This is the dorkiest damn thing I've ever heard of. It takes a certain kind of boredom to do something as incredibly fucking stupid as this, and for that I salute the developers.;)
You're expecting them to fix the problems for something that occurs on an unstable release? That would be incredibly stupid. You also have to figure that there are maybe a tenth as many people that use nvidia cards with FreeBSD as there are that use nvidia cards that use Linux, and that's already a practically insignificant number. This is not practically irrelevant. It's COMPLETELY relevant. Why should nvidia spend time working on something that easily be a problem with the version of FreeBSD you're running being unstable (or testing... whatever the terminology is. I need to read up on FreeBSD)?
Routine service is covered under warranty. When the warranty is out, yes the fuck you severely. Which is why places like Pep Boys are so popular. It's also why you'd be stupid to let anyone at Pep Boys near your car to do more than change the oil. About a third right off the top of the dealer rate, sometimes more, is going to pay the trained mechanics. At Pep Boys you're LUCKY if any of the people there are even ASE certified.
I haven't had any problems related to my nvidia card's drivers in over a year. I was having some kind of problem that resulted in a kernel panic. I have no clue what was causing it, but after asking around and describing the problem on nvidia's forums one of the developers made a note of the problem. A few weeks later when the new drivers were released, the problem was fixed and I haven't had a single screwup that was attributable to the drivers since.
The moral of the story is whenever there's a problem with nvidia's drivers, ASK ON THEIR BOARD and not some random mailing list.
Nice attempt at talking out of your ass, but you have no clue.
Dealers and manufacturers make ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY off of warranty repairs. Warranties are a loss-making deal, and IIRC are about 60% of a car's total cost.
The dealers and the manufacturer do not want to see your ugly ass EVER once it drives off the lot in your new car. No problems means pure profit on that particular car. Warranty repairs and recalls eat directly into the company and dealer profits. They don't want that, trust me.
So let me get this straight. If the codes are released then car prices will go up? Are you not aware that you can buy a code scanner from any large auto parts store? WTF do oil changes have to do with anything? You can get an oil change at Pep Boys for $10 any day of the week.
No. The mechanics pay for their own tools in about 90% of all shops. They don't buy from the dealer or the manufacturer, they buy from places like Snap-On or in some cases make the damn tool themselves. You should see some of the weirdass one-use tools my dad has.
Bullshit. Twelve times? TWELVE TIMES she didn't tighten her gas cap enough? Nah. No way. This is a faulty sensor or computer, and that should have been checked the second or third trip in. There are NO EXCUSES WHATSOEVER for this level of idiocy on the part of the dealer. No, the dealer wasn't trying to intentionally rip her off. They just employ total fucking idiots that can't recognize a history of STUPID errors that most people might make ONCE in their entire life.
Bullshit. She's getting fucked, plain and simple. Once or twice, MAYBE. 12? No. That's pure bullshit. After the second time, a GOOD dealer or mechanic would assume that she's not so fucking stupid she can't tighten a gas cap and that 3+ times is beyond the realm of USER ERROR. This was OBVIOUSLY a problem with the computer or a sensor. This should have been taken care of in one or two visits. Twelve over two years is fucking ridiculous.
I partially agree, but they didn't so... go with it. You either nut up and tear into it or run away and play more Vice City. Mmmmmm... Vice City..... *runs away*
Meh. I bought Final Fantasy VII because I'd heard it wasn't anything like any RPG before and that it was just an amazing game overall. A couple of weeks later, right before the final boss battle, I gave it up. At that point I was playing just to beat the game and eventually I just didn't care anymore. Did I whine to the manufacturer that it was too much like other RPG's? Did I complain that it was too easy? No, I didn't. I put it on my shelf and moved on. Wen you buy a game you either know exactly what you're getting yourself into (Contra: Shattered Soldier) or you have no clue and shouldn't be surprised by anything. Games like Contra and Ninja Gaiden weren't made for the people that have been playing Final Fantasy and DDR their entire gaming life. It's for guys like me that grew up on seriously hard controller-throwing games.
Dude, you're a fucking idiot. Just admit it. Companies make decisions based on past and current trends along with an analysis of possible future trends. If any of those pointed to Flash on Linux being a good seller, MACROMEDIA WOULD ALREADY HAVE PORTED IT OR BE PORTING IT NOW. Since you can apparently see into the future, and know for certain that it will be a success, you might want to get Macromedia to hire you as a consultant.
