I agree - the prospect of US puratanism is scary. Look at the oppression of pornography occurring now! For instance, I have a terribly hard time finding movies of bare naked women oozing semen from their orifices while other women lick it up. I think Bush is probably behind it...
So one month after 9/11, this guy says "Bush is a bigger asshole than bin Laden will ever be because he bombs people all over the world for oil profits."
Something about this smells like week old tuna. Aside from Afghanistan, what was being bombed in (or prior to) October of 2001?
Bush has done enough without piling bullshit on top of it, I think.
And here's the encounter:
"We've heard," they told him "that you've been discussing President Bush, oil, Osama bin Laden" and other political matters. Barry was dumbfounded. "A lot of people have," he pointed out, and as far as he knew that was still allowed. "You do, of course, have freedom of speech," one of the agents reassured him. "Thank you for reminding me," Barry replied. "This discussion is over."
Chilling. Definitely chilling. Officers showed up, did nothing, and left. This poor guy is being oppressed hard! Call in the UN!
Personally, I don't see BSODs because they haven't happened to me. I turn the automatic reboot off, first thing, too. In any case, it's not like a reboot goes unnoticed - suddenly I'm logged out, and the apps I was running are gone, but I didn't notice it? Let's not act like this reason makes any sense at all.
XP can be as stable as any other platform, and it doesn't require constant vigilance. There are enough of us out here doing it. Blindly screaming "BSOD! Automatic Reboot!" doesn't make it not so.
A kneejerk defense is hardly an intelligent response. You didn't even really address my point. You basically started off with the "love it or leave it" defense and degenerated from there.
Trolling is as trolling does, I suppose. The definition on slashdot is "anything that doesn't fit groupthink," which certainly covers my post. Still, read the comments posted to this story and tell me I'm off base.
As for why I'm posting? Why the hell not? I'm free to if I feel like it.
Why would you open yourself to this? There's going to be about three thoughtful questions and three hundred variations on "Why did you sell your soul?" It just makes no sense to try and provoke intelligent discussion on slashdot. This site is just a feedback loop for left-leaning techno-weenies.
I guess you could if they felt like selling it that way. Since it's their choice not to, I guess you'll just have to use this as a flimsy justification for piracy.
(most) consumers won't keep paying to play stuff from years ago simply because the original hardware broke down.
The market has disproven this point. Most consumers will pay for it - it's the vocal (on this site) minority that likes to take what isn't theirs.
The thing is, porting is a name for a very specific process, which (and this part is important to my point) isn't occurring here.
I really don't care about things sounding 'good' or 'bad.' I don't get emotionally attached to my consoles, and I don't understand people who do. I just object to calling this porting when it obviously isn't. Sorry that this stance doesn't jibe with your 'must make the 360 look bad' stance, but that's your problem, not mine.
Let's assume you're right, and that Bizarre is not getting much out of the Xbox 360. That would suggest, at best, that the system is incredibly difficult to program for. If some of the best and most experienced racing game coders in the world cannot manage true HD on the system, what hope does anyone else have?
I'll de-hyperbolize that paragraph for you. Fair warning, it'll no longer be as sensationalist when I'm done.
Let's assume you're right, and that Bizarre is not getting all the performance Xbox 360 offers. That would suggest, at best, that the system is new, and Bizarre doesn't yet know all the tricks to programming it. If some of the best and most experienced racing game coders in the world cannot manage true HD on the system on their first game out of the gate, what hope does anyone else have?
Oh yeah, quite a bit actually, since the 360 is a brand new architecture that no one has coded to before.
By the way, have you seen this game in motion? It looks almost real. Hardly discredits the developer, no matter the technical details.
As far as I'm concerned, if your web application can't work with Lynks over a 14.4K modem, it shouldn't be a wep application.
Just curious - who made you the arbiter? Why should anyone worry about that? It's just as ridiculous for me to say "As far as I'm concerned, if any application doesn't run on my C-64, it shouldn't be an app." Certain things require a minumum level of capability. That's life.
