Not just that, but what the FSF spokesman is saying here is essentially right (though I think they could do with a bit less imagery, it makes it seem like they're just pushing their agenda, not that I disagree with it). How are we supposed to verify that Microsoft is even keeping its promise if we don't have access to the source? They could just be paying it lip service and not really doing anything about it. Or, they could be incompetent (MS, incompetent? what a novel idea). Or they might just make a token attempt at getting things "kinda sorta" secure (or at least looking secure). Again, how can we trust that they're following through? If it was free software, there's the capacity for anyone to audit it and make sure it's secure (and if it's not, there are more ways to deal with it than "annoy MS until they fix it").
Fewer PC sales do not mean fewer PCs. One plausible explanation is that fewer people are buying new PCs because their old ones do the job equally well. That said, even if people are using fewer PCs, it's like Dunbal said above me: it's merely declining to a point. Certain use cases are migrating to other devices, but other cases still require (or prefer) a desktop or laptop.
Fewer PC sales do not mean fewer PCs. One plausible explanation is that fewer people are buying new PCs because their old ones do the job equally well. That said, even if people are using fewer PCs, it's like Dunbal said above me: it's merely declining to a point. Certain use cases are migrating to other devices, but other cases still require (or prefer) a desktop or laptop.
Every year we hear about how the desktop is dying and every year it doesn't. When will these idiots realize that desktop PCs are a niche that's not going to go away? It might shrink, especially compared to other forms of computing. But reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.
I always thought it was odd. We have the technology to make implants like these. Why don't we have the ability to make them so that we can selectively turn them on or off? A lot of the stories I have heard about deaf folks rejecting CIs have been exactly what you said: they couldn't adapt to having sound on all the time. So why can't we make it so where they can turn it on or off at will? Heck, that almost puts them a step above everyone else; I know I wish I could mute the world at times.
Does this mean he'll be spending more time with the Oculus Rift team? I'm pretty stoked about the Rift. One step closer to fully immersive video games. Imagine a game like Metroid Prime with this kind of tech. Man, that would be fantastic! Apparently HL2+eps is going to have support for it as well, that alone is probably enough to sell it for me.
I dunno, MMOs are still fun to me. I like getting together with a dozen two dozen people and organizing and planning, and then trying to execute those often pretty complex plans. That's where the joy of raiding has always been for me. If they could just distill this and make it into the main portion of a game, I'd probably be down for that.
MATE is fantastic for those of us who liked GNOME 2 and want to continue using it and receiving updates for it. They're not including it by default from what I can tell, they're just making it an option to install in the repos. I'm pretty happy about this, I'll definitely be using it.
They don't. DNC works for the most part. If you can prove that someone called you for commercial purposes when your name is on the DNC list, the caller faces roughly $10k in fines for that one call. If they just started blatantly calling people on the list, the fines would far outweigh any practical benefit. After about a week or two latency period after first signing up, I never receive commercial calls on whatever number I sign up with. I still get assholes conducting surveys and political bullshit (though less of the latter since I signed up for the "optional" political do not call list).
By the way, those jerks with the surveys will outright lie to you to get you to take them, too. You can tell them flat up "I do not want to take your survey" and they will keep right on going with whatever BS they think will get you to take it.
This, and I believe this was a big part of why GIMP left. Just because other download sites are doing it doesn't mean it's tolerable. Sourceforge is pretty much completely unusuable without ABP at this point (which, when enabled, makes SF completely bearable; forcing users to use ad blocking software means your advertising model isn't working).
I'm young (23) and I have a degree in computer science. My favorite parts of that degree focused on systems programming and operating system design. I would love to get involved in kernel or OS development if I could find a good starting point, but so far I haven't really found a good place to start. There's info out there, but there's no natural starting point that I can find. I really just don't know where to begin, so I never do (well, recently there are other reasons, like my job, but that's why I didn't get involved as soon as I was done with my degree).
