Case in point: I run Arch linux, and ATI's drivers are available only in rpm form. Not even binaries, like nVidia's, which you can simply install from the standard Linux shell. Argh...
I'm not an obsessive gamer by any stretch of the imagination, but I still like to play some games. Where it's more important is for the portion of the market that NEEDS Wintendo to play their games (remember, these are not geeks we're talking about, just ordinary people that don't need to know how to dual-boot).
There have been commendable attempts at porting Doze gaming to Linux, but they're still not ready yet. Case in point: I've had only one or two successes with Wine EVER, and from reviews of Cedega (commercial Wine with a DirectX wrapper), it's no walk in the park either.
It's true that some games written in OpenGL have been ported to Linux, but you have to admit that those are miniscule in number when compared to the number of commercial Windows games. Introduce high-end games to Linux (not KPong, please!), and you may find yourself popping up on the front page of pcmag.com or such in an article saying "Is Linux ready for the end-user? We think so."
Are you kidding me? This has "class action" all over it: you pay for a product that does not tell you that operation depends on their server's status. You are told that for $50, you get a working game, but it's not necessarily gonna work all the time. Do you think that when Half Life 3 comes out, Valve is going to maintain the HL2 authentication servers? Probably not, and it'll leave some people who liked HL2 high and dry.
I'm not saying parents *Shouldn't*, I'm saying that they *don't*.
Anyway, I've set it to -1 and will try it out.
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Yeah, they do, and I've already been berated for this one.
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I'm not that old. When my brothers started filesharing, Napster was already dead. Still, I've downloaded a total of one song (yes, it was wrong, and no, I don't still have it).
In any event, the means is not important. I find it strange that you think that stealing the work that went into publishing music as okay. This is where most people are divided on the issue: is it okay because the price is too high? Because you just want to express yourself? I highly doubt it.
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Well, I agree that music costs too much, but get yourself a freakin' radio! Is it really that important that you'd steal it?
I'm just getting used to the posting system here, so I'll try it out.
In any event, I believe that you are the minority, at least where I live. Here, I know (comparatively?) much about modern computers and most parents don't know a USB cable from a power cord.
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True, you are correct, and true, you are nitpicking. Okay, so I used the wrong word. Yep, I'm in the latter camp.
I believe that being a hacker in the "I might break the limits and rules of society, but it's all out of curiosity and I will leave everything better than I found it" sense.
Parents don't understand computers, or hacking in general. They can't do anything but teach their kids basic ethics or get a copy of NetNanny (example).
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Well, I'm one of the younger generations of hackers, but I have thought KaZaA to be amoral from the first time I saw it. I admit that not all people my age agree with me, but don't put us all in boxes that say "for illegal p2p" and "against illegal p2p" by age.
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Now instead of my inbox being 4% full it'll be only 1% full! All right!
That's what he talks about in his book: how no matter how secure your network is, you're probably going to be more vulnerable from the people.
Case in point: I run Arch linux, and ATI's drivers are available only in rpm form. Not even binaries, like nVidia's, which you can simply install from the standard Linux shell. Argh...
I'm not an obsessive gamer by any stretch of the imagination, but I still like to play some games. Where it's more important is for the portion of the market that NEEDS Wintendo to play their games (remember, these are not geeks we're talking about, just ordinary people that don't need to know how to dual-boot). There have been commendable attempts at porting Doze gaming to Linux, but they're still not ready yet. Case in point: I've had only one or two successes with Wine EVER, and from reviews of Cedega (commercial Wine with a DirectX wrapper), it's no walk in the park either. It's true that some games written in OpenGL have been ported to Linux, but you have to admit that those are miniscule in number when compared to the number of commercial Windows games. Introduce high-end games to Linux (not KPong, please!), and you may find yourself popping up on the front page of pcmag.com or such in an article saying "Is Linux ready for the end-user? We think so."
Are you kidding me? This has "class action" all over it: you pay for a product that does not tell you that operation depends on their server's status. You are told that for $50, you get a working game, but it's not necessarily gonna work all the time. Do you think that when Half Life 3 comes out, Valve is going to maintain the HL2 authentication servers? Probably not, and it'll leave some people who liked HL2 high and dry.
Obviously, or they wouldn't be on Slashdot bitching about it.
Well, I personally am very glad that he's working. Slackware 9.1 was the first distribution I ever used. Slackware is a quality distribution.
I'm not saying parents *Shouldn't*, I'm saying that they *don't*. Anyway, I've set it to -1 and will try it out.
Yeah, they do, and I've already been berated for this one.
I'm not that old. When my brothers started filesharing, Napster was already dead. Still, I've downloaded a total of one song (yes, it was wrong, and no, I don't still have it). In any event, the means is not important. I find it strange that you think that stealing the work that went into publishing music as okay. This is where most people are divided on the issue: is it okay because the price is too high? Because you just want to express yourself? I highly doubt it.
Well, I agree that music costs too much, but get yourself a freakin' radio! Is it really that important that you'd steal it?
I'm just getting used to the posting system here, so I'll try it out. In any event, I believe that you are the minority, at least where I live. Here, I know (comparatively?) much about modern computers and most parents don't know a USB cable from a power cord.
True, you are correct, and true, you are nitpicking. Okay, so I used the wrong word. Yep, I'm in the latter camp.
I believe that being a hacker in the "I might break the limits and rules of society, but it's all out of curiosity and I will leave everything better than I found it" sense. Parents don't understand computers, or hacking in general. They can't do anything but teach their kids basic ethics or get a copy of NetNanny (example).
Well, I'm one of the younger generations of hackers, but I have thought KaZaA to be amoral from the first time I saw it. I admit that not all people my age agree with me, but don't put us all in boxes that say "for illegal p2p" and "against illegal p2p" by age.