Company's who wish to provide Hi-Def content to PCs won't want to do it if it gets stolen/copied easily.
Do you realize that content-providers are not the same companies as content-creators? And content-creators might not have any choice on this matter.
So your choice isn't really between viewing this hi-def content as you wish or viewing it on a secure setup. It's a choice between content or no content.
That is why it's a bad thing. You just described how monopoly works.
You either use the service, or you don't... if it sucks and nobody uses it, the company will change the service or go out of business. Simple as that.
No. If company is big enough it can afford to do lots of nasty things. Major publisher will not go out of business if it screws up couple of titles. Moreover, movies are not some "service". Each of them is unique.
Yes. The "way I did it back then" was reliable and efficient back then and is reliable and efficient today. When I recommend Firefox to people, they frequently say something similar to what you just said. "IE works fine for me, why switch? Instead of buying into new browser, I can install pop-up blockers, antivirus software and multitab plugins. Those areas have massive potential for improvements!!!"
Yet, thinking about it, you didn't tell us how problems are different from a decade ago.
So, you're coding the same stuff you were coding 10 years ago, and you're doing it the same way you were doing it back then?
The amazing thing about C is that it has survived several 'languages of the year'.
BASIC is still with us as well. And?
It doesn't solve all problems, but no tool does.
It's not about what problems can it solve (theoretically assembly language can solve anything). It's about how fast it solves them, how much headache it causes to developers and so on.
let's throw away our languages and invent a new one for each generation That's exactly what happens with human languages. Every generation invents new ways of saying things, so the language can encompass new concepts. Every generation forgets the words, which describe things that do not exist anymore. As Stanislav Lem noted in one of his "Ion Tichy" books, it would be extremely hard to write about modern world with the language of 18th century.
You don't need new standards
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The New C Standard
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Before modding me down, think about it. Any programming language is about solving problems, and problems you solve today are different from the ones someone had back in the days of C creation. Moreover, the ways you deal with programming changed as well. IT industry needs new languages, including low-level and compiled ones.
Let's get this straight. Someone assumes that the Bram Cohen may possibly be sued by somebody for saying something six years ago, and this nonsense get press coverage?
I'm not reading/. for celebrity talk. I'm not interested in some random insignificant facts from the lives of OSS coders. If you're desperate material, feel free discuss peoples' ideals, ideas, goals in life - _stuff that matters_.
When I turned 21 I was fed up with it and went and got a job at a nightclub. So basically you've broken your lifestyle, because you craved social interaction. You undertook a waiter/bartender/bouncer king of job, so people would use their social skills on you to avoid paying $5 fee. Why do you make it sound like some glorious achievement, which should amaze everyone reading your message? It was just one of your choices in life, that's all.
YOU are replaceable. Performers are very, very replaceable. In fact they often can be replaced by mere mortals of other professions.
Examples: Victoria voiceover in Thief 2. Videos for C&C. Hamalaya (98% of "actors" there vere simply tibetian people). Pi. The list could go on forever.
Seems it is time for a website like notrustedcomputing.org (by analogy with nosoftwarepatents.org).
I think this DRM thing will not go far. 1) Longhorn will be totally unusable if it implements as many technologies as they say it is. (Think transition from DOS to 3.11.) 2) Personally, I will boycott it as long as I can, and I believe may other people will as well. 3) The main reason. Nobody will tolerate DRM in countries like Russia and China. Since 90% of all windowses (and movies, and music CDs) there are pirated, people will not use Longhorn until it's hacked.
So many people on Slashdot are literally brainwashed by Apple, it makes me wonder how exactly did their marketing department pulled it off. No, I'm not saying that Macs suck. I think they are a bit better than PCs, but this difference does not come for free, you're _paying_ for it.
Does Mac hardware have open architecture? (I honestly don't know, but Apple clearly upper hand in that market area.)
Does OS X is open-source? Not entirely.
