FreeBSD was designed to run smoothly on the i386 platform (but it recently terminated support on the 386). Beyond that and maybe the DEC Alpha, the support is lackluster.
NetBSD and even OpenBSD handles cross-platforms much better. I'm not too aware of the compatibility of NetBSD and PPC (since I don't use either), but it should be worth looking into.
But gravitation is only a theory! Just like evolution! It might be that everyone has been wrong and we've been stuck on Earth due to pixie magic from the inner crust, and within five years the magic will run out and we'll be hurling into the sun.
Chris Avellone is "only" a game designer. And he has crafted one of the most complex and beautiful storylines ever made in any medium, not just video games.
nobody cares about the Sony rootkit (if they even know about it)
The average gamer may be a dumbass, but he sure as hell will notice the DRM bullshit if he needs to network the console to play his new games or the lack of a PS3 section at Blockbuster. After all, there was a pretty big backlash against Sony's music CDs, and that was not limited to/.
The difference is between this and Betamax/VHS is that both types of discs will be equal in size (same size as current CDs/DVDs) and relatively same hardware implementations (405 nm lasers). The only real difference is the format/density that the discs are in. There is no reason that two decoders cannot simultaneously exist on the same platform. Of course, judging by how Sony is behaving, they'll probably prevent licenses to anyone showing support to HD-DVD. After all, what use are DRMs if people simply switch formats?
With WEP or unsecured. wireless, anybody can just jack onto my wireless network. I'd still like to prevent people from connecting to my router, thank you very much. Sure a secure data stream is fine, but I'm not too concerned with people sniffing my data in all honesty. Unsecured doesn't give me a secured router. WEP tries but fails after about three minutes. WPA may not be the best, but it sure as hell beats the shit out of WEP. Now Nintendo is wanting me to bring down my computers AND reboot my router just to use a DS online? Please. I hope the Revolution does not have this much bullshit.
So the author's description of history is inaccurate - it is, in fact, anti free software propoganda, and unsurprisingly rooted in the same neo-hagelian ideas as most intrinsically anti-democratic tracts.
You know, nowhere in that article is it opposed to free software; it merely opposes the ideology. He admits that many of the current projects (Apache, Linux, etc.) are very useful, but it's due to people expecting more for less rather than a strive for programmer rights. After all, the idealistic RMS (with his agenda to destroy proprietary software) did not revolutionize free software development anywhere near as much as the pragmatic Linus Torvalds (with his push for better software).
You think RMS actually listens to anything outside of his doctrine? After all, this is the guy that says that "open source" is bad because it undermines the free software movement.
I may be one of the select few left in the world, but I prefer reading a good magazine over a good online article. Printed mediums are much lighter on the eyes, and the pages are not attacking the reader. Sure there are many ads in magazines, but rarely do printed ads flash incessantly or jump from corner to corner or scroll down until you hit the x in the corner.
However, I have completely stopped reading gaming magazines. It's not that they've stopped being useful. Oh wait, that's exactly it. Gaming magazines completely suck now, not because a physical form is more annoying than a flock of bits. I rather enjoy having a physical copy. No, it's the fact that nobody can write good articles, nobody can format pages well, and nobody can give me my $30 worth per year.
Take PCGamer. At one point (back in 1999), each issue was 200+ pages long (sometimes up to 300). The main articles generally featured some new information. Many of the writers shared a similar viewpoint for games, on which rule and which suck. Each issue had about 15 reviews, each receiving at least a page describing many areas of the game in great depth. Though usually serious, some excruciatingly bad games (Extreme Paintbrawl for example) had incredibly humorous reviews. And though the columns were relatively stale, the rest of the magazine provided much information and entertainment. I thoroughly looked forward to every issue.
After two years, the writing got pretty stale. Part of the reason was that the original team left and a former competitor "PC Accelerator" merged in, bringing some of the most audacious people. Many new policies were enacted, such as reviewing expansion packs (understandable), shrinking some reviews to half page (getting annoying), and reducing pages by every issue (what the hell?). Though the lack of money is the biggest reason why I did not renew again, I am rather glad now that I look back.
Lately, I've tried picking up another copy of PCGamer. Some poor (metaphorically... he's quite rich) friend actually thinks it's rather good so I flipped through. Complete crap. Well, it has some good stuff. 30 reviews! Oh wait, about 20 of them are on 5 pages. There's only about 50 pages of ads... in the 100 page magazine.
