With all due respect I think your theories are a bit off.
"I'm assuming that users of Linux access the Internet in general and Google in particular just as much, if not more so, than users of other operating systems."
For statistical analysis, no assumptions can be made. First to assume that Linux users only access the internet via Linux is a bit off. I'm at work and have to use what I am provided. MS W2K. Next, to say that any one group of people are drawn to a certain search engine just because they happen to use a certain OS is another leap.
Next, by MS' own numbers, the number of installed 98se machines still far out numbers XP, yet when I look at the google stats, they have XP at 47pct while SE sits at 22 pct.
Next, looking at the browser numbers again leads me to believe things are a bit off. IE 6 is ever climbing while everything else is either unchanged or dropping. Yet all figures from Mozilla.org show record numbers of d/l for all their varients. Are people trying then deleting? Have they installed but are not using? Are they using the Opera "look like IE" feature? There are too many unanswered questions to draw any real conclusions other then MS IE is the predominent browser, which isn't a news flash.
You mentioned that Linux newsgroups have remained constant. That may be so but the three forums that I read and the two IRC areas I frequent have seen nothing but an increase in the last year. One forum went from less then 500 to close to 2000 in about 9 months time. With DistroWatch showing more then 500 unique active distros, could it be that the new people are using non-newsgroup avenues to find information? I'll repeat, I don't know since no has any real numbers on exactly what is going on.
I will end with this final thought. If Linux is exactly what you say it is, a mere 1% of the market, then why is MS spending so much PR time on them?
You said "I can't see any growth in Linux desktop usage over the past three years after a period of rapid growth."
I think everyone on both sides of this argument agree its nearly impossible to "count" how many Linux/BSD are out there given you can just d/l the source. Add to that, even if you pay for one, say Suse box, it could be loaded onto 1000 machines and no one would ever know. Plus no one is subtracting the MS or X installs when someone wipes the HD and installs Linux.
If you could point to something I could read that has found a way to count installed Linux machines, I would be very interested in reading it.
To begin, if you enjoy using Opera by all means don't change. Opera is a very good browser with some very good features. I tried it, an use it to test my site dev given its adherence to web standards.
My main browser is Firefox/Firebird/BigBird/Bird/etc etc. I install one of the smallest icon themes I can find, hide both of the toolbars, and place all the needed buttons on one horizontal. I then install mouse gestures, ADblock and Click to view flash and RSS reader. I have a very large screen area, IMHO, far bigger then Opera, and only the features I need.
But as I said, Opera is still one very good product.
I must be the only one who is enjoying this new series judging from all the comments I see posted. Maybe I'm just happy to have ST on TV. Who knows. So yes if its cancelled I will miss it. (granted Spike TV still runs STNG) Speaking of, is it equal to NG, sometimes yes sometimes no. Lets not forget that the first few seasons of NG weren't all great.
To be honest I hated Voyager and skipped the middle seasons to DS9. But once DS9 got to the Voltra, Gem-hadar, Changeling, Klingon, story line I liked it. (btw: I know I messed up the spelling bad on all those names, sorry)
"There are better sci-fi shows out there: Bablylon 5, Farscape, Stargate SG-1, to name a few."
As for your statement above, again I must be in the minority because I couldn't stand B5 and hated Far, but I do like SG.
So yes I agree, once DS9 ended, Voyager should have never been made, but IMHO Enterprise needs to at least finish their story. I've come this far and would like to know the ending.
Along the same lines I found this one day. Its not one unit but they have taken 5.1 and "molded" it into just 3 "enclosures." And it does appear to be using DSP trickery to "simulate" the full spk set. I haven't heard them play but the idea of "Less is more" seems to be spreading.
IMHO, I think you are partially correct. I just don't see things like sports(not to mention the American centric problem that exists), cartoons and small market shows being stored. Classic sports network, never really pulls in the big ratings no matter what they play and that's free. Plus its been out for quite some time and people like me have already recorded the "must" haves. And if you look at the numbers, the current pay per view system doesn't even beat Blockbuster(except for adult content).
If you are completely correct, life will suck. I guess only time will tell. Thanks for your reply.
