It is strange that in the rest of slashdot, microsoft is the enemy. But in the games section, they seem to get preferential treatment to the other consoles.
I remember back in the days before starcraft was out, you could see in depth comments on the forums from devs. I guess I can assume that is ancient history now.
I seem to recall there were instances where the devs said things they shouldn't have and I would not be surprised if they clamped down on them at some point. The fansites would collect and put full analyses up of any post with an official [blizzard] tag next to it.
I was watching a documentary on the st. louis arch. When it was initially constructed, there were no concerns about safety. They showed videos of workers walking across the top without nets, harnesses or anything. No one died building it, but the risk was definitely there.
They closed by saying that it would probably not be possible to rebuild the arch in today's climate due to safety regs and liability issues.
My understanding from reading brown's site is that the only reason he released the abstract at all is because he got wind of ortiz's intentions to steal his work. In other words, the information was already out there. How do you even prove conclusively that you've found an object flying in space without explaining where it is and how it is moving.
When he first discovered this planet it was literally three pictures of a moving dot. It was not conclusive. Tests needed to be set up to confirm if the object even existed. It might have been a camera trick. It was way off the ecliptic. His reputation was on the line.
I can't think of anything brown could have done differently. He's an astrologer, not a politician.
I like to know that if something undesirable happens to my distro of choice (gentoo at the moment), there will be something out there to take its place.
Because lets be realistic, what would have happened if when redhat went pay only, there had been no developed alternatives?
Yeah I agree with this. Extras are one thing. But when you change the gameplay...
Supposedly black and white 2 is going to have extra creatures for people who buy the special editions. If that is the case, I'm not sure I want to buy a crippled version for the normal price. What if I like it, I'm not going to go out and buy the special version afterwards to get the full experience.
And I definitely don't want to risk paying above and beyond the normal for a game that may not live up to its hype in the first place.
When I see stuff like this happening, it kind of makes me want to sit on the sidelines and see where it all goes before I act.
Ever notice in an anthill, only a small percentage of the bees actually reproduce. They have workers and fighters, who live only to produce something for the rest of the hive, such that it may survive.
Maybe nerds are a periodic anomoly that has always appeared throughout history. Maybe we are here to spur innovation and advance our culture, so that the other 70% of society can veg out and reproduce.
I actually agree with a good portion of his article. Internet keeps getting faster. PC type games are potentially a big market with which none of the consoles are apparently going to cater to for another 7 years minimum.
It also strikes a chord with me because when I enter a gamestop and look around at say, the xbox rack, even though there are a hundred games to buy, only 2 of them look like they might be worth owning. That says to me that there is a big problem here somewhere, and whoever solves it is going to make a bundle.
The only, I repeat, only thing missing at this point is a company (a respectable one that won't play favorites) to step up as a hub with which to market and distribute a wide variety of decent hardcore games. And lets be realistic, when you cut out the marketing companies, the price has the potential to become very appealing to the consumer.
I've said for years now, that the moment artists start to use free software to do their proprietary shit, that is when open source projects would start to blossom in the art department. I give it a bit less than 10 years.
Also, I started playing wesnoth a few months ago, and I gotta say I really enjoy it. It is developing at a fast pace, and it is quite a bit of fun, although multiplayer is kind of slow due to its turn basedness.
There are too many naysayers on this forum. People are not as stupid as you like to think. If you want to put it into perspective say "Hey, there's a good chance this technology will flop, and you'll be out 2000 bucks." And they'll listen.
I'm the same, I looked at wow and it looks fun, but I know there is about a 70% chance I won't enjoy it. And I'm not willing to risk the initial investment to find out.
Of course I realize the 50 buck entry fee is there because the distributor wants it that way. Blizzard would sell it for under 20 if they had a choice in the matter.
Actually you are saying 15 hours a day is not a stress reliever, and I suppose I can understand that point of view.
When I was in high school I got addicted to mudding and during summer vacations, 10 hour stints were not unheard of. I still mud, but as a coder now.
I'm kind of on the fence about this issue. I realize some people really do shut off their lives, but at the same time, if someone had banned me from playing videogames, I think I would have lost something valuable.
