Maybe if you quit trying to compare WoW PvP to FPS, you'd be happier with it. WoW PvP was never ment to be a form of in-game FPS. Its still part of an RPG and is treated as such.
As for "It's like Formula 1, if you have slicks on and it starts to rain, you're screwed." I don't think F1 is using slicks any more. GP2 does, as does Champ and Indy. And some of those drivers CAN run slicks in the rain without issues. Point of this is car analogies almost never work on slashdot.
Out in the country, you can see for miles, the legal system is far less complicated, etc.
Really? Odd. There's hills and ravines here, and its not the backwoods of anywhere -- city of 300k (plus suburban sprawl to the north) is about 15 miles away, and this town had about 18k people as of the 2000 census. You'd be lucky to see a half mile before another ridge is in the way. Foliage is pretty dense too, which plays hell with microwave links, and the trees have a tendency to grow rapidly.
And small town politics are NASTY. Screw having to coordinate with anyone, try convincing the local board that this newfangled intertube thingy is good. Or that its not a sign of the city 15 miles way "encroaching" or "sprawling". On top of that, there's the good-old-boy system, which means that construction permits go to relatives of the local politicians, at prices through the roof, and if you don't like it, you don't build your infrastructure. Don't try to go to the courts, they're part of the same good-old-boy club. As a result, most companies decide its not worth the cost of doing business, and tell their prospective customers "too bad".
Most areas of town don't even have the option of DSL, since the phone lines are too crappy, and the phone company (Sprint/Embarq/Whatever they call themselves this week) are unwilling to spend any money to upgrade it because of the costs involved with the good-old-boy club. The cable system is newer, which is the only reason we have decent service.
Of course, the phone monopolies and cable monopolies really have no incentive to provide good service as long as they maintain their monopolies. Doesn't matter if you're in the city or in the country, you're still at the mercy of a monopoly.
Not to mention how much time it frees up for other things. More coding, web surfing, photography, painting, writing, woodworking, hunting, fishing, restoring an old car/truck/motorcycle, whatever your choice of hobbies may be.
Or you could just spend all the former TV time playing WoW.
Because there are so many BAD IT folks with certificates that aren't worth the paper they're printed on, that its given the entire field a bad name.
I know maybe a half dozen IT people that are worth their weight in gold pressed latinum, but I know many times that number more that are useless, and cannot figure out how to do simple things without having to have their hand held through the entire process, for something they do on a weekly basis. But they have certificates out the wazoo, so they look good on paper, which gets them hired.
I've not had to re-install all apps since Win95 when re-installing windows.
98 over 98, no need to reinstall apps. 98SE over 98, no need to reinstall apps. (This is the only "version" upgrade I've done, all the other releases got their own box with the previous one being retired to a linux box for firewall / file server duty) 2k over 2k, no need to reinstall apps. XP over XP, no need to reinstall apps. Vista over Vista (playing the beta game), no need to reinstall apps.
If you're going to spread Windows FUD, at least stick to something with a LITTLE truth behind it.
A) Not everyone climbed on the boycott-sony bandwagon. B) Not everyone gives a damn about DRM C) Not everyone is worried about the RIAA "dogs"
That said, I still won't be buying one simply because I already have a 360 (You know, made by the other pro-DRM, pro-monopoly, anti-open-anything company that slashdot loves to hate) and there simply aren't any PS3 exclusives that I care. The only reason I might buy one is to be a blue-ray player, but I don't really watch enough movies to really care even about that.
And therein lies the rub. I get paid to code when I'm working. Any coding I do on my time is done as a hobby, and I don't care if I'm paid for that or not, since its a hobby. I've received donations from people that use stuff I developed on my own time, but I'd have written in anyway. I don't know of any "huge corporation" using my hobby code, and frankly I don't give a damn if they did. That doesn't make me an unpaid worker for them, it means I differentiate between my hobby and work.
But as for your GPL options, you forgot option C, and D.
C) Use your code for internal projects, modify it, extend it, and make you an unpaid worker without you ever knowing -- after all, if they don't distribute it, none of the requirements for contributing back apply. D) Say screw open source and go back to proprietary solutions.
In any case, enjoy the GPL, I'll enjoy watching RMS and his faithful followers blabber around when people don't think the same as they do. I'll continue making TRUE open source software, with NO restrictions, and REAL freedom.
I code for my enjoyment as well, except I prefer the BSD license or I just declare it to be public domain.
My code is used and kept open: I'm happy. My code is not used at all: I'm happy. My code is used and locked down inside a device or inside closed-source software: I'm happy.
Unlike you, I apparently get my enjoyment out of the coding itself, not what happens to it afterwards.
Actually, you can use linux any way you want to. You're just limited as to how you redistribute it or your additions to it.
