Presumed translation: "Tux Racer, The Windows Version and Tux Racer, The Linux Version will be in the same cardboard container."
Getting a Linux version added onto the CD is something that we have considered and will try to do.
Presumed translation: "Tux Racer, The Windows Version and Tux Racer, The Linux Version *might* be in the same cardboard container."..unless the linux version was going onto floppies..
The only obstacle to this is the fact that our OEM agent only supports Windows products.
Presumed translation: "Tux Racer, The Windows Version and Tux Racer, The Linux Version will *not* be in the same cardboard container.":-).. getting this past your distributor will be tough then; epic couldn't swing it with Unreal. OTOH you obviously know a lot more about your situation than me.
Good luck. If you package it with a linux version and it's not a complete stinker I'll buy it. I certainly enjoyed.61. Thanks for the fun game.
Sure, most people speed, and most people break copyright laws, but they're both harmless. Looting and stealing, on the other hand, isn't, and honest people don't do that.
You're categorizing "honest" people based on harmfulness. Which is fine per se, I was just categorizing based on integrity.
(rant) In fact, since I have karma to burn, I will hypothesize that the thought process that goes on in a looter's mind is not much different than that which happens in that of your **typical** mp3 downloader. (blatant stereotyping ahead).. "What I want right now is easy and convenient. I have little chance of being caught. It might be vaguely wrong but (in the looter's case) insurance will pay for it. Since in theory a faceless corporation suffers (not really) and perhaps because it is vaguely wrong, I get a small feeling of sticking it to The Man even though I'm actually just leeching." (/rant)
By my definition of "honest people", most people aren't honest. (I'm not.) They're not even being honest with themselves.
p.s. no, speeding does not nescessarily make you dishonest. If you believe there is nothing wrong with speeding, then you're being honest. It's not about the act; it's about how you act based on your perceptions.
"The point is, you don't HAVE to protect yourself from honest people. Honest people aren't going to steal from you"
Oh? How many people downloaded mp3s? How many of those were honest? A little protection should always be used, if only to err on the side of caution. -- Dan
Interesting point; judging from the context you're qouting, you're assuming here that most people are honest. (maybe we need to fight over the definition of "honesty") But, IMHO most people are willing to break an abstract law if there's little chance it's their ass on the line. Witness the mentality of your average speeder. Or looters. If everybody's stealing shit they probably won't be caught.
(No I don't want to debate whether mp3s should be freely downloadable or not, it's quite separate to the point I'm trying to make)
It's a slim, expensive tome, but absolutely indispensable
Seconded. I picked up a copy at my local B&N and had to specifically ask for it. Shocked that a volume as important as this wasn't out on the shelves, it was explained to me that this particular book had a habit of growing legs and running off. I hope the library in question has a good theft-prevention system.
Black project research almost never trickles down.
Prime example: the (sr-71a?) blackbird. The thing had major titanium components. To this day titanium remains extremely hard to work because mcnamara ordered the skunk works' custom titanium tooling machines to be destroyed in the name of national security. The engineers are all dead now and we'd be hard-pressed to build another blackbird if we needed to.
IBM would have pressed charges. Thats why they took the clean room approach.
And as I understand from a coworker, IBM successfully sued some vendors who just cloned pieces of the bios outright. IBM intentionally put in prom code that did nothing (useful), and when the cloners copied that mindlessly, they were caught.
It describes a different, better, and dead country.
... As long as you were a rich, white, landowning male. You're speaking about the slave state that practically wiped out the American Indians and denied rights to women.
All that said, this relies on me assuming that dynamically linked libs DO fall under the umbrella of GPL? It doesn't seem like an unfair proposition, but maybe that's not true?
In my thinking that is correct. More generally, that run-time linking places a barrier on what the GPL applies to. kde 1.x used this argument among others.
- check what the binaries are dynamically linking against (although I doubt you'd be so lazy as to link against a GPL library dynamically and not expect to be caught)
Consider this scenario:
Distro "A" includes shared LGPL lib "B". Company
"C" releases closed-source binary "D" that dynamically links against "B".
But, wait! Distro "A"'s *latest* version uses a new version of "B" that is binary-compatible with the previous version, yet is released under the GPL.
What is company "C" to do? All of a sudden they are distributing software that *could* be in violation of the GPL. (Yes, they could statically link that lib or do version checking. But is it really their responsibility to do so? What do they do about the copies already out there?)
mp3 and ogg are both lossy formats. Ie they lose information to get such high compression rates. (which is why nobody downloads.wav's).. my *guess* is,.nap will be lossy, and proprietary to boot. If you convert to mp3, the sound quality will be degraded further.