Are Macs so much faster than PCs? No. And do not give that gigahertz-do-not-count crap. I've seen Macs in action. They're ok, but they're definitely not as fast as Apple fans depict them. If I spend $1,499 on my PC, and then install FreeBSD, it will _fly_.
It's really hard to see the point of PC gaming anymore. You keep feakin' cool hardware, I'll keep original iedas, complex storylines and non-linearity.
It goes without saying that it doesn't matter how sexy a game looks, if it's boring to play it won't be a hit. 98% of gamers do not realize that, but "gameplay" is just a buzzword. It does not mean anything in particular. You may be speaking about shooting, while other people will think about dialogs, or mathematical system behind the game, or even about graphics.
Re:Not a cron replacement, a init replacement
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Does launchd Beat cron?
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For once I agree. XML is _ideal_ for configs. In fact, it is more suited for configs than for many other fields in which it's actively used. The key things are it's flexibility and human-editability.
Some movies don't try to be works of art, just entertaining, fun stories Art movies can also be fun and entertaining. There is no direct conflict between entertainment value of the movie and quality of it's storyline.
they often end up connecting to the viewer on a more fundamental level Ever heard about experiment where scientists put electrode into mouse brain's pleasure center? That was _very_ fundamental level. The mouse died of exhaustion constantly pressing button that put electricity on that electrode. I do not want to be entertained like that mouse.
Personally, I just like stuff that sounds good. Music cannot be compared to movies like that. It's a different kind of art. Music usually expresses emotions, and it is possible to feel those emotions even without understanding lyrics.
friend who won't listen to any band that gets played on the radio and brings up bands only he's ever heard of to show how hip and cultured he is Yes, there are people like him. And there are a lot of people that go to popular movies just because they are popular. And there are also people who go to see some actor, whose image was carefully constructed to be adored.
However, I just think that movies, books and games should have some meaning.
Anyway, the point is that I like movies that I like. Most of the people do. I did too few years ago. But have you ever wondered why do you like movies that you like? Have you tried to understand what drives your emotions and preferences?
Partly, it's because some of these characters formed the cliche.
This is probably the most interesting comment I've seen in past month on/.. You're right, they formed cliches. But I think that characters that are developed enough and complicated will not become cliche despite popularity of movie/book/game.
Cliché characters, no plot whatsoever, banal tagline dialogues and total lack of ideas, meaning and conflict. There are some visually stunning, stylish, yet intelligent and thought-provocative movies out there. Why settle for this teenage-dream kind of stuff?
The main reason is that using popular product is _much_ simpler than using some good yet unknown program. For example, if nobody would use Firefox, many webmasters would still make IE-only websites, thus making Firefox unusable. Moreover, if we're speaking about commercial use, it worth noting how easy it is to convince your superiors to use popular solution. So if I would like Ruby, I would want Ruby to be well-known.
There are other reasons as well. Products without solid user base are not supported very well (especially OSS products).
Kids do not listen - force them to behave like you want... Yeah, right.
If you want to role-play a good parent, then this kind of technology is right for you. Nice little way to fool your consciousness.
However, if you want to teach your children something, simply restricting stuff will not do the trick. If you can't communicate the reasons behind restriction to them, then they _will_ find a way around it. And living in contemporary society, they _will_ receive their dose of violence and sex from the media.
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Company's who wish to provide Hi-Def content to PCs won't want to do it if it gets stolen/copied easily.
Do you realize that content-providers are not the same companies as content-creators? And content-creators might not have any choice on this matter.
So your choice isn't really between viewing this hi-def content as you wish or viewing it on a secure setup. It's a choice between content or no content.
That is why it's a bad thing. You just described how monopoly works.
You either use the service, or you don't... if it sucks and nobody uses it, the company will change the service or go out of business. Simple as that.
No. If company is big enough it can afford to do lots of nasty things. Major publisher will not go out of business if it screws up couple of titles. Moreover, movies are not some "service". Each of them is unique.