I am a big fan of Formula 1 but I am also an early to bed early to rise kinda guy. I.e. I record all the races for later viewing. (Along with the WRC.) Bernie E, the "ruler" of F1 has repeatedly made the statement of "I'm glad people can record the races, if not, our viewership would drop dramatically given its world wide audience."
I have even contacted SpeedTV to get rebroadcasts times changed (ok more of a single person request) and in each an every case, they have told me to just record the late night airing.
As for being forced to watch in real time, I don't think that will ever happen given the time zone issue. But I do think regular TV will move to a HBO type format where the same movie is played 3 or 4 times during the course of the day. IMHO, I wouldn't be suprised if that's what starts happening.
Can't record Lettermen? You don't need to, we'll re-air it at 12 and 5 the next day.
While your posting does sorta fit the off-topic category, I must applaud your stand. My family is strongly considering a move close to yours. Our cable bill is over $40 now and to be perfectly honest, we are lucky if we watch 10 out of the 40-50 channels that are provided on a regular basis. We are very close to pulling the plug and saving the $400+ a year.
We would still enjoy local sporting events when televised (can you say rabbit ears), and movies but the rest is really unneeded.
I totally agree with your statement regarding property. But property is not being traded online.
We are talking about copyright infringement. There is no theft. Theft only applies to an object, such as a cd.
If I were to steal a cd from a store, that would be theft. Plain and simple. If I were to sneak into your house and make a copy of one of your Cds, what have you lost? Nothing. No property was taken.
As for me getting to preview VH, I'm thankful for that, given the number of CDs that are a complete waste. Funny how you can return almost everything in life, including a car (lemon law) but you cannot return a CD. At most you'll get to preview 2 songs from the radio.
On the note of CDs, you do realize that for every blank Cd you buy, a portion of the price goes to the music industry. I go thru a good number at work and they are never used for music. I wish I could have that money back. To me they are stealing from me.
To begin, on the surface, I agree with most of what you say but there are some "other" things going on here that need to be addressed. BTW, I have dial up at home so you know I'm pulling down millions of songs a day.;-)
--I don't understand the overwhelming sympathy for those who steal, 12yr old or otherwise. If you were mugged by 50,000,000 mostly teenagers, would you say "aw, stop picking on the kids" ?
then why is it acceptable for people to take my product w/o compensating me?--
One of my first points is the theft part. I always remember how Lars explained that downloading music was equal to him going to a fans house and taking their VCR. This proved to me that he doesn't really understand what is going on. A better analogy would be he goes to the fan's house and somehow makes a copy of less quality from the original VCR thus avoiding the high cost of buying a new one. When someone downloads music, the original CD remains in tack. The law is very clear about this, its not stealing/theft. That is defined as such, "To take (the property of another) without permission or right." The law broken has to do with copyrights. And given that most artists do not own the rights to their own songs, you are not "stealing" from them.
--Does theft suddenly become acceptable when it's done on a massive scale? Would you support a company protecting its rights if there were only dozens of thieves instead of scores of millions?--
Again, if you look at the history of the entire recording industry, the actions taken by this group has lead to a very poor consumer relationship. Not to mention the industry itself can't keep its facts straight. Are we buying the rights to a song, or are we buying a copy?
--The other argument of "RIAA is evil, therefore committing crimes against them is okay" doesn't wash either. These aren't victimless offenses, the money has to be coming out of somebody's pocket.--
The numerous bankrupt artists, the prices being fixed, the controlled air waves playing the same rotation. You are absolutely correct, there are victims. The artists and consumers. People have been trading the Dead for years yet they still made millions. Metallica once allowed concert taping just like the Dead. Then they stopped allowing it. Why? Lars still refuses to answer this question. And if you look at the RIAA's own numbers, illegal duplicates/copies being sold as original makes up a far greater pct% of loss for them yet nothing is being done. The economy has also been greatly slowed in the past years yet with all the additional competition for the consumer dollar (movies, DVD rental, video games, etc) the RIAA expects growth at the same rate. So yes, someone is losing money, the execs of the industry who control the system. The same ones who have been found guilty of numerous charges.
