We coincidentally did a lab with oscellations today at my college, and we used a length of elastic cord that had some sort of vibration device, a sound amplifier, and a frequency/amplitude/etc changer attached to it. Seemed pretty cool, to see the elastic cord vibrate at high speeds that actually resembled a number of sin waves. I'd much rather prefer it over dancing, lol.
I'm guessing it's more of a monopolistic process, and couldn't see them blocking off their own software. "Our software is safe. So you can run Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Explorer, Word, Excel, and any other Microsoft product at the same time without worrying about filling up too many software slots. Your protected from using too much other software that is dangerous such as worms, trojans, and Firefox though". And if that isn't the case, I wouldn't be surprised if they are forced to change their "only 3 programs max" to "Only x uncertified programs, and as many "Microsoft Certified" programs as you need (including some virus scan software and stuff like that).
Urg, you mean they actually use that in the real world? We were forced to use that in CS4 at my college, on Solaris terminals too (The window had a Windows border, and must have been a direct port). It's crap, especially with the high licensing fees. I think the developers of the world owe it to themselves to pitch in and make a decent open source alternative.... I'd gladly contribute to the development of such a tool if my skills were mature enough and valuble to it.
I don't think EULA's will ever be known by the people bound to them if they remain different for each software application. What they need is more generalization of EULA's so that a person can know one EULA, and know a lot about other ones. I'm assuming most EULA's for a certain type of software follow the same general idea anyways. The GNU GPL is an excellent example. Although most people probably haven't fully read the GPL, I think most people knowledgable with OSS have a greater idea of what that means compared to users of commercial software that each has its own EULA.
*recalls old childhood memory....* I wanted one of those when I was younger.... But alas... I never got one.... Thanks for bringing back repressed memories you insensitive clod!
I recall reading in a report done by a university professor about EA that something between the range of $10 - $20 of each game sold goes to the console maker. That's not a cheap licensing agreement, and would make billions after the unit is made and the console maker doesn't even need to do anything aside from manufacturing more consoles.
Not quite to the fact that cheaper in-ear headphones are uncomfortable... I've got a pair of Sony MDR-EX51LP earbuds, and they generate great sound. With their design, they have a soft flexable rubber part that goes on the end (3 different sizes) that I've used for hours without any discomfort at all. Weren't that expensive, and have great bass response too.
I sadly heard the release date on my way back from classes (I've been watching the news for it like a hawk). But argh... It's released on the first day of finals week (quarter system, not trimester system).... Bye bye grades.....:-(
Cherry Os could actually work. I remember in the past when noone could emulate n64 games on a PC, even though many emulators have tried. Then all of a sudden, an obscure group of people released UltraHLE out of nowhere with 100% speed, sound, and all sorts of stuff with a decent (for a first public release) support. Although OSX would be more compicated to run on x86/Windows (processor speed and the like), it could be possible.
Typically, I would agree, but like other's have said, Valve is unique. I'd rather be able to buy HL2 and Counterstrike as a single game then them possibly offer them only as seperate games. Not that I play CS, but if they can do both, why not?
This would probably fit more in a story on DRM, but the way I see it, the best way to ensure legit copies is for it to need a copy protected CD in the drive, and try online to verify the game if that isn't found. It's a slight invasion of privacy, but with today's world, it's needed. Not that either would do any good with cracked executables for just about every game out there...
Valve really has no choice but to charge the full retail price for the game over Steam. Their publisher is probably pissed enough over steam, but the fact that it is the same price to download as it is to buy in stores prevents the publisher from completely freaking out due to the losses in sales when you can get it cheaper from Steam.
No, don't. My roomate used duct tape on our window (good bless that magical tape....) to keep the ladybugs out (Ever seen a dozen clustered in a corner and a few hundred around the room? Not cool...), and the housing people left a note while we were on vacation that we couldn't do that, even though it was their screen that didn't work!
True, but in this case, performance is performance. If it was just a synthetic benchmark, it would be meaningless. If HL2 is the game your looking for, and it's been massivly tweaked to work best with ATI cards, there's nothing wrong with going with ATI's cards. Although D3 just has a performance difference, while with HL2, Nvidia's cards were downright wrongfully crippled....
I wanted to buy a Radeon 9800 Pro there a while back (When CompUSA had them for $200, which was even cheaper then Newegg's price for a built by ATI radeon. I was gonna have them price match it), and they called CompUSA to determine if they had it in stock before they matched their price. What the heck is that? Why would I even be buying it at Best Buy if the CompUSA across the street had it in stock, with $30 rebate (They wouldn't include that, but it was still really cheap)? And technically, what kind of difference would that make to them? It seemed more like bad PR to me then anything else.....
If joe home user has bob hacker on his PC, I think the PC abruptly haulting would be the least of his worries (considering joe home user isn't running it as a server, which doesn't sound very characteristic of joe home user)........
