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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-07-06 04:40 AM, in Oh, honestly now. Link
Originally posted by Apofisu
Originally posted by HyperHacker

I can only wonder how many unfinished, not-completely-painted models are laying around the factory.


Why, do you like women who are partially gray?
.....
Dude, the base resin color for those models is flesh tone. Unfinished unpainted anime models like that look like they're nude. Duh.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-07-06 04:43 AM, in Woman marries dolphin Link
You know I wouldn't be surprised if marrying an animal was actually legal in some southern state like Kentucky or something.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-07-06 04:56 AM, in Would you rather?... Link
Originally posted by Koitenshin
Would you rather have a vehicle that gets 1 mpg that everyone in the world thinks is cool or a high mpg car that looks like absolute trash?
Wow, that 1mpg thing sounds like my actual car. Seriously, advice to all of you. Don't buy a camaro. They get 10mpg and they only take supreme. It costs me $60 to fill up a tank.

Skip me in the thread game or whatever is going on.

(edited by ||bass on 01-07-06 03:57 AM)
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-07-06 02:26 PM, in Would you rather?... Link
Originally posted by xxweirdalfanxx
well it seems as though the person above me did not leave me with a question so i will just pop out with the question.
Do you even know how to read? I said "skip me" pretty clearly in my post. You should have taken the question from the post ABOVE mine. DUH.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-08-06 06:18 PM, in Oh my god!.... Link
Just an FYI. 3gb ram is NOT 3060mb, it's 3072mb.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-10-06 05:10 PM, in So now annoying people on the internet is a crime. Link
Also, anyone who even jokes about voiding the constitution in a BILL needs to take a civics class. You can't change the constitution via a simple bill, you need to go through the amendment process which has a mandatory requirement of ratification by at least 2/3 of the states.

PS: Any law that can be used to throw spammers in prison is a good law.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-10-06 07:09 PM, in Possibly Getting a New Computer Link
Downgrading to Win98 would be a seriously bad idea. XP is several orders of magnitude better in terms of stability and performance.

Your best bet would be to install DOSBox on your new machine. It's a freeware program designed to run old dos software in new versions of Windows. It even lets you run 16-bit dos apps in 64 bit versions of XP.

Get it at: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

Seriously, this soloution is much better then downgrading.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-10-06 10:51 PM, in Apple announces MacBook Pro Link
In an interesting note, the warez scene has now released a patch for mac OSX that lets it run un UNMODIFIED pc hardware.

I installed it in vmware.... it works.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-11-06 07:55 PM, in Learn about programming games with C# Link
You probably won't get a C/C++ supreiority arguement in this case. Other then being more portable, C# tends to give you 90% of the flexibility for only 10% of the anoyingness. (Read: No heap pointer management.)
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-11-06 07:59 PM, in Apple announces MacBook Pro Link
Originally posted by HyperHacker
But how well? This issue was brought up before. Wouldn't it only work with hardware designed to be Mac-compatible?
It only comes with drivers for hardware that comes with a factory stock mac but, there's nothing to stop 3rd party developers from writing drivers. In the next few months, I'd expect a slew of drivers coming from all the different hardware manufacturers.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-11-06 09:47 PM, in Apple announces MacBook Pro Link
Originally posted by Tarale
Originally posted by Ailura
There's not much apple can do actually, 3rd party products... unlicensed have been done for years. Besides I don't think apple can do much for open source drivers.


Well, I doubt there'd be much they could do about open-source stuff; but I think that say if.... nvidia for example started putting out official drivers for OS X for hardware that isn't in a Macintosh, that Apple would have some kind of case with sending a cease-and-desist to nvidia.

And it would definitely be a bad move for ATI, as it would damage the business relationship that they have with Apple.
BZZZZT! Wrong. There is absoloutly no legal way Apple could stop NVidia or anyone else from making x86 OSX drivers. Companies have made unlicensed software/drivers for years there is no legal difference in this case. There is NOTHING Apple can do about 3rd party drivers. Zip. Zero.

On that note, there are already drivers coming out including drivers for the VMWare hardware.

Me running OSX in VMWare:
http://amber.stormbirds.org/mmxbass/files/osx86.png
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-11-06 10:14 PM, in Apple announces MacBook Pro Link
No! That is flat out FALSE. There is nothing ilegal about a company writing the drivers through ANY method. Even if they reverse engineered parts of OSX in order to product their drivers, as long as their drivers don't contain OSX source code (which they wouldn't) it would still be perfectly legal.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-11-06 10:18 PM, in Possibly Getting a New Computer Link
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Most store-bought computers either come with the OS install CD or a recovery disc that wipes your hard drive and re-installs everything to the way it was when you bought it. I'd suggest you ask for the install CD though, if possible.

