Carmack YET AGAIN giving us a list of things he wants to put in his next "tech demo" which will be foisted upon us under the guise of another Doom or Quake version whilst being nothing more than a "Look at me, aren't I clever?"
Carmack arselickers will say "Wow, look at the ultra realistic environment! Wow, those Strogg look dead real!" while the rest of us yet again go "What a stinking pile of unplayable shit that I'm expected to go and spend yet another £1000 on hardware just to get 30FPS in 800x600."
Personally I think Carmack is so far up his own arse that he can't see daylight anymore AND WE'RE PAYING FOR HIS INDULGENCE. He's living on a reputation built on the last decent games he wrote which are now OVER 5 years old. Doom3, whilst technically brilliant, was a crap game. I expect his next offering will be.
When President Bush referred to The Internets, many people thought he was mis-speaking. He was apparently foreshadowing a plan to make sure that Europe gets off our Internet and makes their own!
Oh I DO hope so. That way we can stop having to put up with the RIAA/MPAA trying to exert pressure in countries they have no jurisdiction in, allowing us to get on with our "right" to make backups, there'll be a massive drop in Penis Enlargement e-mails and the US can be left with the shite.
Hmm. Was thinking about building a new PC in 6-12 months time as my trusty XP3200/GF6600GT will be getting a bit past it by then. I only use it apart from CS:Source for web/mail/usenet/WP which any Linux distro is more than up to.
Hmmm....kinda makes you want to hang on and see what happens. Could be the year I bin my PC because even if they sell the PS3 for £400 I can't build a PC with the equivalent power for that and whatever PC I build will be have been obsolete for at least a couple of years by the time the PS3 comes to end of life.
It sucks so much that the BBC are changing it. Ever since it came in, they have had an unprecidented number of complaints. It is shoddy. Nobody can understand it, the colours used to depict sun and rain are stupid and it moves so fast that you can't read the clock and look at what is happening.
The old system worked fine. I have a funny feeling that the new one isn't long for this world.
He may be a lying thieving crook prepare to exploit sick children from the 3rd world, but his oratory makes him a very credible lying thieving crook.
Looks like you've bought the lies your Govt are perpetuating. Turns out they're accusing him because someone who manages his charity donated some of their money from their business and there was the slightest remote chance that some of it might have been oil money.
In a Usenet thread you'd be accused of grasping at straws but hey, its your fucked up Govt at it again so it must be true eh?
As much as I hate George Galloway, I was pissing myself laughing when he gave his testimony and your senators, in the interview after, looked like they'd had the shit kicked out of them.
as Linux starts to implode, the fanboys still try and proclaim this year as the year of Linux despite both Apple and Microsoft still forging on full steam ahead. Linux is sure looking as if its stood still. Not much new in the way of innovation coming out of the Linux camp unless you count the fact they've found a way to install a distro in a cigarette lighter of any real value.
Money not having to be spent on expensive support contracts, OS licenses and bloated office suites can be better spent on R&D, marketing, and free beer and hooker Fridays.
Did you actually read the article? Sure you don't need to pay for the OS but you have to pay someone to retrain the staff, covert applications, deploy it and administer it. If you've already got a MS centric solution that you've already paid for then why the hell would you want to create an unnecessary and far from cheap cost just to change OS for no real reason?
Okay, that didn't come out quite as I wanted it to but I basicly meant that the people don't want capitalist bastards suing them over intellectual property, they want stuff for free.
Also, I'd like to apologise to all capitalists. I don't think it's a bad thing, but when it's too much, it's way too much.
Why aren't you shouting like fuck about the fact supermarkets and shops charge you to buy stuff? Why should something someone produce be free just because its music, film or software?
Or is it that you don't want to admit to yourself that all these people d/loading illegal software/music/films are actually thieves and if you do it, you're a thief as well? Warez downloaders are FUCKING CRIMINALS. They should be doing prison time for theft, not getting some poxy fine.
Apart from the obvious spelling mistake, it simply doesn't say what it means to say. The ISPs will be offered the opportunity to settle out of court, once they have been located? Really? Are you sure?
Are you really that incredibly stupid? The people who will be located are the people doing the sharing, not the ISPs. It is those people who will be offered the opportunity, not the ISPs.
What a sorry state Moz/Firefox is in. Mozilla only to get bugfixes. Firefox developers leaving from boredom and frustration and ver 2 of Firefox "not due anytime in the near future".
Just shows how "good" the F/OSS actually is from a continuation point of view...if the people on the project lose the interest in developing it they can just forget about it. Once boredom and apathy sets in there is no point continuing because there's no reward anymore.
They are asking Microsoft to UPDATE MICROSOFT SOFTWARE running under wine.
Windows and Office Update requires ActiveX. Its not Microsofts fault your shitty emulator doesn't do the job properly. You keep saying Linux users are supposedly more IT literate than Windows users yet you seem unable to manually download and apply the patches.
Thing you have to bear in mind is, Americans, unlike Londoners, are used to having actual access to dental care. To them, it goes something like:
There are plenty of dentists in London. The problem is that we got used to GETTING THEM FOR FREE. If you're happy to pay you can get INSTANT treatment.
Let's see the Linux community match that generosity
Sure we can. There is an estimate that the cost of the software on a typical Linux distribution disk is $4 billion (i.e. 4x10^9). Which we're giving away for free (as in gratis) in most cases.
SEE? Linux DOES make you stupid. Tell me how that translates into real available medical aid?
As well, the functionality enabled by Linux enables you to do so much more than curing diseases. You can use Linux in medical applications. It's not a vaccine, but it's still a tool which can be used to advance science and knowledge.
