In Super Mario Bros. 3, you could go behind the solid blocks by holding down while on a white one. By my calculation, that would be Mario being capable of moving in three dimensions: up-down, left right, and some motion (albeit very limited) in screen depth. That would make 1988 the first appearance of 3D motion in a Mario game. SMW also let you go on both sides of those metal grates. This is nothing new!
"..journals are full of reports regarding the bad taste and tough meat of the dodo, while other local species such as the Red Rail were praised for their taste. However, when humans first arrived on Mauritius, they also brought with them other animals that had not existed on the island before, including dogs, pigs, cats, rats, and Crab-eating Macaques, which plundered the dodo nests, while humans destroyed the forests where the birds made their homes." [wikipedia.org]
We didn't eat them into extinction, we simply caused it.
Thank you! Geez I was reading through all the comments waiting for this one. I can't believe Ludicrous speed wasn't the first one said! MAYBE warp, but Ludicrous is the funniest in my book.
While The Foundation trilogy might be a bit dry, I found the rest of that story utterly gripping when I was in my early teens. As someone born much later on, I was able to read his stories in their chonological order. Not the order they were written, but the order they took place. I started with I, Robot, and made my way right through the Robot, Empire, and finally the Foundation series. Of all of them, I found the actual Foundation Trilogy to be the least interesting, funny enough.
Not so much Sci Fi, but there's a great book called Ishmael by Daniel Quinn that turned my world on it's side. You might want to grab a copy of that one as well, for your children and yourself as well.
I do agree with what someone else said here though, don't underestimate your children or their ability to appreciate a great book. In doing that, you truly fail them.
Or you could have done it the easy way. Double-click on an mp3 file, and a window will ask you if you want to install the mp3 codecs.
Question: If I don't like the default fonts on Windows, what do I do?
Answer: Do 100 web searches until I discover the magic word combination that gives me a result in the top ten hits. I don't see how Linux is any more complicated.
I installed Windows on my laptop the other day after 3 years of Ubuntu use. It took me 3 hours to get it up to a usable level.
My favorite part: Installing the XP sound drivers from the vendor website 5 times to no avail, and then accidentally clicking the Vista link, and suddenly having sound. Who knew Vista drivers worked better for XP!
My second-favorite part: Region-coded DVDs did NOT work out of the box. I had to spend 45 minutes looking for the codecs that would play them.
I'm not saying that Linux is always a breeze to install, but it's no more difficult than a standard Windows installation.
People upset about something that happened ages ago? I've never heard of such a thing. Well, I mean, I suppose you could mention the African-Americans. Or the Native Americans. I hear the Jews are planning on hating the Nazis for a few more years.
Oh, and apparently the Christians and Jews are still talking about some chick who ate an apple a few thousand years back.
But yeah, clearly the Muslims are unjustified for being upset about stuff that happened in the past.;)
For real. And one way or another, it's charity. If someone donates a bunch of money to a cause, and as a result gets a huge tax return, does that negate the good they've done by donating to the charity? Of course not. If I donated 50 million dollars to a cancer research firm, and they ended up finding a cure for cancer with that money, I'd probably become very famous as a result. Do you think that anyone with cancer would refuse the treatment saying "oh, that guy only donated the money to get famous"? I highly doubt it.
if your NIC is supported, Vista will go and grab the drivers off the in-tar-web. How, pray tell, will Vista grab drivers off the in-tar-web, if it is not able to use the NIC it is trying to find drivers for?
I understand that Windows is easier to use because you're used to it, but people need to realize that this is a a very big "because". If you were to take a complete computer newb, sit him down in front of two computers (either both pre-installed and pre-configured, or neither), I would be willing to bet that the majority of people would figure out the Linux box faster.
IANAL but seriously, this is ridiculous. If someone plays their CD/cassette/iPod through a stereo system in a public place, yes, that would violate broadcast copyright laws. But radio stations pay the royalties required to send their signal to anyone and everyone within the broadcast radius of their radio tower. Whether I am listening on my personal radio, the radio in my friend's car, or a radio blasting to a field of 10,000 people, if we are inside the broadcast radius, the royalties have been paid for me to hear that song.
But the truth is: people don't want to do backflips for an operating system in order to make it work the way they want. I haven't encountered these backflips in years. If anything, things have gotten easier to manage on Linux than they ever were, and I would eeven venture to say that they've become easier than Windows in many respects.
All, repeat ALL of my hardware works right away after a fresh install of Ubuntu. I can't say the same about Win XP. Admittedly I have yet to try Vista, but unfortunately, my computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements to run it. Nor am I interested in paying for an operating system that will require backflips to get a lot of my hardware to work, assuming the driver CDs I have are even compatible with Vista.