There isn't even any OSS software that doesn't need bug fixing. Please, if you're going to troll at least do it with something RESEMBLING a logical argument.
Meh. Whatever. You think that's bad you should hear the amount of shit I give people that like Resident Evil and similar games, like pretty much everyone I know that plays games. Go on and play wuss games all you like, but I do reserve the right to make fun of you and hope you'd do the same in reserve. There's nothing fun about agreeing on everything and even less fun in not voicing your disagreement loudly and with a lot of taunting.
And yes, games are meant to be a contest. If they weren't we wouldn't have levels, scores, powerups, combos, secret areas, or anything else that makes games great.
Bullshit, yet again. You buy a game knowing full well what it is. It's not up to the developer to handhold you ass through it. If you buy something you don't have the skills to play, either sell it and move on or nut up and get better at it. You had these complaints when Contra: Shattered Soldier came out, but it hit its target audience PERFECTLY.
In fact, let's turn this around. I'm going to start bitching whenever a game is too easy. Would that be fine? I don't know if you've noticed this or not, but not everyone holds the exact same opinions on everything.
The contracts expire when the company says they expire. It could be called layoffs if you so chose. As for the architect thing, I clearly stated "They work on a contract basis and have absolutely no guarantees of future employment".
Sweet zombie Jesus this is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read. How fucking long do you think it takes to port something in a company the size of Macromedia? Six months? A year? Has the demand for Flash on Linux grown that much in the past year? Fuck no. If there was any indication it would be worth Macromedia's money to port it, they would have already. Currently, there is absolutely no reason for them to port it. Past and present conditions indicate that THERE IS NO FUCKING REASON TO PORT IT. Please, tell me you're not this fucking stupid. Or, at the very least, tell me that you can see into the future and predict that the demand for Flash will increase substantially enough to make porting it to Linux a viable option. You can't, neither can Macromedia, nor can anyone else. Shut the fuck up.
Bullshit. Not every game has to appeal to everyone. You can't make games only for the whining pussy crowd, because guys like me that actually like to PLAY games and not just mash buttons. If NG was easy, it would have alienated everyone it was trying to appeal to. See also: Contra
How can he say things like that? Because he's not a whining pussy gamer and his game wasn't designed to appeal to the Final Fantasy lovers of the world. Deal with it.
It's funny how the most insightful shit on Slashdot is in the games area.
I am a diehard shooter fan. Dodonpachi, Mars Matrix, Giga Wing, anything with an Unavoidable Wall of Pink gets my attention. These are games that are damn near IMPOSSIBLE to beat unless you have serious skills. I don't. I die a lot. So why do I play? Because I WANT TO GET BETTER. Not everyone can play them. Hell, most people can't even keep up with their own ship. Does that make these games any less good? Hell no! That's what makes them so great.
Let's take Vice City. I love it. It's one of my favorite games of all time, but I don't know anyone that owns it and hasn't beaten it. It's not that hard. It's a game anyone can play. Ninja Gaiden just ISN'T. There's nothing wrong with it. There is no guarantee that you can play a game and play it well. Either get better or play something else. Simple, really.
Bullshit. Believe it or not, there is a small faction of gamers out there (of which I'm a member) that LIKES hard-as-fuck games. We like shooters (Gradius, Raiden, Dodonpachi, Mars Matrix), we like platformers (Mickey Mania, Chakan), we like beat-em-ups (Final Fight, Batman and Robin), and we like them HARD. The harder the better. Konami realized how much they fucked up Contra and finally went back to the old-school side scrolling run and gun style, and the game was hard as hell. Guys like me loved it, whimpering pussies hated it and went back to playing FInal Fantasy 11. Tecmo knew their audience and stuck to it. Not every game has to be a wussy-ass walkthrough designed to keep wimps entertained while they push the "PLAY GAME" button. Some games actually require SKILL and PRACTICE to be good at.
