I had started work on a CS map of my high school. I had been out for over 7 years, but I thought it might be interesting. I never got past finishing the lunchroom, though.
Who needs CG when the kids are freely taking pictures of themselves? It's sick and I wish the parents would teach their kids better, help them understand modesty and self-respect. (Yes, I realize some kids will do it anyway.)
What expectations? After 12 years in development what *new* idea can they put into a shooter that 50 other FPS haven't already done? I'm not saying there isn't room for innovation, I'm saying for Duke, they're working on a franchise 12 years old - something that was released in another day and age. They'll have to redesign Duke. Actually, I would call the game Serious Sam the next gen Duke.
In any case, I think the people who are old enough to have remembered Duke are probably: jaded, weathered, experienced, in the game industry and first person shooters to expect only so much from Duke. (Need we be reminded of Daikatana?)
/my background: I've been playing fps since Wolfenstein, came up in ranks on Quake, Team Fortress, Half-Life, CS, TF1.5, Unreal, (Nerf Arena Blast... Hah!), Serious Sam, Tom Clancy games - and that's only the tip.
No Child Left Behind was a far-right pendulum swing in the ongoing battle over whether the purpose of public education is to train people to function as workers or to lead better lives.
The far-right direction is what catches me off-guard about NCLB. The right-wing / conservative values are to keep the government out of personal lives - minimize government. The public education system, welfare, and this program are among many government programs that interfere with personal lives (good and bad).
IMO, this is just another example of the Republican becoming more Democrat and the Democrat becoming more Socialist.
Who am I to vote for? (and don't say Nader, hehe.)
I don't know, the GTV show, X-Play, seems to have its set of writers/testers for a game. Granted, it still may be just one person per game, but it seems to me from having watched the show that there are a few writers per game to playtest it.
Very interesting response. Certainly, I prefer things to "just work", but for stuff to "just work" it takes a lot of development. Where to place the blame when it doesn't "just work" is probably where you and I differ on our views of Linux as an OS platform.
I, for one, see the inability of a manufacturer to present drivers for a segment of the market as a failure on the manufacturer/developer. I don't care whether it is open or closed source, as long as it works well. If it is open source, all the better - more eyes to review and improve.
As you see it (they way I understand you), you think that Linux is only supposed to be for open source software and not closed source. Certainly the hairy-faced Linux evangelists will not want any closed source software, but they will prepare their environment for that purpose, it also limits their ability to do some stuff (such as load ATI drivers.)
It seems you would blame the Linux people for not developing drivers for a closed product. They could certainly try, but now there are laws in place that criminalize these activities. I don't understand why ATI would have such crappy Linux drivers. Perhaps that's why they had to be bought out by AMD. Perhaps this realization is driving AMD to release sources for their products.
I also purchased an ATI AIW. Nice card, except it limited me. I sold it to my brother-in-law who cares to only be in a Windows world and I picked up an Happauge. I prepared my environment for a linux system. Had I kept my ATI AIW, I would have stayed in the MS Windows system.
I believe we both agree on the end goal: a system that allows us to record TV shows to a PC for either later viewing, commercial-free tv, or live-rewind viewing. We want our system to be easy to setup and use. We want to use the hardware we have laying around to achieve our goal (a promise made by many in the Linux community that doesn't always work out because of closed source hardware vendors.) Just try to remember, a closed device does not mean an open driver can be created for it, even if it is 5 or 15 years later.
I understand your frustration. I've got my mythbox running for about 6 months, then a minor kernel upgrade broke it. I forgot how to fix it (I'm in an MS Windows world most of the time), so I tried a reinstall. My mythbox has been down ever since.
On a side note, however, there is such thing as supported and non-supported hardware. Just take a look at Windows Vista, not all hardware will work with it. Mac only hardware does not usually work with anything but Mac. I accidentally bought a tape backup drive for a Novell server (years ago when I was green) and it failed because I hadn't bothered to look at the approved hardware list. Until AMD opens up its ATI hardware and software specs, or produces their own decent Linux drivers, ATI cards are just not going to work well with Linux. (Which is reason #5 of why I'm an nVidia fan.)
