Why not? They have complete control over how you use the program, what updates you get, if they tell you about security breaches, and what features they will add and remove. Plus with companies like Microsoft leading the way in activated crippleware other companies will follow and they will control if you can use the software or not, in fact, just like Valve just did.
Welcome to the world you created for yourself in your choices, I hope you enjoy living in it. Those of us who made other choices are enjoying our freedom. Have a nice day.
This is important. People who supported Cedega for the purpose of pushing forward Linux gaming need to start supporting Code Weavers as they are the chaps employing the coders to complete WINEs directx support. And they are giving directly to the WINE community before taking it back for themselves plus pushing their fixes back into the WINE tree.
Most games run better under current WINE than Cedega and now that Crossover is starting to fill the gap we need to stop supporting Transgaming as they don't support the community.
One thing that I really cannot stand is people who self censor or are scared to swear when it is socially acceptable (they deleted two days of work, or dropped a log on their foot). If you are going to swear do it, don't cross out letters, don't imply that is what would be there (for example the way they are editing it out of songs now your brain fills it in anyway). If you are not adult enough to brush off those who are so immature that they get offended you need to go back to high school and toughen up a bit.
I'm still considering if it is wise to see if slashdot has a swear word filter.:P
I have a very old car and while it is in very good condition it is old. So the water pump fell out. On a highway, while I was doing 100km/h, 150km from home, at 11:30pm. Our road assistance service in my state is great (RACQ), they let me sign up on the spot (for a year, $39) to avoid the excess on towing and left my car at a near by auto mechanic. All was well until I phoned up from home the following morning (I'd gotten a lift home that night) and they realised I was 150km away. Suddenly a new water pump, a fan belt check, and labour would cost $786. This out right shocked me and being the nerdy type I am I told them to wait off and hit google.
$175 to get the car moved the 150km, a couple of six packs, my sisters rev head boyfriend, $100 for a new waterpump, and four hours later my car was working like a charm. Also the fan belt was a complete copout on their behalf as when we checked just in case it was brand new (less than six months old) and in excellent condition.
In short there is rarely a reason to be screwed by these sorts of people if you do a small amount of research; and I avoid doing it to people I work for.
We have that in Australia. It's called 'The Chasers WAR on Everything' and you can check it out on YouTube, abc.net.au/chaser, or your favourite BT network. One of the better segments is 'What have we learnt from current affairs this week?' in which they make a mockery of Australia's nightly rubbish news shows. Have a look at it, get a group of crazies in your country to start up a similar show. If it doesn't clean up the trash on those sorts of shows at least it will let you laugh at the sorry state of affairs.
We also have a semi-funny-semi-serious show called MediaWatch which is a 15 minute show that goes over all of the illegal, stupid, dangerous, and bad things the media did that week. You can also find copies of it at abc.net.au/mediawatch.
It is nice to see that since this is a free and open standard that the bug has been identified quickly and fixed.
Oh wait, it isn't and the bug is still at large. Sorry, jumped the gun there due to the speed at which the Open Source community usually fixes issues like this. Maybe ISO should take note.
And this is why you simply don't buy DRM content. If the shop you bought from closes up you are in the cold the next time your hdd crashes. DMCA be screwed, pirating is still better.
In a word? Fanboys. It is very much a nothing to see here, move a long, moment.
In some more words the xbox360 fanboys see this as there one big chance to bring their failing console back to the forfront and keep it in this generation. As for Halo itself it really was a good game. Not sure what it was about it but the game was just good, like hl1 good, it had all the bugs of a quickly released game that no one cared about but it turned out to be a real gem. If you get the chance I highly recommend you grab a copy and play it through. Halo 2 added a weapon in each hand and Halo 3 added better graphics.
Hope this helps and now it is time for fanboys to roast my karma.
What worries me is that you think the situation has really improved. If what I've read is correct America doesn't even let the 'darkies' vote any more in federal elections, and they are still the higher majority in gaols.
Furthermore, if this doesn't sway you, I worry about your history knowledge if you honestly believe that the situation wont sway to much worse.
I strongly support the removal of the death penalty simply because I never want to be in a situation where I'm wrongfully accused by the state who wants to see me dead.
