i wasnt saying anything about reinventing the wheel. I honestly dont care what the technology looks like or where it came from. I think my key points are collaboration and marketing.
To convince the bean counters at game companies its going to take marketing. Having one set of libraries that target all *nix systems seems like a sane plan to attempt to market. oh, and of course its a plan that benefits almost all alternative OS users:-)
now if someone more eloquent than I could just write an open letter to Apple...?
Why doesnt the OSS community collaborate with Apple to make a robust *well marketed* alternative to DirectX for *nix? It would use OpenGL of course for the graphics. The rest of it might even be able to come directly from some existing projects.
This would be a win for Apple and the community as then game developers could target one platform that would encompass Mac, Linux, BSD etc. Perhaps the combination of all these platforms together would be a big enough number to start convincing game companies to pursue the *nix market.
The key here would be convincing Apple to throw in the marketing. Without marketing, it would probably never take off. And come to think of it, maybe it would be impossible to convince Apple since they really arent trying to sell gaming machines. idunno, just a thought that seems to make a lot of sense in a lot of ways.
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A southern European plant (Mandragora officinarum) having greenish-yellow flowers and a branched root. This plant was once believed to have magical powers because its root resembles the human body.
The root of this plant, which contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscyamine. Also called mandragora.
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This trademark infringment is ridiculous. Its no wonder the comic strip chose this as its name.
I think we all agree that most everyone hates kiddie porn. What if there were a freenet version 2 with sophisticated algorithms to allow nodes to vote to suppress (but not eradicate) files they didnt like. Granted, this would be completely different from the original idea of freenet which emphasizes the power of the individual to publish *anything*. But at least it would be a democratic means to suppress things (like kiddie porn) that everyone dislikes.
As for what suppression means, off the top of my head, that sounds like a really tough nut to crack. You need some way to anonymously sign a file as good or bad and prevent tampering, double signing, etc. A hard problem. Maybe even intractable.
I have never tried running the C64 emulator available for the zaurus, but I am betting most C64 stuff should run just fine on it. It would be interesting to run GEOS on the zaurus for kicks
You make a good case in terms of the experience of a VCR user, however in the context of someone who uses a computer, I believe time shifting is trivial. Do you remember the first video you could play on your computer? How many of you just for fun opened 5 or 10 videos at once and watched them all play? For someone with with a computer and the capability to record from a video signal, these patented ideas would be arrived at by a great number of the population.
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i wasnt saying anything about reinventing the wheel. I honestly dont care what the technology looks like or where it came from. I think my key points are collaboration and marketing.
:-)
To convince the bean counters at game companies its going to take marketing. Having one set of libraries that target all *nix systems seems like a sane plan to attempt to market. oh, and of course its a plan that benefits almost all alternative OS users
now if someone more eloquent than I could just write an open letter to Apple...?
Why doesnt the OSS community collaborate with Apple to make a robust *well marketed* alternative to DirectX for *nix? It would use OpenGL of course for the graphics. The rest of it might even be able to come directly from some existing projects.
This would be a win for Apple and the community as then game developers could target one platform that would encompass Mac, Linux, BSD etc. Perhaps the combination of all these platforms together would be a big enough number to start convincing game companies to pursue the *nix market.
The key here would be convincing Apple to throw in the marketing. Without marketing, it would probably never take off. And come to think of it, maybe it would be impossible to convince Apple since they really arent trying to sell gaming machines. idunno, just a thought that seems to make a lot of sense in a lot of ways.
That my friend was the bad combination of a slip of the old "o" finger, and no proofreading.
As a public service, next time I hit preview I will proofread the the title in addition to the content.
This trademark infringment is ridiculous. Its no wonder the comic strip chose this as its name.
I think we all agree that most everyone hates kiddie porn. What if there were a freenet version 2 with sophisticated algorithms to allow nodes to vote to suppress (but not eradicate) files they didnt like. Granted, this would be completely different from the original idea of freenet which emphasizes the power of the individual to publish *anything*. But at least it would be a democratic means to suppress things (like kiddie porn) that everyone dislikes.
As for what suppression means, off the top of my head, that sounds like a really tough nut to crack. You need some way to anonymously sign a file as good or bad and prevent tampering, double signing, etc. A hard problem. Maybe even intractable.
I have never tried running the C64 emulator available for the zaurus, but I am betting most C64 stuff should run just fine on it. It would be interesting to run GEOS on the zaurus for kicks
You make a good case in terms of the experience of a VCR user, however in the context of someone who uses a computer, I believe time shifting is trivial. Do you remember the first video you could play on your computer? How many of you just for fun opened 5 or 10 videos at once and watched them all play? For someone with with a computer and the capability to record from a video signal, these patented ideas would be arrived at by a great number of the population.