As long as your additions are in-house, you use it for whatever you want.
Same goes for the rest of the GPL software. You can use it any way you wish. The only time the license kicks in is if you distribute your modifications. Want to make your own bastardized version of gcc? Go ahead! No one gives a damn until you distribute it.
If being social means I have to give a shit about what happened on "bad singing show of the week" or "stupid comedy-turned-soap-opera" then I'll be happy being less "social".
[i]Despite the best intentions of the community, a few people manage to scare off the newbies.[/i]
I'd expand on this and say the worst about it are the new-to-Linux users themselves. The people that have used Linux regularly for more than a couple years tend not to be fanatics, but the users that switched less than a year ago are the ones that adopt the Linux-fixes-everything-and-those-that-don't-are-st upid attitudes.
Similar to the "born again" crowd being much more in-your-face and obnoxious than "regular" (for lack of better word) Christians.
Their customer service has been crappy anyway, and I'm leaving them as soon as the cable company gets their tech out here. I encourage anyone using Embarq to find a different provider, and call corporate -- not the 800 customer service number -- ask to speak to someone in Daniel Hesse's office and let them know why you're leaving.
This argument is funny. What it translates to is: "I want to write 'free' software, but I don't want anyone else to make money off my work" -- Or more directly, "I want to be greedy but not appear to be"
The BSD license will be around for a long time, since there are plenty of people that code for fun, or to do something they needed done, and don't give a damn about being paid for it, regardless of what others do with their code. As for NetBSD - I'd venture to guess its stagnated for the same reason most large projects do: Bad or NO leadership, combined with other projects doing similar things (FreeBSD, OpenBSD).
Likewise, the GPL will be around for a long time, as it fills the need for others who want some sort of control over their software.
I guess I don't see why one license has to "win" over the other. Use what you like. Just don't bash other stuff.
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While mostly true, there is a lot of oblivion you can do without killing anything.
You completely nerf them and turn TES into yet another generic hack/n/slash grind fest.
Coming from someone who most likely has not actually used Vista. But its ok, because it panders to the /. groupthink.
Maybe if you quit trying to compare WoW PvP to FPS, you'd be happier with it. WoW PvP was never ment to be a form of in-game FPS. Its still part of an RPG and is treated as such.
As for "It's like Formula 1, if you have slicks on and it starts to rain, you're screwed." I don't think F1 is using slicks any more. GP2 does, as does Champ and Indy. And some of those drivers CAN run slicks in the rain without issues. Point of this is car analogies almost never work on slashdot.
What are these "wires" you speak of? I thought the internet was made of tubes!
Out in the country, you can see for miles, the legal system is far less complicated, etc.
Really? Odd. There's hills and ravines here, and its not the backwoods of anywhere -- city of 300k (plus suburban sprawl to the north) is about 15 miles away, and this town had about 18k people as of the 2000 census. You'd be lucky to see a half mile before another ridge is in the way. Foliage is pretty dense too, which plays hell with microwave links, and the trees have a tendency to grow rapidly.
And small town politics are NASTY. Screw having to coordinate with anyone, try convincing the local board that this newfangled intertube thingy is good. Or that its not a sign of the city 15 miles way "encroaching" or "sprawling". On top of that, there's the good-old-boy system, which means that construction permits go to relatives of the local politicians, at prices through the roof, and if you don't like it, you don't build your infrastructure. Don't try to go to the courts, they're part of the same good-old-boy club. As a result, most companies decide its not worth the cost of doing business, and tell their prospective customers "too bad".
Most areas of town don't even have the option of DSL, since the phone lines are too crappy, and the phone company (Sprint/Embarq/Whatever they call themselves this week) are unwilling to spend any money to upgrade it because of the costs involved with the good-old-boy club. The cable system is newer, which is the only reason we have decent service.
Of course, the phone monopolies and cable monopolies really have no incentive to provide good service as long as they maintain their monopolies. Doesn't matter if you're in the city or in the country, you're still at the mercy of a monopoly.
Not to mention how much time it frees up for other things. More coding, web surfing, photography, painting, writing, woodworking, hunting, fishing, restoring an old car/truck/motorcycle, whatever your choice of hobbies may be.
Or you could just spend all the former TV time playing WoW.
Ok, thanks to the AC, I learned that slashdot has a hard-on for cisco equipment like they do anything apple or linux.
/me makes note to self not to speak ill of cisco
Because there are so many BAD IT folks with certificates that aren't worth the paper they're printed on, that its given the entire field a bad name.
I know maybe a half dozen IT people that are worth their weight in gold pressed latinum, but I know many times that number more that are useless, and cannot figure out how to do simple things without having to have their hand held through the entire process, for something they do on a weekly basis. But they have certificates out the wazoo, so they look good on paper, which gets them hired.