I can hardly stand mainstream radio any more. A couple of years ago I switched to listening to Australian home grown music (Triple J), which lead to UK home grown, and then the rest of the world; I now enjoy real (non-big-media-formula) music and I can listen to every song on a CD and enjoy all of them. It shocks me now how many people my age (early twenties) can't say this about their favourite groups.
Most of the groups I listen to joke about their listeners downloading their songs then buying their CDs (Hilltop Hoods are doing so in the song I'm listening too now) and it works.
I guess without realising it I'm already boycotting it and still filling my huge need for fresh quality music.:)
I don't think it matters as a court case will bring what MediaDefender did to a much larger audience and further drag public opinion about RIAA/similar to the gutter.
What I find really shameful is that this revolt has been going on since I was a kid on the internet, and the big labels still haven't simply changed their models and given into market pressure to reprice their music and content to a reasonable price. I wonder if by the time they finally give in my generation simply wont care having become used to 'stealing' all this content; which in reality is not what any one wants.
I found out yesterday you can no longer buy office 2k3 and must buy 2k7.
I hope Microsoft also works out this is a huge issue and allows business customers to not be forced to down grade to a confusing bloated office application.
I've often wondered why land mines are cleared in such a stupid manor. Surely sending a swarm of robots over the effected area making as much noise and earth impacts as possible to set off the mines. Faster, you can be sure you've searched the whole area, and there is far lower risk of human injury. I know I consider my leg to be worth many thousands of dollars and I'd rather pay a robot to step on a mine than myself.
What really scares me is that it wasn't till the last two words in your second last line that my brain finally choose the 'yeah, this is a joke' side of the fence to fall on. And I'm a rather smart chappy. Maybe you americans have finally gone mad and instead of waiting for another funny and witty show like MASH we should just all watch your nightly news shows around the world for a laugh.:)
I have heard this before and I am yet to see an example.
Furthermore, when I last heard it I was rather unhappy with OOo so I went and had a look for any undocumented implementations and while only a quick look everything appeared to be above board. So unless you, or some one else, can show other wise I'm going to assume you are attempting to spread FUD.
Because this could never happen to a company like say Microsoft or Google who even have offices in countries where the enemy live and tens of thousands of employees!
You are an idiot; the argument has always been that because more people can see the source code there is a higher chance that bugs and exploits will be caught (which I think we can all agree happens effectively in the Open Source community) - not that open source stops all of these attack vectors.
Go back to spreading your FUD to the twelve year olds on those other technology websites and leave this one for the grown ups.
If I remember right, and I don't due to the following, Unhinged should only be played drunk at parties thus you shouldn't have a good recollection of which cards are in it or even how many you had in your deck.
Then again, the local nerd/geek community around where I live is very active and social...Maybe Unhinged has different rules where you all live?
My take on the whole LSB is that it's Red Hat stamping their feet demanding attention and pretending they are still remotely important to the ever day Linux world.
My understanding of the term 'slashvertisement' holds no implication that the editor gained anything from posting the story to the front page and that it is there because they found it interesting. The term, as far as general usage goes, refers to a questionable definition of a 'news' story in where a company has constructed news to slip an advertisement in. The only reason the word itself has a negative connotation, in my opinion, is that some question its moral basis, 'why are there ads in my news feed?', and in general people think it is important to point it out strongly to set an understanding of what they find acceptable as news. I don't think you should take it as an insult at all. I'd probably take it as a compliment that people have such a high opinion of my work that they care about the standard and quality so much so that they collectively attempt to keep it in check.
Interesting point; when I think about it every one I know who doesn't use Windows (by choice) has settled around either Linux or Mac or increasingly so a mixture of the two.
Gates talks about internet based applications extensively in his book The Road Ahead (2nd ed.) and at the time it appeared that he was pushing Microsoft in to the web services industry. A mix of being held back, realising it might not be a good idea, and Google beating him to it could all be reasons it never happened. And to be quiet honest I'm not sure Microsoft is dynamic enough to pull it off.
I'm sorry but have you ever seen a Blackberry? They have no 3rd party apps or support yet they have huge market share and every manager on the planet wants one. I think you are basing your assumption outside reality.
Targets in target shooting don't tend to run for their lives and a moving target is many times harder to hit than one that is stationary. Then again I haven't seen any running barns recently.
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Why not? They have complete control over how you use the program, what updates you get, if they tell you about security breaches, and what features they will add and remove. Plus with companies like Microsoft leading the way in activated crippleware other companies will follow and they will control if you can use the software or not, in fact, just like Valve just did.