Would they at least convert to WAV to allow for burning?
Well in theory you can convert anything to anything. In practice your guess is as good as mine.
Lew Lipnick, the NSO's contrabassoonist and an audio consultant, expressed the majority opinion about the tone quality of Vorbis -- that its high notes sounded harsher and its low tones were harder to hear. "It sounds dry and artificial," he said.
Disclaimer: I like to rag on katz too, it's so easy.
Firts, thanks to Katz for having an opinion that is actually his own and not born of the group mentality every now and then.
No kidding. If Katz had come out with a positive review (which I expected, actually) the highest-rated comments would have *still* been along the lines of "that's some good crack you were smoking, Jon; the movie *sucked*". Instead you're all playing down the movie's perceived faults. "Well what do expect from lip-synch tech. The plot is supposed to be indecipherable."
All you're doing is criticizing a *critique* because it's fun to rag on katz. How stupid is that.
On further reflection, I guess I'm criticizing people who criticize critiques.
Taco and company aren't going to post 14 stories confirming the number of genes - it's not new, and (to most people) not exciting.
"New" has little to do with it. We got (at least) 14 Columbine stories long after it was "news". "Exciting" is much closer to the mark. I'd substitute "how much can I relate to it".
And when evidence does surface proving that the last theory was wrong, a new one should be created to fit the data and then that should be put under the microscope for flaws. This isn't religion.
Keeping in mind that the discrediting evidence is subject to at least as much scrutiny as the theory it just disproved. It's more fun to burn the witches.
our "owner" is the state which is unlikely to go out of business
(Unless you live in california. Remember when they went broke a few years back and starting handing out IOU slips for tax refunds!?)
Seriously, there's nothing to keep the state from slashing your support in times of crisis. And they'll call it getting rid of bureaucracy. That being said, I will agree that state jobs have more job security, especially if you are in a non-critical position.
You are correct. Consumers will put up with whatever we give them damnit.
Now, watch our ads. Or, we'll kill you.
Most fascinating I think is the comparison between these ads and gangland street violence: "They?'re like drive-by shootings," said Kipp Cheng, interactive news editor at Adweek. "Consumers will not put up with that" (...)
Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous?
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But don't tell me that had Ron Howard, Tom Hanks & Co. shot 30 minutes worth of capsule interiors in the studio that it WOULDN'T have added value to the film.
Just like actually shooting Waterworld in the Pacific off Hawaii added.. (oh wait.) -- one wrecked set and a whole lotta money.
Really... if you can fake it for cheap(er), that's the way to go.
I would have liked to see the cut scenes from the vomit comet. "Houston.. we have a... BLLLLEEEEAAAGH"
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in fact they will be in the same box.
Presumed translation: "Tux Racer, The Windows Version and Tux Racer, The Linux Version will be in the same cardboard container."
Getting a Linux version added onto the CD is something that we have considered and will try to do.
Presumed translation: "Tux Racer, The Windows Version and Tux Racer, The Linux Version *might* be in the same cardboard container." ..unless the linux version was going onto floppies..
The only obstacle to this is the fact that our OEM agent only supports Windows products.
Presumed translation: "Tux Racer, The Windows Version and Tux Racer, The Linux Version will *not* be in the same cardboard container." :-) .. getting this past your distributor will be tough then; epic couldn't swing it with Unreal. OTOH you obviously know a lot more about your situation than me.
Good luck. If you package it with a linux version and it's not a complete stinker I'll buy it. I certainly enjoyed .61. Thanks for the fun game.
"What is your user name?"
You're categorizing "honest" people based on harmfulness. Which is fine per se, I was just categorizing based on integrity.
(rant) In fact, since I have karma to burn, I will hypothesize that the thought process that goes on in a looter's mind is not much different than that which happens in that of your **typical** mp3 downloader. (blatant stereotyping ahead) .. "What I want right now is easy and convenient. I have little chance of being caught. It might be vaguely wrong but (in the looter's case) insurance will pay for it. Since in theory a faceless corporation suffers (not really) and perhaps because it is vaguely wrong, I get a small feeling of sticking it to The Man even though I'm actually just leeching." (/rant)
By my definition of "honest people", most people aren't honest. (I'm not.) They're not even being honest with themselves.
p.s. no, speeding does not nescessarily make you dishonest. If you believe there is nothing wrong with speeding, then you're being honest. It's not about the act; it's about how you act based on your perceptions.
