Unless, of course, you are posting them up as a mirror (though I think in this case permission would be a good thing too).
I'd donate mirroring for B. Saints myself, but I think that my meager 8GB bandwidth limit would stuff itself within an hour or two after a good slashdotting.
And not every reviewer is a big fan of every genre, regardless. What review sites need is a "feedback" or "comments" section. As long as you don't get too many trolls, then the users can add their own opinions to the review.
If a reviewer says a game sucks, but isn't a fan of the genre... and then 5-15 people who have played the game and its predecessors rave... I'll check it out.
If a reviewer says a game rocks, but the respondants say he made them waste their money, I'll save my $50.
The matrix is about taking the exciting geeky worlds already shown, adding effects and realism to play with the mind, and give something to thrill not only the geeks by the "normal" masses. A lot of people who have watched the Matrix would (unfortunately for them) snub something like "Ghost in the shell."
And of course, for others, they simply find the most entertainment in this set of matrix clips...
Consultant: One who gives expert or professional advice
In other words, it's the consultant's job to give advice. If they're making a bad decision, it's your job to give them advice as to why it is bad, and/or alternate routes.
If they still do not heed the advice... make sure you have something in writing and then your job is done.
We all do what we can. As nerds, this is what we do - and thus perhaps we should both applaud and assist an effort to rebuild the technological infastructure in Iraq.
However, the optimistic hope that the ISP might be acting purely in the interests of Iraq. Well... you do read slashdot, right? You want to count the cases where seemingly "good intentioned" actions by large businesses go astray?
People can have good intentions. Big businesses, in my experience, most often do not - unless it improves their bottom-line in the process.
Is how anyone can sell off a country's domain to a non-entity in that country. In Canada, at least, I believe that you must have a legitimate business presence in this country in order to have a.ca domain? I could be wrong, but this is what I remember being said about localized domains.
In the case of Slashdot etc. OSDN should have a right to publish your comments. If you submit a story, the editors may modify it. For really really bad comments, it is possible that they could be deleted.
You still own your comments, but OSDN has a right to use, mainly so they don't get sued for quoting/reposting/etc your comments. So unless you're placing plans for your new cold-fusion device on slashdot... it's not such a big deal.
With a bad ISP, they can try to claim rights on anything you pass through the lines. In terms of raw information, this could be a lot more serious than a slashdot post entered in a textbox.
As per this post. You might want to consider what happens if they cut your service after you refuse to pay some hidden charge that has been added to the TOS. You get marked as an unpaying customer, lose service (including connection fees), and quite possibly have your credit-rating damaged. In my case, my ISP is also my phone carrier... so they could be really annoying in my case if they wanted to.
Evil bald guy (RIAA) starts out small... requires "1 Million Dollars" (small fines)... gets laughed at by UN.
Evil bald guy makes correction... inserts pinky into corner of mouth, and asks for "1 Billion Dollars" (big fines, and/or jailtime)... it tends to get a bit more notice.
I'm guessing that initial attempts with the DMCA worked, but the lesser penalties didn't really attract notice. Now that they're asking for "1 billion dollars" (in essence), as well as MS pursueing jailtime for modchips, I expect a lot more notice. Hopefully this will lead to the DCMA being made into toilet paper and being flushed... but in the immediate future I see a fair number of scared people thinking twice about running astray of violations - which is the exact intent of such lawsuits.
However, the sheer amount of money adds to the rediculousness of this case. The only thing that will push it through is if the student bargains down on a guilty plea, or the judge gets a similarly significant amount in anonymous "donation".
I think that over the years we've noticed a steady decrease in the reliability of many consumer products, particularly electronics.
That being said, while some of it is probably corporate cheapness, and another part possibly deliberate shortening of lifespan of products, a lot of this could probably be attributed to miniturization and the increased of technology. Nowadays we're cramming more stuff into less space. Printers are being replaced with MFC's, or with models intended to pump out more, more, and more performance. With an increase in immediate output, I think we can see a decrease in overall lifespan.
