LuthienStarshine

[quote quoting="post"] A: Not at its normal levels. I’ve been working very hard to make the game play the game just like a human being does. However, I will have higher difficulty levels where the AI gets “stuff” for those who end up better at the game than I am. We will, however, be continuing to enhance the AI long after release as we did with Galactic Civilizations. [/quote] AI gets "stuff" for those better than you at the game. So yo

[quote who="StarCruzr" reply="125" id="2626649"]I disagree. What will happen (and is happening at the moment) is simply market segmentation coupled with growth. It's not like we're going to see a demise in home PCs and laptops, since people still want something with a large screen, keyboard and some form of Office on their computer. Gamers are not going to give up their machines. Power users will want something that has a keyboard and all those programs they need (compilers, LaTeX, VMs,

[quote who="Geetop" reply="121" id="2626527"]More than INSTANT ON - I think EASY Configuration (it just works) is even more a sale feature for the majority. Most people hate having to call the geek in their family to help them as much as we hate having to go over to their house just to get their computer back in shape (just os they can get their email and get on facebook). [/quote] Yes, it just works. You buy, you use it. Instant ON is just part of

[quote who="Jafo" reply="73" id="2625893"]However...as far as MY IP is concerned....I decide when it expires....and that will be once I shuffle off this coil.[/quote] No, you don't. Copyright laws grant you a monopoly over distribution and use of your works but impose a limit on how much time you have that monopoly before your work becomes public domain. You can't decide to have it expire later than the maximun time allowed by law. Though, for practical purpouses, you

[quote who="Jafo" reply="64" id="2625631"] How simple would you like the answer?....this one is a no-brainer. It is about the authority/permission to provide the access. The author/publisher allows THEIR IP product to be 'distributed' via a Lending Library. The Torrent/warez/pirate site does NOT have the author's/distributor's permission to distribute. COPYRIGHT, people. Look it up.[/quote] Wrong, libraries don't need author/

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="56" id="2625380"] You are an idiot. Copyright laws promote knowledge and progress by insuring writers can profit from their work. The ability to make a living at it is what gives the writer the ability to continue writing. Your country's lax copying laws and taxes on writable media achieve the same purpose, just in a highly socialized way. Under your system it doesn't much matter how popular your work is, you get a share of the tax reve

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="42" id="2624871"]To me there's a HUGE DIFFERENCE between "Joe blow" who downloads a movie, watches it once or twice, then deletes it....and the guy who Steals and Pirates Games and Movies and Re-Sells them for Profit. Your view doesn't hold much weight. Legally there are differences, but only in terms of scale and severity of punishments. [/quote] To download a book, read it and delete it is qualitatively similar to going to a public libra

I bet people overjoyed about Newzsbin dismissal are not Usenet users. They consider beneficial the part about making copyright infringement harder and they are not affected by the shutting down of the legal uses so it's good overall for them, that legitimate users are harmed because of this is of little concern. For legitimate Newzsbin users is the other way. The harm to their legal activities is perceived as bigger than the benefit they get from making copyright infringment harder. T

I'm not defending the comercial viability of Newzbin but the moral and legal right to provide a communication channel. Like the one provided by Newzbin and other Usenet carriers. If a million users post 1KiB legal messages and a thousand users post 9MiB messages containing copyrighted material then, yes, 90% of content, as measured by storage of bits, would be copyrighted material. But it's just 1% of users doing copyright infringement while the large majority is doing perfectly legal

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="20" id="2623684"] Am I a stealer? Under US laws, probably. Under your own laws? No - but don't be surprised when a lot of material is not available in your location.[/quote] I'm not quite sure what you mean by "Under US laws, probably". I am not under US laws. It's like saying submarine zebras probably prefer cold pastures. I have to agree with Raven X. To defend the eradication of Usenet is to defend censorship.

In my country, Spain, after the modification of the Law of Intellectual Property (Ley 23/2006) it is legal to make copies of literary, artistic or scientific works without authorization from the intellectual property holders under the following conditions : Made for private use. Not used for profit. Not for collective use. The work has

The device is technically excellent. And is much more usable than other gadgets by clients with low technical knowledge. Which means a huge yet to be exploited market. The potential for success is enormous. Apple's closed enviroment is actually good for many uses. It's quite useful for people without the knowledge or time to choose the application best suited for them among thousands of uncontrolled offers which might contain trojans or other nasties. Rather than choose yourself let A

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="94" id="2619073"]The AI is the computer, and thus has access to all the data, can see where you are. In coding a good AI, the idea is to tell it which data it SHOULD look at, so it doesn't automatically know, for instance, the hidden passage into your base.[/quote] [quote who="John_Hughes" reply="95" id="2619150"] I used the term non-AI simply to indicate the level it i The computer builds your units for you upon request, via the GUI provided. The

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="4" id="2619207"]As a gamer, I only want to pay for stuff that I want in a game and not a cent more. I don't want features to be mandated by a third party. Right now, it's still an open platform. But as the OS wars showed, it isn't necessarily certain it will stay that way.[/quote] As a gamer I do not mind paying for multiplayer support even if I will not be using it or for other stuff I won't use. As long as the part I will be using is good I'll be willing

So it seems you've convinced people here that your game is so good that if someone were to be upset it would be about not having released it earlier... [e digicons]>_>[/e] Rather than considering the marketing guys as the [neccesary] evil this time I'm going to cheer them. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Which means they've fooled me... Well done! [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

I'll be on Terminator's side. The machine which fights the machine.

edit : sorry, double post.

[quote who="John_Hughes" reply="71" id="2610404"]We don't want to get away from the FUN part either. I have no doubt, a very smart AI can be had, but trying to have FUN while getting outsmarted by a machine, for whatever reason, doesn't always fit that bill. [/quote] I doubt very much a very smart AI can be had. Artificial intelligencies today are very artificial and almost no intelligent at all. Only recently has a master-level chess AI been achieved. And chess has a "small"

What resources and restrictions will there be for AI community modifications? In detail : 1.- Will I be limited to changing numbers in that XML file with the actual AI implementation being unaccesible in the game executable? Or, will I have full access to the game state visible by each AI player in python and control over all possible actions an artificial player can do? 2.- Will I be able to read and write external files from python? Whic