figglesonrails

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by figglesonrails 15y ago
C NOT GOOD FOR LARGE PROJECTS? MAKE QUAKE-C Though for Doom3 and on, they did switch to C++, which makes absolutely minimal usage of the language features, heh. I guess old habits die hard.
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Odd. I thought the general algorithm was to record a number points where the user traced, interpolate between them (so you don't end up with giant discontinuities), and THEN rubber stamp on the full list. That drawing looks like my attempt
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
I don't think I've ever seen a store that accepts refunds on software the moment you open the shrinkwrap, so I'm not really sure how Steam is that much different.
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Well said. I used no-CD cracks on the entire Diablo series because my CD drive was slow but my HDD was big. I bought all of the games and expansion packs. Also, when running Diablo II on WINE, it was a massive pain in the ass to "umount /de
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Yeah, there will always be pirates. I don't think you can fairly say "massively pirated" because you don't actually have numbers to back that statement, just like I couldn't say that "most people get the game through Steam". However, I woul
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
That or they have Office:mac like they do over here. :)
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
How do I send SIGSTOP to this horrible line of UNIX jokes?
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Haha, them be fightin' words. Better hope the EFF doesn't get wind of that! ;)
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
GNU License? What? Your comparison breaks down heavily when you actually consider it. GNU software tends to be competition for proprietary/non-open software. They are substitute products. Comparing them to music isn't really a good thing to
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
I don't think the "pure piracy" model will ever come to pass, but I don't see piracy going away either. The people who seek to eliminate piracy can only do so with modest efficacy by resorting to systems that severely limit freedom and have
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
If all else fails, consider that maybe you don't have a product worth buying, and then improve or leave. I think you shouldn't write this off as "you're an ass". It's rough to hear "you likely won't get full payment for the product itself
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Netscape, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Dow Chemical (lol), Monsanto (lol), Pilgrim's Corp (lol) EDIT: You didn't say shaped "for the better". :\
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Agreed that consumers can be sheep. Here's the problem though: the (BIG) producers are using various means inaccessible to smaller ones to change laws. And not in small way. And not in a way that benefits consumers. People who get uptight a
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
"Remove money from the picture entirely and ask yourself what you'd like to recieve in exchange for your work." Yeah no. We want money so that we have the fluidity of choosing a candy bar one day and a vacation another. Besides, you can't h
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Learning about open source by fixing bugs in languages you've never used makes about as much sense to me as learning about physics by fixing engines in vehicles you've never seen. If you just want to "learn" about open source, read their ma
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Also, owning house and yard is a selfish waste of space compared to living apartments, but I don't hear too many people complaining. If a city were to say "NO CARS, TOO MUCH SPACE WASTED", then they might as well say "NO HOUSES OR YARDS, TO
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Agreed, no accidental deaths/smog if everyone walked/biked, but that doesn't mean city+cars aren't accomplishing their job of A to B. It isn't the cleanest or safest way, but I don't think he argued "greater good" so much as "good enough".
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Not sure if troll.
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Cool story, bro. (Mime aside, do we get to hear what the argument was?)
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
That's a pretty brutal stance. :| I can't say I know the average shelf life of a software component in various languages, but I can say that at least things like Java have managed to justify their use of accessors by that metric. Maybe the
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Accessors are hardly a pre-generalization. I believe he was simply telling various use-cases that can be applied. Yes, software requirements change and some things don't (in practice), but you won't know precisely what will and won't need t
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
Code bloat, at least _compiled_ code bloat, tends to be less on an issue with trivial accessors in C++ since they are generally inlined, but it does add a lot ()s. For non-trivial accessors, yeah, you can inline a lot of copies of that logi
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by figglesonrails 15y ago
void* p1; void* p2; p2 = function(p1); Do p1 and p2 alias? Note: function() is in a *.so file, no source available. How many times do you have all of the source code available for analysis?