Games like those described may seem to be about reality on the surface, but they're actually more about escapism than ever before. What players are escaping from is chaos: a world where the rules are unknown, or at least imperfectly understood. In comparison, games have relatively simple, consistent rules to master, and a mastery over those rules gives the player a feeling of power and, by extension, the impression that the game world is "more fair." This is accentuated in a game that takes place in a realistic setting, as it encourages the player to draw direct comparisons between his success in the game world and his success in the real world.
I disagree, though your analogy to the "Got Milk?" campaign is quite apt. The message is not "go buy Linux" but "Linux is good for you."
Linux-based products have been on the marked for a while now, and are seeing a real surge in netbooks, but many, when faced with a system that comes with "Linux" or "Windows," make the choice simply out of a fear of the unknown. The customer hasn't ever hear of that Linux thing, but they've heard of Windows, so they'll go with that.
This campaign is more of a PSA, intent on allaying that fear.
Of course, IBM tried this before, and Linux has been widely successful in the server space, after all.
No-one's under an obligation to use a new version of a licence,
They are if they use/modify AGPL code. Say, for example, that I have a website based on Drupal. If Drupal adopts the AGPL, any modifications I make to Drupal must now be released, either by contributing them back to the project, or as sources I supply myself.
Google may not be an open source company like Mozilla, but they have historically been much more supportive to open efforts. Open API's are only one example. Think about Google's summer of code, or the open-sourcing of the Google Web Toolkit.
Not even! Microsoft just released Internet 7.0. All you Mozilla fanboys need to catch up with the times and replace your kiddy 'nix boxes with the new Vista.
The strap for my Wiimote was broken when I got it. I don't know for sure whether it was the one that came with the console or with the extra one I got, but the little string that connects the strap to the Wiimote was broken in the package.
Has anyone else seen this?
Typically a user of the SuSE distribution, I have had the opportunity to use very good implementations of both KDE and Gnome. I have no qualms with saying that KDE has some nice applications (AmaroK stands out). In fact, at one point, I was using KDE because Nautilus could not interface with a specific BSD SFTP server, while Konqueror could; but when I figured out how to do it, I switched back to Gnome.
I like Gnome because it feels _designed_, whereas KDE simply feels like a hacked~together copy of Windows. Granted, there are obvious differences, and even improvements, but, while individual applications in Gnome may be behind the similar applications in KDE, I see in Gnome to be something far greater than what KDE will be.
I use Gnome because of the future I see for it: I want to be a part of what gets it there.
If you write a great peice of software, and then have to sell, educate the customer AND hire/train all the workforce, how much time are you going to have to devote to Rev. 2 of your world beating product?
That's just it, though. the OSS movement recognizes the ability of an individual to have brilliant, novel ideas, but complements that with the admission that bugs, errors, and incremental improvements are better made in aggregate, with the "many eyes, many hands" philosophy.
If you have a great idea for a piece of software, write it, and put it out there. With the help of millions of other programmers, what might have been yet another piece of download.com freeware might become the next Apache, or the next Python.
Why should i pay for cedega to run windows games that i have already bought??
Yeah, you're right. I'd much rather pay Microsoft ~$200 for a proprietary, buggy, closed, forced-upgrade of an OS than pay $15 to Cedega so that I can run my games on my free, open, and stable OS.
Video cards with GPU's used to be a "cheap" way to increase the graphic processing power of your computer by adding a chip who's sole purpose was to process graphics (and geometry, with the advent of 3d-acellerators).
Now that GPU's are becomming more and more programmable, and more and more general~purpose, what, really, is the difference between a GPU and a standard CPU? What is the benefit to having a 3d~acellerator over having a dual~CPU system with one CPU dedicated to graphic processing?
But then the sane part of me says " If the technology is awesome it should be in the standard kernel."
Why? just because some piece of software is "awesome" doesn't make it potential kernel code. The kernel is getting too big and complex as it is... should the next move be to include X as part of the kernel?
