Yeah, Mivision has been going for a while, though I don't know anyone who has it, so I don't know of any problems with it (quailty, lag, connection problems and the such).
Mivision as an alternative to cable/satellite television, since Cyprus doesn't have cable and satellite is much more expensive. So Mivision makes sense for Cyprus, but I can't see how this makes sense for the U.S, where cable is already pretty much ubiquitous.
Sid Meier, Peter Molyneux, Gabe Newell, Ron Gilbert. Off the top of my head. And I'm not much of a gamer either.
But I agree with your point. Still, you're comparing apples and oranges. Sure, most people don't know the developers, but Gordon Freeman is instantly recognizable by pretty much any gamer. Not bad for a character who hasn't spoken a word. And Lara Croft too, even if I've never liked the games for some reason (except maybe the second one).
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Wow, you have managed to compress all Microsoft stereotypes in a 12 word joke! Of course, none of it is relevant, but don't let that stop you!
Try for a haiku next time.
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That CLR of yours sounds very interesting. It will surely make packaging.net desktop applications easier and more convenient than including the the gigantic dotnetfx.exe with everything. How's it going? Anything we can see? Will it be a commercial product?
It was the first thing that came to mind, although I can't think of what to say:)
But I was hoping that the 'advances' in the title was the construction of four actuators that are impervious to heat and magnetism and are to be used to control fusion.
like the United States banning the original Command & Conquer because you could destroy the Whitehouse at the end
I dunno, it's more like if the guys who do destroy the White House are portrayed as the good guys in the game.
I'm sure that freedom of speech is strong enough in the States to accept this, but I doubt this has ever happened.
Actually, a more accurate example would be a map of the world that has the U.S as 'British Americas' or whatever, 20 years after the Revolutionary War.
Well if you are running a server you can assumedly be trusted with the simple task of configuring a proper firewall by yourself, if you do indeed need it. Besides, the Win2003 "way" is to not to run any network services at all until you tell it to.
Win2003 was forked from the WinXP code base. They are basically the same OS with some minor tweakages.
From what I was reading, the tweaks were anything but minor. They are just mainly esoteric, a good cleaning-up if you will. And some of it got ported back to XP with SP2.
Likewise, if you use Win2003 for playing Half-Life 2, then you get the poor performance you deserve.
Last time I tried Win2003 as a desktop OS, it worked very very well with games, but that was about a year ago, before HL2. Just a series of tweaks here and there and you can enable all the fancy hardware acceleration stuff (not to mention audio).
do what i do. refuse to support companies who do not use open standards for game development.
No. No matter how right you are in the activist sense, I'm completely against deliberately missing on miracle works of art and engineering (like Half-Life 2) just to try to 'force' companies to make portable games and support open standards. If a company wants to support an open standard, let that be because of the standard's merit and benefits.
Of course, if you don't have a Windows machine, then it's all a moot point cause you can't play it, can you? (unless you pay for the Transgaming thing).
FUD Alert!.NET has been out for what, 3-4 years now? And Microsoft *never* tried to push it through updates, although no-one but the Slashdot crowd would blame them if they did. Windows Update doesn't install it by itself (although it is available), Service Packs don't install it, IE/Office/whatever won't install it.
The self-updating Windows installs only patches labeled critical, and that does *not* include.Net, Windows Media Player 10 and the such.
So no, I cannot see where evil enters the equation. I'm prepared to admit I'm wrong though if you can provide an example of an EULA "upgrade", since this is something I don't really pay attention to.
LSB is not *that* well-known an acronym, because it's Linux-specific, and its development process is of little significance to people who do not care about these standarization efforts. I read about it on slashdot a few times so I was aware of it, but when the title appeared on the sidebar thingie I use, the only thing that came to me was 'Least Significant Bit'. Reading it in context cleared it up for me, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having the titles on a sidebar.
If LSB = 'least significant bit' to n00bs and 'Linux Standard Base' to m4d hax0rz, then I guess I'm a n00b then.
And under that, "Lawsuits begin next week" (or 'this week' , don't recall).
I thought it was about as funny as a Nazi party announcement. Not at all, that is.
I don't download movies, mainly because of my dislike for less-than-DVD-quality sound and picture, but I still felt offended. I just hope that one day they'll cross the line and get their asses kicked by a legal system brought to its senses. That piece of malware would be an excellent candidate.
Nobody likes Mickey because he's supposed to be flawless and always fixing other people's screw-ups. I can't see how anyone can hate Donald though. He's probably my favourite character (always talking about the classic cartoons, and not about the 90's post-Duck Tales crap.)
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Hey, fellow U.S-bound Cypriot! Nampou ginetai?
Yeah, Mivision has been going for a while, though I don't know anyone who has it, so I don't know of any problems with it (quailty, lag, connection problems and the such).
Mivision as an alternative to cable/satellite television, since Cyprus doesn't have cable and satellite is much more expensive. So Mivision makes sense for Cyprus, but I can't see how this makes sense for the U.S, where cable is already pretty much ubiquitous.
Microsoft's prevalence rides on the quality of its marketing.
