I would have thought they would have sold a lot more!
Assuming that no one in Japan has bought more than one of the next gen consoles, it seems only 1% of Japan's population has bought a new gaming console....
Interesting...
Look on the bright side of things! In a previous slashdot post it was said that...
"Microsoft will reimburse direct damages up to $5 for problems associated with the new downloadable tool that wards off spyware, adware and any other "potentially unwanted software."
That is because America has a legal system based on the Common Law. Just like England and Australia.
Countries based on a Civil Law system such as France allow people to get rulings from a court prior to them performing an act. For example, if you were in France you could go to a court and ask "Can I download this file?" You will be given a definite "Yes" or "No" and that statement made by the court will be binding.
In order to solve this problem, Common Law jurisdictions have to develop an "Interpretations Court". What this court would do is allow people to ask whether it is legal to do what they want. Just like France.
The problem with implementing such a system is that it may be unconstitutional. The reason why it would be unconstituional is because the users of the lower court would want a binding affirmation, one that could not be overturned by the Supreme Court. This would be unsound in the terms of the Constitution. The Supreme Court is not meant to be bound by lower courts.
If there is a software patent and your 1000000% certain that it is not inventive, not novel, etc. And if a vast majority of people in your profession agree with you!!! Then don't worry about the patent. Breach it as much as you want. If the patent holder dares to challenge you, don't worry. They won't win in court. Their patent has no grounds.
Here are some games * LOTS of RPGs - (good ones that are involving http://www.agdinteractive.com/) * Chess, shogi, other board games * card games * Plenty of net games available (like bejeweled) * some arcade plane fighting games like galactica, Raiden I & II & II, starfox * puzzle games like boulderdash, rockford
Also recommend installing software that allows you to "turbo-fire" your mouse. That way you can play games where you have click very fast! On top of that we installed stuff like sticky mouse buttons.
He can play old school games like DOOM and DOOM II, Wolf3D. Forward, backward, left, right, strafe button, fire, swap weapon. That's all he uses. You can do this with some new FPS (but your game play will be pretty limited)
We also installed a media player for him! Keeps him entertained.
Check out www.liberatedgames.com. They have a fair few commerical games which have been released to the public for free. My favourites on that site which I think you will like include Flight of the Amazon Queen (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=31 ) Civ 2 (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=50 ) [BTW check out FreeCiv and Wesnoth! TWO GOOD STRATEGY GAMES YOU CAN PLAY WITH JUST A MOUSE! Wesnoth has a great story line! Well developed game! Online gameplay!] Beneath a Steel Sky (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=30 ) Treasure Island Dizzy (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=81 ) [This one is a platformer, but if you get the hang of your headmouse you can play this without a prob! My friend does:-] )
1. Between you and seller, the seller would be in breach of contract. [i.e. a total failure of consideration - that is you did not get what you paid for]
2. Blizzard may be in breach of their license with the seller. [i.e. by not allowing the seller to transfer the game according to clause 3B]
My advice to you. Just get a refund off the seller then go buy an original copy.
Yes. Same here.
I have to run dual boot because I'm a gamer.
Wine is getting there, but it's not there yet. It's DX9 support is improving dramatically.
Wine has actually overtaken Cedega. It can run more games than Cedega.
I work in litigation and subpoenaing someone with something as ridiculous as this is a great way to keep the other party busy and give yourself some extra time. In addition to that, it adds costs to the other party's litigation.
Sometimes, you can just keep subpoenaing and they won't be able to keep up. And generally when that happens, they will want to settle.
Wonder if Intel is going to have one of its attorneys claim legal professional privilege over the documents that they want to discover?
All fun and games I say!
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I thinks there is more to it than that.
Ever heard of economic breach of contract? [Where it is more profitable to breach a contract than perform]. The worst that could happen to Apple is a disgorgement of profits [which would be HIGHLY unlikely for reasons below (antitrust laws)], but then they would have a footing in the OS market.
Plus if Apple were to breach their contract with Microsoft and there are some an anti-compete clauses in the contract, I think a few antitrust laws in the USA and EU would protect Apple's breach of the contract.
In addition to that, the time to litigate will be on Apple's side! Apple would be able to crush the Microsoft OS market and by the time litigation is over, Apple will have a healthy share of the market. Plus, they may have to pursue litigation in several jurisdictions (USA, EU, Asia, etc.)
