No, the problem is idiots like you who don't have clue in the world about what a real database is. Oracle is a DBMS, Postgres is a DBMS, SQLServer is a DBMS, MySql is a DBMS. I love the way you only pick the glaringly obvious OSS solution there, by the way. Are you aware that Postgres is also OSS? How about the fact that SQLServer is not OSS? If you haven't heard of Oracle, that just lends fuel to my argument.
The issue in this instance is that they implemented and outdated Non-OSS version of StarOffice, did so in 5% of the target audience, and pronounced that it's inability to work with the rest of the infrastructure cost them more. Well, guess what dumbass? That's not how you test and implement a new architecture. You find a test bed for it, and see how well it works with itself. Whether or not it can interact with the architecture you're replacing should be a non-issue; here it was touted as the root of all evil.
I understand perfectly that applications have a scope of use and a domain that they're suitable for use in. Access is completely useless, even for the scope and domain it's targeted for. It's been forever plagued with problems related to data integrity and database corruption. I'd rather use a real DBMS and scale it back than work with that lousy overblown spreadsheet POS.
Well, I work IT in a law enforcement agency, and so I can speak to that. The parent is right, you don't know what the Hell you're talking about.
I'll do you one better. Not only am I a cop, but I work in the IT field as well. There's nothing that couldn't be handled using a web forms application, and better than what you can do with any office suite.
On the topic of software used by police departments, I think some of it has purpose. Training tracking is good, and e-mail is a good tool for inter- and intradepartment memos. If you can't find a better way to do mass mailings other than Word's mail merge, then you need to go back to school. As for Excel and Access databases, please. MySql is a database. SqlServer is a databse. Postgres is a database. Access is a really fancy spreadsheet, and is absolute crap. Please don't give it any credentials by calling it a database.
Ultimately, from the look of things, you have zero real experience in IT, and need to go spend some time in large scale corporate IT. Once you've done that, take your lessons learned, and apply them to the small scale you're currently working with.
If you're interested in getting japanese music, I'd recommend CD Japan. It's got a decently sized selection, and if you're like me and go with the $10 for the whole CD option on iTunes more often than not, it's a decent deal. The nice part about it is that even after shipping, it's not that much more expensive than going to Best Buy or Amazon, and the prices aren't nearly as high as they would be if you were actually buying the CD in Japan.
Ordinarily, I don't waste my time with trolls, but something about you compelled me to.
On the printer thing, I've never had an issue with any printer I've ever setup. If you did, then it's likely you did something wrong. Also, if you needed to spend that much time reading man pages, then I'd imagine Slackware is not the distro for you.
As for Word/Excel.. If you need to do something with them for work, and you need the formatting perfect, then use Windows. Never did I say otherwise; I dual boot at home for precisely that reason. OOo is still coming along, and it will only get better.
Games. I dual boot for this reason, too.
For most users, all they need is an email client, a web browser, and something to send photos to all their relatives. For that, Linux is plenty mature, and can handle with ease. You, however, are not the "typical" user that I described, in addition to having other needs. For people like you, dual boot or just run Windows.
These guys had plenty of chances to secure more market share...they were quickly and ruthlessly stomped out of existence by MS' illegal pursuit of enforcing their monopoly.
There, I fixed your statement to be true and accurate. As for comparing a Mac to a PC, while they are both usable on the same level as a tool, Macs have always been a different beast from the PC. What the GP is talking about is competition within the IBM/PC compatible market, based on the x86 architecture. Mac based computing on the Motorola chipset has nothing to do with that; asserting otherwise is trolling.
So, in short, if MS had never existed, software would run on Linux, BeOS, OS/2, or one of the other OS that Microsoft squashed out of existence so ruthlessly.
But I like windows. It rarely crashes, is pretty easy to use and a lot of my favorite software runs on it. Direct-X works pretty well, the registry does what it's supposed to do pretty well, and if I want to share a file on the network, it's not very complicated either to set up or use.