It's not just PCGamer though. I've had Computer Gaming World temporarily, and it was a crock of shit. Game Informer... well, let's just say that my friend and I made fun of every issue for about two hours at this other guy's house.
There was a time I trusted magazines. Now, I find myself detesting every one. Now I'm not saying that I find online columns fun to read (most of them are just stupid... take a look at the Sin and Punishment award, but do I really have to spend $30 a year just to have an incessant swearing spree per month?
Uwe Boll's latest attempt to kill the future of gaming movies is officially terrible, reports Next Generation.
So he's failing at killing gaming movies. Does that mean he's making good movies?
Last I checked, TCP/IP stack was created for the US government under Berkeley's BSD Unix. So technically, BSD is a far better foundation than Linux for the internet.
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Sorry about the misunderstood proper. I simply meant that C++ is the most widespread object-oriented language that's not hampered by added "bloatness" so to speak. I didn't mean it's the best. Everybody knows that Python is the best.
Stuff like the JVM,.NET, Python framework are great, but they use extra memory that is considered bad practice in many circumstances. Objective-C is just about the only true competitor but its circle of use is limited. And I hate C# with a passion. Why? Platform closeness.
As for the ISO standard, it's only a standard. After all, C++ technically belongs to nobody and anybody can add information to (GCC) compilers. GCC had many C99 commands awhile before C99 was published. Nobody can easily add Java syntaxing, support, etc. (although GCJ is getting quite good so this may be moot).
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FreeBSD was designed to run smoothly on the i386 platform (but it recently terminated support on the 386). Beyond that and maybe the DEC Alpha, the support is lackluster.
NetBSD and even OpenBSD handles cross-platforms much better. I'm not too aware of the compatibility of NetBSD and PPC (since I don't use either), but it should be worth looking into.
Yes, I'm very loose.
So... BMX XXX isn't mature enough for you?
A good game you say? How about Resident Evil 4?
But gravitation is only a theory! Just like evolution! It might be that everyone has been wrong and we've been stuck on Earth due to pixie magic from the inner crust, and within five years the magic will run out and we'll be hurling into the sun.
This just in, higher ice cream sales per day linked to more water skiing accidents.
The article underestimated the amount of text. There's about 1.4 million words total. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planescape:_Torment/
Chris Avellone is "only" a game designer. And he has crafted one of the most complex and beautiful storylines ever made in any medium, not just video games.
Yes, because the rootkit is only affecting online users and Sony did not issue a 7 million copy recall. Seriously, open your eyes.
It's funny how the free software kernel of choice (Linux) doesn't have as good support for wireless cards as the dead grandmother (FreeBSD).
nobody cares about the Sony rootkit (if they even know about it)
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The average gamer may be a dumbass, but he sure as hell will notice the DRM bullshit if he needs to network the console to play his new games or the lack of a PS3 section at Blockbuster. After all, there was a pretty big backlash against Sony's music CDs, and that was not limited to
You forgot the N-Gage. Oh wait...
The difference is between this and Betamax/VHS is that both types of discs will be equal in size (same size as current CDs/DVDs) and relatively same hardware implementations (405 nm lasers). The only real difference is the format/density that the discs are in. There is no reason that two decoders cannot simultaneously exist on the same platform. Of course, judging by how Sony is behaving, they'll probably prevent licenses to anyone showing support to HD-DVD. After all, what use are DRMs if people simply switch formats?
OpenBSD. What's that you say? It's considered the most secure operating system? Would Blowfish have anything to do with it?
With WEP or unsecured. wireless, anybody can just jack onto my wireless network. I'd still like to prevent people from connecting to my router, thank you very much. Sure a secure data stream is fine, but I'm not too concerned with people sniffing my data in all honesty. Unsecured doesn't give me a secured router. WEP tries but fails after about three minutes. WPA may not be the best, but it sure as hell beats the shit out of WEP. Now Nintendo is wanting me to bring down my computers AND reboot my router just to use a DS online? Please. I hope the Revolution does not have this much bullshit.
Is it too much to ask for Nintendo to add WPA capabilities? I mean, seriously, WEP is as secure as Windows Me.