I personally think legal reasons are not why Apple is not jumping into the Intel market. There must be something more.
Maybe the general Intel user has a hatred against Apple stuff. I know many Intel users which will not touch a Mac [don't ask me why, guess its a cult thing]
Maybe that's Apple's worm. There is no real market out there.
Supply & Demand issue may change the price!
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Think about it.
Even though they are only selling it to the governments of developing countries, it is more likely than not that a developed country would have already established an organization within the government (i.e. through outsourcing or something like that). Hence they will access to the government's buying power/options. And they will have the revenue to purchase these PCs [unlike the actual government]. This will cause an increase in demand, which will result in a price increase.
So a $100 PC may actually end up being a $150 or $200 PC.
Sadly, this will make it even more out of reach for those developing countries.
one of the coolest and most bizzare hacks I've seen in a while
yes, the/. flood.
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Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers advised us that any products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to its source code released.
That is somewhat undecided by the courts.
My hunch is that if you write software, then compile, etc. it using the GPL'ed tools then you do not have to release the code.
However, if you are using static (rather than dynamically linked) libraries then you may have to. But personally, I would argue whatever is in your interests [i.e. keep the code secret and make a profit or help greater mankind].
It is still disputed.
It's a matter of interpretation.
It is a matter that should be clarified in the GPL license.
Finally, I think you should hire a better firm of lawyers. Or... just get advice from all the techno nerdy lawyers on/.:-)
BTW, I haven't sat down and read the GPL license fully. So, please feel welcome to politely correct me if I am wrong:-)
You could says that 90 days clause is Microsoft's way of saying, "Our product will work for 90 days and that's about it."
But GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!
That clause is VOID in good old Australia.:-) [But I should point out before you read on, that I am assuming that Australian Windows Licenses [if there are any] have similar clauses]
A producer/seller of goods must allow a person a reasonable period of time to discover latent defects.
This CANNOT be waived! [the GPL has similar issues]
Therefore, according to Australian law, Windows has to be of merchantable quality and defects can be discovered after a reasonable period of time [90 days not being reasonable]. Issue of merchantable quality is also a concern. Would it mean "not to crash" or "runs and can crash"? Would depend on the court... And depending on what court the trial would be held in [choice of law and jurisdiction clauses are more than likely to be in the EULA]
Well... when I have the time and money, I will pursue this action.
If anyone does have the time and money, I am more than happy to advise!:-)
SDL is great! Has audio, networking, sound, openGL. Cross platform! Easy to code. Saves you a lot of work:-)
I have just started developing a game using SDL.
Btw, given your short amount of time, you may want to consider open sourcing it! If you do, put up a concept and you may attract some programmers! That way you will not be the only person working on the project!:-)
Here's a link for the API docs - http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/SDL_20API C ouple of tutorials to get ya going - http://www.libsdl.org/tutorials.php
There may be tariffs which make the Euro one more expensive than the Aussie one.
In addition, Europe is much further away from Japan than Australia is.
Another thing you should keep in mind is that Australia's economy is a part of Asia. Hence, if Japan's Yen is stable, the Australian dollar is generally stable.
Whirpool and Telstra and even the man on the moon says I will get some sort of fast internet within 3 to 6 months.
Guess what...
they've been saying that to me for the past 6 years!
Plus on the fixed-wireles options. Great idea! I am totally with it, but the ISPs Down Under suck. They charge a fortune for it. And others cap it to something like 64k.
I guess the major problem is that Australia has a pretty low population which is scarcely distributed.
But when they say "offline" does that mean "not on a computer" or "not on the internet"?
Because the other day I was at a public terminal and I noticed someone had installed a keylogger. Guess they wanted to collect everyone's information (i.e. passwords and usernames) and return for them at the end of the day.
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I would have thought they would have sold a lot more! Assuming that no one in Japan has bought more than one of the next gen consoles, it seems only 1% of Japan's population has bought a new gaming console.... Interesting...
Who's voting for another supreme court challenge?
i'm only second in line, and all I had to do was miss eight days of work.
Yes you are very right.
That is because America has a legal system based on the Common Law. Just like England and Australia.