Direct X isn't nearly as good as what it does as OpenGL, plus anything written in it can only run on Windows. As for the registry, it's a convoluted POS that doesn't come close to doing what it's supposed to do. In fact, it's completely unneeded, unless you want to be able to track every piece of software on a computer. Sharing files on a network may be easy, but that ease comes at the cost of security. Thanks, but I'd rather have my security.
Getting rid of viruses and malware is a problem, but I'm 100% sure it would be just as big a problem for Mac OSX or Red Hat Linux Workstation if those products had the market share that Windows does. It hasn't been a problem for me because I don't click on executable content I don't trust.
For the most part, malware/virii find their way on to Windows boxes by stupid users. However, I'm not a stupid user, and I still have issues with malware/virii. Why is this? because it's not that hard to exploit the fact that damn near everything in Windows needs to run as Administrator. Again, this is crap, and totally unneeded.
I've set up Ubuntu linux on older PCs owned by grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. They don't lose out on anything they liked in windows. They can still check email and write letters to their congresscritters. The only difference is that now I don't hear them complaining about all the time and money they've spent taking their Windows PC to the local tech because of virii and spyware/malware.
So, having thought about it, the average person probably really doesn't like Windows. It's something they use because it came with the computer, and being the uninformed masses that they are, don't know that there are other options out there with which they can do all the things they do now.
BS. Driving is not a privelage, it's a requirement.
BS on your BS. There is nothing on this earth that requires you to drive a car. There are jobs you can get that don't require a license. You can get to and from work without either mass transit or a personal vehicle.
That said, yes, there are individuals for whom special considerations are required, IE physical handicap, but that still doesn't mean you have to drive.
Troll -- A Troll is similar to Flamebait, but slightly more refined. This is a prank comment intended to provoke indignant (or just confused) responses. A Troll might mix up vital facts or otherwise distort reality, to make other readers react with helpful "corrections." Trolling is the online equivalent of intentionally dialing wrong numbers just to waste other people's time.
I dunno about you, but it seems to me that "OMG, M$ is teh SUXXOR!!!!!" seems to be flamebait, not a troll.
I've played Tekken 5 in the arcades. Admittedly, it's not as bad as Tekken 4 or Tekken Tag. However, that doesn't mean it's not the same old 'learn every move with one of 2 or 3 characters and then only someone who's just as good with one of thsoe can tie you every match'. It is, and that sucks, plain and simple.
As to controllers, the only folks I hear singing the praises of the original XBox controller are those strange MS fanboys who think they can do no wrong. Every other sane person, even those with really big hands, seem to think that it sucks. As to nintendo fans, I've rarely found a rabid one. All the rabid fans seem to be PS2 fans or XBox fans. Ultimately, it's what you're used to, I suppose. I get along fine with all the controllers, but I tend to use slightly larger 3rd party PS2 controllers, stock GCNs and since the S controller is the smallest available for Xbox, I'm stuck with that. I'd prefer something smaller, but w/e.
Apparently, your mind is limited to what you see in the US. Just because it's been dead for nigh on 20 years here doesn't mean that's the case in the rest of the world.
for target demographics being the reason for there not being many GC fighting games, but you also admit that the GC version sold well. super smash brothers sold well. i would say that there is a market for gc fighting games. publishers and developers are just choosing not to publish them for the gc. also you mention that working in other nintendo characters would help the game sell even more. basically it sounds like you are wishing for soul calibur ripped of its story and characters just replaced by nintendo properties?!??! im envisioning super smash brothers powered by the soul edge engine!!! lol.
Just because Smash Brothers and SCII w/ Link did well doesn't mean that all games will do well. SCII did well because of Link. Smash Brothers, OTOH, is not atypical of a 2D/3D fighting game such as Soul Calibur or Tekken. Lumping it in with them is pretty stupid and nearsighted, IMO. As for me wanting Soul Calibur with Nintendo characters, I don't. However, more of the same that they did with SCII, working outside characters into the Soul Calibur world would be nice.
f your thinking is indicative of how most nintendo owners felt, what hope would a third party developer have in creating titles for the revolution if he doesnt somehow work mario, zelda, samus, etc into the game? im sure that many already feel this way, hence lack of much third party support. namco has its own intellectual property, i doubt they wish to contine down the road of paying for licenses from other companies when they themselves have dozens of their own original characters. smaller developers obviously couldnt afford to pay for such a license, so where would that leave them in nintendo-land?
