They ported closed source games. We are talking about creating new open source games to compete with closed source games, on an open source platform. I think it can work, you could easily design good open source games, in fact by reusing the engine, instead of reinventing the wheel each time open source games could have better graphics and play mechanics than closed source games.
You cant sell a video card with no games. Duh, so why would you have a linux specific video card when theres no linux specific games?
I think MMORPGs are perfect for the open source model, you charge 5-10 bucks a month to everyone, give away the code and the game for free, and you can actually profit.
How easy is it to learn C# compared to regular C? or C++ compared to regular C? Even Java is harder to learn than regular C.
When people talk bad about C, they also ignore the fact that all the open source code in the world is written in C practically, and its easy to find refrences and learn C. How the hell am I supposed to learn C# and mono? Thats like starting from scratch.
Perl? Perl will never be mainstream, its even harder to learn than C++, Python has a chance but I don't think its powerful enough. You say that higher level languages are better but it all depends on the style and type of syntax it uses as well as the quality of the code produced for it which can be used as refrence.
To learn C anyone can look at lots of C programs, learning C# when almost no one knows C# is much harder and unless migel plans to write some documentation and tutorials o C#, why should i use is favorite language instead of what I already know?
I know C, I know the flaws and strengths of C, I don't know C#. Also some of us arent concerned with running an application on multiple platforms but even if we were, why not use Java? Still a more developed language than C#.
No one is bad at everything or good at everything, most people are good at one or two things and the lucky people happen to be the ones good at the things that matter.
If you happen to be good at math and english, seeya at Yale.
One thing I don't like about this society is the expectation that a kid can be flawless, a good student, smart, and have charisma and social skills.
Get real people, if someone is gifted they usually arent going to have those gifts in other areas. Most geniuses are good at just one thing in life, and that should be good enough for most people.
If you have the money to become a doctor, and you are making money as a doctor, you have more than enough money for this.
If you are this damn greedy and care this much about money perhaps you should become a trial lawyer or some other job besides doctor, because being a doctor is like being a teacher and you do these jobs because you want to help people. Remember?
Ive used mozilla in debug mode and linux and while it was bloated, it was never this bloated.
Windows is not a rewrite, Longhorn is a patch over XP. So why are we treating it like a rewrite? Of course its going to be slower, its a patch over the already slower than win2k/XP, which was a patch over NT.
Ive used beta linux, apple, beos software, alpha linux kernels and gnome, and none of them consumed a gig of ram for no reason.
Debug? Oh I admit mozilla was slower than netscape when it came out but mozilla was a total redesign.
I've done shit like that, but I guess now cyber pranks are considered cyber terrorism.
Come on people.... the federal government needs to stay out of our lives. These damn republicans however want to regular everything and increase the size of government x10000 by creating a big military.
Republicans are NOT conversative.
This is like saying "Oh, we just invented the new Wireless portable CD player" or the new "Wireless Radio"
Big deal!!!!! Thats what Wireless did from the beginnning anyway.
Its democratic censorship but its still censorship. Which means if millions of chinese and pro communist people use this network and decide to be Anti-American and censor everything American out of it, you can do absolutely nothing.
Slashdot uses the democratic censorship model and you see the flaws Slashdot has cant you.
Which only fuels the kiddie porn market. That law is a bad law, its like the drug war and it only makes a minor problem into a bigger more harmful problem.
I don't care if people jerk off to fake kiddie porn, I mean really thats their own imagination. However real kids who get raped and put on the net, thats wrong and it does serious harm to the kids.
There is a difference between fantasy and reality and we must figure out how to deal with reality.
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They ported closed source games. We are talking about creating new open source games to compete with closed source games, on an open source platform. I think it can work, you could easily design good open source games, in fact by reusing the engine, instead of reinventing the wheel each time open source games could have better graphics and play mechanics than closed source games.
You cant sell a video card with no games. Duh, so why would you have a linux specific video card when theres no linux specific games?
I think MMORPGs are perfect for the open source model, you charge 5-10 bucks a month to everyone, give away the code and the game for free, and you can actually profit.
Online RPGs are perfect for the open source model of charging for server access instead of the game itself. Why not make games like this?
