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Messages - Venus

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Why are you constantly arguing that I'm anti commercialism? I have never criticized commercialism in this thread, and probably never on ZFGC at all... Please understand what I'm trying to say. I'm against proprietary software. Software which has owners that deny users freedom to share, modify and build upon the software they use. Free Software is the opposite of that. It allows any use, sharing and modification. This has nothing to do with money, selfishness or anything, it has to do with software freedom (what you're allowed to do with the software you receive and use).

You DID say you would release it open source and let anyone do whatever they wanted to do with it. Just read my last post where I explained for Windy.

And the only thing I said at first was that if you're going to do it with XNA you would not allow people to use your software to its fullest. I do not believe you do this intentionally. I thought it was just accidental because you weren't aware of the problem. That's why I decided to give a small hint and explanation. I did it not to scorn you or something, I only did it to give you an advice. It was from the beginning meant as constructive criticism (and it's still meant to, although you seem to have completely misunderstood that).

Sadly though, everyone starts bitching and calling me things that has absolutely nothing to do with what I said. "OLO Conspiracy theorist! Anti-capitalist! Communist! Anti-commercialist! You want everything to be free/gratis in the world, how is that ever going to happen?". Then I have to keep on telling it's not !@#$% what I'm saying. I'm not saying anything of that.

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Discussion / Re: (request) Decompile DS game code into PAlib?
« on: October 06, 2007, 05:28:07 pm »
It's not an .exe. It's a .nds file. All I want to do is change models, waepons, and levels.

Executable code nonetheless. The extension is just eye-candy. It has no real purpose technically.

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Other Discussion / Re: Running DX10 on Windows XP?
« on: October 06, 2007, 11:14:32 am »
M$ had previously announced that they plan on allowing DX10 only games to run on XP somehow one day. I'm sure they mostly meant Halo 2, but they spoke of it in a more general sense.

Again, if it happens, expect them to ask you to get new hardware, that use TC. It would be suicide for them to make XP work just like Vista without adding the controlling "features" in Vista (which requires new TC compatible hardware). They would not make people change to Vista anymore, if they did that. They could make a compromise though, if they also added the controlling measures for XP (but at the same time, that's hard for them, because it would be hard to convince users to change hardware... which is their main reason for them not changing to Vista in the first place!).

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Even if he's going to release the source code for his engine/game as free software, it's not going to make XNA free.
Thus, arguing about it is utterly pointless, not to mention he never mentioned at all releasing it as free software, you made that correlation for yourself.  For someone who doesn't support open source, you sure seem to like to relate them when it's convenient.

He mentioned that he'd "release the open source engine for people to do with what they want".

To me, that sounds like he would release it as free software under a very permissive license, such as "here's the source code, do whatever you want". This would make it for a particular user, as long as the source code is available for that particular user (which cannot be guaranteed by law with a non-copyleft permissive license), compatible with the free software definition (as well as the open source definition). Although he said "open source", it does not mean it's not free software. The words are veeery similar in meaning. The difference is mostly just what motivation behind the movements are. All (I think) free software is open source, but not all open source software is free software. The scenario he described would make it free software as well (again, as long as the source still is available for the user).

To be honest this sounds like the awkward misunderstand I have to go through again, again, and again. It's worth it though if I can inform people. The misunderstanding is that free software stands for "gratis software". It does however, stand for "libre software". It's very sad that the English language does not make a difference between these two concepts, although they are very very different. I do support open source in some cases when it's a superset of free software, but I do not support the open source movement as a whole because they also support some semi-proprietary licenses, and I do not agree with the motivation behind their movement (at least having it as main motivation).

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Other Discussion / Re: Running DX10 on Windows XP?
« on: October 05, 2007, 08:02:51 pm »
DX10 will only work on Treacherous Computing (a.k.a. "Trusted Computing" by the "industry") enabled hardware. That's why Vista needs so high specs. Because new hardware are TC enabled. If Vista allowed old hardware, it would not work with TC and thus the users can't be controlled properly with TC, DRM and so on.