Perhaps in asking that our products perform better now, we are limiting how long we can expect them to perform into the future (and this doesn't count ink refills, etc).
I'm assuming then that you don't get any e-cards around holidays. Despite my best precautions somebody always has to go through and send me an e-card from a website.
Yes... that puppy in the Christmas stocking is cute, as is the kitten... but the "girls with animals" emails that follow having my address distributed are somewhat less amusing.
Yes, but if you look at some of the actualitems:
The girl with the sword is marketing. The product actually looks quite decent, and the Techno-Wootz(TM) is impressive as well (see other users' comments for description on this name)
But do you really want to rub off a bunch fo fresh printing ink on your backside? I mean, I'm fairly sure that could leave some interesting coloured streaks that wouldn't be easy to explain.
In particular... I would be rather embarrased if I managed to rub off an ad for "hot Swedish nudes" on my buttocks.
He was selling drugs in your neighbourhood... except the packaging made it very easy to trace back to him home "place of business"
He was writing you "if you want a bigger [insert genetalia of preference], contact me at xyz" - with tire treaders from a motorcycle in your front lawn
He spraypainted "For a good time... get a bigger [again, insert genetalia] Contact xxx at yyy" on the side of your house.
This is spam. It is an abuse. People who engage in fraudulant activities invite such things upon themselves. If all people were reasonable... then perhaps we could only expect an increase in deliveries of "fertilizer" to this guys house... as of yet no spammers have been injured to my knowledge - though many have been tracked down.
While there are legal ramifications for drug dealers, they are often hard to pin down and get away with it. Same with spammers. Would you feel sorry for the drug dealer if some angry citizens felt a need to contact him on his/her acvitivies?
How about the guy that tire-treads on your lawn? Or a graffiti artist? Feel sorry for them?
Spam is the pollution on our internet, the graffiti in our mailboxes. I feel no sorrow for spammers who are being harrassed, as so long as none actually get seriously harmed, I will not (even if they do, I might not, depending on the spammer).
I'm guessing they probably had a few people doing these very things, and being annoying about it. Even with a polite message, I might expect a few people to think they are special and write in anyways (oh... maybe they aren't aware of this one...).
I can sympathize. I run a free server. One of my scripts have some security issues, and a fix to the security problem left it (unknown to me) not functioning properly. An impolite message from a user (a friend, no less) left me wanting to email eveyone reminding them that the service is free to them, but costs me money for the dedicated line and also time.
I refrained this time... but sometime you have to be blunt without sugarcoating.
No kidding. 1000+ Mp3's downloaded from Mp3.com. MP3CD player in my car... I've even bought some CD's from the site, which I would never again do from RIAA-et-al - except when in a "used CD" form.
If these songs were left on my hard drive available to kazaa (some are on the HD, but not in Kazaa), I wonder how long before the RIAA tracked them down to my domain and issued me a cease-and-desist or some other nastygram?
Thankfully the PR0N creators don't seem to hunt down kazaa users... I'm not sure about the ownership on all those files
Which is probably why...
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Duke3d in Linux
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· Score: 5, Insightful
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS:
Tough luck. Do NOT contact us with bug reports at this time. Do NOT contact us if you can't get it to build. Do NOT contact us for copies of the game.
People are already grousing about this and saying it's a fault of open source. But the thing is, they probably have a list of their own planned updates/fixes, and accepting a slew of bug-reports from every linux-newbie who wants to run duke3d would just be distracting from (the above) more important things. I expect they'll accept feedback once we're past the current beta-type stage of coding.
I wonder about some of the original duke3d bugs too. Nothing worse than just about fragging somebody in deathmatch only to get munched by a closing door...
The thing is, patents are a good thing, it's abuse of the system - and its original intent - that is the problem.
Those in power should realize how much of a problem this is, and do something to reform the poor patent system. If the US can't do it, then maybe another country can to set a good example. It's not the idea that's broken: it's the system, and perhaps those using it.
Like anything of good intent, sometimes people need a stern punishment for abusing the process (people in this case being large corporations). No consequences with large gains almost always breeds abuse when money and large (or even small) organizations are involved.
like those doofuses who keep buying DC, PS2 and XBOX emulators for the PC.
