I've purchaced Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament, and Civ: Call to Power for the sole intention of playing them on my linux-only desktop box. waiting for more good games to play. last time I bought a legit PC game? the day before yesterday, when I purchaced The Sims, in order to see what I need to hack to get it running under WINE.
admittedly, they don't check their email often, but they respond via the TELEPHONE quite well. I should know, I've purchaced five different cases from them, and I always get this cute japanese woman who sets up the accounts and sends out the cases.
oh, btw, the YURI case (the one that looks like a blue iMac) is about the best case I've ever worked with. the only way it could be better was if the mobo tray slided out to work on it.:-)
And the much-libeled Napster users are dedicated music buyers, quick to reach for their wallets. Jupiter Research says it found that 45 per cent of online music fans are more likely to have increased their music purchases than online fans who don't use Napster.
Meanwhile 55% of online fans who used Napster decreased their purchases to zero?
that's an absolutely terrible argument. too bad that the remaining 55 percent only stated that they haven't increased their music purchases. you used an extreme to prove your case, which is normally known as "propaganda".
The Jupiter study of Napster users found that 71 percent of users say they're willing to pay to download an entire album.
They also said that they were willing to pay for a trip to Mars
see, this argument is just sad. that's like saying "so what if people need food to live, they also like to download pics of Natalie Portman, so any data on their need for food is irrelevant." Existential reasoning is still existential.
It means no such thing. It suggests that people want something for free and that they are quicker to lie about their willingness to pay than they are to produce their money.
show us ONE case study that backs up that claim.
The rest of your post is pretty hysterical. you're trying to flame JonKatz by agreeing with everything he says, and putting a small amount of spin on it.
not that I'm a friend of EGM anymore (it's totally gone to crap after Steve, Ed, Martin and Sushi left. RIP the original Review Crew), but I do have to disagree with you. If you would recall a recent issue of EGM where they reviewed Superman. The main editor of the mag (john Davidson or something), gave it a 0.5 out of 10... Stating that it should get at least half a point for just booting up. The kicker is, the magazine had been hawking it up for months. it was hysterical. They also gave low points to Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver because of the fact that it was unfinished... and they had a huge feature on it a few issues back. Luckily, there are still things at EGM that won't change, such as:
THQ is a half-assed outfit. Acclaim games will always suck. Movie-Based Games will always suck (except Goldeneye). Games based on licenses (spawn, McKids, etc) will suck worse than a broken hoover.
I do have to agree with you on the "Linux VS. NT" test, as they borked it all up. Although I really don't think they were "paid" by micro$haft, they most likely fixed the outcome to stay in microsoft's favor. Considering all the "alternative OS" crap they've been mentioning, Microsoft's gotta be pretty peeved at their little llamas.
For official Magazines, here's my picks: PC:Maximum PC. they like linux, and are pretty straight-up. They even interviewed Linus Torvalds in their last issue of Boot (when they were still called that). Linux: either Linux Magazine or Maximum Linux. PC Gaming: PC Accelerator. good, and funny. Console Gaming:GameFan. They're also keen on emulation (as seen by www.vintagegaming.com)
not that I'm a friend of EGM anymore (it's totally gone to crap after Steve, Ed, Martin and Sushi left. RIP the original Review Crew), but I do have to disagree with you. If you would recall a recent issue of EGM where they reviewed Superman. The main editor of the mag (john Davidson or something), gave it a 0.5 out of 10... Stating that it should get at least half a point for just booting up. The kicker is, the magazine had been hawking it up for months. it was hysterical. They also gave low points to Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver because of the fact that it was unfinished... and they had a huge feature on it a few issues back. Luckily, there are still things at EGM that won't change, such as:
THQ is a half-assed outfit. Acclaim games will always suck. Movie-Based Games will always suck (except Goldeneye). Games based on licenses (spawn, McKids, etc) will suck worse than a broken hoover.
