Thanks for the info, but that doesn't really solve the whole "incentive" problem.
I believe that Transgaming should be compensated for their efforts, because they provide a valuable service. However I believe they could generate that income from game companies, not end-users.
If Transgaming signed with (for example) EA (yes I know they're evil) to create Linux binaries for Madden 200X, and get a cut of the profit from the additional sales of the game, I think that could be a viable model for them. The partnership would, in turn, result in much more solid Linux games.
Just a thought.
Who wants to pay for a service that may or may not allow you to play games you've already paid for?
What they SHOULD be doing, IMHO, is cutting deals with game companies to make Linux binaries for them, so they can A. guarantee that the games works and is supported, and B. don't need to rely on income from the few people who to pay twice (or more in the case of MMORPGs) for thier games.
Let the Linux developers work to solidify the gaming platform on their end, and let's start pushing these game companies to start releasing more Linux binaries for their games.
Sadly, there's not much incentive for the latter, as Linux gamers doesn't really encompass a significant portion of the gaming market.
Oh, and anyone relevant who may be reading this, I can't switch to Linux until I can run EQ2 on it!!
"So the point remains the same, either you support death and murder or you dont."
You are too myopic to participate in an honest debate if you cannot distinguish between an attack aimed squarely at civilians, and a military operation that bends over backwards to avoid civilian casualties.
"but I seriously doubt anyone really believes less than that got killed."
That's not good enough. You (and many others) put that number out there, and I want you to back it up. You can't just debate-by-driveby like that and expect people to lend you credibility. If you are going to espouse a point of view, you should at least know enough about it to be able to defend it.
"at what point do you start feeling uncomfortable?"
When politicians suggest accepting defeat and pulling out before the mission is accomplished. What's worse than thousands of people dying? Thousands of people dying for nothing.
I'm not one of those stereotypical Bible-thumping, shotgun toting, redneck Bush supporters you guys love to hate, and I do have my problems with how the war is being conducted. But I also have a problem with people whose arguments against it rely entirely upon inflammatory rhetoric and made-up statistics.
AFAIK, (and IANAL) to the letter of the law, it is not illegal to download copyrighted materials, but it is illegal to distribute copyrighted materials without consent from the copyright holder.
TFA says that the RIAA doesn't make a distinction between legally and illegally downloaded files, but that point is moot. The fact that they are sharing them puts them at odds with the law.
"This is proof that good ideas never die - if you know you have a viable concept, as long as you don't mess with the guts of it too much, you can keep it alive as long as you want."
That sounds like how Disney creates their movies. Too bad it usually results in a predictable and unintersting storyline, with cliched characters and bland dialogue.
I don't want to take pictures with my phone. I don't want to play MP3s with my phone. I don't want to check my e-mail with my phone. I don't want to browse the web with my phone. I don't want to play games with my phone.
I just want to make phone calls with my phone. Want to lower the average price of a cell-phone? Start with taking all of that crap out of it.
"It's suppose it's events like these that reveals how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things."
And I know it's not a popular sentiment, but it aslo puts man's capability to affect the Earth into perspective. More energy was released by this quake than mankind is capable of producing, yet we are supposed to believe that we can significantly alter the Earth's climate in a mere 130 years?
...when the **AAs drop the shoe on these new consolidated nodes. People who operate central repositories for torrent links are setting themselves up for a C&D.
I don't begrudge him for making a move that would preserve his show. But it takes a lot of balls and something far less noble, however, to look someone in the eye and tell them that your 4-hour workday is worth $100 million a year.
And what about the rest of the crew? Gettin way offtopic here, but is it just Stern making the cash, or is that $.5 Billion contract for the rights to the entire show, including current personnel?
I don't mean to start a flame war about Howard Stern here (OK maybe I do, a little), but at what point does a person decide he has enough money?
Sure he will work better in the satellite medium, and I'm sure he still love his work, but I bet he loves that $100 MILLION PER YEAR he will be making even more.
Stern's a sellout, and I wouldn't mind seeing Sirius go broke trying to pay him.
If you mean assembling playlists and such before a trip, then fine. But I'd rather people weren't searching through menus trying to find a song while they're doing 90 down the freeway.
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OK good point, but I'm not seeing the part where government needs to get involved.
Thanks for the info, but that doesn't really solve the whole "incentive" problem. I believe that Transgaming should be compensated for their efforts, because they provide a valuable service. However I believe they could generate that income from game companies, not end-users. If Transgaming signed with (for example) EA (yes I know they're evil) to create Linux binaries for Madden 200X, and get a cut of the profit from the additional sales of the game, I think that could be a viable model for them. The partnership would, in turn, result in much more solid Linux games. Just a thought.