The fact that the language is aimed at elitists does not make an excuse for poor syntax.
//what the hell is this? //function body //or this?c e<BASE,IT EM,IFACE>()
Moreover, the syntax above is _nothing_ compared to stuff you encounter in real-life aps.
float (*GetPtr1(const char opCode))(float, float)
{
}
template <class BASE, class ITEM, const IID *IFACE>
loEnumIface<BASE,ITEM,IFACE>::~loEnumIfa
{
UL_TRACE((LOGID, "loEnumIface::~%p", this));
destroy_list();
}
Yes. The "way I did it back then" was reliable and efficient back then and is reliable and efficient today.
When I recommend Firefox to people, they frequently say something similar to what you just said.
"IE works fine for me, why switch? Instead of buying into new browser, I can install pop-up blockers, antivirus software and multitab plugins. Those areas have massive potential for improvements!!!"
I think you'd better ask these question on the D forum.
Yet, thinking about it, you didn't tell us how problems are different from a decade ago.
So, you're coding the same stuff you were coding 10 years ago, and you're doing it the same way you were doing it back then?
The amazing thing about C is that it has survived several 'languages of the year'.
BASIC is still with us as well. And?
It doesn't solve all problems, but no tool does.
It's not about what problems can it solve (theoretically assembly language can solve anything). It's about how fast it solves them, how much headache it causes to developers and so on.
let's throw away our languages and invent a new one for each generation
That's exactly what happens with human languages. Every generation invents new ways of saying things, so the language can encompass new concepts. Every generation forgets the words, which describe things that do not exist anymore. As Stanislav Lem noted in one of his "Ion Tichy" books, it would be extremely hard to write about modern world with the language of 18th century.
What you really need is a new language.
Before modding me down, think about it. Any programming language is about solving problems, and problems you solve today are different from the ones someone had back in the days of C creation. Moreover, the ways you deal with programming changed as well. IT industry needs new languages, including low-level and compiled ones.
Let's get this straight. Someone assumes that the Bram Cohen may possibly be sued by somebody for saying something six years ago, and this nonsense get press coverage?
/. for celebrity talk. I'm not interested in some random insignificant facts from the lives of OSS coders. If you're desperate material, feel free discuss peoples' ideals, ideas, goals in life - _stuff that matters_.
I'm not reading
The guy may _possibly_ be sued by _someone_ for saying something _seven years ago_, and this nonsence gets press coverage?!
It reminds me of plain old "celebrity talk", when magazines ruminate over insignificant facts of famous people's lives sheerly to boost sales.
The Big Businesses handle the big business, and that frees up creators to create...
...things that Big Business wants to sell and nothing else.
When I turned 21 I was fed up with it and went and got a job at a nightclub.
So basically you've broken your lifestyle, because you craved social interaction. You undertook a waiter/bartender/bouncer king of job, so people would use their social skills on you to avoid paying $5 fee. Why do you make it sound like some glorious achievement, which should amaze everyone reading your message? It was just one of your choices in life, that's all.
If parent post in not insightful+5, than what is?
YOU are replaceable.
Performers are very, very replaceable. In fact they often can be replaced by mere mortals of other professions.
Examples:
Victoria voiceover in Thief 2.
Videos for C&C.
Hamalaya (98% of "actors" there vere simply tibetian people).
Pi.
The list could go on forever.
Seems it is time for a website like notrustedcomputing.org (by analogy with nosoftwarepatents.org).
I think this DRM thing will not go far.
1) Longhorn will be totally unusable if it implements as many technologies as they say it is. (Think transition from DOS to 3.11.)
2) Personally, I will boycott it as long as I can, and I believe may other people will as well.
3) The main reason. Nobody will tolerate DRM in countries like Russia and China. Since 90% of all windowses (and movies, and music CDs) there are pirated, people will not use Longhorn until it's hacked.
