Assuming the thieves disable the OnStar, that is. Sure, if they're smart enough to use the directional antenna, this is an obvious thing to them, but it still is a point.
While the adventure mode was never really the best feature of previous Smash Brothers games, playing through with a friend will likely yield some great gameplay experiences which you'd probably have in regular melee anyway
RTS is good, if you want to test the AI against some default base AI.
I'd imagine pitting the bots against one another in a game of Texas Hold 'Em would yield some good data about the bots' performance with respect to each other (ie. the neurotic one might take the first couple hands because of vigorous betting, but does his risky behavior over time bankrupt him? etc.)
You sound upset as if this is some kind of under-handed method destroying all we know and love.
In fact, this is potentially an answer to the cost problems in setting up large-scale wireless access that have been featured here on/. recently. Sure, it's not exactly what people are looking for, but it's a step towards a larger infrastructure, I suppose.
This model might work for the "kids" of the gaming industry that recycle developers like toilet paper, and treat them the same.
I suspect that the big names, companies like iD, Raven, and SplashDamage will continue on a by-project basis, simply because their teams are so radically different.
Interesting idea, though, and it definitely helps bring 'game developer' closer into the fold with 'real' jobs, giving it more weight with skeptics who don't understand the industry.
Well, a significant portion of these "pirates" are supposedly people/groups that have no idea that they are breaking any rules. So, I would imagine those people would be the target, not Captain CheapAss (Yarrrgggh).
Are they going to start charging me a percentage of the song's cost every time that line tortures me as it mocks my feeble existance playing over and over?
Trying to get out of paying full market price for your music, eh, freeloader? You know, it's scum like you that make it hard for an honest guy to make a buck.
And if I can't remember the song, or the artist, who do I pay?
Just insert your money into Sony's Patented(!!) Music Fee Collector and activate the device. Sony's corporate office is directly linked to each and every one of these devices, and will ensure that the funds are properly dispersed.
Just to clarify, I understood this when making my comment, but I was trying to clarify that you don't have to release everything to release some source (the parent to my original comment seemed to suggest that this was an all-or-none situation).
What's the benefit?
Approaching it from the game standpoint (really the brunt of my programming experience; yes, I know I'm novice), the benefit of giving the community the ability to modify the game code means your game has more selling value. Prime example: Counter-Strike. Of course, I'm slightly biased myself, because I worked on Classic Doom 3, but people told us all the time that they re-installed Doom 3 just to play our mod. Sure, the company wasn't making any more money off it, although perhaps people who had re-installed it then decided to buy the Resurrection of Evil expansion when it came out. Who knows?
Now, obviously the same principles don't apply, but opening up the source would make it possible for the community to get involved in bettering the project (note the bold; it wouldn't make it magically happen, it takes initiative). Don't like the way Program A does B or how C is handled? See if it's in the non-proprietary closed-source bit, and try to modify it. There are probably people out there who want exactly what you want. Hell, if you get enough support, the company might take notice and do something about it.
But I see what you mean about waste. I don't think it's a problem with the work invested in it (in fact, that would encourage programmers to take on better practices to make the pieces fit snugly), it's a problem with the fact that the people who would actually get involved are a minority. That's where the 'waste' is.
all sort of serial numbers and activation and whatnot that's incompatible with showing source - you'd just comment out those bits.
What's stopping them from compiling the important our-eyes-only stuff into an executable and putting the rest of the magic in a library which is released?
I mean, games come with the same sort of copy protection, but almost every mainstream game has an SDK that allows you to modify the game code (which is housed in a linked library) without scratching the surface of anything in the engine (the Sooper Duper renderer, the copy protection, etc. etc.)
Sure, it's something that relevant to Slashdot, but posting a link directly to the documents leaves somebody without much experience reading patent-speak (like myself) almost in the dark.
Maybe this was a bad call coming straight from the firehose?
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Assuming the thieves disable the OnStar, that is. Sure, if they're smart enough to use the directional antenna, this is an obvious thing to them, but it still is a point.
Personally, I think the commercial is awful for any casual gamers. It's really obscure, and doesn't really specify WHAT the games are.
If I didn't know what these games were, I'd rather just see an infomercial-type ad with a picture of the set and a guy telling me wtf it is.
That said, I'm not a casual gamer, and I've anticipated Portal since it was announced. So I loved the commercial.
