The content is controlled oligarchically and plutocratically. Local access is a complete joke, public television is underfunded, and the rest of it has such prohibitively high costs.
The Loki installer for Unreal Tournament is still freely downloadable, for those with the Windows version. You can play that.
The binaries for Quake and Quake 2 are still linked to glide (I think). Fortunately, both games' source is under the GPL, so you can recompile for GLX.
There are many ATI drivers (XFree86, ATI's binaries, DRI, Gatos), but none of them do everything well (or so I've heard). NVidia's drivers are wonderful, but binary-only ([sigh]... NDA...). I wish they were able to let us help with the drivers. XFree86's nv driver is still pretty good.
You can use WINE to play many games non-native to Linux, like Half-Life (Damn You, Valve!(TM)), but it usually takes some tinkering. There is WineX, a commercial fork of WINE that specializes in getting games to work.
Finally, just have a look around; you'd be surprised at what's available.
Every major software vendor, whether you like an app or not, that recognizes Linux as a viable platform for its software and commits to making its programs run well under Linux, whether through WINE or natively, is a benefit for all of us.
As more "essential" Windows 3rd-party applications are converted, we gain more momentum, hopefully reaching the spillover point, namely (almost-)out-of-th-box support from Photoshop. If we get that, people will convert in droves (relatively speaking).
So even if you don't like WINE or Flash, if a company gives support for Linux, give support back; it's more in line with the spirit of FOSS -- even if they don't subscribe to it.
During the height of the DotCom bubble -- a time when anything went -- a (now former) friend had the brilliant idea to make money by writing webpages. His skill set comprised of DHTML, ASP, VB, J++, and taking public domain and/or example code and putting his name on it. I had worked almost exclusively with application languages, so I did actually get something from the experience.
Mind you, this was before our freshmen years. So I viewed it with much skepticism but, not wanting to disappoint him, I went along.
He wanted to charge people $10 a page, plus $5 for javascript. The worst part is that some people took his offer seriously. They all said that he was too expensive.
Perhaps the one thing he loved more than money was power. He would manipulate me (admittedly easy to do), changing the rules of a situation to his benefit.
He even had the gall to, at one point, post an employment opening on our site (hosted on PWS or whatever POS mini-IIS that came with Win98. To which one poor soul actually replied. My friend took pleasure in emailing him, telling him that he wasn't "qualified" enough.
In short, he was a greedy fraud, an MS shill (his lasting image on me probably intensified my love of free / open source software, at that point in time yet to come), a bona-fide script kiddie, warez junkie, cheater in games, a person completely unworthy to breathe the same air as living creatures, the epitomy of what is wrong in this world; last I heard of him was that his mother had to call the police to break up a fight between him and his brother. I am grateful to myself for having had the insight and fortune to withdraw from that friendship, even though I couldn't see that at the time.
I'm sorry that I wrote all of this here, but I had to purge it, and it is slightly on topic, so...
MP3 predated Ogg by years (AFAIK). So it has lots more "market share," if you will. Also, "mp3" has become synonymous with "music on the computer." It's like Kleenex. I can't recall off the top of my head a different brand of tissue paper. (But that example really only counts for a half point...)
We mention Ogg so much because we honestly believe (at least I think so...) it to be at least as good as MP3. What's wrong with us wanting someone "big" to try to put it in the mainstream.
So you can stop the vindictive ranting. I can't tell if you're a partial troll, or just disillusioned, or just a very confusing read to me.
Basically my proof of this statement is "Because my dad (a lawyer) said so," so take this with a boulder-sized grain of salt if necessary. All of his legal forms for dealing with the district courts and the Fifth Circuit are in WP format, dating back to maybe 1996 (or whenever Corel made WP 6). They now are distributed in PDF, though.
Anyway, at least he swears by WP. He's in the other room, using it right now, in fact.
I agree. Federal "pound me in the ass" prision doesn't work. We could save a lot of money by just sentencing people to poundings in the ass. Every day, for x number of years.
OK, so you give them 32-bit and consumer 64-bit versions. I'll bet tons of people who want to upgrade fuck up and get the wrong version. Even if you label it completely differently, tons of people with 32-bit cpus will buy the 64-bit version.
I personally haven't tried to run 64-bit code on a 32-bit machine, so I don't know if it will chug or choke.
This 64-bit conversion in general will be hell (with binaries, at least) while most people still have 32-bit machines.
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Take your lawsuit, Real, and shove it up your breach of contract.
Or you could always give us a decent media player...
converted pneumatic drill? might be a little bit unwieldy, though...
The content is controlled oligarchically and plutocratically. Local access is a complete joke, public television is underfunded, and the rest of it has such prohibitively high costs.
Not to change the subject or anything, or sound redundant or anything, but it's this kind of situation where Ogg would be perfect.
I would pay if the money was used as a subsidy for "fiber to the curb."
in the shape of Trogdor.
"Trespassers will be burninated!"
I mean, I'd buy it...
Mrs. O'Leary's cow was actually a raptor saurus.
That's one pretty confused raptor...
A few extra things:
The Loki installer for Unreal Tournament is still freely downloadable, for those with the Windows version. You can play that.
The binaries for Quake and Quake 2 are still linked to glide (I think). Fortunately, both games' source is under the GPL, so you can recompile for GLX.
