It seems that everyone thinks that VALVe released the warez version and is then using that to track the people who make use of it, and banning them, with all sorts of possible legal implications. If we take it for granted that this article is true, VALVe has still said nothing about releasing the warez version. They said they were running an experiment, translation: instead of openly attacking the people using/distributing the warez, they quietly observe until the later point at which they ban all these people.
I believe Blizzard has done similar things with its online services. They disallowed various cheats in Diablo 2, but didn't ban people until they had observed for awhile and determined for certain that the people were actually cheating, and they had a huge list of people to ban.
Ah, but only if you average all their work together. If, for instance, you have a hundred people contributing to a work, but the one among them that is significantly better than the rest contributes the most to the work, it is better than the average.
Besides the post-install messages that have been mentioned, I often just use qpkg -l to find the files belonging to it, this'll show you the binaries and init scripts and config files.
I don't see how that changes much, after you change it, it's still promoting Acme, and I don't support their exploitation of third-world sweat-shop workers to construct sticks of dynamite and bizarre Rube-Goldburg like devices that frequently fail and are indeed quite dangerous to their operators.
I'd agree with the statements that the students don't care. Maybe if they used Linux they might start caring, but currently they are really indifferent (= not caring) toward what they use. Well, as long as it is not preventing them from playing lame games during class time.
That they'd never use it outside of the classroom, if you are talking specifically about linux, that may be true, but I think they will be using similar programs and interfaces for as long as they use computers. Anything they learn with these is bound to still apply.
In addition, Linux costs less per license than most other operating systems. If these kids are underpriviledged, why lock them into using expensive Windows operating systems and applications? There are many more free applications for Linux than for Windows.
It would have been better to use standard UI widgets for a lot of that stuff. When will people learn that rotary knobs do not work well in computer interfaces.
We use rotary knobs on physical devices because they are easy to manipulate by applying friction with our fingers. A far better alternative for a computer-based interface would be a slider combined with a text-entry widget to allow precise values to be entered, thus making the computer interface better than the real-life one, rather than reinventing all of the limitations of the physical interface with the extra pain of figuring out how to manipulate a turning control with a mouse pointer. They'd also have a bit more room to write a decent text label on the control, rather than the unreadable blurs they use now.
I must concur, I have had these exact thoughts before. It seems as if almost every audio program must have it's own fancy widgets that are almost impossible to use. The default colors/interface just aren't good enough. I remember when I first got a soundcard, came with a program to play midi files and whatnot. I couldn't figure out why the UI was so hard to use until I realized they were trying to make it look exactly like a stack of physical audio components instead of an actual program.
Interfaces work much much better if they are consistent. People realized a few years ago that bitmap interfaces were both much harder to use, not consistent, and do not scale well, despite how "cool" they may look. See Winamp vs Foobar2000.
That said, IE still handles crazy markup without crashing or other artifacts (see firefox/slashdot bug).
Well that's kind of an odd thing to say because the reason that crazy markup exists is because it works in IE. Of the possible set of crazy markup, you'll find on the internet only that subset which works in IE, because if it didn't, it would be changed to where it did. The slashdot bug I believe is an actual bug in firefox, not slashdot's code.
Right, until the components decay and you can't get a replacement because they are no longer manufactured. You could get your own chip made assuming you could reverse engineer the current one, but if you're going through that much effort, you'd probably just be better off making your own hardware emulator.
A much cheaper alternative would probably be a software emulator, which, by the way, run on many different processors, not just Pentium IIs. And most people already have a computer they keep up and running. Adding x number of consoles to that means 1 + x total computers to keep up and running.
Worth of investment? Depends on how you measure that. If we say that the worth is how much you can sell it to other people for, then clearly your solution is better, but if we measure it by the ability for one to play these old games for the least cost, we will likely come to a different result.
If we try to remove the bias from your last statement we get: Altering console gaming controls to allow them to interface with a modern computer is wrong.
Well that's rather subjective, but assuming it's not cost effective to maintain such a gaming console, I'd say that using the original controls seems a good way to preserve the original feel.
He said that he c'ould have used one of those in high school', not that he 'could use one of those when he goes to record nekkid HS girls on his video camera now that he is 35 and alone'.
Not to say there there is nothing wrong with copying software without permission, but your metaphor fails in that the haircut can be mass-produced at almost no cost. It's like there's actually an army of robots doing the haircutting, only they're solar-powered and repair themselves using nothing but carbon dioxide. The marginal cost of a haircut is effectively zero, but building the robot army, that's expensive. Fortunately, robot armies have other uses.
I dare say that 90% of the people in the public library never press F5 to refresh. Possibly more. There is really no need at all for a numeric keypad, all the numbers are still there. F-Keys are handy, but I don't think they're really necessary. Although I didn't notice it until a couple of days ago, I don't really use them anymore. CTRL+R to refresh, CTRL+T for a new tab, I don't really bother with the F-Keys.
Now while hard to use keyboards might deter usage of the lab, so would insufficient table space for ginormous MS Natural Keyboards with numpads. And I think that people using a library computer lab will put up with some shortcomings in order to use the computers, as long as they are not running Solaris. Once you type in the porn site name, you really only need the mouse.
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Woah, maybe it's like there's a cathedral, and the bazaar is INSIDE the cathedral. That blows my mind.
I've been waiting forever for the competitor to Nintendo's DS to come out.
And if it gets rooted, whose fault is it? Seems like that alone is reason enough to just get the sysadmin to do everything.
Why is this the "Holy trinity" of digital music?
That's a typo, it should read Unholy.
It seems that everyone thinks that VALVe released the warez version and is then using that to track the people who make use of it, and banning them, with all sorts of possible legal implications. If we take it for granted that this article is true, VALVe has still said nothing about releasing the warez version. They said they were running an experiment, translation: instead of openly attacking the people using/distributing the warez, they quietly observe until the later point at which they ban all these people.
