Makes me wish I hadn't given away my Atari 400 so many years ago. Started with 8K, and paid $200 to expand to a massive 16K back in 1980 (heck, I had to leave it at the store for 2 weeks!). That was a highly underrated computer, in my humble opinion...
No way, Gollum's got to lose the award, so he can jump onstage and bite into the winner, leaving them with a nice bloody stump while Gollum goes through his "thank-yous" while holding the precious statuette...
What these guys have finally realized is that a game's value to its creator is first (obviously) as a revenue generator, but after newer versions have obsoleted the old product, it's more useful in terms of marketing as a giveaway. I for one, haven't ever purchased any of these games, but I'll give this a try, and who knows, they might just pick up a new customer. Enlightened self-interest works again!
There's a saying I've heard that when confronted with this issue of writing things down in space, NASA spent $zillions and came up with the Space Pen, since the lack of gravity wouldn't allow ball-point pens to function up there.
I particularly like the realization that Customer Service is the key to maintaining a well-run MMOG. If you want a steady stream of cash coming in, it only makes sense that it takes a steady stream of cash to support your customers - but all too often, customer service is viewed as a grudging neccesity, not a potential for competitive advantage.
Actually, the latest version of Nethack has ports for Windows CE, which you can find right here. Hmmm... I think a bathroom break is coming on. Gotta smack me some grid bugs!
Perens doesn't believe SCO realistically thinks it has a chance of winning this lawsuit. "In filing this suit they have put a gun to the head of their own software business and pulled the trigger. No one in the Linux world will ever recommend them for anything again, and other people will look at this and say 'no, this too nutty, I don't trust these guys.'"
He hit it right on the head here. After a lawsuit like this, who'd want to work with them? It's not worth the risk...
What you'll miss on Amazon, apparently, are regionally published books. I'm currently reading "Rat's Ass Republicans, and Other Hoosier Tales" by Harrison Ullman, but you can't find it on Amazon. It's regularly available at all the local Indy bookstores (including B&N and Borders, for example), though. That sort of thing certainly leaves room for an IBDb, I think.
You, obviously, are not a parent. It's not like you spend time raising your children and teaching them right from wrong, and only then do you allow them to be exposed to the wide world, wherein they will be guided by your paternal wisdom.
Common sense dictates that some standards need to be put in place, whether commercial or legislative. If you go into a magazine store, it's not like they have Hustler out there along with everything else - instead, magazines like that are usually obscured by placards above which you can see the title, if that's what you're looking for. I think a mechanism similar to that is what is needed online - something of a barrier to child access, but doesn't require specific identification of the viewer (to protect privacy). It's not a simple issue, to be sure. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to enact such barriers ("Click here if over 18" is a joke). But something needs to be done. Personally, I think the spam side is worse than the web browsing. Spam arrives indiscriminately, whereas browsing requires more intent.
Something has to be done to give parents a fighting chance, however. Chances are that most kids are going to be more adept at using the computer than their parents, resulting in either ineffective monitoring by the parent or evasion of monitoring by kids.
Nobody denies the right to have adult-oriented content out on the web, but it shouldn't be shoved in your face quite so easily. When I signed up for cable-modem access, for example, and the guy came out to set things up, the first time I accessed the email account it already had about a dozen spams, some for porn sites. While COPA may not be a good idea, something needs to be done, period.
Or perhaps, along with a tag representing the version of the DLL, include another tag that represents the oldest version that this file is compatible with. For instance, there may be V1.0, V1.1, V1.2 and V2.0 installed, where V2.0 has a tag that says it should be used in place of anything including or after V1.1. Thus anything built on V1.0 won't break, but 1.1 and 1.2 would reference the new version.
Until the legal wrangling gets completed, the best filter on objectionable material is to place the terminals such that they are highly visible and in a busy area. That way anybody who insists on viewing pr0n and the like is basically creating a public disturbance...
Sorry to say, but I highly doubt that such a law would result in making anything more than a microscopic-size dent in a $5 billion deficit. The TCO for open-source vs. proprietary systems isn't a slam-dunk either way, it has to be judged on a case-by-case basis against the value that each provides.
The open source bill -- HB 2892 -- is likely to end up in front of the General Government Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Jerry Krummel, who sells Linux-based computer security systems for SAGE, Inc. when he's not busy legislating and is, therefore, likely to be a friend rather than an enemy.
It's amazing how much information you can get kicked back by simply trolling SSN's. This reminds me of the scandal last year with Yale's admissions information, which a Princeton administrator obtained by simply entering SSN's and birthdates on their web site. A brute-force attack like this one, simply adding birthdate to the mix, could have successful results in other places, I'm sure.
The thing that I see getting in the way is that America has a lousy record of encouraging democracy, where the electorate hates our guts. Toss a strategically important commodity like oil into the mix and I don't think we'll see any real change for quite a while. Look at Pakistan, for example - their president took power in a military coup, but since they've been helpful in the pursuit of Al Qaeda, and open to discussion when tempers flare with India, we conveniently look the other way.