Where on earth did I say that? Again, Soul Calibur did well because of Link. That doesn't automatically mean that any 3rd party game will automatically fail. Super Monkey Ball and it's kin are outstanding examples of that. Nice troll on your part there, though.
As to the GCN layout, anyone who had an issue with that bought an arcade style joystick. I know that I personally did. Ultimately, while I can deal with the GCN layout, and I can deal with the PS2 layout, they both ultimately suck by comparison to an arcade stick. That said, neither prevented me from doing everything with the gamepad that I can do on an arcade stick.
As to tekken, noone cries for Tekken 5 because it sucks. It's more of the same crap that was in Tekken through Tekken Tag. As has been said elsewhere in the thread:
Tekken is the worlds worst game of Trivial Pursuit. It's all about who knows how to chain together ridiculously obscure moves which will prevent your opponent from doing a thing
That right there completely sums up my thoughts on Tekken. I'll take Soul Calibur, DoA, Marvel vs Capcom or Capcom vs SNK over that trash any day of the week.
The lack of fighting games on the GCN has far less to do with the controller layout and more to do with the target demographic. While putting in Link as a playable character in SCII pushed it far past both the Xbox and PS2 versions of the same, the console simply doesn't need a horde of crappy fighting games , assuming that's what you're referring to as competition. Getting back to the controller layout, I personally preferred the GCN controller layout to that of the PS2 and XBox versions. Then again, I find the GCN controller to be better on a lot of levels than the micro sized PS2 controller, and the oversized XBox controller, and yes, I do have the S models for mine.
Ultimately, regardless of whether or not SCIII gets moved to other consoles, I think restricting it to the PS2 is a really bad idea. Work in Samus, Zelda/Shiek or perhaps one of the characters from Fire Emblem and put it back on the GCN.. then watch the money roll in.
The catch is that the author of this article isn't suggesting that. They're decrying games like GTA and Tomb Raider for having characters which are easily marketable towards young adult males, aged 18-24. Decrying anything because you're not the intended audience is, IMO, completely moronic and shows a lack of common sense.
While I agree that there are certainly a lack of games that aren't directly marketed toward the 18-24yo male demographic, that doesn't mean that there is a complete lack of them. However, what exactly do women want in games? I don't think that the demographic is clearly defined; nor do I think that it ever will be clearly defined. It's simply not large enough to be worth spending the time, money and effort to the larger publishing houses, such as EA, Blizzard, et al. This is where you count on the smaller, independent houses to step up and take a risk, which is what the GP poster is saying.
I've played both of them, and can pull off most of the ultra combos, finishers, and that ninja guys 99 hit Ultra Combo. However, given that this IS slashdot, a UT reference is far more appropriate.
Which would make my reply pure sarcasm. I'll assume we both know that Oracle 24X7 support gets billed at numbers large enough to put an HLV into orbit and leave it at that.
Agreed all the way. Most people seem to have the thought in their heads 'If I make myself a slave to my job, I'll get promoted faster and get more payraises.'. I'd kindly like to throw the BS flag on that one; all it does is encourage your employer to walk all over you and wring you for everything you're worth.
To the GP, advancing yourself at work is accomplished by showing up, doing what needs to get done, and doing it well. If you want to put forth extra effort into your job, then I'd suggest accomplishing tasks in less time than was alloted, and then utilizing your extra time to further your own skillsets, or looking for more work to do. Helping folks around your shop is never a bad thing either. However, I'll reiterate that making yourself a slave to your job, while it will get you noticed, is really just a good way to make you hate where you work.
And you'd be wrong about that, too. The reason cross faction mounts are such a big deal is because you need to have Exalted fame with the desired faction. Until recently, it was nigh impossible to do so. Until you have exalted fame, even if you could trade the mount itself, you'd still be unable to train in the appropriate mount riding.
