Re:I can't justify that sort of monthly expense
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The thing is no one forces you to buy brand "X" when you want to refill the tank in your car "X". You can go to any gas station and buy it, or make your own biodiesel, or install a gas kit, or whatever. Same with computers - you don't buy your power from Dell.
What bothers me is that the game you bought is useless unles you keep paying to the vendor.
Re:I can't justify that sort of monthly expense
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I would consider a game, were it truly fun to play, that was free to download but has a monthly fee, though. The big problem with no monthly fee is that there's not as much incentive to play. That's why I have guildmates that haven't logged in in a month.
Mmm, speaks volumes about how fun that game is, doesn't it. That's one of the reasons i never got into MMORPGs - they become a chore, sooner or later.
As for the fees issues, i agree completely. I can't understand how people find acceptable having to pay to play the game you purchased. It would even be fine if you could download server software for those games, to be able to create your own worlds. Never mind software companies would never do that or that your own MMORPG server might not be the best idea... at least you could use the software you shelled cash for.
The article, even the summary, clearly indicates all they are patenting is the process of using a smiley on the phone/sending it. They are NOT patenting the smiley, that's just an inflammatory headline used to create negative response.
Don't get me wrong, but how's that different? I've been using smileys in SMSs for years - yes, the 'frowny' one they mention in the article too. Could i patent the use of smileys on IRC conversations aswell? I would be rich!
You're thinking about this good looking fella (pardon the pun). He's "well known" in the gaming scene, and has his own line of sponsored merchandise and all.
I don't know, but we've really been getting a lot of that lately.
Re:No language that I like better
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Can you recommend a resource for OOP with Perl?
Right now i found all i needed in the Perl.org site - this OO tutorial for Perl is pretty complete. There's also this one, which is oriented to begginers.
In fact, i always keep a browser window open to Perl.org when i'm coding Perl - the tutorials are very nice, but the function reference has been priceless to me.
Re:No language that I like better
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Perl is a REALLY sweet language. The only thing that i don't like about it is its poor OOP support - i always preffer to code the "old fashion" way (to the point i even dislike objects), but right now i'm working on a proyect sposored by my university, and trying to model a large network using object-oriented code is quirky on Perl, to say the least.
Other than that, i really like it. It's easy to write, runs really fast for interpreted code, and and it's extensible as hell (CPAN). Great for scripting!
Sadly, "regular" users just click on the OK button and are done with it. Blocking content which is highly probable to have virus and forcing you to unblock it if you want it it's actually the most sensible approach.
Don't get me wrong, i've been checking their website and it looks like a terrfic product. It's just that $500 feels like a lot; you can get very decent CAD products from $50 up, including Audodesk's Autosketch 9 for about $150! $500 is just too much for a hobbyst like me, which i infered from the article is part of the target audience for the software.
I'm not OSS zealot, and i pay gladly for software if i think it's worth it. I'll try the demo tormorrow, and i'm pretty sure i'll like it from what i've seen so far - the "push/pull designing" thing alone had me drooling for a while. But i don't know if it'll turn out to be $500-worth. Rememeber, a full-fledged CAD package is in the vecinity of $700-800.
Ouch. I was considering purchasing it (Windows version), as something like that could be very useful to design electronic gadget enclosures, but at that price, i can stick to pencil and paper.
There are no rights or wrongs in physics - only improving approximations. The model Newton proposed for Gravity was as revolutionary back then as Einsteins' relativity theory was in its time; perhaps even more, and both are useful. Relativity solves some problems (observations that doesn't match predictions) with objects that move close to the speed of light, but's more complex - you can use both theories depending on the grade of accuracy vs. work you need.
In that sense, you can rest assured someone will discover something that will extend/prove 'wrong' relativity as well some time in the future. Remember, it's a theory, not a fact. A theory that matches reality very well so far though.
I remember watching a movie about a guy who is hired to fake a Rembrandt - he's actually so good at it that when he needs to prove he painted it, no one belives him. Anyway, in a part they touch that very issue - if the painting is good, what's the difference that merits it being worth $100,000,000 instead of $1,000? The fact that the painter is more notorious?
As i see it, the people thay shell those amounts for a painting aren't buying the painting itself, but the social currency - the fact that owning it gives you a certain social staus. That the painting might be beautiful or not can even come second.
So they get to mess with their guts like the people who assemble computers. Sheeze. Does the console even neeed watercooling? Is the fan cooling system that loud?
I've recently installed OO 2.0.0 and the GTK+ integration (i use XFCE as my main desktop) is very welcome - not so much for the integration per se, but because the older interfase was goddamn awful.
As for Opera, it doesn't fit with the desktop themes, but the interfase is exactly the same across platforms (and it's damn good aswell). This, to me, is more important than trying to fit the desktop. After all, every OS (with perhaps the exception of OSX) has a lot applications that break UI "standards".
Is Opera (the company) planning to diversify into other products, or the Opera browser will continue to be your only one? Opera is a terrific browser, don't get me wrong, but the browser market is very hard to break even in.
Does it mean that it might soon become possible to order Dell's full line of personal systems with Linux installed, or no OS/FreeDOS to save the Microsoft tax?
Yes. Soon. They will also come with a life supply of candy covered chocolate bunnies that will cure cancer and make you smile!
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Funny. Mean as shit, but still, funny! :)
The thing is no one forces you to buy brand "X" when you want to refill the tank in your car "X". You can go to any gas station and buy it, or make your own biodiesel, or install a gas kit, or whatever. Same with computers - you don't buy your power from Dell.
What bothers me is that the game you bought is useless unles you keep paying to the vendor.
