But it's not a matter of 10 things at $10 or 10 things at $1000. If you look at countries like China or India, it's more like 10 things at $1000 or 1000000 things at $10. By putting entry level processors into developing markets, they'll probably end up making more money in those markets. The problem is keeping those low cost processors out of Europe/North America, given that for many home users a P3 would be sufficient for any task they'd want to perform.
In a legal sense, yes, it's probably illegal. In a moral sense, you're not depriving the people who made this game of any hard earned revenues, so I'd think this is OK.
Although I'm pretty sure he's means to make "lite" hardware like the WinXP starter edition. This shouldn't be difficult.. especially for chip manufacturers. The cost to actually produce chips is very low.. it's the engineering that costs the big bucks. There's no reason why Intel/AMD couldn't dust off the optical masks for the P3/Athlon and make a bunch of chips on the cheap.
IBM wanted Kildall to sign a NDA Kildall said f* off (actually, his lawyers did) IBM went to Microsoft (for other purposes) Billy G convinced IBM they had an OS MS bought qDOS
It appears that the overall quality of code, and more importantly, the
amount of QA, on various browsers touted as "secure", is not up to par
with MSIE; the type of a test I performed requires no human interaction
and involves nearly no effort. Only MSIE appears to be able to
consistently handle [*] malformed input well, suggesting this is the
only program that underwent rudimentary security QA testing with a
similar fuzz utility.
So.. maybe Microsoft code isn't so bad, after all? Let's see the spin on this from the MS-is-the-devil crowd..
I don't think there is any law for this. I believe the ratings are voluntary.
Personally, I don't really care - as long as they don't collect information. And, unlike with cigarettes, if any kid asks me to buy the game for them because they're not old enough.. I'll gladly do it.
Terrible news. Geez.. can't a game make it out nowadays that ISN'T pirated before it's released? The industry is being killed by these greedy bastards who aren't willing to pay the developers for their years of hard work.
Was that they changed the actor for ANAKIN SKYWALER at the end of ROTJ (you know, when he appears with Obi-Wan and Yoda as Jedi-ghosts.. err.. ghost isn't the right word)
Probably to make it appear as if Haydn Christianson could actually transform into the Anakin at the end of ROTJ (still unconfirmed if it actually IS Christianson in ROTJ..)
While useful for certain applications (if I press the "abort" button on a missile, I want it processed NOW and not 5 seconds after it explodes..), I don't see what a hard realtime operating system would do for desktop systems.. then again, maybe I'm completely missing the point?
Unfortuately, what you say is not true for me. In Canada, even the lowly eMac costs more than $1000.
And $479 (+tax, +exchange) is more than I'm willing to pay for hardware that's already (a) generation(s) old (GeForce2!)
Personally, I would love to be able to dual-boot MacOS and Windows. Preferably on x86 hardware (more commoditized=lower prices).. because there are things that you simply cannot do on the Mac.. like play many recent games.
I've always wanted to give OS-X a try, but I was not willing to spend the thousand(s) of dollars necessary in order to buy the hardware to run it on.. my Athlon64 system suits me just fine, thank you. I only need ONE machine, and since Windows is the only real choice for gaming, x86 is the way to go.
That said, it's a shame that Apple doesn't release OS-X for x86 hardware..
I was a die-hard IE guy. But what with CERT recommending using an alternate browser for security purposes.. and Microsoft's own recommendations for security all but disabling many sites (I believe their recommendation was to turn off active scripting).. that was when I switched browsers.
But, alas, because "Set program access and defaults" doesn't actually do $hit.. last weekend I was infected by spyware using IE. Nasty, nasty stuff that just won't die.
So IE is out for me.. I don't blame Microsoft for the malware (although I DO blame them for a link opening with IE when I had FF set as the default..).. but enough is enough.
The sites that don't work properly with FF are few.. and I can easily decide if the site is worthy of really browsing by using the open in IE extension.
My criticism of FF is that extensions break with each release, and that security updates are not available as patches (I could tolerate ONE of them.. but combined it's really a nuisance).
Perhaps, though, by the time the 60GB iPod is released, the price of the iRiver (which I believe is to be released quite a bit earlier..) will be more in line.
I seriously was considering purchasing an iPod.. until their debacle with Real.. now I'm looking elsewhere..
But, the people who are selling the LCDs aren't actually doing any infringing. The best they can hope to accomplish by a lawsuit is to compel the companies not to sell LCDs using the patented technology from manufacturers who don't have a license for it... BUT, if they want to get the most money.. why not target the LARGEST group? I say they sue EVERY OWNER OF A LCD. I suggest we call this "a SCO". As in, I got SCOed by Honeywell on LCDs.
why are they suing the people who are selling the LCDs? Why not go after the people who are actually infringing? IE. the manufacturers of these devices?