If you could install DX10 on Windows XP it would totally ruin MS goal to put everyone under control and surveillance on Vista. Because XP is not TC enabled, and the hardware it runs on is not either. Be prepared that IF they ever release a patch for Windows XP, expect that they claim you need to upgrade the hardware as well, or it won't work as you want. The truth is that it won't ever work as you want whatever you do.

TC is a scheme to encrypt all internal and possibly some external communication on your computer hardware. In this way you can't do what you want to do. There will be a small program in the hardware that monitors what you do to make sure you don't do anything "bad" with your own computer (such as copying a movie, downloading music, playing a pirated game and so on... maybe also make sure you're not getting services from competitors). Vista is capable of respecting this little Big Brother (the hardware). You can't change Vista, because it's proprietary, you can't change Big Brother because he's encrypted with a secret 2048-bit key and won't work unless he's encrypted (the only other option is to not use the computer at all).

Initially TC was supposed to allow you to decide what the hardware ("big brother") should allow or not. The industry quickly made an incompatible design that NOT lets you decide. Therefore there can be some TC that is usable, just as there are DRM that is usable (i.e. for personal stuff)... It's however unacceptable that TC is used against you to make sure you don't infringe on what the industry call their "intellectual property".

Read more about Treacherous Computing here:
http://www.lafkon.net/tc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treacherous_Computing

Wow, you really are ZFGC's little conspiracy theorist.

*shrugs* I'm not really asking everyone or anyone to believe me. If you don't want to listen to me, please don't. I guess you'll realize sooner or later, although it might be too late then.

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Here we go again, FREEDOM SQUAD, ASSEMBLE AND UNITE! STRIKE DOWN CAPITALISM!

Proprietary software is anti-capitalism. It's anti-competitive and is not suitable in a capitalistic society that is supposed to work. I want to eliminate proprietary software, or at least it's use. Truthfully, I don't really love capitalism 100% but it's a separate issue than proprietary software.
Fine you nitpicker.


ANTI COMMERCIALISM SQUAD, ASSEMBLE AND UNITE!

Free software can be commercial. If you don't believe me read this: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html (scroll down to Commercial Software, if you don't want to read the whole article)

It just happens that most proprietary software is commercial (with the exception of freeware and a few others). Just because I want to get rid of proprietary software does not mean I want to get rid of commercial software. I do want to get rid of proprietary freeware, btw.

**To Venus**

You know how stupid that argument is? M$ Windows has the largest install base period... for them to release something only on their platform is logical, because doing so ensures that the vast majority of consumers can use their products. In terms of XNA, of course it will be for Windows... M$ made the damn console, so why wouldn't they reap the benefits, it's not selfish, it's good business. One of the reasons Sony went to Linux is to !@#$% off M$ as they are the competition, not due to any superiority's in the Unix/Linux communities which will never go mainstream due to the lack of organization that Open Source commonly brings to the table.

And really, you make the next multi-billion dollar software and from the first day you release it, make it open source and forgo all monatary benefits AND provide all the support, upgrades, and updates.

You wanna develop for a PS3? You still have to buy the system, same with everyone else, M$ just made it mainstream.

1) I do not talk for the open source community and I don't support it either. I talk for the free/libre software community.
2) I do not like Sony. They make proprietary software as well. In fact, even their PS3 system is pre-installed with their proprietary software (it does not use "Linux" by default as many think). Plus, they don't really tell how everything in their console works. Just because it's possible to install a free operating system on it or they considered have it as default, does not mean they support it.
3) And it's neither being selfish nor a good business. It's being power-hungry (money and selfishness is just a indirect effect), and it's bad business... for society.
4) It's not about buying a machine or not. I would not object to anything if XNA and all of its components were free software. But they aren't. Having to buy a computer/machine/system/hardware to use free software is acceptable (heck, how else are you supposed to run it!?), but having to use proprietary software (gratis or not) is not.

