Certain drivers, i.e. video cards, can contain a number of pieces of proprietary information that give one company a leg up on the other (for example software optimizations, like NVidia's GPU JIT compiler)
I can understand why they wouldn't want to give away their competitive advantage.
Now other drives (network cards for example) I see no reason to not open source it.
Well I was referring to the charge for my bandwidth. My total cable bill including HDTV, Cable TV (including a full specialty lineup), and cable modem + bandwidth is $105cdn a month (plus our ludacris taxes).
As for where I am, I'm in cogeco's service area in Hamilton.
At the risk of this sounding like a Soviet Russia type line...
In Canada HDTV works just fine thank you. Our cable companies have that, video on demand and a 5Mbps pipe to my house all figured out and working perfectly... best part is the price.. my 5 megs at home only costs me $40cdn/month
Let's not get too caught up in 'gaming can have a positive impact' type talk, because then we must also admit to it having a potentially negative impact.
Personally I happen to think it can be both, but I know I've heard a lot of people here argue against it having a negative impact on kids, and I'm willing to bet a large number of the very same people come out and irrationally proclaim gaming to be the saviour of the universe now..
And with that... back to my game
You've totally missed the point I was trying to make. There is nothing wrong with chastising manufacturers over security flaws. I have *no* problem with that. However, the tone of the article was 'IE has 15, mozilla only has 7, microsoft sucks, open source rules'. The reality of the situation is as follows:
Microsoft has security holes, and we all know it.
Mozilla/Firefox/etc. with their open source, open book approach has bugs as well.
I guess what I'm saying is, I'm disappointed by the attitude that states, since it's open source we're happy with fewer security holes. One of the pro-open source arguements I hear all the time, is more secure, quicker bug fixes, etc. Given that, why isn't the Mozilla count at 1 or 2???
We should spend out time fixing what we have control over, rather than trash talking MS. That's how open source will win in the end. Trash talking won't do a damn thing.
Hrmmm.. maybe I missed something here, but:
"Outlook is only installed on a machine if the..."
to which you replied:
"The last time I tested a IE 5.5 to 6 "upgrade", I found OE was installed "
You seem to have forgotten that Outlook != Outlook Express. I mean you might as well confuse pine and outlook or ie and mozilla. (Yes I *still* like pine:P )
I think your interpretation is not quite correct. This was simple a pair of top 10 lists jammed together. It has nothing to do with instance or severity outside of their respective platforms.
Doesn't everyone that reads/. know that MS IE is a gaping security vulnerability by now. Do we *really* need to keep harping on it like a bunch of smug self-righteous motherfuckers?
Not one comment on the fact you *could* even roll it back.. and probably without too much of an issue I'm guessing..
They *are* learning (slowly, and as much as people hate to admit here). It just takes time. Your DVD issue seems legit, but most of this stuff being broken due to close ports is hardly a glitch.. it's called security.. and I for one say kudos for doing the right thing (at least partially).
After looking at that Lou Dobbs list you linked, I couldn't help but notice, any company that has any international operation is listed there. Microsoft, Intel, AMD, IBM and then I stopped looking.
I can't speak for MS or IBM, but I know that Intel and AMD haven't been 'outsourcing america'. They've had oversees operations for YEARS for RD and manufacturing.
If simply having overseas operations is outsourcing, then I suggest all American companies stop doing it at once. Then your trade deficit will skyrocket.. go for it!!!
(For then intelligence impared, the last paragraph was SARCASM)
Ok.. you made a nuisance device and shaped it like a weapon. Wow, that's so incredibly special!!
Seriously, why not put all that effort into something that *might actually* be useful for people? I mean it's not like RF devices are black magic anymore, so where's the challenge, the feeling of discovery.
This sounds like something that rednecks should be doing not geeks. Overall I rate the story: "Boooo!!".
Several employees have corporate gas cards, car allowances (even for non-sales/travelling personnel), corporately paid cell phone bills, corporate laptops, corporate paid internet access, etc.
We do this because we would rather people get something useful than giving half a pay raise to the government. Plus we try and be flexible on work hours (although on the flip-side we are INSANELY timeline sensitive, e.g. work when you want but get it done by Wednesday 9:00am).
I'm noticing a trend with friends at other places as well. It's a win-win in my books.
Please tell me that was just a poor attempt at humo(u)r. Someone in this situation was evil for a longtime. How about printing out the slashdot pages instead as a momento.
Buying a momento is just giving money to a bunch of people who only backed done for their own purposes and not for the right reasons.
Please DO NOT reward that sort of behaviour.
Ok, yes they changed the name, but how many copies are in circulation?
Plus they only changed the name because of negative press, not because they wanted to 'Do The Right Thing'. They are still on my personal 'banned' list. And I refuse to believe that Ms. Tarbox is as innocent as she claims.
THIS WENT ON FOR 4 YEARS!
I guess it's true; people have short memories, which is why stupid politicians get second terms.
First of all I haven't had a chance to scan all the comments so sorry if this is redundant.
Apparently from what I have pieced together from the variou articles over the last 2 days, Katie T. is doing something with Wired, some sort of joint venture type thingie or whatever (I quite frankly don't give a fuck what it is if she's involved).
However, I think we should all write http://www.wired.com/news/feedback/Wired: and let them know how we feel. I mean of all publishers/magazines in the world you would think Wired would give a fuck about this.
Hit 'em where it hurts.. the pocketbook.
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Certain drivers, i.e. video cards, can contain a number of pieces of proprietary information that give one company a leg up on the other (for example software optimizations, like NVidia's GPU JIT compiler)
I can understand why they wouldn't want to give away their competitive advantage.
