It's javascript not java, so your browser version matters, something with a JIT compiler from the last 6 months will probably be able to display it at 30+fps (except Chrome, it doesn't render at all in either current or beta).
Ahh, gotcha. Yea my RHEL5 system is running Firefox 3, my WinXP box is running Firefox 4.
I loaded this up on my home server and tried it from two different systems.
System 1 - RHEL5 8 cpu 48g RAM - Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_20 - 7-8fps
System 2 - WinXP 1 C2D cpu, 4g RAM - Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U22 - 35-45fps
System 2 wins. Graphics card unimportant as this isn't a 3D accellerated application. Not sure why the discrepancy is what it is, but whatever.
Actually, no there haven't. They've all been polarized using Real D and passive stereo. If you went to a movie that used the different color glasses, well, I'm sorry you wasted your money because you got scammed.
Hardly. ASCAP serves a very, very useful purpose. They protect the small guy from having their songs ripped off, mostly by the RIAA. If you put together a track of two trash cans banging together to a beat and get it registered with ASCAP, and ASCAP finds out that someone (be it bar owner, RIAA or any other band) is using that track in live performances, they will battle for you to get your licensing fees.
ASCAP is usually just the messenger. They don't normally go around trying to find songs being performed that are not in the public domain, they are usually tipped off about it by someone claiming they are owed licensing fees.
In this particular case, I wouldn't be surprised if the RIAA were involved as the person "tipping them off".
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If you don't update your software and buy one of their latest games you're REQUIRED to update to the latest version of their firmware. You don't exactly have a choice.
Unless you just wanted to never buy a new game ever again for the Wii.
Super Mario Galaxy included a new version of the v3 menu I had to install before I could play it.
Yea, no, I'm not doing that. I'd rather keep my computer and not run a thin client and "trust" that the company isn't monitoring what I'm using "their" server cluster for.
For the love of all that is holy, a knock-off of a clearly copyrighted video game is NOT piracy, it is copyright infringement.
Is this a hard concept to grasp for you?
Piracy is downloading and playing a game that is sold in stores without purchasing the game or any other software in question. Sheesh. I am getting stabby just reading your replies.
Shakespeare is a bad analogy. His original works are not protected by any copyright law (or protected in any way, really). Hence the stupid "Hamlet 2" movie coming out.
Or is that to just avoid paying royalties? Copyright law both scares and confuses me at times.
But if I wanted to put on a play of Romeo & Juliet in my back yard using sock puppets and sell the copies of my obvious masterpiece on eBay, I would be able to retain 100% of the money because his work isn't protected anymore. However, if I based my sock puppet masterpiece off of, say, the DiCaprio version, I'd be sued royally.
I'm known to download a few games illegally from time to time, and yes I probably shouldn't do that. I've been doing it for almost 2 decades now, though less so these days, because I know what most games are about these days.
But I've never been as much an asshole as to actually put them all on an image and sell systems pre-loaded with them.
Fail all over for this guy. The punishment fits the crime. I, for one, know the difference between downloading a piece of software illegally for just myself vs. outright profiteering. I never even considered that, I'd just feel like a thief at that point.
There have been instances where I've had only a couple of tabs open and my computer would start chugging. A quick look at the RAM usage had FF3 pegged close to 2GB.
I usually only have 3 or 4 tabs open to text sites (fark,/., some others) so it was quite surprising. The extensions I have loaded are adblock and noscript. Oh, also, forecastfox.
They're just individuals with their own opinions. Personally they can think one thing but as a company they can think another.
This really isn't much of a story; more like looking for a story.
Crappy to release that type branding with their own beliefs in doubt? Sure, but don't hold it against the entire company. That's just what I think but then again I'm just some random guy on the internet.
Ahh, but it can. Crank up that falling airplane to near the speed of light. Before it hits the ground, we all will be one second older than the occupants.
Because Linux & OSX aren't running on your teenager's computer. S/he wants to install those awesome super cool smiley icons or some such other spyware-laden software and when the spyware tries to access the more restricted areas of the system it prompts little Johnny/Jilly for the administrator password. They're used to trashing their systems on a regular basis.
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It's javascript not java, so your browser version matters, something with a JIT compiler from the last 6 months will probably be able to display it at 30+fps (except Chrome, it doesn't render at all in either current or beta).
Ahh, gotcha. Yea my RHEL5 system is running Firefox 3, my WinXP box is running Firefox 4.
I loaded this up on my home server and tried it from two different systems.
System 1 - RHEL5 8 cpu 48g RAM - Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_20 - 7-8fps
System 2 - WinXP 1 C2D cpu, 4g RAM - Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U22 - 35-45fps
System 2 wins. Graphics card unimportant as this isn't a 3D accellerated application. Not sure why the discrepancy is what it is, but whatever.
Sound does suck.
No, it just means that it doesn't work on leap years.
Sort of like the PS3?