I would consider a game, were it truly fun to play, that was free to download but has a monthly fee, though. The big problem with no monthly fee is that there's not as much incentive to play. That's why I have guildmates that haven't logged in in a month.
Mmm, speaks volumes about how fun that game is, doesn't it. That's one of the reasons i never got into MMORPGs - they become a chore, sooner or later.
As for the fees issues, i agree completely. I can't understand how people find acceptable having to pay to play the game you purchased. It would even be fine if you could download server software for those games, to be able to create your own worlds. Never mind software companies would never do that or that your own MMORPG server might not be the best idea... at least you could use the software you shelled cash for.
The article, even the summary, clearly indicates all they are patenting is the process of using a smiley on the phone/sending it. They are NOT patenting the smiley, that's just an inflammatory headline used to create negative response.
Don't get me wrong, but how's that different? I've been using smileys in SMSs for years - yes, the 'frowny' one they mention in the article too. Could i patent the use of smileys on IRC conversations aswell? I would be rich!
Oh, relax. It will never happen.
You, sir, just made my day. Standing ovation! :)
GMail has worked perfectly on Opera for a good while now (i'm using version 8.51 build 1462 for Linux).
This is just what I always wanted: A poorly written browser nobody uses on a platform nobody finds comfortable!
Now, come on. We've had Internet Explorer for years now.
PS: I've just tried Opera Mini on an old POS Nokia phone and it worked flawlessly. I'm floored; kudos to the Opera crew!
"gaming icon Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel"
Who?
You're thinking about this good looking fella (pardon the pun). He's "well known" in the gaming scene, and has his own line of sponsored merchandise and all.
It's fun. Just fun to play with. Anytime!
I don't know, but we've really been getting a lot of that lately.
Can you recommend a resource for OOP with Perl?
Right now i found all i needed in the Perl.org site - this OO tutorial for Perl is pretty complete. There's also this one, which is oriented to begginers.
In fact, i always keep a browser window open to Perl.org when i'm coding Perl - the tutorials are very nice, but the function reference has been priceless to me.
Perl is a REALLY sweet language. The only thing that i don't like about it is its poor OOP support - i always preffer to code the "old fashion" way (to the point i even dislike objects), but right now i'm working on a proyect sposored by my university, and trying to model a large network using object-oriented code is quirky on Perl, to say the least.
Other than that, i really like it. It's easy to write, runs really fast for interpreted code, and and it's extensible as hell (CPAN). Great for scripting!
Sadly, "regular" users just click on the OK button and are done with it. Blocking content which is highly probable to have virus and forcing you to unblock it if you want it it's actually the most sensible approach.
Norton utilities (and Norton Commander) used to be great in the DOS days. You know, back when Peter Norton did more than posing for the cardboard box.
Don't get me wrong, i've been checking their website and it looks like a terrfic product. It's just that $500 feels like a lot; you can get very decent CAD products from $50 up, including Audodesk's Autosketch 9 for about $150! $500 is just too much for a hobbyst like me, which i infered from the article is part of the target audience for the software.
I'm not OSS zealot, and i pay gladly for software if i think it's worth it. I'll try the demo tormorrow, and i'm pretty sure i'll like it from what i've seen so far - the "push/pull designing" thing alone had me drooling for a while. But i don't know if it'll turn out to be $500-worth. Rememeber, a full-fledged CAD package is in the vecinity of $700-800.
Ouch. I was considering purchasing it (Windows version), as something like that could be very useful to design electronic gadget enclosures, but at that price, i can stick to pencil and paper.
Makes you wonder what kind of scientist would actually want to work on decaf coffe beans though...
Exactly. Mod parent up.
There are no rights or wrongs in physics - only improving approximations. The model Newton proposed for Gravity was as revolutionary back then as Einsteins' relativity theory was in its time; perhaps even more, and both are useful. Relativity solves some problems (observations that doesn't match predictions) with objects that move close to the speed of light, but's more complex - you can use both theories depending on the grade of accuracy vs. work you need.
In that sense, you can rest assured someone will discover something that will extend/prove 'wrong' relativity as well some time in the future. Remember, it's a theory, not a fact. A theory that matches reality very well so far though.
I remember watching a movie about a guy who is hired to fake a Rembrandt - he's actually so good at it that when he needs to prove he painted it, no one belives him. Anyway, in a part they touch that very issue - if the painting is good, what's the difference that merits it being worth $100,000,000 instead of $1,000? The fact that the painter is more notorious?
As i see it, the people thay shell those amounts for a painting aren't buying the painting itself, but the social currency - the fact that owning it gives you a certain social staus. That the painting might be beautiful or not can even come second.
So they get to mess with their guts like the people who assemble computers. Sheeze. Does the console even neeed watercooling? Is the fan cooling system that loud?
Nice ad, by the way.
I've recently installed OO 2.0.0 and the GTK+ integration (i use XFCE as my main desktop) is very welcome - not so much for the integration per se, but because the older interfase was goddamn awful.
As for Opera, it doesn't fit with the desktop themes, but the interfase is exactly the same across platforms (and it's damn good aswell). This, to me, is more important than trying to fit the desktop. After all, every OS (with perhaps the exception of OSX) has a lot applications that break UI "standards".
Is Opera (the company) planning to diversify into other products, or the Opera browser will continue to be your only one? Opera is a terrific browser, don't get me wrong, but the browser market is very hard to break even in.
Does it mean that it might soon become possible to order Dell's full line of personal systems with Linux installed, or no OS/FreeDOS to save the Microsoft tax?
Yes. Soon. They will also come with a life supply of candy covered chocolate bunnies that will cure cancer and make you smile!