Apple could do for WINE what it did for X11: integrate it well with the OS, and ship it as part of Mac OS X.
This will never happen, and I don't really think it should. Don't misunderstand me, Apple guys will be running Wine on their macs, and probably are now with the aid of x86 emulators; but Apple will never bundle Windows application support with its OS.
Why? Apple isn't just an OS developer; it isn't just a PC manufacturer; it is all about experience, and this sort of lofty pride is both its greatest success and its most obvious flaw.
Apple applications are held to a strict code of UI behavior: coding a commercial GUI application for OSX means following a specific set of guidelines that govern menu locations, widget behavior, and the like. If Apple were to attempt to grandfather in the entire universe of Windows applications through a simple api translation layer, it would break that model, and loose the focus on user experience that has earned them such a dedicated and vocal user base.
The problem is that none of this matters to the end-user who's giving Linux a shot for the first time. It doesn't matter whose fault it is that their digital camera doesn't work, or why their laptop's sound card can't play back sound. You just lost a customer.
The difference here is that, in most of the open source community, the concern is not that we have greater sale rates, but that we write better software. When hardware can't be driven by the Linux kernel, the open source user base is less likely to complain at the Kernel developers, and more likely to complain at the manufacturer that stands in the way of better, more capable software.
People need to stop seeing the conquering of Microsoft, or the desktop, or whatever, as the goal. We are more concerned with having better software, so long as it's better for us. If Windows gets better in competition, it's better for them, and better for consumers. Typically that would drive even further improvement in the 'Nix world, and the cycle would continue.
Would I like better wireless support in my SuSE system? Sure. But for now, my Prism2 card works just fine. I'd like a standard wireless stack, too, but growth comes with time, and my software will continually improve as long as we remember that that is the goal.
I agree with a lot of what you have to say, and especially with the reasons behind it; but you have to consider, not only the implications of these proposals to those who would harm the Wiki, but also the implications to those who would contribute.
Removing the instant payoff for defacement also removes the instant payoff of contribution, which, to me, is part of the cool factor of the Wiki: if I contribute, those contributions go into effect now, and can be seen by anyone else immediately.
As you point out, this information would still be accessible in the "unstable" section, but unstable versions of a page are often overlooked, and this could become a serious issue when people go to contribute: a user is reading a page, and want's to make an addition or correction; now they have to check the "unstable" version and see if the change has already been made.
The simplicity of Wiki editing is a lot of its draw, and a lot of its power. This same simplicity and freedom is also its biggest flaw; but removing this simple freedom is not the answer, and more than dictatorship is the answer to quell those who would break the law of society.
The Symantec corporation is trying to locate the owners of the intellectual property collectively known as "Open Source." Particularly with respect to the popular "Linux" series of operating systems, they beleive that building a secure OS is an infringement on their right to protect it.:wq
Apple's own systems programming staff screwed up so badly that Apple had to go out and buy a new operating system; all their attempts to develop a next generation Macintosh OS in-house failed.
Though technically you are correct, remember that NeXT was created and run by Steve Jobs, the man that many see as Apple incarnate. Though NeXTSTEP was created by NeXT and later bought by Apple, many would see this, as a whole, more as a splinter project that later got re-absorbed back into the home base.
Unless of course Blue Security would like a list of the spammers who are filling my email, then perhaps I will change my opinion;)
This is exactly what they are trying to do. As a member of "Blue Security" you submit uncompliant spammers back to the Blue Security website. These uncompliant advertisers are then targed in distributed attacks/automated complaints en masse by all members running the "Blue Frog" client.
At least, that's what I understood about it.
In response to this breaking Slashdot news, the Bush Administration has instigated a trade embargo against all open source projects. "Open source fuels terrorism," said the chairman of the administration's software committie.
Slashdot Mirror
'Reality, it would seem, is the new escapism.'
