No, it's... um... Infrastructure Services fault! Yeah, that's it!
Seriously, though, where I work, we actually do create new sites with new technology. However, since our budget comes from other agencies (we "contract" out to them), we don't upgrade old applications until they ask us to.
You forgot to mention that the new 80GB model, the only 80GB model currently sold, doesn't have any backward compatibility because Sony cut the software "to save costs."
Since there are a lot of people jumping on the "this is a violation of free speech!" bandwagon, I'm taking the time to remind everyone what the first amendment says:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
It is a violation of the Constitution for a government agency to have a policy that abridges freedom of speech.
It is? Where in the constitution is that?
If you mean the first amendment, it only mentions one specific government agency:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
No, legislatures should consider anything they receive from the corporations/lobbyists to be spam, because the legislature works for us, not for corporations.
I find that (not trusting other people's code) to be a good thing, no matter what language/platform you are using. I use assembly, C, and C++ for embedded and desktop programming. To the greatest extent possible I write all code myself.
So, you take the time to rewrite things like stdio?
Most Steam games will work without an Internet connection present. Multiplayer games are the exception to this rule. I suppose you could play them without an Internet connection, but it'd be pretty pointless.
That most Steam games wotk without an Internet connection also addresses your "Valve goes out of business?" bit.
I don't know how Steam's account banning works. I also don't know what would happen if Valve gets bought out, although you can block updates to games and Steam itself.
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I'm pretty sure Microsoft coined the term "fast user switching."
Strangely enough, the easiest way to turn it off is to start Disk Defragmenter, uncheck the "Run on a schedule (recommended)" box, then click OK.
Under classic UNIX rules, anything that wants to bind ports 1024 has to run as root, including such ports as SMTP (25), FTP (20/21), etc...
Privilege separation is a relatively recent development.
No, it's... um... Infrastructure Services fault! Yeah, that's it!
Seriously, though, where I work, we actually do create new sites with new technology. However, since our budget comes from other agencies (we "contract" out to them), we don't upgrade old applications until they ask us to.
They also provide the servers, as I recall.
I actually haven't worked there that long.
I don't know about other states, but the State of Michigan has a mix of internal programming teams and contractors.
Disclosure: I work for one of their internal programming teams.
I don't watch much TV either. What few shows I do watch can usually be caught on the networks' websites (or Hulu in the case of CBS/Fox).
If FIOS was available here and the telephone lines weren't ancient, I wouldn't bother with cable at all!
When you start playing WoW, it starts popping up little hint boxes that you can disable.
While not a tutorial, per se, they do explain some common things in the game.
"Yeah, going out of business." -- Janine Melnitz, Ghostbusters.
You forgot to mention that the new 80GB model, the only 80GB model currently sold, doesn't have any backward compatibility because Sony cut the software "to save costs."
Joystiq has a handy-dandy chart comparing the various PS3 models.
"The makers have abandoned the IP (Dungeon Keeper)"
They have? What rock have you been hiding under?
I think both Curse of Monkey Island and Escape From Monkey Island did things like this.
The latter of which even forced you to remember which order you got the items in. :P
iirc, most sane countries (including, surprisingly, the United States) have provisions making it legal to crack defunct DRM schemes.
I don't do much on the sysadmin side, but I too was under the impression that Python was the most popular language for writing tools with.
So, basically this is an upgraded version of Station Exchange, except that it's active on all servers?
Since there are a lot of people jumping on the "this is a violation of free speech!" bandwagon, I'm taking the time to remind everyone what the first amendment says:
Public universities are not part of Congress.
It is? Where in the constitution is that?
If you mean the first amendment, it only mentions one specific government agency:
No, legislatures should consider anything they receive from the corporations/lobbyists to be spam, because the legislature works for us, not for corporations.
While people could be more careful, allowing native code means that things that used to rely on exploits can now run natively instead!
I, for one, do not welcome our net Botnet overlords.
It's a Java system! I know this!
So every mistake made on their website ever is kept around? Mmm, I have a feeling website owners won't be as happy about it as you think.
Weird Science! Weird Science!
She's my creation.... nm
In my experience, in the 90s, if you said "CGI script," people assumed you were talking about Perl.
So, you take the time to rewrite things like stdio?
Even if Valve didn't unlock them, I seem to remember a provision in the DMCA that allows for breaking/bypassing DRM that is no longer supported.
You've never used Steam, I take it?
Most Steam games will work without an Internet connection present. Multiplayer games are the exception to this rule. I suppose you could play them without an Internet connection, but it'd be pretty pointless.
That most Steam games wotk without an Internet connection also addresses your "Valve goes out of business?" bit.
I don't know how Steam's account banning works. I also don't know what would happen if Valve gets bought out, although you can block updates to games and Steam itself.