I was also startled by the "two connected machines", but I don't think we should worry about multiprocessors, because they tend to become a "general purpose machine".
Also, I'm thinking of personal feats like speedrunning. I mean, sure, it's creative expression see how you ride your bike and do a sommersault etc., but it's not when you do an amazing feat in your favorite videogame (specially modded games, like Mario Frustration)?
That's an interesting question. How much of the world's malware is hosted on (and by hosted i mean stored in, not just linked from) end-user Windows PC's, how much of it on Windows servers, and how much on Linux computers? Is there any statistics about that?
How do you support a website with bandwidth usage comparable to youtube?
My solution is to let various MMO game apps running on a cluster of servers, and add a subscription and/or advertising to that cluster.
This would be an extension of having shared forums in a single machine. The owner of the machines doesn't have to deal with game user accounts - that part is controlled by the game masters.
Um, if you can look at the source and see how the quests and puzzles work, you can write your own quests and puzzles and incorporate them into the game. After all, isn't that the point of open source?
What worries me is the defaults for the future consoles. Will the defaults be "most restricted" if no parent password is set?
Now it's interesting what happens when the parents forget the password. Will there be some "password recovery" service, or just a reset button with a default password?
IMO this is more a technical problem than a legal problem. The problem would be if suddenly this parental control requires internet access. That would allow the possibility of censorship in the future.
I remember when I was had a Commodore 64. My dad used to buy the Compute! and RUN magazines - which included some games source code for you to type (included was the Automatic Proofreader (TM) to make sure you typed the lines correctly). That's how I learned programming.
WHy don't you get your kid a C++ / IDE combo (like Dev-C++, Codeblocks, or if you're on linux, kdevelop. Personally I prefer Codeblocks) and install the SDL library. Then buy him a game programming book (preferredly with included CD).
Start with simple things before the games: Loops, if/whiles, and then move to the graphics parts and reading joystick input. Then let him get curious with the book and game examples provided.
If that's too complicated, why not getting a copy of Adobe Flash and let your kid learn to write flash games. Sprite programming is a piece of cake in Flash.
No, PHP is *NOT* a horrible language. It lacks some important object-oriented features (at least PHP 4) and allows horrible programming - which is very different.
Want a horrible language? Try Foxpro. It's limited, proprietary, ambiguous regarding variables and database fields... ugh.
But as a learning programming, I wouldn't recommend PHP either. There aren't many things that you can do in PHP other than web portals.
Linux suffers from the same inherent problem that all open source projects does - every time some one hates it they break away from the community and start their own 'distro'. Its so fragmented and confusing developers can't back a winner and consumers just don't care.
You're right - what consumers care about is that a distro "just works". Then it becomes popular (check out distrowatch), predates more unsuccessful distros and the cycle repeats again.
If Jeremy is correct, then the author of Linux Haters has chosen what is possibly the least likely route to garnering interest from Linux developers.
I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a former Linux enthusiast turned hater after all his complaints were answered with a "Fix it yourself" reply from arrogant devs.
It is exactly as I had foreseen. The music/video industry is pairing with ISPs to supress content and freedom of speech.
The next step is to watch the users encrypt everything and not be able to do anything about it. And that's already happening - torrent trackers are allowing https access to them, and thepiratebay is working on an encrypted replacement for the IP protocol.
Let's see what happens in 5 years. Will governments completely ban end-to-end encryption? How much will human rights organizations do to defend privacy?
Frankly, I don't know, but the microwave just beeped - the popcorn's ready.
theora is for video. Vorbis is for audio. In any case, to prevent this particular worm from catching me unaware, I'm going to convert all my mp3 collection to ogg/vorbis. Doesn't affect me, winamp has a vorbis codec and I use amarok at home.
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I was also startled by the "two connected machines", but I don't think we should worry about multiprocessors, because they tend to become a "general purpose machine".
I think software can be described as unpatentable with this simple claim:
"There is no spoon."
Think about it.
Does compression of data count as "physical transformation" (IMO it's not, but I wonder what the USPTO thinks about it)?
And if this turns out well, does that mean that the MP3 and MPEG4 formats will no longer be patent encumbered?
Nothing good can come out from analyzing clients' internet traffic.
What about Red vs. Blue?
Also, I'm thinking of personal feats like speedrunning. I mean, sure, it's creative expression see how you ride your bike and do a sommersault etc., but it's not when you do an amazing feat in your favorite videogame (specially modded games, like Mario Frustration)?
These guys just gotta be kidding.
Never heard of them. Wake me up when significant sites like YouTube start doing things like this...