It's pretty obvious you're just evincing symptoms of computer-based NIMBYism here. Too bad, you'll miss out on a lot of very cool stuff. It's all good by me, though. I don't really mind if bigoted people lose out.
So what you're saying is that evolution isn't a satisfactory explanation because there isn't enough proof to make you believe it, but that a creator (be it god or whatever) with absolutely no proof of existence whatsoever is fine in your view?
I refuse to beg, so I demand you consider this: if the internet weren't already invented, it's very likely the explosion in software patents wouldn't have occurred, hence your assertion is likely false.
You've neatly sidestepped the responsibility lawyers have to take for 'innovating' all of the dirty legal tricks used that give you a bad name. Face it, you've voluntarily entered a profession you knew was populated mostly by scumbags. Now you have to live with the stigma. Too bad for you.
First off, my snippy comment: The quality of the writing in 'The Escapist' is worth every penny I paid to read it. Same for the design.
This democratization of mediocrity is what I hate about the internet. Since when is someone whining about teenage boys being imbeciles worthy of Slashdot commentary? Because if you read the article, that's what is going on here.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the general awkwardness of teenager boys around teenage girls isn't really 'News for Nerds' or 'Stuff that matters' in my book.
There's some sort of weird perception on this site that women dig sensitivity or whatever the fuck. You'll find this idea taking root anywhere large number of unused penises congregate. The strange this is how this idea continues to take root, since its adherents obviously don't reproduce.
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I agree - the prospect of US puratanism is scary. Look at the oppression of pornography occurring now! For instance, I have a terribly hard time finding movies of bare naked women oozing semen from their orifices while other women lick it up. I think Bush is probably behind it...
Something about this smells like week old tuna. Aside from Afghanistan, what was being bombed in (or prior to) October of 2001?
Bush has done enough without piling bullshit on top of it, I think.
And here's the encounter:
Chilling. Definitely chilling. Officers showed up, did nothing, and left. This poor guy is being oppressed hard! Call in the UN!
Personally, I don't see BSODs because they haven't happened to me. I turn the automatic reboot off, first thing, too. In any case, it's not like a reboot goes unnoticed - suddenly I'm logged out, and the apps I was running are gone, but I didn't notice it? Let's not act like this reason makes any sense at all.
XP can be as stable as any other platform, and it doesn't require constant vigilance. There are enough of us out here doing it. Blindly screaming "BSOD! Automatic Reboot!" doesn't make it not so.
A kneejerk defense is hardly an intelligent response. You didn't even really address my point. You basically started off with the "love it or leave it" defense and degenerated from there.
Trolling is as trolling does, I suppose. The definition on slashdot is "anything that doesn't fit groupthink," which certainly covers my post. Still, read the comments posted to this story and tell me I'm off base.
As for why I'm posting? Why the hell not? I'm free to if I feel like it.
Why would you open yourself to this? There's going to be about three thoughtful questions and three hundred variations on "Why did you sell your soul?" It just makes no sense to try and provoke intelligent discussion on slashdot. This site is just a feedback loop for left-leaning techno-weenies.
Anyone that uses the word sheeple needs a hug, followed by a sharp smack on the cheek for being a cock.
Don't be a cock.
I guess you could if they felt like selling it that way. Since it's their choice not to, I guess you'll just have to use this as a flimsy justification for piracy.
(most) consumers won't keep paying to play stuff from years ago simply because the original hardware broke down.
The market has disproven this point. Most consumers will pay for it - it's the vocal (on this site) minority that likes to take what isn't theirs.
It's like an infinite loop of hypocrisy: My god, it's full of piracy!
The thing is, porting is a name for a very specific process, which (and this part is important to my point) isn't occurring here.
I really don't care about things sounding 'good' or 'bad.' I don't get emotionally attached to my consoles, and I don't understand people who do. I just object to calling this porting when it obviously isn't. Sorry that this stance doesn't jibe with your 'must make the 360 look bad' stance, but that's your problem, not mine.
