actually, its more like a plotter. they are not used much anymore, but where used to draw plans from 2d CAD programs. they had a mechanism that could change pens, and used several pens with different tips and colors. they could move the paper back and forth, and the pen laterally to the paper movement as well.
well, seeing as they have tried just about everything else (and given each try an absurd name), it may be worth a shot. Call it 'operation stir fry kill'
Its because you foreigners are so used to the misery and suffering of not being americans that you don't notice the extra misery of caffeine withdrawals./snarky.
Obligatory XKCD for your stab at the mythusters.
That aside, you make several well thought out and voiced points, and I award you One internet for pointing out the fact that because they did not go hunker over a clay pot in the jungles of the Yucatan mumbling ancient rites and sprinkling herbs, that this beer is a mere facsimile of the goat-swill that once was brewed.
that reminds me of something I wonder about. The USA goes around the world, invading various small oil filled nations to bring them 'Democracy' and yet, the following:
"I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the *Republic* for which it stands, One nation, under God. With Liberty and Justice for all."
its google beta syndrome. googles infinite beta status on its services that are effectively finished products has caused people to forget the meaning of beta tests, which is, of course, the testing of *unfinished* products.
I'm going out on a limb and saying that this happened to you. You do realize that most people don't actually do this sort of thing? Most people have family reunions on Crazy uncle bobs farm, and set up a bunch of lawn chairs and sit around and BS.
Having been poked in the eye with a stick once, I have to say, activating a game online induces far less blindness and ball-shriveling pain than being poked in the eye with a stick.
Sure, its not ideal, but since when do we live in an ideal world? hell, if it was all rainbows and puppies, there would be no DRM, and every game produced would be mailed to you free of charge on the release date.
However, the fact of the matter is, Blizzard put years of work into making this game, spending God only knows how much money paying developers. Seeing as they are not the Omnipotent Benevolent beings you desire, they find the need to attempt to ensure that the product they have created makes a large enough financial return that they don't lose money. Thus, they conclude, because its not all puppies and rainbows out there, that they will require an activation, thus creating a locked glass door that keeps the honest people honest.
I have no illusions, DRM/activation/CDkeys/whatever are all Locked Glass Doors. If you want in badly enough, you brick the door and walk in, but to 90% of the population, a locked glass door means 'oh, i guess i have to follow the rules' .
So as soon as the world is all rainbows, puppies and sunshine, you can have your damn DRM free games, but until then, all we can do is bitch about it, which really seems to not help much.
thats because bellbottoms did a quick pass back at the end of the 90's they where not quite as gaudy, and smaller bells, but they made a pass. right now we're in paisley shirt/decorated pants mode. 5-9 more years until bell bottom pants make another pass. I expect tie-die to make an appearance before then though.
I have about half a dozen games that cant be installed on my current machine, due to hardware/software changes that the game makers did not release patches to compensate for. Surprisingly, I'm not that upset. Sure, they where great games 5-8 years ago, but times have changed, and i'm not interested in playing them anymore. Sure, from time to time I'll get 5 minutes of nostalgia, and want to play it, but then it goes away, and I feel fine again.
everyone is thinking of the awesome GPS/map/computer thing from red planet. you know, the one from the scene where val kilmer says 'this is it, that moment our teachers told us about; when one day, algebra would save our lives'. thats what we think when we say roll up screen.
when you think about it, that device was a huge prediction, just look:
1. roll up screen (apparently, almost here)
2. gps, map, computer combination (smartphones)
3. realtime overlay of info onto background through transparent screen (augmented reality apps, partially here)
all this 10 years ago, when cell phones where still nearly the size of your shoe, and the imac was the size of a boat anchor and still came in several fruit flavors.
yeah, electronic measuring tape, thats real good. until you drop it off a scaffold, or into some wet cement, or whatnot. a normal tape measure will usually survive that, but something loaded with electronics more complex than your moms first cellphone? yeah thats gonna die the first day on the job.
no no no, your brains are leaking at the rate of 1/16th of a dram oer quarter fortnight.
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you know, your sig is really bizarre, considering. You rag on religion because (at times) they exhibit Intolerant idealism. And yet, with that act, you exhibit Intolerant idealism, against religion. Its really rather amusing.
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thats it, we need a new analogy, this one broke my mind.
