Sega has filed suit against the Tadpole Galaxy over a trademark dispute involving their Dreamcast logo. Representatives from Sega said... oh... crap. I'm sorry guys, I've got nothin. I have no idea why I can't come up with a zinger with a wonderful setup like this.
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"You guys should have seen the victory dance I was choreographing in between reading the headline and the content."
I was walking past his cube when this happened. He's not in danger of switching careers any time soon.
"ever since this "internet" thing came along I havn't found a use for using my license. Lets make an agreement that the powerline internet gets shut down on field day, cause thats kinda fun.
*eyes widen*...But there hasn't been any link beetween powerline internet and 802.11 performance has there?"
Any Ham Radio Operator knows this isn't off-topic.
The internet is directly responsible for my letting my license expire. Lots of people have a similar story. (For the record, there are more chicks on the net than on Ham Radio.)
"Way to go hams!! Lets sacrifice modern and accessable communication in favor of bouncing radio waves off the atmosphere!"
How exactly is one 'sacrificing modern and accessible communication' by saying "too much interference"? Let's point out a few problems with your comment:
- The existence of broadband internet over powerlilnes is not the issue, it is simply the interference. This is an engineering problem, not a "no you can't have this" problem. Therefore, there is no sacrifice.
- If it interferes with Ham Radio, it also (potentially) interferes with radios used by people you may thank one day, such as firefighters, abulance drivers, police, etc...
- Ham Radio is valuable. Like it or not, it is a freedom that a lot of people enjoy. Incidentally, many lives have been saved by Ham Radio Operators. I personally know a guy who recieved an award for getting paramedics to a guy who needed help. (This was before cell phones became a household item, weigh that as you wish.)
- Powerlines are only 1 method to get internet to the home.
I don't think you were being a troll, but I do think you could have put a few more thought cycles into what you were thinking. I believe the term is knee-jerk reaction.
"However maybe they can reuse the current gamess assets (designs, models, textures) and make it into a 3D adventure game, like Monkey Island or Sam & Max..."
Ugh. Please, no. The 2D artwork is amazing in those games, you'd lose that even on modern 3D hardware.
I think these types of games are due for a comeback any year now. 3D is getting to the point where there aren't going to be any more radical advances. Eventually enough polygons with enough textures with enough lighting effects will be available. Honestly, I think that's happening today. We're getting some brilliant 3D artwork out of today's 3D games, the 3D hardware becoming less and less of a bottleneck. What then? We're going to revert right back to having a good story. I think Episode II (be that Star Wars or the Matrix) has illustrated that.
....especially in the winter. Downtown lights up low hanging clouds and gives us a nice well lit evening. It's really nice when walking at home at 10pm in the evenin. Then again, though, on winter days the sun sets before 5pm.
"Not to mention, I like command line consoles. I guess its just that old style charm. I think I prefer plain old buttons under my fingers too. "
Who said the intention here was to replace every keyboard with it? It's another display / input technology. No need to touch anything so nothing gets worn down. Also, because of the technique used to project it, it has a unique look you can spot rather easily.
It's a new type of doohickey that some places will find useful. Kiosks come to mind. Microsoft's not going to come out with a keyboard based on it and make everybody use it.
I work with NG and what he's saying isn't entirely accurate. There's a fix, but it may involve installing a newer distro to make it work. Doing that could potentially break our software that's in early development. I woulnd't exactly call it fud, but I wouldn't call it 100% accurate either.
It has been a terrible pain in the ass so far, though. This is not the kind of problem we need to run into when we're in our final push to get the product out the door.
- Convenience: If you pay $100 for an OS and the company makes sure it's available in stores and/or on a website with really good bandwidth, then you get more faster. Example? Go to Microsoft.com and download something. When my company had a 7 mbit connection, MS's site was the only one that maxed it out. That's an extreme case, though.
- Support: You can pay a support team to keep you up and running. That's been mentioned, though.
- Development: They want you to keep spending money on them, so they keep doing new things to keep you interesrted.
- Media/Packaging/Manual: Well, you don't want to download again, right? Packaging's not such a big deal, but at least you can keep track of where you can buy it should the need arise. And, face facts, Linux needs a manual. A big one."
That's something Jack Valenti should read. He doesn't understand how the MPAA or RIAA can compete with P2P. "There's no business model that can compete with free." That man has no business sense. By his reasoning, Starbucks would never have attained succes.
"The RIAA doesn't have to make an effort to inform people what they can do. It's in the copyright statutes. Self explanatory."
"...You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything.' But the copyright laws were on display...'
On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.'
`That's the display department.'
`With a torch.'
`Ah, well the lights had probably gone.'
`So had the stairs.'
`But look you found the notice didn't you?'
`Yes,' said Arthur, `yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard".'"
"Should there be an audio FBI warning on your CD? That's just pretty dumb."
Yes. If the RIAA's going to sell music based on the premesis that you cannot re-distribute it even though they play it free on the radio, then they should make sure that it is known you cannot make copies for your friends. There's nothing dumb about informing your customers of what is expected of them. It is dumb, though, to confuse your customers and then call them thieves over it.
I don't agree with NG that the people that started P2P to trade music were oblivious to the legalities of it, but at the same time there are probably millions of people downloading music today that aren't aware that it's illegal under certain circumstances.
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Sega has filed suit against the Tadpole Galaxy over a trademark dispute involving their Dreamcast logo. Representatives from Sega said... oh ... crap. I'm sorry guys, I've got nothin. I have no idea why I can't come up with a zinger with a wonderful setup like this.