How easy is it to learn C# compared to regular C? or C++ compared to regular C? Even Java is harder to learn than regular C. When people talk bad about C, they also ignore the fact that all the open source code in the world is written in C practically, and its easy to find refrences and learn C. How the hell am I supposed to learn C# and mono? Thats like starting from scratch. Perl? Perl will never be mainstream, its even harder to learn than C++, Python has a chance but I don't think its powerful enough. You say that higher level languages are better but it all depends on the style and type of syntax it uses as well as the quality of the code produced for it which can be used as refrence. To learn C anyone can look at lots of C programs, learning C# when almost no one knows C# is much harder and unless migel plans to write some documentation and tutorials o C#, why should i use is favorite language instead of what I already know? I know C, I know the flaws and strengths of C, I don't know C#. Also some of us arent concerned with running an application on multiple platforms but even if we were, why not use Java? Still a more developed language than C#.
I'm trying to get reiserfs to work on fedora core 2, how can I do it? I'm interested in using the new ReiserFS, got any URL?
No one is bad at everything or good at everything, most people are good at one or two things and the lucky people happen to be the ones good at the things that matter. If you happen to be good at math and english, seeya at Yale.
Funny, but most people who are smart avoid dealing with people because people are fucking ignorant. At least thats how it was for me.
One thing I don't like about this society is the expectation that a kid can be flawless, a good student, smart, and have charisma and social skills. Get real people, if someone is gifted they usually arent going to have those gifts in other areas. Most geniuses are good at just one thing in life, and that should be good enough for most people.
I'm sorry but you cant spell competitors and your post is rated insightful? Something is wrong with these mods.
If you have the money to become a doctor, and you are making money as a doctor, you have more than enough money for this. If you are this damn greedy and care this much about money perhaps you should become a trial lawyer or some other job besides doctor, because being a doctor is like being a teacher and you do these jobs because you want to help people. Remember?
Ive used mozilla in debug mode and linux and while it was bloated, it was never this bloated. Windows is not a rewrite, Longhorn is a patch over XP. So why are we treating it like a rewrite? Of course its going to be slower, its a patch over the already slower than win2k/XP, which was a patch over NT.
Why not just install their copy of windows98? or XP? Why downgrade to longhorn?
Ive used beta linux, apple, beos software, alpha linux kernels and gnome, and none of them consumed a gig of ram for no reason. Debug? Oh I admit mozilla was slower than netscape when it came out but mozilla was a total redesign.
people on slashdot especially the editors act like its the greatest show ever.
Which one is farther along and better in structure? Has anyone compared the code and featureset?
I've done shit like that, but I guess now cyber pranks are considered cyber terrorism. Come on people.... the federal government needs to stay out of our lives. These damn republicans however want to regular everything and increase the size of government x10000 by creating a big military. Republicans are NOT conversative.
We don't need the NSA government helping out on this.
You forget that open source software in general is less buggy and more stable. This is Iran, they have no reason to use Microsoft Windows.
Havent any of you heard of Irony and Humor? Geez
Ask yourself, do tax cuts for big businesses create American jobs? Then compare it to this, will big businesses care about big government?
This is like saying "Oh, we just invented the new Wireless portable CD player" or the new "Wireless Radio" Big deal!!!!! Thats what Wireless did from the beginnning anyway.
Its democratic censorship but its still censorship. Which means if millions of chinese and pro communist people use this network and decide to be Anti-American and censor everything American out of it, you can do absolutely nothing. Slashdot uses the democratic censorship model and you see the flaws Slashdot has cant you.
How is paying your ISP any different than donating to FreeNet? How is one morally ok and the other morally wrong when its the same exact act?
Which only fuels the kiddie porn market. That law is a bad law, its like the drug war and it only makes a minor problem into a bigger more harmful problem. I don't care if people jerk off to fake kiddie porn, I mean really thats their own imagination. However real kids who get raped and put on the net, thats wrong and it does serious harm to the kids. There is a difference between fantasy and reality and we must figure out how to deal with reality.
Thats why you stop paying your ISP. I mean all child porn is uploaded via an ISP, not just Freenet. People on your ISP are uploading kiddie porn.