I do have to agree with you on the "Linux VS. NT" test, as they borked it all up. Although I really don't think they were "paid" by micro$haft, they most likely fixed the outcome to stay in microsoft's favor. Considering all the "alternative OS" crap they've been mentioning, Microsoft's gotta be pretty peeved at their little llamas.
I was told that you're an avid gun collector. How many guns/rifles do you own? what types? Are you a hunter, or do you prefer target shooting? Are you a member of the NRA?
(note: this isn't a question to fuel flames on either side of the issue, I just want to know what his interests are.)
looking at the above articles, I noticed that one former employee of QWest said that they used PAP Authentication. no problem. If the above doesn't work, set up the PAP authentication under linuxconf/netcfg (Again, I only know how to do it in redhat, someone please tell me what config files one has to change do do the same effect).
for some reason, I bet that you won't have to use PAP tho... but if you do, I'm prepared to eat my hat.:)
I was converting a friend of mine to linux, and he had just gotten his new US West account activated. Unfortunately, we had to install their version of netscape on his windows partition just to get the account activated. After going through the irritating account setup in windows, I went to the windows Dial Up Networking window, and brought up the properties for the connection. I then copied the DNS numbers that they're using, the phone number, and his username/pasword.
Logging into linux, I had entered all the information into linuxconf/netcfg (yeah, I'm a redhat user. bleh), and tried to dial up. no dice. it'd dial in but wouldn't connect. then I got the bright idea of using minicom to connect. When I dialed in with minicom, I found somehting interesting... most unix boxes greet dialup users with "login:" and "password:" prompts, and most linux distros expect this, however, This server was running on WinNT, and has "Username:" and "Password:", thus, I'd have to change the configuration on what linux's ppp scripts should expect. instead of "ogin:", simply change it to "name:" and you should be fine. My friend, after getting his dialup working under linux, never went back to windows, as for some reason his Plug-N-Pray modem worked waaaay faster under linux than in windows.
if some clueful Debian or Slack user would help me out by telling these people what config files they have to edit to do what linuxconf and netcfg did for me (I really gotta learn the proper cfg files.)
Remember how at one time IBM and Micros~1 were humping each other's legs trying to make OS/2 the server that everyone would use, and then making WinNT to destroy their former friend and burn another bridge? Hrmm... Microsoft has a new friend. Sega is gonna go through a bit of hell on this one. making a deal with Goliath, showing him your world, and watching Goliath attempt to take it over.
I used to be a hardcore nintendo lover, but then they got this hard-line attitude about emulation, and everything related to it, being illegal. Same with Sony. May those bastards rot in lawyer hell for what they're doing to bleem. Sega actually ASKED steve snake (of KGen emulator fame) if they could use his emulator in a Genesis compilation CD for the PC. no matter what I used to think about Sega, they are my one shining ray of hope in this black "intellectual property" tar pit that the console world has become.
My advice to sega: ditch windows CE... it's a hunk of poo anyways. Use Linux or *BSD, or hurd, or whatever tweaks your knob... as long as microsoft can't screw you over anymore then they already are going to. Sega needs to survive more than any other console company, because they have proved (at least to me) that they still have a soul left.
I had posted this story on saturday afternoon... and now it's just becoming a story. Either no one saw my submission of the same story, rejected it for this one, this one was posted first and they're backlogged on stories, or just thought that I smelled like rhubarb pie.
I'm just mad because I wanted to see myself on slashdot... yes, I have that little of a life.:)
not to sound degrading, but Big Brother was one of the evil entities in 1984 (the other being "The Thought Police"/Your bad thoughts bringing yourself down.) More people should read that book. it's not really big, and it's well worth the time spent.
3) the communications decency act, and it's reprecussions.
4) Adminspotting... sure, it's a little obscure, but most admins have been in such a category, and in one essay sums up what most of us feel on a day to day basis. besides, what historical event in human existance doesn't have some sort of ironic humor?
