You know, this is just going to make for a lazier, fatter MS. Back in the day, they really had to struggle tooth and nail to pulverise a smaller company and devour its juicy fragments. Now, it seems that all it has to do is *say* it's coming out with a "PDF-Killah", Adobe will go bankrupt or something equally stupid, and MS could just be like, "Oh, I guess PDF's aren't so bad, especially now that we now own that format."
If we're going to deal with a grossly incompetent company shipping a majority of the software, let's make that puppy really work it to get some love.
Yar, I'm sure it wasn't the fault of the OS. I mean, GNU/*nixes are great systems, but there is a reason there are college-level courses devoted to learning them. Rome wasn't burned in a day, after all.
Communism is dead, baby. I asked a Chinese Lady if she had ever read Mao's book. No, daddy, she said, nobody reads that book anymore. It's Squaresville.
Yeah... every time I go into any Oriental grocery store, there is always the ubiquitous rack of video tapes with hand-drawn titles in Mandarin or Cantonese, sometimes even Hangul-Ma (but that's Korean, so never mind that).
So, if I want to, I can buy pirated copies of mainland Chinese movies for like 3-5 bucks down at the corner grocery where I by my red bean buns and udong. And, I've been able to do this for at least the last three years.
And China JUST noticed?
Yeah, if they didn't have crypto on it, then Reuters didn't hack anything.
The beef of this whole thing is that the company was tanking, anyway, and I betcha they're using this whole stupid thing as some kind of scapegoat or smokescreen.
Okay, this alleged Alliance is all well and good (or, more probably, unwell and double ungood), but a bunch of TiVo modders could probably grab some codecs and software off of Freshmeat and do a better job than these big, ungainly businesses.
Besides, who really cares what their "standards" are when it will be hacked to pieces within weeks of the boxen actually being released to the public. Encryption keys, ha!! Just grab the old beltsander. Proprietary codecs... didn't the whole DVD industry try that one already??? Didn't hackers already get around that like a mofo?
Aaaahhh, these guys are such jerks, I'm just going to go to bed and dream about monkeys smoking hookahs or something more reasonable.
Why use.doc at all, when a plain-text file could be viewed on any system. Or hell, do it in.html. But the fact of the matter is that most of the people who would really be interested in this document are probably using a flavor of *nix.
People have already proven at least a passive willingness with distributed computing projects. The next obvious step is to donate a little non-profit coding. Plus, this works well as an adjunct to computer recycling programs that benefit "Third Worlds".
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What justification do they have for that exorbitant price tag?
Once upon a time, the military-government-corporate-et cetera complex had ALL the cool toys. Now, they are ripping off tricks that are widely posted by juveline nerdophiles. Now, if the government could only figure out how to clone gold, we could get out of our national debt. Best they go to the nearest MUD forum and get a crack off of some script-kiddies.
Okay, Sierra was working on SQ7, but then they canned it. If you google-search, you should find a team of developers working on an unofficial sequel to SQ. This is not just fans, but some former Sierra programmers.
Also, anyone who complains about there not being any new adventure games need look no further than The Crow's Nest, the Ultimate AGI & SCI site, www.agidev.com , www.agigames.com , www.angelfire.com/games4/failrate , or check out the message board at agiboard.cjb.net . Adventure games still live (The Longest Journey, for example), but the fact is that the enthusiasm for sexy-graphicked fps' has virtually destroyed the US market for logical adventure games with depth and story. The closest you'll get to an old school adventure game will be some weak-assed puzzles stuffed into the most recent Resident Evil sequel.
Booo-yaaah!
I know this may be hard to grasp, but someone seems to have actually given Linux GRAPHICS. In fact, Shrek was made with a server farm that included a whole LOT of Linux boxes. Most commercial companies don't make hot 3-D games for Linux, not because of the weakness of the OS in graphics and sound, but because there isn't a large enough market share. So, to combat this actively, I would suggest that creating a Linux for XBOX, a commercially viable console, and then actually making games that you could put into the XBOX and PLAY!!