Games like those described may seem to be about reality on the surface, but they're actually more about escapism than ever before. What players are escaping from is chaos: a world where the rules are unknown, or at least imperfectly understood. In comparison, games have relatively simple, consistent rules to master, and a mastery over those rules gives the player a feeling of power and, by extension, the impression that the game world is "more fair." This is accentuated in a game that takes place in a realistic setting, as it encourages the player to draw direct comparisons between his success in the game world and his success in the real world.
The data would be anonymous, but serious repeat infringers would be tracked down through their computer ID numbers.
This must be some definition of the word 'anonymous' that I was not previously aware of.
I disagree, though your analogy to the "Got Milk?" campaign is quite apt. The message is not "go buy Linux" but "Linux is good for you."
Linux-based products have been on the marked for a while now, and are seeing a real surge in netbooks, but many, when faced with a system that comes with "Linux" or "Windows," make the choice simply out of a fear of the unknown. The customer hasn't ever hear of that Linux thing, but they've heard of Windows, so they'll go with that.
This campaign is more of a PSA, intent on allaying that fear.
Of course, IBM tried this before, and Linux has been widely successful in the server space, after all.
No-one's under an obligation to use a new version of a licence,
They are if they use/modify AGPL code. Say, for example, that I have a website based on Drupal. If Drupal adopts the AGPL, any modifications I make to Drupal must now be released, either by contributing them back to the project, or as sources I supply myself.
Google may not be an open source company like Mozilla, but they have historically been much more supportive to open efforts. Open API's are only one example. Think about Google's summer of code, or the open-sourcing of the Google Web Toolkit.
What... what happened? It's all blue!!! Where are my beautiful browns? My oranges? My tans? Somebody help me!!!!!
Oh. It's _K_ubuntu...
So you're one of those...
Not even! Microsoft just released Internet 7.0. All you Mozilla fanboys need to catch up with the times and replace your kiddy 'nix boxes with the new Vista.
</joke>
The strap for my Wiimote was broken when I got it. I don't know for sure whether it was the one that came with the console or with the extra one I got, but the little string that connects the strap to the Wiimote was broken in the package. Has anyone else seen this?
They probably are discussing a prequel based on Tolkien's backstory. Imagine a movie drawn from the tales of the Silmarillion.
Typically a user of the SuSE distribution, I have had the opportunity to use very good implementations of both KDE and Gnome. I have no qualms with saying that KDE has some nice applications (AmaroK stands out). In fact, at one point, I was using KDE because Nautilus could not interface with a specific BSD SFTP server, while Konqueror could; but when I figured out how to do it, I switched back to Gnome. I like Gnome because it feels _designed_, whereas KDE simply feels like a hacked~together copy of Windows. Granted, there are obvious differences, and even improvements, but, while individual applications in Gnome may be behind the similar applications in KDE, I see in Gnome to be something far greater than what KDE will be. I use Gnome because of the future I see for it: I want to be a part of what gets it there.
The big one:
Is Windows better than Linux?
That's just it, though. the OSS movement recognizes the ability of an individual to have brilliant, novel ideas, but complements that with the admission that bugs, errors, and incremental improvements are better made in aggregate, with the "many eyes, many hands" philosophy.
If you have a great idea for a piece of software, write it, and put it out there. With the help of millions of other programmers, what might have been yet another piece of download.com freeware might become the next Apache, or the next Python.
Yeah, you're right. I'd much rather pay Microsoft ~$200 for a proprietary, buggy, closed, forced-upgrade of an OS than pay $15 to Cedega so that I can run my games on my free, open, and stable OS.
Yeah, who needs Cedega?
Video cards with GPU's used to be a "cheap" way to increase the graphic processing power of your computer by adding a chip who's sole purpose was to process graphics (and geometry, with the advent of 3d-acellerators).
Now that GPU's are becomming more and more programmable, and more and more general~purpose, what, really, is the difference between a GPU and a standard CPU? What is the benefit to having a 3d~acellerator over having a dual~CPU system with one CPU dedicated to graphic processing?
