What's wrong with getting a new, non-critical application running this way? I don't want to have to write an ebuild to try out a little game or something trivial like that.
Actually, as an actual Gentoo user, it sounds pretty good. It'd be nice to have a variety of gentoo compatable binaries on the net, and easily installeable/removeable ones at that.
Bill Gates calling open source types communists hurts his image in the mainstream press? Oh wait, it doesn't. The average person is infact immature, and expects it somewhat from others, and will sometimes call you elitist is you aren't like them.
Sure, some may argue that people would then not have access to needed apps, but surely giving up the net connection is more of a hinderance than using linux. Are these people just not educated about alternatives to microsoft? Somebody like Mandrakesoft or Lindows should find a way to reach these people, it seems like a growing opertunity for profit.
And what gives you the slightest hint that will happen? Sony had to wield their influence as dominant console to get it, what is microsoft going to do, and what is the incentive for capcom?
I've never once seen speculation that the new Zelda wasn't gonna be on gamecube. As for other big games, mario 128 has been confirmed by nintendo for gamecube, as has a new pokemon for gamecube(although, not known if it'll be 3d rpg greatness, or colliseum craptitude). So that's 3 potential million sellers, more announced than other consoles. Looks like my GC is going to be busier than my PS2 or Xbox this year.
Whew, I'm glad my country has this: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/ . Although it still is full of contradictions and stupid laws(I think it has one part that allows copyright violations to be interperated as treason!). Atleast it's available in one place!
Quite simple really, our society has very little in the way of a mechanism for penalization of assholes, and in many ways in rewards thier behavior. We are mostly animals, and the succesful strategies will get used.
And why not? Me, and my then 10 year old brother learned html in a text editor(this was like 7 years ago). Neither of us had problems, html is mindnumbingly easy to learn the basics of, which is all dreamweaver is good for anyway.
The xbox recieved alot of free marketting in the media and internet because of the modding scene, it was also what made me decide to get it rather than a ps2, which I regret now.
RE4 isn't 1rst party, it's made by capcom, and nintendo have plenty of good games from other japanese 3rd parties like namco etc. The gamecube is lacking in american 3rd party support though, just as the xbox lacks in japanese 3rd party support, and the ps2 because of it's market dominance has it all. The xbox2 will at most beat nintendo's next gen in america/europe only, and will not beat the ps3, I predict marketshare status quo next gen unless nintendo does something unexpectedly amazing, or sony/MS do something unexpectedly bad.
That "judged" term was in reference to christians, as a belief they sometimes hold that can cause the same societal impact as belief in karma. Maybe I can be more clear. If someone believes in karma, then they may take solice in the belief that people who do bad things to get ahead will have bad things happen to them or whatever, and be complacent, rather than trying to actively do something about the situation.
My personal belief is that IF an all powerful god exists, it is merely a focal point of consciousness of the universe(or existance/ what have you) , and his motivation is some ultimate outcome, perhaps the completion of all possible outcomes occuring in infinetely diverging dimensions, and then the universe coming into a state of completedness, the opposite of it's original state of nothingness. In such a situation, god would have to allow suffering in every possible way, not to mention EVERYTHING in every possible way. That's certainly what I'd be doing if I were god;)
and some christian beliefs. If you believe that someone will "get what's coming to them" , or will be "judged" or whatever, you yourself and society as a whole may be less likely to be pro-active in ensuring justice, and people who do lots of bad things will get ahead more frequently and easily than good people. It creates a cesspool of successful sociopaths and psychopaths.
Not in this cliche of a "post 9/11 world" . The whole point of the patriot act is to be able to dole out higher punishments than before, and with a very vague definition of what they can punish that way.
"The Slashdot editors have been paid by AMDs marketing department to insert these non sequiturs as part of an experimental advertising technique. Personally, I'd never heard of AMD's Alchemy chipset until I read about what a terrible job they were doing marketing it."
Future/. posting: "Several critical IE vulnerabilities were announced this week. With the tech media focused on this, it's going to be impossible for the folks at Mozilla to get the word out about the latest Firefox release."
Yes, because NPO's(mozilla foundation) are notorious for bribing the media for ethically questionable marketting purposes?
You experience does not a universal truth make. I bought an xbox last january, mostly because it was the most graphically capable console, and after you get bored of halo, the xbox sucks. I bought a gamecube in the summer and haven't played my xbox since then, except for halo2, but that was a huge dissapointment that I stopped playing after 4 days. Maybe I just don't like american style games as much as japanese style, but the xbox just bores me, and the gamecube provides decent entertainment. If your wondering why I have no ps2, well I holding out for the backwards compatability of the PS3:)
Funny, I didn't see anything in the post saying that it was a bad thing to conduct a profitable business, or anything even close. It seemed like it was pointing out the irationality of harboring friendly emotions towards such an entity, with your relationship being merely a consumer.
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What's wrong with getting a new, non-critical application running this way? I don't want to have to write an ebuild to try out a little game or something trivial like that.