It's all a matter of coding. I had some very nice emu's for the playstation. They're still working on them in fact... and one does very much appreciate the "instant save" "instant load" features that many EMUs have. Not to mention that many of the 3d graphics look 10x better on my PC video card... though the scaled 2d sometimes isn't wonderful. If they could get all the FX, then games such as RPG's etc (FF9 played through on an emu) would rock!
I own a PS2, but if a decent PS2 emulator came out for a reasonable cost, I'd probably buy into that too. Of course... no decent emulation for PS2 that I've seen yet, but I'd imagine it will come in the future (probably when PS3 is out)
a) So you'd hit a button to purchase a song... without necessarily checking the price (you're supposed to be driving, remember), and having the system tied to your Visa.
b) You must be thinking of sending the info through wireless somehow... unless you can plug in your car to a jack when you garage it to upload purchases. That's credit-card theft waiting to happen.
c) Why not just have a button that say, tags the last 3 minutes of audio (buffered) for later playback, so you can find the song. Or just a way to get the song info, the download would be easier than uploading a purchase.
d) Any of the above, you'll need to be tuned to a radio broadcaster that sends purchase information.
I don't think music would help cars sell very much, because most auto owners already have songs they like on CD, can listen to radio, and probably listen to only a certain selection of music (under a few hundred worth, which is hardly incentive in comparison to the cost of a car).
However, I remember hearing recently about some US auto dealers that were offering a year's worth of free gas when you buy a new car. Of course, the cars were jags or something like that, not cheap, but a year's free gas is a good incentive - probably a lot more so than music - and especially with the rise in gas prices in the last 6+ months
Slashdot Mirror
Unless, of course, you are posting them up as a mirror (though I think in this case permission would be a good thing too).
I'd donate mirroring for B. Saints myself, but I think that my meager 8GB bandwidth limit would stuff itself within an hour or two after a good slashdotting.
a) Those are the people that the media is focussing on, because it makes the "war" look good
b) What would you do if a bunch of soldiers with guns and tanks were rumbling through your city, give them the finger?
And not every reviewer is a big fan of every genre, regardless. What review sites need is a "feedback" or "comments" section. As long as you don't get too many trolls, then the users can add their own opinions to the review.
If a reviewer says a game sucks, but isn't a fan of the genre... and then 5-15 people who have played the game and its predecessors rave... I'll check it out.
If a reviewer says a game rocks, but the respondants say he made them waste their money, I'll save my $50.
The matrix is about taking the exciting geeky worlds already shown, adding effects and realism to play with the mind, and give something to thrill not only the geeks by the "normal" masses. A lot of people who have watched the Matrix would (unfortunately for them) snub something like "Ghost in the shell."
And of course, for others, they simply find the most entertainment in this set of matrix clips...
Consult, and
Consultant: One who gives expert or professional advice
In other words, it's the consultant's job to give advice. If they're making a bad decision, it's your job to give them advice as to why it is bad, and/or alternate routes.
If they still do not heed the advice... make sure you have something in writing and then your job is done.
We all do what we can. As nerds, this is what we do - and thus perhaps we should both applaud and assist an effort to rebuild the technological infastructure in Iraq.
However, the optimistic hope that the ISP might be acting purely in the interests of Iraq. Well... you do read slashdot, right? You want to count the cases where seemingly "good intentioned" actions by large businesses go astray?
People can have good intentions. Big businesses, in my experience, most often do not - unless it improves their bottom-line in the process.
Is how anyone can sell off a country's domain to a non-entity in that country. In Canada, at least, I believe that you must have a legitimate business presence in this country in order to have a .ca domain? I could be wrong, but this is what I remember being said about localized domains.
In the case of Slashdot etc. OSDN should have a right to publish your comments. If you submit a story, the editors may modify it. For really really bad comments, it is possible that they could be deleted.
