Does anyone know if 3.0 was the same way as 4.0? I'm not seeing any real info on a quick Google search. To me, the rollout of 3.0 should set the expectations for 4.0.
The KDE people aren't the Gnome people who do consistent incremental releases every 6 months. They are also not google which insist just about everything they release is beta and forever stays that way. They are also not Microsoft which claims its products are bug free and ready for the masses when they are not. They are the KDE folks. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
I agree with you. But AAC support is going up. It should be becoming less of an issue and when popular formats start changing hands, it's the perfect time for a new disruptive format to come in.
Ogg's biggest problems is that people don't know it exists. Not that it is a bad or good format/container.
That is an interesting thought. But will these adaptations gradually become more drastic? Will people really want to deal with them? I'm going to skip a few midterm steps but...
1. Invent machinery 2. Make mutant crops to feed more people. 3 Space suites on earth (or more likely a biodome...) 4... 5 PROFIT!
Not quite. It's PC users comparing apples to oranges. PC gamers sit a lot closer to the screen than console users thus a higher resolution is more noticeable and useful. But applying that to consoles is silly short of people playing games using a projector.
A majority of the time, hold the option key when switching apps. It will hide the previous app as you switch to the next one. When you want to bring it up again, ctrl-tab to it or click it in the Dock. When you specifically want to leave an app open to do some cross app dragging, make sure to not hold the option key. It's a good way to keep 50+ windows from floating around...
Of course, this requires a lack of fear of using the keyboard in tandem with the mouse. Ctrl-click haters should probably stay away.;-)
What you are talking about is a feature of CPython (even if it is the main implimentation.) You can also compile Python into Java bytecode with Jython if that makes you feel better.
Python is usually thought of as a scripting language because you can run the scripts with "python hello_world.py" like every other scripting language out there. Scripting languages being compiled during runtime into native code is starting to become the rule and not the exception.
Dvorak ain't language agnostic, so for non-english languages it's worse.
And you're saying that qwerty isn't language agnostic? I've never had more of a problem typing Japanese in dvorak than qwerty. I'm sure for some languages dvorak makes typing easier while on other it makes it worse.
The biggest problem I personally have with dvorak is that most key-bindings are set for the best placement on a qwerty keyboard. Though Mac OS X has an interesting Dvorak command qwerty layout.
There you go. I made a shell script for your grandmother. Just stick it on her desktop (don't forget to give it execution permissions!) and she should be fine. Firefox is just a double click away. My invoice will be in your mail next week.
I seriously don't think that the EU will personally decide which browser will be included. That would be up to the OEMs.
Though, it is not unusual for a government to give an economic advantage to to local companies. Protecting local jobs is not a new thing by any means.
My point was that the tax breaks are a leftover from a previous time, not whether they are good or bad. Arguing about it is outside of the scope of my post.
Personally? I don't think any breaks should be given to anyone just for being married or having kids. It makes those that are not...effectively subsidizing the behavior of those that do.
I think the tax breaks were originally written when the females didn't usually work, so there was less family income to support everyone. I think it is also supposed to be a cultural incentive for people to get married and build the "ideal" American family. *shug*
Bale also apparently did a voice for the fairly good English dub of Howl's Moving Castle. So yeah, he already has a foot in the Japanimation universe and would probably do the role the most justice out of anyone.
I think I would prefer Johnny Depp. It would at least be interesting. Of course, Bale might be okay if he uses his raspy "I'm batman" voice for everything.
Switch to Firefox. If you hold down the button for two seconds, on Mac OS X it will interpret it as a right click.... At least that is how It was when I last used it long ago.
It's very useful because it gives you that brief 2 seconds to decide if you really want that lady; and hopefully avoid horrible mistakes. Or so I have heard.
The thing is, it's not only not really hidden, it has been that way ever since iTunes started using aac files. I don't even think this is the first time this article has hit Slashdot. *shug*
Precisely. Very few people currently use or need to use 64 bit computing. Outside of servers, I cannot even think of any systems I have come across with more than 4GB of physical memory.
Need is such a subjective term. If windows was consistently 64bit, applications that take advantage and thus need 64bit would start really appearing. Its not like developers made programs support 24bit color when the OSes only supported 1bit or even 8bit color.
No, 1st person shooters on a wiimote? That's insane, you'd _actually_ have to be a good shot to be any good at the game and I doubt most gamers are.
Not really. From what I have seen all first person shooters have a shooting ridicule so you know exactly where the shot is going to go. It really is a lot like aiming with a mouse in that way. With traditional first person shooters you had to feel for the correct spot.
However I can't think of a better way to play Diablo or some other hack&slash than with a wiimote that carefully translates your actions into sword movements. THAT would be awesome! Does it even have enough precision by the way?
Not likely or at least not easily. But Wii-motion plus should hopefully fix things. From what I have seen, the motion controls on the wiimote aren't that amazing, but the pointer controls work really well.
You're right. I think the wikipedia article might have actually been refering to the Nintendo DSi which does have built in aac support and will play them off of inserted SD cards. Too bad the DSi still hasn't launched globally yet.
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Does anyone know if 3.0 was the same way as 4.0? I'm not seeing any real info on a quick Google search. To me, the rollout of 3.0 should set the expectations for 4.0.
The KDE people aren't the Gnome people who do consistent incremental releases every 6 months. They are also not google which insist just about everything they release is beta and forever stays that way. They are also not Microsoft which claims its products are bug free and ready for the masses when they are not. They are the KDE folks. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
I agree with you. But AAC support is going up. It should be becoming less of an issue and when popular formats start changing hands, it's the perfect time for a new disruptive format to come in.