Err . . . OK. If you can't stand to have people try to poke holes in your statements, why are you posting to slashdot? I'm just asking.
There's a world of difference between poking holes in an arguement, which I feel noone has really done yet; it's all been a lot of the same 'this is bad because it could be abused' bullshit. Making it seem like it's far worse than it likely would be via use of an overblown analogy is also, IMO, pure bullshit.
I've never said that an illegal DDoS attack is a good thing. I've stated, repeatedly, that in certain cases, a LEGAL DDoS could possibly be a useful tool for dealing with spammers AS A LAST RESORT.
Furthermore, I've never once taken the 'if you don't agree with me, you're on their side' stance. I'm sorry that you see it that way; you're currently the only person out of the numerous replies I've gotten on the subject who feels that way.
Slashdot Mirror
No, the problem is idiots like you who don't have clue in the world about what a real database is. Oracle is a DBMS, Postgres is a DBMS, SQLServer is a DBMS, MySql is a DBMS. I love the way you only pick the glaringly obvious OSS solution there, by the way. Are you aware that Postgres is also OSS? How about the fact that SQLServer is not OSS? If you haven't heard of Oracle, that just lends fuel to my argument.
The issue in this instance is that they implemented and outdated Non-OSS version of StarOffice, did so in 5% of the target audience, and pronounced that it's inability to work with the rest of the infrastructure cost them more. Well, guess what dumbass? That's not how you test and implement a new architecture. You find a test bed for it, and see how well it works with itself. Whether or not it can interact with the architecture you're replacing should be a non-issue; here it was touted as the root of all evil.
I understand perfectly that applications have a scope of use and a domain that they're suitable for use in. Access is completely useless, even for the scope and domain it's targeted for. It's been forever plagued with problems related to data integrity and database corruption. I'd rather use a real DBMS and scale it back than work with that lousy overblown spreadsheet POS.
I'll do you one better. Not only am I a cop, but I work in the IT field as well. There's nothing that couldn't be handled using a web forms application, and better than what you can do with any office suite.
On the topic of software used by police departments, I think some of it has purpose. Training tracking is good, and e-mail is a good tool for inter- and intradepartment memos. If you can't find a better way to do mass mailings other than Word's mail merge, then you need to go back to school. As for Excel and Access databases, please. MySql is a database. SqlServer is a databse. Postgres is a database. Access is a really fancy spreadsheet, and is absolute crap. Please don't give it any credentials by calling it a database.
Ultimately, from the look of things, you have zero real experience in IT, and need to go spend some time in large scale corporate IT. Once you've done that, take your lessons learned, and apply them to the small scale you're currently working with.
Agreed 100% on this. It's about time all these so-called experts use the proper title for the career field; Computer Forensic Science.
Whoops.. teach me to check links.. should be
CD Japan
If you're interested in getting japanese music, I'd recommend CD Japan. It's got a decently sized selection, and if you're like me and go with the $10 for the whole CD option on iTunes more often than not, it's a decent deal. The nice part about it is that even after shipping, it's not that much more expensive than going to Best Buy or Amazon, and the prices aren't nearly as high as they would be if you were actually buying the CD in Japan.
Ordinarily, I don't waste my time with trolls, but something about you compelled me to.
On the printer thing, I've never had an issue with any printer I've ever setup. If you did, then it's likely you did something wrong. Also, if you needed to spend that much time reading man pages, then I'd imagine Slackware is not the distro for you.
As for Word/Excel.. If you need to do something with them for work, and you need the formatting perfect, then use Windows. Never did I say otherwise; I dual boot at home for precisely that reason. OOo is still coming along, and it will only get better.
Games. I dual boot for this reason, too.
For most users, all they need is an email client, a web browser, and something to send photos to all their relatives. For that, Linux is plenty mature, and can handle with ease. You, however, are not the "typical" user that I described, in addition to having other needs. For people like you, dual boot or just run Windows.
It's been a while since I've had any issues with virii. However, there are lots of sites out there which use cookies that Adaware doesn't like.