Countries based on a Civil Law system such as France allow people to get rulings from a court prior to them performing an act. For example, if you were in France you could go to a court and ask "Can I download this file?" You will be given a definite "Yes" or "No" and that statement made by the court will be binding.
In order to solve this problem, Common Law jurisdictions have to develop an "Interpretations Court". What this court would do is allow people to ask whether it is legal to do what they want. Just like France.
The problem with implementing such a system is that it may be unconstitutional. The reason why it would be unconstituional is because the users of the lower court would want a binding affirmation, one that could not be overturned by the Supreme Court. This would be unsound in the terms of the Constitution. The Supreme Court is not meant to be bound by lower courts.
If there is a software patent and your 1000000% certain that it is not inventive, not novel, etc. And if a vast majority of people in your profession agree with you!!! Then don't worry about the patent. Breach it as much as you want. If the patent holder dares to challenge you, don't worry. They won't win in court. Their patent has no grounds.
Got a friend in a similar situation.
1 )0 ) [BTW check out FreeCiv and Wesnoth! TWO GOOD STRATEGY GAMES YOU CAN PLAY WITH JUST A MOUSE! Wesnoth has a great story line! Well developed game! Online gameplay!]0 )1 ) [This one is a platformer, but if you get the hang of your headmouse you can play this without a prob! My friend does :-] )
Here are some games
* LOTS of RPGs - (good ones that are involving http://www.agdinteractive.com/)
* Chess, shogi, other board games
* card games
* Plenty of net games available (like bejeweled)
* some arcade plane fighting games like galactica, Raiden I & II & II, starfox
* puzzle games like boulderdash, rockford
Also recommend installing software that allows you to "turbo-fire" your mouse. That way you can play games where you have click very fast! On top of that we installed stuff like sticky mouse buttons.
He can play old school games like DOOM and DOOM II, Wolf3D. Forward, backward, left, right, strafe button, fire, swap weapon. That's all he uses. You can do this with some new FPS (but your game play will be pretty limited)
We also installed a media player for him! Keeps him entertained.
Check out www.liberatedgames.com. They have a fair few commerical games which have been released to the public for free.
My favourites on that site which I think you will like include
Flight of the Amazon Queen (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=3
Civ 2 (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=5
Beneath a Steel Sky (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=3
Treasure Island Dizzy (http://www.liberatedgames.com/game.php?game_id=8
1. Between you and seller, the seller would be in breach of contract. [i.e. a total failure of consideration - that is you did not get what you paid for]
2. Blizzard may be in breach of their license with the seller. [i.e. by not allowing the seller to transfer the game according to clause 3B]
My advice to you. Just get a refund off the seller then go buy an original copy.
Great to see many companies endorsing Firefox and supporting it!
But if the toolbars are not opensourced, then I will not touch them. Sorry to sound like a troll.
Is something similar happening with America's Army?
Someone enlighten me as I don't choke under pressure.
Yes. Same here. I have to run dual boot because I'm a gamer. Wine is getting there, but it's not there yet. It's DX9 support is improving dramatically. Wine has actually overtaken Cedega. It can run more games than Cedega.
Right on!
I still don't have ADSL
I'm 20 minutes from the Melbourne CBD too.
I think they should start pushing wireless!
Many these discovery laws are powerful!
People can go to jail if they fail to disclose!
I work in litigation and subpoenaing someone with something as ridiculous as this is a great way to keep the other party busy and give yourself some extra time. In addition to that, it adds costs to the other party's litigation.
Sometimes, you can just keep subpoenaing and they won't be able to keep up. And generally when that happens, they will want to settle.
Wonder if Intel is going to have one of its attorneys claim legal professional privilege over the documents that they want to discover?
All fun and games I say!
I thinks there is more to it than that.
Ever heard of economic breach of contract? [Where it is more profitable to breach a contract than perform]. The worst that could happen to Apple is a disgorgement of profits [which would be HIGHLY unlikely for reasons below (antitrust laws)], but then they would have a footing in the OS market.
Plus if Apple were to breach their contract with Microsoft and there are some an anti-compete clauses in the contract, I think a few antitrust laws in the USA and EU would protect Apple's breach of the contract.
In addition to that, the time to litigate will be on Apple's side! Apple would be able to crush the Microsoft OS market and by the time litigation is over, Apple will have a healthy share of the market. Plus, they may have to pursue litigation in several jurisdictions (USA, EU, Asia, etc.)
