Yes, and forests naturally need maintainance, considering how badly they were doing before we humans showed up. And to the grandparent, most of the oxygen in air comes from photoplankton.
Uh, your parent didn't mention OS X at all. MkLinux WAS a Linux distribution for Macs that DID use the Mach microkernel. Why don't YOU get it right before going off and flaming people?
Java(TM) is developed by Sun Microsystems. It's hardly open source. In fact, it's developed by one of those commercial companies you attribute "vision" to.
Gnutella was also never open source. Despite its name, Nullsoft only managed to release a closed-source binary before AOL squelched it. The protocol and network themselves are dominated mostly by corporate interests right now.
OpenOffice is actually somewhat less bloaty than StarOffice, which was developed by what? a commercial corporation. In fact, pretty much the only one of your examples of open source failures that wasn't developed by a "commercial company with vision" is Mozilla, which is only heavily influenced by one of the biggest corporations in the world.
You know, that's equivalent to the GPL with a clause allowing closed-source relicensing. It's also very strange, since it explicitly discriminates against open-source developers. Under that license, closed-source derivatives have more freedom than open-source derivatives.
Essentially, you're saying "Do what you like with this code, as long as you don't return it to the community." Before I read it, I thought you might have simply overlooked the fact that closed-source derivatives themselves prevent future closed-source derivatives, but you actually wrote it around that.
Congratulations on writing a license that combines the worst features of the GNU GPL and the BSD license.
Most people got the point that she was a woman from the "bare head" or "leotard/jumpsuit" endings. You only got the bikini after playing through the game as armorless Samus, and if you didn't figure out she was a woman before then, you were blind.
Oh, and way to slip a personal attack into your reply. I didn't call anyone a bigot; why do you suggest that I did?
I'm not saying that Samus is anything but an excellent character. What I'm saying is that this excellent character is treated by the development team like a piece of meat to be awarded to the successful player.
You might want to see a doctor to see if you have a nerve problem in your knee. It's jerking a bit.
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I've always thought that Nintendo's portrayal of Samus Aran has been somewhat disappointing. You have this strong, cool, female character, a fighter, and then you reward the good player withsomefleshshots.
I'll give Nintendo the long hair as a gift; perhaps they have some technology in the future that lets you have long hair in heavy armor. But the premise that your reward for beating the game with this woman is to see her in skimpy clothing is just a bit offensive.
Of course, the Barbie-doll portrayal of Samus, at least in the Metroid Fusion shots, is abhorrent. This is a trained mercenary, for crying out loud! She's single-handedly wiped out entire planets of alien infestations! Why is she built like a goddamned SoCal pop star?
Not that there's anything inherently wrong with a little bit of cheesecake; however, it basically negates the positive effects of having a female protagonist. Porn games have female characters too...
Metroid Prime doesn't have such endgame shots to my knowledge; the better endings simply clue you in more on the plot. This is a good thing, and I hope Nintendo and their future licensees stick to it.
(Note that the 2-4 hour non-100% Metroid Fusion shot is really cool. It makes Samus look attractive and cool but doesn't rely on sex to do it.)
Objective-C isn't garbage-collected nor does it have built-in bounds checking. It wouldn't help in this situation.
What we really need is to start developing everything in Ada!
The GPL applies only to distribution. Nothing but the GPL allows you to distribute software under the GPL. These EULAs, on the other hand, place restrictions on usage. You do not have to accept the GPL to use Linux, or GCC, or AbiWord; you DO have to accept the EULA to use Windows, or VC, or Word. The operative part of "copyright" is "copy" in this case.
The issue is that the law is unreasonably broad. An intelligent person could quite easily interpret it to mean that, for example, picketing strikers are interfering with the commerce of the great state of Oregon and thus must be jailed.
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Yes, and forests naturally need maintainance, considering how badly they were doing before we humans showed up. And to the grandparent, most of the oxygen in air comes from photoplankton.
This is the first time he's mentioned her for a while, actually, so shut up.
You go "eek" when your boyfriend Bubba takes you from behind without asking. You eke out a living by making license plates.
Birds cheep. Shit is cheap.
You have no taste in books, you stupid cunt.
No, you just have to worry about whether you're using compatible DirectX libs or if... well, if 3D acceleration is enabled, actually.
