How long until "limiter-disabling" chips are released? We've all seen how well anti-modchip campaigns for consoles have worked (ie. not at all). What are they going to do, remotely upgrade the firmware on your car? In which case, wait for the "firmware upgrade disabling" chip.
If the chips are designed well enough, they'll be hidden from view and most likely able to be switched off if a cop pulls you over for any reason.
Or as previously mentioned, a pair of wire cutters might be all that's needed (although that may be pretty obvious if someone looks under the dash/hood).
'We have this mass market chipset, and our next-generation chipset is getting faster. What we announced, [Qualcomm's] Snapdragon [chipset], is going to netbooks; it bumps it a few notches above that. The cell phone business, including us, is never going to build a processor that's going to match or surpass what the video game guys do. So, why chase that?'
Unfortunately, the processing power of any gaming system means absolutely nothing if the games suck.
Forget fancy graphics and get back to gameplay. The more "ooh isn't that pretty" in the game, the less attention I'm paying to the fun parts.
This is hardly an "alliance" if it's centred around MySQL. If the ODA had been formed from teams from many of the popular DBMS's, then yes I would call it an alliance.
Gmail has IMAP support too, which is what I use (in Thunderbird). It keeps track of your "starred" items and the read/unread status of each mail message (which is updated in realtime in the web interface too).
Now if only you could use Gmail chat without a browser...;)
I got bitten by the crappy hardware of the first GP2X (4-contact digital "fake analog" stick so about 75% of the movable area was "dead zone", and diagonals were almost impossible), lousy battery life, tendency to blow capacitors...
I had one of those too, and I actually ordered a replacement thumb grip from the UK (ie. concave, not convex). I bought the F-100 when it came out, and they changed it to 4 separate digital buttons (much better). The touch screen was pathetic though; it didn't even register most of the time in the official menu system, and the image browser would crash after 5 minutes or so of usage (memory leak I think). Anyone with half a brain would be using GMenu2X though.
I bit the bullet and bought an NDS and M3 Real cartridge last week. I think I should have just bought one in the first place.
People who don't want to pay for the game won't care about which is easier.
Who cares about finding a Torrent or cracked version that isn't spyware/virus plagued when it is just as easy to go get it from the source?
People who don't want to pay.
The point is get to a point of "why would I need to Crack and Torrent something that is so easy to get from SOFTGAMECO?"
So that you don't have to pay.
If you offer a good product and service at a fair price, you'll have customers. Yes, there will be people who STEAL (yes I said steal) the game to play, but that is not the software company's problem. They are going to do it anyways.
True words. There's a difference between "customers" and "users". Customers will pay for your product because they believe it's worth the money. Those who don't pay for the product were most likely not going to buy it in the first place. They are not "lost sales".
I'll admit, I used to download games when I was flat broke (Uni student) but now that I have a job there's not really any excuse. IMO much of the problem is that people don't put as much value in games as they do in other possessions. I'd much rather spend AU$100 on something I need rather than on one game. Most single player games now are not worth even half of the RRP (based on dollars vs average play hours/replay value). There are some exceptions where games are huge and/or have good replay, and they're the kind of games that are worth the money.
It is actually address space that is reserved for hardware, not memory. A 32-bit operating system has access to only 4 GB of real address space. It can use that address space for whatever it wants. Well, as long as it only wants memory or devices, but that's pretty much what an operating system wants. If the devices in the computer need 768 MB of address space, then it can only map in 3.3 GB of memory. Any leftover memory is left unused.
You can get around this limitation on x86 by using a kludge called PAE. Having written some Linux kernel modules I can say that PAE is not particularly difficult to work with, but you have to pay attention to it or you'll introduce bugs that stop your code from working if you are using PAE to extend the physical address space. Client versions of Windows do not support using PAE to extend the physical address space because there are so many drivers that do not support it. Amusingly, Windows clients do use PAE, since it is the only way to get the NX bit on x86.
Copied AC's post since they should have logged in for it.
No one really cares about games. If Windows remains the primary game platform, no big loss. We have plenty of other proprietary game platforms, and it seems to be the natural way.
Except for PC gamers. We certainly care. If by "other game platforms" you mean the console market, that really doesn't interest me nor does it interest a large portion of the PC gaming community. If WINE or something similar would run every Windows-based game I play or will ever play straight off the bat with no screwing around, I'd switch in an instant. And when I say "run", I mean "run such that I would never even know it wasn't Windows."
There are a lot of games (specifically those in the Wine DB platinum list) which are maybe 90-95% to that state, and that's great. Unfortunately, until every game I play makes it to the super-duper-platinum list which are 100% of "I'm really running on Windows", I will never switch.
