Interesting comment about the social ramifications of P2P software - I've got another one:
If a reputable company or open-source project had an app that knew how to recognize hacker tactics legitimately and correctly, I'd donate all the time my computers spend sleeping to running an app that allowed thousands of machines to point out which other machines were offending us. Think about it - if you, as a Network Admin of "SmellBouth" networks receives one email about an offender, and you had the resources to follow up on that (individual) complaint, great! But chances are, the Admin might not follow up on single incidents, since the reputation or "worthiness" of that report lies on the word of one subscriber. HOWEVER, if thousands of machines across MANY networks were able to verify the same instances, wouldn't it be easier for the Admin to trust the validity of the hacking claim? I think so.
So, if there is a desire for more reliable, verifiable, "class-action" style reporting or countermeasures anywhere, let me know, 'cause I've got a spot on my HDs for your app.
Granted, the gameplay in HL2 seemed repetitive - but isn't that what FPS' are? Don't get me wrong, almost all I play are FPS'... BUT I was expecting these kind of graphics with HL2 out of the box. Doom3 also for that matter.
Either way, I play them because I can shut my brain off and see the pretty things blow up and splatter!
These new pics look A LOT like early shots and descriptions of STALKER:Oblivion Lost or:Shadows of Chernobyl or:vaporware, whatever they are calling it now. Now this game has been described as having a 24-hour persistent environtment with realtime sun, rain, etc... Much of what HDR provides seems to be exactly what the developers of STALKER have been selling. Could this be the reason it's taken forever to hit the shelves? Will it ever?
Oh, wait, it's pretty tricky to build a car even if you had ALL the parts and instructions in front of you. That's why I bought a Honda - they did all the work, I get to drive.
Totally separate markets segments here... Car nutz like to build cars, super geeks like to build their OS. I'm no dummy, but I've tried about 8 diff. flavors of Linux on my Intel box over the years, and when I was done, I felt like I'd been through the wash. The "freeness" of the OS was overshadowed by the ridiculous amount of work that I, an above average computer user, had to do to even get it running.
Linux will continue to have trouble on the desktop in the consumer market, because consumers consume, not compile. Apple:Honda as Linux:kit car, so yeah, Linux you're safe. Thhpt!:)
I recently downloaded SWIM3 to enable floppy use on my Beige G3 in 10.2... Does this count as an UPGRADE too?
P.S. (I can't find any floppies to test if it werks, so could someone email me one?)
The thing people on this topic seem to be missing from all the "news" on this announcement is that you have to consider the source (of the writers and their reactions) and the source architecture that Apple is bringing to light.
1- Cringley is a maniac. And probably likes a nice hot karl.
And you kiddies can have fun with your speculation while you figure out how DIFFERENTLY things will be with an OPEN SOURCE Apple OS on INTEL hardware... (i know i just riled the kids, but it will take them a while to figure out how to script me outta here. work hard boys, im running a G3 tower circa 97. It runs 10.2.8 like a 5th runner up (im running, sure not terribly fast, but stable). But's it's a race for other 8 year old wintel tech, too. (try running xp pro even home on your 97 rig.) right!
2- Apple has already given the ppc machines longevity by combining this hardware with an evolving OPEN SOURCE OS. Mac OS X is the premier desktop over the very strong BSD base. Looks to me like this platform is setup to give not only x86, *nix, and Mac devs but also WIN devs the comprehensive set of software, support, and hardware (in Intel).
Anyone who interprets this "week old" announcement and intro of pre-alpha dev platforms as the word and the way are seriously lost children...
If you'll read a few of the main articles at macsurfer, you'll see that there are several motives clinging to each and every one of the disfunctional columnists (if you can call them that - check your local laws) in this drama... below my two cents.
I've used a Mac since 1989, and missed the whole DOS win3... and other crap while I created termpapers that "just work!" My allure to the platform was one of plug and chug - start typing, sooner or later you will wrap up your paper and turn it in for EXTRA CREDIT.