Gentoo user here too. I got it installed, but ended up using the older source for OpenLDAP (Some problems, had to patch it w/ the included patch, and only an older version was supported). In short, I got it running, but now am hung connecting to the server. (Could not connect to Evolution Exchange backend process: No such file or directory). I've heard it's licensing key related in some web searches.
This is great news. My college recently switched from a VMS/OSF based mail service to Exchange, and I'll finally be able to take advantage of it. As much as I hate MS, Exchange does have some decent and unique features. If my college incorperates scheduling of courses and teachers incorperate assignments into it, I'd never have to put that kind of stuff into my PDA again.
I don't know if optical drives can act in a similar way to HDs, but on my MP3 player (hacked firmware), I can adjust it so that it caches data from the hardrive and allows the HD to stop from time to time. Sony may be possibly planning on doing this. Actually, now that I think about it, considering how rare it is for makers to be smart and listen to game designers (aside from the Nintendo-Miyamoto link), Perhaps Sony's change of internal memory to 32 Megs was for cache, so they could keep the battery life good, and not give developers more room to work in.
I agree. The DS is nowhere near as bad as the Virual Boy (I bought one right when it came out cuz it had a cool concept, was pissed when they were on sale for $20 less then a year later:-( ), but it does sounds kind of iffy. Although it's not meant to replace the GBA (Much like the PSP), It will have to act as one. People don't carry around multiple portable game systems in general, they want one. And unless the DS has more then just dual screens and a touchscreen if rumored, It's doubtful people will buy it, because they already have a GBA w/ mostly similar good features.
I recall reading a while back around the dawn of the 32-bit(64-bit nintendo) era that the Sega Saturn and Playstation were on equal ground in Japan, untill Square got into the picture. I heard once them (And perhaps enix, I don't know when they announce their alliances for that generation) said what system they would go for, the scales in Japan shifted consideribly because of how hot the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series are in Japan.
I agree. I didn't get a Dreamcast untill it was $100, but I would have to say it was one of the finest systems I have ever used. Good graphics, simple yet innovative controller/memory card, network built in, great games. It's a shame it died.
I go to an I2 school (RIT), and although the i2hub uses Internet2, most of the downloads (at least for me) are done locally from people on my campus. That way there is less of a chance of Internet2 usage being spotted. I for one only download from other schools if there is something I really want that I can't find on an RIT person. There are probably many others that share this philosophy, because it is the safest way to go about p2p without getting caught.
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We coincidentally did a lab with oscellations today at my college, and we used a length of elastic cord that had some sort of vibration device, a sound amplifier, and a frequency/amplitude/etc changer attached to it. Seemed pretty cool, to see the elastic cord vibrate at high speeds that actually resembled a number of sin waves. I'd much rather prefer it over dancing, lol.
I'm guessing it's more of a monopolistic process, and couldn't see them blocking off their own software. "Our software is safe. So you can run Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Explorer, Word, Excel, and any other Microsoft product at the same time without worrying about filling up too many software slots. Your protected from using too much other software that is dangerous such as worms, trojans, and Firefox though". And if that isn't the case, I wouldn't be surprised if they are forced to change their "only 3 programs max" to "Only x uncertified programs, and as many "Microsoft Certified" programs as you need (including some virus scan software and stuff like that).
Urg, you mean they actually use that in the real world? We were forced to use that in CS4 at my college, on Solaris terminals too (The window had a Windows border, and must have been a direct port). It's crap, especially with the high licensing fees. I think the developers of the world owe it to themselves to pitch in and make a decent open source alternative.... I'd gladly contribute to the development of such a tool if my skills were mature enough and valuble to it.
I don't think EULA's will ever be known by the people bound to them if they remain different for each software application. What they need is more generalization of EULA's so that a person can know one EULA, and know a lot about other ones. I'm assuming most EULA's for a certain type of software follow the same general idea anyways. The GNU GPL is an excellent example. Although most people probably haven't fully read the GPL, I think most people knowledgable with OSS have a greater idea of what that means compared to users of commercial software that each has its own EULA.
*recalls old childhood memory....* I wanted one of those when I was younger.... But alas... I never got one.... Thanks for bringing back repressed memories you insensitive clod!
I recall reading in a report done by a university professor about EA that something between the range of $10 - $20 of each game sold goes to the console maker. That's not a cheap licensing agreement, and would make billions after the unit is made and the console maker doesn't even need to do anything aside from manufacturing more consoles.
Not quite to the fact that cheaper in-ear headphones are uncomfortable... I've got a pair of Sony MDR-EX51LP earbuds, and they generate great sound. With their design, they have a soft flexable rubber part that goes on the end (3 different sizes) that I've used for hours without any discomfort at all. Weren't that expensive, and have great bass response too.