Excellent. So whilst the latest Linux cluster is coming up with a cure for cancer, several million people will have died in the meantime because they didn't geta simple vaccination.
Man, you need to get your head out of your arse and take a look at the real world.
Microsoft have decided to comply because they realised that the EU courts and politicians CANNOT be bought unlike the American political and legal system.
Perhaps congress/senate should take a trip over here to see how things should be done.
And now, Linux has taken this effect initially created by Microsoft, and actually applied it to Microsoft. Now Microsoft has to sell at a lower price to stay competetive. But its pretty hard to stay more competetive than free.
Don't you just love the FUD spread by LOONIX users about Windows? Best part is that the Windows ports are actually easy to install...no dependency hell here.
Slashdot Mirror
Carmack arselickers will say "Wow, look at the ultra realistic environment! Wow, those Strogg look dead real!" while the rest of us yet again go "What a stinking pile of unplayable shit that I'm expected to go and spend yet another £1000 on hardware just to get 30FPS in 800x600."
Personally I think Carmack is so far up his own arse that he can't see daylight anymore AND WE'RE PAYING FOR HIS INDULGENCE. He's living on a reputation built on the last decent games he wrote which are now OVER 5 years old. Doom3, whilst technically brilliant, was a crap game. I expect his next offering will be.
So assuming he did it to try and save money, after all what is any other point of doing it, I wonder how much it cost the dumb bastard to rewire?
Oh I DO hope so. That way we can stop having to put up with the RIAA/MPAA trying to exert pressure in countries they have no jurisdiction in, allowing us to get on with our "right" to make backups, there'll be a massive drop in Penis Enlargement e-mails and the US can be left with the shite.
US courts only have jurisdiction in the USA and US territories.
Tough luck.
Hmmm....kinda makes you want to hang on and see what happens. Could be the year I bin my PC because even if they sell the PS3 for £400 I can't build a PC with the equivalent power for that and whatever PC I build will be have been obsolete for at least a couple of years by the time the PS3 comes to end of life.
Are those the ones where people bought them, wiped the HDD and put on a dodgy copy of XP?
Does anyone know anybody who actually bought a PC from Walmart?
The old system worked fine. I have a funny feeling that the new one isn't long for this world.
Looks like you've bought the lies your Govt are perpetuating. Turns out they're accusing him because someone who manages his charity donated some of their money from their business and there was the slightest remote chance that some of it might have been oil money.
In a Usenet thread you'd be accused of grasping at straws but hey, its your fucked up Govt at it again so it must be true eh?
As much as I hate George Galloway, I was pissing myself laughing when he gave his testimony and your senators, in the interview after, looked like they'd had the shit kicked out of them.
They ONLY make $9.62 Billion and ONLY raise profits by 5%.
Wonder how that happened when allegedly Linux is taking market share from Windows and OpenOffice making inroads into MS Office markets.
as Linux starts to implode, the fanboys still try and proclaim this year as the year of Linux despite both Apple and Microsoft still forging on full steam ahead. Linux is sure looking as if its stood still. Not much new in the way of innovation coming out of the Linux camp unless you count the fact they've found a way to install a distro in a cigarette lighter of any real value.
Jesus...living in the 80's? Military radios were using throat mikes back in the 80's.
Did you actually read the article? Sure you don't need to pay for the OS but you have to pay someone to retrain the staff, covert applications, deploy it and administer it. If you've already got a MS centric solution that you've already paid for then why the hell would you want to create an unnecessary and far from cheap cost just to change OS for no real reason?
Also, I'd like to apologise to all capitalists. I don't think it's a bad thing, but when it's too much, it's way too much.
Why aren't you shouting like fuck about the fact supermarkets and shops charge you to buy stuff? Why should something someone produce be free just because its music, film or software?
Or is it that you don't want to admit to yourself that all these people d/loading illegal software/music/films are actually thieves and if you do it, you're a thief as well? Warez downloaders are FUCKING CRIMINALS. They should be doing prison time for theft, not getting some poxy fine.
Are you really that incredibly stupid? The people who will be located are the people doing the sharing, not the ISPs. It is those people who will be offered the opportunity, not the ISPs.
Perhaps some of the freeloaders would like to put their money where their mouth is and help out the Mozilla project?
Just shows how "good" the F/OSS actually is from a continuation point of view...if the people on the project lose the interest in developing it they can just forget about it. Once boredom and apathy sets in there is no point continuing because there's no reward anymore.
Windows and Office Update requires ActiveX. Its not Microsofts fault your shitty emulator doesn't do the job properly. You keep saying Linux users are supposedly more IT literate than Windows users yet you seem unable to manually download and apply the patches.
There are plenty of dentists in London. The problem is that we got used to GETTING THEM FOR FREE. If you're happy to pay you can get INSTANT treatment.
Must be imagining the US Forces in Iraq...
Sure we can. There is an estimate that the cost of the software on a typical Linux distribution disk is $4 billion (i.e. 4x10^9). Which we're giving away for free (as in gratis) in most cases.
SEE? Linux DOES make you stupid. Tell me how that translates into real available medical aid?
Excellent. So whilst the latest Linux cluster is coming up with a cure for cancer, several million people will have died in the meantime because they didn't geta simple vaccination.
Man, you need to get your head out of your arse and take a look at the real world.
Perhaps congress/senate should take a trip over here to see how things should be done.
Linux is only free if your time is WORTHLESS
Or is that the wrong way round?
18787 ports for WINDOWS on Sourceforge.
Don't you just love the FUD spread by LOONIX users about Windows? Best part is that the Windows ports are actually easy to install...no dependency hell here.