Interesting point; judging from the context you're qouting, you're assuming here that most people are honest. (maybe we need to fight over the definition of "honesty") But, IMHO most people are willing to break an abstract law if there's little chance it's their ass on the line. Witness the mentality of your average speeder. Or looters. If everybody's stealing shit they probably won't be caught.
(No I don't want to debate whether mp3s should be freely downloadable or not, it's quite separate to the point I'm trying to make)
Seconded. I picked up a copy at my local B&N and had to specifically ask for it. Shocked that a volume as important as this wasn't out on the shelves, it was explained to me that this particular book had a habit of growing legs and running off. I hope the library in question has a good theft-prevention system.
Prime example: the (sr-71a?) blackbird. The thing had major titanium components. To this day titanium remains extremely hard to work because mcnamara ordered the skunk works' custom titanium tooling machines to be destroyed in the name of national security. The engineers are all dead now and we'd be hard-pressed to build another blackbird if we needed to.
I'm sure they have a copy of those protocol docs right there on the tape. Just in case somebody forgot.
It's more constructive (and more convincing) to attack the post's ideas and message than the person who posted it.
If I had mod points your post would be "flamebait"
And as I understand from a coworker, IBM successfully sued some vendors who just cloned pieces of the bios outright. IBM intentionally put in prom code that did nothing (useful), and when the cloners copied that mindlessly, they were caught.
May its day come again.
May we never forget our mistakes.
Interesting, could you clarify? Did you get this worm, or do you speak of an unrelated incident?
In my thinking that is correct. More generally, that run-time linking places a barrier on what the GPL applies to. kde 1.x used this argument among others.
Consider this scenario:
Distro "A" includes shared LGPL lib "B". Company "C" releases closed-source binary "D" that dynamically links against "B".
But, wait! Distro "A"'s *latest* version uses a new version of "B" that is binary-compatible with the previous version, yet is released under the GPL.
What is company "C" to do? All of a sudden they are distributing software that *could* be in violation of the GPL. (Yes, they could statically link that lib or do version checking. But is it really their responsibility to do so? What do they do about the copies already out there?)
Would they at least convert to WAV to allow for burning?
Well in theory you can convert anything to anything. In practice your guess is as good as mine.
Garth Algar: Here, take two of these.
Wayne Campbell: Ahh, Nuprin. Little, yellow, different.
Lew Lipnick, the NSO's contrabassoonist and an audio consultant, expressed the majority opinion about the tone quality of Vorbis -- that its high notes sounded harsher and its low tones were harder to hear. "It sounds dry and artificial," he said.
Listen to that. He just has oboe envy.
Firts, thanks to Katz for having an opinion that is actually his own and not born of the group mentality every now and then.
No kidding. If Katz had come out with a positive review (which I expected, actually) the highest-rated comments would have *still* been along the lines of "that's some good crack you were smoking, Jon; the movie *sucked*". Instead you're all playing down the movie's perceived faults. "Well what do expect from lip-synch tech. The plot is supposed to be indecipherable."
All you're doing is criticizing a *critique* because it's fun to rag on katz. How stupid is that.
On further reflection, I guess I'm criticizing people who criticize critiques.
And now I'm criticizing my own post.
Say that five times fast. You did that on purpose right?
"New" has little to do with it. We got (at least) 14 Columbine stories long after it was "news". "Exciting" is much closer to the mark. I'd substitute "how much can I relate to it".
And when evidence does surface proving that the last theory was wrong, a new one should be created to fit the data and then that should be put under the microscope for flaws. This isn't religion.
Keeping in mind that the discrediting evidence is subject to at least as much scrutiny as the theory it just disproved. It's more fun to burn the witches.
(Unless you live in california. Remember when they went broke a few years back and starting handing out IOU slips for tax refunds!?)
Seriously, there's nothing to keep the state from slashing your support in times of crisis. And they'll call it getting rid of bureaucracy. That being said, I will agree that state jobs have more job security, especially if you are in a non-critical position.
That would have been even funnier if John Carmack had posted it.
I don't think these character traits are specific to prima donnas. Particularly the 2nd one.
Been watching 'The Faculty' by chance?
Now, watch our ads. Or, we'll kill you.
Most fascinating I think is the comparison between these ads and gangland street violence: "They?'re like drive-by shootings," said Kipp Cheng, interactive news editor at Adweek. "Consumers will not put up with that" (...) Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous?
Just like actually shooting Waterworld in the Pacific off Hawaii added.. (oh wait.) -- one wrecked set and a whole lotta money.
Really... if you can fake it for cheap(er), that's the way to go.
I would have liked to see the cut scenes from the vomit comet. "Houston.. we have a ... BLLLLEEEEAAAGH"