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Here we go again, FREEDOM SQUAD, ASSEMBLE AND UNITE! STRIKE DOWN CAPITALISM!

Proprietary software is anti-capitalism. It's anti-competitive and is not suitable in a capitalistic society that is supposed to work. I want to eliminate proprietary software, or at least it's use. Truthfully, I don't really love capitalism 100% but it's a separate issue than proprietary software.

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Other Discussion / Re: How long can you hold your breath??
« on: October 04, 2007, 08:58:54 pm »
Forever.

However, I might die from that. But that was never a condition, was it?

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Other Discussion / Re: Running DX10 on Windows XP?
« on: October 04, 2007, 08:57:17 pm »
DX10 will only work on Treacherous Computing (a.k.a. "Trusted Computing" by the "industry") enabled hardware. That's why Vista needs so high specs. Because new hardware are TC enabled. If Vista allowed old hardware, it would not work with TC and thus the users can't be controlled properly with TC, DRM and so on.

If you could install DX10 on Windows XP it would totally ruin MS goal to put everyone under control and surveillance on Vista. Because XP is not TC enabled, and the hardware it runs on is not either. Be prepared that IF they ever release a patch for Windows XP, expect that they claim you need to upgrade the hardware as well, or it won't work as you want. The truth is that it won't ever work as you want whatever you do.

TC is a scheme to encrypt all internal and possibly some external communication on your computer hardware. In this way you can't do what you want to do. There will be a small program in the hardware that monitors what you do to make sure you don't do anything "bad" with your own computer (such as copying a movie, downloading music, playing a pirated game and so on... maybe also make sure you're not getting services from competitors). Vista is capable of respecting this little Big Brother (the hardware). You can't change Vista, because it's proprietary, you can't change Big Brother because he's encrypted with a secret 2048-bit key and won't work unless he's encrypted (the only other option is to not use the computer at all).

Initially TC was supposed to allow you to decide what the hardware ("big brother") should allow or not. The industry quickly made an incompatible design that NOT lets you decide. Therefore there can be some TC that is usable, just as there are DRM that is usable (i.e. for personal stuff)... It's however unacceptable that TC is used against you to make sure you don't infringe on what the industry call their "intellectual property".

Read more about Treacherous Computing here:
http://www.lafkon.net/tc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treacherous_Computing

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:p not a big project;

Quote from:  Meeee
would probably only have a few things to do in it though; it would be more of an XNA programming test for me personally

It would probably only go up until the chozo mini-boss, and I'd release the open source engine for people to do with what they want :p

Well, if you develop it on XNA it's pretty useless to have it free/open software since XNA isn't. People who only want to use free/open software will not be able to play it as long as it's on XNA. Of course they could port it, but meh...
Actually, XNA is free for windows ($100 for XBox developement. Source code can be released, exes created, etc) and the source code is interchangable between the XBox 360 and PC. (So porting it would be a matter of changing a few controls.)
You really don't understand, do you? XNA is not... free software. It does not matter whether it's $10000000, $100, $0/gratis or even if they give you money to use it; it's proprietary software! Even if he's going to release the source code for his engine/game as free software, it's not going to make XNA free. Releasing it using XNA will make it pointless until someone ports it to a free operating system. They can not benefit from the source code unless they can modify all the components the game works on. And they can't modify XNA, that's what makes it non-free software. It's a little collection of binary blobs you trust MS has coded as you want it... but have they? You can't know since they don't provide source code; their software is non-free, which means they deny your freedom.

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Debates / Re: Free Speech is Dead in America
« on: October 01, 2007, 09:44:03 pm »
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Socialism exists and is actually quite successful. If you wanna see examples of large, mixed-market economies that are successful, look no further than most of the EU: the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, etc. all have HUGE public sectors.

