That's because Gamespot is a "mainstream" gaming publication. Any mainstream gaming writer that shows Nintendo in a favorable light compared to the 1337-extreem Sony or MS will be immediately fired. And probably shot.
People are going to post it to sites like youtube, google video or similar.
People are going to share and swap stuff regardless of whether or not there's sites like this.
Secondly, this is only a problem now?!?! People have been swapping music videos over gnutella and edonkey for years. They never seemed perturbed enough to raise a stink then, but I suppose they see the possibility of Youtube turning a profit someday, so they release the hounds.
I think that the feature issue will be a tipping point for Free Software in general, not just Linux/Linux distros. MS adds more crap to their software that nobody wants, yet people keep paying for it because they know there's a certain level of support that's going to be there no matter what.
Now look at the [one of the] business models that Free Software companies use. For example, when Cygnus started out, they sought contracts to develop features and package software to exact specifications for people. This model has a huge advantage over "here's version 13. deal with it".
The tipping point isn't here yet, but if companies continue to spring up and grow that use the Free Software model, Microsoft will continue to be weakened.
This sounds like a really good idea. We already have the "may cause seizures" popup. This would make a nice addition.
Then every 4 years or so, when the next great evil appears, we can just slap another disclaimer on. Heck, once we get enough disclaimers, we won't even have to have a game there! You can just play "home lawyer disclaimer kit" all day long.
You know this is an interesting comparison. With video games, kids can take out agression in a controlled virtual environment.
Institutionalized sports, however, are basically tools to create a social hierarchy based on physical strength.
I know I'm not taking into consideration all the positive aspects of sports, as well as the negative aspects of videogames. But it's interesting to think about.
I haven't read the book or seen the movie so I can't comment on them specifically. However, I do agree that in the US, violent media is less taboo than sexual media.
To try and understand this, I suggest we look at a bit of history. The people who eventually founded and seized power here were mostly European settlers.
Then look at the makeup of these groups. Groups like the Puritans were extremely concerned with sexuality.
The violence component is a bit simpler to explain. American history is filled with rebelling against and fighting any group that gets in the way, especially groups that could be considered "innocent" (Native Americans, etc).
It's obviously a complex issue. A big problem I see is the hijack of debate. In the US, for every age group, occupation, and interest, there is a member of the ruling class working and paying people to distract you from the real issues. The media focus on celebrity, crime, and wedge issues. Covert marketing/activist operations are funded by millionaires to infiltrate churches and other organizations to cripple them, thus allowing the extremists and fundamentalists to appear relevant and mainstream.
Yes, a 100-year-old, Japanese company, with one unprofitable quarter in its history, is going to be bought out by a flashy American not-always-profitable hopefully-we'll-get-bailed-out-again company not twice its size.
BZZT. You fail right here. Copyright infringement does not take property away from you. Copyright is monopoly granted by a government for limited extent and limited time. It is not property.
And if torrent sites enable so much "theft", how are the "owners" of all this "property" still in business?
You're either a grade A moron or a grade F troll. Go to bugzilla.mozilla.org. I'm looking through dozens of bugs right now. No reg required. (oh, and they don't like links from slashdot. so copy and paste the URL)
In addition, the definitions of "open source" and "free software" have nothing to do with anonymous bugzilla access, but rather with the availability of source code and the rights one has with regards to use and modification of said code. If you don't believe me, read the definitions yourself.
I'm not sure about this, but it might be possible to reverse-engineer the proprietary drivers to see what they do, and build a Free Software driver based on that.
Well, the ATI cards up to the X850 family currently have an experimental driver being worked on at x.org/DRI/Mesa3d. Some of it may have been reverse-engineered, but I don't know if that's the case.
This isn't really true. Canonical has "stable" and "testing" branches, just like Debian. Red Hat has a similar process, except RHEL would be considered "really stable". Just because "Fedora" and "RHEL" are different names doesn't mean they're separate.
The quality of these covers is amazing. I realize it's not something that changes video gaming dramatically, but the fact that we can now use high-res textures that look like cloth is pretty cool.
