Warcraft II was good, Kali made it groundbreaking. So much so, Blizzard was shipping Kali on the Warcraft II CD, and ultimately it inspired Blizzard to create Battle.net. Battle.net was good, but not great - and Bnetd was created. Did Blizzard embrace this new contribution from their loyal fanbase? Of course not, they sued them into oblivion.
I owned every Blizzard title and expansion up to Warcraft 3. They haven't gotten a nickel of my money since.
Ok, replying to yourself isn't cool, but *light goes on*
Microsoft just ended Novell's right to redistribute SuSE because it imposes restrictions on SuSEs customer's right to redistribute:
7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
No, you've completely missed the point. MS doesn't want anyone using Linux, SuSE or otherwise. The purpose of this announcement is to:
Look like a good guy - hey, we're helping people out with this LUNIX interoperability thing.
Scare the crap out of big companies - the wording he used very carefully makes it sound like anyone using Linux is violating SOX
Introduce MS patented code to SuSE in the name of interoperability. I don't know how they are going to get around the GPL patent restricitons, but this agreement with Novell is a violation of the GPL for the same reason.
This has nothing to do with MS choosing one Linux over another. It is about finishing the job that SCO couldn't.
Apparently, someone on Engadget (who posted this story two days ago) claims that a UK University put this device to the test - and it appears to do as it claims:
Hi,
Let me tell you a little story - I am based in the Phyiscs Dept of a UK Uni (nameless as there are Non Disclosure Agreements in place), but we were asked to test this Steorn system - Now I wasnt working myself on this but was asked to look at the results - Simlpy put there was an "anomaly" in the results that we were at a lost to explain - this "anomaly" was that the design of the test system, (where we were given Steorn designs but purchased all components ourselves, biult it, tested, etc,) was that there appears to be a net energy gain when you move through the magnetics fields... We stated to Steorn that this "anomaly" required further examination. this was 6 months ago and we cannot find where this excess energy in the system is coming from... We are at a lost to explain it... But magnetics is admittently a bit of a grey area, we know the capabilities of electromagnetism but this is an area that hasnt had the same level of academic research as for example DNA sequencing, astrophysics, etc... the scientific community and industry knew how to create electricity and we left it at that - magnetics is a neglected part of our natural world and the Steorn "anomaly" has left our Dept quite baffled as we are left at a loss to explain it in Classical terms...
I await what the rest of our community says when they have an opportunity to see this Steon system...
S
Could be Astroturfing, but then again...you never know...
The variety and complexity of the quests in Baldur's Gate 2 make me long for the days when there were real RPGs. The quests were very political (taking sides with different factions), and had consequences for your choices. I loved the class-specific quests with the "stronghold" rewards - a great sense of accomplishment, even if the nature of the quest was kill'em all. And the romances - again, making you choose between potential mates, and then behaving in a way that character would want from you. Perfect.
What you say is the exact point of the Hacker's Diet - read about the rubber bag.
The hacker's diet is closed loop a diet tracking system. It is a feedback system for monitoring your food intake vs. metabolism, giving your rate of change of weight rather than monitoring absolute calories.
The amount you burn is not a constant, and can be changed by not only exercise, but by diet as well.
This is why low-carb diets work: you body burns more calories/day when burning fat than when burning sugars.
Are you kidding? They want there to be a shortage during the Holiday rush. Not a big one - not so much that they miss making fistfulls of money - but one just big enough so that there are TV news reports of soccer moms beating each other senseless over the last unit at the local Toys R Us.
The real marketing question is how many units to ship to make sure there are just enough so that almost everyone gets one.
Down with the evil empire!
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But hey guys, isn't Blizzard evil? We should be boycotting them because of the whole bnetd fiasco, right? Who's with me? Let's go....
Oh, and if there was a federal ID, the feds would have to pay for the infrastructure to distribute and support it. By mandating conformance for local ID's, the states get to pick up the bill.
While he was a student at Harvard, he co-authored with Paul Allen the original Altair BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 (the first commercially successful personal computer) in the mid 1970s. It was inspired by BASIC, an easy-to-learn programming language developed at Dartmouth College for teaching purposes.
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In 1975, Gates and Allen co-founded Microsoft Corporation to market their version of BASIC, called Microsoft BASIC. It was the primary interpreted computer language of the MS-DOS operating system, and was key to Microsoft's early commercial success.
First, you have to go with a GSM phone: that means T-mobile or Cingular/AT&T.
Second, if you buy the phone from the carrier, it will be locked and will not allow you to use a SIM card from another carrier. However, you can usually get the unlock code after you have had the phone awhile - T-mobile has been known to give out the unlock codes after 90 days.
