Hm, has anyone got Linux to run well on these things? The price should be going down, and if you're running linux, you don't care about their filesystem.
Gamespot:...you'll rarely interact with friendly characters throughout the game, so Echoes effectively re-creates the feeling of solitude in an alien world that's so integral to the Metroid experience.
Dude yeah. I remember having nightmares about getting myself stuck all alone above the top of the Tourian level after using the door-jump trick. Yikes.
Who's talking about war? This stuff, if it isn't vapor in the first place, won't see its way into a war with Iraq unless that war gets postponed another 5 or 10 years. (Unless, as another poster suggested, they already have it working.)
I'm talking about the research that goes into making these "toys".
What?? You got no iced tea, Dr. Pepper, or ABC's & 123's (Chef Boyardee). But I do miss the kebabs... (yes I know they're not native NZ cuisine, but NZ has them and we--US--don't)
Cool... Where do you live? I can use an extra hour of coding time every day...;)
Apparently he moves west at a rate of one degree (longitude) every 96 minutes (of time). Better watch out for that pesky international date line though...
If your employer decides for whatever reason to discontinue the free connection, would it be possible to reconfigure it as an isolated LAN for the purposes of Q3A et al? I reckon that depends on latency and all that, and I haven't the inclination to look it up since I don't live in SF. (Though Wellington is in some respects similar...)
The list should continue to list which games work with WineX, even if they've been ported.
For example, you list Tribes2, but LokiGames has gone under and cannot support the game anymore (and my copy breaks pretty frequently). There's a bit of worry expressed on the GarageGames.com forum about a new patch to be released this summer by Sierra for the Windows version that it may break the existing Linux binaries that try to use patched servers if Sierra decides not to update the Linux client as well (which seems pretty likely).
One thing I noticed with KDE is whenever I would try to launch a sound file from Konqueror, if the media player wasn't already loaded, the media player would load, begin to play what was on the playlist, and then a few seconds later it would stop playing that and start playing the song I requested from Konqueror. It's really annoying.
Also there are inconsitencies between the closing action on apps that use the status dock (sometimes it kills the app, sometimes it just hides the app window).
Any fixes on these two fronts before I go and update everything?
But that's only the icons. Gnome has a better artist working for them somewhere, and KDE could stand to find a master artist of their own.
I know there are a lot of technical reasons for GNOME and KDE not working together, but to-be-sure the icons are portable if you like them that much!:)
Hmmm, so would the corollary to this mean that we should work on the Cygwin project to make it possible to load ELF executables in Windows? Then people can write programs for Linux, and it automatically works on Windows, and we don't have to worry much about compatibility either since MS doesn't own it. Or does Cygwin already have this functionality? Or are there insurmountable techical problems with this approach?
I admit my general ignorance; I haven't looked at this much. This is just and idea off the top of my head.
I would have to agree with the majority of the people here that this was a ridiculous argument. However, one thing not mentioned is the fact that with "Open With...", you have to hunt down the.exe file in order to make an association. Perhaps something Microsoft could do better would be to allow multiple associations and one default association, a la GNOME's mime-type handlers. Trying to find the right.exe can be a real pain in the neck, especially if you don't know where in the file tree to start looking.
Yeah, there'd be all the X-associated problems, but then also there would be an inconsistent interface for non-gnome / non-bonobo apps. I wouldn't recommend a gtk hack, just because it feels wrong (esp since they can just throw menus anywhere), and it also leaves out Qt-, tcl-, et al-based apps and probaby creates more confusion for the end-user than we started with (though an option for advanced users would probably be suitable). Anyway, I'm not a gnome/bonobo expert, but if you'd like to discuss it, email me or look me up on irc.gimp.net (strick)
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Ah well, I've learned something new today. I've never really known an alcoholic baby boomer, and therefore was not familiar with the phrase.
Good day, and you'rewelcomeverymuch.
P.S.: (and seriously) Props to your friend.
"I'm trying to eat here and a picture of a naked fat man is putting me off my breakfast."
...says the user with the name 'drinkypoo'. Nice.
Hm, has anyone got Linux to run well on these things? The price should be going down, and if you're running linux, you don't care about their filesystem.
Dude yeah. I remember having nightmares about getting myself stuck all alone above the top of the Tourian level after using the door-jump trick. Yikes.
...ought to have a special graphic for the occasion, as it does holidays and such.
Perhaps change the 'O's to coins.
