I don't know if this interview was before that time, or that the donations are just an extra source of income and it was conviently left out that he's also employed by Valve, giving him a steady income.
"NYTimes.com are reporting (blood of firstborn required) that BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has been hired by Valve Software to work on their Steam content distribution system:
Out of the blue, he heard from Gabe Newell, the managing director of Valve Software, based in nearby Bellevue, Wash. Valve is developing what gaming experts anticipate will be a blockbuster video game, Half-Life 2, but it is also creating an online distribution network that it calls Steam. Because of Mr. Cohen's expertise in just that area, Valve offered him a job. He moved to Seattle and started work in October (2003 !).
We've been experimenting with BitTorrent with limited success in our files section - it seems the vast majority of users still prefer regular downloads to BitTorrent downloads, and of those few that do use BitTorrent, a limited number actually leave it running to continue to seed the download for other users (that is, upload data to the other peers).
Such a system built into something like Steam, for example - which you have to keep running as long as you keep playing - would probably have significant benefits, as there would be a vast number of users that would have little (or perhaps even no?) control over their system uploading data while they're playing games. It will be interesting to see how Valve and Bram choose to implement such a system.
It might sound like Adobe lock-in, but with PDF Printers (files are printed to pdf's) for Linux and Windows (I asume Mac has it built in), it's a good option for creating documents that'll be displayed everywhere in the same manner.
After this story hit, the slashdot team's statistics are quite different:
Totals:
Members (Rank) 2,301 (#1)
Current Members 2,271
Retired Members 30
Total Run Time (Rank) 6:009:01:59:48 (#14)
Points Generated (Rank) 1,402,500 (#14)
Results Returned (Rank) 2,732 (#19)
Meaning we're the biggest team at the moment, but as most of use will only have recently joined, we're not the most effective group.
You might as well just buy the full game
Uhm? Except the part where you pay 60$ (only 45 Euros! Ha!, sorry) for a game you're not sure about.
Needless to say though, I already have my copy.
Oh come on, it's a far better open dialog than before, albeit not a perfect one.
The save dialog does look horrible though, and the theme isn't helping.
So I guess common sense and good judgement don't count huh.
That's where the addictiveness of the game comes in to play. If humans could rely on common sense and good judgement all the time, we wouln't have a drug problem, no aids/hiv crisis and a lot less world hunger.
So I guess no, they don't count, which is exactly why we have rules in place to protect people (in the real world) in the first place.
We've seen this before, and it usually ends up with quite a lot of people losing not only virtual but real money as well. Heck even with payment systems we've seen that (paypal).
Also, due to the addictive nature of MMORPG's (think everquest), I feel there should be some limmit as to how much a game can affect you in real life, especially involving finances. In the real world you've got all sorts of financial protection (from, for example, pyramid schemes), but in virtual games you've got pretty much no protection whatsoever.
We'll simply pretend there's lots of pretty monsters and scenery everywhere.
You might laugh at this, but it's really the most effective (scary) way of shooting a movie. It's the tention that has people at the edge of their seat.
A good example of this is Jaws; you actually get to see quite little of the actual shark, yet it's presence is always there. That's what creates tention (in movies).
Raise your hand if you have iTunes... That was indeed a problem as it's the program to use to get music on your iPod and into iTMS. So Apple ported iTunes to windows, and made it freely availible.
Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port... So apple also made an usb version, as every windows pc made in the last 4 years has an usb port.
Raise your hand if you have both... Yup. Well, the free iTunes for windows and usb anyway.
Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device... Hehe. Marketing.
Our support for Half-Life 2 within a day of its commecial release affirms the strength, sophistication, and cutting edge nature of TransGaming's technology", comments Vikas Gupta, Co-CEO & President of TransGaming.
Should probably be this:
Our support for Half-Life 2 within a day of its commecial release affirms the use of the leaked alpha and the cracked counter-strike source version to work with TransGaming's technology", comments me, not related to TransGaming.
So the cracked version is good for something at all. Also, you might like to know that after you download the last part of hl2, you can run Steam in offline mode.
Actually, you don't have to drag anything over to your friends' house. They can down steam, login with your nick/pass and you can play! (after installation)
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Sure, I thought of IBM too, but IBM never really bets on one horse. This is why they're happy to offer both Suse and Red Hat on their servers.
As if Suse, being based in Germany suddenly don't count anymore now they've been bought by (the American) Novel.
Actually, after this merger, only Red Hat of all the big distro's is still on it's own.
I wonder how long that'll last. Then again, who's left to buy them?
NTERA put one of its NCD screens inside an iPod.
It looks bright and vibrant from virtually any angle (except from the back).
Thank you mister obvious!
But yeah, you're right, it does have superior contrast by the look of it. I imagine it'll be used for eletronic papers and the like.
The real cost is doing something usefull with it, like enabling it to make colour images.
Except in France where it now it now goes inder the name of "Reduced Royal Edition". *hides*
Followed by: /* This is not the comment you are looking for. */ /* ** Waves hand ** */
And this would be the point where there isn't a jury.