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This is the dorkiest damn thing I've ever heard of. It takes a certain kind of boredom to do something as incredibly fucking stupid as this, and for that I salute the developers. ;)
You're expecting them to fix the problems for something that occurs on an unstable release? That would be incredibly stupid. You also have to figure that there are maybe a tenth as many people that use nvidia cards with FreeBSD as there are that use nvidia cards that use Linux, and that's already a practically insignificant number. This is not practically irrelevant. It's COMPLETELY relevant. Why should nvidia spend time working on something that easily be a problem with the version of FreeBSD you're running being unstable (or testing... whatever the terminology is. I need to read up on FreeBSD)?
Routine service is covered under warranty. When the warranty is out, yes the fuck you severely. Which is why places like Pep Boys are so popular. It's also why you'd be stupid to let anyone at Pep Boys near your car to do more than change the oil. About a third right off the top of the dealer rate, sometimes more, is going to pay the trained mechanics. At Pep Boys you're LUCKY if any of the people there are even ASE certified.
You have a certain kind of desperation in your life. I prescribed going outside.
Draw a line under it. Problem solved.
I haven't had any problems related to my nvidia card's drivers in over a year. I was having some kind of problem that resulted in a kernel panic. I have no clue what was causing it, but after asking around and describing the problem on nvidia's forums one of the developers made a note of the problem. A few weeks later when the new drivers were released, the problem was fixed and I haven't had a single screwup that was attributable to the drivers since.
The moral of the story is whenever there's a problem with nvidia's drivers, ASK ON THEIR BOARD and not some random mailing list.
I'm going for anything that isn't a bloated piece of shit or a confusing mass of hotkeys and cryptic commands.
Usually, I used nedit.
Nice attempt at talking out of your ass, but you have no clue.
Dealers and manufacturers make ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY off of warranty repairs. Warranties are a loss-making deal, and IIRC are about 60% of a car's total cost.
The dealers and the manufacturer do not want to see your ugly ass EVER once it drives off the lot in your new car. No problems means pure profit on that particular car. Warranty repairs and recalls eat directly into the company and dealer profits. They don't want that, trust me.
So let me get this straight. If the codes are released then car prices will go up? Are you not aware that you can buy a code scanner from any large auto parts store? WTF do oil changes have to do with anything? You can get an oil change at Pep Boys for $10 any day of the week.
No. The mechanics pay for their own tools in about 90% of all shops. They don't buy from the dealer or the manufacturer, they buy from places like Snap-On or in some cases make the damn tool themselves. You should see some of the weirdass one-use tools my dad has.
Bullshit. Twelve times? TWELVE TIMES she didn't tighten her gas cap enough? Nah. No way. This is a faulty sensor or computer, and that should have been checked the second or third trip in. There are NO EXCUSES WHATSOEVER for this level of idiocy on the part of the dealer. No, the dealer wasn't trying to intentionally rip her off. They just employ total fucking idiots that can't recognize a history of STUPID errors that most people might make ONCE in their entire life.
Bullshit. She's getting fucked, plain and simple. Once or twice, MAYBE. 12? No. That's pure bullshit. After the second time, a GOOD dealer or mechanic would assume that she's not so fucking stupid she can't tighten a gas cap and that 3+ times is beyond the realm of USER ERROR. This was OBVIOUSLY a problem with the computer or a sensor. This should have been taken care of in one or two visits. Twelve over two years is fucking ridiculous.
$120 to diagnose and repair.
I partially agree, but they didn't so... go with it. You either nut up and tear into it or run away and play more Vice City. Mmmmmm... Vice City..... *runs away*
Meh. I bought Final Fantasy VII because I'd heard it wasn't anything like any RPG before and that it was just an amazing game overall. A couple of weeks later, right before the final boss battle, I gave it up. At that point I was playing just to beat the game and eventually I just didn't care anymore. Did I whine to the manufacturer that it was too much like other RPG's? Did I complain that it was too easy? No, I didn't. I put it on my shelf and moved on. Wen you buy a game you either know exactly what you're getting yourself into (Contra: Shattered Soldier) or you have no clue and shouldn't be surprised by anything. Games like Contra and Ninja Gaiden weren't made for the people that have been playing Final Fantasy and DDR their entire gaming life. It's for guys like me that grew up on seriously hard controller-throwing games.
