From your link: "This SuSE Linux 8.2 installation tree is suitable for installation via ftp, http, nfs, smb or hard disk."
I don't think that's the same version the rest of us are talking about.;)
They don't have 9.0 available for free download yet, and they usually don't make the new versions available until the software on them is horribly out-dated.
That's what other people are complaining about.
And that's what they mean when they say "Does SUSE expect people to pay for it instead of just using something else?" Because--right now--you can't download and install 9.0.
There is no dual processor option for the Aurora, and being a Mac guy I'm not sure of this but I don't think there's a version of Windows that would support or take the slightest advantage of two processors.
Or are you agreeing with me, and saying that Mono is a good technology and as it picks up interest it will become more popular than dotNET and when Microsoft is losing money and about to go bankrupt they will have no other choice but to file a frivolous lawsuit to boost their stock prices and sell out?
Instead of saying, "What would I do if the sky started falling." How about trying the "How the hell would the sky fall?" point of view.
Yes, if SCO evaporated Linux there would be other options. The point is that they're not going to be able to do it, there's always a way around it. Yeah, it may be a little work, but we can take out the offending code and move on with our lives.
Same situation with Mono. Mono isn't "WINE for dotNET". Mono is Open Source C#, just like Linux is Open Source UNIX. If there's any offending parts in Mono they will be corrected. And once again, we'll move on with our lives.
The worry is that Linux might not just fall out of step with UNIX, but that it might become illegal, and go away entirely... You're right that just being incompatible with UNIX will not make too big a deal... But if SCO was able to evaporate Linux, then you'd be pretty much stuck...
(I don't want to emphasise this too heavily, since I think that it's a small risk at this stage, but still, we need to be clear as to what is at stake.)
Everyone seems to think: Mono is to dotNET as WINE is to Windows
That's not the way to think about it at all, try it this way:
Mono is to dotNET as Linux is to UNIX
It's just an implementation, it doesn't matter if it's not fully compatible and that doesn't appear to be the goal. The goal is to make an Open Source implementation and improve on it.
If you look at it this way, suddenly Mono doesn't seem so bad.
And you think for a second Microsoft would go for that?
That would mean having to compete on the merits of their product instead of relying on their (excellent) marketing department. This would give them a serious disadvantage.
As others have said, Eternal Darkness $14.99 Gamestop. I just got it, and it's awesome.
I recently got a GC because of the price drop, and I get free rentals at one of the video stores in town, so I figured it'd be worth the $99.
Keeping in mind that I get free rentals, I now own more games for GC than I do for Xbox and PS2 combined. There's so many games so good I want to be able to pop in and play whenever I want without having to run down to the store. And there are even more games that I'm wanting to buy, but I'm forcing myself to wait and finish what I've got!
As far as the price, look into used games a lot of the time you can get some great games for less than $20. There's also many games you can get new for very low prices: Check here
And while I'm talking about GC, I don't know how people get off saying it's a "kiddy console". There may be more games for kids on GC than on Xbox or PS2, but that's only because there are no kids games for those two consoles. Hell, I'm 22 and I've found far more games I enjoy on GC than I have on Xbox and PS2 combined.
The problem with that arguement is that Microsoft makes no money on the console. (Some say they even lose a substantial amount) The point is, you buying consoles only increases the installed base that Microsoft can report to potential developers. They make money when games are sold. If you're not buying games, that doesn't help the platform in becoming successful.
Microsoft is losing the console battle, and losing badly.
Having used Mozilla for over a year now, I've pretty much forgotten that some sites still use automatic popups to convey useful information. You'd think web designers would learn to avoid popups like that by now.
Oh well, at least the site is designed to actually let you go ahead and sign up--notifying you that you'll have to use another computer to access the service. Much better than the horrible design of some other service which won't even let you view the site without IE. *(shock)*
That's exactly what I was expecting when I signed up (Linux/Firebird)... but everything went through just fine.
As far as the service... Well, I'll probably end up getting the 5 free tracks on a friend's box (since I don't have Windows) and then never using it again--barring the release of a Linux client. *laughs*
I figured it's worth a try just to find out how it works and what restrictions they have, then if the topic ever comes up I can speak from experience.
You do know that when people say "stolen" now they just mean "illegally copied". Valve still has all the code.
And just for clarification, the "part that was lost" is the entire source tree for Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, Steam, and all the dev-tools/utilities (map editor, 3dsmax plugins, etc). Which would probably take them another 5 years to rewrite if they chose to take that route.;)
I'm sorry, I (wrongly) assumed you were of the average slashdot intelligence, and thus didn't really know anything about what they were saying and were trying to make a witty comment based on a lack of knowledge.
