<bitter>It doesn't say what year these students were, but here is a game I worked on second year at BCIT (a CS course obviously). It was networked with nice graphics, sound, physics, a nice level designer and even pretty fun to play. All I got for it was a good grade.</bitter>
"Welcome home honey." *Runs off to computer.* *Googles really long words. *Runs back.* "Gynotikolobomassophile!" "What's that dear?" "One who likes to nibble on a woman's earlobe." "Ooooh, has someone been a naughty gynotikolobomassophile today? Come here. Oh ya, that's the spot, right there..."
I apologize for the ending, my creative writing skills are lacking at best.
You've actually seen Linux use it's swap file? I have Gentoo installed (KDE) and no matter what I do I can't for the life of me get Linux to use any of the swap file. Sometimes I wonder why I even created one. (I have 512 MB of memory BTW.) XP on the other hand seems contempt to thrash the hell out of its swap whenever I so much as launch a reasonably heavy application (or several lighter ones).
Maybe I'm a little thick, but I don't get this whole digital signature thing. It's a file hash, right? If you created a file in notepad with the text "hello" in it, it would have the same hash as if I created a file in notepad with the text "hello" in it. Likewise, if you ripped a song to a.mp3 using the default settings in CDex (or some other software) and I ripped the same song from the same CD using the same software and the same default settings (not an unreasonable assumption), it would again have the same hash. The hash proves nothing other than that fact that the files are quite likely identical. It does not prove their origin.
Now lets say the MPAA plants a file on the web with some hidden watermark and you download it from a p2p network. They would then have strong proof that you downloaded a copyrighted file. But by placing it on the web they implicitly gave you permission to download that file (and perhaps possibly to distribute it). They can't prove you uploaded the file to anyone any more than they can prove they only uploaded it to one person. They could, of course, download the watermarked file from you again. But what would that prove?
That doesn't prove anything. You assume the sharer created the.mp3 or whatever. If you say bought the CD from some artist, then downloaded their tracks from the internet, you have already licensed the right to listen to the tracks and are not violating anything. You can't help it if someone else may have also downloaded the same track from someone else. And just what digital signature are you talking about? It is perfectly reasonable to assume that a.mp3 ripped on your machine could be identical to a.mp3 ripped on another. They just need the same basic ripper setup. Most popular applications will be setup the same way.
Take a look at this quote:
See also Obolensky v. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 628 F.Supp. 1552, 1555-56 (S.D.N.Y.) (publisher did not infringe on copyright owner's right of distribution of copyrighted book by listing the book in a trade publication as belonging to publisher where publisher neither copied the book nor sold any copies of the book; "there is no violation of the right to vend copyrighted works... where the defendant offers to sell copyrighted materials but does not consummate a sale")
As you said it is not illegal for the RIAA to download music from you that they own. Also, I doubt they'd get away with getting some third party to do it for them (without also having to sue them:P). And the article gives several precedents (see above) that say merely offering copyrighted works is not illegal. I don't see much of a case for the RIAA...
Every time they release a new version of LimeWire there is a "cracked" pro version within days. Why? Because you don't even need to "crack" it, it's open source, you can just d/l the source and remove the "features" you don't want.
A little unrelated, but any one else notice there is now a basic road map for Japan? Don't remember seeing this on slashdot (seeing how slashdot posts everything google related)...
That's only part of the issue. Assuming the article is accurate, they will lock OpenGL to version 1.4 (current is 2.0) with no interface for extensions (except maybe a standard set?). This is like limiting OpenGL to the DirectX 7 feature set. The speed degradation wouldn't be 100% from the abstraction layer, it would be from a limited modern feature set.
No developer would want to use it, especially for games. They couldn't compete
The way I see it, DRM will be Microsoft's downfall. What do most people do these days on their computer (besides games)? Internet, email, music, movies, instant messenger etc. When EFI takes off and DRM goes hardware (as it inevitably will) and companies like Microsoft enforce it (blocking music, movies, applications etc.), many of my friends, which are fairly adapt at the above list, will ask me to "make it work".
Hardware DRM will take time to catch on. In this time Linux will continue to grow and improve and become more and more production ready (and if it doesn't, I'll be there coding away to make it so). What will I recommend to my friends? Linux. I'll even set it up and everything (EFI should make that easy). If anything, my friends have shown that they are ready for change. I've converted many of them to Firefox, Thunderbird, Open Office, Azureus, GAIM and so forth. They have embraced all these programs and even recommended them to friends.
When Windows becomes too restrictive my friends will convert. They will want the free music and movies and (lets be honest) porn to which they've become accustomed. They won't find it too scary either. Why? They are already used to a lot of the above software. They will start to use Linux more and more, and why not, it has everything they need. They will also inevitably find that all of a sudden they are less susceptible to viruses and adware and learn to love it all the more. What will happen to games is anyone's guess, maybe next generation consoles will take off, maybe certain companies will shun Linux, and embrace Windows, or maybe the opposite. Whatever the case it will open a lot of eyes to other alternatives.