5) the diary of the people at UNLV who sent the first data packets over the phone line. ("we typed an 'L' in 'login', and UCLA got it. We then typed the 'O', and the computer crashed")
You see, the only reason that Nintendo beat Atari in court was because Nintendo and Tengen both released a console version of Tetris, but only Nintendo's was legit. That's the only thing that the court ruled. You've obviously never seen any of the Color Dreams, Wisdom Tree, or any of the other non-licenced games that came out for the NES. Nintendo tried to block these, but failed miserably.
Remember the Game Genie? Remember all the crap that Nintendo did to block it? Remember how nintendo got laughed out of court?
if Gary, Jeremy, and Telekawaru (of Snes9x) learn of this, tehy can get a MAJOR lawsuit out of this one. Hell, the ACLU would love to have a case like this, just to put their name in the headlines.
the thing is, the typical american school's attitude is one of Mass Individuality, or "be different, just like everyone else". we take pride in our pseudo-diversity. School in the US is designed primarily for a social education, pretty much like the "employee branding" in Futurama. They put you in a Penetentiary-like setting, with other inmates, and see where all the potential Linus Torvalds, and Alan Cox's end up in the great big american social system. Most geeks become the outsiders, the ones interested in sports are encouraged that the world is theirs, and every teacher, counselor, and adult will be proud of them no matter what they do. And they try to make you feel really guilty for knowing more than the teacher. I recall one time that I was in Government class (I'm a history/legal/constitution buff) and was asked a easy question about the social setting of the school compared to that of the Congress. I gave a REALLY overly-intellectual answer about how futile the question really was. The answer went not only the student's heads, but also the teacher's. He then tried to insult me because he felt that his intelligence was being belittled.
The US school system is not one of education, but rather one of social conformity and blissful ignorance. And one day, these fine students will be unleashed upon the populace without a clue.
When I was in high school, I would have torn someone apart if they debated like that. It proves that the person who made the comments had no fortitude behind the arguement.
correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Linus use a redhat distro? I don't remember where I heard it from (prolly somewhere on./ or an interview), but he said he did.
I've gotten a few MP3's made from RA files (tori amos ones).... so I'm sure that there's a windows app that'll do it. I know that the quality gets REALLY bad, tho.
I don't think you read my post correctly. I said that OTHERS were trying to rush into "the perfect model". while I believe that someday we might be evlolved enough to attain the Marxist ideals, we're still light years away.
at least read before you attack. geez.
oh, and quoting william shatner is the rough equivalent of Dr. Suess as a literary reference in your english final.:-)
Why can't people in the public eye just shut the hell up sometimes? some of us actually value the little privacy that we still have!
Would I love to live in a utopian society where we didn't need barriers to hide whatever it is that we're ashamed of? of course. is that time in the forseeable future (i.e. my children's or great-grandchildren's)? hell no.
we aren't ready for anything even remotely related to socialism yet. Karl Marx had a great idea, but it wasn't supposed to be this widespread for centuries. He knew that we weren't ready to be "of one consciousness", so why the hell can't we realize this? We are still primitive creatures. We hide behind our "technology" the same way that the caveman used the "unga, I have wheel, so I'm superior" excuse. as a society, we're only barely closer to utopia than our predecessors. so let's just wait a bit on the whole "break down the barriers of security" thing.
I do have things that I'd like to hide. I'm quite paranoid of certain things. I do despise the police (for the fact that some have actually made up reasons to come to my house in order to search it... they didn't get in tho). I don't want everyone to know everything I do.
the U.S. was founded on rights intended to keep our private lives exactly that. Many other countries have lost many of their similar rights (Nippon being the main one in my mind), and I can't stand listening to people of influence attempt to eliminate what I hold dear.
there is a perfect model of what life is without privacy. they are the borg.
I usually file AC posts under the "Boot to the head" file, but your's was quite appropriate.
Would I love to live in a utopian society where we didn't need barriers to hide whatever it is that we're ashamed of? of course. is that time in the forseeable future (i.e. my children's or great-grandchildren's)? hell no.
