Before I go any farther, I'm going to note that I was a big Sony supporter during the last two generations.
You want my opinion? The PS3 is too expensive. I'm not going to buy it... not until it has a drastic price cut. Say 50% or more.
The major difference between Nintendo and Sony in that case is that the PS3 is backwards compatible with PS2 games.
So it's not just based on reputation, it's based on an "upgrade" type mentality.
You're right, the Wii won't play PS2 games. It will, however, play Gamecube games. Oh, and the virtual console system will have titles from the NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, and Turbo-Grafx 16. The catch is that you will have to purchase these titles from the online store.
Sony is planning on having something like this for PS1 games, but as far as I've seen, no details are yet available. Yes, I'm aware that downloadable games are something pioneered by the X-Box 360 (well, not really, but the Satellaview system never hit North America).
There's also a problem with the PS3 not being 100% backwards compatible. I've already seen a note on their site that one of my PS1 games, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, is listed as having compatibility problems.
Another problem: The PS3 doesn't have PS1/PS2 memory card slots built in. I can't play my games without copying data from my memory cards to the PS3's hard drive using a special adapter, which does not appear to be shipped with the PS3. That's a major roadblock for backwards compatibility. I like memory cards because they're portable. Who knows, maybe I'm the only person who sees this as an issue, but I doubt it.
The first draft of my comment actually mentioned Xenix, but since AT&T probably wrote the code for it, I decided it wasn't really on topic and expunged it.
Was not Linux preemptive multitasking before Windows, POP3, SMTP/sendmail, DNS/BIND, Kerberos, telnet, ftp, http, ssl, TCP/IP itself, and probably more.
This is also the wrong thing to ask. Linux is just the kernel. The only ones that apply to the kernel here are preemptive multitasking and TCP/IP. Everything else is user space.
OS/2, an operating system that Microsoft had a heavy hand in, supported preemptive multitasking as early as version 1. That was released in December 1987, 3+ years before Linus announced Linux in Usenet. So, while not in Windows first, Microsoft has done work on a preemptive multitasking OS prior to Linux's release.
Is Linux's preemptive multitasking based on OS/2's? Probably not.
Both Linux and Windows borrowed their early TCP/IP stacks from BSD. Now, I'm not saying that their current implementations are based on them, but BSD TCP/IP was the reference implementation at the time and freely available to everyone, so long as the copyright attribute was not removed from the source code (See Also: BSD License).
Are either TCP/IP stack still based heavily on BSD's? Probably not. Advances in the protocol stack (QoS, CIDR, VPN) and related protocols (RIP) have forced changes to the network stack over the years. This is ignoring the advent of IPv6, which is <sarcasm>sure to pick up steam any year now!</sarcasm>
Is it just me, or is there a difference between these two?
As I understand it, a contract is an agreement drawn up between two parties giving one or both parties permission to do something in exchange for something else. Termination of a contract usually has serious repercussions, normally spelled out within the contract.
A license, on the other hand, grants permission for the licensee to do something until it is revoked by the licensor. Hence why the state of Michigan could revoke my Driver's License if it thinks I'm driving badly.
Hence the license to distribute JMRI could be revoked by the JMRI group and normal copyright rules resume.
Chris: Compatibility with IE is something we look very seriously at (in all areas, not just the DOM API) and in the obvious cases where there's no specification (de facto or "standard") that dictates what the right thing is -- we do our best to match IE's behavior.
Actually, you reminded me that I forgot to mention that XP introduced Fast User Switching, improved wireless network switching, Windows Messenger (read: MSN Messenger), and the.NET framework. Oops.
Here's a summary of what changed between various versions of Windows, also taking into account that Windows 2000 is in a different product line than Windows 95/98/ME.
Home: 1995 - Windows 95 - New Windows GUI, new API, Plug and Play. Device Drivers are implemented directly in Windows instead of in DOS. 1997 - Windows 95b - Preliminary USB and FAT32 support, not available in stores 1998 - Windows 98 - USB and FAT32 support in mainstream. Unlike Windows 95, supports drives larger than 32GB. First version to include IE as a core component. 1999 - Windows 98SE - Windows 98 with a service pack. Seriously, there's no reason to buy it if you already have 98 as the updates are already on Windows Update. 2000 - Windows ME - Windows 98, but crashier thanks to the weirdness that was ME's System Restore. Tries to hide DOS and claim it isn't there, even though it is. Was quickly replaced by Windows XP. 2001 - Windows XP - Finally uses the Windows NT kernel. DOS dependence is gone. Much more stable than 98 or ME. First truly multi-user home version of Windows. System Restore actually kind of works, although I personally don't trust it.