You still own your comments, but OSDN has a right to use, mainly so they don't get sued for quoting/reposting/etc your comments. So unless you're placing plans for your new cold-fusion device on slashdot... it's not such a big deal.
With a bad ISP, they can try to claim rights on anything you pass through the lines. In terms of raw information, this could be a lot more serious than a slashdot post entered in a textbox.
As per this post. You might want to consider what happens if they cut your service after you refuse to pay some hidden charge that has been added to the TOS. You get marked as an unpaying customer, lose service (including connection fees), and quite possibly have your credit-rating damaged. In my case, my ISP is also my phone carrier... so they could be really annoying in my case if they wanted to.
Evil bald guy (RIAA) starts out small... requires "1 Million Dollars" (small fines)... gets laughed at by UN.
Evil bald guy makes correction... inserts pinky into corner of mouth, and asks for "1 Billion Dollars" (big fines, and/or jailtime)... it tends to get a bit more notice.
I'm guessing that initial attempts with the DMCA worked, but the lesser penalties didn't really attract notice. Now that they're asking for "1 billion dollars" (in essence), as well as MS pursueing jailtime for modchips, I expect a lot more notice. Hopefully this will lead to the DCMA being made into toilet paper and being flushed... but in the immediate future I see a fair number of scared people thinking twice about running astray of violations - which is the exact intent of such lawsuits.
However, the sheer amount of money adds to the rediculousness of this case. The only thing that will push it through is if the student bargains down on a guilty plea, or the judge gets a similarly significant amount in anonymous "donation".
I think that over the years we've noticed a steady decrease in the reliability of many consumer products, particularly electronics.
That being said, while some of it is probably corporate cheapness, and another part possibly deliberate shortening of lifespan of products, a lot of this could probably be attributed to miniturization and the increased of technology. Nowadays we're cramming more stuff into less space. Printers are being replaced with MFC's, or with models intended to pump out more, more, and more performance. With an increase in immediate output, I think we can see a decrease in overall lifespan.
Perhaps in asking that our products perform better now, we are limiting how long we can expect them to perform into the future (and this doesn't count ink refills, etc).
I'm assuming then that you don't get any e-cards around holidays. Despite my best precautions somebody always has to go through and send me an e-card from a website.
Yes... that puppy in the Christmas stocking is cute, as is the kitten... but the "girls with animals" emails that follow having my address distributed are somewhat less amusing.
Yes, but if you look at some of the actual items:
The girl with the sword is marketing. The product actually looks quite decent, and the Techno-Wootz(TM) is impressive as well (see other users' comments for description on this name)
Hmmm. I wonder how long it will be then until the guys at powerlabs give this one a shot.
Er... probably awhile.
Meanwhilst, they have some pretty cool videos.
But do you really want to rub off a bunch fo fresh printing ink on your backside? I mean, I'm fairly sure that could leave some interesting coloured streaks that wouldn't be easy to explain.
In particular... I would be rather embarrased if I managed to rub off an ad for "hot Swedish nudes" on my buttocks.
He was selling drugs in your neighbourhood... except the packaging made it very easy to trace back to him home "place of business"
He was writing you "if you want a bigger [insert genetalia of preference], contact me at xyz" - with tire treaders from a motorcycle in your front lawn
He spraypainted "For a good time... get a bigger [again, insert genetalia] Contact xxx at yyy" on the side of your house.
This is spam. It is an abuse. People who engage in fraudulant activities invite such things upon themselves. If all people were reasonable... then perhaps we could only expect an increase in deliveries of "fertilizer" to this guys house... as of yet no spammers have been injured to my knowledge - though many have been tracked down.
While there are legal ramifications for drug dealers, they are often hard to pin down and get away with it. Same with spammers. Would you feel sorry for the drug dealer if some angry citizens felt a need to contact him on his/her acvitivies?
How about the guy that tire-treads on your lawn? Or a graffiti artist? Feel sorry for them?
Spam is the pollution on our internet, the graffiti in our mailboxes. I feel no sorrow for spammers who are being harrassed, as so long as none actually get seriously harmed, I will not (even if they do, I might not, depending on the spammer).