You say that pure socialism itself is successful, but instead you give us examples of mixed economies? facepalm.jpg


Err.. socialism does not necessarily mean plan economy or even "not market/mixed economy". Many countries in Europe are socialist, social democratic to be more specific.

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Debates / Re: Free Speech is Dead in America
« on: October 01, 2007, 08:44:42 pm »
I see what you are saying,but just because maybe 1-3%(just an example) of a population has a criminal background with gun violence does not mean you punish everyone else.  I enjoy hunting.  Is hunting needed?  It's about to be for me.  Can I hunt without a gun? Yes.  But, I enjoy hunting with a rifle more than a bow and arrow.  Seriously(this may seem conspiracy theory), if you take the guns out of people's hands, what's to stop your government from taking total freedom's away?  What are you going to retaliate with?  a baseball bat?  That is a total extreme, I know.  I'd rather look at the glass half empty than half-full.  I very much understand your point of view and I respect it.  I wish the world was not so...uncertain I guess.  If I was not worried about getting mugged or attacked or whatever, I would not mine stricter laws on my right to own a gun.  I still would like to have a rifle to hunt with.  But as long as I still have to be aware of people who wish to hurt others, I want to be able to protect myself.  Police officers where I live do not do !@#$% for protection.  A lot try, but most do not take the effort.  They are concerned about pensions and their pay and filling their ticket quota.  I do not trust my law enforcement to protect me anymore.  Sorry.

But, I still understand your position, Pyru.  I hope you understand mine.

If you are going to retaliate, you would produce the guns anyway, since you wouldn't listen to the govt/law anyway.

Maybe the police is being lazy because they know/assume that most people are already capable of "protecting" themselves?

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:p not a big project;

Quote from:  Meeee
would probably only have a few things to do in it though; it would be more of an XNA programming test for me personally

It would probably only go up until the chozo mini-boss, and I'd release the open source engine for people to do with what they want :p

Well, if you develop it on XNA it's pretty useless to have it free/open software since XNA isn't. People who only want to use free/open software will not be able to play it as long as it's on XNA. Of course they could port it, but meh...

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Other Discussion / Re: request: funny anime gif
« on: September 30, 2007, 08:24:41 pm »
That's from Death Note right? I haven't watched the anime for it, only read most of the manga.

Probably. I'm fairly sure it's Light's death, but I could be wrong.
Great, thanks for the spoiler kids :D
I had not finished it XD

<_< :( Spoiled for me too :(

I liked it best before L's death anyway :P

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Other Discussion / Re: request: funny anime gif
« on: September 30, 2007, 06:09:15 pm »
That's from Death Note right? I haven't watched the anime for it, only read most of the manga.

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Debates / Re: Free Speech is Dead in America
« on: September 29, 2007, 08:12:37 pm »
The governement is corrupt. All government systems can be corrupted. Communism was corrupted, and Captialism is now. Look at NAFTA, and you'll see what I mean. On Youtube just look up "Noam Chomsky Zack de la Rocha", it's very interesting and taught me a lot about how it works. It's basically Zack interviewing Noam about the NAFTA.

The police should use fair judgement, that's my view.

Capitalism is based on corruption. It's an entire system which says "Hey, guess what - everyone's out for number one, and only willing to help anyone else out only if it helps THEM out more."

Arguably people think that way after capitalism gives them an excuse for their actions; "I make these cheap burgers for consumers by collecting dead pets and underpaying my staff. My benefit is their benefits, amirite!? Oh and better yet, I've already bought out all competition and I own all patents on burger-grills! More power for me is also a benefit for them, yes yes yes I love this system!". Of course he does not mention the dead pets or the underpaying staff parts or most of anything of that (except that the burgers are cheap), so the "consumers" will stay ignorant and buy his damn cheap burgers, because... well... they are cheap (dammit, gotta love "consumers" logic). Situations like those just means the state needs to sue the company in question which arguably gives one the conclusion that capitalism does not solve the corruption it claims to remove, or maybe at least it potentially creates new corruption.