--If CDs are too expensive, then don't buy them. I don't claim the right to steal an SVT Cobra just because the $35k list price is too expensive.--
Agree on not buying. I only buy from Half.com, local used places and direct from artists.
--Seems to make sense for them to ease into it, have a little consideration when negotiating with naive downloaders, gather as much publicity as possible so that music listeners in the future will understand that stealing music is wrong.--
With this industry's long and unlawful past, I can see why its very hard for people to push aside all they have done wrong and respect their "rights". The RIAA are now multi millionaires (maybe even billion) even though most of their actions that got them there are considered immoral and in some cases illegal.
--BTW, I have an adult friend who insists it's perfectly legal to make copies of her CDs as long as she only gives them to friends. The only way such attitudes will change is when people are prosecuted for it.--
A friend once made me a copy of Fair Warning (VH). I played that tape so many times it
Back in the 80's(???) Asia admitted to spending more time dubbing in fixes then in recording the album.
Sammy Hagar admitted that on the VH Fornication album, "Man on a Mission" was the only song sung straight thru.
Ex lead singer from SoundGarden, (name escapes me) now AudioSlave singer says its needed given how hard he pushes his voice every night.
And as for getting what's on the CD, Gene Simmons admitted to a bit of tinkering on one of their live albums. Seems they upped the crowd a bit. (Source VH1)
Unless you listen to classical, or Jazz, don't expect to hear the CD played live, it just doesn't happen anymore. Which in most cases is really sad.
In our case one department was using Coldfusion and was totally up to date. Another department tried it out...i.e. demo-ed it. After a month of testing, they decided to go with it and started ordering licences. At the same time another group was being merged into this second group. Simply put out of 100 new licenses, 2 were missed. During an update/testing period with a Macromedia worker the error was found. He called it in, as he needed to do. Later in the day we were given the chance to fill in those two missing ones and was told, no problem we understand how things like this happen.
They even added the two missing to our original bill which made it come out cheaper. No lawyers, no lawsuits, just two companies understanding how hard it is to run large companies.
There should be some type of review. Has the company been up to date for years? Or has there been a history of abuse? From what I have read, MS shoots those legal papers out very quickly and that is what I feel is wrong. Mistakes happen to the best of us, give companies time to fix the problem and leave the lawyers at home.
I have not but I did see the Dateline/20-20/Can't remember show. A number of people where choosen for testing and the reporter, also in a wheel chair, where followed around while they tested and got used to it. One of the testers, a father of two boys raised the chair up on two wheels to play catch with his sons, you could see it in his eyes how much this new chair meant to him.
As to how it felt, I'm guessing very empowering. The guy couldn't thank Dean K. enough. A from the look in Dean's eyes, he just got paid in a way money could never match.
Well Spoken. One only has to visit Distrowatch to see that there is a distro for (any)everyone's needs.
Personally I looked into it along with a number of others. Installation time was a major factor for me so I ended up with VectorLinux. For me, that was -my- best choice, for others, another distro.
Disclaimer: I look forward to his weekly posts. I may not agree with everything he says but I'm there everyweek.
With that said, I respect that he is willing to "stick his neck out" in an attempt to solve a problem. Given the response to his initial idea, I feel many others share my desire for something new. And if his "ideas" somehow cause even the slightest improvements for the artists or consumer, then its worth it.
Also its alot easier to slam him with vulger language then it is to take something that he is attempting and make the effort to help solve the problem.
For me, I've stop buying RIAA contracted artists directly. If I want something, Half.com, local used shops or go see them live. Everything else is independent.
So to be honest, I hope he keeps trying. Heck maybe rev 12.0 will be the next "it" we need.
Agree with the real defense comment. For the offense, you had 4 passing and 4 running on your screen. But you could swap out every single one of them with a completely different play.
One of the things we used to do is insert a new play, which your opponent could see you do, and then never use it. Your opponent on the other hand would always think you were going to use it. Great fun.
For those looking for the ultimate experience (SIM), Madden will still rule. For those looking for the premise of football but may not want to spend the time and effort on Madden, this could be a gold mine.
