Athlon 64 @ 3500 MHZ Asus A8N-SLI Premium Mobo 1024 MB high-performance memory (or 2GB of cheap memory) 2x80gb Western Digital SATA II drives RAID 0 Nvidia GeForce 6600GT PCI-E Windows XP x64 Case/PS/etc.
That's already a pretty high end system, and by next year itll cost about 70-80% of what it does now. You could buy a $600 system right now (Dell or w/e if you want), and as long as it has an AGP or PCIx slot you're set for vista.
TFA states that your Windows Product Key being retrievable is a security risk. What??
Not to mention the fact that the author uses Windows to manage his passwords, which he cites as another of the software's "security risks". The only security risk in this situation is the article's author.
For me, it's not about adding a line to my resume. It's about seeing how competitors write code in comparison to me. Am I using the best approaches and methods? Competition is a good way to find out.
Nice, you managed to spin an article about viruses and their changing motives, and turned it into a Bill Gates/Windows flame. Now, if only you'd mentioned how wonderful linux is, you'd be a true slashdotter.
There is still a matter of fair use. Is Blizzard allowed to tell me how I'm going to use my software, especially when my use does not interfere with them earning money?
How do they "respect" paying customers without being screwed due to theft? I'm all for product activation if it can reduce the price of software.
I commend Valve for offering an alternative to creativity crushing publishers like EA and Vivendi. I've had steam since day-1 without ever having a single problem with it, and while I wish it had a smaller memory footprint, it's not the end of the world.
Microsoft is trying to support multiple platforms of their CHOOSING. Nothing wrong with that. There are quite a few XBOX games I wish I had on my PC, and vice versa. XNA will make that easier than ever.
Main difference being that when someone steals alcohol, the physical product is GONE and can no longer be sold. This is not true for downloaded music. Hooray for blatantly incorrect analogies.
TCO will never be anything but a meaningless statistic. That's like trying to budget your personal expenses a year at a time. Situations arise that will always make TCO an insufficient benchmark.
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$1000 right now buys you:
Athlon 64 @ 3500 MHZ
Asus A8N-SLI Premium Mobo
1024 MB high-performance memory (or 2GB of cheap memory)
2x80gb Western Digital SATA II drives RAID 0
Nvidia GeForce 6600GT PCI-E
Windows XP x64
Case/PS/etc.
That's already a pretty high end system, and by next year itll cost about 70-80% of what it does now. You could buy a $600 system right now (Dell or w/e if you want), and as long as it has an AGP or PCIx slot you're set for vista.
Let's not forget Castro's pledge of 1000+ doctors, they haven't even replied to him yet.
TFA states that your Windows Product Key being retrievable is a security risk. What??
Not to mention the fact that the author uses Windows to manage his passwords, which he cites as another of the software's "security risks". The only security risk in this situation is the article's author.
I was able to keep a straight face until he said Das Keyboard. Nice post.
Choke on the teat of OSS more, paranoid lunatic.
For me, it's not about adding a line to my resume. It's about seeing how competitors write code in comparison to me. Am I using the best approaches and methods? Competition is a good way to find out.
Exactly.
Man, my friends will be so impressed, after all it's not like everyone who has been typing for more than a month knows the key locations anyway!
Because I like to gauge my skills as a designer, and a programmer. What better way than through competition?
STFU up?
*confused
On the contrary, the BNetD developers were more than willing to implement a key authentication system if Blizzard wanted one implemented.
And to get off-topic for a moment, what is up with people modding someone they don't agree with "Overrated?". Fair use is overrated?
Nice, you managed to spin an article about viruses and their changing motives, and turned it into a Bill Gates/Windows flame. Now, if only you'd mentioned how wonderful linux is, you'd be a true slashdotter.
There is still a matter of fair use. Is Blizzard allowed to tell me how I'm going to use my software, especially when my use does not interfere with them earning money?
- I'm all for product activation if it can reduce the price of software.
I never said HL2 DID reduce their prices, I was standing up for the concept of using product activation to reduce prices.
- Er, what?
For every copy of a valve game purchased through Steam, Vivendi gets $0.
How do they "respect" paying customers without being screwed due to theft? I'm all for product activation if it can reduce the price of software.
I commend Valve for offering an alternative to creativity crushing publishers like EA and Vivendi. I've had steam since day-1 without ever having a single problem with it, and while I wish it had a smaller memory footprint, it's not the end of the world.
Microsoft is trying to support multiple platforms of their CHOOSING. Nothing wrong with that. There are quite a few XBOX games I wish I had on my PC, and vice versa. XNA will make that easier than ever.
What's so wrong with multiple disc games? This practice has gone on for as long as gaming, why the expensive change now?
Yea, because competition == "monopolistic pressures".
Psst, you missed your troll opportunity 3 posts up. Better luck next time.
Main difference being that when someone steals alcohol, the physical product is GONE and can no longer be sold. This is not true for downloaded music. Hooray for blatantly incorrect analogies.
My point is that someones "personal expenses" fluxuate greatly year to year, and are very different from person to person.
I wasn't directly comparing personal to corporate budgets.
TCO will never be anything but a meaningless statistic. That's like trying to budget your personal expenses a year at a time. Situations arise that will always make TCO an insufficient benchmark.
"Psst, I'll give you a $50 apple store gift card to buy that iPod with, for 25 bucks."
This is still correct, and GTK for windows still lags.
Dunno, how hard is it to reattach a head?
What he said ^