Dude, you're a fucking idiot. Just admit it. Companies make decisions based on past and current trends along with an analysis of possible future trends. If any of those pointed to Flash on Linux being a good seller, MACROMEDIA WOULD ALREADY HAVE PORTED IT OR BE PORTING IT NOW. Since you can apparently see into the future, and know for certain that it will be a success, you might want to get Macromedia to hire you as a consultant.
Can't forget RMS. Seriously, that's the #1 and #2 guys of OSS/FS and they're both nutty enough to keep Planters in production for a few years.
There isn't even any OSS software that doesn't need bug fixing. Please, if you're going to troll at least do it with something RESEMBLING a logical argument.
Meh. Whatever. You think that's bad you should hear the amount of shit I give people that like Resident Evil and similar games, like pretty much everyone I know that plays games. Go on and play wuss games all you like, but I do reserve the right to make fun of you and hope you'd do the same in reserve. There's nothing fun about agreeing on everything and even less fun in not voicing your disagreement loudly and with a lot of taunting.
And yes, games are meant to be a contest. If they weren't we wouldn't have levels, scores, powerups, combos, secret areas, or anything else that makes games great.
Bullshit, yet again. You buy a game knowing full well what it is. It's not up to the developer to handhold you ass through it. If you buy something you don't have the skills to play, either sell it and move on or nut up and get better at it. You had these complaints when Contra: Shattered Soldier came out, but it hit its target audience PERFECTLY.
In fact, let's turn this around. I'm going to start bitching whenever a game is too easy. Would that be fine? I don't know if you've noticed this or not, but not everyone holds the exact same opinions on everything.
It's all Freudian.
The contracts expire when the company says they expire. It could be called layoffs if you so chose. As for the architect thing, I clearly stated "They work on a contract basis and have absolutely no guarantees of future employment".
Sweet zombie Jesus this is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read. How fucking long do you think it takes to port something in a company the size of Macromedia? Six months? A year? Has the demand for Flash on Linux grown that much in the past year? Fuck no. If there was any indication it would be worth Macromedia's money to port it, they would have already. Currently, there is absolutely no reason for them to port it. Past and present conditions indicate that THERE IS NO FUCKING REASON TO PORT IT. Please, tell me you're not this fucking stupid. Or, at the very least, tell me that you can see into the future and predict that the demand for Flash will increase substantially enough to make porting it to Linux a viable option. You can't, neither can Macromedia, nor can anyone else. Shut the fuck up.
Bullshit. Not every game has to appeal to everyone. You can't make games only for the whining pussy crowd, because guys like me that actually like to PLAY games and not just mash buttons. If NG was easy, it would have alienated everyone it was trying to appeal to. See also: Contra
How can he say things like that? Because he's not a whining pussy gamer and his game wasn't designed to appeal to the Final Fantasy lovers of the world. Deal with it.
It's funny how the most insightful shit on Slashdot is in the games area.
I am a diehard shooter fan. Dodonpachi, Mars Matrix, Giga Wing, anything with an Unavoidable Wall of Pink gets my attention. These are games that are damn near IMPOSSIBLE to beat unless you have serious skills. I don't. I die a lot. So why do I play? Because I WANT TO GET BETTER. Not everyone can play them. Hell, most people can't even keep up with their own ship. Does that make these games any less good? Hell no! That's what makes them so great.
Let's take Vice City. I love it. It's one of my favorite games of all time, but I don't know anyone that owns it and hasn't beaten it. It's not that hard. It's a game anyone can play. Ninja Gaiden just ISN'T. There's nothing wrong with it. There is no guarantee that you can play a game and play it well. Either get better or play something else. Simple, really.
Bullshit. Believe it or not, there is a small faction of gamers out there (of which I'm a member) that LIKES hard-as-fuck games. We like shooters (Gradius, Raiden, Dodonpachi, Mars Matrix), we like platformers (Mickey Mania, Chakan), we like beat-em-ups (Final Fight, Batman and Robin), and we like them HARD. The harder the better. Konami realized how much they fucked up Contra and finally went back to the old-school side scrolling run and gun style, and the game was hard as hell. Guys like me loved it, whimpering pussies hated it and went back to playing FInal Fantasy 11. Tecmo knew their audience and stuck to it. Not every game has to be a wussy-ass walkthrough designed to keep wimps entertained while they push the "PLAY GAME" button. Some games actually require SKILL and PRACTICE to be good at.