You could also buy an unlocked phone from an independent dealer, but understand that this will cost significantly more. Unlocked phones *will* work with US carrier SIMs.
Now I just need to find out bacon is healthy too...
Um, heard of the Atkins Diet? More and more evidance is showing that blood cholesterol is produced by the liver when blood sugar is high, not from eating it. Most people on the Atkins Diet see an improvement in HDL/LDL ratio, and a dramatic reduction in triglycerides.
To think, wireless HDTV! That would be like - like getting HDTV over the air! You would just need an antenna, maybe a fancy converter box. Who could think it possible? Wouldn't it be cool if they could do multiple channels at the same time?
*sigh*
Jeff
This will not work because you cannot install any hacker tools on the S2. All the files are digitally signed, and the TiVo will blow away anything on root that doesn't check out (either modified or not supposed to be there) on boot up.
On the other hand, you can still yank the drive from the TiVo, mount it in Linux, and run some extraction tools from there...but that wouldn't go in the "Apple" section.
Don't forget now that Sony is a major licnesor of TiVo software...can you say TiVo in a cable box? I knew you could...
Jeff
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...but frankly, that is none of your business. If you choose not to support the software configuration I choose for this system, that is your option. However, I may use hardware I purchase in any way I see fit.
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It is P2P in the sense that Joost gets to use you bandwidth so they can make money on their DRM laden crap.
Warcraft II was good, Kali made it groundbreaking. So much so, Blizzard was shipping Kali on the Warcraft II CD, and ultimately it inspired Blizzard to create Battle.net. Battle.net was good, but not great - and Bnetd was created. Did Blizzard embrace this new contribution from their loyal fanbase? Of course not, they sued them into oblivion. I owned every Blizzard title and expansion up to Warcraft 3. They haven't gotten a nickel of my money since.
Guess that Steorn thing didn't pan out, eh?
- Look like a good guy - hey, we're helping people out with this LUNIX interoperability thing.
- Scare the crap out of big companies - the wording he used very carefully makes it sound like anyone using Linux is violating SOX
- Introduce MS patented code to SuSE in the name of interoperability. I don't know how they are going to get around the GPL patent restricitons, but this agreement with Novell is a violation of the GPL for the same reason.
This has nothing to do with MS choosing one Linux over another. It is about finishing the job that SCO couldn't.Could be Astroturfing, but then again...you never know...
I never get bored playing BG2.
The real marketing question is how many units to ship to make sure there are just enough so that almost everyone gets one.
ooooh...shiny...
Jeff
This isn't EFF opinion, but an excerpt from another source.
Jeff
Free, if you are paying for AOL.
Sirius already has free access to all of its music stations - if you have a subscription to Sirius.
Jeff
No, the current TiVo boxen can use ethernet, and the Comcast boxen can talk DOCSIS. There will be no need for a phone connection.
Jeff
Jeff
Found here.
Hope it is better documented than the first...anyone know how to play gauntlet with any character other than the Warrior?
"Hey, we've got this great new video on-demand feature to sell you..."
Well, according to Cringely, $2bn is only2 months worth of MS cash. This article does a good job of explaining why none of this makes any difference
Jeff
Second, if you buy the phone from the carrier, it will be locked and will not allow you to use a SIM card from another carrier. However, you can usually get the unlock code after you have had the phone awhile - T-mobile has been known to give out the unlock codes after 90 days.
You could also buy an unlocked phone from an independent dealer, but understand that this will cost significantly more. Unlocked phones *will* work with US carrier SIMs.
Jeff
Um, heard of the Atkins Diet? More and more evidance is showing that blood cholesterol is produced by the liver when blood sugar is high, not from eating it. Most people on the Atkins Diet see an improvement in HDL/LDL ratio, and a dramatic reduction in triglycerides.
To think, wireless HDTV! That would be like - like getting HDTV over the air! You would just need an antenna, maybe a fancy converter box. Who could think it possible? Wouldn't it be cool if they could do multiple channels at the same time? *sigh* Jeff
This will not work because you cannot install any hacker tools on the S2. All the files are digitally signed, and the TiVo will blow away anything on root that doesn't check out (either modified or not supposed to be there) on boot up.
On the other hand, you can still yank the drive from the TiVo, mount it in Linux, and run some extraction tools from there...but that wouldn't go in the "Apple" section.
Jeff
Jeff
...but frankly, that is none of your business. If you choose not to support the software configuration I choose for this system, that is your option. However, I may use hardware I purchase in any way I see fit.