The skills I gained through those pursuits have turned into a lucrative career. I doubt as many of my mates would be able to claim the same of their own.
My problem with dave and busters in st. louis, is that they use some card system, where you buy credits. The the thing is I calculated it costed almost 3 dollars to play tekken 4 one time. Now I don't know about you, but versus fighting games tend to last a few minutes at best.
It is not economically feasible for anyone under 35 to play and so of course, no one ever does.
I really dislike this mentality. I enjoyed the original ninja gaiden games because they were hard. In fact when I think back, there were no games I can think of that were easy that I actually liked.
Hard games give you a sense of accomplishment when you master them.
As for the last ninja, I never understood what people saw in the game. Maybe I should pull it up on an emulator sometime, as an adult and try to figure it out.
I hated to see the 5 story library jam packed with books that were old, obsolete, and above all, rarely used. In this day and age, with the technology we have available, that entire library could be condensed into one single computer, with all the text made available. And yet it isn't.
It's so... inefficient.
I read books on my computer all the time, and I have no problems with it.
You seem to hate the idea of a big corrupt government taking a lot in tax money. Ok fine, that is understandable, and I'm never going to change your point of view.
But I don't believe that making communities fend for themselves is going to give you the utopia you think it will. I just want to make one point.
And notice how most of the countries with low income taxes are shitholes (in general). The higher the income tax, the better off the citizens are. The better off the citizens are, the less waste and corruption. This list doesn't even go down into the depths, countries like mongolia survive primarily on very low sales taxes.
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It is strange that in the rest of slashdot, microsoft is the enemy. But in the games section, they seem to get preferential treatment to the other consoles.
I remember back in the days before starcraft was out, you could see in depth comments on the forums from devs. I guess I can assume that is ancient history now.
I seem to recall there were instances where the devs said things they shouldn't have and I would not be surprised if they clamped down on them at some point. The fansites would collect and put full analyses up of any post with an official [blizzard] tag next to it.
I wish slashdot would stop posting this crap.
If it isn't reported on, then the whole legal threat strategy goes out the window. This is about the only site I see these press releases on anymore.
Besides. It is boring.
I was watching a documentary on the st. louis arch. When it was initially constructed, there were no concerns about safety. They showed videos of workers walking across the top without nets, harnesses or anything. No one died building it, but the risk was definitely there.
They closed by saying that it would probably not be possible to rebuild the arch in today's climate due to safety regs and liability issues.
That made me sad.
My understanding from reading brown's site is that the only reason he released the abstract at all is because he got wind of ortiz's intentions to steal his work. In other words, the information was already out there. How do you even prove conclusively that you've found an object flying in space without explaining where it is and how it is moving.
When he first discovered this planet it was literally three pictures of a moving dot. It was not conclusive. Tests needed to be set up to confirm if the object even existed. It might have been a camera trick. It was way off the ecliptic. His reputation was on the line.
I can't think of anything brown could have done differently. He's an astrologer, not a politician.
Yeah, and if we didn't have these guys, who would dip our fries?
I like to know that if something undesirable happens to my distro of choice (gentoo at the moment), there will be something out there to take its place.
Because lets be realistic, what would have happened if when redhat went pay only, there had been no developed alternatives?
I like it just the way it is.
Yeah I agree with this. Extras are one thing. But when you change the gameplay...
Supposedly black and white 2 is going to have extra creatures for people who buy the special editions. If that is the case, I'm not sure I want to buy a crippled version for the normal price. What if I like it, I'm not going to go out and buy the special version afterwards to get the full experience.
And I definitely don't want to risk paying above and beyond the normal for a game that may not live up to its hype in the first place.
When I see stuff like this happening, it kind of makes me want to sit on the sidelines and see where it all goes before I act.
Maybe we are thinking about it the wrong way.
Ever notice in an anthill, only a small percentage of the bees actually reproduce. They have workers and fighters, who live only to produce something for the rest of the hive, such that it may survive.
Maybe nerds are a periodic anomoly that has always appeared throughout history. Maybe we are here to spur innovation and advance our culture, so that the other 70% of society can veg out and reproduce.
Damn, that sucks.
