Sorry, but I have to go with wikipedia on this one. And wtf is up with "In the latest of a long train of scandals to hit Wikipedia" Is the story submitter one of those wacko guys obsessed against wikipedia or something?
Throwing accessibility and portability out of the window in favor of coolness, that's got to work, right?
The good news is that after this catastrophic mistake, 2018 will bring talks about the novel concepts of accessibility and portability of web pages, we might even end up creating a consortium to promote web standards that will allow you to, in theory see a page correctly in different devices and software without caring about silly things like multimedia support, fonts, current resolution in use, etc.
The way I see it, apple had long before a chance to let Java break all the compatibility issues with apps, but it ruined it, and last year, instead of improving so, they made Java support worse, fun?
In many countries there's preemptive lost of rights during elections to ensure order (for example large groups of people cannot be together, and you cannot drink before 2 days, or use a car, etc) So, given that I live in one of those countries, this idea to disable internet during the elections does not sound abnormal or repressive to me. It would be an annoyance if my country decides to copy the idea though, since that would make a boring day...
Well, that's not really true, I am good enough to avoid those phishing mails, but most people isn't. And sometimes I saw even gmail's filter let some pass, when I checked one of those sites for curiosity I was actually surprised by how it works in firefox, the page is much darker and a sign appears telling you the site is a dangerous counterfeit, that probably could cause a heart attack to some users, but at least will prevent them from falling in the sam.
A company winning a lawsuit against a competitor since they have patented the objective of an algorithm rather than the algorithm itself, nothing new to see here, come back later.
You know, this is what annoys me the most, the assumption (made by some gamers) that PC games are really an important reason not to switch from windows, I like games too, but get some facts straight, around PC users gamers are the minority, among PC gamers, casual gamers are the majority, which means that other OSes already got tons of options for the majority of PC gamers. More: Most gamers do not use the PC as a gaming platform, and while we are on it, the current most popular commercial game got a Mac version and has had an amazing record on successful WINE experiences. Fun?
When I read it , I thought it was going to be about patents, in that case it made sense, but copyright? wtf is wrong with you people? Think of all the free software projects that would required funding after this...
I love how the US authorities are pulling out a censorship machinery all using the excuse that it is to protect the children. China, Iran, etc. Are all novices at this censorship stuff.
I'll quote translation of my own, cause I feel I am better translating Spanish than google is:
In the soviet union, the state kept the rights and Pazhitnov could not recover them until hi emigrated to the United States to work at Microsoft
Old Microsofty attacking Free software, I am surprised.
He currently works at WildSnake Software, a company dedicated to the creation of new puzzle games.
I guess this is the issue, once upon a time a game with sub par graphics and repetitive gameplay used to make good business, but then the Atari market collapsed, 3d shooters and RTS came, and now it is just not as interesting anymore, what's worse is that games made by fun tend to be very funny to the few casual gamers that would still miss Pazhitnov's idea for a game (i.e. me) I think you could blame FOSS for that, but it is just one of the factors.
Regardless, if companies cannot cope with change, their end is all we can hope for, that's a free market, if we were to protect companies from competition that would be death to our free market and wealth.
He declares himself a convinced capitalist and opines free software "is something that destroys the market"
I think competition is what keeps the market alive, then he doesn't sound too much like a capitalist to me.
So, I'll tell you my opinion about free software: that should have never existed and today it shouldn't exist. And I'll tell you why: Free software destroys market. There where with the efforts of groups of people market, wealth, and prosperity possibilities are built, irresponsible people come and create alternative developments that sink the companies. And this is not good for the development of technology, free software doesn't have a market projection, doesn't create wealth, it is only proof of sterile rebellion.
Seriously, this guy has created one of my favorite games and all, but this paragraph is quite ridiculous. Has free software ever killed a company? Is free software all about copying stuff? Is free software anti-business? (Let's forget all those companies, even MS making money out of these things...) Does free software prevent innovation (I could say 'firefox' and prove the opposite is true) . Really, this paragraph is so lame, perhaps he thought no one was going to find out he was saying these ridiculous things because it was a Spanish interview, that's about the only explanation for this piece of non-sense.