Disclaimer: I run Linux on my server, which I also use as a HTPC (running XBMC) and it's fantastic. Then again, I don't play games on it.
I guess we are going to become even more dependent on DNS for everything. I can't imagine someone actually typing a full ipV6 hex address. Mabye the easy ones::::::b00b:8008
Although I always liked the MAC address c0:ff:ee:c0:ff:ee.
As I unfortunately found out yesterday, one of the more common ways the virus spreads is through removable drives. If autorun is enabled for removable devices (which it is by default, and no MS basher responses please), Windows will load autorun.inf straight away, infecting you.
A work colleague brought over a USB stick with some music on it, which I happily acquired, along with Conficker. For some retarded reason the resident shield was disabled. After we received an email about it, I noticed this and re-enabled it. I didn't realise I had the virus until this guy came over again with some more music and the AV software exploded in my face with a nice "warning conficker detected and removed" message. Of course that meant "removed from the USB stick" and not "removed from the PC".
Virus scans would no longer run, and I couldn't access most conficker-removal-related websites unless I went through a proxy. Incredibly, the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal tool worked a treat. After using that, rebooting, and disabling autorun in the registry, it's gone.
I blame partly myself for not disabling autorun (security lockdown on these work PCs is ridiculous; I would have had to ask an admin to do it), and for whoever disabled my bloody resident shield.
I hinted to our admin that I wanted Debian instead, but that didn't go down well.:)
You've validated to the spammers that your email address is being actively read, and that you actually READ spam. You have confirmed to them that you are an excellent use of their resources.
You've also validated that you may need to "increase your manhood" and "boost your lover night adventures".
(Source: Subject headers in my Gmail spam folder).
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How long until "limiter-disabling" chips are released? We've all seen how well anti-modchip campaigns for consoles have worked (ie. not at all). What are they going to do, remotely upgrade the firmware on your car? In which case, wait for the "firmware upgrade disabling" chip.
If the chips are designed well enough, they'll be hidden from view and most likely able to be switched off if a cop pulls you over for any reason.
Or as previously mentioned, a pair of wire cutters might be all that's needed (although that may be pretty obvious if someone looks under the dash/hood).
'We have this mass market chipset, and our next-generation chipset is getting faster. What we announced, [Qualcomm's] Snapdragon [chipset], is going to netbooks; it bumps it a few notches above that. The cell phone business, including us, is never going to build a processor that's going to match or surpass what the video game guys do. So, why chase that?'
Unfortunately, the processing power of any gaming system means absolutely nothing if the games suck.
Forget fancy graphics and get back to gameplay. The more "ooh isn't that pretty" in the game, the less attention I'm paying to the fun parts.
About 80% of internet traffic is porn, no doubt it's got a few hookers in it too!
And the rest is WoW. Actually... I think there may be some intersection there...
About zero, but when will MS come after TeX for patent royalties on Microsoft OpenType ?
Never, because it'll be called Microsoft ClosedType.
Mod parent +1 Insightful, and grandparent -1 Fanboi.
On that note, would you mind telling me what it is that Visio does?
Think Dia, but good.
You do not talk about Usenet.
I was thinking either "gaben" or "scott/tiger". :)
This is hardly an "alliance" if it's centred around MySQL. If the ODA had been formed from teams from many of the popular DBMS's, then yes I would call it an alliance.
Gmail has IMAP support too, which is what I use (in Thunderbird). It keeps track of your "starred" items and the read/unread status of each mail message (which is updated in realtime in the web interface too).
Now if only you could use Gmail chat without a browser... ;)
I got bitten by the crappy hardware of the first GP2X (4-contact digital "fake analog" stick so about 75% of the movable area was "dead zone", and diagonals were almost impossible), lousy battery life, tendency to blow capacitors...
I had one of those too, and I actually ordered a replacement thumb grip from the UK (ie. concave, not convex). I bought the F-100 when it came out, and they changed it to 4 separate digital buttons (much better). The touch screen was pathetic though; it didn't even register most of the time in the official menu system, and the image browser would crash after 5 minutes or so of usage (memory leak I think). Anyone with half a brain would be using GMenu2X though.
I bit the bullet and bought an NDS and M3 Real cartridge last week. I think I should have just bought one in the first place.
All I saw of the title was "Office" and "7" and thought this was about to be a Microsoft bash.
Make it easier to get the game than to pirate it.
People who don't want to pay for the game won't care about which is easier.
Who cares about finding a Torrent or cracked version that isn't spyware/virus plagued when it is just as easy to go get it from the source?
People who don't want to pay.
The point is get to a point of "why would I need to Crack and Torrent something that is so easy to get from SOFTGAMECO?"
So that you don't have to pay.