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Hmm, it sounds like you weren't around when: the DS was announced, the Wiimote was announced, or the "Revolution" was named Wii.
That's because Gamespot is a "mainstream" gaming publication. Any mainstream gaming writer that shows Nintendo in a favorable light compared to the 1337-extreem Sony or MS will be immediately fired. And probably shot.
Oh really? Give us a reference from 1996, then.
People are going to share and swap stuff regardless of whether or not there's sites like this.
Secondly, this is only a problem now?!?! People have been swapping music videos over gnutella and edonkey for years. They never seemed perturbed enough to raise a stink then, but I suppose they see the possibility of Youtube turning a profit someday, so they release the hounds.
Now look at the [one of the] business models that Free Software companies use. For example, when Cygnus started out, they sought contracts to develop features and package software to exact specifications for people. This model has a huge advantage over "here's version 13. deal with it".
The tipping point isn't here yet, but if companies continue to spring up and grow that use the Free Software model, Microsoft will continue to be weakened.
Nah, that tag is for articles about beer, professional sports, and porn.
Then every 4 years or so, when the next great evil appears, we can just slap another disclaimer on. Heck, once we get enough disclaimers, we won't even have to have a game there! You can just play "home lawyer disclaimer kit" all day long.
Institutionalized sports, however, are basically tools to create a social hierarchy based on physical strength.
I know I'm not taking into consideration all the positive aspects of sports, as well as the negative aspects of videogames. But it's interesting to think about.
To try and understand this, I suggest we look at a bit of history. The people who eventually founded and seized power here were mostly European settlers.
Then look at the makeup of these groups. Groups like the Puritans were extremely concerned with sexuality.
The violence component is a bit simpler to explain. American history is filled with rebelling against and fighting any group that gets in the way, especially groups that could be considered "innocent" (Native Americans, etc).
The Pirate Bay != Piratpartiet.
Yeah, just like this "free" copy of Windows that came with my PC...
heh heh heh...
It's obviously a complex issue. A big problem I see is the hijack of debate. In the US, for every age group, occupation, and interest, there is a member of the ruling class working and paying people to distract you from the real issues. The media focus on celebrity, crime, and wedge issues. Covert marketing/activist operations are funded by millionaires to infiltrate churches and other organizations to cripple them, thus allowing the extremists and fundamentalists to appear relevant and mainstream.
Yes, a 100-year-old, Japanese company, with one unprofitable quarter in its history, is going to be bought out by a flashy American not-always-profitable hopefully-we'll-get-bailed-out-again company not twice its size.
Also, I'm pretty sure most of the pictures O'Reilly uses are in the public domain.
BZZT. You fail right here. Copyright infringement does not take property away from you. Copyright is monopoly granted by a government for limited extent and limited time. It is not property.
And if torrent sites enable so much "theft", how are the "owners" of all this "property" still in business?
Sorry, looks like the joke's on you. He was (originally) referring to the "bug database". I had no info to know that he was referring to a locked bug.
In addition, the definitions of "open source" and "free software" have nothing to do with anonymous bugzilla access, but rather with the availability of source code and the rights one has with regards to use and modification of said code. If you don't believe me, read the definitions yourself.
And the troll reveals himself.
The Playstation generation. hint: it's a series of 4. hit 'next' a few times :)
IIRC, there's "implied sex" in The Lion King. And no, I'm not talking about the dust-looks-like-the-word-sex thing.
Whoa there cowboy. I know that Ubuntu is based off of Debian (at least for now), but I don't think it's fair to say they work "closely".
Well, the ATI cards up to the X850 family currently have an experimental driver being worked on at x.org/DRI/Mesa3d. Some of it may have been reverse-engineered, but I don't know if that's the case.
This isn't really true. Canonical has "stable" and "testing" branches, just like Debian. Red Hat has a similar process, except RHEL would be considered "really stable". Just because "Fedora" and "RHEL" are different names doesn't mean they're separate.
The quality of these covers is amazing. I realize it's not something that changes video gaming dramatically, but the fact that we can now use high-res textures that look like cloth is pretty cool.