Cue "First they came for the jews" letter.
The other 98% comes from here
That's an interesting question. How much of the world's malware is hosted on (and by hosted i mean stored in, not just linked from) end-user Windows PC's, how much of it on Windows servers, and how much on Linux computers? Is there any statistics about that?
How do you support a website with bandwidth usage comparable to youtube?
My solution is to let various MMO game apps running on a cluster of servers, and add a subscription and/or advertising to that cluster.
This would be an extension of having shared forums in a single machine. The owner of the machines doesn't have to deal with game user accounts - that part is controlled by the game masters.
Um, if you can look at the source and see how the quests and puzzles work, you can write your own quests and puzzles and incorporate them into the game. After all, isn't that the point of open source?
What worries me is the defaults for the future consoles. Will the defaults be "most restricted" if no parent password is set?
Now it's interesting what happens when the parents forget the password. Will there be some "password recovery" service, or just a reset button with a default password?
IMO this is more a technical problem than a legal problem. The problem would be if suddenly this parental control requires internet access. That would allow the possibility of censorship in the future.
I would love to learn the word(s) that held SF hostage.
Sourceforge was held hostage? GAAAAAAAAAAAH! *Jumps out the window*
"Save the network. Save the world."
1. Get a team of programmers and sponsor them with big chinese govt. money
2. Put them to work to get rid of Microsoft
3. Profit!!
I remember when I was had a Commodore 64. My dad used to buy the Compute! and RUN magazines - which included some games source code for you to type (included was the Automatic Proofreader (TM) to make sure you typed the lines correctly). That's how I learned programming.
WHy don't you get your kid a C++ / IDE combo (like Dev-C++, Codeblocks, or if you're on linux, kdevelop. Personally I prefer Codeblocks) and install the SDL library. Then buy him a game programming book (preferredly with included CD).
Start with simple things before the games: Loops, if/whiles, and then move to the graphics parts and reading joystick input. Then let him get curious with the book and game examples provided.
If that's too complicated, why not getting a copy of Adobe Flash and let your kid learn to write flash games. Sprite programming is a piece of cake in Flash.
No, PHP is *NOT* a horrible language. It lacks some important object-oriented features (at least PHP 4) and allows horrible programming - which is very different.
Want a horrible language? Try Foxpro. It's limited, proprietary, ambiguous regarding variables and database fields... ugh.
But as a learning programming, I wouldn't recommend PHP either. There aren't many things that you can do in PHP other than web portals.
Yes, Mr.Strawman, I'm sure they do.
Hmmm... that got me thinking.
Straw man + flamebait = ??? (think of an ultra flamable scarecrow)
Since Fortify is a security firm, it's obviously in their best interest to have everybody using their own products.
There. Fixed that for ya.
> As Elie Wiesel said, 'the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.'
What nonsense.
Someone tell me the rest is worth reading.
Perhaps the other readers' indifference towards your post may give you a clue ;-)
Linux suffers from the same inherent problem that all open source projects does - every time some one hates it they break away from the community and start their own 'distro'. Its so fragmented and confusing developers can't back a winner and consumers just don't care.
You're right - what consumers care about is that a distro "just works". Then it becomes popular (check out distrowatch), predates more unsuccessful distros and the cycle repeats again.
Evolution at work.
If Jeremy is correct, then the author of Linux Haters has chosen what is possibly the least likely route to garnering interest from Linux developers.
I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a former Linux enthusiast turned hater after all his complaints were answered with a "Fix it yourself" reply from arrogant devs.
grandparent was sarcastic, I think
O RLY? (Insert snowy owl here)
Newsflash: Very few users know how to code - and even fewer know how to design GOOD code.
Don't want Joe users to complain about your programming/design mistakes? Close the source.
Imagine what would have happened if the program had been GPL licensed :P
It is exactly as I had foreseen. The music/video industry is pairing with ISPs to supress content and freedom of speech.
The next step is to watch the users encrypt everything and not be able to do anything about it. And that's already happening - torrent trackers are allowing https access to them, and thepiratebay is working on an encrypted replacement for the IP protocol.
Let's see what happens in 5 years. Will governments completely ban end-to-end encryption? How much will human rights organizations do to defend privacy?
Frankly, I don't know, but the microwave just beeped - the popcorn's ready.
theora is for video. Vorbis is for audio. In any case, to prevent this particular worm from catching me unaware, I'm going to convert all my mp3 collection to ogg/vorbis. Doesn't affect me, winamp has a vorbis codec and I use amarok at home.
Better safe than sorry.