I've had a strange trip on finding what was 'there'. I went from Microsoft (dos to xp), to linux (ran the gauntlet over the years, redhat, fedora, gentoo, debain, ubuntu), and just last month found my sweet spot with apple.
I've actually explained OSx as a *nix that works as advertised. While ubuntu was almost flawless without messing with it, the key word there is almost. There were minor annoyances that were always floating to the surface. After switching to my mac, I've found that none of those are there. My sound works perfect, my wireless is perfect, my multiple monitor support is perfect, All my favorite apps exist on mac (including all my old linux apps), and mac has some great features ubuntu didn't have.
I'll still keep a linux workstation at home and keep up to date. Windows is gone from my house, I sold the last copy I had of it with my last computer. But going forward, I think I'm sticking with apple. Unless their DRM gets 100% unbearable.
Maybe you should then donate for a test server and turn off automatic updates? Or they should take some of your salary and hire someone who knows something about administering computers.
Money does not equal skill. I've seen interns who knew more about what they were doing then the 'professionals' they were working under.
I feel the mac way of handling that is superior. The apple menu is short and consise and applications are just 'found' via finder/spotlight or stuck in your dock. Much more intuitive to me. Of course I've only owned a mac for 10 days. I'm still a huge linux fan and I still have my windows machine. But I'm starting to come around to the mac way of thinking.
If the game companies truly wanted to make piracy unattractive, they should make buying and using the game less of a hassle then downloading and using the pirated version.
The current state of windows gaming is very unattractive. It has reached a point where I no longer bother buying windows games, I've moved the consoles where everything just works.
Interesting side note, this has allowed me to break free of windows, and now I use my new macbook pro full time. (Ironic because apple is known for lockins but seems 'more free' somehow.
For one, I want the power of a imac, but I don't want the environmental damage of buying and tossing a perfectly good lcd screen every 3 or 4 years. I have a great 24inch lcd right now. Buying an imac puts that to waste. I can't sell it because what if I need a monitor at some point, like if a friend brings over a computer for me to work on? So I have a 800.00 paper weight and an imac. Not to mention my screen has better contrast ratio then the imac screen and from my experience in the store, looks a lot better too.
It's a waste. I headless imac should be a lot cheaper to make (engineering wise, and component wise) so it would also be cheaper. I tend to buy a new computer every 3 years. With apple, that is not going to happen. I spend 1000-1500 a computer. The imac I just built on the website out was 2200. To go to a mac pro, well now we are talking 3000.00. The mac pro is a waste, I do not need xeon processors, I do not need 8 cores. I need a nice core 2 duo machine with 2-4 gigs of ram 750gigs hard drive space and a nvidia 8800 or higher.
Back about 6 or 7 years ago I built about 15 computers for a small company using amd processors and pc-chips boards (onboard sound, video, nic). As far as I know, they never had a problems (and I suspect if they did, they would of been calling me). HOPEFULLY they are not still using those machines. They were low-mid range at best when they were built, today they would be downright sad.
I've never had these kind of problems. Not in windows 2000, not in XP, not in vista, not in ubuntu.
I guess I know how to build good computers or something.
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the obvious solution is to get rid of TV and turn all that wireless into internet access. Then offer all tv via ip. Give 40.00 vouchers for special boxes we can hook up to our tv's to 'tune' to the streaming servers to watch the tv.
The language just doesn't have many followers outside its select worlds for some reason. (Not being a c++, C, or objective-C developer, I can comment why.)
Well you could always require anyone submitting patches to your product to assign their copyright to you. There are projects that do that. It would cut down on how many people donate their code to your project however.
I thought tesla already perfected wireless power and the US government covered it all up. Didn't he once drive a electric car using a wireless power source he made from a few bucks in parts from a radio shop?
Well, i was referring to how each act you do in the story only leads you to more shit. It's like you are digging a hole and can never get out. The crimes start small and snowball out of control until everyone wants you dead or in jail. Sure it's a game, so it has to be 'winnable', but I think it does a good job at teaching you to not want a life of crime.
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I don't understand why this is a troll. It is a valid point. MS can not do what apple and linux does because we would indeed outcry monopoly.
I've had a strange trip on finding what was 'there'. I went from Microsoft (dos to xp), to linux (ran the gauntlet over the years, redhat, fedora, gentoo, debain, ubuntu), and just last month found my sweet spot with apple.
I've actually explained OSx as a *nix that works as advertised. While ubuntu was almost flawless without messing with it, the key word there is almost. There were minor annoyances that were always floating to the surface. After switching to my mac, I've found that none of those are there. My sound works perfect, my wireless is perfect, my multiple monitor support is perfect, All my favorite apps exist on mac (including all my old linux apps), and mac has some great features ubuntu didn't have.
