Thanks for the examples of why you think it's useless. Oh wait.
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So when Sony releases it, everyone will go "OMG Sony is teh awesome111". Once again, perfect marketing.
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No one is forcing you to use their plugins. In light of this, your entire argument is invalid, as you can "use, study, modify, and redistribute" all the source they release.
You could make a somewhat similar, snarky comment about any other desktop manager/theme (KDE, other Unix WMs, Windows, Mac, etc). Not that it has any bearing on anything other than your opinion. But hey, I won't stop you from bashing GNOME.
Oh, and by the way, you should post your oh-so-holy opinion as to why some other desktop environment is SO much better. Oh wait, you're just trolling. Never mind.
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Now I realize why Richard Stallman warned against using LGPL for any code, including libraries. Too bad the makes of GTK and GNOME didn't listen. But thank God the makers of Qt and KDE did!
I find it highly ironic that you use the example of Qt here. It's as if you make Trolltech out to be the savior of Free Software. Sorry, but reality makes them look a bit less altruistic. One big reason Qt is GPL'd is that it allows them to sell licenses to those who want to develop proprietary Qt applications. This, using your reasoning, makes them no better than Fluendo.
or pretend you're as capable as the people who invented "Kodak," "Exxon" and "Xerox" and extrude a random 3 syllable name. News flash: that works for branding *companies,* not products.
iPod. Tic-tacs. Camry (which means nothing in english). Et cetera, et cetera.
... a spawn of satan software like Adobe's PDF & its viewer
PDF is an open standard. Anyone can create PDFs or programs that create/modify them without paying any royalties to Adobe. Adobe's viewer is not required to view or create PDFs.
Just because the company that created it makes bloated reader software does not make the format itself the "spawn of satan". PDFs are quite usable, thank you.
The Samsung BD-P1000 the first Blu-Ray player will be first out on the market. It is due out in early Spring and is expected to be priced at around $1000. Assuming Sony somehow managed to pull of a manufacturing miracle and Blu-Ray drives only cost 25% what Samsung is selling it for, it'll still cost around $250 to manufacture.
$250 is probably higher than what the drive will cost Sony. Why? Well, a standalone Blu-Ray drive needs not only the drive, but decoder and processor chips to transform the bits into video and audio. The PS3 will most likely do this processing and decoding on the Cell itself, so it won't need these chips, lowering the cost. Also, Sony will probably be manufacturing the drives, not outsourcing. This will also lower the cost.
this technologically infeasiable and outright rediculous [sic] idea
It's possible that some new networking concepts will come along in the future that make such a network feasible. Networking, as with many other thing in the fields of Computer Science, often don't fix the underlying problems with a technology when they happen. We usually just apply a patch and hope for the best.
Anything else you'd care to be terribly wrong about?
Once again, I'm so sorry I dared to try and hit you over the head with some reality, Mr. professional game designer. I, a lowly peon, could never understand these complex issues as well as you. Now why don't you just go back to stoking overinflated ego, your 10-year old game engine, and your three thousand subscribers?
microsoft knows that universities with a computer science or engineering school could go linux if they wanted to,
While the CS department at my school is pretty small, we use neither Windows nor Linux in our lab. What we do use is OS X. Why? Because the professors aren't fucking idiots. They explicitly designed the curriculum to give students skills that will transfer to whatever operating system or environment they end up using.
I remember a story from Fargo, ND a few years ago where some geniuses tied a chain around an ATM and hooked it to their pickup. They gunned the engine, but the bumper fell off. I'm not sure if the cops were on their way or what, but they panicked and drove off, leaving the bumper with license plate attached.
I don't know if this means our language is now spiraling downward to vulgarity or if this is just how our language progresses.'
I think it's just how language evolves. It's also one reason I hate reading things like Shakespeare, because it's hard to get the whole meaning when the words had different connotations.
Not to be an idiot or anything, but the US basically *is* the WTO. We can break whatever rules we want with limited consequence.
Not really. Remember when the US wanted to ban tuna that might have the nasty side effect of killing off dolphins? Under the current WTO rules, you can't ban a product on the grounds of how it's produced. This means that you can't ban something because child labor was used to make it, or slave labor, or anything else.
What the WTO does do is act as a LEGALLY ENFORCABLE arm of the most powerful people and corporations in the world. If your nation pulls out of the WTO, all other WTO countries can be required to stop trading with you. There's little to no oversight, and those who represent their countries are nearly always appointed by those in power.
Also, the WTO, World Bank and IMF have a pretty incestuous relationship. They often require poor countries who request aid to allow WTO-style outside investment and promises to not give much power to unions and other organizations. If you've ever wondered about the reality of a board of shadowy figures that are in charge of everything, try looking at these guys.
No, what we're seeing is potential market slowdown, not a saturation.
I think this contrasts nicely with:
It's true that WoW did cannibalize from other games in order to get their figures,
Wow, nice contradiction.
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The problem is that the market doesn't reward the companies that [make "new" experiences]
As soon as the market shows they're interested and willing to pay for "new experiences", you will likely see more of them.
That's some beautiful circular reasoning. Also, claiming that graphics somehow equates to how much of a "risk" developers take is completely invalid. WoW isn't exactly "cutting edge" in the graphics department, yet that wasn't "completely ignored". It's not even possible for me to make a real point here, because your arguments are so convoluted and self-reinforcing, there's no way to break them down logically.