They are not trying to suppress its publication, as they freely publish and distribute the book. They are merely exercising their rights to protect the publishing of the book by those who are authorized to publish the book. The LDS churh's attorneys will argue that WikiLeaks did not have the right to publish the book or its contents.
It is the same as reprinting the Book of Mormon, the Bible, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Ask any missionary or member of the Church and they will freely give you a copy of the mentioned scriptural text. Photocopy pages and publish it in a public forum, such as the Internet, and that gets frowned upon.
I think it all falls under the desire to protect copyrights. The question is, "Does WikiLeaks have the right to reproduce the contents." I believe the attorneys for the LDS church would contend that they did not and that WikiLeaks violated copyright.
And that software and hardware should open-sourced. This will, hopefully, allow peer review for security, snafu, and waste. Granted, this may not be practical in all situations. However, I think the Linux/BSD community has shown that peer reviewed and community supported software can be very tight, security and otherwise.
It is a big deal. Those of us who want to stay legit cannot do so. I wish not to break my Civ4 CD with its constantly spin up/down while in the tray, so I have to get a hacked exe.
With this new call home feature with a return acknowledgement (which means an open port) will allow a loosely designed piece of software to accept a hackers acknowledgement, opens the backdoor, allows the script kiddies in, and BANG, we have the Melissa virus all over again.
True enough, those of us on/. were not greatly affected. But the 1000's of average users in my area were having their Internet connections shutdown because the virus had unknowingly infected their systems and started flooding the Internet. (Which changed the tune of my ISPs stance on supporting routers, because most consumer level routers have a basic firewall.)
Yes, but can OpenOffice run on....
Er, can OpenOffice open Microsoft Works files?
Seriously, though. I try to recommend OpenOffice to people who come to me and ask. I then find out that they have 150 Microsoft Works documents that can only be read by two programs: MS Works Word and MS Office Word.
Microsoft should be forced to pay users for that POCrap, or go to jail for it, or put it away and allow system builders to put OOo on their computers alongside their 90-day trial of MS Office 20xx.
I have often been on the search for some product *similar* to Brand X and have desired to find out information about its competition. Perhaps the competition had a feature that Brand X doesn't include, or does include but for a premium price (printers with built-in network comes to mind... think HP but wanted a Brother MFC-xxxxCN).
I know the thread is several days old... but the comment warranted an explanation. I deleted my copy of the Radiohead music because, after listening to it for several days, I found that it didn't suit my tastes. As such, I wasn't going to pay for it and felt no need to keep it.
This is exactly how the RIAA should view online sharing of music. Some people will steal, many with the means will pay for the music they like. In fact, I would not mind a time-out version of music that can be shared as long as when I purchase said music, it is mine to play on whatever device I want, as many times as I want, whenever I want (i.e. no DRM, no catches)
It is similar to if the person left a locked box behind, or an even better analogy, a bank deposit box. The next of kin would show up at the bank with the appropriate documents showing the deceased is dead and they are the next of kin and the bank would oblige to open the box.
I disagree. I like Radiohead, NiN is a toss-up. I didn't buy either of their releases. I got NiN's free stuff and didn't feel the need to get the rest. I sampled Radiohead's release and didn't like it enough to buy it. (I deleted it after several days of listening, just to make sure it wouldn't grow on me.) Had I liked it, I would have given them my money.
Metallica won't ever see any of my money. For one they're money hungry jerks, for two I don't like their music/style.
I wish VB would die a painful death. It seems to me to be a scripting language that went haywire. And for scripting languages/interpreted languages, I'd go for Tcl/Tk. It has a nice complete package for quick gui creation and efficient stream handling that can be used on any platform. Plus, imho, it is easy to read.