Business: 1996 - Windows NT4 - First version of Windows NT to use the 95 GUI. Still no PnP support, though. 1996-1999 - Various NT4 Service Packs. No idea what they contained, I never used NT4. 1999 - Windows 2000 - Significant upgrades to the way NTFS and drivers work. PnP finally supported (and the crowds rejoiced). 2001 - Windows 2000 SP2 - Something major must have changed, because all modern software that runs on Windows 2000 requires SP2. 2001 - Windows XP - Windows 2000 with a new GUI and changes to the default IDE driver. ASPI is conspicuously absent, breaking CD Writing software that worked fine under 2000.
Other updates not mentioned above include Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 (added support for larger ATA addressing to get around the ATA 137GB bug)
Here are some of my favorite levels, in no particular order. Unreal Tournament - CTF Facing Worlds This is a classic CTF level that scales to large populations quite well. With enough people, you end up having "sniper wars" trying to take out the other team's snipers at the two sniper levels on the towers... so that they don't take out your players.
There was a "Special Edition" of this map that moves all the spawn points behind the towers, as well as a sequel that wasn't quite as good as the original.
Duke Nukem 3D - Rabid Transit Duke had lots of fun levels, this one just happens to be fun for multiplayer because of the subway running around the zone.
Super Mario Bros 3. - World 7 Fortress One of the fortresses in World 7 is this huge, abandoned fortress... however, the exits are hidden. One of the P blocks in this stage turns the entire first room into coins, which is lots of fun to collect... even if you do miss your chance to go through the blue door that only appears when it's active.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Hydrocity Both Acts of Hydrocity have some fun parts, such as running along the top of water or outrunning a wall coming to crush you... while underwater.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Pipe Plaza My friends love this multiplayer arena. It's great because you can launch surprise attacks on people by jumping from the upper level to the lower one.
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages - lvl 6. Mermaid Grotto Mermaid Grotto is interesting because you have to solve puzzles in both the past and present in order to reach the end of the dungeon. Your actions in the past affect the present.
Day of the Tentacle - Future (2193AD) Purple Tentacle has taken over the world and turned the humans into pets. Need I say more?
Oh well, I could think of more, I'm sure, but I'm outta time.
After it downloads the IE7 update, regardless of how many other updates you install, it pops up a window. So, in this instance, the article or wherever you got that is correct.
The law says when a company has a monopoly, they can't make the purchase of a second product (from a separate market) contingent on the purchase of their monopolized product.
Emphasis mine.
This scenario is exactly the opposite of what you just described. They're giving something away for free, not requiring you to purchase it to run your machine. OEMs like Dell and HP are free to install other web browsers before shipping computers. Some, in fact, do just that.
If you wanted to be fair, you'd also have to go after Apple for shipping Safari with OSX, KDE e.V. for shipping Konqueuer with KDE, and GNU for shipping Epiphany* with Gnome.
Yes, the latter two aren't OSes, but they are graphical user environments, which ship standard with a web browser and email client.
*Actually, this is an assumption on my part, because I can't stand GNOME and never use it. However, epiphany is a GNOME project and listed in their wiki for GNOME Desktop modules.
Of course, I know a lot of people who use it and won't switch, so I still use the AIM protocol.
Thanks to people I know using different networks (and the official AIM client's ads), I now use GAIM. I'm connected to AIM, MSN, and YIM right now, with GTalk and ICQ also configured for it. I don't use GTalk simply because I don't know anyone who uses it... not even those with GMail accounts.
ICQ is turned off because ICQ only does spam filtering on the client side... and GAIM doesn't appear to have it built in. With a 6 digit UIN, you appear fairly early in the number set, so I was getting at least 4 spam messages a day, usually more.
As I read the regulations, if perfectly legal for me to contract a special messenger to deliver private mail. In fact, it's written into Title 18, Part I, Chapter 83, section 1696(c).
Post Office Publication 542 (pdf) makes repeated mention to Title 39, mostly in Chapter 3 (which is all sections starting with 3xx). You will notice that the US Code site does not list Chapter 3. Since I can not find reference to them, I'm forced to assume one of three things: 1. they've been repealed 2. they've been updated somewhere 3. the government is intentionally hiding them
It's really hard to follow the laws if you can't read what they are, and I mistrust an organization who can only claim (same pdf as before) things in their favor while pointing to legislation now purged from the lawbooks to back it up.
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According to OSX Intel, it's a TPM chip that makes it a Mac.
You want my opinion? The PS3 is too expensive. I'm not going to buy it... not until it has a drastic price cut. Say 50% or more.
You're right, the Wii won't play PS2 games. It will, however, play Gamecube games. Oh, and the virtual console system will have titles from the NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, and Turbo-Grafx 16. The catch is that you will have to purchase these titles from the online store.