Granted that I've had to put my APPLE affinity on the backburner to *gulp* swallow PC standard machines because I am Network+ and A+ certified systems supporter. Swallow your pride, and you lose your soul, but it makes for a paycheck.
That's why I'm writing this (under influence of ambien and michelob Ultra state-of-mind) because so many people are not basing interpretation of the news as deeply as they should.
APPLE's pants are on fire over IBM's apparently flippant attitude toward IBM's OWN "promises or contracts. They can't continue to provide as much support and or R&D to the G5. They have better boxes [read: game consoles] on the horizon. Well, that's good for you old buddy.
Ok BIG BLUE, since you are happy about that, take a listen to this... (oh to be a bug in a fone)
2 Jobs and the Apple team have not said that OSX and WIN will be dual-bootable, yet that possibility is obviously there (boot trickery, Microsloth's own hijacked VPC, etc. could lead to Win on Macintel, but what does Jobs care? Cool, we can run them both, NATIVELY (maybe?)! how bout you Billy?
I'd be willing to bet that the effort given to keep Windows off will boil down to this - VPC development cancels this monday. Support would end as the first Macx86 machines arrive. Billy boy will ignore security patches and exploits to sleep hours at a time worrying over that scenario. But it will come to him, some sort of nuclear deathray option built deep in the crevassas of his code, one that would recognize and refuse to boot on whatever the "macintel" becomes.
It's now a Billy Boy "you stole my thunder" issue to deal with, and maybe he can fall asleep hugging that precious little Mac Steve gave hime those many years ago.
Meanwhile, Macs will just continue to work, thanks to the blood Apple eng's have poured out for over 30 years. Bill might have shocked himself on a power supply once... that would explain his jumpy goofy, klepto ways.
But let me regress - my point is that opening up a fully functional, open source system that will run on industry standard (i.e. Intel, AMD) processing architecture is an EXTRAORDINARILY "GOOD THING."
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Interesting comment about the social ramifications of P2P software - I've got another one:
If a reputable company or open-source project had an app that knew how to recognize hacker tactics legitimately and correctly, I'd donate all the time my computers spend sleeping to running an app that allowed thousands of machines to point out which other machines were offending us. Think about it - if you, as a Network Admin of "SmellBouth" networks receives one email about an offender, and you had the resources to follow up on that (individual) complaint, great! But chances are, the Admin might not follow up on single incidents, since the reputation or "worthiness" of that report lies on the word of one subscriber. HOWEVER, if thousands of machines across MANY networks were able to verify the same instances, wouldn't it be easier for the Admin to trust the validity of the hacking claim? I think so.
So, if there is a desire for more reliable, verifiable, "class-action" style reporting or countermeasures anywhere, let me know, 'cause I've got a spot on my HDs for your app.
Granted, the gameplay in HL2 seemed repetitive - but isn't that what FPS' are? Don't get me wrong, almost all I play are FPS'... BUT I was expecting these kind of graphics with HL2 out of the box. Doom3 also for that matter.
:Shadows of Chernobyl or :vaporware, whatever they are calling it now. Now this game has been described as having a 24-hour persistent environtment with realtime sun, rain, etc... Much of what HDR provides seems to be exactly what the developers of STALKER have been selling. Could this be the reason it's taken forever to hit the shelves? Will it ever?
:(
Either way, I play them because I can shut my brain off and see the pretty things blow up and splatter!
These new pics look A LOT like early shots and descriptions of STALKER:Oblivion Lost or
And I guess my 9800 pro sux0rs now.
Oh, wait, it's pretty tricky to build a car even if you had ALL the parts and instructions in front of you. That's why I bought a Honda - they did all the work, I get to drive.
:)
Totally separate markets segments here... Car nutz like to build cars, super geeks like to build their OS. I'm no dummy, but I've tried about 8 diff. flavors of Linux on my Intel box over the years, and when I was done, I felt like I'd been through the wash. The "freeness" of the OS was overshadowed by the ridiculous amount of work that I, an above average computer user, had to do to even get it running.