"You guys should have seen the victory dance I was choreographing in between reading the headline and the content."
I was walking past his cube when this happened. He's not in danger of switching careers any time soon.
"ever since this "internet" thing came along I havn't found a use for using my license. Lets make an agreement that the powerline internet gets shut down on field day, cause thats kinda fun.
*eyes widen*...But there hasn't been any link beetween powerline internet and 802.11 performance has there?"
Any Ham Radio Operator knows this isn't off-topic.
The internet is directly responsible for my letting my license expire. Lots of people have a similar story. (For the record, there are more chicks on the net than on Ham Radio.)
"Way to go hams!! Lets sacrifice modern and accessable communication in favor of bouncing radio waves off the atmosphere!"
How exactly is one 'sacrificing modern and accessible communication' by saying "too much interference"? Let's point out a few problems with your comment:
- The existence of broadband internet over powerlilnes is not the issue, it is simply the interference. This is an engineering problem, not a "no you can't have this" problem. Therefore, there is no sacrifice.
- If it interferes with Ham Radio, it also (potentially) interferes with radios used by people you may thank one day, such as firefighters, abulance drivers, police, etc...
- Ham Radio is valuable. Like it or not, it is a freedom that a lot of people enjoy. Incidentally, many lives have been saved by Ham Radio Operators. I personally know a guy who recieved an award for getting paramedics to a guy who needed help. (This was before cell phones became a household item, weigh that as you wish.)
- Powerlines are only 1 method to get internet to the home.
I don't think you were being a troll, but I do think you could have put a few more thought cycles into what you were thinking. I believe the term is knee-jerk reaction.
Based on what exactly?
" I can quite comfortably hump a 98lb girl all night ;-)"
;)
Gravity's not exactly a constant in dream land, buddy.
"However maybe they can reuse the current gamess assets (designs, models, textures) and make it into a 3D adventure game, like Monkey Island or Sam & Max..."
Ugh. Please, no. The 2D artwork is amazing in those games, you'd lose that even on modern 3D hardware.
I think these types of games are due for a comeback any year now. 3D is getting to the point where there aren't going to be any more radical advances. Eventually enough polygons with enough textures with enough lighting effects will be available. Honestly, I think that's happening today. We're getting some brilliant 3D artwork out of today's 3D games, the 3D hardware becoming less and less of a bottleneck. What then? We're going to revert right back to having a good story. I think Episode II (be that Star Wars or the Matrix) has illustrated that.
....especially in the winter. Downtown lights up low hanging clouds and gives us a nice well lit evening. It's really nice when walking at home at 10pm in the evenin. Then again, though, on winter days the sun sets before 5pm.
.. I'd spend maybe $200-$300 for a TV and the rest on a sound system + TiVo.
:)
Not sure if that gives you much to think about, but considerations are always good.
"I'd take points off of the Nomad simply because it has Microsoft's proprietary WMA in it. Ish, don't encourage them."
Yeah. These things should support less digital formats.
"I heard they sent shake-down e-mail to Superman, Batman, and Darth Vader just before quitting time today."
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a PLANE!! It's a... wait, that's no moon....
"So you think the Wintrolls at Sun constantly write "MAC sucks" messages to the list"
I personally don't. That's so... 1995.
Overrated? Aww c'mon! BSOD jokes are still modded as funny, and those were virtually gone years ago!
:(
Mine are newer.
Ow! Burned my hand!
"Have you ever used Windows ME?"
They improved market conditions to accept Windows XP.
"SuSE/KDE came damned close to meeting or beating Windows XP. I suspect that "anytime soon" they WILL meet or beat WinXP."
Yeah because MS never improves anything by the next version. *eyeroll*
"Get Rid Of The Retarded K In Front Of Everything And KDE will win." ... provided the test avoids the subject of sound.
"Not to mention, I like command line consoles. I guess its just that old style charm. I think I prefer plain old buttons under my fingers too. "
Who said the intention here was to replace every keyboard with it? It's another display / input technology. No need to touch anything so nothing gets worn down. Also, because of the technique used to project it, it has a unique look you can spot rather easily.
It's a new type of doohickey that some places will find useful. Kiosks come to mind. Microsoft's not going to come out with a keyboard based on it and make everybody use it.
Okay, now I'm curious.
I wish the dude who modded this guy down would have just responded. This is a critical issue for the success of Open Source Development.
I work with NG and what he's saying isn't entirely accurate. There's a fix, but it may involve installing a newer distro to make it work. Doing that could potentially break our software that's in early development. I woulnd't exactly call it fud, but I wouldn't call it 100% accurate either.
It has been a terrible pain in the ass so far, though. This is not the kind of problem we need to run into when we're in our final push to get the product out the door.
That's something Jack Valenti should read. He doesn't understand how the MPAA or RIAA can compete with P2P. "There's no business model that can compete with free." That man has no business sense. By his reasoning, Starbucks would never have attained succes.
...than the work I was doing.
"Nope, but you do have to get your license. To do that, you have to study. Bad argument. Sorry."
NanoGator wins: FATALITY.
"Should there be an audio FBI warning on your CD? That's just pretty dumb."
Yes. If the RIAA's going to sell music based on the premesis that you cannot re-distribute it even though they play it free on the radio, then they should make sure that it is known you cannot make copies for your friends.
There's nothing dumb about informing your customers of what is expected of them. It is dumb, though, to confuse your customers and then call them thieves over it.
I don't agree with NG that the people that started P2P to trade music were oblivious to the legalities of it, but at the same time there are probably millions of people downloading music today that aren't aware that it's illegal under certain circumstances.