I actually agree with a good portion of his article. Internet keeps getting faster. PC type games are potentially a big market with which none of the consoles are apparently going to cater to for another 7 years minimum.
It also strikes a chord with me because when I enter a gamestop and look around at say, the xbox rack, even though there are a hundred games to buy, only 2 of them look like they might be worth owning. That says to me that there is a big problem here somewhere, and whoever solves it is going to make a bundle.
The only, I repeat, only thing missing at this point is a company (a respectable one that won't play favorites) to step up as a hub with which to market and distribute a wide variety of decent hardcore games. And lets be realistic, when you cut out the marketing companies, the price has the potential to become very appealing to the consumer.
Why should a company be able to lock out open source in the name of profit and still benefit from its use?
I think it is a big step too, but maybe it is necessary.
Fark linked to sa's post, and in the comments there are a surprising amount of people with bad experiences.
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http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLin
And of course there's always the venerated paypalsucks.com
I've said for years now, that the moment artists start to use free software to do their proprietary shit, that is when open source projects would start to blossom in the art department. I give it a bit less than 10 years.
Also, I started playing wesnoth a few months ago, and I gotta say I really enjoy it. It is developing at a fast pace, and it is quite a bit of fun, although multiplayer is kind of slow due to its turn basedness.
There are too many naysayers on this forum. People are not as stupid as you like to think. If you want to put it into perspective say "Hey, there's a good chance this technology will flop, and you'll be out 2000 bucks." And they'll listen.
I feel like such a nerd for knowing who minsc and hk-47 are.
I'm the same, I looked at wow and it looks fun, but I know there is about a 70% chance I won't enjoy it. And I'm not willing to risk the initial investment to find out.
Of course I realize the 50 buck entry fee is there because the distributor wants it that way. Blizzard would sell it for under 20 if they had a choice in the matter.
Actually you are saying 15 hours a day is not a stress reliever, and I suppose I can understand that point of view.
When I was in high school I got addicted to mudding and during summer vacations, 10 hour stints were not unheard of. I still mud, but as a coder now.
I'm kind of on the fence about this issue. I realize some people really do shut off their lives, but at the same time, if someone had banned me from playing videogames, I think I would have lost something valuable.
The skills I gained through those pursuits have turned into a lucrative career. I doubt as many of my mates would be able to claim the same of their own.
My problem with dave and busters in st. louis, is that they use some card system, where you buy credits. The the thing is I calculated it costed almost 3 dollars to play tekken 4 one time. Now I don't know about you, but versus fighting games tend to last a few minutes at best.
It is not economically feasible for anyone under 35 to play and so of course, no one ever does.
I really dislike this mentality. I enjoyed the original ninja gaiden games because they were hard. In fact when I think back, there were no games I can think of that were easy that I actually liked.
Hard games give you a sense of accomplishment when you master them.
As for the last ninja, I never understood what people saw in the game. Maybe I should pull it up on an emulator sometime, as an adult and try to figure it out.
I can verify that I had the same problem and have amd64, and found this same solution on gentoo's forum, and it works just great.
You need to count the phrase 'don't be evil' as cool, and recalculate these results.
I disagree.
I hated to see the 5 story library jam packed with books that were old, obsolete, and above all, rarely used. In this day and age, with the technology we have available, that entire library could be condensed into one single computer, with all the text made available. And yet it isn't.
It's so... inefficient.
I read books on my computer all the time, and I have no problems with it.
If it doesn't work the way I want it to work, I'm not buying it. End of story.
Complicated subject and there's never good statistics on the countries that aren't doing so well.
That's an interesting site. I may have to give it a try.
You seem to hate the idea of a big corrupt government taking a lot in tax money. Ok fine, that is understandable, and I'm never going to change your point of view.
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But I don't believe that making communities fend for themselves is going to give you the utopia you think it will. I just want to make one point.
Look at:
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/TaxFacts/TFDB/TFTe
And notice how most of the countries with low income taxes are shitholes (in general). The higher the income tax, the better off the citizens are. The better off the citizens are, the less waste and corruption. This list doesn't even go down into the depths, countries like mongolia survive primarily on very low sales taxes.