In relation to number 1, I would like to stand out in Halos defence that it's some of the best netcode I've seen in a game for a long time. I've seen maybe 1 or 2 players jumping around lagging, but as for the amount of data it's sending, no idea.
Surely I'm not the only one who didn't see any mention of linux in the summary, and clicked the article and did a search for linux/nix only to find nothing?
I think you overestimate the OSS community, or you're confusing them with OSS developers, either way I'm not expecting a next-gen wordpress out of this.
you kidding me? I could barely watch Chuck! Every five minutes they're making some outlandish tech reference.
"yeah fingers so hurt from call of duty" "lets go upstairs and play gears of war" "we programmed our own zork game" (which loaded.zrk files, rather than zorks actual.dat's) "the government smashed your harddrive which erases your email" (not too outlandish, some people might actually run their own email server...) "here is an image made of other images, each a 1x1 pixel, which in turn house other images"
I care about windows. I enjoy not having to compile everything before installing it. I enjoy my eyecandy running fine without some hacked together drivers. I enjoy how everything is familiar and intuitive.
Not to troll, but just because gamers don't use linux doesn't mean it's because MS has shanghaied us. Tycho is pretty close, and at least makes the "most" distinguishment, but you'll never find me dual booting linux again
I don't think it's a good reason, but I don't think it's news either. Many companies have the exact same policy, so you might as well complain to them too.
But my post was not about my opinion on their policy at all, it was about this guy who thinks that all of the paperwork that came with the PC was trash and didn't bother reading it.
The only surprise in this 'article' is what a moron he is.
You, sir, are some sort of magician! I have been using Opera for a while now and did not know about this magical inline shortcut, but rather typed "f whatever i'm lookin for" in the address bar. Thank you.
The article might just be JS benchmark, but I give you my personal assurance that even google.com renders twice as fast than previous opera, ff, and ie7.
My only real complaint with it is they removed a few key shortcuts I'm used to (ctrl q to quit) and they don't let you drag shortcuts to sites onto the status bar anymore.
I was promised that by the year 2000 I would have a jetpack and the ability to reach through my screen and slap people who say stupid things on the internet.
you call my comment assinine and then compare the copying of tapes to the anonymous stealing of movies from p2p, because I can just copy any movie ever made whenever i want at zero cost for materials (unless i wanna splurge on a blank dvd)- oh wait, that's P2P, not tapes.
And as for that "march of technology" - I wasn't aware progress was teenagers who take whatever they want because there are no real consiquences.
And there is an inexpensive alternative to breaking the law already: you pay for what you have. And if a whole 5.50 - 20.00 is too much for something you really reaaaalllly WANT, netflix will give you unlimited movies for a whole 15.00usd a month and let you keep them as long as you want.
no, the mpaa started screaming because for every linux user screwing around to play their dvd's, there are a thousand windows kiddos using the same thing to steal a movie
So lets put you in the MPAA's position, either make one sale.. or prevent a thousand thefts... HMMM
"repeating a lie often enough still doesn't magically turn it into the truth" also applies to the "oh wow im going to download this modest mouse cd 2 months before street date" crowd too.
Just because you want "having things that cost actual money- but for free" to be legal doesn't mean it should be.
You say you're not "taking" anything from the record company? I forgot, they don't pay the artists to make cds! they can just give music away for free, no one has to pay, SONY will just keep paying artists and paying artists and paying artists, and give everything away for free! What an ideal way to run a business.
You act as if just because they're dealing in data they don't need to turn a profit. Yes, they still do, but how many millions of dollars have been lost? I don't need to tell you how sore i'd be if i lost a million dollars, but it's ok when a company loses that much, right? Especially since i lost it to a 12 year old who feels that since all he is downloading is a copy of something people are legitimately paying money for it's all right
Don't know if i'm even making sense any more, but music thieves sure do infurate me. I remember when people earned what they had instead of stealing it because they feel entitled to it.
What, besides the open source nature of linux, is "innovative" about it? Every single thread on every single article of every single slashdot article concerning linux is strictly in a "me too"
"Linux has office, it's called openoffice and we're willing to overlook the flaws because its free AND 'free'" "Linux runs windows apps fine with WINE!" "OSX and Vista are filled with eyecandy? Linux too, didn't you hear about Beryl and Compiz?"
So please, before modding me -1 for troll, flame, whichever, tell me whats so gosh darn different between Windows, the OS (not microsoft, the company) and Linux Distro X.
("security" might/is true, but "security" isn't an innovation in the least. also, now you can mod me down.)
(or at least thats what my last post of this type was marked as)
Hollywood backing them or not. Popular or not. Easy to get away with or not. None of these things mean that stealing/ip theft/copyright infringement should be legal or tolerated. Yes the market must grow and adapt, but it shouldn't be because of teenagers who refuse to pay for music no matter how cheap it is.
Sure, get mad at the RIAA for protecting is profits (its not an actual business or anything, right?), then get mad at Target/Walmart/etc for detaining shoplifters. Someone has to teach music "pirates" that there are consiquences, and if that means "extorting" money from them, so be it.
im not going to disagree with the minidisk being inferior, but minidisk players are completely awesome. Small, and will run for months on a SINGLE double A
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In relation to number 1, I would like to stand out in Halos defence that it's some of the best netcode I've seen in a game for a long time. I've seen maybe 1 or 2 players jumping around lagging, but as for the amount of data it's sending, no idea.
Surely I'm not the only one who didn't see any mention of linux in the summary, and clicked the article and did a search for linux/nix only to find nothing?
I think you overestimate the OSS community, or you're confusing them with OSS developers, either way I'm not expecting a next-gen wordpress out of this.