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I had started work on a CS map of my high school. I had been out for over 7 years, but I thought it might be interesting. I never got past finishing the lunchroom, though.
I did not have evil intentions with it.
Who needs CG when the kids are freely taking pictures of themselves? It's sick and I wish the parents would teach their kids better, help them understand modesty and self-respect. (Yes, I realize some kids will do it anyway.)
Hey, I agree, Sam would kick Duke's butt before Duke' cig hit the ground and he'd have a better taunt.
What expectations? After 12 years in development what *new* idea can they put into a shooter that 50 other FPS haven't already done? I'm not saying there isn't room for innovation, I'm saying for Duke, they're working on a franchise 12 years old - something that was released in another day and age. They'll have to redesign Duke. Actually, I would call the game Serious Sam the next gen Duke.
In any case, I think the people who are old enough to have remembered Duke are probably: jaded, weathered, experienced, in the game industry and first person shooters to expect only so much from Duke. (Need we be reminded of Daikatana?)
/my background: I've been playing fps since Wolfenstein, came up in ranks on Quake, Team Fortress, Half-Life, CS, TF1.5, Unreal, (Nerf Arena Blast... Hah!), Serious Sam, Tom Clancy games - and that's only the tip.
IMO, this is just another example of the Republican becoming more Democrat and the Democrat becoming more Socialist.
Who am I to vote for? (and don't say Nader, hehe.)
I don't know, the GTV show, X-Play, seems to have its set of writers/testers for a game. Granted, it still may be just one person per game, but it seems to me from having watched the show that there are a few writers per game to playtest it.
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Very interesting response. Certainly, I prefer things to "just work", but for stuff to "just work" it takes a lot of development. Where to place the blame when it doesn't "just work" is probably where you and I differ on our views of Linux as an OS platform.
I, for one, see the inability of a manufacturer to present drivers for a segment of the market as a failure on the manufacturer/developer. I don't care whether it is open or closed source, as long as it works well. If it is open source, all the better - more eyes to review and improve.
As you see it (they way I understand you), you think that Linux is only supposed to be for open source software and not closed source. Certainly the hairy-faced Linux evangelists will not want any closed source software, but they will prepare their environment for that purpose, it also limits their ability to do some stuff (such as load ATI drivers.)
It seems you would blame the Linux people for not developing drivers for a closed product. They could certainly try, but now there are laws in place that criminalize these activities. I don't understand why ATI would have such crappy Linux drivers. Perhaps that's why they had to be bought out by AMD. Perhaps this realization is driving AMD to release sources for their products.
I also purchased an ATI AIW. Nice card, except it limited me. I sold it to my brother-in-law who cares to only be in a Windows world and I picked up an Happauge. I prepared my environment for a linux system. Had I kept my ATI AIW, I would have stayed in the MS Windows system.
I believe we both agree on the end goal: a system that allows us to record TV shows to a PC for either later viewing, commercial-free tv, or live-rewind viewing. We want our system to be easy to setup and use. We want to use the hardware we have laying around to achieve our goal (a promise made by many in the Linux community that doesn't always work out because of closed source hardware vendors.) Just try to remember, a closed device does not mean an open driver can be created for it, even if it is 5 or 15 years later.
I understand your frustration. I've got my mythbox running for about 6 months, then a minor kernel upgrade broke it. I forgot how to fix it (I'm in an MS Windows world most of the time), so I tried a reinstall. My mythbox has been down ever since.
On a side note, however, there is such thing as supported and non-supported hardware. Just take a look at Windows Vista, not all hardware will work with it. Mac only hardware does not usually work with anything but Mac. I accidentally bought a tape backup drive for a Novell server (years ago when I was green) and it failed because I hadn't bothered to look at the approved hardware list. Until AMD opens up its ATI hardware and software specs, or produces their own decent Linux drivers, ATI cards are just not going to work well with Linux. (Which is reason #5 of why I'm an nVidia fan.)
What's the idea where one written letter of complaint is worth so many people complaining that don't write?