If you offer a good product and service at a fair price, you'll have customers. Yes, there will be people who STEAL (yes I said steal) the game to play, but that is not the software company's problem. They are going to do it anyways.
True words. There's a difference between "customers" and "users". Customers will pay for your product because they believe it's worth the money. Those who don't pay for the product were most likely not going to buy it in the first place. They are not "lost sales".
I'll admit, I used to download games when I was flat broke (Uni student) but now that I have a job there's not really any excuse. IMO much of the problem is that people don't put as much value in games as they do in other possessions. I'd much rather spend AU$100 on something I need rather than on one game. Most single player games now are not worth even half of the RRP (based on dollars vs average play hours/replay value). There are some exceptions where games are huge and/or have good replay, and they're the kind of games that are worth the money.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083001418.html
Interesting read, but how the hell is this part of the article even relevant?
Two-thirds of African American smokers use menthol brands.
It's a common situation to be in, "What's the answer to x? More x!". No. The answer is "NO x."
Unless, of course, "x" is XML.
It is actually address space that is reserved for hardware, not memory. A 32-bit operating system has access to only 4 GB of real address space. It can use that address space for whatever it wants. Well, as long as it only wants memory or devices, but that's pretty much what an operating system wants. If the devices in the computer need 768 MB of address space, then it can only map in 3.3 GB of memory. Any leftover memory is left unused.
You can get around this limitation on x86 by using a kludge called PAE. Having written some Linux kernel modules I can say that PAE is not particularly difficult to work with, but you have to pay attention to it or you'll introduce bugs that stop your code from working if you are using PAE to extend the physical address space. Client versions of Windows do not support using PAE to extend the physical address space because there are so many drivers that do not support it. Amusingly, Windows clients do use PAE, since it is the only way to get the NX bit on x86.
Copied AC's post since they should have logged in for it.
No one really cares about games. If Windows remains the primary game platform, no big loss. We have plenty of other proprietary game platforms, and it seems to be the natural way.
Except for PC gamers. We certainly care. If by "other game platforms" you mean the console market, that really doesn't interest me nor does it interest a large portion of the PC gaming community. If WINE or something similar would run every Windows-based game I play or will ever play straight off the bat with no screwing around, I'd switch in an instant. And when I say "run", I mean "run such that I would never even know it wasn't Windows."
There are a lot of games (specifically those in the Wine DB platinum list) which are maybe 90-95% to that state, and that's great. Unfortunately, until every game I play makes it to the super-duper-platinum list which are 100% of "I'm really running on Windows", I will never switch.
Disclaimer: I run Linux on my server, which I also use as a HTPC (running XBMC) and it's fantastic. Then again, I don't play games on it.
Sorry, I only get time to read Slashdot occasionally due to work schedules, so I probably missed those stories. Also, I don't watch TV.
tl;dr version: Piracy gives you VIRUSES!!!11! Yarrr!
but... but... I'm gonna buy the albums, I swear! ;)
Please mod parent +100 awesome. :)
I guess we are going to become even more dependent on DNS for everything. I can't imagine someone actually typing a full ipV6 hex address. Mabye the easy ones ::::::b00b:8008
Although I always liked the MAC address c0:ff:ee:c0:ff:ee.
As I unfortunately found out yesterday, one of the more common ways the virus spreads is through removable drives. If autorun is enabled for removable devices (which it is by default, and no MS basher responses please), Windows will load autorun.inf straight away, infecting you.
A work colleague brought over a USB stick with some music on it, which I happily acquired, along with Conficker. For some retarded reason the resident shield was disabled. After we received an email about it, I noticed this and re-enabled it. I didn't realise I had the virus until this guy came over again with some more music and the AV software exploded in my face with a nice "warning conficker detected and removed" message. Of course that meant "removed from the USB stick" and not "removed from the PC".
Virus scans would no longer run, and I couldn't access most conficker-removal-related websites unless I went through a proxy. Incredibly, the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal tool worked a treat. After using that, rebooting, and disabling autorun in the registry, it's gone.
I blame partly myself for not disabling autorun (security lockdown on these work PCs is ridiculous; I would have had to ask an admin to do it), and for whoever disabled my bloody resident shield.
I hinted to our admin that I wanted Debian instead, but that didn't go down well. :)
tl;dr version: Conficker is bad, mmkay.
Monty should call the new project OurSQL =D
Let's hope they don't write it in Python.
You've validated to the spammers that your email address is being actively read, and that you actually READ spam. You have confirmed to them that you are an excellent use of their resources.
You've also validated that you may need to "increase your manhood" and "boost your lover night adventures".
(Source: Subject headers in my Gmail spam folder).
Even if it isn't habitable, it might still be large enough to have a habitable moon perhaps?
That's no moon...