Sony is planning on having something like this for PS1 games, but as far as I've seen, no details are yet available. Yes, I'm aware that downloadable games are something pioneered by the X-Box 360 (well, not really, but the Satellaview system never hit North America).
There's also a problem with the PS3 not being 100% backwards compatible. I've already seen a note on their site that one of my PS1 games, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, is listed as having compatibility problems.
Another problem: The PS3 doesn't have PS1/PS2 memory card slots built in. I can't play my games without copying data from my memory cards to the PS3's hard drive using a special adapter, which does not appear to be shipped with the PS3. That's a major roadblock for backwards compatibility. I like memory cards because they're portable. Who knows, maybe I'm the only person who sees this as an issue, but I doubt it.
The first draft of my comment actually mentioned Xenix, but since AT&T probably wrote the code for it, I decided it wasn't really on topic and expunged it.
This is also the wrong thing to ask. Linux is just the kernel. The only ones that apply to the kernel here are preemptive multitasking and TCP/IP. Everything else is user space.
OS/2, an operating system that Microsoft had a heavy hand in, supported preemptive multitasking as early as version 1. That was released in December 1987, 3+ years before Linus announced Linux in Usenet. So, while not in Windows first, Microsoft has done work on a preemptive multitasking OS prior to Linux's release.
Is Linux's preemptive multitasking based on OS/2's? Probably not.
Both Linux and Windows borrowed their early TCP/IP stacks from BSD. Now, I'm not saying that their current implementations are based on them, but BSD TCP/IP was the reference implementation at the time and freely available to everyone, so long as the copyright attribute was not removed from the source code (See Also: BSD License).
Are either TCP/IP stack still based heavily on BSD's? Probably not. Advances in the protocol stack (QoS, CIDR, VPN) and related protocols (RIP) have forced changes to the network stack over the years. This is ignoring the advent of IPv6, which is <sarcasm>sure to pick up steam any year now!</sarcasm>
So have the letters "Nintendo" in case you've forgotten. That still didn't save the N64 or Gamecube.
I'd apply for a patent on the hammer, wait 3-5 years for the patent to be approved, then sue you for it.
Are you sure that automation still works in IE7?
Yes, that sounds about right for the length of time a story spends in Slashdot's story queue.
Is it just me, or is there a difference between these two?
As I understand it, a contract is an agreement drawn up between two parties giving one or both parties permission to do something in exchange for something else. Termination of a contract usually has serious repercussions, normally spelled out within the contract.
A license, on the other hand, grants permission for the licensee to do something until it is revoked by the licensor. Hence why the state of Michigan could revoke my Driver's License if it thinks I'm driving badly.
Hence the license to distribute JMRI could be revoked by the JMRI group and normal copyright rules resume.
Someone made a typo in the source code. It's supposed to be leaning to the right. Or maybe that was Diebold's software.
People still write? When I want a k on a piece of paper, I hit the key between j and l.
Yes, because compatibility is a major concern.
Actually, you reminded me that I forgot to mention that XP introduced Fast User Switching, improved wireless network switching, Windows Messenger (read: MSN Messenger), and the .NET framework. Oops.
Here's a summary of what changed between various versions of Windows, also taking into account that Windows 2000 is in a different product line than Windows 95/98/ME.
Home:
1995 - Windows 95 - New Windows GUI, new API, Plug and Play. Device Drivers are implemented directly in Windows instead of in DOS.
1997 - Windows 95b - Preliminary USB and FAT32 support, not available in stores
1998 - Windows 98 - USB and FAT32 support in mainstream. Unlike Windows 95, supports drives larger than 32GB. First version to include IE as a core component.
1999 - Windows 98SE - Windows 98 with a service pack. Seriously, there's no reason to buy it if you already have 98 as the updates are already on Windows Update.
2000 - Windows ME - Windows 98, but crashier thanks to the weirdness that was ME's System Restore. Tries to hide DOS and claim it isn't there, even though it is. Was quickly replaced by Windows XP.
2001 - Windows XP - Finally uses the Windows NT kernel. DOS dependence is gone. Much more stable than 98 or ME. First truly multi-user home version of Windows. System Restore actually kind of works, although I personally don't trust it.
Business:
1996 - Windows NT4 - First version of Windows NT to use the 95 GUI. Still no PnP support, though.
1996-1999 - Various NT4 Service Packs. No idea what they contained, I never used NT4.
1999 - Windows 2000 - Significant upgrades to the way NTFS and drivers work. PnP finally supported (and the crowds rejoiced).
2001 - Windows 2000 SP2 - Something major must have changed, because all modern software that runs on Windows 2000 requires SP2.