There are many ATI drivers (XFree86, ATI's binaries, DRI, Gatos), but none of them do everything well (or so I've heard). NVidia's drivers are wonderful, but binary-only ([sigh]... NDA...). I wish they were able to let us help with the drivers. XFree86's nv driver is still pretty good.
You can use WINE to play many games non-native to Linux, like Half-Life (Damn You, Valve!(TM)), but it usually takes some tinkering. There is WineX, a commercial fork of WINE that specializes in getting games to work.
Finally, just have a look around; you'd be surprised at what's available.
Goddamnit! You're missing the point!
Every major software vendor, whether you like an app or not, that recognizes Linux as a viable platform for its software and commits to making its programs run well under Linux, whether through WINE or natively, is a benefit for all of us.
As more "essential" Windows 3rd-party applications are converted, we gain more momentum, hopefully reaching the spillover point, namely (almost-)out-of-th-box support from Photoshop. If we get that, people will convert in droves (relatively speaking).
So even if you don't like WINE or Flash, if a company gives support for Linux, give support back; it's more in line with the spirit of FOSS -- even if they don't subscribe to it.
And I just started learning Perl 5...
He's still planning on sticking around as chairman of the board.
You have been elected Chairman of the Board (again).
Pay each player $50.
During the height of the DotCom bubble -- a time when anything went -- a (now former) friend had the brilliant idea to make money by writing webpages. His skill set comprised of DHTML, ASP, VB, J++, and taking public domain and/or example code and putting his name on it. I had worked almost exclusively with application languages, so I did actually get something from the experience.
Mind you, this was before our freshmen years. So I viewed it with much skepticism but, not wanting to disappoint him, I went along.
He wanted to charge people $10 a page, plus $5 for javascript. The worst part is that some people took his offer seriously. They all said that he was too expensive.
Perhaps the one thing he loved more than money was power. He would manipulate me (admittedly easy to do), changing the rules of a situation to his benefit.
He even had the gall to, at one point, post an employment opening on our site (hosted on PWS or whatever POS mini-IIS that came with Win98. To which one poor soul actually replied. My friend took pleasure in emailing him, telling him that he wasn't "qualified" enough.
In short, he was a greedy fraud, an MS shill (his lasting image on me probably intensified my love of free / open source software, at that point in time yet to come), a bona-fide script kiddie, warez junkie, cheater in games, a person completely unworthy to breathe the same air as living creatures, the epitomy of what is wrong in this world; last I heard of him was that his mother had to call the police to break up a fight between him and his brother. I am grateful to myself for having had the insight and fortune to withdraw from that friendship, even though I couldn't see that at the time.
I'm sorry that I wrote all of this here, but I had to purge it, and it is slightly on topic, so...
That's not an issue of Left or Right. That's an issue of libertarian or authoritarian. They are two entirely separate ideas.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
MP3 predated Ogg by years (AFAIK). So it has lots more "market share," if you will. Also, "mp3" has become synonymous with "music on the computer." It's like Kleenex. I can't recall off the top of my head a different brand of tissue paper. (But that example really only counts for a half point...)
We mention Ogg so much because we honestly believe (at least I think so...) it to be at least as good as MP3. What's wrong with us wanting someone "big" to try to put it in the mainstream.
So you can stop the vindictive ranting. I can't tell if you're a partial troll, or just disillusioned, or just a very confusing read to me.
You obviously haven't heard the (relatively) old adage about intuitive interfaces, have you. [clears throat]
"The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned." ---Anonymous*
* This article IMO comes to no definitive answer as to who actually first said it.
Copy?!? That implies physical material. I'll bet SCO didn't even give them a receipt. Too much of a paper trail.
Basically my proof of this statement is "Because my dad (a lawyer) said so," so take this with a boulder-sized grain of salt if necessary. All of his legal forms for dealing with the district courts and the Fifth Circuit are in WP format, dating back to maybe 1996 (or whenever Corel made WP 6). They now are distributed in PDF, though.
Anyway, at least he swears by WP. He's in the other room, using it right now, in fact.
This is right out of a stereotypical episode of the Twilight Zone. I can hear the music already.
Maybe my word choice of "question" wasn't the best. I probably meant "point."
I agree. Federal "pound me in the ass" prision doesn't work. We could save a lot of money by just sentencing people to poundings in the ass. Every day, for x number of years.
We all live in an airborne submarine...
"Supermarine" just doesn't fit right...
Last time I made a Beatles reference, I got modded down. Go figure.
You mean like this?
outsource
Call me a pessimist, but:
1. It doesn't matter; they'll still ask for help.
3. See #1.
5. See #1.
4. Writing bad documentation has always been known as a fault.
2. WTF is even he talking about when he says "guidance" or "system?" The question is too vague for my taste.
OK, so you give them 32-bit and consumer 64-bit versions. I'll bet tons of people who want to upgrade fuck up and get the wrong version. Even if you label it completely differently, tons of people with 32-bit cpus will buy the 64-bit version.
I personally haven't tried to run 64-bit code on a 32-bit machine, so I don't know if it will chug or choke.
This 64-bit conversion in general will be hell (with binaries, at least) while most people still have 32-bit machines.