The last time I bought a game, it came on a plastic disc in a plastic case, surrounded by cardboard padding, packed into a laminated cardboard box, and then covered in a plastic wrapper.
They've got a long way to go before that's 'green'.
Besides, of all parts, isn't the manual the only one you'd actually want to have as a hard copy? I could do without the CD, especially with easily available digital distribution.
I've never understood why distributing binaries has been a bad idea. Sure, having the source available is fantastic, but why is that diametrically opposed to binary distribution? Sometimes it's nice not having to compile everything from source, and especially for this use case. It's the same software compiled for the same platform. Compiling once and distributing the binary patch makes more sense than to send out a diff file and require a recompilation. Not every machine running google chrome is a development machine with all required libraries.
If you want the source it's available. Why attack this method of updates? Isn't open source about choice and multiple solutions?
I have a Computer Science professor (her field of focus is data mining) who insists on installing bonzai buddy on every machine she encounters. She likes having the purple monkey tell her jokes and remember her passwords. She complains that she can't find it online, so she carries a copy of the installer on a thumb drive.
At a presentation by one of her star grad students a few years back, bonzai buddy was introduced as an example of modern spyware. She left the room and later had a stern talking to him about.
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She's even managed to install it on one of the room administrative consoles (the ones for lights, blinds, and projectors). I can't tell who that reflects worse on.
Anyways, just because she's clueless at the IT side of computing doesn't mean she's completely inept with computers. It's a varied enough field that there's sufficient room for people from all walks of technical prowess. It's a shame there's no drivers license for computing...
-Z
My web development class does exactly this. We were given a debian image with apache, mysql, php, and a whole host of other configured libraries. We do our development in the image, and then submit it to our professor. It avoids all the little incompatibilities with browsers (only browser in the image is FF3), and different library settings, and if there are any changes made (i.e. xdebug, pdo), they're present on submission.
I know that anecdotes do not constitute evidence, but I've had the opposite experience as you.
Back when I used to run WinXP as my primary OS, it would bluescreen out (no message. just 1280x1024x0x00F) every eight hours. I chalked it down to a bad graphics card, but Ubuntu would keep going for weeks at a time. I eventually ditched Ubuntu too, but (in *nix land) a GUI is seperate from the core OS. Between screen and top, I've never had the command line lock up on me.
I have no problem using my 3d accelerator to speed my desktop. I just don't want a hypercube w/ wobbly windows, raindrop backgrounds, and disintegrate on close.
I'm all for speeding up my machine, not blinging it.
guh.
Why not make a package w/ auto-configurable scripts available for install? Put a box in adept, or something "Click here for flashy graphics!!11". I run Kubuntu because I like having a *nix compatible desktop, not because I want another toy.
I understand that some people are turned to linux for stability, and some for flashy graphics, but why include by default? Aero competition?
Hope it's easily (and completely) removable.
-z
What our school district did was administer a series of tests (IQ, emotional intelligence, abstract reasoning...) to what would seem the brightest 3rd and 6th graders. The top 30 or so kids would be offered placement in the 'Gifted' program. The program was headquartered at an inner city public school. Same school also had a program for developmentally disabled children.
There was some tension between the 'gifties' and the 'normies', but it never went above name calling. We shared music and gym classes, but we were otherwise segregated.
It didn't work well. It is in it's final year of being phased out. From my 8th grade graduating class, ~95% went on to university (business, computer science, engineering...). Everyone else went off to arts or technical colleges.
But for a long while we felt almost like outsiders. I wonder how common that was in similar programs.
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The last time I bought a game, it came on a plastic disc in a plastic case, surrounded by cardboard padding, packed into a laminated cardboard box, and then covered in a plastic wrapper. They've got a long way to go before that's 'green'. Besides, of all parts, isn't the manual the only one you'd actually want to have as a hard copy? I could do without the CD, especially with easily available digital distribution.
I've never understood why distributing binaries has been a bad idea. Sure, having the source available is fantastic, but why is that diametrically opposed to binary distribution? Sometimes it's nice not having to compile everything from source, and especially for this use case. It's the same software compiled for the same platform. Compiling once and distributing the binary patch makes more sense than to send out a diff file and require a recompilation. Not every machine running google chrome is a development machine with all required libraries. If you want the source it's available. Why attack this method of updates? Isn't open source about choice and multiple solutions?
I have a Computer Science professor (her field of focus is data mining) who insists on installing bonzai buddy on every machine she encounters. She likes having the purple monkey tell her jokes and remember her passwords. She complains that she can't find it online, so she carries a copy of the installer on a thumb drive. At a presentation by one of her star grad students a few years back, bonzai buddy was introduced as an example of modern spyware. She left the room and later had a stern talking to him about. c She's even managed to install it on one of the room administrative consoles (the ones for lights, blinds, and projectors). I can't tell who that reflects worse on. Anyways, just because she's clueless at the IT side of computing doesn't mean she's completely inept with computers. It's a varied enough field that there's sufficient room for people from all walks of technical prowess. It's a shame there's no drivers license for computing... -Z
My web development class does exactly this. We were given a debian image with apache, mysql, php, and a whole host of other configured libraries. We do our development in the image, and then submit it to our professor. It avoids all the little incompatibilities with browsers (only browser in the image is FF3), and different library settings, and if there are any changes made (i.e. xdebug, pdo), they're present on submission.
I know that anecdotes do not constitute evidence, but I've had the opposite experience as you. Back when I used to run WinXP as my primary OS, it would bluescreen out (no message. just 1280x1024x0x00F) every eight hours. I chalked it down to a bad graphics card, but Ubuntu would keep going for weeks at a time. I eventually ditched Ubuntu too, but (in *nix land) a GUI is seperate from the core OS. Between screen and top, I've never had the command line lock up on me.
pot calls for black kettle!
I have no problem using my 3d accelerator to speed my desktop. I just don't want a hypercube w/ wobbly windows, raindrop backgrounds, and disintegrate on close. I'm all for speeding up my machine, not blinging it.
guh. Why not make a package w/ auto-configurable scripts available for install? Put a box in adept, or something "Click here for flashy graphics!!11". I run Kubuntu because I like having a *nix compatible desktop, not because I want another toy. I understand that some people are turned to linux for stability, and some for flashy graphics, but why include by default? Aero competition? Hope it's easily (and completely) removable. -z
What our school district did was administer a series of tests (IQ, emotional intelligence, abstract reasoning...) to what would seem the brightest 3rd and 6th graders. The top 30 or so kids would be offered placement in the 'Gifted' program. The program was headquartered at an inner city public school. Same school also had a program for developmentally disabled children.
There was some tension between the 'gifties' and the 'normies', but it never went above name calling. We shared music and gym classes, but we were otherwise segregated.
It didn't work well. It is in it's final year of being phased out. From my 8th grade graduating class, ~95% went on to university (business, computer science, engineering...). Everyone else went off to arts or technical colleges.
But for a long while we felt almost like outsiders. I wonder how common that was in similar programs.
-Z
Prior Art!
(1 000 / 28.09) * 6.02 * (10^23) = 2.14311143 × 10^25
Why does redefining 1 kilogram to be one kilogram important? or is SI an abbreviation for silicon?
And funny how a silicon 'sphere' is to be the 'roundest object ever'