Quoting: GuestTo repeat the test several times in the script, you can do:
#!/bin/bash
count=3
while ((count>0)); do
  ((count--))
  your command here
done
That’s for bash so you’d have to replace #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/bash.
If you prefer to keep sh, you can use:
#!/bin/sh
count=3
while [ $count -gt 0 ]; do
count=`expr $count - 1`
your command here
done

Edit: fixed typo, a closing parenthesis was missing in the bash code.

The problem with this, is that it will just keep running it, it need to have a check to see if the app is running or not before it tries to re-launch it.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: MaokeiDoes not G2A have a history of selling stolen keys as well?

Yep, which is why 10% is very low, almost insulting.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: liamdaweFor me though, if the developer doesn't give their game away for free and expects payment (like 99% of games) and you chuck a copy to a friend, you're doing something illegal (in most countries I think?) and unethical (because it shits on said developer).

I agree with you, and I don't take part in or advocate piracy. But that doesn't mean it's all black and white, and that all crime is equal. Most of us live in democratic countries though, and if and when we disagree with our laws, the right thing to do is to try to get them changed, not to break them. Activism is okay and even desirable, illegal or antisocial behaviour less so.

In total agreement on all points there :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: wojtek88But if you have a car but do not have money for gasoline, do you steal it?

Blah blah, artificial scarcity etc. Stealing something tangible vs. making a copy. IOW: Don't be Lars Ulrich please. Metallica is was awesome but that guy's an idiot.

It may sound different, but in reality it isn't.

It sounds different because it is. ;) Theft and software piracy are not the same thing ethically, even if they are legally. The "you wouldn't steal a car" non-analogy really rubs me the wrong way, apples and oranges and all that.

But I know this isn't the right forum for this discussion. Linux gaming, woo! Emulators, yum!

Well I'm not censoring anyone, I'm enjoying the mostly reasonable discussion on it apart from the "waaa don't tell me what to think" type of comments.

It's an interesting issue, as people feel strongly about it on both sides.

For me though, if the developer doesn't give their game away for free and expects payment (like 99% of games) and you chuck a copy to a friend, you're doing something illegal (in most countries I think?) and unethical (because it shits on said developer).

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: AnxiousInfusion

Quoting: Kuduzkehpan1) Games and Hardwares' ownerships are designeted by their own license. So violating these licenses is a bitching.
2) Piracy is a big shit on developers and customers. (less income less quality and games from same source)
3) You dont have to buy hardware and software also at the first place you agreed all EULAS when you did buy that Hardware and software.
4) Everyone needs to take care of her/his family and him/her-self unless someone bitching with their property.
5) There is noting left to us unless to protest non-free and copyrights in harmless ways as in all manners.
6) You can even go a square and tell people about their bullshitting lock-in ecosystem and marketing games.

I would love to address your statements but we should probably only do so in a place where disfavored ideas are welcomed. You can always find me on Voat [External Link], a site which encourages unrestricted discourse and frowns upon moderation that attempts to influence opinions. It became popular after Reddit started to become censorious and authoritative.

Oh get a grip.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: wojtek88But if you have a car but do not have money for gasoline, do you steal it?

Blah blah, artificial scarcity etc. Stealing something tangible vs. making a copy. IOW: Don't be Lars Ulrich please. Metallica is was awesome but that guy's an idiot.

It may sound different, but in reality it isn't.

Personal copies I think should be 100% legal, however, passing a copy to someone who hasn't purchased it themselves is piracy. That's the entire point, that person you are passing it to has never owned it, and got something they are supposed to pay for free even though they aren't entitled to it.

That whole "copying isn't stealing" argument is basically bullshit. Again, personal copying I think should always be legal, passing it around is not.

If everyone did that, developers would never make any money.

Anyway, this argument has been had elsewhere :P

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: fbtI went through the horrible ordeal of dealing with the HTML email GOL has sent me

Huh? If you have feedback about the website, please do use the forum. GOL sends both HTML and Plaintext email for comments btw.

Edit: sorted the issue after an IRC chat :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Mountain Man"Borders are now open to everyone by default"

This is the feature I was most looking forward to since it could really kill the momentum of a game when you suddenly found yourself boxed in by competing empires, and trying to them to like you enough to grant border access was a long and tedious process.

Bingo, it's space after all, there is nothing realistically stopping a ship crossing a border, it was a weird artificial limitation.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Snowdrake

Quoting: liamdaweFor once, I am inviting discussion on it due to my own confusion on the legalities of roms.

Well, roms also serves a great purpose : cultural materials conservation.
Access to history matters. Even when it comes to culture.

Roms are a great tool for this two objectives.

A great exemple is archive.org for instance; they got huge archives of arcade cabinet roms of the previous century.

Oh I fully agree, and I hate UK law in this case.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: kit89

Quoting: badberThere are actually rules that forbid simply discussing the ethics of piracy on this site? Wow. That seems... Orwellian.

I don't think the site wishes to be seen promoting the use of piracy, however the site has no issue discussing the ethics of piracy. At least that's the impression I got from reading the comments.

Pretty much. I just update the rules to this:

Quoting: GOL Rules-No pirate links (zero tolerance on that!), we do not support piracy, please buy games and support developers. Reasonable discussion about how you feel about piracy is okay, but telling people you happily pirate games and software is not.

I think that's fair enough really?

Quoting: AnxiousInfusion

Quoting: badberThere are actually rules that forbid simply discussing the ethics of piracy on this site? Wow. That seems... Orwellian.

This thread has me taking the role of insensitive jerk today but I can't believe what I'm seeing.

"comments that claim we are censoring you will be removed."

"Piracy is not cool, we do not support it and don't want to hear/read about it. Keep it out of our comments. Support developers, buy their games, don't be a dick."

Being told what (not) to say and what (not) to think does not sit well with me. I can respect that GOL strives to just be an outlet of Linux game news and it does a great job at that, but to think this was an open forum of discussion was apparently a mistake.

To think that GOL has no moderation is a mistake on anyone's part. The link to our rules has always been there, for all to see.

I am not telling anyone what to say, I am laying out clear rules on what isn't acceptable on my website.

Also, no one is telling anyone what to think, this is what comments and discussions are for, for people to voice opinions and I welcome it. You must however, stay within our rather small set of rules or else it will end up turning into something like 4chan or reddit.

View this comment - View article - View full comments