Yes, Micro$oft has gone and made themselves a proprietary unit (Like any other console manufacturer), but this also contains an advantage. Structurally, all XBOXES in a particular release are identical. This means that instead of having to create some kind of weird installation for all the bizarre, antiquated machines in my cluster and go through an obnoxious, textual set-up, a Linux kernel could be made that painlessly installed itself onto the XBOX... any XBOX. Micro$oft can combat this by changing the hardware specs or introducing some sort of encryption or garbage like that, but this would lead to overhead costs for their software providers, and any reverse-compatibility problems with a previously purchased game running on a new post-Linux-cripple XBox would only make Mic and Bill all the more unpopular.
In other words, use the platform to make better Linux games that even stoned juveniles can install and play, and you will probably see an overall increase in the use of Linux.
Besides, I'd really like to see a version of Nethack using a Quake III Arena-type engine.
If you're willing to put in a little work and some welding, you could make a pedal car out of two bicycles that would have >=25 mph and an unlimited range.
Of course Wal-Mart is doing this to save money. I've never paid for a copy of Windows in my life. Hell, I thought it was free when I was a kid. So, knock of the MS-tax and lower the overhead.
But, what I'd really like to discuss is a few disturbing items.
A)I've been to walmart.com, and while I found listings for (very reasonably priced) Microtel PCs running Lindows, they don't yet list Mandrake, or at least I couldn't find it.
B)I went to microtel.com, and couldn't find any of their PCs for direct sale. Does anyone know any other outlet to buy OS-less Microtels? Is the only source for these cheap boxes the jack-booted, red-necked repository for right-wing christian bargains? Would I have to support a corporation so thoroughly creepy just to save money?
C)Have you ever seen Wal-Mart employee rallies. At certain stores, they chant and sing at regular intervals. This has nothing to do with Linux, but it's somewhere between hilarious and testicle-shrinking horror.
D)Still, no word as to whether Microtel is the next Acer. Acer, a company that provided insanely cheap computers with tons of software that ran like pre-recall Ford Pintos and were completely UN-upgradable. Many were sold to bored, horny housewives who wanted to do nothing but surf the internet on their AOL accounts. What I'm saying is, the smart buyer will still wait to see what the Microtel bargain PCs performance will be like before committing.
Ppppppbbbbbblllltttt!
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You know, this is just going to make for a lazier, fatter MS. Back in the day, they really had to struggle tooth and nail to pulverise a smaller company and devour its juicy fragments. Now, it seems that all it has to do is *say* it's coming out with a "PDF-Killah", Adobe will go bankrupt or something equally stupid, and MS could just be like, "Oh, I guess PDF's aren't so bad, especially now that we now own that format." If we're going to deal with a grossly incompetent company shipping a majority of the software, let's make that puppy really work it to get some love.
Yar, I'm sure it wasn't the fault of the OS. I mean, GNU/*nixes are great systems, but there is a reason there are college-level courses devoted to learning them. Rome wasn't burned in a day, after all.
Communism is dead, baby. I asked a Chinese Lady if she had ever read Mao's book. No, daddy, she said, nobody reads that book anymore. It's Squaresville.
Yeah... every time I go into any Oriental grocery store, there is always the ubiquitous rack of video tapes with hand-drawn titles in Mandarin or Cantonese, sometimes even Hangul-Ma (but that's Korean, so never mind that). So, if I want to, I can buy pirated copies of mainland Chinese movies for like 3-5 bucks down at the corner grocery where I by my red bean buns and udong. And, I've been able to do this for at least the last three years. And China JUST noticed?
Yeah, if they didn't have crypto on it, then Reuters didn't hack anything. The beef of this whole thing is that the company was tanking, anyway, and I betcha they're using this whole stupid thing as some kind of scapegoat or smokescreen.
Okay, this alleged Alliance is all well and good (or, more probably, unwell and double ungood), but a bunch of TiVo modders could probably grab some codecs and software off of Freshmeat and do a better job than these big, ungainly businesses. Besides, who really cares what their "standards" are when it will be hacked to pieces within weeks of the boxen actually being released to the public. Encryption keys, ha!! Just grab the old beltsander. Proprietary codecs... didn't the whole DVD industry try that one already??? Didn't hackers already get around that like a mofo? Aaaahhh, these guys are such jerks, I'm just going to go to bed and dream about monkeys smoking hookahs or something more reasonable.
Why use .doc at all, when a plain-text file could be viewed on any system. Or hell, do it in .html. But the fact of the matter is that most of the people who would really be interested in this document are probably using a flavor of *nix.
Holy crap, a split second before I posted that bad joke, it had already become redundant!!