That is to say, i'm no longer sure what side of the original discussion you are arguing from, because the stamp analogy has gone so far.
its somewhat like the rule of narration that you can't have a flashback inside a flashback, because it will confuse the audience.
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well, you know what they say. "Atheism is a religion, in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby."
I think you just pointed out the main problem with inkjet printing. the tech is WAY to complex for the process of putting words on paper. Just look at the descriptions you gave. And far to prone to failure (again, all the criteria that you say must be filled to make it work, thats a lot of things that can go randomly wrong due to outside events, old cartridges, etc) . to top it off It seems to me that come consumer level inkjet printers only last a few years at best.
From my standpoint, the whole technology is a waste of time. Sure, the basic fundamentals of it have lead to rapid prototyping machines, but in terms of making words on paper, for the long term cost, you would be far better off buying a machine that uses toner cartridges. instead of minutes per page, you get pages per minute, and the lifetime of the printer can be measured in millions of pages.
I am aware that Toner cartridges are not cheep either, but you get a damn sight more pages out of one than you do from a inkjet cartridge. Now, I realize that for color applications, a toner machine is not ideal for a home user, the cost base gets to high then to justify it, but if you are a home user that regularly needs to print a high volume (and by that i mean more than 20 pages) of text, then a toner based printer is the way to go IMHO.
That being said, it seems like one would be rather hard press to find any software that is not proprietary to obscure uses and/or hardware that actually harms humans and/or animals. (yes, there is military software for missiles, and probably software that runs equipment at meat processing plants, but all of it is so specialized/proprietary to its hardware, that it strikes me as wildly unlikely that any of it would be FLOSS.)
This seems like a publicity stunt, so people can release there mediocre 'free cell' clone as software that cannot be used to harm animals, just to make some kind of statement.
I mean seriously, someone point out a piece of software that would likely be released that this license would make sense for. That is to say, Software that, while safe/legal to release to the general public, could be used to harm people/animals. I really can't think of anything at the moment.
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actually, its more like a plotter. they are not used much anymore, but where used to draw plans from 2d CAD programs. they had a mechanism that could change pens, and used several pens with different tips and colors. they could move the paper back and forth, and the pen laterally to the paper movement as well.
thank you. if I had mod points i'd mod you up. informative probably.
well, seeing as they have tried just about everything else (and given each try an absurd name), it may be worth a shot. Call it 'operation stir fry kill'
Its because you foreigners are so used to the misery and suffering of not being americans that you don't notice the extra misery of caffeine withdrawals. /snarky.
you don't like molé? me either, but an entire culture seems to think its the best thing ever.
http://xkcd.com/397/ because i failed to copy and paste a moment ago.
Obligatory XKCD for your stab at the mythusters.
That aside, you make several well thought out and voiced points, and I award you One internet for pointing out the fact that because they did not go hunker over a clay pot in the jungles of the Yucatan mumbling ancient rites and sprinkling herbs, that this beer is a mere facsimile of the goat-swill that once was brewed.
wait, no he means "Welfare Mongrels" and "food stamps, big screen TV's and free health care"
that reminds me of something I wonder about. The USA goes around the world, invading various small oil filled nations to bring them 'Democracy' and yet, the following:
"I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the *Republic* for which it stands, One nation, under God. With Liberty and Justice for all."
I can't decide if thats ironic or not.
well, thats the only example of a roll-up screen i've ever ran across, so i used it. I'd love some more examples though.
its google beta syndrome. googles infinite beta status on its services that are effectively finished products has caused people to forget the meaning of beta tests, which is, of course, the testing of *unfinished* products.
I'm going out on a limb and saying that this happened to you. You do realize that most people don't actually do this sort of thing? Most people have family reunions on Crazy uncle bobs farm, and set up a bunch of lawn chairs and sit around and BS.
Having been poked in the eye with a stick once, I have to say, activating a game online induces far less blindness and ball-shriveling pain than being poked in the eye with a stick.
Sure, its not ideal, but since when do we live in an ideal world? hell, if it was all rainbows and puppies, there would be no DRM, and every game produced would be mailed to you free of charge on the release date.
However, the fact of the matter is, Blizzard put years of work into making this game, spending God only knows how much money paying developers. Seeing as they are not the Omnipotent Benevolent beings you desire, they find the need to attempt to ensure that the product they have created makes a large enough financial return that they don't lose money. Thus, they conclude, because its not all puppies and rainbows out there, that they will require an activation, thus creating a locked glass door that keeps the honest people honest.