BTW, I know this may go against the grain of current game design, but does anyone remember Techmo-Bowl? It was easy, straight forward and fun to play. No where near the realism that Madden now puts forth, but Madden does have alot more of a learning curve. I guess Techmo just allowed us casual gamers to have fun without the curve. But then again most games were easier back then.
It was many years ago when I last played the original (I think??) D&D, then AD&D came out and our collective interest faded until we settled for something in the middle.
We made battles occur in real time. If someone hesitated during battle, they lost initiative. When someone "noticed" something, the DM passed a note to only that player. Alignment was heavily used. Bad guys don't stand and fight with the Good. If you do, you would pay. And we made up a good number of races before TSR/TRS(sp????) did. Like Samuri and Ninjas.
The review brought back fond memories....but what's a BARD????
Oh, yeah, there's that giddy little thrill of 'subverting' a Microsoft platform to run Linux, but you have to have actually purchased an Xbox to begin with, so you've already put money in Microsoft's coffers.
According to a number of news sources(/.included) Xbox sells them at a loss.
From an older ZDnet UK article "Blodget estimates Microsoft will "lose $125 on every Xbox console--and that's before taking into account" sales, marketing and other administrative costs." and that was before they started to cut the price.
MS makes all its money back from games, so if you were to buy one of the units w/o any games, MS would basically be picking up the difference.
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With all due respect I think your theories are a bit off.
"I'm assuming that users of Linux access the Internet in general and Google in particular just as much, if not more so, than users of other operating systems."
For statistical analysis, no assumptions can be made. First to assume that Linux users only access the internet via Linux is a bit off. I'm at work and have to use what I am provided. MS W2K. Next, to say that any one group of people are drawn to a certain search engine just because they happen to use a certain OS is another leap.
Next, by MS' own numbers, the number of installed 98se machines still far out numbers XP, yet when I look at the google stats, they have XP at 47pct while SE sits at 22 pct.
Next, looking at the browser numbers again leads me to believe things are a bit off. IE 6 is ever climbing while everything else is either unchanged or dropping. Yet all figures from Mozilla.org show record numbers of d/l for all their varients. Are people trying then deleting? Have they installed but are not using? Are they using the Opera "look like IE" feature? There are too many unanswered questions to draw any real conclusions other then MS IE is the predominent browser, which isn't a news flash.
You mentioned that Linux newsgroups have remained constant. That may be so but the three forums that I read and the two IRC areas I frequent have seen nothing but an increase in the last year. One forum went from less then 500 to close to 2000 in about 9 months time. With DistroWatch showing more then 500 unique active distros, could it be that the new people are using non-newsgroup avenues to find information? I'll repeat, I don't know since no has any real numbers on exactly what is going on.
I will end with this final thought. If Linux is exactly what you say it is, a mere 1% of the market, then why is MS spending so much PR time
on them?
You said
/BSD are out there given you can just d/l the source. Add to that, even if you pay for one, say Suse box, it could be loaded onto 1000 machines and no one would ever know. Plus no one is subtracting the MS or X installs when someone
"I can't see any growth in Linux desktop usage over the past three years after a period of rapid growth."
I think everyone on both sides of this argument agree its nearly impossible to "count" how many Linux
wipes the HD and installs Linux.
If you could point to something I could read that has found a way to count installed Linux machines,
I would be very interested in reading it.
Thanks for your time.
To begin, if you enjoy using Opera by all means don't change. Opera is a very good browser with some very good features. I tried it, an use it to test my site dev given its adherence to web standards.
My main browser is Firefox/Firebird/BigBird/Bird/etc etc. I install one of the smallest icon themes I can find, hide both of the toolbars, and place all the needed buttons on one horizontal. I then install mouse gestures, ADblock and Click to view flash and RSS reader. I have a very large screen area, IMHO, far bigger then Opera, and only the features I need.
But as I said, Opera is still one very good product.
No Flames just talk.
I must be the only one who is enjoying this new series judging from all the comments I see posted.
Maybe I'm just happy to have ST on TV. Who knows.
So yes if its cancelled I will miss it. (granted Spike TV still runs STNG) Speaking of, is it equal to NG, sometimes yes sometimes no. Lets not forget that the first few seasons of NG weren't all great.