As everyone (should) know, there aren't very many companies that actually make these things..
You make a good point. However, in terms of financial damages.. I think there would be plenty of people willing to completely give up all rights for damages. Considering a $100,000 price tag to begin with.. and flights won't be starting for a few years now, that would be many people's only chance at getting into space. Personally, if given the opportunity, I would have taken the risk and went aboard SS1.
I don't see what training would be required.. perhaps to build up strength and tolerances to high G-Forces?
As a developer, I'll tell you that having your customers report bugs to you is a GOOD THING. Something that you want to ENCOURAGE. There is no amount of alpha or beta testing that can substitute for real world use. However, I've been encouraged by this experience to very much just "shut up and take it or leave it" (paraphrasing from one of the more colourful indignant replies I alluded to). I'm not going to report more bugs if this is the response I'm going to get to them. Which is a BAD THING for the Mozilla project.
2) Encouraging and reminding developers = good.
Developers are human beings. They can forget, get distracted, etc. And like all people, sometimes it's a good thing to remind them of outstanding issues. Perhaps they forgot about it? Perhaps they've completed the task, but haven't checked it in? Perhaps the guy responsible for the bug has too much work on his plate, but is reluctant to say so without being prodded.
Certainly, a post every few days asking if the bug's been fixed is just about as annoying as "are we there yet?" queries on car trips with children. But that was not the case here.
3) There ARE paid developers working on Mozilla
Most of them work for Netscape. I wouldn't doubt if there were contract workers as well. Personally, as an independant developer, I don't have the time or resources to program if I'm not being compensated for it. The question was asked why I don't fix it myself, and I gave a truthful answer. As a result (as here on/. ) I was flamed.
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But it's not a matter of 10 things at $10 or 10 things at $1000. If you look at countries like China or India, it's more like 10 things at $1000 or 1000000 things at $10. By putting entry level processors into developing markets, they'll probably end up making more money in those markets. The problem is keeping those low cost processors out of Europe/North America, given that for many home users a P3 would be sufficient for any task they'd want to perform.
Thanks. I'll send the link to piracy@rockstargames.com.
In a legal sense, yes, it's probably illegal. In a moral sense, you're not depriving the people who made this game of any hard earned revenues, so I'd think this is OK.
A $100 computer..
with a $200 operating system.
Genious!
Although I'm pretty sure he's means to make "lite" hardware like the WinXP starter edition. This shouldn't be difficult.. especially for chip manufacturers. The cost to actually produce chips is very low.. it's the engineering that costs the big bucks. There's no reason why Intel/AMD couldn't dust off the optical masks for the P3/Athlon and make a bunch of chips on the cheap.
Wasn't that song by the Rolling Stones?
Well, just looks like nVidia lost my sale..
IBM wanted Kildall to sign a NDA
Kildall said f* off (actually, his lawyers did)
IBM went to Microsoft (for other purposes)
Billy G convinced IBM they had an OS
MS bought qDOS
???
Profit!
It appears that the overall quality of code, and more importantly, the
amount of QA, on various browsers touted as "secure", is not up to par
with MSIE; the type of a test I performed requires no human interaction
and involves nearly no effort. Only MSIE appears to be able to
consistently handle [*] malformed input well, suggesting this is the
only program that underwent rudimentary security QA testing with a
similar fuzz utility.
So.. maybe Microsoft code isn't so bad, after all? Let's see the spin on this from the MS-is-the-devil crowd..
I'm going to use SPIRO_MULTIMAX_6000. TWICE as good!
I don't think there is any law for this. I believe the ratings are voluntary.
Personally, I don't really care - as long as they don't collect information. And, unlike with cigarettes, if any kid asks me to buy the game for them because they're not old enough.. I'll gladly do it.
Terrible news. Geez.. can't a game make it out nowadays that ISN'T pirated before it's released? The industry is being killed by these greedy bastards who aren't willing to pay the developers for their years of hard work.
This is disgusting.
Was that they changed the actor for ANAKIN SKYWALER at the end of ROTJ (you know, when he appears with Obi-Wan and Yoda as Jedi-ghosts.. err.. ghost isn't the right word)
Probably to make it appear as if Haydn Christianson could actually transform into the Anakin at the end of ROTJ (still unconfirmed if it actually IS Christianson in ROTJ..)
While useful for certain applications (if I press the "abort" button on a missile, I want it processed NOW and not 5 seconds after it explodes..), I don't see what a hard realtime operating system would do for desktop systems.. then again, maybe I'm completely missing the point?
RTFA.
A hard realtime operating system is one where calls to the operating system are guaranteed to be executed within a certain timeframe.