I'm guessing they probably had a few people doing these very things, and being annoying about it. Even with a polite message, I might expect a few people to think they are special and write in anyways (oh... maybe they aren't aware of this one...).
I can sympathize. I run a free server. One of my scripts have some security issues, and a fix to the security problem left it (unknown to me) not functioning properly. An impolite message from a user (a friend, no less) left me wanting to email eveyone reminding them that the service is free to them, but costs me money for the dedicated line and also time.
I refrained this time... but sometime you have to be blunt without sugarcoating.
No kidding. 1000+ Mp3's downloaded from Mp3.com. MP3CD player in my car... I've even bought some CD's from the site, which I would never again do from RIAA-et-al - except when in a "used CD" form.
If these songs were left on my hard drive available to kazaa (some are on the HD, but not in Kazaa), I wonder how long before the RIAA tracked them down to my domain and issued me a cease-and-desist or some other nastygram?
Thankfully the PR0N creators don't seem to hunt down kazaa users... I'm not sure about the ownership on all those files
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS:
Tough luck. Do NOT contact us with bug reports at this time. Do NOT contact us if you can't get it to build. Do NOT contact us for copies of the game.
People are already grousing about this and saying it's a fault of open source. But the thing is, they probably have a list of their own planned updates/fixes, and accepting a slew of bug-reports from every linux-newbie who wants to run duke3d would just be distracting from (the above) more important things. I expect they'll accept feedback once we're past the current beta-type stage of coding.
I wonder about some of the original duke3d bugs too. Nothing worse than just about fragging somebody in deathmatch only to get munched by a closing door...
For a joke that had a large portion of /. groaning and annoyed... it certainly is being repeated on a rather common basis.
The strange thing is... some of these references are more amusing than the original April 1 joke...
The thing is, patents are a good thing, it's abuse of the system - and its original intent - that is the problem.
Those in power should realize how much of a problem this is, and do something to reform the poor patent system. If the US can't do it, then maybe another country can to set a good example. It's not the idea that's broken: it's the system, and perhaps those using it.
Like anything of good intent, sometimes people need a stern punishment for abusing the process (people in this case being large corporations). No consequences with large gains almost always breeds abuse when money and large (or even small) organizations are involved.
I had one of these... but I think that the DN3D docs, as well as a few other large ones, were a large contribution to wear on the print-head.
like those doofuses who keep buying DC, PS2 and XBOX emulators for the PC.
It's all a matter of coding. I had some very nice emu's for the playstation. They're still working on them in fact... and one does very much appreciate the "instant save" "instant load" features that many EMUs have. Not to mention that many of the 3d graphics look 10x better on my PC video card... though the scaled 2d sometimes isn't wonderful. If they could get all the FX, then games such as RPG's etc (FF9 played through on an emu) would rock!
I own a PS2, but if a decent PS2 emulator came out for a reasonable cost, I'd probably buy into that too. Of course... no decent emulation for PS2 that I've seen yet, but I'd imagine it will come in the future (probably when PS3 is out)
a) So you'd hit a button to purchase a song... without necessarily checking the price (you're supposed to be driving, remember), and having the system tied to your Visa.
b) You must be thinking of sending the info through wireless somehow... unless you can plug in your car to a jack when you garage it to upload purchases. That's credit-card theft waiting to happen.
c) Why not just have a button that say, tags the last 3 minutes of audio (buffered) for later playback, so you can find the song. Or just a way to get the song info, the download would be easier than uploading a purchase.
d) Any of the above, you'll need to be tuned to a radio broadcaster that sends purchase information.
I don't think music would help cars sell very much, because most auto owners already have songs they like on CD, can listen to radio, and probably listen to only a certain selection of music (under a few hundred worth, which is hardly incentive in comparison to the cost of a car).
However, I remember hearing recently about some US auto dealers that were offering a year's worth of free gas when you buy a new car. Of course, the cars were jags or something like that, not cheap, but a year's free gas is a good incentive - probably a lot more so than music - and especially with the rise in gas prices in the last 6+ months