The release of Revolution missing Christian reminds me of what happened to Nintendo during the flop N64 days. Not that the N64 didn't have its flaws (cartridge games costing publishers $$ in comparison to PS1 CD's costing pennies on the copy) -- but the N64 was released significantly after the PS1.
The strength of the N64 was its technical merits. The games on N64 were beautiful, holding to the realtime in-game 3D experience we expect of consoles in the current generation. In its time, the PS1 didn't hold a candle to this.
Clearly, the PS1 won the market. It released when Nintendo didn't. Nintendo's SGI-based N64 flopped. A vicious cycle ensued. Nobody owned the console, nobody bought the games.. nobody made new games, et cetera ad nauseum.
I can't help but think Nintendo has everything to lose from missing this Christmas season.
Is it just me, or does this article sound like it's fueling steam for a fork of Linux development? If not adding steam for a fork, I have to say it's arrogant...
Ok, kids, give me a break. Comparing the security of programs running on Windows to the security of programs running on Linux is like comparing apples to oranges. Exploits in the Linux kernel notwithstanding -- a security hole in a program run by a regular user *will not* have the ability to trash a system or do anything that it is not given permission for. Under Linux, a runaway Mozilla program that's running behind iptables can do.. what? Precisely nothing.
"When you rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft, and that, in my opinion, is exactly what governments are on track to get." I suppose he's one to pay for high-quality V|@gRa.:)
For the few posts I've read, there sure is a lot of complaints along the lines of 'Gnome isn't KDE' and 'Gnome isn't Windows'. Considering Gnome is completely free (both, as of no charge and you can give it to your friends without the hassle of a EULA) the legitimate leeway for such complaints is very small.
If you want to see changes happen, I think first you need to contribute www.gnome.org . You don't have to be a super C programmer; just running the development release and reporting what bugs you find is a great start. If you don't like something you see, report it, with a suggestion of HOW to change it; I guarantee your report will be pushed much higher in the queue of to-do changes than a complaint you can't do anything about. As good as KDE? How? Why? What part of KDE?
Yeah, this is a troll (even tho it's been modded up) but I'll bight. This MIDI exploit has been around since Windows 98 -- for FIVE years. In files that can (and are, regularly) put on websites to be automatically played. Even though you got your update via Windows Update, don't believe for a _second_ that they would have announced they found the bug without having a patch. Just because it took Microsoft five years, doesn't meant it takes the millions of computer users that use their software that long.
**MY** email address was on that list. My for reals, live, email address. What a dope. And no, that password.txt file isn't the admin password.:) Interesting enough, the form available to remove yourself from that very list does not work...
At holding a good piece of hardware from the public until now. Why didn't the original Gameboy have these features? Why could these two versions at least have been released alongside each other? I realize they were probably going for a low-end market, but damn, talk about milking a dead cow.
I support the idea of being able to resell something you have purchased. If you buy a chair, and use it, you should be able to resell it.
But to say the makers have to _not_ put copy pretection on their media? That's taking away their rights. Hell, as far as I'm concerned, they can all knock themselves out copy protecting their stuff. As someone pointed out, if it's playable it's copiable, so why bother?
The free market will sort the copy-protection issue out.
-- Chance
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To drop the Linux kernel, which has at least GPLv2 protections, for a BSD which has _none_ of those protections for developers and end users is silly.
GPLv2 vs GPLv3 might be a debate, but the GPLv2 got us where we are today.
.. when you could issue it to one Bill Gates?
The release of Revolution missing Christian reminds me of what happened to Nintendo during the flop N64 days. Not that the N64 didn't have its flaws (cartridge games costing publishers $$ in comparison to PS1 CD's costing pennies on the copy) -- but the N64 was released significantly after the PS1.
.. nobody made new games, et cetera ad nauseum.
The strength of the N64 was its technical merits. The games on N64 were beautiful, holding to the realtime in-game 3D experience we expect of consoles in the current generation. In its time, the PS1 didn't hold a candle to this.
Clearly, the PS1 won the market. It released when Nintendo didn't. Nintendo's SGI-based N64 flopped. A vicious cycle ensued. Nobody owned the console, nobody bought the games
I can't help but think Nintendo has everything to lose from missing this Christmas season.
Is it just me, or does this article sound like it's fueling steam for a fork of Linux development? If not adding steam for a fork, I have to say it's arrogant
Ok, kids, give me a break. Comparing the security of programs running on Windows to the security of programs running on Linux is like comparing apples to oranges. Exploits in the Linux kernel notwithstanding -- a security hole in a program run by a regular user *will not* have the ability to trash a system or do anything that it is not given permission for. Under Linux, a runaway Mozilla program that's running behind iptables can do
"When you rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft, and that, in my opinion, is exactly what governments are on track to get." I suppose he's one to pay for high-quality V|@gRa. :)
For the few posts I've read, there sure is a lot of complaints along the lines of 'Gnome isn't KDE' and 'Gnome isn't Windows'. Considering Gnome is completely free (both, as of no charge and you can give it to your friends without the hassle of a EULA) the legitimate leeway for such complaints is very small. If you want to see changes happen, I think first you need to contribute www.gnome.org . You don't have to be a super C programmer; just running the development release and reporting what bugs you find is a great start. If you don't like something you see, report it, with a suggestion of HOW to change it; I guarantee your report will be pushed much higher in the queue of to-do changes than a complaint you can't do anything about. As good as KDE? How? Why? What part of KDE?
Yeah, this is a troll (even tho it's been modded up) but I'll bight. This MIDI exploit has been around since Windows 98 -- for FIVE years. In files that can (and are, regularly) put on websites to be automatically played. Even though you got your update via Windows Update, don't believe for a _second_ that they would have announced they found the bug without having a patch. Just because it took Microsoft five years, doesn't meant it takes the millions of computer users that use their software that long.
**MY** email address was on that list. My for reals, live, email address. What a dope. And no, that password.txt file isn't the admin password. :) Interesting enough, the form available to remove yourself from that very list does not work ...
It's in the best interest of Intel to show up at these meetings. What else but proprietary software currently runs on the majority of their chips?
I totally agree. In what day and age are we that you couldn't have the ability to buy something, take it apart, and make something like it?
-- Chance
At holding a good piece of hardware from the public until now. Why didn't the original Gameboy have these features? Why could these two versions at least have been released alongside each other? I realize they were probably going for a low-end market, but damn, talk about milking a dead cow.
EULA Bill likes bills.
Oh yeah. Agreed. When the lie gets big enough, eventually it starts to look as if it wraps around the other end ...
I support the idea of being able to resell something you have purchased. If you buy a chair, and use it, you should be able to resell it. But to say the makers have to _not_ put copy pretection on their media? That's taking away their rights. Hell, as far as I'm concerned, they can all knock themselves out copy protecting their stuff. As someone pointed out, if it's playable it's copiable, so why bother? The free market will sort the copy-protection issue out. -- Chance