Why do you need to catch up? Isn't the game fun without being the player with the most points?
That's my problem with MMOs. Too much concentration on the top players leaving a rather boring middle. It's kind of like society. The rich and famous are looked after, cared for, etc while the middle class has to foot the bill and pay for the servers while not getting half the game.
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Could that be partly due to the fact that a literal monkey could code it? Hell, most of the code you'd ever need for any program has been posted by some Microsoft programmer on MSDN so the only skill developers have to know is cut and paste. I don't know how many times I've looked through code with myObject and myHttpWebRequest because the developer was too lazy to even change the variable names to fit the purpose.
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Sure, but why couldn't that be extended to list the required libs as well? This way, a robust boot manager could also use this information in some way. When you think about it, it would be like a central metadata file for that specific program instead of having to hunt and peck in four different directories for the information.
We really need some sort of standard file that lists dependency packages for programs and store these in a standard folder that services like this and package managers can look at to get updates. (Or maybe that's what you're talking about with fd.o files?)
I suppose Microsoft could incorporate it directly into the browser, but that doesn't seem likely.
Microsoft could, in theory, add some features and relicense it under proprietary terms; the MIT license allows that. That is, seeing the source doesn't mean it's open source in the licensing sense.
To be fair, Pandora has been doing an awful job of pairing music by sound. I put in Type O Negative in the artists search and they start playing the Beatles? Or Pantera matching with Green Day? It doesn't make sense. I was so excited by the idea of putting in my favorite music and hearing new similar sound...and then I used it.
The same way Stardock considers their software DRM free. They allow you to install it and copy it as many times as they want... but it still needs their activation software in order to do it. So I'm assuming that DRM software ceases to be called DRM software the moment you can use it as many times as you want (or until the company goes out of business... whichever comes first.)
I still can't figure out how this music and Stardock's method is still legally called DRM free.
I don't know how long I spent circumventing the security on my work's Active Directory Windows PC just so I could actually do my job as a developer instead of being locked out of the registry, display settings, Add/Remove and everything I need to change to test with. On top of that, designing and implementing an application to make sure those settings are not blanket wiped by the occasional security sweep.
But you can't do what you like with it after you download it. I tried copying all the files to another computer and it would not run. I also ran into this problem one of the many times I re-installed my Windows box. It would not run after re-installing windows. Period. I would have to install the Stardock software to activate it or re-install the game to validate it.
You've all just been given an agreed target. If that target vanishes, you'll likely see people change to a new target. If they can't agree upon such a target, they will start targeting each other.
In my experience, people always try to find something "good" and something "evil" to base their decisions on. Think of it like an axle for a wheel. The wheel is your life, spinning along in some direction with an axle that rests on a self defined good and evil support beam. If you lose the good or evil support beam the wheel will wobble for a bit, but it will eventually find another support to rest upon leading your wheel down a slightly different path.
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Why do you need to catch up? Isn't the game fun without being the player with the most points?
That's my problem with MMOs. Too much concentration on the top players leaving a rather boring middle. It's kind of like society. The rich and famous are looked after, cared for, etc while the middle class has to foot the bill and pay for the servers while not getting half the game.
... but an OEM can. (If they were so inclined.)
Repeat after me: Ad revenue from hits/views.
"Code re-use" and "Cut/Paste code" are two different things.
Like Silverlight? http://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/silverlight-app-uses-flash-to-work/
Could that be partly due to the fact that a literal monkey could code it? Hell, most of the code you'd ever need for any program has been posted by some Microsoft programmer on MSDN so the only skill developers have to know is cut and paste. I don't know how many times I've looked through code with myObject and myHttpWebRequest because the developer was too lazy to even change the variable names to fit the purpose.
Looks like it's down to #8 actually:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
Sure, but why couldn't that be extended to list the required libs as well? This way, a robust boot manager could also use this information in some way. When you think about it, it would be like a central metadata file for that specific program instead of having to hunt and peck in four different directories for the information.
There are other companies writing software!
Yeah... so? We talk about Vista all the time here.
"Waiting for drive controller to become available..."
Ugh, I know the feeling.
We really need some sort of standard file that lists dependency packages for programs and store these in a standard folder that services like this and package managers can look at to get updates. (Or maybe that's what you're talking about with fd.o files?)
Any true geek would have an RSS/Email robot to notify them of emails and important Slashdot articles!
I suppose Microsoft could incorporate it directly into the browser, but that doesn't seem likely.
Microsoft could, in theory, add some features and relicense it under proprietary terms; the MIT license allows that. That is, seeing the source doesn't mean it's open source in the licensing sense.
Say hello to Microsoft DirectHTML!
This is Slashdot, overkill is not an acceptable word when referring to tech.
To be fair, Pandora has been doing an awful job of pairing music by sound. I put in Type O Negative in the artists search and they start playing the Beatles? Or Pantera matching with Green Day? It doesn't make sense. I was so excited by the idea of putting in my favorite music and hearing new similar sound...and then I used it.
The same way Stardock considers their software DRM free. They allow you to install it and copy it as many times as they want... but it still needs their activation software in order to do it. So I'm assuming that DRM software ceases to be called DRM software the moment you can use it as many times as you want (or until the company goes out of business... whichever comes first.)
I still can't figure out how this music and Stardock's method is still legally called DRM free.
For the average Myspace user... yes.
Dont give in to mindless peer-pressured apathy.
So how/why am I supposed to listen to you? ;)
Just like Skype has no Debian based 64-bit Linux install...
They claim that there is a workaround on the forum, but it requires loading a lot of 32-bit libraries and some guesswork.
I don't know how long I spent circumventing the security on my work's Active Directory Windows PC just so I could actually do my job as a developer instead of being locked out of the registry, display settings, Add/Remove and everything I need to change to test with. On top of that, designing and implementing an application to make sure those settings are not blanket wiped by the occasional security sweep.
...but it does work if you validate it after copying the files. The window that pops up even says "Validate" at the top. Thus it does get in the way.
But you can't do what you like with it after you download it. I tried copying all the files to another computer and it would not run. I also ran into this problem one of the many times I re-installed my Windows box. It would not run after re-installing windows. Period. I would have to install the Stardock software to activate it or re-install the game to validate it.
If you don't activate it, it will not run. It relies on that sig.bin file and if it's missing, it will as you to validate your copy.
You've all just been given an agreed target. If that target vanishes, you'll likely see people change to a new target. If they can't agree upon such a target, they will start targeting each other.
In my experience, people always try to find something "good" and something "evil" to base their decisions on. Think of it like an axle for a wheel. The wheel is your life, spinning along in some direction with an axle that rests on a self defined good and evil support beam. If you lose the good or evil support beam the wheel will wobble for a bit, but it will eventually find another support to rest upon leading your wheel down a slightly different path.
Your statement isn't nearly as false as this one.