This may be an ideal outlook, but one can't help but be optimistic that not all people are sheep and cooperations don't own the world.
I agree. The first thing that came to my mind after reading your question was how the hell did you manage 6 years of education without a single related job? Having no related job experience is not going to look goon on your resume.
I will be entering the fourth year of my CS degree come September and I've already spent the last three summers in related contract and full time jobs. The main key to landing these jobs? My ever expanding portfolio of personal side projects. I was even able to pick and choose my work this summer.
I was just reading in the paper (Vancouver Sun) the other day that the B.C. provincial government plans to make broadband accessible to every community (defined as any area containing a school or hospital or other public building) in B.C. in the immediate future.
A quick look at some fun B.C. facts shows that B.C. is roughly four times larger than Great Britain (~950,000 km^2), has a population of 4.1 million people and comprises of 75% of the world's stone sheep population. So, with a population density of 4 people per square kilometre, I think it is safe to say that population density is not the limiting factor of broadband availability. The article also claimed that somewhere in the neighbourhood of 95% of B.C.'s population already has access to broadband (I hate to paraphrase something like that though).
Have you seen Valve's latest survey?
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It shows a near 50/50 share in Intel and AMD systems. No mater how computer illiterate, the general consensus between gamers is the AMD64 is on top. Armed with this knowledge, gamers looking to replace their aging PC might turn to Dell only to be disappointed and look elsewhere.
The reason people can't find their documents these days is because they give them generic meaningless names and stuff them in the All Documents folder.
For example: the BathroomIdeas.doc document would be more appropriately named Ideas I Had About ________ Whilst Sitting On The Toilet Reading The Sunday Morning Paper.doc.
Out of curiosity I checked my Add/Remove Programs dialog to see I have 5 versions present (everything since 0.9.1).
It looks like the Mozilla team could stand to improve their installer a little more. If the slashdot crowd can't figure it out what is the average user going to think?
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<bitter>It doesn't say what year these students were, but here is a game I worked on second year at BCIT (a CS course obviously). It was networked with nice graphics, sound, physics, a nice level designer and even pretty fun to play. All I got for it was a good grade.</bitter>
Which is all very well and good until it evaporates...
Good thing the XBox 360 is as stable as a drunk two-year-old on stilts.
So what are your conversations like now?
"Welcome home honey."
*Runs off to computer.*
*Googles really long words.
*Runs back.*
"Gynotikolobomassophile!"
"What's that dear?"
"One who likes to nibble on a woman's earlobe."
"Ooooh, has someone been a naughty gynotikolobomassophile today? Come here. Oh ya, that's the spot, right there..."
I apologize for the ending, my creative writing skills are lacking at best.
The crazy thing is, if it isn't in Google's cache today, it will be in the next couple of days once Google crawls this page.
I guess we'll just have to slashdot them before the diggdot us then wont we?
You've actually seen Linux use it's swap file? I have Gentoo installed (KDE) and no matter what I do I can't for the life of me get Linux to use any of the swap file. Sometimes I wonder why I even created one. (I have 512 MB of memory BTW.) XP on the other hand seems contempt to thrash the hell out of its swap whenever I so much as launch a reasonably heavy application (or several lighter ones).
I thought Gorillas had relatively small "tools" compared to their human counterparts. Certainly nothing much to impress with.
Maybe I'm a little thick, but I don't get this whole digital signature thing. It's a file hash, right? If you created a file in notepad with the text "hello" in it, it would have the same hash as if I created a file in notepad with the text "hello" in it. Likewise, if you ripped a song to a .mp3 using the default settings in CDex (or some other software) and I ripped the same song from the same CD using the same software and the same default settings (not an unreasonable assumption), it would again have the same hash. The hash proves nothing other than that fact that the files are quite likely identical. It does not prove their origin.
Now lets say the MPAA plants a file on the web with some hidden watermark and you download it from a p2p network. They would then have strong proof that you downloaded a copyrighted file. But by placing it on the web they implicitly gave you permission to download that file (and perhaps possibly to distribute it). They can't prove you uploaded the file to anyone any more than they can prove they only uploaded it to one person. They could, of course, download the watermarked file from you again. But what would that prove?
That doesn't prove anything. You assume the sharer created the .mp3 or whatever. If you say bought the CD from some artist, then downloaded their tracks from the internet, you have already licensed the right to listen to the tracks and are not violating anything. You can't help it if someone else may have also downloaded the same track from someone else. And just what digital signature are you talking about? It is perfectly reasonable to assume that a .mp3 ripped on your machine could be identical to a .mp3 ripped on another. They just need the same basic ripper setup. Most popular applications will be setup the same way.
