If that would only be true. Documentation usually lists _intended_ behavior, not actual behavior. When code is self-documenting it is documenting the actual behavior, or at least, partially.
Yep, nothing worse than saying "Who the hell wrote this crap?", running svn blame, and then realizing that I did.
I had that a couple of times, but I was never able to find the person with that userid. But know I know it's you. Stop messing up the code in my projects!
Looks like I need a larger monitor with a higher resolution just to tone down the large user interface and get my screen estate back. What's the use of a 1280x1024 resolution if you only get to use 800x600 of it, with reset wasted to larger buttons and filler.
It is not interesting if you can be sued (as mentioned by others, you always can be).
There are two questions that should be answerd: 1) is it right or wrong? 2) is it legal or illegal?
If 1 and 2 give different answers than the law should be updated. Lawsuits often don't answer any of the questions (which is actually a very bad thing). Of course answering question 1 is the tough one.
Actually.. yes the nav screen was a bug in the first fixed executables. But the weapon overheating problem is a bug in mass effect. Even with the original executables I had that problem, and not just with the final fight, with every fight. The first patch didn't solve the problem either.
For Mass Effect there are fixed executables. Also taking into account that Mass Effect is offline only, it makes an acceptable purchase. Of course don't forget to vent your frustration about the DRM on Bioware's forum (they read that), including that you had to fix their game with an official patch. (PS, don't bother installing the patch, it doesn't fix much, in only breaks more (yay for updated DRM) >:( )
Same thing with BioShock, bought it after it was properly fixed. Even managed to get one of those special editions with that big daddy figure. Buying games much later also gets you a nice discount:)
But as for Spore, it apparently has an important online part. Making unofficial game fixes more difficult.
But I still don't get it. If the crack version was online 3 days before the game was available in the stores. You should get a clue that the DRM clearly failed. So, why continue annoying the people that actually want to pay for your product. People can't be that retarded... well, apparently they can.
According to the linked wikipedia article the Rio PMP300 was the first successful one (the fist portable digital media player was the MPMan F10). I took Apple 3 years to come with the iPod.
Are we talking about sysadmins, application developers, support staff, programmers, testers, system analysts, etc.?
if Hollywood writers can organize effectively
That's because it's only a specific selection of writers. It's not like there's a union for all writers (fiction authors, non-fiction authors, columnists, manual authors, speech writers, journalists, etc.).
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It's not like it is getting cheaper for the earlier adopters to convert.
RMS' "The Right to Play [a game]":
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
just s/Book/Game/ and you're there :p
For coders, at least.
If that would only be true. Documentation usually lists _intended_ behavior, not actual behavior. When code is self-documenting it is documenting the actual behavior, or at least, partially.
Yep, nothing worse than saying "Who the hell wrote this crap?", running svn blame, and then realizing that I did.
I had that a couple of times, but I was never able to find the person with that userid. But know I know it's you.
Stop messing up the code in my projects!
Looks like I need a larger monitor with a higher resolution just to tone down the large user interface and get my screen estate back. What's the use of a 1280x1024 resolution if you only get to use 800x600 of it, with reset wasted to larger buttons and filler.
They should be glad they weren't robbed using Chuck Norris as weapon of mass and total destruction.
vi vs. emacs argument?!
Come on... how is this an argument. Emacs is clearly superior.
People pay for Windows?
Yes, almost every time I use it.
That's the movie script I was working on.
I have a song in my head, and I think the copyright police are on to me. I need a good hiding spot.
It is not interesting if you can be sued (as mentioned by others, you always can be).
There are two questions that should be answerd:
1) is it right or wrong?
2) is it legal or illegal?
If 1 and 2 give different answers than the law should be updated.
Lawsuits often don't answer any of the questions (which is actually a very bad thing).
Of course answering question 1 is the tough one.
Yep... chess is quite racist.
White always gets to begin, it's not fair to the black pieces at all.
Isn't that caused by the fact that those virtual world avatars are controlled by people in the real world?
http://www.poppeeper.com/
It's gratis and works with POP3, IMAP, and a lot of webmail clients. (Windows only, but very small)
But there are more than enough other tray applications that have similar features.
Actually.. yes the nav screen was a bug in the first fixed executables. But the weapon overheating problem is a bug in mass effect. Even with the original executables I had that problem, and not just with the final fight, with every fight. The first patch didn't solve the problem either.
For Mass Effect there are fixed executables. Also taking into account that Mass Effect is offline only, it makes an acceptable purchase. Of course don't forget to vent your frustration about the DRM on Bioware's forum (they read that), including that you had to fix their game with an official patch. (PS, don't bother installing the patch, it doesn't fix much, in only breaks more (yay for updated DRM) >:( )
Same thing with BioShock, bought it after it was properly fixed. Even managed to get one of those special editions with that big daddy figure. Buying games much later also gets you a nice discount :)
But as for Spore, it apparently has an important online part. Making unofficial game fixes more difficult.
But I still don't get it. If the crack version was online 3 days before the game was available in the stores. You should get a clue that the DRM clearly failed. So, why continue annoying the people that actually want to pay for your product. People can't be that retarded... well, apparently they can.
According to the linked wikipedia article the Rio PMP300 was the first successful one (the fist portable digital media player was the MPMan F10). I took Apple 3 years to come with the iPod.
What figures did you give him?
And maybe even more important, where they still in their original packaging?
Are we talking about sysadmins, application developers, support staff, programmers, testers, system analysts, etc.?
That's because it's only a specific selection of writers. It's not like there's a union for all writers (fiction authors, non-fiction authors, columnists, manual authors, speech writers, journalists, etc.).
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Frustration should be zero
Challenge should be non-zero
Frustration is a bad thing, you don't want bad things in games (except for the villains).
He was referring to Australia, you know, that country down under.
You forget that DRM is often the choice of the publishers and not the developer.
Language | Has a "p" in it's name
PHP | yes
Perl | yes
Tcl | no
Python | yes
Ruby | no
Javascript | yes
That's not really "open" if you ask me.