Seriously people, can this "Linux-is-hard-to-use" meme die already? I registered on/. today after months of being a silent reader because I've posted anonymously at least three times today replying to this exact mentality.
If you really believe that Linux is so hard to use, I suggest this. Go to the Ubuntu download page [ubuntu.com] and click the download link to get the ~700MB.iso live disc. Burn it to a CD and watch how easily everything works when you boot into the live OS. That's without even installing anything!
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In Super Mario Bros. 3, you could go behind the solid blocks by holding down while on a white one. By my calculation, that would be Mario being capable of moving in three dimensions: up-down, left right, and some motion (albeit very limited) in screen depth. That would make 1988 the first appearance of 3D motion in a Mario game. SMW also let you go on both sides of those metal grates. This is nothing new!
"..journals are full of reports regarding the bad taste and tough meat of the dodo, while other local species such as the Red Rail were praised for their taste. However, when humans first arrived on Mauritius, they also brought with them other animals that had not existed on the island before, including dogs, pigs, cats, rats, and Crab-eating Macaques, which plundered the dodo nests, while humans destroyed the forests where the birds made their homes." [wikipedia.org] We didn't eat them into extinction, we simply caused it.
Oh good, I thought I was the only person who understood what he was talking about.
Thank you! Geez I was reading through all the comments waiting for this one. I can't believe Ludicrous speed wasn't the first one said! MAYBE warp, but Ludicrous is the funniest in my book.
Not so much Sci Fi, but there's a great book called Ishmael by Daniel Quinn that turned my world on it's side. You might want to grab a copy of that one as well, for your children and yourself as well.
I do agree with what someone else said here though, don't underestimate your children or their ability to appreciate a great book. In doing that, you truly fail them.
Question: If I don't like the default fonts on Windows, what do I do? Answer: Do 100 web searches until I discover the magic word combination that gives me a result in the top ten hits. I don't see how Linux is any more complicated.
I installed Windows on my laptop the other day after 3 years of Ubuntu use. It took me 3 hours to get it up to a usable level.
My favorite part: Installing the XP sound drivers from the vendor website 5 times to no avail, and then accidentally clicking the Vista link, and suddenly having sound. Who knew Vista drivers worked better for XP!
My second-favorite part: Region-coded DVDs did NOT work out of the box. I had to spend 45 minutes looking for the codecs that would play them.
I'm not saying that Linux is always a breeze to install, but it's no more difficult than a standard Windows installation.
People upset about something that happened ages ago? I've never heard of such a thing. Well, I mean, I suppose you could mention the African-Americans. Or the Native Americans. I hear the Jews are planning on hating the Nazis for a few more years. Oh, and apparently the Christians and Jews are still talking about some chick who ate an apple a few thousand years back. But yeah, clearly the Muslims are unjustified for being upset about stuff that happened in the past. ;)
For real. And one way or another, it's charity. If someone donates a bunch of money to a cause, and as a result gets a huge tax return, does that negate the good they've done by donating to the charity? Of course not. If I donated 50 million dollars to a cancer research firm, and they ended up finding a cure for cancer with that money, I'd probably become very famous as a result. Do you think that anyone with cancer would refuse the treatment saying "oh, that guy only donated the money to get famous"? I highly doubt it.
I understand that Windows is easier to use because you're used to it, but people need to realize that this is a a very big "because". If you were to take a complete computer newb, sit him down in front of two computers (either both pre-installed and pre-configured, or neither), I would be willing to bet that the majority of people would figure out the Linux box faster.
IANAL but seriously, this is ridiculous. If someone plays their CD/cassette/iPod through a stereo system in a public place, yes, that would violate broadcast copyright laws. But radio stations pay the royalties required to send their signal to anyone and everyone within the broadcast radius of their radio tower. Whether I am listening on my personal radio, the radio in my friend's car, or a radio blasting to a field of 10,000 people, if we are inside the broadcast radius, the royalties have been paid for me to hear that song.
All, repeat ALL of my hardware works right away after a fresh install of Ubuntu. I can't say the same about Win XP. Admittedly I have yet to try Vista, but unfortunately, my computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements to run it. Nor am I interested in paying for an operating system that will require backflips to get a lot of my hardware to work, assuming the driver CDs I have are even compatible with Vista.
Seriously people, can this "Linux-is-hard-to-use" meme die already? I registered on /. today after months of being a silent reader because I've posted anonymously at least three times today replying to this exact mentality.
If you really believe that Linux is so hard to use, I suggest this. Go to the Ubuntu download page [ubuntu.com] and click the download link to get the ~700MB .iso live disc. Burn it to a CD and watch how easily everything works when you boot into the live OS. That's without even installing anything!
Vista is showing an advantage over XP. Cancel or allow?