Only thing they'll gain is a competetive advance, I suppose. But in absolute terms, I suspect it'll slow progress there too, because there'll be less innovation from Europe to build on...
But then, maybe for the next elections, try to not elect such push-overs;-)
Bah, thats easier to said than done. I've already voted for the only party in Germany that explicitely opposed software patents in their manifesto (Greens, well and the PDS did too, but they weren't going to get anywhere). So the choice is between push-overs and guys that want patents anyway...
Any film that makes money is a good business venture. Hollywood is there to make money, not please you.
But I am there to be pleased, not to be made money off. If I like it, I'm happy if it's good business. If I don't, I hope it's not.
Hollywood wants money, I want good movies. They make a good movie, I give them money for it. Now it's Star Wars, so I have to watch it... why not be pissed when it isn't good?
I'd think good and hard before hosting this kind of ads on my webpage. Let's suppose a reasonably percentage of my public isn't on broadband (or just easily annoyed). These ads would loose me these customers, and my advertiser wouldn't improve his image with them, either.
Now of course I can say "screw them, they don't have no purchasing p0werz anyway", but I had better be right.
For sites that need broad accesibility, they therefore should be big no-nos.
The only reason I, as a gamer in his 20's, don't watch much TV these days is because the majority of the tv and especially its primetime (I assume that's the time tv execs want us watching the most) lineup are geared toward mindless comedy, trite drama, and the much over-played shock-value.
TV execs don't specifically want you to watch on prime time. Rather, it's prime time because that's when most people watch TV, viewing habits being mostly determined by habit and daily schedule. So that's the slots advertisers are going to pay the most for. It's just when the spoils are greatest.
So the number of people watching is more or less fixed (less, probably, since sporting events and stuff like that will have an impact), but in effect it's about who gets the biggest slice of the demographic. And as a TV exec, you'll run what you think is most effective... same effect, different reason.
Doesn't really detract from your argument, though;-)
Games aren't really comparable to TV (with the exception of MMORPGs, maybe), they're more like movies. So I wouldn't expect commercials, but product placement - why not? If it's feasable, it might lead to a preference of certain settings. Less fantasy and sci-fi, more contemporary stuff where you can squeeze your product in.
Thanks for linking to that other Berinato article. Seems like he really is pushing his agenda there. I suspeceted some kind of links to this TSP/PSP guy, Humphrey, since his thing is promoted pretty shamelessly.
Looks like a lot of hot air and buzzwords to me.
"I want the technical community to become professionals," Humphrey says,
and
Humphrey also has conceived of even more radical changes, including a software engineering curriculum modeled on medical school, complete with professional internships.
That should take care of everything, since the medical profession never makes any mistakes. In fact, once they say something, they don't change their minds, do they? And they agree on everything, all of them! Now that's something the software community should try to emulate!
Hrm.
But all in all, I think it's good to see stuff like this on slashdot. At least you see it discussed and disbunked. And it's a good laugh. Well, maybe not a slightly pained one.
Plus, there is a difference between the grannies and the clued users. Clued users can set up VPNs or simply shift their applications to other ports.
I think you're missing the point on this one. Going on a port-blocking spree is an example of a bad, short-term "solution", and the clued users' workarounds cause them trouble and might be further security leaks.
Plus, with every workaround needed, there'll be some users who had enough knowledge to do their stuff reasonably securely before, but are cut out by the higher complexity.
Well, at least I think that "simply shifting applications" doesn't come at zero cost...
I'd be laughing even harder. The whole thing would have made a pretty nice parody, if somebody had thought of it first.
Hard & Bigger suing Mike Rowe Soft... I'd have even thought it a bit contrieved.
I didn't like etc-update either, until I found out that you could merge your files in color.
In/etc/etc-update.conf, just replace
diff_command="diff -uN %file1 %file2"
with
diff_command="colordiff -uN %file1 %file2"
Then use the "merge files interactively" option on any suspicious files, and just -5 the rest. Works pretty nicely, though it still might be a good idea to have backups, anyway.
Since it is optimized for more compression in favor of speed (using Huffman coding instead of Lempel-Ziv-Compression).
For compression speed, you might want to have a look at lzop.
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Only thing they'll gain is a competetive advance, I suppose. But in absolute terms, I suspect it'll slow progress there too, because there'll be less innovation from Europe to build on...
But then, maybe for the next elections, try to not elect such push-overs ;-)
Bah, thats easier to said than done. I've already voted for the only party in Germany that explicitely opposed software patents in their manifesto (Greens, well and the PDS did too, but they weren't going to get anywhere). So the choice is between push-overs and guys that want patents anyway...
Any film that makes money is a good business venture. Hollywood is there to make money, not please you.
But I am there to be pleased, not to be made money off. If I like it, I'm happy if it's good business. If I don't, I hope it's not.
Hollywood wants money, I want good movies. They make a good movie, I give them money for it. Now it's Star Wars, so I have to watch it... why not be pissed when it isn't good?
I'd think good and hard before hosting this kind of ads on my webpage. Let's suppose a reasonably percentage of my public isn't on broadband (or just easily annoyed). These ads would loose me these customers, and my advertiser wouldn't improve his image with them, either.
Now of course I can say "screw them, they don't have no purchasing p0werz anyway", but I had better be right.
For sites that need broad accesibility, they therefore should be big no-nos.
which has been rarely of late, since I don't have one at home, I start itching for the forward button.
:(
Zapping just doesn't cut it
So the number of people watching is more or less fixed (less, probably, since sporting events and stuff like that will have an impact), but in effect it's about who gets the biggest slice of the demographic. And as a TV exec, you'll run what you think is most effective... same effect, different reason.
Doesn't really detract from your argument, though
Games aren't really comparable to TV (with the exception of MMORPGs, maybe), they're more like movies. So I wouldn't expect commercials, but product placement - why not? If it's feasable, it might lead to a preference of certain settings. Less fantasy and sci-fi, more contemporary stuff where you can squeeze your product in.
Granted, but what if some other app expects a certain port? Might be getting a bit hypothetical here, I confess...
Hrm.
But all in all, I think it's good to see stuff like this on slashdot. At least you see it discussed and disbunked. And it's a good laugh. Well, maybe not a slightly pained one.
I'd be laughing even harder. The whole thing would have made a pretty nice parody, if somebody had thought of it first. Hard & Bigger suing Mike Rowe Soft... I'd have even thought it a bit contrieved.
That nasty wet sword-slashing sound and the brutally cut-off screams you get when you kill your prisoners . Its just hits the spot.
Since it is optimized for more compression in favor of speed (using Huffman coding instead of Lempel-Ziv-Compression). For compression speed, you might want to have a look at lzop.