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And I just thought that life was just getting more boring - no, the days ARE getting longer!
Can you imagine a cookout that tries to make "open sauce," which tries to accomodate the tastes of the whole group? Blech...
Makes me wish I hadn't given away my Atari 400 so many years ago. Started with 8K, and paid $200 to expand to a massive 16K back in 1980 (heck, I had to leave it at the store for 2 weeks!). That was a highly underrated computer, in my humble opinion...
No way, Gollum's got to lose the award, so he can jump onstage and bite into the winner, leaving them with a nice bloody stump while Gollum goes through his "thank-yous" while holding the precious statuette...
That's funny, our state legislature has an orange flame coming out the statehouse, too...
What these guys have finally realized is that a game's value to its creator is first (obviously) as a revenue generator, but after newer versions have obsoleted the old product, it's more useful in terms of marketing as a giveaway. I for one, haven't ever purchased any of these games, but I'll give this a try, and who knows, they might just pick up a new customer. Enlightened self-interest works again!
The Russians used a pencil.
I thought this was called "Windows Update"...
I particularly like the realization that Customer Service is the key to maintaining a well-run MMOG. If you want a steady stream of cash coming in, it only makes sense that it takes a steady stream of cash to support your customers - but all too often, customer service is viewed as a grudging neccesity, not a potential for competitive advantage.
Actually, the latest version of Nethack has ports for Windows CE, which you can find right here. Hmmm... I think a bathroom break is coming on. Gotta smack me some grid bugs!
He hit it right on the head here. After a lawsuit like this, who'd want to work with them? It's not worth the risk...
The lawsuit information found from the SCOSource link is an audio recording - it'll take about 1/10th of a normal /. effect to bring that to its knees!
What you'll miss on Amazon, apparently, are regionally published books. I'm currently reading "Rat's Ass Republicans, and Other Hoosier Tales" by Harrison Ullman, but you can't find it on Amazon. It's regularly available at all the local Indy bookstores (including B&N and Borders, for example), though. That sort of thing certainly leaves room for an IBDb, I think.
I've always preferred Fanta.
This has nothing to do with copyright violation. Anybody is free to post reviews and/or opinions on whatever they like...
Common sense dictates that some standards need to be put in place, whether commercial or legislative. If you go into a magazine store, it's not like they have Hustler out there along with everything else - instead, magazines like that are usually obscured by placards above which you can see the title, if that's what you're looking for. I think a mechanism similar to that is what is needed online - something of a barrier to child access, but doesn't require specific identification of the viewer (to protect privacy). It's not a simple issue, to be sure. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to enact such barriers ("Click here if over 18" is a joke). But something needs to be done. Personally, I think the spam side is worse than the web browsing. Spam arrives indiscriminately, whereas browsing requires more intent.
Nobody denies the right to have adult-oriented content out on the web, but it shouldn't be shoved in your face quite so easily. When I signed up for cable-modem access, for example, and the guy came out to set things up, the first time I accessed the email account it already had about a dozen spams, some for porn sites. While COPA may not be a good idea, something needs to be done, period.
Or perhaps, along with a tag representing the version of the DLL, include another tag that represents the oldest version that this file is compatible with. For instance, there may be V1.0, V1.1, V1.2 and V2.0 installed, where V2.0 has a tag that says it should be used in place of anything including or after V1.1. Thus anything built on V1.0 won't break, but 1.1 and 1.2 would reference the new version.
Is anybody else getting lots of Internal Server Errors from /. this morning?
You forget that many of the posters here are undersexed teenagers and college students, so children aren't a consideration...
Until the legal wrangling gets completed, the best filter on objectionable material is to place the terminals such that they are highly visible and in a busy area. That way anybody who insists on viewing pr0n and the like is basically creating a public disturbance...
Sorry to say, but I highly doubt that such a law would result in making anything more than a microscopic-size dent in a $5 billion deficit. The TCO for open-source vs. proprietary systems isn't a slam-dunk either way, it has to be judged on a case-by-case basis against the value that each provides.
It's amazing how much information you can get kicked back by simply trolling SSN's. This reminds me of the scandal last year with Yale's admissions information, which a Princeton administrator obtained by simply entering SSN's and birthdates on their web site. A brute-force attack like this one, simply adding birthdate to the mix, could have successful results in other places, I'm sure.
The thing that I see getting in the way is that America has a lousy record of encouraging democracy, where the electorate hates our guts. Toss a strategically important commodity like oil into the mix and I don't think we'll see any real change for quite a while. Look at Pakistan, for example - their president took power in a military coup, but since they've been helpful in the pursuit of Al Qaeda, and open to discussion when tempers flare with India, we conveniently look the other way.