Welcome to the world you created for yourself in your choices, I hope you enjoy living in it. Those of us who made other choices are enjoying our freedom. Have a nice day.
This is important. People who supported Cedega for the purpose of pushing forward Linux gaming need to start supporting Code Weavers as they are the chaps employing the coders to complete WINEs directx support. And they are giving directly to the WINE community before taking it back for themselves plus pushing their fixes back into the WINE tree.
Most games run better under current WINE than Cedega and now that Crossover is starting to fill the gap we need to stop supporting Transgaming as they don't support the community.
One thing that I really cannot stand is people who self censor or are scared to swear when it is socially acceptable (they deleted two days of work, or dropped a log on their foot). If you are going to swear do it, don't cross out letters, don't imply that is what would be there (for example the way they are editing it out of songs now your brain fills it in anyway). If you are not adult enough to brush off those who are so immature that they get offended you need to go back to high school and toughen up a bit.
:P
I'm still considering if it is wise to see if slashdot has a swear word filter.
I have a very old car and while it is in very good condition it is old. So the water pump fell out. On a highway, while I was doing 100km/h, 150km from home, at 11:30pm. Our road assistance service in my state is great (RACQ), they let me sign up on the spot (for a year, $39) to avoid the excess on towing and left my car at a near by auto mechanic. All was well until I phoned up from home the following morning (I'd gotten a lift home that night) and they realised I was 150km away. Suddenly a new water pump, a fan belt check, and labour would cost $786. This out right shocked me and being the nerdy type I am I told them to wait off and hit google.
$175 to get the car moved the 150km, a couple of six packs, my sisters rev head boyfriend, $100 for a new waterpump, and four hours later my car was working like a charm. Also the fan belt was a complete copout on their behalf as when we checked just in case it was brand new (less than six months old) and in excellent condition.
In short there is rarely a reason to be screwed by these sorts of people if you do a small amount of research; and I avoid doing it to people I work for.
We have that in Australia. It's called 'The Chasers WAR on Everything' and you can check it out on YouTube, abc.net.au/chaser, or your favourite BT network. One of the better segments is 'What have we learnt from current affairs this week?' in which they make a mockery of Australia's nightly rubbish news shows. Have a look at it, get a group of crazies in your country to start up a similar show. If it doesn't clean up the trash on those sorts of shows at least it will let you laugh at the sorry state of affairs.
We also have a semi-funny-semi-serious show called MediaWatch which is a 15 minute show that goes over all of the illegal, stupid, dangerous, and bad things the media did that week. You can also find copies of it at abc.net.au/mediawatch.
It is much easier for me. I just wait for the Linux client to be released and then their promise to me is forfilled.
And they had better release it as I want this game, hell I'll even pay slightly extra for a Linux cd and box!
It is nice to see that since this is a free and open standard that the bug has been identified quickly and fixed.
Oh wait, it isn't and the bug is still at large. Sorry, jumped the gun there due to the speed at which the Open Source community usually fixes issues like this. Maybe ISO should take note.
And this is why you simply don't buy DRM content. If the shop you bought from closes up you are in the cold the next time your hdd crashes. DMCA be screwed, pirating is still better.
In a word? Fanboys. It is very much a nothing to see here, move a long, moment.
In some more words the xbox360 fanboys see this as there one big chance to bring their failing console back to the forfront and keep it in this generation. As for Halo itself it really was a good game. Not sure what it was about it but the game was just good, like hl1 good, it had all the bugs of a quickly released game that no one cared about but it turned out to be a real gem. If you get the chance I highly recommend you grab a copy and play it through. Halo 2 added a weapon in each hand and Halo 3 added better graphics.
Hope this helps and now it is time for fanboys to roast my karma.
What worries me is that you think the situation has really improved. If what I've read is correct America doesn't even let the 'darkies' vote any more in federal elections, and they are still the higher majority in gaols.
Furthermore, if this doesn't sway you, I worry about your history knowledge if you honestly believe that the situation wont sway to much worse.
I strongly support the removal of the death penalty simply because I never want to be in a situation where I'm wrongfully accused by the state who wants to see me dead.
