" Well, if GPL code is so free, why can't I use it with the code I want to."
What's stopping you? If you know how to, code it. I don't see the rules of GPL stopping you. Unless, of course, you're breaking the copyright law of someone else's software...
Yeah, I don't feel that Apple should be worried -- after all, they are still using hardware from them. It just makes you think though... what's going to happen when other major distributions port to Mac? I'd like to see what SuSE or Slackeware would look like on a PowerMac G5! Could this be a second life for Linux?
I know this wasn't the first version of Linux on the Mac. What was the one before this? A version of Yellow Dog?
Yes, and PHP is also open-source -- a language which applies to a way larger audience. I'm sure ASP and its Windows app. developers have a lot of developers though, but not even a small fraction of that in the OSS world.
Seriously. When I play Doom 3, I want the room entire pitch black and silent. I'm even going to unplug my USB cords (they are LED lit) and turn off my mouse pad so all of the blue glow of my room will not exist. Playing a horror game in the bright light is for pansies. Hah.
Maybe your WWI Veteran Great Grandpa could check his e-mail and browse the internet easy on Windows, but that doesn't mean that he's used to it. I could see him doing the same on a bright KDE distro of Linux -- take SuSE for instance. I would hope he couldn't have a problem... I mean, it's right there on the taskbar after all. Unless, of course, his eyes were blown out during war.
"Whatever, just call it "users fault", but I won't buy Doom3 anyway."
Then why complain? Just stop there...
And I guess you haven't really looked at either of the sites, eh? Or any of the game information where it states that Doom 3 will have multiplayer action via Internet or LAN? Might want to consider checking into it just a little bit before you bash it...
Yes. It's called the first site you enter (http://www.doom3.com). You can browse through the screenshots, trailers, and game information without even clicking that "Enter Flash Site" link.
I guess, if they are going to make several different ones for each phone service. Look at how many Samsung phones there are for T-Mobile, then phones just like them that are better/worse for other providers, like Verizon and Cingular. It adds up pretty fast.
Are you suggesting id to make Doom 3 shareware? If so, that's a pretty good idea... but I don't think it'd last very long in today's world of hackers and crackers. But to be perfectly honest, I don't think John Carmack cares about making that much money off of this -- he's rich enough as it is and he's not greedy... unlike Mr. Gates. John had his life set with just the release of Doom -- Quake just finalized it.
Until the day where a Neverwinter Nights server can main stability and hold more than 500 players, it will never be an MMORPG. You're getting your genres mixed up.;)
Well, installing Slackware has never been the difficult part of it -- just getting to use that command line like a pro and well, getting to know Slackware normally takes the cake. I can use it just fine though and it's right next to Debian and SuSE as my favorite distro.
No, Hexen and Heretic were not in the Wolfenstein series, but they did use the Doom engine. I was just stating a fact that there were more great games that idSoftware made, even if they did have to use the same engine. After all... Return to Castle Wolfenstein does use the Quake III engine after all. But hah, so does a lot of other games not developed by id -- Jedi Outcast for instance.
But even as secure as you can make your Windows by purchasing all of your anti-virus and firewall software, Linux can do straight out of the box (or off of a clean mirror if you choose to download.) It's not the fact that Windows doesn't crash as much anymore... it's just that so many security flaws are found deep in it and if you really feel that no one is going to attack you through it, I guess you are better off sticking with Windows. I on the other hand have been using Linux for years and everything that I ever did with Windows can be done a lot better now. I also love how Linux has more of a selection of operating systems... while Microsoft just has Windows (unless you count older versions and their server.)
Ha, except that's not really a dummy -- that's directly using someone else's e-mail address. Oh well though, I've used billgates@microsoft.com before. Although I never really found out if that was an actual e-mail address... just seems too good to be true.
Yeah. The way that they mentioned you could recover data would be a simple way for hackers to obtain data that wasn't their own. Honestly, I don't know what to think of this idea. I love owning a computer, simply because I get attached to it -- it's like a friend. I like storing my personal data on one computer. (Or three, since I have a home network in my bedroom.) But I think the idea of roaming and storing data on all of these computers would be pretty awesome. I wonder if it would become a target for wardrivers though?
Seriously. The first thing I thought when I read the headline was "Damn. Some hackers are ahead of us all..." and then I found out it was the title of the game. Let's just hope it's a codename... else we might hear "Counter-Strike: Source Source Code stolen!" later on down the road... I'm sure some little black hats would do it just to hear the hilarious headlines. Hah.
Seriously. Honestly, I think a large portion of software pirating deals with people hosting it off of private servers, IRC channels, and well, just making a copy of it for friends. No one downloads software through P2P anymore... The KaZaA Boom is dead.
Even if it came out a week before, people will still have plenty of time to play it nonstop -- you know how hardcore gamers are nowadays. It'd make no sense at all. I believe that, possibly, it'll come out a few weeks after QuakeCon... or hell, it may even come out the same day. That'd make some sense... people could buy it from QuakeCon, install it, and run it. Then people who didn't get to attend would be able to play it also.
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" Well, if GPL code is so free, why can't I use it with the code I want to."
What's stopping you? If you know how to, code it. I don't see the rules of GPL stopping you. Unless, of course, you're breaking the copyright law of someone else's software...
"Any advice for the poor schmuck who's going to get the blame?"
In the words of the great Dave Chappelle, "RUN BITCH, RUUUUNNNNN!!!!!!"