Who wants to pay for a service that may or may not allow you to play games you've already paid for? What they SHOULD be doing, IMHO, is cutting deals with game companies to make Linux binaries for them, so they can A. guarantee that the games works and is supported, and B. don't need to rely on income from the few people who to pay twice (or more in the case of MMORPGs) for thier games.
Let the Linux developers work to solidify the gaming platform on their end, and let's start pushing these game companies to start releasing more Linux binaries for their games.
Sadly, there's not much incentive for the latter, as Linux gamers doesn't really encompass a significant portion of the gaming market.
Oh, and anyone relevant who may be reading this, I can't switch to Linux until I can run EQ2 on it!!
Thank you, Captain Obvious. Now, care to argue/refute his points?
...like RMS will never be happy, and never have room for compromise. Garbage like this reminds me of Yasser Arafat at the Camp David Accords.
Seriously, though, RMS isn't doing Free Software any favors. It's hard to take stubborn zealots very seriously.
You are too myopic to participate in an honest debate if you cannot distinguish between an attack aimed squarely at civilians, and a military operation that bends over backwards to avoid civilian casualties.
That's not good enough. You (and many others) put that number out there, and I want you to back it up. You can't just debate-by-driveby like that and expect people to lend you credibility. If you are going to espouse a point of view, you should at least know enough about it to be able to defend it.
"at what point do you start feeling uncomfortable?"
When politicians suggest accepting defeat and pulling out before the mission is accomplished. What's worse than thousands of people dying? Thousands of people dying for nothing.
I'm not one of those stereotypical Bible-thumping, shotgun toting, redneck Bush supporters you guys love to hate, and I do have my problems with how the war is being conducted. But I also have a problem with people whose arguments against it rely entirely upon inflammatory rhetoric and made-up statistics.
AFAIK, (and IANAL) to the letter of the law, it is not illegal to download copyrighted materials, but it is illegal to distribute copyrighted materials without consent from the copyright holder.
TFA says that the RIAA doesn't make a distinction between legally and illegally downloaded files, but that point is moot. The fact that they are sharing them puts them at odds with the law.
That sounds like how Disney creates their movies. Too bad it usually results in a predictable and unintersting storyline, with cliched characters and bland dialogue.
Privacy is good, because we all have the God-given right to it. But privacy is bad when it comes from HP, Microsoft, Intel, EA... you get the idea.
There are plenty of pricey phones out there with all those features. Where are the cheap ones with just the essentials?
I don't want to take pictures with my phone.
I don't want to play MP3s with my phone.
I don't want to check my e-mail with my phone.
I don't want to browse the web with my phone.
I don't want to play games with my phone.
I just want to make phone calls with my phone. Want to lower the average price of a cell-phone? Start with taking all of that crap out of it.
For a while there I thought this new language was named after my ex-girlfriend.
If you don't think that's a reason to despair, you obviously haven't seen ST:Nemesis.
I wish someone would have...
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...when there is a superior and free (beer AND speech!) browser available?
And when we talk about "the user" on Slashdot, we only mean "grannies" and "12-year-old girls".
Why would someone need to hide a Linux ISO? Why wouldn't the old tried-and-true BitTorrent suffice?
And I know it's not a popular sentiment, but it aslo puts man's capability to affect the Earth into perspective. More energy was released by this quake than mankind is capable of producing, yet we are supposed to believe that we can significantly alter the Earth's climate in a mere 130 years?
...when the **AAs drop the shoe on these new consolidated nodes. People who operate central repositories for torrent links are setting themselves up for a C&D.
I don't begrudge him for making a move that would preserve his show. But it takes a lot of balls and something far less noble, however, to look someone in the eye and tell them that your 4-hour workday is worth $100 million a year.
And what about the rest of the crew? Gettin way offtopic here, but is it just Stern making the cash, or is that $.5 Billion contract for the rights to the entire show, including current personnel?
I don't mean to start a flame war about Howard Stern here (OK maybe I do, a little), but at what point does a person decide he has enough money?
Sure he will work better in the satellite medium, and I'm sure he still love his work, but I bet he loves that $100 MILLION PER YEAR he will be making even more.
Stern's a sellout, and I wouldn't mind seeing Sirius go broke trying to pay him.
If you mean assembling playlists and such before a trip, then fine. But I'd rather people weren't searching through menus trying to find a song while they're doing 90 down the freeway.