I do have things that I'd like to hide. I'm quite paranoid of certain things. I do despise the police (for the fact that some have actually made up reasons to come to my house in order to search it... they didn't get in tho). I don't want everyone to know everything I do.
the U.S. was founded on rights intended to keep our private lives exactly that. Many other countries have lost many of their similar rights (Nippon being the main one in my mind), and I can't stand listening to people of influence attempt to eliminate what I hold dear.
there is a perfect model of what life is without privacy. they are the borg.
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I've purchaced Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament, and Civ: Call to Power for the sole intention of playing them on my linux-only desktop box. waiting for more good games to play. last time I bought a legit PC game? the day before yesterday, when I purchaced The Sims, in order to see what I need to hack to get it running under WINE.
admittedly, they don't check their email often, but they respond via the TELEPHONE quite well. I should know, I've purchaced five different cases from them, and I always get this cute japanese woman who sets up the accounts and sends out the cases.
:-)
oh, btw, the YURI case (the one that looks like a blue iMac) is about the best case I've ever worked with. the only way it could be better was if the mobo tray slided out to work on it.
And the much-libeled Napster users are dedicated music buyers, quick to reach for their wallets. Jupiter Research says it found that 45 per cent of online music fans are more likely to have increased their music purchases than online fans who don't use Napster.
Meanwhile 55% of online fans who used Napster decreased their purchases to zero?
that's an absolutely terrible argument. too bad that the remaining 55 percent only stated that they haven't increased their music purchases. you used an extreme to prove your case, which is normally known as "propaganda".
The Jupiter study of Napster users found that 71 percent of users say they're willing to pay to download an entire album.
They also said that they were willing to pay for a trip to Mars
see, this argument is just sad. that's like saying "so what if people need food to live, they also like to download pics of Natalie Portman, so any data on their need for food is irrelevant." Existential reasoning is still existential.
It means no such thing. It suggests that people want something for free and that they are quicker to lie about their willingness to pay than they are to produce their money.
show us ONE case study that backs up that claim.
The rest of your post is pretty hysterical. you're trying to flame JonKatz by agreeing with everything he says, and putting a small amount of spin on it.
beautiful.
THQ is a half-assed outfit.
Acclaim games will always suck.
Movie-Based Games will always suck (except Goldeneye).
Games based on licenses (spawn, McKids, etc) will suck worse than a broken hoover.
I do have to agree with you on the "Linux VS. NT" test, as they borked it all up. Although I really don't think they were "paid" by micro$haft, they most likely fixed the outcome to stay in microsoft's favor. Considering all the "alternative OS" crap they've been mentioning, Microsoft's gotta be pretty peeved at their little llamas.
For official Magazines, here's my picks:
PC: Maximum PC. they like linux, and are pretty straight-up. They even interviewed Linus Torvalds in their last issue of Boot (when they were still called that).
Linux: either Linux Magazine or Maximum Linux.
PC Gaming: PC Accelerator. good, and funny.
Console Gaming: GameFan. They're also keen on emulation (as seen by www.vintagegaming.com)
DavesClassics is dead. Long live Zophar.net
THQ is a half-assed outfit.
Acclaim games will always suck.
Movie-Based Games will always suck (except Goldeneye).
Games based on licenses (spawn, McKids, etc) will suck worse than a broken hoover.
I do have to agree with you on the "Linux VS. NT" test, as they borked it all up. Although I really don't think they were "paid" by micro$haft, they most likely fixed the outcome to stay in microsoft's favor. Considering all the "alternative OS" crap they've been mentioning, Microsoft's gotta be pretty peeved at their little llamas.
For official Magazines, here's my picks:
PC: Maximum PC. they like linux, and are pretty straight-up. They even interviewed Linus Torvalds in their last issue of Boot (when they were still called that).
Linux: either Linux Magazine or Maximum Linux.
PC Gaming: PC Accelerator. good, and funny.