It's not like i expect my shows to be completely realistic, but something that wasn't borderline insulting to our intelligence wouldn't hurt.
you kidding me? I could barely watch Chuck! Every five minutes they're making some outlandish tech reference.
.zrk files, rather than zorks actual .dat's)
"yeah fingers so hurt from call of duty"
"lets go upstairs and play gears of war"
"we programmed our own zork game" (which loaded
"the government smashed your harddrive which erases your email" (not too outlandish, some people might actually run their own email server...)
"here is an image made of other images, each a 1x1 pixel, which in turn house other images"
I care about windows. I enjoy not having to compile everything before installing it. I enjoy my eyecandy running fine without some hacked together drivers. I enjoy how everything is familiar and intuitive.
Not to troll, but just because gamers don't use linux doesn't mean it's because MS has shanghaied us. Tycho is pretty close, and at least makes the "most" distinguishment, but you'll never find me dual booting linux again
Id didn't port Doom3 to the xbox, Vicarious Visions did all of the xbox work
I don't think it's a good reason, but I don't think it's news either. Many companies have the exact same policy, so you might as well complain to them too.
But my post was not about my opinion on their policy at all, it was about this guy who thinks that all of the paperwork that came with the PC was trash and didn't bother reading it.
The only surprise in this 'article' is what a moron he is.
while you're at it, send the author some email too, here's a template:
"Dear 'author,' Please learn to read your warantees in the future.
Sincerely, 'your name'"
How does that sound?
You, sir, are some sort of magician! I have been using Opera for a while now and did not know about this magical inline shortcut, but rather typed "f whatever i'm lookin for" in the address bar. Thank you.
The article might just be JS benchmark, but I give you my personal assurance that even google.com renders twice as fast than previous opera, ff, and ie7.
My only real complaint with it is they removed a few key shortcuts I'm used to (ctrl q to quit) and they don't let you drag shortcuts to sites onto the status bar anymore.
I saw Fight Club too
while i'll agree, it is hard to deny a read-only Speed Dial to act as a portal to sites most oldsters would visit
I was promised that by the year 2000 I would have a jetpack and the ability to reach through my screen and slap people who say stupid things on the internet.
ass-raped? Last I checked rape wasn't voluntary.
you call my comment assinine and then compare the copying of tapes to the anonymous stealing of movies from p2p, because I can just copy any movie ever made whenever i want at zero cost for materials (unless i wanna splurge on a blank dvd)- oh wait, that's P2P, not tapes.
And as for that "march of technology" - I wasn't aware progress was teenagers who take whatever they want because there are no real consiquences.
And there is an inexpensive alternative to breaking the law already: you pay for what you have. And if a whole 5.50 - 20.00 is too much for something you really reaaaalllly WANT, netflix will give you unlimited movies for a whole 15.00usd a month and let you keep them as long as you want.
no, the mpaa started screaming because for every linux user screwing around to play their dvd's, there are a thousand windows kiddos using the same thing to steal a movie
So lets put you in the MPAA's position, either make one sale.. or prevent a thousand thefts... HMMM
"...than simply using google to find OSS alternatives that work."
They work, but not as well. Give me full retail software designed from the ground up to be a product worth buying, not Suns little hobby.
I've got to agree with you, and share a thought I've been having lately
Retailers won't sell you an AO rated game, but yet they line their shelves with "unrated" DVDs, and sell anime porn
congrats to monxtr on winning "most retarded regional comment", good going! you're a shoe-in for the nationals!
"repeating a lie often enough still doesn't magically turn it into the truth" also applies to the "oh wow im going to download this modest mouse cd 2 months before street date" crowd too.
Just because you want "having things that cost actual money- but for free" to be legal doesn't mean it should be.
You say you're not "taking" anything from the record company? I forgot, they don't pay the artists to make cds! they can just give music away for free, no one has to pay, SONY will just keep paying artists and paying artists and paying artists, and give everything away for free! What an ideal way to run a business.
You act as if just because they're dealing in data they don't need to turn a profit. Yes, they still do, but how many millions of dollars have been lost? I don't need to tell you how sore i'd be if i lost a million dollars, but it's ok when a company loses that much, right? Especially since i lost it to a 12 year old who feels that since all he is downloading is a copy of something people are legitimately paying money for it's all right
Don't know if i'm even making sense any more, but music thieves sure do infurate me. I remember when people earned what they had instead of stealing it because they feel entitled to it.
What, besides the open source nature of linux, is "innovative" about it? Every single thread on every single article of every single slashdot article concerning linux is strictly in a "me too"
"Linux has office, it's called openoffice and we're willing to overlook the flaws because its free AND 'free'"
"Linux runs windows apps fine with WINE!"
"OSX and Vista are filled with eyecandy? Linux too, didn't you hear about Beryl and Compiz?"
So please, before modding me -1 for troll, flame, whichever, tell me whats so gosh darn different between Windows, the OS (not microsoft, the company) and Linux Distro X.
("security" might/is true, but "security" isn't an innovation in the least. also, now you can mod me down.)
(or at least thats what my last post of this type was marked as)
Hollywood backing them or not. Popular or not. Easy to get away with or not. None of these things mean that stealing/ip theft/copyright infringement should be legal or tolerated. Yes the market must grow and adapt, but it shouldn't be because of teenagers who refuse to pay for music no matter how cheap it is.
Sure, get mad at the RIAA for protecting is profits (its not an actual business or anything, right?), then get mad at Target/Walmart/etc for detaining shoplifters. Someone has to teach music "pirates" that there are consiquences, and if that means "extorting" money from them, so be it.
im not going to disagree with the minidisk being inferior, but minidisk players are completely awesome. Small, and will run for months on a SINGLE double A
am I the only one getting sick of "lite?"
Honestly, you save one keystroke. Is it some awkward UK spelling thing I'm not aware of?