Fucking idiots. They never learn.
Uh, your parent didn't mention OS X at all. MkLinux WAS a Linux distribution for Macs that DID use the Mach microkernel. Why don't YOU get it right before going off and flaming people?
Well, Plan 9 is five trillion times better than MacOS X. Also, I have the best-looking penis in the world.
Isn't making generalizations of personal preferences fun?
Yes.
Java(TM) is developed by Sun Microsystems. It's hardly open source. In fact, it's developed by one of those commercial companies you attribute "vision" to.
Gnutella was also never open source. Despite its name, Nullsoft only managed to release a closed-source binary before AOL squelched it. The protocol and network themselves are dominated mostly by corporate interests right now.
OpenOffice is actually somewhat less bloaty than StarOffice, which was developed by what? a commercial corporation. In fact, pretty much the only one of your examples of open source failures that wasn't developed by a "commercial company with vision" is Mozilla, which is only heavily influenced by one of the biggest corporations in the world.
Apparently you missed that whole "diversity" and "equality" kick that people have been on since the 1960s.
What does Hemos have to do with anything? He didn't even comment on this article.
You know, that's equivalent to the GPL with a clause allowing closed-source relicensing. It's also very strange, since it explicitly discriminates against open-source developers. Under that license, closed-source derivatives have more freedom than open-source derivatives.
Essentially, you're saying "Do what you like with this code, as long as you don't return it to the community." Before I read it, I thought you might have simply overlooked the fact that closed-source derivatives themselves prevent future closed-source derivatives, but you actually wrote it around that.
Congratulations on writing a license that combines the worst features of the GNU GPL and the BSD license.
Most people got the point that she was a woman from the "bare head" or "leotard/jumpsuit" endings. You only got the bikini after playing through the game as armorless Samus, and if you didn't figure out she was a woman before then, you were blind.
Oh, and way to slip a personal attack into your reply. I didn't call anyone a bigot; why do you suggest that I did?
I'm not saying that Samus is anything but an excellent character. What I'm saying is that this excellent character is treated by the development team like a piece of meat to be awarded to the successful player.
You might want to see a doctor to see if you have a nerve problem in your knee. It's jerking a bit.
I've always thought that Nintendo's portrayal of Samus Aran has been somewhat disappointing. You have this strong, cool, female character, a fighter, and then you reward the good player with some flesh shots.
I'll give Nintendo the long hair as a gift; perhaps they have some technology in the future that lets you have long hair in heavy armor. But the premise that your reward for beating the game with this woman is to see her in skimpy clothing is just a bit offensive.
Of course, the Barbie-doll portrayal of Samus, at least in the Metroid Fusion shots, is abhorrent. This is a trained mercenary, for crying out loud! She's single-handedly wiped out entire planets of alien infestations! Why is she built like a goddamned SoCal pop star?
Not that there's anything inherently wrong with a little bit of cheesecake; however, it basically negates the positive effects of having a female protagonist. Porn games have female characters too...
Metroid Prime doesn't have such endgame shots to my knowledge; the better endings simply clue you in more on the plot. This is a good thing, and I hope Nintendo and their future licensees stick to it.
(Note that the 2-4 hour non-100% Metroid Fusion shot is really cool. It makes Samus look attractive and cool but doesn't rely on sex to do it.)
Objective-C isn't garbage-collected nor does it have built-in bounds checking. It wouldn't help in this situation. What we really need is to start developing everything in Ada!
You also should have read the article before commenting on it.
I know, doesn't it work great?
The GPL applies only to distribution. Nothing but the GPL allows you to distribute software under the GPL.
These EULAs, on the other hand, place restrictions on usage. You do not have to accept the GPL to use Linux, or GCC, or AbiWord; you DO have to accept the EULA to use Windows, or VC, or Word.
The operative part of "copyright" is "copy" in this case.
And the sarcasm whizzes by like a Concorde.
Have fun being a slim person with heart disease.
Problem is, Special K tastes like cardboard.
A geek using mIRC? Perish the thought.
Yes, and there were absolutely no corporate bubble-gum bands during the '80s. None at all. Not a one.
The issue is that the law is unreasonably broad. An intelligent person could quite easily interpret it to mean that, for example, picketing strikers are interfering with the commerce of the great state of Oregon and thus must be jailed.