I think it's possible to make an XP install CD from an existing installation, though, and should be legal since you technically own it already.
It is possible but it's anoying and complicated. A much easier thing to do is to get a copy of Norton Ghost and make a backup image of your harddrive before you install anything else.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-12-06 12:57 AM, in Apple announces MacBook Pro Link
Yes, even if Apple doesn't want them released. As long as the drivers didn't contain code owned by Apple (I dont see why they would) there is nothing ilegal about them and Apple would have no grounds to file a claim of any kind. They wouldn't persue any case when their lawyers informed them they had no grounds, and if they did, a judge would promptly dismiss the charges.

ON THE OTHER HAND, while drivers that would allow OSX to run on normal PC hardware would be perfectly legit and untouchable, software to TRICK OSX into installing onto "unapproved systems" probably could be argued as ilicit under provisions 2 and 3 of the DMCA .

Drivers? Yes.
Installer patches? No.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-12-06 01:43 AM, in Apple announces MacBook Pro Link
With older nintendo games? No, it wasn't ilegal. Some old cartrages would use a voltage spike to freak out the 10NES chip (though now under article 2-3 of the DMCA it might be a different story). Nintendo's trick nowadays is simple. The data block necissary to boot new nintendo games contains a bitmap of the nintendo logo. Since it wont boot without that datablock, and that datablock contains a trademarked image, they can nail unlicenced designers for improper use of a trademark.

Drivers are different, all a driver does is interface a OS kernel with a peice of hardware, it does so without bypassing any kind of security. That's the catch here. As long as the software doesn't bypass a built in security measure, there is no legal recourse. One thing Apple might consider doing is requiring all drivers to have a digital certificate with Apple as the certifying authority and just REFUSE to use them otherwise. That way, in order to make a working driver they would have to either A: provide a false certificate in order to circumvent a protection (article 2-3 DMCA violation) or they could just release it with no certificate which would get them off the hook and the driver would be ok. The problem then is that the driver wouldn't install without a 3rd party tool to force OSX to install the driver without a certificate in which case that 3rd party tool would be DMCA article 2-3.

As long as your aren't circumventing a protection, it's perfectly legal. If OSX blindly uses any driver without checking if its "approved" they only have themselves to blame. Doing something like requiring drivers to have a 1kb header containing the Apple logo would protect them.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-12-06 01:50 AM, in Which method is better for a plugin system? Link
I'd just like to take a second to point out that the 64 bit version of windows creates a virtual 32 bit runtime for any win32 processes. Assuming they ran XP or Vista, anyone running the 32 bit version of your software, even on a 64 bit system would automatically be given a 32 bit runtime enviroment to run in.

Also, you could always make a translation/proxy plugin to run 32 bit plugins on the 64 bit version of your software.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-12-06 04:24 PM, in Apple announces MacBook Pro Link
Most of them were ok AT THE TIME. Though now it might be a different story. The only ones nintendo every really went after was Tengen because they got the 10NES chip designs from the US patent office and used them to get around the protection. Nintendo nailed them for improper use of patent information.

On a side note, nintendo later released a new NES, a top-loader system that didn't have the 10NES chip. Even under today's more restrictive copyright laws, since this newer NES doesn't have any kind of protection, it would be perfectly legal.

Those unlicensed games on the origional NES? They WOULD be ilegal today under the DMCA because they circumvent a protection.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-12-06 04:27 PM, in Which method is better for a plugin system? Link
Originally posted by HyperHacker
I thought it would do that, but wasn't quite sure. (Guess it kinda has to. )
Yea. Somewhat surprisingly though, 16 bit windows applications no longer run. That kinda sucks because alot of GOOD older games like the origional Dr. Brain games were all 16 bit. Then again, you can always install DOSBox.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-12-06 04:28 PM, in I want to bitch too... Link
Where exactally did you try to post? What kind of poll? What was typed into all the boxes? etc
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 01-13-06 12:51 AM, in VB6 - setting cursor to the end of a textbox Link
Originally posted by Sukasa
I figured it out. I should'a just paid more attention to my other project there. What wored for me no matter what was the two lines
text1.SetFocus
SendKeys "{end}"

That works all the time.

(BTW, SMWOE is almost ready, I just need to finish the jump height controls, as well as add in a few more offsets and switches.)
One big problem here is that if they want to type something at the begining of a box, before everything else, it will be seriously anoying.

Also, using SendKeys is bad practice.
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