Ogg's biggest problems is that people don't know it exists. Not that it is a bad or good format/container.
That is an interesting thought. But will these adaptations gradually become more drastic? Will people really want to deal with them? I'm going to skip a few midterm steps but...
1. Invent machinery ...
2. Make mutant crops to feed more people.
3 Space suites on earth (or more likely a biodome...)
4
5 PROFIT!
Not quite. It's PC users comparing apples to oranges. PC gamers sit a lot closer to the screen than console users thus a higher resolution is more noticeable and useful. But applying that to consoles is silly short of people playing games using a projector.
A habit of mine from the Mac OS 9 days:
A majority of the time, hold the option key when switching apps. It will hide the previous app as you switch to the next one. When you want to bring it up again, ctrl-tab to it or click it in the Dock. When you specifically want to leave an app open to do some cross app dragging, make sure to not hold the option key. It's a good way to keep 50+ windows from floating around...
Of course, this requires a lack of fear of using the keyboard in tandem with the mouse. Ctrl-click haters should probably stay away. ;-)
What you are talking about is a feature of CPython (even if it is the main implimentation.) You can also compile Python into Java bytecode with Jython if that makes you feel better.
Python is usually thought of as a scripting language because you can run the scripts with "python hello_world.py" like every other scripting language out there. Scripting languages being compiled during runtime into native code is starting to become the rule and not the exception.
Nope, I meant natural. "Add/Remove Applications" sounds strange to me. Just call me weird.
Nope, he should use Applications -> Add/Remove Programs. Doesn't get much easier than that.
I'm still trying to figure out why that naming feels natural. The menu uses two different words for program, ignoring all laws of consistency.
Poor bastard. I have dibs on his turtle-neck.
Dvorak ain't language agnostic, so for non-english languages it's worse.
And you're saying that qwerty isn't language agnostic? I've never had more of a problem typing Japanese in dvorak than qwerty. I'm sure for some languages dvorak makes typing easier while on other it makes it worse.
The biggest problem I personally have with dvorak is that most key-bindings are set for the best placement on a qwerty keyboard. Though Mac OS X has an interesting Dvorak command qwerty layout.
I think that Nintendo sold us short on that (rather than the idea that they the left it that way for the purists).
I think that is more a marketing excuse than a reason. I'm sure they realize that most people don't even know such nice filters exist. Meh.
There you go. I made a shell script for your grandmother. Just stick it on her desktop (don't forget to give it execution permissions!) and she should be fine. Firefox is just a double click away. My invoice will be in your mail next week.
I seriously don't think that the EU will personally decide which browser will be included. That would be up to the OEMs. Though, it is not unusual for a government to give an economic advantage to to local companies. Protecting local jobs is not a new thing by any means.
My point was that the tax breaks are a leftover from a previous time, not whether they are good or bad. Arguing about it is outside of the scope of my post.
Personally? I don't think any breaks should be given to anyone just for being married or having kids. It makes those that are not...effectively subsidizing the behavior of those that do.
I think the tax breaks were originally written when the females didn't usually work, so there was less family income to support everyone. I think it is also supposed to be a cultural incentive for people to get married and build the "ideal" American family. *shug*
If I was God, I would have used Xth order equations, where X is defined as
X = XXX order equation
, all the way down, just to show how much of a demented pervert I was.
There, fixed that for you. You could call it the best combination of the two parent posts.
Bale also apparently did a voice for the fairly good English dub of Howl's Moving Castle. So yeah, he already has a foot in the Japanimation universe and would probably do the role the most justice out of anyone.
I think I would prefer Johnny Depp. It would at least be interesting. Of course, Bale might be okay if he uses his raspy "I'm batman" voice for everything.
Switch to Firefox. If you hold down the button for two seconds, on Mac OS X it will interpret it as a right click.... At least that is how It was when I last used it long ago.
Huh? There is one button access to the contextual menu with Firefox at least. I think it's been that way since at least Mozilla for Mac OS 9.
It's very useful because it gives you that brief 2 seconds to decide if you really want that lady; and hopefully avoid horrible mistakes. Or so I have heard.
The thing is, it's not only not really hidden, it has been that way ever since iTunes started using aac files. I don't even think this is the first time this article has hit Slashdot. *shug*
Precisely. Very few people currently use or need to use 64 bit computing. Outside of servers, I cannot even think of any systems I have come across with more than 4GB of physical memory.
Need is such a subjective term. If windows was consistently 64bit, applications that take advantage and thus need 64bit would start really appearing. Its not like developers made programs support 24bit color when the OSes only supported 1bit or even 8bit color.
Impossible, but not improbable.
No, 1st person shooters on a wiimote? That's insane, you'd _actually_ have to be a good shot to be any good at the game and I doubt most gamers are.
Not really. From what I have seen all first person shooters have a shooting ridicule so you know exactly where the shot is going to go. It really is a lot like aiming with a mouse in that way. With traditional first person shooters you had to feel for the correct spot.
However I can't think of a better way to play Diablo or some other hack&slash than with a wiimote that carefully translates your actions into sword movements. THAT would be awesome! Does it even have enough precision by the way?
Not likely or at least not easily. But Wii-motion plus should hopefully fix things. From what I have seen, the motion controls on the wiimote aren't that amazing, but the pointer controls work really well.
You're right. I think the wikipedia article might have actually been refering to the Nintendo DSi which does have built in aac support and will play them off of inserted SD cards. Too bad the DSi still hasn't launched globally yet.