As 'someone who has written a lot of console code' you don't seem to understand too well how this works. Ports, indeed.
Why god why must console kiddies wrap their identities up in corporations that sell them hardware?
Does it make your little peepee hard to pounce on people that like the XBox? Do you desperately need any feeling of superiority at all?
Please, explain it. I've never understood it, most likely because I'm not pathetic.
Yep.
Too bad the comments on Digg make this place look like a scholar's retreat.
Let's assume you're right, and that Bizarre is not getting much out of the Xbox 360. That would suggest, at best, that the system is incredibly difficult to program for. If some of the best and most experienced racing game coders in the world cannot manage true HD on the system, what hope does anyone else have?
I'll de-hyperbolize that paragraph for you. Fair warning, it'll no longer be as sensationalist when I'm done.
Let's assume you're right, and that Bizarre is not getting all the performance Xbox 360 offers. That would suggest, at best, that the system is new, and Bizarre doesn't yet know all the tricks to programming it. If some of the best and most experienced racing game coders in the world cannot manage true HD on the system on their first game out of the gate, what hope does anyone else have?
Oh yeah, quite a bit actually, since the 360 is a brand new architecture that no one has coded to before.
By the way, have you seen this game in motion? It looks almost real. Hardly discredits the developer, no matter the technical details.
All I'm saying is let's relax a bit here...
I have to know how your examples (which, for your edification, are two things Microsoft bought) are examples of 'stealing' BSD licensed code.
Incidentally, it is my understanding that the BSD license means that covered code is freely available, and is, as such, unstealable.
Or have I been trolled? Probably. Still, with the general knowledge level of slashdot being what it is, you can never tell...
Nope, sorry, that won't make it as the great 'M$' replacement. Thanks for playing.
surcumvent
Ah, the old reach-around
(Disclaimer, I just pulled the list , I don't listen to these...:-)
/. nerds thinking you aren't cool...
Yeah, because you sure don't want
As far as I'm concerned, if your web application can't work with Lynks over a 14.4K modem, it shouldn't be a wep application.
Just curious - who made you the arbiter? Why should anyone worry about that? It's just as ridiculous for me to say "As far as I'm concerned, if any application doesn't run on my C-64, it shouldn't be an app." Certain things require a minumum level of capability. That's life.
It's pretty obvious you're just evincing symptoms of computer-based NIMBYism here. Too bad, you'll miss out on a lot of very cool stuff. It's all good by me, though. I don't really mind if bigoted people lose out.
So what you're saying is that evolution isn't a satisfactory explanation because there isn't enough proof to make you believe it, but that a creator (be it god or whatever) with absolutely no proof of existence whatsoever is fine in your view?
Can you rationalize this one?
Everyone break out the hand lotion and tissues, because this story is definitely meant to be a weekend wankfest.
Goog£e
Wow, that's fucking awful. Please don't ever do that again.
I refuse to beg, so I demand you consider this: if the internet weren't already invented, it's very likely the explosion in software patents wouldn't have occurred, hence your assertion is likely false.
You've neatly sidestepped the responsibility lawyers have to take for 'innovating' all of the dirty legal tricks used that give you a bad name. Face it, you've voluntarily entered a profession you knew was populated mostly by scumbags. Now you have to live with the stigma. Too bad for you.
First off, my snippy comment: The quality of the writing in 'The Escapist' is worth every penny I paid to read it. Same for the design.
This democratization of mediocrity is what I hate about the internet. Since when is someone whining about teenage boys being imbeciles worthy of Slashdot commentary? Because if you read the article, that's what is going on here.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the general awkwardness of teenager boys around teenage girls isn't really 'News for Nerds' or 'Stuff that matters' in my book.
Sorry for being harsh.
There's some sort of weird perception on this site that women dig sensitivity or whatever the fuck. You'll find this idea taking root anywhere large number of unused penises congregate. The strange this is how this idea continues to take root, since its adherents obviously don't reproduce.