LOL
You have experience...yeah....sure....
You're spreading FUD. Man up and admit it.
I've not had to re-install all apps since Win95 when re-installing windows.
98 over 98, no need to reinstall apps.
98SE over 98, no need to reinstall apps. (This is the only "version" upgrade I've done, all the other releases got their own box with the previous one being retired to a linux box for firewall / file server duty)
2k over 2k, no need to reinstall apps.
XP over XP, no need to reinstall apps.
Vista over Vista (playing the beta game), no need to reinstall apps.
If you're going to spread Windows FUD, at least stick to something with a LITTLE truth behind it.
Earthlink software is of the same quality and usefulness as AOL's was
Because
A) Not everyone climbed on the boycott-sony bandwagon.
B) Not everyone gives a damn about DRM
C) Not everyone is worried about the RIAA "dogs"
That said, I still won't be buying one simply because I already have a 360 (You know, made by the other pro-DRM, pro-monopoly, anti-open-anything company that slashdot loves to hate) and there simply aren't any PS3 exclusives that I care. The only reason I might buy one is to be a blue-ray player, but I don't really watch enough movies to really care even about that.
And therein lies the rub. I get paid to code when I'm working. Any coding I do on my time is done as a hobby, and I don't care if I'm paid for that or not, since its a hobby. I've received donations from people that use stuff I developed on my own time, but I'd have written in anyway. I don't know of any "huge corporation" using my hobby code, and frankly I don't give a damn if they did. That doesn't make me an unpaid worker for them, it means I differentiate between my hobby and work.
But as for your GPL options, you forgot option C, and D.
C) Use your code for internal projects, modify it, extend it, and make you an unpaid worker without you ever knowing -- after all, if they don't distribute it, none of the requirements for contributing back apply.
D) Say screw open source and go back to proprietary solutions.
In any case, enjoy the GPL, I'll enjoy watching RMS and his faithful followers blabber around when people don't think the same as they do. I'll continue making TRUE open source software, with NO restrictions, and REAL freedom.
I code for my enjoyment as well, except I prefer the BSD license or I just declare it to be public domain.
My code is used and kept open: I'm happy.
My code is not used at all: I'm happy.
My code is used and locked down inside a device or inside closed-source software: I'm happy.
Unlike you, I apparently get my enjoyment out of the coding itself, not what happens to it afterwards.
Actually, you can use linux any way you want to. You're just limited as to how you redistribute it or your additions to it.
As long as your additions are in-house, you use it for whatever you want.
Same goes for the rest of the GPL software. You can use it any way you wish. The only time the license kicks in is if you distribute your modifications. Want to make your own bastardized version of gcc? Go ahead! No one gives a damn until you distribute it.
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Except the US doesn't have an official "national language" that everyone is required to know.
So no, they really aren't supposed to know English.
Yes, it makes sense to know English, but there's no requirement to do so.
If being social means I have to give a shit about what happened on "bad singing show of the week" or "stupid comedy-turned-soap-opera" then I'll be happy being less "social".
Oh, so it'd be like Embarq's customer service line.
[i]Despite the best intentions of the community, a few people manage to scare off the newbies.[/i]
t upid attitudes.
I'd expand on this and say the worst about it are the new-to-Linux users themselves. The people that have used Linux regularly for more than a couple years tend not to be fanatics, but the users that switched less than a year ago are the ones that adopt the Linux-fixes-everything-and-those-that-don't-are-s
Similar to the "born again" crowd being much more in-your-face and obnoxious than "regular" (for lack of better word) Christians.
Then there is only one left: it looks like they've got nVidia 8600s, at least in the MBP 17"
I'd suggest starting with Embarq
Their customer service has been crappy anyway, and I'm leaving them as soon as the cable company gets their tech out here. I encourage anyone using Embarq to find a different provider, and call corporate -- not the 800 customer service number -- ask to speak to someone in Daniel Hesse's office and let them know why you're leaving.
This argument is funny. What it translates to is: "I want to write 'free' software, but I don't want anyone else to make money off my work" -- Or more directly, "I want to be greedy but not appear to be"
The BSD license will be around for a long time, since there are plenty of people that code for fun, or to do something they needed done, and don't give a damn about being paid for it, regardless of what others do with their code. As for NetBSD - I'd venture to guess its stagnated for the same reason most large projects do: Bad or NO leadership, combined with other projects doing similar things (FreeBSD, OpenBSD).
Likewise, the GPL will be around for a long time, as it fills the need for others who want some sort of control over their software.
I guess I don't see why one license has to "win" over the other. Use what you like. Just don't bash other stuff.
I didn't sign any contract with MLB. So they can find a short pier and take a long walk.