I thought Steve Jobs liquidated NEXT and went back to Apple.
I hate you so much right now, it's not even funny.
People have already proven at least a passive willingness with distributed computing projects. The next obvious step is to donate a little non-profit coding. Plus, this works well as an adjunct to computer recycling programs that benefit "Third Worlds".
What justification do they have for that exorbitant price tag?
My sister did the same thing years ago. The duct tape also rips off the protective outer wart covering thing-y.
Once upon a time, the military-government-corporate-et cetera complex had ALL the cool toys. Now, they are ripping off tricks that are widely posted by juveline nerdophiles. Now, if the government could only figure out how to clone gold, we could get out of our national debt. Best they go to the nearest MUD forum and get a crack off of some script-kiddies.
Okay, Sierra was working on SQ7, but then they canned it. If you google-search, you should find a team of developers working on an unofficial sequel to SQ. This is not just fans, but some former Sierra programmers. Also, anyone who complains about there not being any new adventure games need look no further than The Crow's Nest, the Ultimate AGI & SCI site, www.agidev.com , www.agigames.com , www.angelfire.com/games4/failrate , or check out the message board at agiboard.cjb.net . Adventure games still live (The Longest Journey, for example), but the fact is that the enthusiasm for sexy-graphicked fps' has virtually destroyed the US market for logical adventure games with depth and story. The closest you'll get to an old school adventure game will be some weak-assed puzzles stuffed into the most recent Resident Evil sequel. Booo-yaaah!
I know this may be hard to grasp, but someone seems to have actually given Linux GRAPHICS. In fact, Shrek was made with a server farm that included a whole LOT of Linux boxes. Most commercial companies don't make hot 3-D games for Linux, not because of the weakness of the OS in graphics and sound, but because there isn't a large enough market share. So, to combat this actively, I would suggest that creating a Linux for XBOX, a commercially viable console, and then actually making games that you could put into the XBOX and PLAY!! Yes, Micro$oft has gone and made themselves a proprietary unit (Like any other console manufacturer), but this also contains an advantage. Structurally, all XBOXES in a particular release are identical. This means that instead of having to create some kind of weird installation for all the bizarre, antiquated machines in my cluster and go through an obnoxious, textual set-up, a Linux kernel could be made that painlessly installed itself onto the XBOX... any XBOX. Micro$oft can combat this by changing the hardware specs or introducing some sort of encryption or garbage like that, but this would lead to overhead costs for their software providers, and any reverse-compatibility problems with a previously purchased game running on a new post-Linux-cripple XBox would only make Mic and Bill all the more unpopular. In other words, use the platform to make better Linux games that even stoned juveniles can install and play, and you will probably see an overall increase in the use of Linux. Besides, I'd really like to see a version of Nethack using a Quake III Arena-type engine.
If you're willing to put in a little work and some welding, you could make a pedal car out of two bicycles that would have >=25 mph and an unlimited range.
It's true, my old lady's Presario runs so hot that she uses it as a portable heater when she's waiting for the bus during winter in Chicago.
Of course Wal-Mart is doing this to save money. I've never paid for a copy of Windows in my life. Hell, I thought it was free when I was a kid. So, knock of the MS-tax and lower the overhead. But, what I'd really like to discuss is a few disturbing items. A)I've been to walmart.com, and while I found listings for (very reasonably priced) Microtel PCs running Lindows, they don't yet list Mandrake, or at least I couldn't find it. B)I went to microtel.com, and couldn't find any of their PCs for direct sale. Does anyone know any other outlet to buy OS-less Microtels? Is the only source for these cheap boxes the jack-booted, red-necked repository for right-wing christian bargains? Would I have to support a corporation so thoroughly creepy just to save money? C)Have you ever seen Wal-Mart employee rallies. At certain stores, they chant and sing at regular intervals. This has nothing to do with Linux, but it's somewhere between hilarious and testicle-shrinking horror. D)Still, no word as to whether Microtel is the next Acer. Acer, a company that provided insanely cheap computers with tons of software that ran like pre-recall Ford Pintos and were completely UN-upgradable. Many were sold to bored, horny housewives who wanted to do nothing but surf the internet on their AOL accounts. What I'm saying is, the smart buyer will still wait to see what the Microtel bargain PCs performance will be like before committing. Ppppppbbbbbblllltttt!