There are many games BESIDES Halo on the Xbox that are a blast to play.
Exactly! Like Tetris Attack, Super Bomberman 2, and Super Mario World!...My Xbox hasn't been used for anything but SNES emulation for the past few months.
There haven't been any good multiplayer Xbox games released in the past year.
It's only enough to make you think really hard if you're greedy.
I'm sure he's quite well off with his salary from Nintendo, and seems to be very happy with his job. Why change jobs when you've got everything you need?
How much is happiness worth to you? Working with friends you've known for years?
I know for me, personally, if I was happy in my job, I wouldn't leave it just because some silly American executive was throwing money at me.
In general, I think many Nintendo fans are the type of people who like to sit down with friends and play together, not play by themselves against some dweeb named HaX0rURbraIN who's half way around the world.
That is exactly why I bought a Gamecube today! After looking over the game catalogs for my Xbox (which has been used for only SNES emulation for the past month), the PS2, and Gamecube... I found the Gamecube had more (good) "party games" than the other systems. That's what I want my console to be. Something to do when people come over. Have a few drinks, play some Nintendo. My Xbox was working ok for that... assuming I loaded up Snes9x! There have been *no* good 4-player games for Xbox except Halo (which got my friends and I think got old way too fast) and Kung-Fu Chaos.
If I'm playing online, I'm going to be sitting at my computer. I don't want to use a console for that. Maybe eventually, but right now I'm still much happier using my computer for online gaming.
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As has been mentioned before, that glider goes in the negative direction on both axes...
In most arrays the top left is 0,0. The original design makes more sense as its position increases on both axes rather than decrease.
But I guess some people may prefer going backwards...
Go for it:a sp
http://www.microsoft-antitrust.gov/ComplaintForm.
From your link:
;)
"This SuSE Linux 8.2 installation tree is suitable for installation via ftp, http, nfs, smb or hard disk."
I don't think that's the same version the rest of us are talking about.
They don't have 9.0 available for free download yet, and they usually don't make the new versions available until the software on them is horribly out-dated.
That's what other people are complaining about.
And that's what they mean when they say "Does SUSE expect people to pay for it instead of just using something else?" Because--right now--you can't download and install 9.0.
I ordered this and was wondering the same thing, so I did some googling.
Here's a couple web sites I found:
Zaurus Software Index
Open Zaurus
Yes, there is a version available for Mac OS Xd s.html
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloa
There is no dual processor option for the Aurora, and being a Mac guy I'm not sure of this but I don't think there's a version of Windows that would support or take the slightest advantage of two processors.
Windows XP Pro supports dual CPUs
Or maybe because he doesn't believe in any of it, he just thinks it'd be funny to see how people like you react to it?
:)
I'm more-or-less a philosophical Taoist (and I don't believe in God or Satan), and I'd be up for his suggestion.
Just an annoyance with no ground to stand on?
Or are you agreeing with me, and saying that Mono is a good technology and as it picks up interest it will become more popular than dotNET and when Microsoft is losing money and about to go bankrupt they will have no other choice but to file a frivolous lawsuit to boost their stock prices and sell out?
I'm not sure I follow your arguement...
Instead of saying, "What would I do if the sky started falling."
How about trying the "How the hell would the sky fall?" point of view.
Yes, if SCO evaporated Linux there would be other options. The point is that they're not going to be able to do it, there's always a way around it. Yeah, it may be a little work, but we can take out the offending code and move on with our lives.
Same situation with Mono. Mono isn't "WINE for dotNET". Mono is Open Source C#, just like Linux is Open Source UNIX. If there's any offending parts in Mono they will be corrected. And once again, we'll move on with our lives.
The worry is that Linux might not just fall out of step with UNIX, but that it might become illegal, and go away entirely... You're right that just being incompatible with UNIX will not make too big a deal... But if SCO was able to evaporate Linux, then you'd be pretty much stuck...
(I don't want to emphasise this too heavily, since I think that it's a small risk at this stage, but still, we need to be clear as to what is at stake.)
What's with all the Mono-bashing?
Everyone seems to think:
Mono is to dotNET as WINE is to Windows
That's not the way to think about it at all, try it this way:
Mono is to dotNET as Linux is to UNIX
It's just an implementation, it doesn't matter if it's not fully compatible and that doesn't appear to be the goal. The goal is to make an Open Source implementation and improve on it.
If you look at it this way, suddenly Mono doesn't seem so bad.
And you think for a second Microsoft would go for that?