I personally think legal reasons are not why Apple is not jumping into the Intel market. There must be something more.
Maybe the general Intel user has a hatred against Apple stuff. I know many Intel users which will not touch a Mac [don't ask me why, guess its a cult thing]
Maybe that's Apple's worm. There is no real market out there.
It was in the systray :-)
Think about it.
Even though they are only selling it to the governments of developing countries, it is more likely than not that a developed country would have already established an organization within the government (i.e. through outsourcing or something like that). Hence they will access to the government's buying power/options. And they will have the revenue to purchase these PCs [unlike the actual government].
This will cause an increase in demand, which will result in a price increase.
So a $100 PC may actually end up being a $150 or $200 PC.
Sadly, this will make it even more out of reach for those developing countries.
Then again, I could be wrong. I'm no economist.
one of the coolest and most bizzare hacks I've seen in a while
/. flood.
yes, the
Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers advised us that any products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to its source code released.
/. :-)
:-)
That is somewhat undecided by the courts.
My hunch is that if you write software, then compile, etc. it using the GPL'ed tools then you do not have to release the code.
However, if you are using static (rather than dynamically linked) libraries then you may have to. But personally, I would argue whatever is in your interests [i.e. keep the code secret and make a profit or help greater mankind].
It is still disputed.
It's a matter of interpretation.
It is a matter that should be clarified in the GPL license.
Finally, I think you should hire a better firm of lawyers. Or... just get advice from all the techno nerdy lawyers on
BTW, I haven't sat down and read the GPL license fully. So, please feel welcome to politely correct me if I am wrong
You could says that 90 days clause is Microsoft's way of saying, "Our product will work for 90 days and that's about it."
:-) [But I should point out before you read on, that I am assuming that Australian Windows Licenses [if there are any] have similar clauses]
:-)
But GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!
That clause is VOID in good old Australia.
A producer/seller of goods must allow a person a reasonable period of time to discover latent defects.
This CANNOT be waived! [the GPL has similar issues]
Therefore, according to Australian law, Windows has to be of merchantable quality and defects can be discovered after a reasonable period of time [90 days not being reasonable].
Issue of merchantable quality is also a concern. Would it mean "not to crash" or "runs and can crash"? Would depend on the court... And depending on what court the trial would be held in [choice of law and jurisdiction clauses are more than likely to be in the EULA]
Well... when I have the time and money, I will pursue this action.
If anyone does have the time and money, I am more than happy to advise!
SDL is great! Has audio, networking, sound, openGL. Cross platform! Easy to code. Saves you a lot of work :-)
:-)
C ouple of tutorials to get ya going - http://www.libsdl.org/tutorials.php
I have just started developing a game using SDL.
Btw, given your short amount of time, you may want to consider open sourcing it! If you do, put up a concept and you may attract some programmers! That way you will not be the only person working on the project!
Here's a link for the API docs - http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/SDL_20API
There may be tariffs which make the Euro one more expensive than the Aussie one.
In addition, Europe is much further away from Japan than Australia is.
Another thing you should keep in mind is that Australia's economy is a part of Asia. Hence, if Japan's Yen is stable, the Australian dollar is generally stable.
Whirpool and Telstra and even the man on the moon says I will get some sort of fast internet within 3 to 6 months.
Guess what...
they've been saying that to me for the past 6 years!
Plus on the fixed-wireles options. Great idea! I am totally with it, but the ISPs Down Under suck. They charge a fortune for it. And others cap it to something like 64k.
I guess the major problem is that Australia has a pretty low population which is scarcely distributed.
Yes you are right about GPL software NOT being public domain.
But what happens if the licensed is revoked?
Yeah... well the fastest I can get (20 minutes out of Melbourne) is 128kbps....
I think I might go in the corner and cry some more....
Hey /.tters
:-)
Sorry to go off on a tangent.
But when they say "offline" does that mean "not on a computer" or "not on the internet"?
Because the other day I was at a public terminal and I noticed someone had installed a keylogger. Guess they wanted to collect everyone's information (i.e. passwords and usernames) and return for them at the end of the day.
Technically, that is not online. Is it?
Correct me if I am wrong
Thanks