Or blue chips, to be optomistic.
What I want to know is why bother making your own Pringles can.....?
Well really it isn't cheaper than commercially available products, but its educational value is immense.
Who's talking about war? This stuff, if it isn't vapor in the first place, won't see its way into a war with Iraq unless that war gets postponed another 5 or 10 years. (Unless, as another poster suggested, they already have it working.)
I'm talking about the research that goes into making these "toys".
while people remain unemployed, homeless, or just plain poor here
You mean like the researchers and manufacturers would otherwise be?
The first person who makes a Star Trek joke about Cascading Failure gets shot.
That would be you, right?
We get all the best US crap down here
:(
What?? You got no iced tea, Dr. Pepper, or ABC's & 123's (Chef Boyardee). But I do miss the kebabs... (yes I know they're not native NZ cuisine, but NZ has them and we--US--don't)
I'm not so sure I'd be stocking up on any kind of hard drives these days.
*remembers 2.1GB hard drives from just a couple years back*
+1 Thank You
(Although by now the slashdot effect has long gone.)
Cool... Where do you live? I can use an extra hour of coding time every day... ;)
Apparently he moves west at a rate of one degree (longitude) every 96 minutes (of time). Better watch out for that pesky international date line though...
You reckon 15.7% of the Slashdot community would like to see Dick Cheney as President of the United States?
If your employer decides for whatever reason to discontinue the free connection, would it be possible to reconfigure it as an isolated LAN for the purposes of Q3A et al? I reckon that depends on latency and all that, and I haven't the inclination to look it up since I don't live in SF. (Though Wellington is in some respects similar...)
Anyone already knowledgeable care to comment?
Especially for Duke Nukem 3D.
John, your keyboard sucks.
The list should continue to list which games work with WineX, even if they've been ported.
For example, you list Tribes2, but LokiGames has gone under and cannot support the game anymore (and my copy breaks pretty frequently). There's a bit of worry expressed on the GarageGames.com forum about a new patch to be released this summer by Sierra for the Windows version that it may break the existing Linux binaries that try to use patched servers if Sierra decides not to update the Linux client as well (which seems pretty likely).
We did high speed rotor testing at the 100 acres today
Tigger (bouncing on his tail): Heya, what's with this big spinny thing? Hoo-hoo-hoo-*bzzt-splat*
Pooh: Oh bother...
One thing I noticed with KDE is whenever I would try to launch a sound file from Konqueror, if the media player wasn't already loaded, the media player would load, begin to play what was on the playlist, and then a few seconds later it would stop playing that and start playing the song I requested from Konqueror. It's really annoying.
Also there are inconsitencies between the closing action on apps that use the status dock (sometimes it kills the app, sometimes it just hides the app window).
Any fixes on these two fronts before I go and update everything?
But that's only the icons. Gnome has a better artist working for them somewhere, and KDE could stand to find a master artist of their own.
:)
I know there are a lot of technical reasons for GNOME and KDE not working together, but to-be-sure the icons are portable if you like them that much!
Perhaps it's more of a political thing though...
This fellow needs a girlfriend.
Hmmm, so would the corollary to this mean that we should work on the Cygwin project to make it possible to load ELF executables in Windows? Then people can write programs for Linux, and it automatically works on Windows, and we don't have to worry much about compatibility either since MS doesn't own it. Or does Cygwin already have this functionality? Or are there insurmountable techical problems with this approach?
I admit my general ignorance; I haven't looked at this much. This is just and idea off the top of my head.
I would have to agree with the majority of the people here that this was a ridiculous argument. However, one thing not mentioned is the fact that with "Open With...", you have to hunt down the .exe file in order to make an association. Perhaps something Microsoft could do better would be to allow multiple associations and one default association, a la GNOME's mime-type handlers. Trying to find the right .exe can be a real pain in the neck, especially if you don't know where in the file tree to start looking.
Yeah, there'd be all the X-associated problems, but then also there would be an inconsistent interface for non-gnome / non-bonobo apps. I wouldn't recommend a gtk hack, just because it feels wrong (esp since they can just throw menus anywhere), and it also leaves out Qt-, tcl-, et al-based apps and probaby creates more confusion for the end-user than we started with (though an option for advanced users would probably be suitable). Anyway, I'm not a gnome/bonobo expert, but if you'd like to discuss it, email me or look me up on irc.gimp.net (strick)
Hmmm, might be feasible with BonoboUI?