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Sorry, but I have to go with wikipedia on this one. And wtf is up with "In the latest of a long train of scandals to hit Wikipedia" Is the story submitter one of those wacko guys obsessed against wikipedia or something?
There are free software games out there, enough to make my inner gamer love Linux...
Who is this "no one" guy?
It is a new test for a reason, you know?
I am a little annoyed by the fact it looks like in order for your browser to be standard compliant you now need to enable javascript...
RIAA claims that although music piracy aids terrorists, "game piracy is a good, benign thing".
The good news is that after this catastrophic mistake, 2018 will bring talks about the novel concepts of accessibility and portability of web pages, we might even end up creating a consortium to promote web standards that will allow you to, in theory see a page correctly in different devices and software without caring about silly things like multimedia support, fonts, current resolution in use, etc.
The way I see it, apple had long before a chance to let Java break all the compatibility issues with apps, but it ruined it, and last year, instead of improving so, they made Java support worse, fun?
This paper is not the result of a big prize.
It's the sort of crazy elitism that favors those wanting to edit article over those who don't want to.
He is just following Novell's usual behavior after the pact, sending mixing and disappointing signals everywhere.
Whoever moded you insightful will get nightmares today.
There are lies, damn lies, statistics and benchmarks.
I guess that's the main reason for its lack of success.
Yes, you are right, it doesn't go by the definition of censorship, even though it has the same practical results.
Yes, it is clear to me Castro has had all those recent health problems due to the embargo.
Well, it is just that dog bytes man"Psychologist beats math nerds" is a more interesting headline than actual facts.
Here's an idea: try making slashvertisements less obvious.
In many countries there's preemptive lost of rights during elections to ensure order (for example large groups of people cannot be together, and you cannot drink before 2 days, or use a car, etc) So, given that I live in one of those countries, this idea to disable internet during the elections does not sound abnormal or repressive to me. It would be an annoyance if my country decides to copy the idea though, since that would make a boring day...
Well, that's not really true, I am good enough to avoid those phishing mails, but most people isn't. And sometimes I saw even gmail's filter let some pass, when I checked one of those sites for curiosity I was actually surprised by how it works in firefox, the page is much darker and a sign appears telling you the site is a dangerous counterfeit, that probably could cause a heart attack to some users, but at least will prevent them from falling in the sam.
A company winning a lawsuit against a competitor since they have patented the objective of an algorithm rather than the algorithm itself, nothing new to see here, come back later.
You know, this is what annoys me the most, the assumption (made by some gamers) that PC games are really an important reason not to switch from windows, I like games too, but get some facts straight, around PC users gamers are the minority, among PC gamers, casual gamers are the majority, which means that other OSes already got tons of options for the majority of PC gamers. More: Most gamers do not use the PC as a gaming platform, and while we are on it, the current most popular commercial game got a Mac version and has had an amazing record on successful WINE experiences. Fun?
When I read it , I thought it was going to be about patents, in that case it made sense, but copyright? wtf is wrong with you people? Think of all the free software projects that would required funding after this...
I love how the US authorities are pulling out a censorship machinery all using the excuse that it is to protect the children. China, Iran, etc. Are all novices at this censorship stuff.
Regardless, if companies cannot cope with change, their end is all we can hope for, that's a free market, if we were to protect companies from competition that would be death to our free market and wealth.
I think competition is what keeps the market alive, then he doesn't sound too much like a capitalist to me. Seriously, this guy has created one of my favorite games and all, but this paragraph is quite ridiculous. Has free software ever killed a company? Is free software all about copying stuff? Is free software anti-business? (Let's forget all those companies, even MS making money out of these things...) Does free software prevent innovation (I could say 'firefox' and prove the opposite is true) . Really, this paragraph is so lame, perhaps he thought no one was going to find out he was saying these ridiculous things because it was a Spanish interview, that's about the only explanation for this piece of non-sense.