Console Gaming: GameFan. They're also keen on emulation (as seen by www.vintagegaming.com)
DavesClassics is dead. Long live Zophar.net
I'm not real big on this question but why did it get moderated the way it did?
(note: this isn't a question to fuel flames on either side of the issue, I just want to know what his interests are.)
for some reason, I bet that you won't have to use PAP tho... but if you do, I'm prepared to eat my hat. :)
Logging into linux, I had entered all the information into linuxconf/netcfg (yeah, I'm a redhat user. bleh), and tried to dial up. no dice. it'd dial in but wouldn't connect. then I got the bright idea of using minicom to connect. When I dialed in with minicom, I found somehting interesting... most unix boxes greet dialup users with "login:" and "password:" prompts, and most linux distros expect this, however, This server was running on WinNT, and has "Username:" and "Password:", thus, I'd have to change the configuration on what linux's ppp scripts should expect. instead of "ogin:", simply change it to "name:" and you should be fine. My friend, after getting his dialup working under linux, never went back to windows, as for some reason his Plug-N-Pray modem worked waaaay faster under linux than in windows.
if some clueful Debian or Slack user would help me out by telling these people what config files they have to edit to do what linuxconf and netcfg did for me (I really gotta learn the proper cfg files.)
hope this helps.
Remember how at one time IBM and Micros~1 were humping each other's legs trying to make OS/2 the server that everyone would use, and then making WinNT to destroy their former friend and burn another bridge? Hrmm... Microsoft has a new friend. Sega is gonna go through a bit of hell on this one. making a deal with Goliath, showing him your world, and watching Goliath attempt to take it over.
I used to be a hardcore nintendo lover, but then they got this hard-line attitude about emulation, and everything related to it, being illegal. Same with Sony. May those bastards rot in lawyer hell for what they're doing to bleem. Sega actually ASKED steve snake (of KGen emulator fame) if they could use his emulator in a Genesis compilation CD for the PC. no matter what I used to think about Sega, they are my one shining ray of hope in this black "intellectual property" tar pit that the console world has become.
My advice to sega: ditch windows CE... it's a hunk of poo anyways. Use Linux or *BSD, or hurd, or whatever tweaks your knob... as long as microsoft can't screw you over anymore then they already are going to. Sega needs to survive more than any other console company, because they have proved (at least to me) that they still have a soul left.
feel free to moderate this down.
:)
I had posted this story on saturday afternoon... and now it's just becoming a story. Either no one saw my submission of the same story, rejected it for this one, this one was posted first and they're backlogged on stories, or just thought that I smelled like rhubarb pie.
I'm just mad because I wanted to see myself on slashdot... yes, I have that little of a life.
My cousin (who is a Lead Buyer at Cisco) related to me this little joke about their rapid growth:
:)
"Cisco can't have any layoffs, they don't even know who is working for them."
it made me smile, at least.
not to sound degrading, but Big Brother was one of the evil entities in 1984 (the other being "The Thought Police"/Your bad thoughts bringing yourself down.) More people should read that book. it's not really big, and it's well worth the time spent.
This is the first time that I have to THANK /. users for slashdotting a site before I got too tired of it...
real humor is at the Bastard Son of the Lord Homepage...
www.trog.com/jesus
2) "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
3) the communications decency act, and it's reprecussions.
4) Adminspotting... sure, it's a little obscure, but most admins have been in such a category, and in one essay sums up what most of us feel on a day to day basis. besides, what historical event in human existance doesn't have some sort of ironic humor?