2001 - Windows XP - Windows 2000 with a new GUI and changes to the default IDE driver. ASPI is conspicuously absent, breaking CD Writing software that worked fine under 2000.
Other updates not mentioned above include Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 (added support for larger ATA addressing to get around the ATA 137GB bug)
You had to write down numbers?
<3 DHCP
Here are some of my favorite levels, in no particular order.
Unreal Tournament - CTF Facing Worlds
This is a classic CTF level that scales to large populations quite well. With enough people, you end up having "sniper wars" trying to take out the other team's snipers at the two sniper levels on the towers... so that they don't take out your players.
There was a "Special Edition" of this map that moves all the spawn points behind the towers, as well as a sequel that wasn't quite as good as the original.
Duke Nukem 3D - Rabid Transit
Duke had lots of fun levels, this one just happens to be fun for multiplayer because of the subway running around the zone.
Super Mario Bros 3. - World 7 Fortress
One of the fortresses in World 7 is this huge, abandoned fortress... however, the exits are hidden. One of the P blocks in this stage turns the entire first room into coins, which is lots of fun to collect... even if you do miss your chance to go through the blue door that only appears when it's active.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Hydrocity
Both Acts of Hydrocity have some fun parts, such as running along the top of water or outrunning a wall coming to crush you... while underwater.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Pipe Plaza
My friends love this multiplayer arena. It's great because you can launch surprise attacks on people by jumping from the upper level to the lower one.
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages - lvl 6. Mermaid Grotto
Mermaid Grotto is interesting because you have to solve puzzles in both the past and present in order to reach the end of the dungeon. Your actions in the past affect the present.
Day of the Tentacle - Future (2193AD)
Purple Tentacle has taken over the world and turned the humans into pets. Need I say more?
Oh well, I could think of more, I'm sure, but I'm outta time.
True, the only real change from Windows/286 to Windows/386 was the memory mode that the kernel ran in, as far as I know.
After it downloads the IE7 update, regardless of how many other updates you install, it pops up a window. So, in this instance, the article or wherever you got that is correct.
There were two versions of Windows 2.0. Want to guess their names?
1. Windows/286
2. Windows/386
Emphasis mine.
This scenario is exactly the opposite of what you just described. They're giving something away for free, not requiring you to purchase it to run your machine. OEMs like Dell and HP are free to install other web browsers before shipping computers. Some, in fact, do just that.
If you wanted to be fair, you'd also have to go after Apple for shipping Safari with OSX, KDE e.V. for shipping Konqueuer with KDE, and GNU for shipping Epiphany* with Gnome.
Yes, the latter two aren't OSes, but they are graphical user environments, which ship standard with a web browser and email client.
*Actually, this is an assumption on my part, because I can't stand GNOME and never use it. However, epiphany is a GNOME project and listed in their wiki for GNOME Desktop modules.
Not surprisingly, Opera has this feature.
If you want to edit it for the current site, it's Tools, Quick Preferences (F12), Edit site preferences...
If you want to edit a site you're not visiting, it's in Tools, Preferences (Ctrl-F12), Advanced, Content, Manage site preferences..., Add.
Java and plugins are on the Content tab, Javascript is on the Scripts tab.
That quote looks funny. Maybe because it's actually
Which is wrong... in specific circumstances.
AIM Chat is bloated and full of ads.
Of course, I know a lot of people who use it and won't switch, so I still use the AIM protocol.
Thanks to people I know using different networks (and the official AIM client's ads), I now use GAIM. I'm connected to AIM, MSN, and YIM right now, with GTalk and ICQ also configured for it. I don't use GTalk simply because I don't know anyone who uses it... not even those with GMail accounts.
ICQ is turned off because ICQ only does spam filtering on the client side... and GAIM doesn't appear to have it built in. With a 6 digit UIN, you appear fairly early in the number set, so I was getting at least 4 spam messages a day, usually more.
As I read the regulations, if perfectly legal for me to contract a special messenger to deliver private mail. In fact, it's written into Title 18, Part I, Chapter 83, section 1696(c).
Post Office Publication 542 (pdf) makes repeated mention to Title 39, mostly in Chapter 3 (which is all sections starting with 3xx). You will notice that the US Code site does not list Chapter 3. Since I can not find reference to them, I'm forced to assume one of three things:
1. they've been repealed
2. they've been updated somewhere
3. the government is intentionally hiding them
It's really hard to follow the laws if you can't read what they are, and I mistrust an organization who can only claim (same pdf as before) things in their favor while pointing to legislation now purged from the lawbooks to back it up.
It is? Would you care to point out to me what law says that?
It was the telegraph that caused the Pony Express to go under, not a law.