I sadly heard the release date on my way back from classes (I've been watching the news for it like a hawk). But argh... It's released on the first day of finals week (quarter system, not trimester system).... Bye bye grades..... :-(
Cherry Os could actually work. I remember in the past when noone could emulate n64 games on a PC, even though many emulators have tried. Then all of a sudden, an obscure group of people released UltraHLE out of nowhere with 100% speed, sound, and all sorts of stuff with a decent (for a first public release) support. Although OSX would be more compicated to run on x86/Windows (processor speed and the like), it could be possible.
I do agree a HL port to the Source engine was a good idea, but is it me, or is it likely this only delayed the game further?
Typically, I would agree, but like other's have said, Valve is unique. I'd rather be able to buy HL2 and Counterstrike as a single game then them possibly offer them only as seperate games. Not that I play CS, but if they can do both, why not?
This would probably fit more in a story on DRM, but the way I see it, the best way to ensure legit copies is for it to need a copy protected CD in the drive, and try online to verify the game if that isn't found. It's a slight invasion of privacy, but with today's world, it's needed. Not that either would do any good with cracked executables for just about every game out there...
Valve really has no choice but to charge the full retail price for the game over Steam. Their publisher is probably pissed enough over steam, but the fact that it is the same price to download as it is to buy in stores prevents the publisher from completely freaking out due to the losses in sales when you can get it cheaper from Steam.
No, don't. My roomate used duct tape on our window (good bless that magical tape....) to keep the ladybugs out (Ever seen a dozen clustered in a corner and a few hundred around the room? Not cool...), and the housing people left a note while we were on vacation that we couldn't do that, even though it was their screen that didn't work!
True, but in this case, performance is performance. If it was just a synthetic benchmark, it would be meaningless. If HL2 is the game your looking for, and it's been massivly tweaked to work best with ATI cards, there's nothing wrong with going with ATI's cards. Although D3 just has a performance difference, while with HL2, Nvidia's cards were downright wrongfully crippled....
I wanted to buy a Radeon 9800 Pro there a while back (When CompUSA had them for $200, which was even cheaper then Newegg's price for a built by ATI radeon. I was gonna have them price match it), and they called CompUSA to determine if they had it in stock before they matched their price. What the heck is that? Why would I even be buying it at Best Buy if the CompUSA across the street had it in stock, with $30 rebate (They wouldn't include that, but it was still really cheap)? And technically, what kind of difference would that make to them? It seemed more like bad PR to me then anything else.....
If joe home user has bob hacker on his PC, I think the PC abruptly haulting would be the least of his worries (considering joe home user isn't running it as a server, which doesn't sound very characteristic of joe home user)........
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Gentoo user here too. I got it installed, but ended up using the older source for OpenLDAP (Some problems, had to patch it w/ the included patch, and only an older version was supported). In short, I got it running, but now am hung connecting to the server. (Could not connect to Evolution Exchange backend process: No such file or directory). I've heard it's licensing key related in some web searches.
This is great news. My college recently switched from a VMS/OSF based mail service to Exchange, and I'll finally be able to take advantage of it. As much as I hate MS, Exchange does have some decent and unique features. If my college incorperates scheduling of courses and teachers incorperate assignments into it, I'd never have to put that kind of stuff into my PDA again.
I don't know if optical drives can act in a similar way to HDs, but on my MP3 player (hacked firmware), I can adjust it so that it caches data from the hardrive and allows the HD to stop from time to time. Sony may be possibly planning on doing this. Actually, now that I think about it, considering how rare it is for makers to be smart and listen to game designers (aside from the Nintendo-Miyamoto link), Perhaps Sony's change of internal memory to 32 Megs was for cache, so they could keep the battery life good, and not give developers more room to work in.
I agree. The DS is nowhere near as bad as the Virual Boy (I bought one right when it came out cuz it had a cool concept, was pissed when they were on sale for $20 less then a year later:-( ), but it does sounds kind of iffy. Although it's not meant to replace the GBA (Much like the PSP), It will have to act as one. People don't carry around multiple portable game systems in general, they want one. And unless the DS has more then just dual screens and a touchscreen if rumored, It's doubtful people will buy it, because they already have a GBA w/ mostly similar good features.
I recall reading a while back around the dawn of the 32-bit(64-bit nintendo) era that the Sega Saturn and Playstation were on equal ground in Japan, untill Square got into the picture. I heard once them (And perhaps enix, I don't know when they announce their alliances for that generation) said what system they would go for, the scales in Japan shifted consideribly because of how hot the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series are in Japan.
I agree. I didn't get a Dreamcast untill it was $100, but I would have to say it was one of the finest systems I have ever used. Good graphics, simple yet innovative controller/memory card, network built in, great games. It's a shame it died.
I go to an I2 school (RIT), and although the i2hub uses Internet2, most of the downloads (at least for me) are done locally from people on my campus. That way there is less of a chance of Internet2 usage being spotted. I for one only download from other schools if there is something I really want that I can't find on an RIT person. There are probably many others that share this philosophy, because it is the safest way to go about p2p without getting caught.