Everything that can be programmed can be written in assembler.
Why? just because some piece of software is "awesome" doesn't make it potential kernel code. The kernel is getting too big and complex as it is... should the next move be to include X as part of the kernel?
:looks around expectantly for a Tanenbaum...
This will never happen, and I don't really think it should. Don't misunderstand me, Apple guys will be running Wine on their macs, and probably are now with the aid of x86 emulators; but Apple will never bundle Windows application support with its OS.
Why? Apple isn't just an OS developer; it isn't just a PC manufacturer; it is all about experience, and this sort of lofty pride is both its greatest success and its most obvious flaw.
Apple applications are held to a strict code of UI behavior: coding a commercial GUI application for OSX means following a specific set of guidelines that govern menu locations, widget behavior, and the like. If Apple were to attempt to grandfather in the entire universe of Windows applications through a simple api translation layer, it would break that model, and loose the focus on user experience that has earned them such a dedicated and vocal user base.
The difference here is that, in most of the open source community, the concern is not that we have greater sale rates, but that we write better software. When hardware can't be driven by the Linux kernel, the open source user base is less likely to complain at the Kernel developers, and more likely to complain at the manufacturer that stands in the way of better, more capable software.
People need to stop seeing the conquering of Microsoft, or the desktop, or whatever, as the goal. We are more concerned with having better software, so long as it's better for us. If Windows gets better in competition, it's better for them, and better for consumers. Typically that would drive even further improvement in the 'Nix world, and the cycle would continue.
Would I like better wireless support in my SuSE system? Sure. But for now, my Prism2 card works just fine. I'd like a standard wireless stack, too, but growth comes with time, and my software will continually improve as long as we remember that that is the goal.
I agree with a lot of what you have to say, and especially with the reasons behind it; but you have to consider, not only the implications of these proposals to those who would harm the Wiki, but also the implications to those who would contribute.
Removing the instant payoff for defacement also removes the instant payoff of contribution, which, to me, is part of the cool factor of the Wiki: if I contribute, those contributions go into effect now, and can be seen by anyone else immediately.
As you point out, this information would still be accessible in the "unstable" section, but unstable versions of a page are often overlooked, and this could become a serious issue when people go to contribute: a user is reading a page, and want's to make an addition or correction; now they have to check the "unstable" version and see if the change has already been made.
The simplicity of Wiki editing is a lot of its draw, and a lot of its power. This same simplicity and freedom is also its biggest flaw; but removing this simple freedom is not the answer, and more than dictatorship is the answer to quell those who would break the law of society.
The Symantec corporation is trying to locate the owners of the intellectual property collectively known as "Open Source." Particularly with respect to the popular "Linux" series of operating systems, they beleive that building a secure OS is an infringement on their right to protect it. :wq
Though technically you are correct, remember that NeXT was created and run by Steve Jobs, the man that many see as Apple incarnate. Though NeXTSTEP was created by NeXT and later bought by Apple, many would see this, as a whole, more as a splinter project that later got re-absorbed back into the home base.
:wq
In response, Asus has announced the release of their new ATX-based naquida generator. Supplies are limited.
This is exactly what they are trying to do. As a member of "Blue Security" you submit uncompliant spammers back to the Blue Security website. These uncompliant advertisers are then targed in distributed attacks/automated complaints en masse by all members running the "Blue Frog" client. At least, that's what I understood about it.
In response to this breaking Slashdot news, the Bush Administration has instigated a trade embargo against all open source projects. "Open source fuels terrorism," said the chairman of the administration's software committie.
Oh, no! I get it! THEY GOT HIM! Somebody stuck him with a stake through the heart! Oh, this is so sad! CmdrTaco... I pine for you.
Hi, everybody. In memoriam of poor 'Taco, let's go back and revisit a few of my favorite 'Taco memories.
Oh, that was great. And who could forget this one?
Ah, we sure had some great times 'Taco. I'm gonna miss you bro.