But hey, I'm not the "professional game designer". You must know what you're talking about. That's probably why your game needed a buyout just to stay alive...
In contrast to the Dreamcast, broadband penetration in the US is at a much higher level than in '99. Also, having a peripheral feature sell your console (instead of, I dunno, good games) doesn't sound like that great of a business model.
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Yeah, low-resolution, DRM'd video is much better than free, unencrypted video with 20 seconds of nag ads.
Thanks for the examples of why you think it's useless. Oh wait.
So when Sony releases it, everyone will go "OMG Sony is teh awesome111". Once again, perfect marketing.
No one is forcing you to use their plugins. In light of this, your entire argument is invalid, as you can "use, study, modify, and redistribute" all the source they release.
Thanks for the references. Oh wait.
Oh, and by the way, you should post your oh-so-holy opinion as to why some other desktop environment is SO much better. Oh wait, you're just trolling. Never mind.
I find it highly ironic that you use the example of Qt here. It's as if you make Trolltech out to be the savior of Free Software. Sorry, but reality makes them look a bit less altruistic. One big reason Qt is GPL'd is that it allows them to sell licenses to those who want to develop proprietary Qt applications. This, using your reasoning, makes them no better than Fluendo.
iPod. Tic-tacs. Camry (which means nothing in english). Et cetera, et cetera.
PDF is an open standard. Anyone can create PDFs or programs that create/modify them without paying any royalties to Adobe. Adobe's viewer is not required to view or create PDFs.
Just because the company that created it makes bloated reader software does not make the format itself the "spawn of satan". PDFs are quite usable, thank you.
Aww, has somebody realized their argument sucks, so they have to pull out tangentially related subjects? How cute.
$250 is probably higher than what the drive will cost Sony. Why? Well, a standalone Blu-Ray drive needs not only the drive, but decoder and processor chips to transform the bits into video and audio. The PS3 will most likely do this processing and decoding on the Cell itself, so it won't need these chips, lowering the cost. Also, Sony will probably be manufacturing the drives, not outsourcing. This will also lower the cost.
This is a myth that has never been true. (Google cache...site seems to be down).
It's possible that some new networking concepts will come along in the future that make such a network feasible. Networking, as with many other thing in the fields of Computer Science, often don't fix the underlying problems with a technology when they happen. We usually just apply a patch and hope for the best.
Once again, I'm so sorry I dared to try and hit you over the head with some reality, Mr. professional game designer. I, a lowly peon, could never understand these complex issues as well as you. Now why don't you just go back to stoking overinflated ego, your 10-year old game engine, and your three thousand subscribers?
I thought it was a fairy penguin...
Damn man, you must be posting from the future! Windows XP: released 2001.10.25. OS X: released 2001.09.25.
While the CS department at my school is pretty small, we use neither Windows nor Linux in our lab. What we do use is OS X. Why? Because the professors aren't fucking idiots. They explicitly designed the curriculum to give students skills that will transfer to whatever operating system or environment they end up using.
But contrary to the summary, Kentucky is NOT PART OF THE MIDWEST!
I remember a story from Fargo, ND a few years ago where some geniuses tied a chain around an ATM and hooked it to their pickup. They gunned the engine, but the bumper fell off. I'm not sure if the cops were on their way or what, but they panicked and drove off, leaving the bumper with license plate attached.
I think it's just how language evolves. It's also one reason I hate reading things like Shakespeare, because it's hard to get the whole meaning when the words had different connotations.
If the politicians and/or their funding aren't getting a cut, they'll try their damnedest to shut it down.
Not really. Remember when the US wanted to ban tuna that might have the nasty side effect of killing off dolphins? Under the current WTO rules, you can't ban a product on the grounds of how it's produced. This means that you can't ban something because child labor was used to make it, or slave labor, or anything else.
What the WTO does do is act as a LEGALLY ENFORCABLE arm of the most powerful people and corporations in the world. If your nation pulls out of the WTO, all other WTO countries can be required to stop trading with you. There's little to no oversight, and those who represent their countries are nearly always appointed by those in power.
Also, the WTO, World Bank and IMF have a pretty incestuous relationship. They often require poor countries who request aid to allow WTO-style outside investment and promises to not give much power to unions and other organizations. If you've ever wondered about the reality of a board of shadowy figures that are in charge of everything, try looking at these guys.
I think this contrasts nicely with:
It's true that WoW did cannibalize from other games in order to get their figures,
Wow, nice contradiction.
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The problem is that the market doesn't reward the companies that [make "new" experiences]
As soon as the market shows they're interested and willing to pay for "new experiences", you will likely see more of them.
That's some beautiful circular reasoning. Also, claiming that graphics somehow equates to how much of a "risk" developers take is completely invalid. WoW isn't exactly "cutting edge" in the graphics department, yet that wasn't "completely ignored". It's not even possible for me to make a real point here, because your arguments are so convoluted and self-reinforcing, there's no way to break them down logically.
But hey, I'm not the "professional game designer". You must know what you're talking about. That's probably why your game needed a buyout just to stay alive...
In contrast to the Dreamcast, broadband penetration in the US is at a much higher level than in '99. Also, having a peripheral feature sell your console (instead of, I dunno, good games) doesn't sound like that great of a business model.
Hmm, it looks like Lennon borrowed a line from one of Berry's songs. So perhaps you've indirectly proved my point...