Bottom line, the only way to ensure that nothing gets on your machine is to stay off the internet.
There, I fixed your statement to be true and accurate. As for comparing a Mac to a PC, while they are both usable on the same level as a tool, Macs have always been a different beast from the PC. What the GP is talking about is competition within the IBM/PC compatible market, based on the x86 architecture. Mac based computing on the Motorola chipset has nothing to do with that; asserting otherwise is trolling.
So, in short, if MS had never existed, software would run on Linux, BeOS, OS/2, or one of the other OS that Microsoft squashed out of existence so ruthlessly.
Direct X isn't nearly as good as what it does as OpenGL, plus anything written in it can only run on Windows. As for the registry, it's a convoluted POS that doesn't come close to doing what it's supposed to do. In fact, it's completely unneeded, unless you want to be able to track every piece of software on a computer. Sharing files on a network may be easy, but that ease comes at the cost of security. Thanks, but I'd rather have my security.
For the most part, malware/virii find their way on to Windows boxes by stupid users. However, I'm not a stupid user, and I still have issues with malware/virii. Why is this? because it's not that hard to exploit the fact that damn near everything in Windows needs to run as Administrator. Again, this is crap, and totally unneeded.
I've set up Ubuntu linux on older PCs owned by grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. They don't lose out on anything they liked in windows. They can still check email and write letters to their congresscritters. The only difference is that now I don't hear them complaining about all the time and money they've spent taking their Windows PC to the local tech because of virii and spyware/malware.
So, having thought about it, the average person probably really doesn't like Windows. It's something they use because it came with the computer, and being the uninformed masses that they are, don't know that there are other options out there with which they can do all the things they do now.
No, no no. It's obviously backed by The Dragon Reborn with his Asha'man.
BS on your BS. There is nothing on this earth that requires you to drive a car. There are jobs you can get that don't require a license. You can get to and from work without either mass transit or a personal vehicle.
That said, yes, there are individuals for whom special considerations are required, IE physical handicap, but that still doesn't mean you have to drive.
I dunno about you, but it seems to me that "OMG, M$ is teh SUXXOR!!!!!" seems to be flamebait, not a troll.
I've played Tekken 5 in the arcades. Admittedly, it's not as bad as Tekken 4 or Tekken Tag. However, that doesn't mean it's not the same old 'learn every move with one of 2 or 3 characters and then only someone who's just as good with one of thsoe can tie you every match'. It is, and that sucks, plain and simple.
As to controllers, the only folks I hear singing the praises of the original XBox controller are those strange MS fanboys who think they can do no wrong. Every other sane person, even those with really big hands, seem to think that it sucks. As to nintendo fans, I've rarely found a rabid one. All the rabid fans seem to be PS2 fans or XBox fans. Ultimately, it's what you're used to, I suppose. I get along fine with all the controllers, but I tend to use slightly larger 3rd party PS2 controllers, stock GCNs and since the S controller is the smallest available for Xbox, I'm stuck with that. I'd prefer something smaller, but w/e.
Apparently, your mind is limited to what you see in the US. Just because it's been dead for nigh on 20 years here doesn't mean that's the case in the rest of the world.
Just because Smash Brothers and SCII w/ Link did well doesn't mean that all games will do well. SCII did well because of Link. Smash Brothers, OTOH, is not atypical of a 2D/3D fighting game such as Soul Calibur or Tekken. Lumping it in with them is pretty stupid and nearsighted, IMO. As for me wanting Soul Calibur with Nintendo characters, I don't. However, more of the same that they did with SCII, working outside characters into the Soul Calibur world would be nice.
Where on earth did I say that? Again, Soul Calibur did well because of Link. That doesn't automatically mean that any 3rd party game will automatically fail. Super Monkey Ball and it's kin are outstanding examples of that. Nice troll on your part there, though.
As to the GCN layout, anyone who had an issue with that bought an arcade style joystick. I know that I personally did. Ultimately, while I can deal with the GCN layout, and I can deal with the PS2 layout, they both ultimately suck by comparison to an arcade stick. That said, neither prevented me from doing everything with the gamepad that I can do on an arcade stick.