So many people on Slashdot are literally brainwashed by Apple, it makes me wonder how exactly did their marketing department pulled it off. No, I'm not saying that Macs suck. I think they are a bit better than PCs, but this difference does not come for free, you're _paying_ for it.
Does Mac hardware have open architecture? (I honestly don't know, but Apple clearly upper hand in that market area.)
Does OS X is open-source? Not entirely.
Are Macs so much faster than PCs? No. And do not give that gigahertz-do-not-count crap. I've seen Macs in action. They're ok, but they're definitely not as fast as Apple fans depict them. If I spend $1,499 on my PC, and then install FreeBSD, it will _fly_.
It's really hard to see the point of PC gaming anymore.
You keep feakin' cool hardware, I'll keep original iedas, complex storylines and non-linearity.
It goes without saying that it doesn't matter how sexy a game looks, if it's boring to play it won't be a hit.
98% of gamers do not realize that, but "gameplay" is just a buzzword. It does not mean anything in particular. You may be speaking about shooting, while other people will think about dialogs, or mathematical system behind the game, or even about graphics.
Geez, you'd need to have spent half your life on drugs and alcohol to think this is a good idea and sign it into law.
Judging by some of the existing laws, couple of years in big politics totally beats drugs and alcohol.
It would be communism if you forced others to use GPL'd code.
Communism != totalitarianism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarism
For once I agree. XML is _ideal_ for configs. In fact, it is more suited for configs than for many other fields in which it's actively used. The key things are it's flexibility and human-editability.
Some movies don't try to be works of art, just entertaining, fun stories
Art movies can also be fun and entertaining. There is no direct conflict between entertainment value of the movie and quality of it's storyline.
they often end up connecting to the viewer on a more fundamental level
Ever heard about experiment where scientists put electrode into mouse brain's pleasure center? That was _very_ fundamental level. The mouse died of exhaustion constantly pressing button that put electricity on that electrode. I do not want to be entertained like that mouse.
Personally, I just like stuff that sounds good.
Music cannot be compared to movies like that. It's a different kind of art. Music usually expresses emotions, and it is possible to feel those emotions even without understanding lyrics.
friend who won't listen to any band that gets played on the radio and brings up bands only he's ever heard of to show how hip and cultured he is
Yes, there are people like him. And there are a lot of people that go to popular movies just because they are popular. And there are also people who go to see some actor, whose image was carefully constructed to be adored.
However, I just think that movies, books and games should have some meaning.
Anyway, the point is that I like movies that I like.
Most of the people do. I did too few years ago. But have you ever wondered why do you like movies that you like? Have you tried to understand what drives your emotions and preferences?
Partly, it's because some of these characters formed the cliche.
/.. You're right, they formed cliches. But I think that characters that are developed enough and complicated will not become cliche despite popularity of movie/book/game.
This is probably the most interesting comment I've seen in past month on
Cliché characters, no plot whatsoever, banal tagline dialogues and total lack of ideas, meaning and conflict. There are some visually stunning, stylish, yet intelligent and thought-provocative movies out there. Why settle for this teenage-dream kind of stuff?
The main reason is that using popular product is _much_ simpler than using some good yet unknown program. For example, if nobody would use Firefox, many webmasters would still make IE-only websites, thus making Firefox unusable. Moreover, if we're speaking about commercial use, it worth noting how easy it is to convince your superiors to use popular solution. So if I would like Ruby, I would want Ruby to be well-known.
There are other reasons as well. Products without solid user base are not supported very well (especially OSS products).
Kids do not listen - force them to behave like you want... Yeah, right.
If you want to role-play a good parent, then this kind of technology is right for you. Nice little way to fool your consciousness.
However, if you want to teach your children something, simply restricting stuff will not do the trick. If you can't communicate the reasons behind restriction to them, then they _will_ find a way around it. And living in contemporary society, they _will_ receive their dose of violence and sex from the media.