Yeah, I don't feel that Apple should be worried -- after all, they are still using hardware from them. It just makes you think though... what's going to happen when other major distributions port to Mac? I'd like to see what SuSE or Slackeware would look like on a PowerMac G5! Could this be a second life for Linux?
I know this wasn't the first version of Linux on the Mac. What was the one before this? A version of Yellow Dog?
Yes, and PHP is also open-source -- a language which applies to a way larger audience. I'm sure ASP and its Windows app. developers have a lot of developers though, but not even a small fraction of that in the OSS world.
This is why I'd like to have Lycoris on my PDA. Or, well, just any form of Linux. Slackware would be nice. =)
Seriously. When I play Doom 3, I want the room entire pitch black and silent. I'm even going to unplug my USB cords (they are LED lit) and turn off my mouse pad so all of the blue glow of my room will not exist. Playing a horror game in the bright light is for pansies. Hah.
Maybe your WWI Veteran Great Grandpa could check his e-mail and browse the internet easy on Windows, but that doesn't mean that he's used to it. I could see him doing the same on a bright KDE distro of Linux -- take SuSE for instance. I would hope he couldn't have a problem... I mean, it's right there on the taskbar after all. Unless, of course, his eyes were blown out during war.
"Whatever, just call it "users fault", but I won't buy Doom3 anyway."
Then why complain? Just stop there...
And I guess you haven't really looked at either of the sites, eh? Or any of the game information where it states that Doom 3 will have multiplayer action via Internet or LAN? Might want to consider checking into it just a little bit before you bash it...
Yes. It's called the first site you enter (http://www.doom3.com). You can browse through the screenshots, trailers, and game information without even clicking that "Enter Flash Site" link.
I guess, if they are going to make several different ones for each phone service. Look at how many Samsung phones there are for T-Mobile, then phones just like them that are better/worse for other providers, like Verizon and Cingular. It adds up pretty fast.
Are you suggesting id to make Doom 3 shareware? If so, that's a pretty good idea... but I don't think it'd last very long in today's world of hackers and crackers. But to be perfectly honest, I don't think John Carmack cares about making that much money off of this -- he's rich enough as it is and he's not greedy... unlike Mr. Gates. John had his life set with just the release of Doom -- Quake just finalized it.
Until the day where a Neverwinter Nights server can main stability and hold more than 500 players, it will never be an MMORPG. You're getting your genres mixed up. ;)
Well, installing Slackware has never been the difficult part of it -- just getting to use that command line like a pro and well, getting to know Slackware normally takes the cake. I can use it just fine though and it's right next to Debian and SuSE as my favorite distro.
Long live the penguin!
No, Hexen and Heretic were not in the Wolfenstein series, but they did use the Doom engine. I was just stating a fact that there were more great games that idSoftware made, even if they did have to use the same engine. After all... Return to Castle Wolfenstein does use the Quake III engine after all. But hah, so does a lot of other games not developed by id -- Jedi Outcast for instance.
A review of the beta is a preview of the game. ;)
Oh, and let's not forget id's Wolfenstein series of games, Hexen, and Heretic. Oh, and for the unprofessionally, the Dangerous Dave series.
But even as secure as you can make your Windows by purchasing all of your anti-virus and firewall software, Linux can do straight out of the box (or off of a clean mirror if you choose to download.) It's not the fact that Windows doesn't crash as much anymore... it's just that so many security flaws are found deep in it and if you really feel that no one is going to attack you through it, I guess you are better off sticking with Windows. I on the other hand have been using Linux for years and everything that I ever did with Windows can be done a lot better now. I also love how Linux has more of a selection of operating systems... while Microsoft just has Windows (unless you count older versions and their server.)
Wow. I guess you're just better off staying on Windows, eh?
Seriously! I can't understand the kid interviewing him. Maybe if we could just... slow it down some.
Ha, except that's not really a dummy -- that's directly using someone else's e-mail address. Oh well though, I've used billgates@microsoft.com before. Although I never really found out if that was an actual e-mail address... just seems too good to be true.
The only true question is that... is this guy still an employee of Microsoft? If so, then we all know something is up. Hah.
Yeah. The way that they mentioned you could recover data would be a simple way for hackers to obtain data that wasn't their own. Honestly, I don't know what to think of this idea. I love owning a computer, simply because I get attached to it -- it's like a friend. I like storing my personal data on one computer. (Or three, since I have a home network in my bedroom.) But I think the idea of roaming and storing data on all of these computers would be pretty awesome. I wonder if it would become a target for wardrivers though?
Seriously. The first thing I thought when I read the headline was "Damn. Some hackers are ahead of us all..." and then I found out it was the title of the game. Let's just hope it's a codename... else we might hear "Counter-Strike: Source Source Code stolen!" later on down the road... I'm sure some little black hats would do it just to hear the hilarious headlines. Hah.
Seriously. Honestly, I think a large portion of software pirating deals with people hosting it off of private servers, IRC channels, and well, just making a copy of it for friends. No one downloads software through P2P anymore... The KaZaA Boom is dead.
Even if it came out a week before, people will still have plenty of time to play it nonstop -- you know how hardcore gamers are nowadays. It'd make no sense at all. I believe that, possibly, it'll come out a few weeks after QuakeCon... or hell, it may even come out the same day. That'd make some sense... people could buy it from QuakeCon, install it, and run it. Then people who didn't get to attend would be able to play it also.