5) the diary of the people at UNLV who sent the first data packets over the phone line. ("we typed an 'L' in 'login', and UCLA got it. We then typed the 'O', and the computer crashed")
Remember the Game Genie? Remember all the crap that Nintendo did to block it? Remember how nintendo got laughed out of court?
if Gary, Jeremy, and Telekawaru (of Snes9x) learn of this, tehy can get a MAJOR lawsuit out of this one. Hell, the ACLU would love to have a case like this, just to put their name in the headlines.
about the american attitude you talked about...
the thing is, the typical american school's attitude is one of Mass Individuality, or "be different, just like everyone else". we take pride in our pseudo-diversity. School in the US is designed primarily for a social education, pretty much like the "employee branding" in Futurama. They put you in a Penetentiary-like setting, with other inmates, and see where all the potential Linus Torvalds, and Alan Cox's end up in the great big american social system. Most geeks become the outsiders, the ones interested in sports are encouraged that the world is theirs, and every teacher, counselor, and adult will be proud of them no matter what they do. And they try to make you feel really guilty for knowing more than the teacher. I recall one time that I was in Government class (I'm a history/legal/constitution buff) and was asked a easy question about the social setting of the school compared to that of the Congress. I gave a REALLY overly-intellectual answer about how futile the question really was. The answer went not only the student's heads, but also the teacher's. He then tried to insult me because he felt that his intelligence was being belittled.
The US school system is not one of education, but rather one of social conformity and blissful ignorance. And one day, these fine students will be unleashed upon the populace without a clue.
um.... you do realize that it's still MARCH, right?
Pivo's first rule for backing up an arguement:
condescending remarks.
When I was in high school, I would have torn someone apart if they debated like that. It proves that the person who made the comments had no fortitude behind the arguement.
correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Linus use a redhat distro? I don't remember where I heard it from (prolly somewhere on ./ or an interview), but he said he did.
I've gotten a few MP3's made from RA files (tori amos ones).... so I'm sure that there's a windows app that'll do it. I know that the quality gets REALLY bad, tho.
You are aware that Nintendo Company Ltd. is over 100 years old, right?
:-)
somehow, I don't think that OSS has been out _that_ long.
I don't think you read my post correctly. I said that OTHERS were trying to rush into "the perfect model". while I believe that someday we might be evlolved enough to attain the Marxist ideals, we're still light years away.
:-)
at least read before you attack. geez.
oh, and quoting william shatner is the rough equivalent of Dr. Suess as a literary reference in your english final.
Why can't people in the public eye just shut the hell up sometimes? some of us actually value the little privacy that we still have!
Would I love to live in a utopian society where we didn't need barriers to hide whatever it is that we're ashamed of? of course. is that time in the forseeable future (i.e. my children's or great-grandchildren's)? hell no.
we aren't ready for anything even remotely related to socialism yet. Karl Marx had a great idea, but it wasn't supposed to be this widespread for centuries. He knew that we weren't ready to be "of one consciousness", so why the hell can't we realize this? We are still primitive creatures. We hide behind our "technology" the same way that the caveman used the "unga, I have wheel, so I'm superior" excuse. as a society, we're only barely closer to utopia than our predecessors. so let's just wait a bit on the whole "break down the barriers of security" thing.
I do have things that I'd like to hide. I'm quite paranoid of certain things. I do despise the police (for the fact that some have actually made up reasons to come to my house in order to search it... they didn't get in tho). I don't want everyone to know everything I do.
the U.S. was founded on rights intended to keep our private lives exactly that. Many other countries have lost many of their similar rights (Nippon being the main one in my mind), and I can't stand listening to people of influence attempt to eliminate what I hold dear.
there is a perfect model of what life is without privacy. they are the borg.
"resistance is futile"
I usually file AC posts under the "Boot to the head" file, but your's was quite appropriate.
Would I love to live in a utopian society where we didn't need barriers to hide whatever it is that we're ashamed of? of course. is that time in the forseeable future (i.e. my children's or great-grandchildren's)? hell no.
I do have things that I'd like to hide. I'm quite paranoid of certain things. I do despise the police (for the fact that some have actually made up reasons to come to my house in order to search it... they didn't get in tho). I don't want everyone to know everything I do.
the U.S. was founded on rights intended to keep our private lives exactly that. Many other countries have lost many of their similar rights (Nippon being the main one in my mind), and I can't stand listening to people of influence attempt to eliminate what I hold dear.
there is a perfect model of what life is without privacy. they are the borg.
"resistance is futile"