If I had mod points, I'd mod that insightful, heh.
They are not trying to suppress its publication, as they freely publish and distribute the book. They are merely exercising their rights to protect the publishing of the book by those who are authorized to publish the book. The LDS churh's attorneys will argue that WikiLeaks did not have the right to publish the book or its contents.
It is the same as reprinting the Book of Mormon, the Bible, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Ask any missionary or member of the Church and they will freely give you a copy of the mentioned scriptural text. Photocopy pages and publish it in a public forum, such as the Internet, and that gets frowned upon.
I think it all falls under the desire to protect copyrights. The question is, "Does WikiLeaks have the right to reproduce the contents." I believe the attorneys for the LDS church would contend that they did not and that WikiLeaks violated copyright.
Are we saying that IBM was correct in 1980 when they said, "The money is in hardware not software."
And that software and hardware should open-sourced. This will, hopefully, allow peer review for security, snafu, and waste. Granted, this may not be practical in all situations. However, I think the Linux/BSD community has shown that peer reviewed and community supported software can be very tight, security and otherwise.
It is a big deal. Those of us who want to stay legit cannot do so. I wish not to break my Civ4 CD with its constantly spin up/down while in the tray, so I have to get a hacked exe.
/. were not greatly affected. But the 1000's of average users in my area were having their Internet connections shutdown because the virus had unknowingly infected their systems and started flooding the Internet. (Which changed the tune of my ISPs stance on supporting routers, because most consumer level routers have a basic firewall.)
With this new call home feature with a return acknowledgement (which means an open port) will allow a loosely designed piece of software to accept a hackers acknowledgement, opens the backdoor, allows the script kiddies in, and BANG, we have the Melissa virus all over again.
True enough, those of us on
Yes, but can OpenOffice run on ....
Er, can OpenOffice open Microsoft Works files?
Seriously, though. I try to recommend OpenOffice to people who come to me and ask. I then find out that they have 150 Microsoft Works documents that can only be read by two programs: MS Works Word and MS Office Word.
Microsoft should be forced to pay users for that POCrap, or go to jail for it, or put it away and allow system builders to put OOo on their computers alongside their 90-day trial of MS Office 20xx.
I have often been on the search for some product *similar* to Brand X and have desired to find out information about its competition. Perhaps the competition had a feature that Brand X doesn't include, or does include but for a premium price (printers with built-in network comes to mind... think HP but wanted a Brother MFC-xxxxCN).
I know the thread is several days old... but the comment warranted an explanation. I deleted my copy of the Radiohead music because, after listening to it for several days, I found that it didn't suit my tastes. As such, I wasn't going to pay for it and felt no need to keep it.
This is exactly how the RIAA should view online sharing of music. Some people will steal, many with the means will pay for the music they like. In fact, I would not mind a time-out version of music that can be shared as long as when I purchase said music, it is mine to play on whatever device I want, as many times as I want, whenever I want (i.e. no DRM, no catches)
It is similar to if the person left a locked box behind, or an even better analogy, a bank deposit box. The next of kin would show up at the bank with the appropriate documents showing the deceased is dead and they are the next of kin and the bank would oblige to open the box.
I disagree. I like Radiohead, NiN is a toss-up. I didn't buy either of their releases. I got NiN's free stuff and didn't feel the need to get the rest. I sampled Radiohead's release and didn't like it enough to buy it. (I deleted it after several days of listening, just to make sure it wouldn't grow on me.) Had I liked it, I would have given them my money.
Metallica won't ever see any of my money. For one they're money hungry jerks, for two I don't like their music/style.
I wish VB would die a painful death. It seems to me to be a scripting language that went haywire. And for scripting languages/interpreted languages, I'd go for Tcl/Tk. It has a nice complete package for quick gui creation and efficient stream handling that can be used on any platform. Plus, imho, it is easy to read.
Didn't we just have an article about lost Infocom games and e-mails obtained from an old HDD?