Clean... OpenOffice... ?
I'm pretty sure that only China thinks it owns Taiwan.
The Cell will render King Kong in real-time just like the PS2 rendered Toy Story in real-time. W00t DVDs.
So the author's description of history is inaccurate - it is, in fact, anti free software propoganda, and unsurprisingly rooted in the same neo-hagelian ideas as most intrinsically anti-democratic tracts.
You know, nowhere in that article is it opposed to free software; it merely opposes the ideology. He admits that many of the current projects (Apache, Linux, etc.) are very useful, but it's due to people expecting more for less rather than a strive for programmer rights. After all, the idealistic RMS (with his agenda to destroy proprietary software) did not revolutionize free software development anywhere near as much as the pragmatic Linus Torvalds (with his push for better software).
You think RMS actually listens to anything outside of his doctrine? After all, this is the guy that says that "open source" is bad because it undermines the free software movement.
You know, I can't tell whether you're sarcastic or not.
I may be one of the select few left in the world, but I prefer reading a good magazine over a good online article. Printed mediums are much lighter on the eyes, and the pages are not attacking the reader. Sure there are many ads in magazines, but rarely do printed ads flash incessantly or jump from corner to corner or scroll down until you hit the x in the corner.
However, I have completely stopped reading gaming magazines. It's not that they've stopped being useful. Oh wait, that's exactly it. Gaming magazines completely suck now, not because a physical form is more annoying than a flock of bits. I rather enjoy having a physical copy. No, it's the fact that nobody can write good articles, nobody can format pages well, and nobody can give me my $30 worth per year.
Take PCGamer. At one point (back in 1999), each issue was 200+ pages long (sometimes up to 300). The main articles generally featured some new information. Many of the writers shared a similar viewpoint for games, on which rule and which suck. Each issue had about 15 reviews, each receiving at least a page describing many areas of the game in great depth. Though usually serious, some excruciatingly bad games (Extreme Paintbrawl for example) had incredibly humorous reviews. And though the columns were relatively stale, the rest of the magazine provided much information and entertainment. I thoroughly looked forward to every issue.
After two years, the writing got pretty stale. Part of the reason was that the original team left and a former competitor "PC Accelerator" merged in, bringing some of the most audacious people. Many new policies were enacted, such as reviewing expansion packs (understandable), shrinking some reviews to half page (getting annoying), and reducing pages by every issue (what the hell?). Though the lack of money is the biggest reason why I did not renew again, I am rather glad now that I look back.
Lately, I've tried picking up another copy of PCGamer. Some poor (metaphorically... he's quite rich) friend actually thinks it's rather good so I flipped through. Complete crap. Well, it has some good stuff. 30 reviews! Oh wait, about 20 of them are on 5 pages. There's only about 50 pages of ads... in the 100 page magazine.
It's not just PCGamer though. I've had Computer Gaming World temporarily, and it was a crock of shit. Game Informer... well, let's just say that my friend and I made fun of every issue for about two hours at this other guy's house.
There was a time I trusted magazines. Now, I find myself detesting every one. Now I'm not saying that I find online columns fun to read (most of them are just stupid... take a look at the Sin and Punishment award, but do I really have to spend $30 a year just to have an incessant swearing spree per month?
Uwe Boll's latest attempt to kill the future of gaming movies is officially terrible, reports Next Generation. So he's failing at killing gaming movies. Does that mean he's making good movies?
Last I checked, TCP/IP stack was created for the US government under Berkeley's BSD Unix. So technically, BSD is a far better foundation than Linux for the internet.
Sorry about the misunderstood proper. I simply meant that C++ is the most widespread object-oriented language that's not hampered by added "bloatness" so to speak. I didn't mean it's the best. Everybody knows that Python is the best.
.NET, Python framework are great, but they use extra memory that is considered bad practice in many circumstances. Objective-C is just about the only true competitor but its circle of use is limited. And I hate C# with a passion. Why? Platform closeness.
Stuff like the JVM,
As for the ISO standard, it's only a standard. After all, C++ technically belongs to nobody and anybody can add information to (GCC) compilers. GCC had many C99 commands awhile before C99 was published. Nobody can easily add Java syntaxing, support, etc. (although GCJ is getting quite good so this may be moot).