Wednesday, December 1, 2004

New DOOM3 Linux Demo -- 8:43 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

id has somewhat quietly released a new demo for DOOM3 in Linux. It includes the code from the latest patch which provides ALSA/multichannel sound support. You can download the 463M file from id's FTP site and 3D Gamers. Thanks Blue's News.

HL2 Update Via Steam -- 8:39 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Valve has released an update for Half-Life 2 via Steam. Steam News has all the gory details. It includes the deathmatch mode, updates to the SDK, and updates to Steam itself.

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Happy Birthday, UT! -- 11:02 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Beyond Unreal reminded the world that five years ago today, the original Unreal Tournament (or UT99 as it has come to be known) was released. I had reinstalled that for a while. I'll have to get it back now that I have more HD space. Of course today my rig can run it superbly, which definitely wasn't the case with my box five years ago. I never got into the UT vs. Q3A argument (OK, maybe I did a bit) because I liked both games. Still do.

NFL Week #12 Final -- 10:58 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Eeyore and I finished this weekend tied at a scintillating 12-4. Year-to-date that makes me 111-65 (.631) while Eeyore is 109-67 (.619). Hooray for us! My fantasy team got creamed like so much corn against the best team in the league. Thankfully, the team beneath me lost so I believe I have clinched a playoff spot regardless of what happens this weekend.

HL2 Surprise? Deathmatch! -- 10:48 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

The recently announced "surprise" for Half-Life 2 owners has semi-officially been announced as deathmatch! There is even a screenshot included that shows combat of a most nefarious kind. Thanks Blue's News.

Novell Launches Another Broadside -- 9:09 am CST, Update by The Master

Check these out:

• Declaration of Kellie Carlton of Novell: This indicates that when Novell sold the Unix business to SCO, they knowingly kept all their patents and copyrights to Unix.
• USL distributed UNIX 32V code without copyrights, so, there goes some copyright arguments. When you distributed code back in the 70's, you lost your rights to copyright on it. Maybe no-one has the rights to UNIX they thought they did.
• The 1994 USL-UCAL settlement agreement: A Groklaw contributor got copies of the uber-secret settlement out of California by taking advantage of a Public Records Law. It makes for interesting reading.

I wonder what SCO's pain threshold is at this point. Their lawyers must be mainlining painkillers. Heh.

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