Take a look at this quote:
See also Obolensky v. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 628 F.Supp. 1552, 1555-56 (S.D.N.Y.) (publisher did not infringe on copyright owner's right of distribution of copyrighted book by listing the book in a trade publication as belonging to publisher where publisher neither copied the book nor sold any copies of the book; "there is no violation of the right to vend copyrighted works ... where the defendant offers to sell copyrighted materials but does not consummate a sale")
As you said it is not illegal for the RIAA to download music from you that they own. Also, I doubt they'd get away with getting some third party to do it for them (without also having to sue them :P). And the article gives several precedents (see above) that say merely offering copyrighted works is not illegal. I don't see much of a case for the RIAA...
LimeWire is open source, it'll fork...
Every time they release a new version of LimeWire there is a "cracked" pro version within days. Why? Because you don't even need to "crack" it, it's open source, you can just d/l the source and remove the "features" you don't want.
A little unrelated, but any one else notice there is now a basic road map for Japan? Don't remember seeing this on slashdot (seeing how slashdot posts everything google related)...
That's only part of the issue. Assuming the article is accurate, they will lock OpenGL to version 1.4 (current is 2.0) with no interface for extensions (except maybe a standard set?). This is like limiting OpenGL to the DirectX 7 feature set. The speed degradation wouldn't be 100% from the abstraction layer, it would be from a limited modern feature set.
No developer would want to use it, especially for games. They couldn't compete
The way I see it, DRM will be Microsoft's downfall. What do most people do these days on their computer (besides games)? Internet, email, music, movies, instant messenger etc. When EFI takes off and DRM goes hardware (as it inevitably will) and companies like Microsoft enforce it (blocking music, movies, applications etc.), many of my friends, which are fairly adapt at the above list, will ask me to "make it work".
Hardware DRM will take time to catch on. In this time Linux will continue to grow and improve and become more and more production ready (and if it doesn't, I'll be there coding away to make it so). What will I recommend to my friends? Linux. I'll even set it up and everything (EFI should make that easy). If anything, my friends have shown that they are ready for change. I've converted many of them to Firefox, Thunderbird, Open Office, Azureus, GAIM and so forth. They have embraced all these programs and even recommended them to friends.
When Windows becomes too restrictive my friends will convert. They will want the free music and movies and (lets be honest) porn to which they've become accustomed. They won't find it too scary either. Why? They are already used to a lot of the above software. They will start to use Linux more and more, and why not, it has everything they need. They will also inevitably find that all of a sudden they are less susceptible to viruses and adware and learn to love it all the more. What will happen to games is anyone's guess, maybe next generation consoles will take off, maybe certain companies will shun Linux, and embrace Windows, or maybe the opposite. Whatever the case it will open a lot of eyes to other alternatives.
This may be an ideal outlook, but one can't help but be optimistic that not all people are sheep and cooperations don't own the world.
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."
- Isaac Newton
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders."
- Hal Abelson
"In computer science, we stand on each other's feet."
- Brian Reid
I agree. The first thing that came to my mind after reading your question was how the hell did you manage 6 years of education without a single related job? Having no related job experience is not going to look goon on your resume.
I will be entering the fourth year of my CS degree come September and I've already spent the last three summers in related contract and full time jobs. The main key to landing these jobs? My ever expanding portfolio of personal side projects. I was even able to pick and choose my work this summer.
To be fair the CSS validates just fine, simple as it is.
Have you seen the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion preview? In the words of Paris Hilton: that's hot.
Yes, I just slapped myself...
Or create a new toolbar and drag the address bar onto it. My address bar sits alone on its own toolbar taking up the entire screen width.
I was just reading in the paper (Vancouver Sun) the other day that the B.C. provincial government plans to make broadband accessible to every community (defined as any area containing a school or hospital or other public building) in B.C. in the immediate future.
A quick look at some fun B.C. facts shows that B.C. is roughly four times larger than Great Britain (~950,000 km^2), has a population of 4.1 million people and comprises of 75% of the world's stone sheep population. So, with a population density of 4 people per square kilometre, I think it is safe to say that population density is not the limiting factor of broadband availability. The article also claimed that somewhere in the neighbourhood of 95% of B.C.'s population already has access to broadband (I hate to paraphrase something like that though).
It shows a near 50/50 share in Intel and AMD systems. No mater how computer illiterate, the general consensus between gamers is the AMD64 is on top. Armed with this knowledge, gamers looking to replace their aging PC might turn to Dell only to be disappointed and look elsewhere.
Sadly it seems that www.clownpenis.com, www.clownpenis.net and www.clownpenis.org have all been registered. (What does it take to get a decent domain name these days?) Maybe we really do need a .fart TLD...
The reason people can't find their documents these days is because they give them generic meaningless names and stuff them in the All Documents folder.
For example: the BathroomIdeas.doc document would be more appropriately named Ideas I Had About ________ Whilst Sitting On The Toilet Reading The Sunday Morning Paper.doc.
Out of curiosity I checked my Add/Remove Programs dialog to see I have 5 versions present (everything since 0.9.1).
It looks like the Mozilla team could stand to improve their installer a little more. If the slashdot crowd can't figure it out what is the average user going to think?