To be honest I hated Voyager and skipped the middle seasons to DS9. But once DS9 got to the Voltra, Gem-hadar, Changeling, Klingon, story line I liked it. (btw: I know I messed up the spelling bad on all those names, sorry)
"There are better sci-fi shows out there: Bablylon 5, Farscape, Stargate SG-1, to name a few."
As for your statement above, again I must be in the minority because I couldn't stand B5 and hated
Far, but I do like SG.
So yes I agree, once DS9 ended, Voyager should have never been made, but IMHO Enterprise needs to at least finish their story. I've come this far and would like to know the ending.
Along the same lines I found this one day. Its not one unit but they have taken 5.1 and "molded" it into just 3 "enclosures." And it does appear to be using DSP trickery to "simulate" the full spk set.
I haven't heard them play but the idea of "Less is more" seems to be spreading.
Here is their site: http://www.niro.net/
Not associated...blah blah...you get the idea.
Why is this listed as a troll?
With all due respect to the moderators, please reconsider. Hopefully this will be caught by the META people.
IMHO, I think you are partially correct. I just don't see things like sports(not to mention the American centric problem that exists), cartoons and small market shows being stored. Classic sports network, never really pulls in the big ratings no matter what they play and that's free. Plus its been out for quite some time and people like me have already recorded the "must" haves. And if you look at the numbers, the current pay per view system doesn't even beat Blockbuster(except for adult content).
If you are completely correct, life will suck. I guess only time will tell. Thanks for your reply.
I am a big fan of Formula 1 but I am also an early to bed early to rise kinda guy. I.e. I record all the races for later viewing. (Along with the WRC.) Bernie E, the "ruler" of F1 has repeatedly made the statement of "I'm glad people can record the races, if not, our viewership would drop dramatically given its world wide audience."
I have even contacted SpeedTV to get rebroadcasts times changed (ok more of a single person request) and in each an every case, they have told me to just record the late night airing.
As for being forced to watch in real time, I don't think that will ever happen given the time zone issue. But I do think regular TV will move to a HBO type format where the same movie is played 3 or 4 times during the course of the day. IMHO, I wouldn't be suprised if that's what starts happening.
Can't record Lettermen? You don't need to, we'll re-air it at 12 and 5 the next day.
No I won't be able to digitally record all the Iron Chef episodes.
"Who the hell is defining porn??"
Most rational people can tell the difference
between "I dream of Jenna" and what's found
in an Arts Museum.
What about USENET?
Not covered by my comment. Those are discussion groups. I was talking about web sites. Newsgroups, IRcCHat, etc etc, are something totally different.
"Want to install that nice free software you just downloaded? Gotta do it from the command line."
;-)
Strike 1. Too many to list
"Let's face it... if you even know what Linux is, you're in the top five nerd percentile of the planet."
Grandmother saw the IBM Linux commmercial and she asked me what it was.
Strike 2.
"and doesn't display some sites correctly. That makes it worse than IE. Period."
Most web devs don't code to standards because they are layz. After reading W3C.org, you'll understand.
Strike 3.
You're outta here.
And to think I don't really like Baseball.
If we created a .XXX extension, alot of these problems would go away.
1. Filtering would be 100% easier.
2. Medical, self help, art would not go there.
3. Free speech would be uneffected.
If you put a porn site on anything but this extension, large fines occur.
I know its too late but if we had controlled who we gave out extension too, figuring out what you are getting would be alot easier.
While your posting does sorta fit the off-topic category, I must applaud your stand. My family is strongly considering a move close to yours. Our cable bill is over $40 now and to be perfectly honest, we are lucky if we watch 10 out of the 40-50 channels that are provided on a regular basis. We are very close to pulling the plug and saving the $400+ a year.
We would still enjoy local sporting events when televised (can you say rabbit ears), and movies but the rest is really unneeded.
See you outside.
I totally agree with your statement regarding property. But property is not being traded online.
We are talking about copyright infringement. There is no theft. Theft only applies to an object, such as a cd.
If I were to steal a cd from a store, that would be theft. Plain and simple. If I were to sneak into your house and make a copy of one of your Cds, what have you lost? Nothing. No property was taken.