I believe Blizzard has done similar things with its online services. They disallowed various cheats in Diablo 2, but didn't ban people until they had observed for awhile and determined for certain that the people were actually cheating, and they had a huge list of people to ban.
Ah, but only if you average all their work together. If, for instance, you have a hundred people contributing to a work, but the one among them that is significantly better than the rest contributes the most to the work, it is better than the average.
Besides the post-install messages that have been mentioned, I often just use qpkg -l to find the files belonging to it, this'll show you the binaries and init scripts and config files.
Yeah, you know, now that you mention it, it also looks kinda like this one
The schools would fire lasers that shot down missles? I don't get it.
AHHHHH MEINE AUGEN
I don't see how that changes much, after you change it, it's still promoting Acme, and I don't support their exploitation of third-world sweat-shop workers to construct sticks of dynamite and bizarre Rube-Goldburg like devices that frequently fail and are indeed quite dangerous to their operators.
BOYCOTT ACME!
The only way to compete with third world labour is to increase productivity - and open source technologies can really help here.
And -that- boys and girls is why some savvy venture capitalists are waking up. Finally.
Er, open source technologies help the "third world" as much as they help the "first world".I'd agree with the statements that the students don't care. Maybe if they used Linux they might start caring, but currently they are really indifferent (= not caring) toward what they use. Well, as long as it is not preventing them from playing lame games during class time.
That they'd never use it outside of the classroom, if you are talking specifically about linux, that may be true, but I think they will be using similar programs and interfaces for as long as they use computers. Anything they learn with these is bound to still apply.
In addition, Linux costs less per license than most other operating systems. If these kids are underpriviledged, why lock them into using expensive Windows operating systems and applications? There are many more free applications for Linux than for Windows.
It would have been better to use standard UI widgets for a lot of that stuff. When will people learn that rotary knobs do not work well in computer interfaces.
We use rotary knobs on physical devices because they are easy to manipulate by applying friction with our fingers. A far better alternative for a computer-based interface would be a slider combined with a text-entry widget to allow precise values to be entered, thus making the computer interface better than the real-life one, rather than reinventing all of the limitations of the physical interface with the extra pain of figuring out how to manipulate a turning control with a mouse pointer. They'd also have a bit more room to write a decent text label on the control, rather than the unreadable blurs they use now.
I must concur, I have had these exact thoughts before. It seems as if almost every audio program must have it's own fancy widgets that are almost impossible to use. The default colors/interface just aren't good enough. I remember when I first got a soundcard, came with a program to play midi files and whatnot. I couldn't figure out why the UI was so hard to use until I realized they were trying to make it look exactly like a stack of physical audio components instead of an actual program.
Interfaces work much much better if they are consistent. People realized a few years ago that bitmap interfaces were both much harder to use, not consistent, and do not scale well, despite how "cool" they may look. See Winamp vs Foobar2000.
Publishing someone's name is not an unreasonable search and seizure of a person or his effects.
No, being seized by a lynch mob is though.
You mean that thing people used back before they had Foobar 2000?
Well that's kind of an odd thing to say because the reason that crazy markup exists is because it works in IE. Of the possible set of crazy markup, you'll find on the internet only that subset which works in IE, because if it didn't, it would be changed to where it did. The slashdot bug I believe is an actual bug in firefox, not slashdot's code.
Right, until the components decay and you can't get a replacement because they are no longer manufactured. You could get your own chip made assuming you could reverse engineer the current one, but if you're going through that much effort, you'd probably just be better off making your own hardware emulator.
A much cheaper alternative would probably be a software emulator, which, by the way, run on many different processors, not just Pentium IIs. And most people already have a computer they keep up and running. Adding x number of consoles to that means 1 + x total computers to keep up and running.
Worth of investment? Depends on how you measure that. If we say that the worth is how much you can sell it to other people for, then clearly your solution is better, but if we measure it by the ability for one to play these old games for the least cost, we will likely come to a different result.
If we try to remove the bias from your last statement we get:
Altering console gaming controls to allow them to interface with a modern computer is wrong.
Well that's rather subjective, but assuming it's not cost effective to maintain such a gaming console, I'd say that using the original controls seems a good way to preserve the original feel.
I believe that maddox is one of the best examples of this.
The army has made deals with major defense contractors to provide soldiers with large pieces of paper to replace their now-obsolete parachutes.
I imagine it is somewhat hard to wage a war without civilian casualties.
He said that he c'ould have used one of those in high school', not that he 'could use one of those when he goes to record nekkid HS girls on his video camera now that he is 35 and alone'.
I'm not sure I understand your first statement. You're saying that this would be constitutional because it's opposite is unconstitutional?
Not to say there there is nothing wrong with copying software without permission, but your metaphor fails in that the haircut can be mass-produced at almost no cost. It's like there's actually an army of robots doing the haircutting, only they're solar-powered and repair themselves using nothing but carbon dioxide. The marginal cost of a haircut is effectively zero, but building the robot army, that's expensive. Fortunately, robot armies have other uses.
I dare say that 90% of the people in the public library never press F5 to refresh. Possibly more. There is really no need at all for a numeric keypad, all the numbers are still there. F-Keys are handy, but I don't think they're really necessary. Although I didn't notice it until a couple of days ago, I don't really use them anymore. CTRL+R to refresh, CTRL+T for a new tab, I don't really bother with the F-Keys. Now while hard to use keyboards might deter usage of the lab, so would insufficient table space for ginormous MS Natural Keyboards with numpads. And I think that people using a library computer lab will put up with some shortcomings in order to use the computers, as long as they are not running Solaris. Once you type in the porn site name, you really only need the mouse.