That those companies are now infringing on Microsoft's patent, and royalties must be paid.
Sad, really. Is Intel in the back pocket of Microsoft? Why would Microsoft even WANT a patent like this?
Actually, no there haven't. They've all been polarized using Real D and passive stereo. If you went to a movie that used the different color glasses, well, I'm sorry you wasted your money because you got scammed.
ASCAP is as evil as the RIAA.
Hardly. ASCAP serves a very, very useful purpose. They protect the small guy from having their songs ripped off, mostly by the RIAA. If you put together a track of two trash cans banging together to a beat and get it registered with ASCAP, and ASCAP finds out that someone (be it bar owner, RIAA or any other band) is using that track in live performances, they will battle for you to get your licensing fees.
ASCAP is usually just the messenger. They don't normally go around trying to find songs being performed that are not in the public domain, they are usually tipped off about it by someone claiming they are owed licensing fees.
In this particular case, I wouldn't be surprised if the RIAA were involved as the person "tipping them off".
Brilliant, really.
Since when did they promise WinFS with Windows 7? WinFS was scrapped years ago and was never promised. But keep up with the irrational Microsoft hate.
If you don't update your software and buy one of their latest games you're REQUIRED to update to the latest version of their firmware. You don't exactly have a choice.
Unless you just wanted to never buy a new game ever again for the Wii.
Super Mario Galaxy included a new version of the v3 menu I had to install before I could play it.
Your argument fails.
Yea, no, I'm not doing that. I'd rather keep my computer and not run a thin client and "trust" that the company isn't monitoring what I'm using "their" server cluster for.
The exception I have to that rule is Google docs.
I've seen "Cloud Computing" around as a buzzword but I never really cared to investigate what it really was.
I'm assuming it is essentially paying a data center to host my data from my home system? Why in the hell would I even WANT to do that?
Or did I completely miss the bus? Something I missed?
For the love of all that is holy, a knock-off of a clearly copyrighted video game is NOT piracy, it is copyright infringement.
Is this a hard concept to grasp for you?
Piracy is downloading and playing a game that is sold in stores without purchasing the game or any other software in question. Sheesh. I am getting stabby just reading your replies.
No shit.
What the hell?
Shakespeare is a bad analogy. His original works are not protected by any copyright law (or protected in any way, really). Hence the stupid "Hamlet 2" movie coming out.
Or is that to just avoid paying royalties? Copyright law both scares and confuses me at times.
But if I wanted to put on a play of Romeo & Juliet in my back yard using sock puppets and sell the copies of my obvious masterpiece on eBay, I would be able to retain 100% of the money because his work isn't protected anymore. However, if I based my sock puppet masterpiece off of, say, the DiCaprio version, I'd be sued royally.
Oh you know what I meant. ;)
The software was never his to begin with while your posessions belong to you.
I see your point, but it is a bad analogy.
Yea, how dare he sell games that he didn't create and collect 100% of the profits that no one else is interested in selling.
FTFY
Exactly.
I'm known to download a few games illegally from time to time, and yes I probably shouldn't do that. I've been doing it for almost 2 decades now, though less so these days, because I know what most games are about these days.
But I've never been as much an asshole as to actually put them all on an image and sell systems pre-loaded with them.
Fail all over for this guy. The punishment fits the crime. I, for one, know the difference between downloading a piece of software illegally for just myself vs. outright profiteering. I never even considered that, I'd just feel like a thief at that point.
You really need to ditch that old modem. Broadband is where it's at!
There have been instances where I've had only a couple of tabs open and my computer would start chugging. A quick look at the RAM usage had FF3 pegged close to 2GB.
/., some others) so it was quite surprising. The extensions I have loaded are adblock and noscript. Oh, also, forecastfox.
I usually only have 3 or 4 tabs open to text sites (fark,
Hope this isn't a permanent thing.
They're just individuals with their own opinions. Personally they can think one thing but as a company they can think another.
This really isn't much of a story; more like looking for a story.
Crappy to release that type branding with their own beliefs in doubt? Sure, but don't hold it against the entire company. That's just what I think but then again I'm just some random guy on the internet.
Or did every single one of you miss out on the part where the "offenders" were merely suspects, not convicted of anything.
They're losing their internet capabilities without even being tried. It's just "suspected" downloading of illegal software.
That seems like a rather large loophole.
Time itself does not slow down
Ahh, but it can. Crank up that falling airplane to near the speed of light. Before it hits the ground, we all will be one second older than the occupants.
They flew him out to Japan to record "It'sa meeee, Marioooooo" & "Hello!"? Wow. I need to get into that gig.
Because Linux & OSX aren't running on your teenager's computer. S/he wants to install those awesome super cool smiley icons or some such other spyware-laden software and when the spyware tries to access the more restricted areas of the system it prompts little Johnny/Jilly for the administrator password. They're used to trashing their systems on a regular basis.