Unfortuately, what you say is not true for me. In Canada, even the lowly eMac costs more than $1000.
And $479 (+tax, +exchange) is more than I'm willing to pay for hardware that's already (a) generation(s) old (GeForce2!)
Personally, I would love to be able to dual-boot MacOS and Windows. Preferably on x86 hardware (more commoditized=lower prices).. because there are things that you simply cannot do on the Mac.. like play many recent games.
I've always wanted to give OS-X a try, but I was not willing to spend the thousand(s) of dollars necessary in order to buy the hardware to run it on.. my Athlon64 system suits me just fine, thank you. I only need ONE machine, and since Windows is the only real choice for gaming, x86 is the way to go.
That said, it's a shame that Apple doesn't release OS-X for x86 hardware..
You've /.ed my favourite hardware review site.
What else am I supposed to read when I'm supposed to be working??!
I was a die-hard IE guy. But what with CERT recommending using an alternate browser for security purposes.. and Microsoft's own recommendations for security all but disabling many sites (I believe their recommendation was to turn off active scripting).. that was when I switched browsers.
But, alas, because "Set program access and defaults" doesn't actually do $hit.. last weekend I was infected by spyware using IE. Nasty, nasty stuff that just won't die.
So IE is out for me.. I don't blame Microsoft for the malware (although I DO blame them for a link opening with IE when I had FF set as the default..).. but enough is enough.
The sites that don't work properly with FF are few.. and I can easily decide if the site is worthy of really browsing by using the open in IE extension.
My criticism of FF is that extensions break with each release, and that security updates are not available as patches (I could tolerate ONE of them.. but combined it's really a nuisance).
Perhaps, though, by the time the 60GB iPod is released, the price of the iRiver (which I believe is to be released quite a bit earlier..) will be more in line.
I seriously was considering purchasing an iPod.. until their debacle with Real.. now I'm looking elsewhere..
..
Yet I bet Mac-addicts are already swooning over Apple's "innovation" on this one.
But, the people who are selling the LCDs aren't actually doing any infringing. The best they can hope to accomplish by a lawsuit is to compel the companies not to sell LCDs using the patented technology from manufacturers who don't have a license for it. ..
BUT, if they want to get the most money.. why not target the LARGEST group? I say they sue EVERY OWNER OF A LCD.
I suggest we call this "a SCO". As in, I got SCOed by Honeywell on LCDs.
BUT..
why are they suing the people who are selling the LCDs? Why not go after the people who are actually infringing? IE. the manufacturers of these devices?
As everyone (should) know, there aren't very many companies that actually make these things..
You make a good point. However, in terms of financial damages.. I think there would be plenty of people willing to completely give up all rights for damages. Considering a $100,000 price tag to begin with.. and flights won't be starting for a few years now, that would be many people's only chance at getting into space. Personally, if given the opportunity, I would have taken the risk and went aboard SS1.
I don't see what training would be required.. perhaps to build up strength and tolerances to high G-Forces?
1) Insert into global.asax:
void Application_BeginRequest(object source, EventArgs e) {
if (Request.Path.IndexOf('\\') >= 0 ||
System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(Request.PhysicalPath) != Request.PhysicalPath) {
throw new HttpException(404, "not found");
}
}
2) ???
3) Profit!
Wow.. one post, so much criticism. I honestly haven't experienced that on /.
;p
/. ) I was flamed.
Guess it's not a good idea to criticize Mozilla developers
OK.. allow me to respond to all of the replies in one post.
1) Bug reports = good. Insulting bug reporters = bad.
As a developer, I'll tell you that having your customers report bugs to you is a GOOD THING. Something that you want to ENCOURAGE. There is no amount of alpha or beta testing that can substitute for real world use. However, I've been encouraged by this experience to very much just "shut up and take it or leave it" (paraphrasing from one of the more colourful indignant replies I alluded to). I'm not going to report more bugs if this is the response I'm going to get to them. Which is a BAD THING for the Mozilla project.
2) Encouraging and reminding developers = good.
Developers are human beings. They can forget, get distracted, etc. And like all people, sometimes it's a good thing to remind them of outstanding issues. Perhaps they forgot about it? Perhaps they've completed the task, but haven't checked it in? Perhaps the guy responsible for the bug has too much work on his plate, but is reluctant to say so without being prodded.
Certainly, a post every few days asking if the bug's been fixed is just about as annoying as "are we there yet?" queries on car trips with children. But that was not the case here.
3) There ARE paid developers working on Mozilla
Most of them work for Netscape. I wouldn't doubt if there were contract workers as well. Personally, as an independant developer, I don't have the time or resources to program if I'm not being compensated for it. The question was asked why I don't fix it myself, and I gave a truthful answer. As a result (as here on
I hope this clears up any confusion.