I'll still keep a linux workstation at home and keep up to date. Windows is gone from my house, I sold the last copy I had of it with my last computer. But going forward, I think I'm sticking with apple. Unless their DRM gets 100% unbearable.
Infra-Recorder,however, is the awesome. I high recommend it to all my friends who are still using legacy operating systems like windows.
Seems to me it would be easier and cheaper to find test software that did not require IE.
OR even better, they could write some and help other schools going open source.
Maybe you should then donate for a test server and turn off automatic updates? Or they should take some of your salary and hire someone who knows something about administering computers.
Money does not equal skill. I've seen interns who knew more about what they were doing then the 'professionals' they were working under.
Why in the holy fuck would you ever turn on automatic updates on a production server?
Don't you have a test enviroment?
Fucking noob.
I feel the mac way of handling that is superior. The apple menu is short and consise and applications are just 'found' via finder/spotlight or stuck in your dock. Much more intuitive to me. Of course I've only owned a mac for 10 days. I'm still a huge linux fan and I still have my windows machine. But I'm starting to come around to the mac way of thinking.
If the game companies truly wanted to make piracy unattractive, they should make buying and using the game less of a hassle then downloading and using the pirated version.
The current state of windows gaming is very unattractive. It has reached a point where I no longer bother buying windows games, I've moved the consoles where everything just works.
Interesting side note, this has allowed me to break free of windows, and now I use my new macbook pro full time. (Ironic because apple is known for lockins but seems 'more free' somehow.
How dare yo!
There is simply no such thing as needless violence.
Now go die in a fire.
Reason and logic have no place in these kind of discussions.
For one, I want the power of a imac, but I don't want the environmental damage of buying and tossing a perfectly good lcd screen every 3 or 4 years. I have a great 24inch lcd right now. Buying an imac puts that to waste. I can't sell it because what if I need a monitor at some point, like if a friend brings over a computer for me to work on? So I have a 800.00 paper weight and an imac. Not to mention my screen has better contrast ratio then the imac screen and from my experience in the store, looks a lot better too.
It's a waste. I headless imac should be a lot cheaper to make (engineering wise, and component wise) so it would also be cheaper. I tend to buy a new computer every 3 years. With apple, that is not going to happen. I spend 1000-1500 a computer. The imac I just built on the website out was 2200. To go to a mac pro, well now we are talking 3000.00. The mac pro is a waste, I do not need xeon processors, I do not need 8 cores. I need a nice core 2 duo machine with 2-4 gigs of ram 750gigs hard drive space and a nvidia 8800 or higher.
Exactly. I've thought about doing it a few times. But I realized if I wanted to work to make my computer function I'd just rebuild my gentoo box.
Back about 6 or 7 years ago I built about 15 computers for a small company using amd processors and pc-chips boards (onboard sound, video, nic). As far as I know, they never had a problems (and I suspect if they did, they would of been calling me). HOPEFULLY they are not still using those machines. They were low-mid range at best when they were built, today they would be downright sad.
But they were rock solid.
You should learn to use a computer.
I've never had these kind of problems. Not in windows 2000, not in XP, not in vista, not in ubuntu.
I guess I know how to build good computers or something.
the obvious solution is to get rid of TV and turn all that wireless into internet access. Then offer all tv via ip. Give 40.00 vouchers for special boxes we can hook up to our tv's to 'tune' to the streaming servers to watch the tv.
Seems to me that's their own damn fault. Maybe they should vote some people into office to change that, or move.
When MS changes something that breaks hundreds of things. We say "Think of the jobs this will create".
PHP does it, we say "Oh no!!!"
I think people will fix their code or move on. Either way, its a good thing for everyone.
Are you mad!!! How would they ever make any money!
Damn Wine developers never finish anything they start do they? Not one single 100%
My attempts at being fun on slashdot always fail apparently.
GCC will compile objective-C last time I checked.
The language just doesn't have many followers outside its select worlds for some reason. (Not being a c++, C, or objective-C developer, I can comment why.)
Well you could always require anyone submitting patches to your product to assign their copyright to you. There are projects that do that. It would cut down on how many people donate their code to your project however.
For that answer, you have to ask apple, they decide what lives and what dies.
I thought tesla already perfected wireless power and the US government covered it all up. Didn't he once drive a electric car using a wireless power source he made from a few bucks in parts from a radio shop?
Well, i was referring to how each act you do in the story only leads you to more shit. It's like you are digging a hole and can never get out. The crimes start small and snowball out of control until everyone wants you dead or in jail. Sure it's a game, so it has to be 'winnable', but I think it does a good job at teaching you to not want a life of crime.