Actually, as an actual Gentoo user, it sounds pretty good. It'd be nice to have a variety of gentoo compatable binaries on the net, and easily installeable/removeable ones at that.
Bill Gates calling open source types communists hurts his image in the mainstream press? Oh wait, it doesn't. The average person is infact immature, and expects it somewhat from others, and will sometimes call you elitist is you aren't like them.
Sure, some may argue that people would then not have access to needed apps, but surely giving up the net connection is more of a hinderance than using linux. Are these people just not educated about alternatives to microsoft? Somebody like Mandrakesoft or Lindows should find a way to reach these people, it seems like a growing opertunity for profit.
I actually have a nice DTS receiver and good speakers, and Pro Logic 2 on RE4 isn't too bad, you can still hear zombies behind you.
And what gives you the slightest hint that will happen? Sony had to wield their influence as dominant console to get it, what is microsoft going to do, and what is the incentive for capcom?
I've never once seen speculation that the new Zelda wasn't gonna be on gamecube. As for other big games, mario 128 has been confirmed by nintendo for gamecube, as has a new pokemon for gamecube(although, not known if it'll be 3d rpg greatness, or colliseum craptitude). So that's 3 potential million sellers, more announced than other consoles. Looks like my GC is going to be busier than my PS2 or Xbox this year.
Whew, I'm glad my country has this: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/ . Although it still is full of contradictions and stupid laws(I think it has one part that allows copyright violations to be interperated as treason!). Atleast it's available in one place!
Quite simple really, our society has very little in the way of a mechanism for penalization of assholes, and in many ways in rewards thier behavior. We are mostly animals, and the succesful strategies will get used.
Umm, they've already announced a game being called 'Mario 128' is being made for gamecube right now.
Don't forget the (opium)flowers. Fire Power! Just watch out for all the monsters crawling at you when you take these mushrooms and flowers.
And why not? Me, and my then 10 year old brother learned html in a text editor(this was like 7 years ago). Neither of us had problems, html is mindnumbingly easy to learn the basics of, which is all dreamweaver is good for anyway.
The xbox recieved alot of free marketting in the media and internet because of the modding scene, it was also what made me decide to get it rather than a ps2, which I regret now.
Can a modded GC fit and play mini-dvd's without removing the case?
RE4 isn't 1rst party, it's made by capcom, and nintendo have plenty of good games from other japanese 3rd parties like namco etc. The gamecube is lacking in american 3rd party support though, just as the xbox lacks in japanese 3rd party support, and the ps2 because of it's market dominance has it all. The xbox2 will at most beat nintendo's next gen in america/europe only, and will not beat the ps3, I predict marketshare status quo next gen unless nintendo does something unexpectedly amazing, or sony/MS do something unexpectedly bad.
That "judged" term was in reference to christians, as a belief they sometimes hold that can cause the same societal impact as belief in karma. Maybe I can be more clear. If someone believes in karma, then they may take solice in the belief that people who do bad things to get ahead will have bad things happen to them or whatever, and be complacent, rather than trying to actively do something about the situation.
My personal belief is that IF an all powerful god exists, it is merely a focal point of consciousness of the universe(or existance/ what have you) , and his motivation is some ultimate outcome, perhaps the completion of all possible outcomes occuring in infinetely diverging dimensions, and then the universe coming into a state of completedness, the opposite of it's original state of nothingness. In such a situation, god would have to allow suffering in every possible way, not to mention EVERYTHING in every possible way. That's certainly what I'd be doing if I were god ;)
and some christian beliefs. If you believe that someone will "get what's coming to them" , or will be "judged" or whatever, you yourself and society as a whole may be less likely to be pro-active in ensuring justice, and people who do lots of bad things will get ahead more frequently and easily than good people. It creates a cesspool of successful sociopaths and psychopaths.
Merger perhaps?
Not in this cliche of a "post 9/11 world" . The whole point of the patriot act is to be able to dole out higher punishments than before, and with a very vague definition of what they can punish that way.
What? Really, I think the nuclear deterrent is much more responsible for the current level of protection from hostile nations than are spy sattelites.
Yes, because NPO's(mozilla foundation) are notorious for bribing the media for ethically questionable marketting purposes?
You experience does not a universal truth make. I bought an xbox last january, mostly because it was the most graphically capable console, and after you get bored of halo, the xbox sucks. I bought a gamecube in the summer and haven't played my xbox since then, except for halo2, but that was a huge dissapointment that I stopped playing after 4 days. Maybe I just don't like american style games as much as japanese style, but the xbox just bores me, and the gamecube provides decent entertainment. If your wondering why I have no ps2, well I holding out for the backwards compatability of the PS3 :)
Funny, I didn't see anything in the post saying that it was a bad thing to conduct a profitable business, or anything even close. It seemed like it was pointing out the irationality of harboring friendly emotions towards such an entity, with your relationship being merely a consumer.
Machiavellians, the socially acceptable form of psychopathy/sociopathy .