As for me getting to preview VH, I'm thankful for that, given the number of CDs that are a complete waste. Funny how you can return almost everything in life, including a car (lemon law) but you cannot return a CD. At most you'll get to preview
2 songs from the radio.
On the note of CDs, you do realize that for every
blank Cd you buy, a portion of the price goes to
the music industry. I go thru a good number at work and they are never used for music. I wish I could have that money back. To me they are stealing from me.
I guess its all relative.
Thank you for your time and your opinion.
To begin, on the surface, I agree with most of what you say but there are some "other" ;-)
things going on here that need to be addressed. BTW, I have dial up at home so you know
I'm pulling down millions of songs a day.
--I don't understand the overwhelming sympathy for those who steal, 12yr old or otherwise. If you were mugged by 50,000,000 mostly teenagers, would you say "aw, stop picking on the kids" ?
then why is it acceptable for people to take my product w/o compensating me?--
One of my first points is the theft part. I always remember how Lars explained that downloading
music was equal to him going to a fans house and taking their VCR. This proved to me that
he doesn't really understand what is going on. A better analogy would be he goes to the fan's
house and somehow makes a copy of less quality from the original VCR thus avoiding the high cost of buying a new one. When someone downloads music, the original CD remains in tack.
The law is very clear about this, its not stealing/theft. That is defined as such, "To take
(the property of another) without permission or right." The law broken has to do with copyrights.
And given that most artists do not own the rights to their own songs, you are not "stealing" from them.
--Does theft suddenly become acceptable when it's done on a massive scale? Would you support a company protecting its rights if there were only dozens of thieves instead of scores of millions?--
Again, if you look at the history of the entire recording industry, the actions taken by
this group has lead to a very poor consumer relationship. Not to mention the industry
itself can't keep its facts straight. Are we buying the rights to a song, or are we buying a copy?
--The other argument of "RIAA is evil, therefore committing crimes against them is okay" doesn't wash either. These aren't victimless offenses, the money has to be coming out of somebody's pocket.--
The numerous bankrupt artists, the prices being fixed, the controlled air waves playing the
same rotation. You are absolutely correct, there are victims. The artists and consumers.
People have been trading the Dead for years yet they still made millions. Metallica once
allowed concert taping just like the Dead. Then they stopped allowing it. Why? Lars
still refuses to answer this question. And if you look at the RIAA's own numbers,
illegal duplicates/copies being sold as original makes up a far greater pct% of loss
for them yet nothing is being done. The economy has also been greatly slowed in the
past years yet with all the additional competition for the consumer dollar (movies, DVD rental, video games, etc) the RIAA expects growth at the same rate. So yes,
someone is losing money, the execs of the industry who control the system. The same ones
who have been found guilty of numerous charges.
--If CDs are too expensive, then don't buy them. I don't claim the right to steal an SVT Cobra just because the $35k list price is too expensive.--
Agree on not buying. I only buy from Half.com, local used places and direct from artists.
--Seems to make sense for them to ease into it, have a little consideration when negotiating with naive downloaders, gather as much publicity as possible so that music listeners in the future will understand that stealing music is wrong.--
With this industry's long and unlawful past, I can see why its very hard for people
to push aside all they have done wrong and respect their "rights". The RIAA
are now multi millionaires (maybe even billion) even though most of their actions
that got them there are considered immoral and in some cases illegal.
--BTW, I have an adult friend who insists it's perfectly legal to make copies of her CDs as long as she only gives them to friends. The only way such attitudes will change is when people are prosecuted for it.--
A friend once made me a copy of Fair Warning (VH). I played that tape so many times
it
...in the wrong direction.
Back in the 80's(???) Asia admitted to spending more time dubbing in fixes then in recording the album.
Sammy Hagar admitted that on the VH Fornication album, "Man on a Mission" was the only song sung straight thru.
Ex lead singer from SoundGarden, (name escapes me) now AudioSlave singer says its needed given how hard he pushes his voice every night.
And as for getting what's on the CD, Gene Simmons
admitted to a bit of tinkering on one of their live albums. Seems they upped the crowd a bit.
