I was in the same boat. My PS2 is on its last legs, so I picked up a 60GB model when they dropped the price. The writing was on the wall at that point - backwards compatibility was going away, first to software emulation and then completely. That would've left me stuck with a fairly extensive PS2 library and no system on which to play.
I'm not as convinced as they are that there's no market for backwards compatibility, with as many PS2s as they have sold.
He wants "digital consumer enablement"? We already have it, in today's P2P. Enjoy what you want, when you want it, in basically any format out there. Let's take over the name before he gets a chance to give it a foothold. DCE doesn't have nearly the negative connotation that "piracy" does.
I've searched for plenty of technical questions on google that land me on forums that require you to register to even read the posts.
Try viewing Google's cache of that result. If the forum post is showing up as a search result, Googlebot must've been able to see it. That's worked for me in the past. It's not perfect, though -- if you have to dig into that forum any deeper than just that page, you're out of luck and have to go through the registration like you said.:/
Even if this is cheating, the claims of copyright infringement and DMCA circumvention are a disturbing extension of those already-disturbing areas of law. Blizzard's well within their rights to stop cheating, I think, but not like this.
Yes, there's no installation of crapware or anything, but there are two other factors in play that make it easier and more cost-effective for them to be Windows-only. First, I'd bet they're using disk images and not installing everything by hand. Second, they have a very standardized, assembly-line-esque process, and any deviation from that is going to slow down their operations. Between the comparatively low demand and pressure from Microsoft, they have no real incentive to try too hard to offer Linux.
There's a difference between a viewer and an editor, and that's just what the parent's looking for as far as I can tell - data portability, not just readability.
Beer is a product. I won't argue that good beer can indeed be considered an art form, but not in the same way that media (books, music, movies, games) are. Beer expresses hops, malts, etc. Media can express ideas, and that's what the first amendment protects.
I know you're posting with tongue firmly in cheek, but there is at least one. I can't remember where I first saw it, but here's their website: The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn.
Not to mention that pressing a CD is a lot different from (and far cheaper than) assembling a console. Wonder how much Microsoft paid him for that good press.
I remember the first few fondly as well. I never played any of the middle or later ones, but considering the comment in TFA -- "which were truly awful for awhile" -- I think those might be the ones to which he is referring, not the early ones.
Personally, I think the Battle Network games are more damning than anything in the core or X/Z series. For better or worse, the core Mega Man and the X and Z stories stuck with the same formula: Upgrade Equipment, Kill Bosses, Kick Wiley's Ass, ???, Profit. In my opinion, it wasn't broken, so there wasn't much need to fix it.
This reminds me, I need to check into the used bins around here and see if the recent collections are hiding in them...
Heard of a "get out of jail free card"? Pen testers usually get a letter from their contact with the company stating what they are doing. If they get into legal trouble while running a test, the cops can check with that contact while holding the tester. Without that letter, you're pretty much screwed.
Early adopters are always cheated, you either need to have some patients or you need to have disposable money.
I'm thinking somebody with patients might have the disposable income, but not the time, to play a whole lot of video games. Although I hear malpractice insurance is really skyrocketing these days...
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I was in the same boat. My PS2 is on its last legs, so I picked up a 60GB model when they dropped the price. The writing was on the wall at that point - backwards compatibility was going away, first to software emulation and then completely. That would've left me stuck with a fairly extensive PS2 library and no system on which to play.
I'm not as convinced as they are that there's no market for backwards compatibility, with as many PS2s as they have sold.
Are you kidding? Who better than a man with a substance-abuse problem to play Tony Stark?
Then we'll have to push our reps to go after this one.
Or enough support to override the veto.
He wants "digital consumer enablement"? We already have it, in today's P2P. Enjoy what you want, when you want it, in basically any format out there. Let's take over the name before he gets a chance to give it a foothold. DCE doesn't have nearly the negative connotation that "piracy" does.
Try viewing Google's cache of that result. If the forum post is showing up as a search result, Googlebot must've been able to see it. That's worked for me in the past. It's not perfect, though -- if you have to dig into that forum any deeper than just that page, you're out of luck and have to go through the registration like you said. :/
Translation: "You have no chance to survive. Make your time."
Even if this is cheating, the claims of copyright infringement and DMCA circumvention are a disturbing extension of those already-disturbing areas of law. Blizzard's well within their rights to stop cheating, I think, but not like this.
+1 Funny doesn't add to karma, so people who want to give a little boost might mod +1 Insightful (Funsightful!) or Interesting...
Does this help refresh your memory?
Yes, there's no installation of crapware or anything, but there are two other factors in play that make it easier and more cost-effective for them to be Windows-only. First, I'd bet they're using disk images and not installing everything by hand. Second, they have a very standardized, assembly-line-esque process, and any deviation from that is going to slow down their operations. Between the comparatively low demand and pressure from Microsoft, they have no real incentive to try too hard to offer Linux.
Bah. I guess that's what I get for not refreshing right before posting.
When you shoot one down, you tend to lose the "F" as well. Which pretty much just makes it an object.
There's a difference between a viewer and an editor, and that's just what the parent's looking for as far as I can tell - data portability, not just readability.
Beer is a product. I won't argue that good beer can indeed be considered an art form, but not in the same way that media (books, music, movies, games) are. Beer expresses hops, malts, etc. Media can express ideas, and that's what the first amendment protects.
And then when it's got everything, we can aim it at whomever we want and switch it from "suck" to "blow"...
I know you're posting with tongue firmly in cheek, but there is at least one. I can't remember where I first saw it, but here's their website: The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn.
Not to mention that pressing a CD is a lot different from (and far cheaper than) assembling a console. Wonder how much Microsoft paid him for that good press.
I remember the first few fondly as well. I never played any of the middle or later ones, but considering the comment in TFA -- "which were truly awful for awhile" -- I think those might be the ones to which he is referring, not the early ones.
Personally, I think the Battle Network games are more damning than anything in the core or X/Z series. For better or worse, the core Mega Man and the X and Z stories stuck with the same formula: Upgrade Equipment, Kill Bosses, Kick Wiley's Ass, ???, Profit. In my opinion, it wasn't broken, so there wasn't much need to fix it.
This reminds me, I need to check into the used bins around here and see if the recent collections are hiding in them...
Heard of a "get out of jail free card"? Pen testers usually get a letter from their contact with the company stating what they are doing. If they get into legal trouble while running a test, the cops can check with that contact while holding the tester. Without that letter, you're pretty much screwed.
Why post as AC if you have nothing to hide?
...He's a professor. Reading comprehension FTW.
...you say that like it's a bad thing.
I'm thinking somebody with patients might have the disposable income, but not the time, to play a whole lot of video games. Although I hear malpractice insurance is really skyrocketing these days...