As to tekken, noone cries for Tekken 5 because it sucks. It's more of the same crap that was in Tekken through Tekken Tag. As has been said elsewhere in the thread:
That right there completely sums up my thoughts on Tekken. I'll take Soul Calibur, DoA, Marvel vs Capcom or Capcom vs SNK over that trash any day of the week.
The lack of fighting games on the GCN has far less to do with the controller layout and more to do with the target demographic. While putting in Link as a playable character in SCII pushed it far past both the Xbox and PS2 versions of the same, the console simply doesn't need a horde of crappy fighting games , assuming that's what you're referring to as competition. Getting back to the controller layout, I personally preferred the GCN controller layout to that of the PS2 and XBox versions. Then again, I find the GCN controller to be better on a lot of levels than the micro sized PS2 controller, and the oversized XBox controller, and yes, I do have the S models for mine.
Ultimately, regardless of whether or not SCIII gets moved to other consoles, I think restricting it to the PS2 is a really bad idea. Work in Samus, Zelda/Shiek or perhaps one of the characters from Fire Emblem and put it back on the GCN.. then watch the money roll in.
The catch is that the author of this article isn't suggesting that. They're decrying games like GTA and Tomb Raider for having characters which are easily marketable towards young adult males, aged 18-24. Decrying anything because you're not the intended audience is, IMO, completely moronic and shows a lack of common sense.
While I agree that there are certainly a lack of games that aren't directly marketed toward the 18-24yo male demographic, that doesn't mean that there is a complete lack of them. However, what exactly do women want in games? I don't think that the demographic is clearly defined; nor do I think that it ever will be clearly defined. It's simply not large enough to be worth spending the time, money and effort to the larger publishing houses, such as EA, Blizzard, et al. This is where you count on the smaller, independent houses to step up and take a risk, which is what the GP poster is saying.
I've played both of them, and can pull off most of the ultra combos, finishers, and that ninja guys 99 hit Ultra Combo. However, given that this IS slashdot, a UT reference is far more appropriate.
I'm reasonably certain that after Uuuuuuuulllllllttttrrraaaaaaaaa Duuuuuuuuuuupppeee! comes DUPING SPREEE!!!
Which would make my reply pure sarcasm. I'll assume we both know that Oracle 24X7 support gets billed at numbers large enough to put an HLV into orbit and leave it at that.
Agreed all the way. Most people seem to have the thought in their heads 'If I make myself a slave to my job, I'll get promoted faster and get more payraises.'. I'd kindly like to throw the BS flag on that one; all it does is encourage your employer to walk all over you and wring you for everything you're worth.
To the GP, advancing yourself at work is accomplished by showing up, doing what needs to get done, and doing it well. If you want to put forth extra effort into your job, then I'd suggest accomplishing tasks in less time than was alloted, and then utilizing your extra time to further your own skillsets, or looking for more work to do. Helping folks around your shop is never a bad thing either. However, I'll reiterate that making yourself a slave to your job, while it will get you noticed, is really just a good way to make you hate where you work.
That's his claim, although I'd love to know how they managed to get from Princeton, NJ to California and back without raping their budget.
And you'd be wrong about that, too. The reason cross faction mounts are such a big deal is because you need to have Exalted fame with the desired faction. Until recently, it was nigh impossible to do so. Until you have exalted fame, even if you could trade the mount itself, you'd still be unable to train in the appropriate mount riding.
There's a world of difference between poking holes in an arguement, which I feel noone has really done yet; it's all been a lot of the same 'this is bad because it could be abused' bullshit. Making it seem like it's far worse than it likely would be via use of an overblown analogy is also, IMO, pure bullshit.
I've never said that an illegal DDoS attack is a good thing. I've stated, repeatedly, that in certain cases, a LEGAL DDoS could possibly be a useful tool for dealing with spammers AS A LAST RESORT.
Furthermore, I've never once taken the 'if you don't agree with me, you're on their side' stance. I'm sorry that you see it that way; you're currently the only person out of the numerous replies I've gotten on the subject who feels that way.