TechBytes Episode 77: Greedy Car Thieves (GCT) and More

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2012-11-07 01:10:20 UTC
Modified: 2012-11-07 01:16:07 UTC

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Summary: Interview with Greedy Car Thieves (GCT) developers

Today's show is primarily dedicated to a video/computer game called Greedy Car Thieves (GCT), which is similar to Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 2. We talked to two of the game's developers. Tim has played the game and Roy tried to install it but faced a dependency barrier. We spoke with the developers about the technical aspects of the game, distribution of the game through various channels including the Humble Bundle, and we also spoke about licence in the context of compiling for Linux. Later in the show there was a long discussion about dirty tricks against Linux and its proponents. This discussion was focused on Microsoft. After the interview we play "It's Because of People Like You" by Obi Best and at the end of the show we play "Washington Heights" by Glenn White's Sacred Machines.

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Needs Sunlight

2012-11-08 14:41:35

One of the sound channels was weak and distorted. There was also an intermittent buzzing noise. Any way to clean that up in processing?

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