Linux will continue to have trouble on the desktop in the consumer market, because consumers consume, not compile. Apple:Honda as Linux:kit car, so yeah, Linux you're safe. Thhpt!
"This strangely violent opposition is why most people are turned off by mac users."
Hunh? Yeah, I've lost a BUNCH of dates b/c I'm a Mac user...
How is it that this post is insightful? Is it the Jesus ref?
I recently downloaded SWIM3 to enable floppy use on my Beige G3 in 10.2... Does this count as an UPGRADE too? P.S. (I can't find any floppies to test if it werks, so could someone email me one?)
The thing people on this topic seem to be missing from all the "news" on this announcement is that you have to consider the source (of the writers and their reactions) and the source architecture that Apple is bringing to light.
1- Cringley is a maniac. And probably likes a nice hot karl.
And you kiddies can have fun with your speculation while you figure out how DIFFERENTLY things will be with an OPEN SOURCE Apple OS on INTEL hardware... (i know i just riled the kids, but it will take them a while to figure out how to script me outta here. work hard boys, im running a G3 tower circa 97. It runs 10.2.8 like a 5th runner up (im running, sure not terribly fast, but stable). But's it's a race for other 8 year old wintel tech, too. (try running xp pro even home on your 97 rig.) right!
2- Apple has already given the ppc machines longevity by combining this hardware with an evolving OPEN SOURCE OS. Mac OS X is the premier desktop over the very strong BSD base. Looks to me like this platform is setup to give not only x86, *nix, and Mac devs but also WIN devs the comprehensive set of software, support, and hardware (in Intel).
Anyone who interprets this "week old" announcement and intro of pre-alpha dev platforms as the word and the way are seriously lost children...
If you'll read a few of the main articles at macsurfer, you'll see that there are several motives clinging to each and every one of the disfunctional columnists (if you can call them that - check your local laws) in this drama... below my two cents.
I've used a Mac since 1989, and missed the whole DOS win3... and other crap while I created termpapers that "just work!" My allure to the platform was one of plug and chug - start typing, sooner or later you will wrap up your paper and turn it in for EXTRA CREDIT.
Granted that I've had to put my APPLE affinity on the backburner to *gulp* swallow PC standard machines because I am Network+ and A+ certified systems supporter. Swallow your pride, and you lose your soul, but it makes for a paycheck.
That's why I'm writing this (under influence of ambien and michelob Ultra state-of-mind) because so many people are not basing interpretation of the news as deeply as they should.
APPLE's pants are on fire over IBM's apparently flippant attitude toward IBM's OWN "promises or contracts. They can't continue to provide as much support and or R&D to the G5. They have better boxes [read: game consoles] on the horizon. Well, that's good for you old buddy.
Ok BIG BLUE, since you are happy about that, take a listen to this... (oh to be a bug in a fone)
2 Jobs and the Apple team have not said that OSX and WIN will be dual-bootable, yet that possibility is obviously there (boot trickery, Microsloth's own hijacked VPC, etc. could lead to Win on Macintel, but what does Jobs care? Cool, we can run them both, NATIVELY (maybe?)! how bout you Billy?
I'd be willing to bet that the effort given to keep Windows off will boil down to this - VPC development cancels this monday. Support would end as the first Macx86 machines arrive. Billy boy will ignore security patches and exploits to sleep hours at a time worrying over that scenario. But it will come to him, some sort of nuclear deathray option built deep in the crevassas of his code, one that would recognize and refuse to boot on whatever the "macintel" becomes.
It's now a Billy Boy "you stole my thunder" issue to deal with, and maybe he can fall asleep hugging that precious little Mac Steve gave hime those many years ago.
Meanwhile, Macs will just continue to work, thanks to the blood Apple eng's have poured out for over 30 years. Bill might have shocked himself on a power supply once... that would explain his jumpy goofy, klepto ways.
But let me regress - my point is that opening up a fully functional, open source system that will run on industry standard (i.e. Intel, AMD) processing architecture is an EXTRAORDINARILY "GOOD THING."
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