I have no illusions, DRM/activation/CDkeys/whatever are all Locked Glass Doors. If you want in badly enough, you brick the door and walk in, but to 90% of the population, a locked glass door means 'oh, i guess i have to follow the rules' . So as soon as the world is all rainbows, puppies and sunshine, you can have your damn DRM free games, but until then, all we can do is bitch about it, which really seems to not help much.
wow. whoever designed that license setup should be drawn and quartered.
thats because bellbottoms did a quick pass back at the end of the 90's they where not quite as gaudy, and smaller bells, but they made a pass. right now we're in paisley shirt/decorated pants mode. 5-9 more years until bell bottom pants make another pass. I expect tie-die to make an appearance before then though.
I have about half a dozen games that cant be installed on my current machine, due to hardware/software changes that the game makers did not release patches to compensate for. Surprisingly, I'm not that upset. Sure, they where great games 5-8 years ago, but times have changed, and i'm not interested in playing them anymore. Sure, from time to time I'll get 5 minutes of nostalgia, and want to play it, but then it goes away, and I feel fine again.
everyone is thinking of the awesome GPS/map/computer thing from red planet. you know, the one from the scene where val kilmer says 'this is it, that moment our teachers told us about; when one day, algebra would save our lives'. thats what we think when we say roll up screen.
when you think about it, that device was a huge prediction, just look:
1. roll up screen (apparently, almost here)
2. gps, map, computer combination (smartphones)
3. realtime overlay of info onto background through transparent screen (augmented reality apps, partially here)
all this 10 years ago, when cell phones where still nearly the size of your shoe, and the imac was the size of a boat anchor and still came in several fruit flavors.
yeah, electronic measuring tape, thats real good. until you drop it off a scaffold, or into some wet cement, or whatnot. a normal tape measure will usually survive that, but something loaded with electronics more complex than your moms first cellphone? yeah thats gonna die the first day on the job.
That should not have been funny. But it was.
no no no, your brains are leaking at the rate of 1/16th of a dram oer quarter fortnight.
you know, your sig is really bizarre, considering. You rag on religion because (at times) they exhibit Intolerant idealism. And yet, with that act, you exhibit Intolerant idealism, against religion. Its really rather amusing.
thats it, we need a new analogy, this one broke my mind.
That is to say, i'm no longer sure what side of the original discussion you are arguing from, because the stamp analogy has gone so far.
its somewhat like the rule of narration that you can't have a flashback inside a flashback, because it will confuse the audience.
well, you know what they say. "Atheism is a religion, in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby."
I think you just pointed out the main problem with inkjet printing. the tech is WAY to complex for the process of putting words on paper. Just look at the descriptions you gave. And far to prone to failure (again, all the criteria that you say must be filled to make it work, thats a lot of things that can go randomly wrong due to outside events, old cartridges, etc) . to top it off It seems to me that come consumer level inkjet printers only last a few years at best.
From my standpoint, the whole technology is a waste of time. Sure, the basic fundamentals of it have lead to rapid prototyping machines, but in terms of making words on paper, for the long term cost, you would be far better off buying a machine that uses toner cartridges. instead of minutes per page, you get pages per minute, and the lifetime of the printer can be measured in millions of pages.
I am aware that Toner cartridges are not cheep either, but you get a damn sight more pages out of one than you do from a inkjet cartridge. Now, I realize that for color applications, a toner machine is not ideal for a home user, the cost base gets to high then to justify it, but if you are a home user that regularly needs to print a high volume (and by that i mean more than 20 pages) of text, then a toner based printer is the way to go IMHO.
That being said, it seems like one would be rather hard press to find any software that is not proprietary to obscure uses and/or hardware that actually harms humans and/or animals. (yes, there is military software for missiles, and probably software that runs equipment at meat processing plants, but all of it is so specialized/proprietary to its hardware, that it strikes me as wildly unlikely that any of it would be FLOSS.)
This seems like a publicity stunt, so people can release there mediocre 'free cell' clone as software that cannot be used to harm animals, just to make some kind of statement.
I mean seriously, someone point out a piece of software that would likely be released that this license would make sense for. That is to say, Software that, while safe/legal to release to the general public, could be used to harm people/animals. I really can't think of anything at the moment.