What I also mean is; let people be raised in a social society and they will generally learn to think socially, just like people raised in a capitalist society will generally learn to think anti-socially. It just happens to be that today people think anti-socially because we live in a capitalist society, and for obvious reasons (for them) that's the correct way of a society. I personally believe a social society would work just as good if not better, because I don't even believe that what capitalism says "that people are inherently power-hungry and everyone can benefit from that" is true (like I said, I think it's just made as an excuse). Instead I believe not everyone is designed the same; some might be power-hungry, but there's also loads of people that have other wishes (and capitalism fails at least when it does not recognize that); a good society would take all diversity into account (note however that that does not necessarily mean it has to be a social one though).

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Entertainment / Re: Scan of Link's Crossbow training!
« on: September 26, 2007, 11:27:53 pm »
Shouldn't be, but it is. Oh well, live with it. I'm aware that you could make an exception, but that's like poking a needle hole in a condom (I love weird smilies!) and still not wanting to get her/yourself pregnant, somewhere, somehow, something will get through you don't want to. And if it tears and makes the hole bigger in the process, remember: This condom is reusable and I'll be damned you are gonna have to reuse it!

Once you stop going "ew", you'll feel bad for not laughing :P

Was that a reply to my post? In that case I recommend you to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use.

When I said "shouldn't be" I didn't only mean ought not to be (that I think it shouldn't be). I meant that it's most likely legal to do it in this case, because of fair use.

The "exception" fair use was added for some reasons. One is that you can (although limited) quote texts and so on. It's very important because new works are often based on old works by using them as a base/source. In this case TOP wrote a new work, a post, and based it on an older work, the article. Most countries have some form of fair use, if they have copyrights laws.

And I neither said "ew" nor laughed. >.>

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Other Discussion / Re: New laptop.
« on: September 26, 2007, 11:13:09 pm »
Bah. 16-17 inch monitor? Is it even portable? Mine is just like 14 or 15 inch or something and it's big and heavy as !@#$%.

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Entertainment / Re: Scan of Link's Crossbow training!
« on: September 26, 2007, 04:16:47 pm »
You know it's illegal for an American site to post scans of an American magazine without its permission, right?
LOL, everybody here posts scans you just say that because you don't like Link's Crossbow Training. Now GTFO of my topic lol.
No, really, posting scans directly from a magazine is illegal, as far as I know. It's certainly forbidden on NeoGAF. It's basically like posting footage from a movie that's just out.

Hell, just check GoNintendo's article on it.
http://gonintendo.com/?p=25760

They don't want to post the scans directly, to avoid legal hassle.

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“© 2007 Nintendo of America…nothing that appears in Nintendo Power may be reproduced in whole or in part without express written permission from Nintendo of America Inc., copyright owner.”

It's fair use. It shouldn't be illegal at all in this case, even if "copyright owners" (not necessarily the authors) wants you to think it is.

:3 I love big game company milking money! WTF, why am I even here!?

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Other Discussion / Re: Math Equation Maker!
« on: September 24, 2007, 05:15:58 pm »
Which is rather to say that x = infinity, or 33/x is 0.

No, x is just undefined. It is impossible to have infinity as part of the definition-set, thus x is undefined and the equation is non-solvable. (a/0 != inf and 1/inf != 0, for the reason that inf is not a number, it's a symbol, x can only be a number, not a symbol)

Other than that rounding the equation without having it IN the equation makes no sense <_<; Frebby can't expect us to solve the unsolvable. If rounding is part of the equation it needs to be in the equation (otherwise, how are we going to know!?). However, doing that just makes in unnecessarily hard and still makes no sense at all. Now I can't see the source code that generated these, but it seems like you are saying the x always will be undefined, and in that case it's not really "insanely hard" (the answer is just that it's unsolvable, x is not part of the definition set). Heck, even if x was part of the definition set it's still just a linear equation, it's the most easiest thing ever. Only constant equation is easier, and that's because it's per definition already solved :P

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