We should be figuring out how to help the rest of the world gain more responsible and transparent governments that don't abuse their citizens, not sitting on our butts and commenting "well, at least we don't have it *that* bad".
Doing that only labels you as a hypocrite because of something completely unrelated to the subject matter but towards what your country has done in a past war.
I don't understand you're comment at all. In your first sentence it sounds like you're disagreeing with me and think they should build a DX10 only game. In your second sentence it sounds like you're saying the opposite in that building a DX10 only game is dumb which I also agree with.
Did you misread my comment? Maybe I should have put a comma in there.:/
I think you'll find that Linux usage would be higher then 9% because most Linux users are gamers. I wouldn't say the same for Mac users though as I think a lot less Mac users are gamers.
And while they might not support the minority that use Linux and Apple OSes, I would assume that supporting the consoles instead (which they are doing) would bring in more money. Much more money.
Indeed, there is no question that consoles is where they make the most money on a AAA title.
I bet you if there was an officially supported version of steam that ran on Linux (via wine or whatever) it would have a higher percentage of use then Vista has as most Linux users are computer enthusiasts and gamers. Although Macs probably have a bigger user base not many are gamers.
Not that I don't agree with the article but I run steam using wine and it doesn't show that I am using Ubuntu on Valve's survey statistics. Also not all gamers play steam games so you're only measuring their own player base.
I still agree with the conclusion building your game just for one OS is just stupid if you want to make money.
Yeah, I do have to question the relevance of his product in a world of free bug tracking software, but whatever. He's making so much money that he can fly around the world on a tour so he must be doing something right.
So how is that relevant at all? I don't see how Britain is responsible at all. The responsibility lies in the people with the guns, the same people who think they are higher then everyone else. They think their people are dogs to be beaten for behaving badly.
You can point the blame on Britain all you want but it's some of the people there that are screwed up, which are oppressing everyone else.
If your bug isn't something they think will affect a lot of people, it isn't likely to be fixed.
A lot of companies do this. If you read the book "Joel on software" by an ex Microsoft employee who lead the Excel team you'll see that you have to balance the cost of fixing a bug with the number of users it affects.
I personally disagree but I can see his point if it is going to take up ALOT of your time which could be spent on a new product, but most bugs are one or two liners anyway.
I guess you also think that bulldozing down Chinese owner's homes to make space for the olympics is also...
abiding by its own laws, customs, and regulations.
When the BBC found the home owners in a jail for protesting the BBC crew wear beaten and then arrested (after being beaten). They were then made to delete the footage (they didn't because we were watching it).
Or perhaps we should look at how China kills more people a year then every other country in the world combined. Especially their treatment of Falun Gong worshippers. They beat them to death and tell people they committed suicide. Then they take the dead body to the hospital for organ harvesting.
Does the U.S. not have the right to enforce its own laws? Why not so with China? Just because you are American and don't like China (even though you buy the majority of your imports from them)? Hypocrisy is rich.
It's got nothing to do with hating china and when you use that line you sound like you're working for the Chinese government, because that is EXACTLY what their defence is to any allegations of abuse against its citizens.
Although America is a crap country in my opinion that I'd never want to visit, at least they don't bulldoze down people's houses and give them almost nothing in return. They don't round up the religious people they don't like, beat them to death, tell the families they killed themselves and then take their heart, lungs, liver and then cremate the body to hide any evidence.
You can see the bias in those reviews.. NWAshopper is basing its review on if a machine designed to run Ubuntu will run windows xp or vista and rate it poorly when it doesn't..
All of them are great reviews of the whole product. Not one of them mentioned how well it ran the pre-installed OS.
looks like it is pretty easy to install a serial modem on vista though, if you go into the add hardware menu and select the automatic option and it fails to find anything it automa.... *sleep*
He just said on Kubuntu he plugged it in it was working. Your solution is way too long.
'All of the partners have signed a non-fragmentation agreement saying they won't modify [the code] in non-compatible ways
To me that reads as they could close off the code and fork it into a proprietary monster as long as everything is still 100% compatible with the Google framework (user apps run correctly, etc).
So you still can't modify the source code on your phone and run the changes. I bet they are still going to lock down the phone software with DRM (Example.. Motorola A1200)
I'd buy the Neo1983 right now if it had a camera, WiFi and was quadband. It doesn't have the features I would want for me to justify buying that phone.
Looking at the feature set, (I don't know if anyone can confirm this for me) I noticed it doesn't have hands free. It has a headset but I am getting the feeling it's just headphones with no Mic? The picture doesn't show any Microphone.
Having no camera killed it for me. I know this is Slashdot and it's full of old grumpy men who "just want a phone" but I like the freedom of being able to take pictures on the go (as do most people outside of slashdot).
Hopefully when they release some other models in the future they'll include the features that'd make me want to purchase it. (A Camera chip over 3 Mega Pixels and Wifi)
Keep writing that software guys, I can see the openMoko being a big innovator in the future.
I always thought of Facebook as the more higher class social network full of more mature people rather then the dross of 13 year old cam whores that infect Myspace.