Now other drives (network cards for example) I see no reason to not open source it.
First of all:
What is this game about
Secondly:
Why is this news at all..
Thirdly:
wtf does this game look like and why should I even care about it.
Maybe I missed something, but I read the story, visited the site, read the comments here and I still don't get it.....
Well I was referring to the charge for my bandwidth. My total cable bill including HDTV, Cable TV (including a full specialty lineup), and cable modem + bandwidth is $105cdn a month (plus our ludacris taxes).
As for where I am, I'm in cogeco's service area in Hamilton.
At the risk of this sounding like a Soviet Russia type line...
In Canada HDTV works just fine thank you. Our cable companies have that, video on demand and a 5Mbps pipe to my house all figured out and working perfectly... best part is the price.. my 5 megs at home only costs me $40cdn/month
Let's not get too caught up in 'gaming can have a positive impact' type talk, because then we must also admit to it having a potentially negative impact. Personally I happen to think it can be both, but I know I've heard a lot of people here argue against it having a negative impact on kids, and I'm willing to bet a large number of the very same people come out and irrationally proclaim gaming to be the saviour of the universe now.. And with that... back to my game
You've totally missed the point I was trying to make. There is nothing wrong with chastising manufacturers over security flaws. I have *no* problem with that. However, the tone of the article was 'IE has 15, mozilla only has 7, microsoft sucks, open source rules'. The reality of the situation is as follows: Microsoft has security holes, and we all know it. Mozilla/Firefox/etc. with their open source, open book approach has bugs as well. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm disappointed by the attitude that states, since it's open source we're happy with fewer security holes. One of the pro-open source arguements I hear all the time, is more secure, quicker bug fixes, etc. Given that, why isn't the Mozilla count at 1 or 2??? We should spend out time fixing what we have control over, rather than trash talking MS. That's how open source will win in the end. Trash talking won't do a damn thing.
Hrmmm.. maybe I missed something here, but: "Outlook is only installed on a machine if the ..."
to which you replied:
"The last time I tested a IE 5.5 to 6 "upgrade", I found OE was installed "
You seem to have forgotten that Outlook != Outlook Express. I mean you might as well confuse pine and outlook or ie and mozilla. (Yes I *still* like pine :P )
I think your interpretation is not quite correct. This was simple a pair of top 10 lists jammed together. It has nothing to do with instance or severity outside of their respective platforms.
Doesn't everyone that reads /. know that MS IE is a gaping security vulnerability by now. Do we *really* need to keep harping on it like a bunch of smug self-righteous motherfuckers?
Not one comment on the fact you *could* even roll it back.. and probably without too much of an issue I'm guessing.. They *are* learning (slowly, and as much as people hate to admit here). It just takes time. Your DVD issue seems legit, but most of this stuff being broken due to close ports is hardly a glitch.. it's called security.. and I for one say kudos for doing the right thing (at least partially).
After looking at that Lou Dobbs list you linked, I couldn't help but notice, any company that has any international operation is listed there. Microsoft, Intel, AMD, IBM and then I stopped looking. I can't speak for MS or IBM, but I know that Intel and AMD haven't been 'outsourcing america'. They've had oversees operations for YEARS for RD and manufacturing. If simply having overseas operations is outsourcing, then I suggest all American companies stop doing it at once. Then your trade deficit will skyrocket.. go for it!!! (For then intelligence impared, the last paragraph was SARCASM)
Ok.. you made a nuisance device and shaped it like a weapon. Wow, that's so incredibly special!!
Seriously, why not put all that effort into something that *might actually* be useful for people? I mean it's not like RF devices are black magic anymore, so where's the challenge, the feeling of discovery.
This sounds like something that rednecks should be doing not geeks. Overall I rate the story: "Boooo!!".
Did we learn nothing from the threads of the last 2 days of Trademark and Copyright law? (note for the humour impared, this is a joke!)
Several employees have corporate gas cards, car allowances (even for non-sales/travelling personnel), corporately paid cell phone bills, corporate laptops, corporate paid internet access, etc.
We do this because we would rather people get something useful than giving half a pay raise to the government. Plus we try and be flexible on work hours (although on the flip-side we are INSANELY timeline sensitive, e.g. work when you want but get it done by Wednesday 9:00am).
I'm noticing a trend with friends at other places as well. It's a win-win in my books.
Please tell me that was just a poor attempt at humo(u)r. Someone in this situation was evil for a longtime. How about printing out the slashdot pages instead as a momento. Buying a momento is just giving money to a bunch of people who only backed done for their own purposes and not for the right reasons. Please DO NOT reward that sort of behaviour.
Ok, yes they changed the name, but how many copies are in circulation?
Plus they only changed the name because of negative press, not because they wanted to 'Do The Right Thing'. They are still on my personal 'banned' list. And I refuse to believe that Ms. Tarbox is as innocent as she claims.
THIS WENT ON FOR 4 YEARS!
I guess it's true; people have short memories, which is why stupid politicians get second terms.
First of all I haven't had a chance to scan all the comments so sorry if this is redundant. Apparently from what I have pieced together from the variou articles over the last 2 days, Katie T. is doing something with Wired, some sort of joint venture type thingie or whatever (I quite frankly don't give a fuck what it is if she's involved). However, I think we should all write http://www.wired.com/news/feedback/Wired: and let them know how we feel. I mean of all publishers/magazines in the world you would think Wired would give a fuck about this. Hit 'em where it hurts.. the pocketbook.
Not only did I write Amazon, but I cc'ed about 2 dozen major news organization too.. doubt it will do much, but hey..