There, slight correction.
This is science, man! Some sacrifices must be made.
If relativity has to never be invented in order to figure out how to get realtime raytraced holosims running on BrainOS directly, well then so be it.
Fixed that for you.
people
RTS is good, if you want to test the AI against some default base AI.
I'd imagine pitting the bots against one another in a game of Texas Hold 'Em would yield some good data about the bots' performance with respect to each other (ie. the neurotic one might take the first couple hands because of vigorous betting, but does his risky behavior over time bankrupt him? etc.)
I, for one, welcome our new brain-controlling divine overlords.
Angry religious leaders @ 9.
You sound upset as if this is some kind of under-handed method destroying all we know and love.
/. recently. Sure, it's not exactly what people are looking for, but it's a step towards a larger infrastructure, I suppose.
In fact, this is potentially an answer to the cost problems in setting up large-scale wireless access that have been featured here on
Sounds like trying to keep up with my calc professor.
Probably only 2 modes, jet and robot. The crab/squid prototypes tend to have weaknesses that can lead to massive damage if exploited.
I actually hear that this very same group is working on the very idea you just proposed.
Finally, a step in the right direction.
Metal barbs, right. You know, to prevent zero-g injuries.
Until now, there has been no way to communicate in this kind of direct and instant way in the repertoire of facebook applications.
That said, it is a little bit of a hyperbole.
I was referring to a sense of relevance. The kind you don't have.
Insensitive clod.
What the hell is wrong with paper currency? 0g paper-cuts?
That said, sounds frivolous and unimportant, albeit kind've a cool subject.
This model might work for the "kids" of the gaming industry that recycle developers like toilet paper, and treat them the same.
I suspect that the big names, companies like iD, Raven, and SplashDamage will continue on a by-project basis, simply because their teams are so radically different.
Interesting idea, though, and it definitely helps bring 'game developer' closer into the fold with 'real' jobs, giving it more weight with skeptics who don't understand the industry.
Well, a significant portion of these "pirates" are supposedly people/groups that have no idea that they are breaking any rules. So, I would imagine those people would be the target, not Captain CheapAss (Yarrrgggh).
Trying to get out of paying full market price for your music, eh, freeloader? You know, it's scum like you that make it hard for an honest guy to make a buck.
Just insert your money into Sony's Patented(!!) Music Fee Collector and activate the device. Sony's corporate office is directly linked to each and every one of these devices, and will ensure that the funds are properly dispersed.
AFAIK, not yet.
Of course it's theoretically feasible, it just hasn't been done yet (to the best of my knowledge)
Approaching it from the game standpoint (really the brunt of my programming experience; yes, I know I'm novice), the benefit of giving the community the ability to modify the game code means your game has more selling value. Prime example: Counter-Strike. Of course, I'm slightly biased myself, because I worked on Classic Doom 3, but people told us all the time that they re-installed Doom 3 just to play our mod. Sure, the company wasn't making any more money off it, although perhaps people who had re-installed it then decided to buy the Resurrection of Evil expansion when it came out. Who knows?
Now, obviously the same principles don't apply, but opening up the source would make it possible for the community to get involved in bettering the project (note the bold; it wouldn't make it magically happen, it takes initiative). Don't like the way Program A does B or how C is handled? See if it's in the non-proprietary closed-source bit, and try to modify it. There are probably people out there who want exactly what you want. Hell, if you get enough support, the company might take notice and do something about it.
But I see what you mean about waste. I don't think it's a problem with the work invested in it (in fact, that would encourage programmers to take on better practices to make the pieces fit snugly), it's a problem with the fact that the people who would actually get involved are a minority. That's where the 'waste' is.
What's stopping them from compiling the important our-eyes-only stuff into an executable and putting the rest of the magic in a library which is released?
I mean, games come with the same sort of copy protection, but almost every mainstream game has an SDK that allows you to modify the game code (which is housed in a linked library) without scratching the surface of anything in the engine (the Sooper Duper renderer, the copy protection, etc. etc.)
I suppose they could tie each SIM back to an individual, and thus eliminate this problem. ...only I don't think they'd have that kind of coordination.
Also, cocks.
No, seriously.
Sure, it's something that relevant to Slashdot, but posting a link directly to the documents leaves somebody without much experience reading patent-speak (like myself) almost in the dark.
Maybe this was a bad call coming straight from the firehose?