(Source VH1)
Unless you listen to classical, or Jazz, don't expect to hear the CD played live, it just doesn't happen anymore. Which in most cases is really sad.
With all due respect, things happen.
In our case one department was using Coldfusion and was totally up to date. Another department tried it out...i.e. demo-ed it. After a month of testing, they decided to go with it and started ordering licences. At the same time another group was being merged into this second group. Simply put out of 100 new licenses, 2 were missed. During an update/testing period with a Macromedia worker the error was found. He called it in, as he needed to do. Later in the day we were given the chance to fill in those two missing ones and was told, no problem we understand how things like this happen.
They even added the two missing to our original bill which made it come out cheaper. No lawyers, no lawsuits, just two companies understanding how hard it is to run large companies.
There should be some type of review. Has the company been up to date for years? Or has there been a history of abuse? From what I have read, MS shoots those legal papers out very quickly and that is what I feel is wrong. Mistakes happen to the best of us, give companies time to fix the problem and leave the lawyers at home.
......to BSD. Wha?!? They own that too?
Legal response
After reading the above, you can return to ignoring the whole SCO problem.
I have not but I did see the Dateline/20-20/Can't remember show. A number of people where choosen for testing and the reporter, also in a wheel chair, where followed around while they tested and got used to it. One of the testers, a father of two boys raised the chair up on two wheels to play catch with his sons, you could see it in his eyes how much this new chair meant to him.
As to how it felt, I'm guessing very empowering. The guy couldn't thank Dean K. enough. A from the look in Dean's eyes, he just got paid in a way money could never match.
Well Spoken. One only has to visit Distrowatch to see that there is a distro for (any)everyone's needs.
Personally I looked into it along with a number of others. Installation time was a major factor for me so I ended up with VectorLinux. For me, that was
-my- best choice, for others, another distro.
Disclaimer: I look forward to his weekly posts. I may not agree with everything he says but I'm there everyweek.
With that said, I respect that he is willing to "stick his neck out" in an attempt to solve a problem. Given the response to his initial
idea, I feel many others share my desire for something new. And if his "ideas" somehow cause even the slightest improvements for the artists or
consumer, then its worth it.
Also its alot easier to slam him with vulger language then it is to take something that he is attempting and make the effort to help solve the problem.
For me, I've stop buying RIAA contracted artists directly. If I want something, Half.com, local used shops or go see them live. Everything else is independent.
So to be honest, I hope he keeps trying. Heck maybe rev 12.0 will be the next "it" we need.
Agree with the real defense comment. For the offense, you had 4 passing and 4 running on your screen. But you could swap out every single one of them with a completely different play.
One of the things we used to do is insert a new play, which your opponent could see you do, and then
never use it. Your opponent on the other hand would always think you were going to use it. Great fun.
For those looking for the ultimate experience (SIM), Madden will still rule. For those looking for the premise of football but may not want to spend the time and effort on Madden, this could be a gold mine.
BTW, I know this may go against the grain of current game design, but does anyone remember Techmo-Bowl? It was easy, straight forward and fun to play. No where near the realism that Madden now puts forth, but Madden does have alot more of a learning curve. I guess Techmo just allowed us casual gamers to have fun without the curve. But then again most games were easier back then.
It was many years ago when I last played the original (I think??) D&D, then AD&D came out and our collective interest faded until we settled for something in the middle.
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We made battles occur in real time. If someone hesitated during battle, they lost initiative.
When someone "noticed" something, the DM passed a note to only that player.
Alignment was heavily used. Bad guys don't stand and fight with the Good. If you do, you would pay. And we made up a good number of races before TSR/TRS(sp????) did. Like Samuri and Ninjas.
The review brought back fond memories....but what's a BARD????
Man am I out of touch. Has it been that long?
According to a number of news sources( /.included) Xbox sells them at a loss.
From an older ZDnet UK article "Blodget estimates Microsoft will "lose $125 on every Xbox console--and that's before taking into account" sales, marketing and other administrative costs." and that was before they started to cut the price.
MS makes all its money back from games, so if you were to buy one of the units w/o any games, MS would basically be picking up the difference.