That would mean having to compete on the merits of their product instead of relying on their (excellent) marketing department. This would give them a serious disadvantage.
Never gonna happen.
As others have said, Eternal Darkness $14.99 Gamestop. I just got it, and it's awesome.
I recently got a GC because of the price drop, and I get free rentals at one of the video stores in town, so I figured it'd be worth the $99.
Keeping in mind that I get free rentals, I now own more games for GC than I do for Xbox and PS2 combined. There's so many games so good I want to be able to pop in and play whenever I want without having to run down to the store. And there are even more games that I'm wanting to buy, but I'm forcing myself to wait and finish what I've got!
As far as the price, look into used games a lot of the time you can get some great games for less than $20. There's also many games you can get new for very low prices: Check here
And while I'm talking about GC, I don't know how people get off saying it's a "kiddy console". There may be more games for kids on GC than on Xbox or PS2, but that's only because there are no kids games for those two consoles. Hell, I'm 22 and I've found far more games I enjoy on GC than I have on Xbox and PS2 combined.
The problem with that arguement is that Microsoft makes no money on the console. (Some say they even lose a substantial amount) The point is, you buying consoles only increases the installed base that Microsoft can report to potential developers. They make money when games are sold. If you're not buying games, that doesn't help the platform in becoming successful.
Microsoft is losing the console battle, and losing badly.
Unless the DRM sh*t is something extra, which it probably is, about which I know nothing and could care even less.
I'm guessing it is... but that's another reason I'm trying it out.
You get 5 free just for pre-registering, so I figured it's worth it just to understand more about how it works.
Haha, you're right, and that is funny. :)
Having used Mozilla for over a year now, I've pretty much forgotten that some sites still use automatic popups to convey useful information. You'd think web designers would learn to avoid popups like that by now.
Oh well, at least the site is designed to actually let you go ahead and sign up--notifying you that you'll have to use another computer to access the service. Much better than the horrible design of some other service which won't even let you view the site without IE. *(shock)*
That's exactly what I was expecting when I signed up (Linux/Firebird)... but everything went through just fine.
As far as the service... Well, I'll probably end up getting the 5 free tracks on a friend's box (since I don't have Windows) and then never using it again--barring the release of a Linux client. *laughs*
I figured it's worth a try just to find out how it works and what restrictions they have, then if the topic ever comes up I can speak from experience.
having to rewrite the part that was lost
;)
You do know that when people say "stolen" now they just mean "illegally copied". Valve still has all the code.
And just for clarification, the "part that was lost" is the entire source tree for Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, Steam, and all the dev-tools/utilities (map editor, 3dsmax plugins, etc). Which would probably take them another 5 years to rewrite if they chose to take that route.
I'm sorry, I (wrongly) assumed you were of the average slashdot intelligence, and thus didn't really know anything about what they were saying and were trying to make a witty comment based on a lack of knowledge.
:)
My apologies
On Windows 2000 you can hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and it brings up a dialog box. The middle button on the top row is "Log Off".
You mean like this? ;)
There are many games BESIDES Halo on the Xbox that are a blast to play.
...My Xbox hasn't been used for anything but SNES emulation for the past few months.
Exactly! Like Tetris Attack, Super Bomberman 2, and Super Mario World!
There haven't been any good multiplayer Xbox games released in the past year.
It's only enough to make you think really hard if you're greedy.
I'm sure he's quite well off with his salary from Nintendo, and seems to be very happy with his job. Why change jobs when you've got everything you need?
How much is happiness worth to you? Working with friends you've known for years?
I know for me, personally, if I was happy in my job, I wouldn't leave it just because some silly American executive was throwing money at me.
In general, I think many Nintendo fans are the type of people who like to sit down with friends and play together, not play by themselves against some dweeb named HaX0rURbraIN who's half way around the world.
That is exactly why I bought a Gamecube today! After looking over the game catalogs for my Xbox (which has been used for only SNES emulation for the past month), the PS2, and Gamecube... I found the Gamecube had more (good) "party games" than the other systems. That's what I want my console to be. Something to do when people come over. Have a few drinks, play some Nintendo. My Xbox was working ok for that... assuming I loaded up Snes9x! There have been *no* good 4-player games for Xbox except Halo (which got my friends and I think got old way too fast) and Kung-Fu Chaos.
If I'm playing online, I'm going to be sitting at my computer. I don't want to use a console for that. Maybe eventually, but right now I'm still much happier using my computer for online gaming.
Andrew Morten's "official" response to that question last week was:
:-/
"I haven't decided yet."
So... at the moment, no one knows what will happen.