Am I wrong in my assertions or is it that Facebook is just going down the tubes? I don't really use it that much so I don't know.
Not really. Are you trying to say there is no point to Remembrance Day because the leaders of the world are doomed to repeat the mistakes of those before them?
I don't really see how this has anything to do with my example of the Monk protest.. in other words... something that is relevant to today's events and should be remembered not forgotten by what else is making the headlines for this week.
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I don't understand you're comment at all. In your first sentence it sounds like you're disagreeing with me and think they should build a DX10 only game. In your second sentence it sounds like you're saying the opposite in that building a DX10 only game is dumb which I also agree with.
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Did you misread my comment? Maybe I should have put a comma in there.
I thought it would be interesting to have an MMO where you can create a communist, socialist, capitalist, etc, etc guild and then study the results.
I think you'll find that Linux usage would be higher then 9% because most Linux users are gamers. I wouldn't say the same for Mac users though as I think a lot less Mac users are gamers.
I bet you if there was an officially supported version of steam that ran on Linux (via wine or whatever) it would have a higher percentage of use then Vista has as most Linux users are computer enthusiasts and gamers. Although Macs probably have a bigger user base not many are gamers.
Actually they'd probably charge the company without realising they used Linux then they'd be screwed in court.
Not that I don't agree with the article but I run steam using wine and it doesn't show that I am using Ubuntu on Valve's survey statistics. Also not all gamers play steam games so you're only measuring their own player base.
I still agree with the conclusion building your game just for one OS is just stupid if you want to make money.
Yeah, I do have to question the relevance of his product in a world of free bug tracking software, but whatever. He's making so much money that he can fly around the world on a tour so he must be doing something right.
Oh really? I didn't realise the survivors of Hurricane Katrina were put into secret prisons and beaten. Please tell me more about that.
So how is that relevant at all? I don't see how Britain is responsible at all. The responsibility lies in the people with the guns, the same people who think they are higher then everyone else. They think their people are dogs to be beaten for behaving badly.
You can point the blame on Britain all you want but it's some of the people there that are screwed up, which are oppressing everyone else.
I don't understand your question I don't live in the US.
So you're saying it's Britan's fault that the Burmese government is killing its own people? Way to place the blame there.
I personally disagree but I can see his point if it is going to take up ALOT of your time which could be spent on a new product, but most bugs are one or two liners anyway.
I couldn't find that video, but here is another.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=kxUZIG0Eea4
Or perhaps we should look at how China kills more people a year then every other country in the world combined. Especially their treatment of Falun Gong worshippers. They beat them to death and tell people they committed suicide. Then they take the dead body to the hospital for organ harvesting.
I found a video on that here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fkf2u1Umzi4 It's got nothing to do with hating china and when you use that line you sound like you're working for the Chinese government, because that is EXACTLY what their defence is to any allegations of abuse against its citizens.
Although America is a crap country in my opinion that I'd never want to visit, at least they don't bulldoze down people's houses and give them almost nothing in return. They don't round up the religious people they don't like, beat them to death, tell the families they killed themselves and then take their heart, lungs, liver and then cremate the body to hide any evidence.
Why would software not run from add/remove or synaptic?
You can see the bias in those reviews.. NWAshopper is basing its review on if a machine designed to run Ubuntu will run windows xp or vista and rate it poorly when it doesn't..
All of them are great reviews of the whole product. Not one of them mentioned how well it ran the pre-installed OS.
These mice might be interesting to use for a study into feline behaviour.
So you still can't modify the source code on your phone and run the changes. I bet they are still going to lock down the phone software with DRM (Example.. Motorola A1200)
That's great you completely missed my example proving my point that no one gives a crap about the people's suffering of today.
Either that or a monitor shaped phone connected to a pc...
I'd buy the Neo1983 right now if it had a camera, WiFi and was quadband. It doesn't have the features I would want for me to justify buying that phone.
Looking at the feature set, (I don't know if anyone can confirm this for me) I noticed it doesn't have hands free. It has a headset but I am getting the feeling it's just headphones with no Mic? The picture doesn't show any Microphone.
Having no camera killed it for me. I know this is Slashdot and it's full of old grumpy men who "just want a phone" but I like the freedom of being able to take pictures on the go (as do most people outside of slashdot).
Hopefully when they release some other models in the future they'll include the features that'd make me want to purchase it. (A Camera chip over 3 Mega Pixels and Wifi)
Keep writing that software guys, I can see the openMoko being a big innovator in the future.
Don't worry! I spoke to a MS rep and they told me that Windows Vista was the most secure operating system available!
I always thought of Facebook as the more higher class social network full of more mature people rather then the dross of 13 year old cam whores that infect Myspace.
Am I wrong in my assertions or is it that Facebook is just going down the tubes? I don't really use it that much so I don't know.
Not really. Are you trying to say there is no point to Remembrance Day because the leaders of the world are doomed to repeat the mistakes of those before them?
I don't really see how this has anything to do with my example of the Monk protest.. in other words... something that is relevant to today's events and should be remembered not forgotten by what else is making the headlines for this week.