Yes, and it's pronounced "Lee". Stop using people's names to make lame jokes.
And to retaliate in your own way:
You write beleive...
and I'm supposed to believe what you say?
More specific Number 1 will be:
Slashdot!
Hehe.
And why? Cos' the ringtone market has BY FAR larger
profit margins than the mobile handset industry itself.
Oh, and I told you so!
I don't know if this interview was before that time, or that the donations are just an extra source of income and it was conviently left out that he's also employed by Valve, giving him a steady income.
A p2pnet.net interview with Bram Cohen, where he explicitly says he's working on steam.
"NYTimes.com are reporting (blood of firstborn required) that BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has been hired by Valve Software to work on their Steam content distribution system:
We've been experimenting with BitTorrent with limited success in our files section - it seems the vast majority of users still prefer regular downloads to BitTorrent downloads, and of those few that do use BitTorrent, a limited number actually leave it running to continue to seed the download for other users (that is, upload data to the other peers).
Such a system built into something like Steam, for example - which you have to keep running as long as you keep playing - would probably have significant benefits, as there would be a vast number of users that would have little (or perhaps even no?) control over their system uploading data while they're playing games. It will be interesting to see how Valve and Bram choose to implement such a system.
Wordpress and Textpattern. Google them.
It might sound like Adobe lock-in,
but with PDF Printers (files are printed to pdf's) for Linux and Windows (I asume Mac has it built in), it's a good option for creating documents that'll be displayed everywhere in the same manner.
After this story hit, the slashdot team's statistics are quite different:
Totals:
Members (Rank) 2,301 (#1)
Current Members 2,271
Retired Members 30
Total Run Time (Rank) 6:009:01:59:48 (#14)
Points Generated (Rank) 1,402,500 (#14)
Results Returned (Rank) 2,732 (#19)
Meaning we're the biggest team at the moment, but as most of use will only have recently joined, we're not the most effective group.
But the real question* is:
Are more standards suppoted? Does it fare well with xhtml sent as xml+xhtml? Does it support (more) CSS2 and CSS3 ?
*As far as my webdesigner mind goes... As it doesn't matter to me _which_ browser is dominant, as long as it supports standards fully.
You might as well just buy the full game Uhm? Except the part where you pay 60$ (only 45 Euros! Ha!, sorry) for a game you're not sure about. Needless to say though, I already have my copy.
Oh come on, it's a far better open dialog than before, albeit not a perfect one. The save dialog does look horrible though, and the theme isn't helping.
So I guess common sense and good judgement don't count huh. That's where the addictiveness of the game comes in to play. If humans could rely on common sense and good judgement all the time, we wouln't have a drug problem, no aids/hiv crisis and a lot less world hunger. So I guess no, they don't count, which is exactly why we have rules in place to protect people (in the real world) in the first place.
We've seen this before, and it usually ends up with quite a lot of people losing not only virtual but real money as well. Heck even with payment systems we've seen that (paypal).
Also, due to the addictive nature of MMORPG's (think everquest), I feel there should be some limmit as to how much a game can affect you in real life, especially involving finances. In the real world you've got all sorts of financial protection (from, for example, pyramid schemes), but in virtual games you've got pretty much no protection whatsoever.
We'll simply pretend there's lots of pretty monsters and scenery everywhere.
You might laugh at this, but it's really the most effective (scary) way of shooting a movie. It's the tention that has people at the edge of their seat.
A good example of this is Jaws; you actually get to see quite little of the actual shark, yet it's presence is always there. That's what creates tention (in movies).
I called, I want my funny!
Have you looked at it?
Strawberry Comic from PA
It's a so obvious parody that you can use trademarks all you like.
Obviously, that's common sense speaking. Legally it probably isn't, as Tycho said.
PS. New question: Where the hell is Gabe?
That was in the Netherlands.
They might move back there again if they lose here, or get into too much difficulty.
Raise your hand if you have iTunes ...
...
...
...
That was indeed a problem as it's the program to use to get music on your iPod and into iTMS. So Apple ported iTunes to windows, and made it freely availible.
Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port
So apple also made an usb version, as every windows pc made in the last 4 years has an usb port.
Raise your hand if you have both
Yup. Well, the free iTunes for windows and usb anyway.
Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device
Hehe. Marketing.
Funny thing is though, that:
Our support for Half-Life 2 within a day of its commecial release affirms the strength, sophistication, and cutting edge nature of TransGaming's technology", comments Vikas Gupta, Co-CEO & President of TransGaming.
Should probably be this:
Our support for Half-Life 2 within a day of its commecial release affirms the use of the leaked alpha and the cracked counter-strike source version to work with TransGaming's technology", comments me, not related to TransGaming.
So the cracked version is good for something at all. Also, you might like to know that after you download the last part of hl2, you can run Steam in offline mode.
Actually, you don't have to drag anything over to your friends' house. They can down steam, login with your nick/pass and you can play! (after installation)
If anything steam makes life easier, not harder.