So you're telling me a 12-year-old designed something that the most brilliant scientists in the world (many of whom are experts in solar cell technology) couldn't? I'd put money on this technology already being used in the military, but they couldn't very well say "it's a dumb idea" to him.
Nothing more than a feelgood story.
Fair enough. Like I say though, if you're really desperate (although this only really works for single player games) you can try TinyLauncher. It runs Steam games without the need for Steam itself. I was at a LAN party on Saturday and was unfortunate enough to have not updated my Steam client. The latest version fixes a lot of the bugs with offline mode where it would sometimes say "this operation is unavailable in offline mode" or similar when you try to run any game. I could load the games (TF2, specifically) with TinyLauncher but the server browser didn't work, and connecting by IP gave me the message "this server requires that Steam be running". Like I said though, the latest Steam client has fixed these problems.
Interestingly enough, there is actually a WoW addon API call IsLinuxClient() that always returns false. It appears they put it in with the hope it might be used some day.
Damn it you insensitive clods, we're stuck in a time loop!
Somehow I was immune to its effects and have been reliving this day over and over and over, at least 100 times now!
I've been watching Groundhog Day and 12:01 to try to work out what's happening and how I can stop it but... oh crap here it goes ag~~~
I would in fact go so far as to say that any company like Steam is unlikely to be around in a year or two.
Firstly, the company in question is Valve. Steam is the platform they provide.
Secondly, you obviously have no idea what Steam is or how it works. Steam is first and foremost an online content delivery system. The DRM it provides is more of a side effect of how your Steam account works. In this situation, Valve have it right (if such a thing can be said about any DRM scheme). If I've purchased the game, I have the right to play it at any time I wish, as long as it's only RUNNING on one system at a time. I can install Steam and download the content on any PC in the world, but I'm only allowed to play it on one of these at a time. To be honest, that makes perfect sense. Why would I need to run more than one copy at a time? Admittedly, this can be achieved using offline mode if you're desperate.
Steam has proven itself as a great publishing platform for independent developers, and it has removed the need for draconian DRM systems like SecuROM. It's disappointing that the pubishers of BioShock felt the need to include it on top of Steam. It's also disappointing that they didn't provide the application in the form of GCF files like almost every other Steam-supported game. (.gcf is Valve's game content format which makes it simpler to back up).
Hmmm... I'm pretty sure the awesome bar only makes suggestions for titles/URLs of recently viewed pages and any bookmarks you have. Correct me if I've got it wrong...
I think you'll find it's the publishers that push the DRM more than the actual developers of the game. Game developers are usually gamers themselves, so I can't see how they'd have any special love for DRM.
Speaking of publishers, EA and Ubisoft are the scum of the Earth to be honest. I'll never forgive EA for destroying Origin and forcing Ultima 9 to be released in a buggy, incomplete state, and I'll never forgive Ubisoft for their lack of support for Dark Messiah.
If scientist can't code plain Fortran/Java or C code, he is not a scientist.
You're saying all scientists should be well-versed in various programming languages? Which kind of scientist are we talking about here? Rocket scientists? Should they not be worrying about, you know, ROCKETS?
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So you're telling me a 12-year-old designed something that the most brilliant scientists in the world (many of whom are experts in solar cell technology) couldn't? I'd put money on this technology already being used in the military, but they couldn't very well say "it's a dumb idea" to him.
Nothing more than a feelgood story.
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On the other hand, Nanny Ogg should probably be renamed Nanny Vorbis, unless of course she's more into movies rather than music.
Fair enough. Like I say though, if you're really desperate (although this only really works for single player games) you can try TinyLauncher. It runs Steam games without the need for Steam itself. I was at a LAN party on Saturday and was unfortunate enough to have not updated my Steam client. The latest version fixes a lot of the bugs with offline mode where it would sometimes say "this operation is unavailable in offline mode" or similar when you try to run any game. I could load the games (TF2, specifically) with TinyLauncher but the server browser didn't work, and connecting by IP gave me the message "this server requires that Steam be running". Like I said though, the latest Steam client has fixed these problems.
'Course, I still hate Steam too, purely on principle.
What principle is that? Seems like a pretty silly statement unless you're willing to elaborate.
My bad, I thought the iPod Video was the current generation.
Rockbox supports 60/80gb iPod Video. If you have an iPod Touch, you're out of luck.
Especially if the beer is VB.
I didn't know there WAS a touchscreen war. Sounds like propaganda to me.
Or, don't install iTunes on your PC/Mac at all, and install Rockbox on your iPod.
Problem solved.
Someone mod parent +5 awesome plz.
Interestingly enough, there is actually a WoW addon API call IsLinuxClient() that always returns false. It appears they put it in with the hope it might be used some day.
Damn it you insensitive clods, we're stuck in a time loop!
Somehow I was immune to its effects and have been reliving this day over and over and over, at least 100 times now!
I've been watching Groundhog Day and 12:01 to try to work out what's happening and how I can stop it but... oh crap here it goes ag~~~
Holy crap, someone on the internet AGREES with me???
O' frabjous day, calloo callay!
I would in fact go so far as to say that any company like Steam is unlikely to be around in a year or two.
Firstly, the company in question is Valve. Steam is the platform they provide.
Secondly, you obviously have no idea what Steam is or how it works. Steam is first and foremost an online content delivery system. The DRM it provides is more of a side effect of how your Steam account works. In this situation, Valve have it right (if such a thing can be said about any DRM scheme). If I've purchased the game, I have the right to play it at any time I wish, as long as it's only RUNNING on one system at a time. I can install Steam and download the content on any PC in the world, but I'm only allowed to play it on one of these at a time. To be honest, that makes perfect sense. Why would I need to run more than one copy at a time? Admittedly, this can be achieved using offline mode if you're desperate.
Steam has proven itself as a great publishing platform for independent developers, and it has removed the need for draconian DRM systems like SecuROM. It's disappointing that the pubishers of BioShock felt the need to include it on top of Steam. It's also disappointing that they didn't provide the application in the form of GCF files like almost every other Steam-supported game. (.gcf is Valve's game content format which makes it simpler to back up).
Am I the only one worried about this? Given this recent Slashdot story: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/1231224
I certainly hope they cleaned up that laptop first.
Hmmm... I'm pretty sure the awesome bar only makes suggestions for titles/URLs of recently viewed pages and any bookmarks you have. Correct me if I've got it wrong...
For the ignorant/oblivious/uninitiated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
How is that broken? I'm pretty sure that's the whole POINT of it.
Developers, it really is that simple.
I think you'll find it's the publishers that push the DRM more than the actual developers of the game. Game developers are usually gamers themselves, so I can't see how they'd have any special love for DRM.
Speaking of publishers, EA and Ubisoft are the scum of the Earth to be honest. I'll never forgive EA for destroying Origin and forcing Ultima 9 to be released in a buggy, incomplete state, and I'll never forgive Ubisoft for their lack of support for Dark Messiah.
So little time...
You know you read too much random Wikipedia when...
That link is already coloured as "visited".
If scientist can't code plain Fortran/Java or C code, he is not a scientist.
You're saying all scientists should be well-versed in various programming languages? Which kind of scientist are we talking about here? Rocket scientists? Should they not be worrying about, you know, ROCKETS?
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
It may only be ordinary 3D space, but I'd still rather play a game with cake.