Keep in mind that its reputation is tarred because of the quality of its programs. For most people who actually care, that is.
Did they just put TIE Fighter (for the PC) in the 'Silver Age'?
...Inconceivable!
Such as the US blocking the EU's Galilei service?
It's a mutual deal between the EU and the US. They can block each other for small areas, both sides agreed to this.
Sid Meier, Peter Molyneux, Gabe Newell, Ron Gilbert. Off the top of my head. And I'm not much of a gamer either.
But I agree with your point. Still, you're comparing apples and oranges. Sure, most people don't know the developers, but Gordon Freeman is instantly recognizable by pretty much any gamer. Not bad for a character who hasn't spoken a word. And Lara Croft too, even if I've never liked the games for some reason (except maybe the second one).
Wow, you have managed to compress all Microsoft stereotypes in a 12 word joke! Of course, none of it is relevant, but don't let that stop you!
Try for a haiku next time.
That CLR of yours sounds very interesting. It will surely make packaging .net desktop applications easier and more convenient than including the the gigantic dotnetfx.exe with everything. How's it going? Anything we can see? Will it be a commercial product?
It was the first thing that came to mind, although I can't think of what to say :)
But I was hoping that the 'advances' in the title was the construction of four actuators that are impervious to heat and magnetism and are to be used to control fusion.
Heh.
This sounds like an application for something much simpler, a 'whiteboard' over a video feed. Very simple to implement, given proper video streaming.
It would as if the sky fell on us.
I almost had milk coming out of my nose.
Seriously, I was drinking milk.
like the United States banning the original Command & Conquer because you could destroy the Whitehouse at the end
I dunno, it's more like if the guys who do destroy the White House are portrayed as the good guys in the game.
I'm sure that freedom of speech is strong enough in the States to accept this, but I doubt this has ever happened.
Actually, a more accurate example would be a map of the world that has the U.S as 'British Americas' or whatever, 20 years after the Revolutionary War.
Well if you are running a server you can assumedly be trusted with the simple task of configuring a proper firewall by yourself, if you do indeed need it. Besides, the Win2003 "way" is to not to run any network services at all until you tell it to.
Win2003 was forked from the WinXP code base. They are basically the same OS with some minor tweakages.
From what I was reading, the tweaks were anything but minor. They are just mainly esoteric, a good cleaning-up if you will. And some of it got ported back to XP with SP2.
Likewise, if you use Win2003 for playing Half-Life 2, then you get the poor performance you deserve.
Last time I tried Win2003 as a desktop OS, it worked very very well with games, but that was about a year ago, before HL2. Just a series of tweaks here and there and you can enable all the fancy hardware acceleration stuff (not to mention audio).
And Back to the Future!
The bomb get RC signal.
do what i do. refuse to support companies who do not use open standards for game development.
No. No matter how right you are in the activist sense, I'm completely against deliberately missing on miracle works of art and engineering (like Half-Life 2) just to try to 'force' companies to make portable games and support open standards. If a company wants to support an open standard, let that be because of the standard's merit and benefits.
Of course, if you don't have a Windows machine, then it's all a moot point cause you can't play it, can you? (unless you pay for the Transgaming thing).
In fact, how about building it in an Eastern European country?
Preferably one with a leading crowbar industry. You never know when you'll need a crowbar!
FUD Alert! .NET has been out for what, 3-4 years now? And Microsoft *never* tried to push it through updates, although no-one but the Slashdot crowd would blame them if they did. Windows Update doesn't install it by itself (although it is available), Service Packs don't install it, IE/Office/whatever won't install it.
.Net, Windows Media Player 10 and the such.
The self-updating Windows installs only patches labeled critical, and that does *not* include
So no, I cannot see where evil enters the equation. I'm prepared to admit I'm wrong though if you can provide an example of an EULA "upgrade", since this is something I don't really pay attention to.
LSB is not *that* well-known an acronym, because it's Linux-specific, and its development process is of little significance to people who do not care about these standarization efforts. I read about it on slashdot a few times so I was aware of it, but when the title appeared on the sidebar thingie I use, the only thing that came to me was 'Least Significant Bit'. Reading it in context cleared it up for me, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having the titles on a sidebar.
If LSB = 'least significant bit' to n00bs and 'Linux Standard Base' to m4d hax0rz, then I guess I'm a n00b then.
My first thought upon seeing the title of the article was that, finally, someone had found a use for all those humanitarians.
I need one of these engines for my SAAB.
If you were going for the Darwin award, someone beat you to it.
And under that, "Lawsuits begin next week" (or 'this week' , don't recall).
I thought it was about as funny as a Nazi party announcement. Not at all, that is.
I don't download movies, mainly because of my dislike for less-than-DVD-quality sound and picture, but I still felt offended. I just hope that one day they'll cross the line and get their asses kicked by a legal system brought to its senses. That piece of malware would be an excellent candidate.
Nobody likes Mickey because he's supposed to be flawless and always fixing other people's screw-ups. I can't see how anyone can hate Donald though. He's probably my favourite character (always talking about the classic cartoons, and not about the 90's post-Duck Tales crap.)