k eventually realised this and promised that at a certain point they would release a patch that removed the Online Activation. They would do this once the game had accrued the majority of its sales in the post release hype period. Fair enough, I was willing to take my chances that 2k would not get hit by the proverbial meteorite in the first year post release, and I too wanted to see a great developer reap the just rewards of a superb game, so i bought a copy. Bioware/EA have managed to take this one stage further into the realm of utter distaste by mandating a 10 day re-activation, are these guys completely stupid? Understand. These. Words: I. Do. Not. Like. Being. Beholden. To. An. Internet. Connection! Particularly. Not. For. A. Single. Player. Game! It is understandable in a MMORPG, after all you cannot play, period, without an internet connection, but it is utterly distasteful in a single player game. Now, here is the real question: Are Bio going to bow to common-sense and promise their fans that they will remove all online activation after the peak sales-period, i.e the first year? Or are they going to alienate their hardcore fans, many like myself who have been Bio fans since BG1, by using in perpetuity an utterly repugnant copy protection system? Kind regards A registered Bioware Forum fan since 18th Oct 2001
8.9" screen @ 1024x600 Asus eeepc 900 size/shape chassis in metal Via Isaiah CPU nVidia low power 8200 chipset 2GB DDR2 800 16GB Flash Storage Express card slot SDHC slot Wifi + Ethernet Bluetooth 3x USB 3 hour runtime Opensuse with KDE 4.1
Looks like a great gamers card, as well as an all around sound card. i prefer the hardware accelerated everything model for computer components, but Creative seem incapable of pulling it off. go asus!
Many thanks for the info. Regards Dimble
Will amazon offer me e-books in an unrestricted and un-DRM'ed form? no........... well i'll pass then thanks.
we are a linux heavy company. our SGI prism runs suse our workstations run on gentoo openoffice is the only office suite but when i need to communicate with another business i use .doc, because one does not piss off clients and suppliers by giving them what they consider electronic garbage.
i might wish that it were otherwise...................
been reading his WoT books since the third was released, and enjoyed them a great deal.
if your review is in any way representative of the book itself then i shall not bother.
cheers.
but i would love to see their bunker complex where the words of Hubbard are transcibed onto titanium plates for posterity.
Truecrypt works on Linux, and is planned to work on Mac too.
TC is an ace application, especially in that it is cross-platform, making it ideal for dual-booters. but please, give the Linux crew a GUI.
Creative makes great hardware. there drivers for windows have traditionally blown chunks. but i would buy an X-Fi if Linux drivers were available.
1) Operation Flashpoint (First comprehensive tactical sim) 2) Medieval: Total War (Shogun was first, but not accessible enough) 3) Deus Ex (An object lesson in deep story telling) 4) Thief: The Dark Project (An object lesson in environment interaction) 5) TES: Morrowind (The definition of open/freeform gameplay that is fun)
i too found this encouraging.
agreed.
first chipset was AMD 762
second was nVidia nForce 2 Ultra
third was nVidia nForce 4 Ultra
fourth was nVidia nForce 6150/430 (current)
fifth will be nForce 570 SLI in mATX format when one is made.
not that i care about the SLI, but the extra PCI-E 8x slot will be invaluable.
i am sadly aware that no-one is willing to commit to an August release of KDE4, which realistically is the latest it could arrive and still make it into the October distro extravaganza. :(
I know people like to say that linux isn't "at war" with windows for market-share, but I believe that the more people who use linux and the greater the mind-share it has in the world, the faster it will develop and improve.
this inevitably means taking current windows users from microsoft as well as bringing in new users, and doing so BEFORE the titanic marketing push that will be the November/December Vista release.
this puts major distro's like SUSE/K-Ubuntu/Mandriva who have an October release schedule in a very strong position, especially given the raft of revolutionary technologies that are being released in the next 6 months.
these are the technologies I hope will make it into the October releases in time the Years-end royal-rumble:
KDE4
Reiser4
Samba4
Compiz + X.org 7.1
Koffice 2.0 + the new Kitchensync
Kernel with full support for nVidia DDR2 A64 chipsets
nVidia graphics drivers supportting Unified Shader videocards (i know it won't be packaged)
nVidia motherboard drivers supporting all chipset features (ditto above)
Openoffice 2.1?
GCC 4.1+
Swaziland celebrates achieving a 64% HIV infection rate as evidence of the virility of their menfolk.