I can hardly stand mainstream radio any more. A couple of years ago I switched to listening to Australian home grown music (Triple J), which lead to UK home grown, and then the rest of the world; I now enjoy real (non-big-media-formula) music and I can listen to every song on a CD and enjoy all of them. It shocks me now how many people my age (early twenties) can't say this about their favourite groups.
:)
Most of the groups I listen to joke about their listeners downloading their songs then buying their CDs (Hilltop Hoods are doing so in the song I'm listening too now) and it works.
I guess without realising it I'm already boycotting it and still filling my huge need for fresh quality music.
I don't think it matters as a court case will bring what MediaDefender did to a much larger audience and further drag public opinion about RIAA/similar to the gutter.
What I find really shameful is that this revolt has been going on since I was a kid on the internet, and the big labels still haven't simply changed their models and given into market pressure to reprice their music and content to a reasonable price. I wonder if by the time they finally give in my generation simply wont care having become used to 'stealing' all this content; which in reality is not what any one wants.
I found out yesterday you can no longer buy office 2k3 and must buy 2k7.
I hope Microsoft also works out this is a huge issue and allows business customers to not be forced to down grade to a confusing bloated office application.
I've often wondered why land mines are cleared in such a stupid manor. Surely sending a swarm of robots over the effected area making as much noise and earth impacts as possible to set off the mines. Faster, you can be sure you've searched the whole area, and there is far lower risk of human injury. I know I consider my leg to be worth many thousands of dollars and I'd rather pay a robot to step on a mine than myself.
What really scares me is that it wasn't till the last two words in your second last line that my brain finally choose the 'yeah, this is a joke' side of the fence to fall on. And I'm a rather smart chappy. Maybe you americans have finally gone mad and instead of waiting for another funny and witty show like MASH we should just all watch your nightly news shows around the world for a laugh. :)
And what if that isn't the result?
I don't know about any one else here but if OOXML passed ISO in its current state I would loose all confidence in the ISO process and organisation.
I have heard this before and I am yet to see an example.
Furthermore, when I last heard it I was rather unhappy with OOo so I went and had a look for any undocumented implementations and while only a quick look everything appeared to be above board. So unless you, or some one else, can show other wise I'm going to assume you are attempting to spread FUD.
Because this could never happen to a company like say Microsoft or Google who even have offices in countries where the enemy live and tens of thousands of employees!
You are an idiot; the argument has always been that because more people can see the source code there is a higher chance that bugs and exploits will be caught (which I think we can all agree happens effectively in the Open Source community) - not that open source stops all of these attack vectors.
Go back to spreading your FUD to the twelve year olds on those other technology websites and leave this one for the grown ups.
If I remember right, and I don't due to the following, Unhinged should only be played drunk at parties thus you shouldn't have a good recollection of which cards are in it or even how many you had in your deck.
Then again, the local nerd/geek community around where I live is very active and social...Maybe Unhinged has different rules where you all live?
Was it ever?
My take on the whole LSB is that it's Red Hat stamping their feet demanding attention and pretending they are still remotely important to the ever day Linux world.
My understanding of the term 'slashvertisement' holds no implication that the editor gained anything from posting the story to the front page and that it is there because they found it interesting. The term, as far as general usage goes, refers to a questionable definition of a 'news' story in where a company has constructed news to slip an advertisement in. The only reason the word itself has a negative connotation, in my opinion, is that some question its moral basis, 'why are there ads in my news feed?', and in general people think it is important to point it out strongly to set an understanding of what they find acceptable as news.
I don't think you should take it as an insult at all. I'd probably take it as a compliment that people have such a high opinion of my work that they care about the standard and quality so much so that they collectively attempt to keep it in check.
Interesting point; when I think about it every one I know who doesn't use Windows (by choice) has settled around either Linux or Mac or increasingly so a mixture of the two.
Gates talks about internet based applications extensively in his book The Road Ahead (2nd ed.) and at the time it appeared that he was pushing Microsoft in to the web services industry. A mix of being held back, realising it might not be a good idea, and Google beating him to it could all be reasons it never happened. And to be quiet honest I'm not sure Microsoft is dynamic enough to pull it off.
I'm sorry but have you ever seen a Blackberry? They have no 3rd party apps or support yet they have huge market share and every manager on the planet wants one. I think you are basing your assumption outside reality.
Targets in target shooting don't tend to run for their lives and a moving target is many times harder to hit than one that is stationary. Then again I haven't seen any running barns recently.