No it won't. Non-geeks won't be trying to shoehorn a version of MySql in that wasn't packaged for their OS
Yes! Gods forbid you try installing or upgrading software that wasn't included with your distribution. What kind of idiot would want to do that?
And only a poser would try to do it and then complain when they got in over their head. A real geek would know to try something that risky in a way that would be safe, like on a backup system or in a VM.
You're assuming that all 'geeks' are 'Operating System geeks'. They are not. I'm an 'Application development geek'. The more time I spend fsking around with getting my tools to install and play nicely with my OS is time pulled away from me building my software. The fact that you can not easily upgrade between major releases of software without dependancy hell is a weakness, no matter which way you slice it.
And of course, you can always just alias 'rm' to 'rm -i'. But my point was to counter the argument that the command line is 'safe'. At *best*, if you fatfinger a command, you'll get an error. At worst, it'll do exactly what you told it to.
His example may be dated, but the point is still valid. I ran into a similar problem last year when I tried upgrading some MySql tools. First, I got stuck in RPM hell. After about two hours of resolving dependancies and clearing out conflicting libraries, my application got just far enough to core dump when I tried running it. After tracing through Google for another 1/2 hour, I found a KDE patch I needed to apply. I downloaded the patch, only to see compilation fail because, you guessed it, I had missing dependancies. Another 1/2 hour tracking those down, And I got it to compile. At this point, I restarted X, only to have KDE 'Die and Not Come Back'.
It's issues like this that frustrate the hell out of geeks. It's issues like this that will keep non-geeks the hell away from Linux.
If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead marines. And then you will be in a world of shit. Because marines are not allowed to die without permission! Do you maggots understand?
Instead of having a gun, I suggest that you study harder in school and move to a less crappy neighborhood.
Read the Declaration of Independance. Private gun ownership, as the Founders saw it, has little to naught to do with personal safety, and everything to do with keeping a power-hungry government in check.
The subcription revenue from WoW alone is greater than the GDP of several third-world nations. Missing a holiday release for an expansion won't even register as a blip to Blizzard. Blizzard has developed a reputation of releasing titles "when they're ready". The result is having a quality product on release day (which always, invariably breaks all existing game sales records).
Roman Catholic != Christian then or now. Even then, people pointed out that the Pope had no right to justify what he said. For that matter, trying to find any justification for the Pope in the Bible is Hard
I'm very well aware of this. The Crusades were fought 400 years before the protestant reformation. At this time, if you were CHRISTIAN, that meant that you were ROMAN CATHOLIC. Part of Catholic doctrine, then, and now, is the infallibility of the Pope. No, it ain't in the bible. But about a billion people still believe it.
getting killed in the service of Christ gets you into heaven (of which there is not even a single Biblical reference, but plenty of ones from the Koran).
There didn't need to be Biblical justification for this. The Christians who fought the Crusades were Roman Catholic. The Pope guaranteed absolution for those who fought.
You'll be happy to know Bethesda (Elder Scrolls Series) bought the rights to the Fallout IP and is making Fallout 3.
This announcement was made about two years ago. All we have so far is vapor.
Guildwars also has a nice story; however, hardcore players can beat it in one or two days. And casual players can easily finish in a month or so which isn't good for recurring monthly payments for the developer.
Guild Wars is an (only?) MMORPG that doesn't charge a monthly subscription fee. They offset this by charging more for the retail game itself (WoW can be purchased for $19 - which comes w/ a free month's subscription, GW is still about $50), making the in-game 'world' smaller, and selling 'expansion' content more frequently. Players can also purchase additional character slots.
^ Agreed entirely. Part of the charm of Fallout (and it's spiritual predecessor, Wasteland) was the type of society that sprung up after the bomb. You had the isolated-yet-comfortable vaults, the shanty towns built out of the skeletons of remaining buildings where people struggled, but somehow survived, and military groups like the Brotherhood of Steel armed with the pre-holocaust state of the art weaponry. You could look at it as anarchy, or as a 'Libertarian Paradise', or as a wild west land-to-be tamed, be it by local militias, organized law enforcement, or criminal syndicates.
I suspect Microsoft needs a common programming platform, and its Mono they are after.
But where's the revenue stream in that? The reason Ballmer kept pushing "Developers, developers, developers!" is because for every single Microsoft developer, there are Visual Studio, SQL Server, Commerce Server, Windows, and Office licenses that will be sold to enable that developer to do his job, not to mention the licenses sold to the end user when the developer's product ships.
Backing mono makes no sense that I can see. If Microsoft developers can use mono tools instead of Visual Studio, Linux instead of Windows, MySQL instead of SQL Server, etc, where will MS make their money?
SUN tried this with Java. They thought that they could make a fortune on Hardware, J2EE app server licenses, and developer tools by giving Java away for free. Now, the entire Java/J2EE stack, aside from Java itself, is all but ruled by Open Source.
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And of course, you can always just alias 'rm' to 'rm -i'. But my point was to counter the argument that the command line is 'safe'. At *best*, if you fatfinger a command, you'll get an error. At worst, it'll do exactly what you told it to.
It's issues like this that frustrate the hell out of geeks. It's issues like this that will keep non-geeks the hell away from Linux.
Yeah! Didn't you all see Who Framed Roger Rabbit? :)
The subcription revenue from WoW alone is greater than the GDP of several third-world nations. Missing a holiday release for an expansion won't even register as a blip to Blizzard. Blizzard has developed a reputation of releasing titles "when they're ready". The result is having a quality product on release day (which always, invariably breaks all existing game sales records).
Ahhh!! The Legend of Sol-Tar! Now a kick-ass fighting game with Action Missiles!
Our asylums are filled with people who did just that...
Guild Wars is an (only?) MMORPG that doesn't charge a monthly subscription fee. They offset this by charging more for the retail game itself (WoW can be purchased for $19 - which comes w/ a free month's subscription, GW is still about $50), making the in-game 'world' smaller, and selling 'expansion' content more frequently. Players can also purchase additional character slots.
^ Agreed entirely. Part of the charm of Fallout (and it's spiritual predecessor, Wasteland) was the type of society that sprung up after the bomb. You had the isolated-yet-comfortable vaults, the shanty towns built out of the skeletons of remaining buildings where people struggled, but somehow survived, and military groups like the Brotherhood of Steel armed with the pre-holocaust state of the art weaponry. You could look at it as anarchy, or as a 'Libertarian Paradise', or as a wild west land-to-be tamed, be it by local militias, organized law enforcement, or criminal syndicates.
The odds of an Atheist from *any* party winning is pretty damned small.
Let me guess: Arizona?
It's coming sooner than that. Direct X 10 will be Vista only.
How about I give you three: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
One word:
Eclipse
...welcome our homonivorous robot overlords!
YES!! This was perhaps the first time in an FPS where the environment itself worked against you. I was dizzy for an hour after finishing this level.
Backing mono makes no sense that I can see. If Microsoft developers can use mono tools instead of Visual Studio, Linux instead of Windows, MySQL instead of SQL Server, etc, where will MS make their money? SUN tried this with Java. They thought that they could make a fortune on Hardware, J2EE app server licenses, and developer tools by giving Java away for free. Now, the entire Java/J2EE stack, aside from Java itself, is all but ruled by Open Source.