Experienced player here (since BC). It's WoW. Do you even really need to ask? The level grind is just one of many. Then you've got the grind to get LFR-ready equipment (right now that's not too bad, you just run around grabbing chests on the new 5.4 area and get free 496 gear). Then you grind LFR until your gear is good enough that people will let you in their flex raids, and then grind flex until etc. Also, there's a legendary questline that you need to grind. There was reputation grinding, and there still is a little, but that's mostly gone. Oh, and there are side grinds if you want to do stuff like max tradeskills or pet battles or whatever, same as always.
I looked into the Access Controller a while back for my mom (she doesn't get out much and she has a tremor in her right hand), it looks like it might be good for turn-based games, but the design doesn't seem like it would work well for anything requiring real time input on both analogs. I don't know if it's even possible to improve on that design in that way, but more generally, I was just wondering if you have any plans to go back and look at ways of improving some of the older hacks and designs you've done?
I seem to remember a suggestion someone made several years ago about using pictures of animals (or whatever easy to remember scheme you want, but that was the example) for error messages. Let's say you got a kitten; you could go to the documentation or the product website and look up what error code is associated with "kitten" and it would give you all the information you need (or that they could give you) on the "kitten" page. If that wasn't enough, you could go to some forums or whatever. The idea was that a kitten is a lot more memorable than 0xb00bface or whatever (well actually, that one's pretty memorable). Of course, I think the real takeaway is to have the documentation for your error codes posted in an organized and useful manner, but who doesn't like kittens?
Consoles are almost entirely lacking several genres (MMOs are close to non-existent, RTS are almost completely non-existent, TBS are rare and often gimped). Also, KB+M is objectively better for one of the primary "console" genres: FPS. PC games are being held back by consoles. With the latest batch of awful from console makers making PC gaming even more appealing, plus new tech in the works like Occulus Rift, I wouldn't expect to see PC gaming going anywhere anytime soon. But you're welcome to delude yourself into thinking otherwise if it makes the fanboy in you feel better.
This. Not only that, this is a clear case where he SHOULD be, if not arrested, at least fined heavily. This is clear cut reckless driving; speed limits are posted to keep the public safe. Stunts like this should not be pulled at the potential expense of other drivers on the road. We're all beholden to the same laws, whether you're trying to break a record or not.
"It works for me, therefore the bug must be trivial or non-existent"
Are you really posting that here, of all places? Like, really? If there's "lots of complaints on the forums already," clearly there are a lot of people who do have problems with WiFi and it would be prudent to avoid doing something that would precipitate that loss.
"Preventing" is a bit misleading. If you trust what the people in that link say (and I'm not sure I do), it seems like they were making it harder to implement some of the intermediate functionality (but not "preventing"). However, since everything in GCC is publicly viewable (as the entire project is GPLv3), even this strikes me as a bit odd. There's nothing preventing anyone from forking GCC and implementing those changes if they wish. GCC code is and has always been reusable under the terms of at least some version of the GPL.
I don't know how you got +5 for what is quite literally a slippery slope fallacy, but let me explain. I have a tolerance level for annoyance. Static banner ads don't break that, though they do increase my annoyance a bit. Animated banner ads go over that threshold because movement is significantly more effective at drawing your eyes and distracting me, meaning it's harder for me to actually read the content I came there for. Flash ads go a step over that by sometimes having sound and being infinitely more exploitable from a security perspective. If Google started serving up animated banner ads, I would complain about that. I am not going to complain about something they're not doing and I am not complaining about this because this simply doesn't bother me.
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Not just that, but what the FSF spokesman is saying here is essentially right (though I think they could do with a bit less imagery, it makes it seem like they're just pushing their agenda, not that I disagree with it). How are we supposed to verify that Microsoft is even keeping its promise if we don't have access to the source? They could just be paying it lip service and not really doing anything about it. Or, they could be incompetent (MS, incompetent? what a novel idea). Or they might just make a token attempt at getting things "kinda sorta" secure (or at least looking secure). Again, how can we trust that they're following through? If it was free software, there's the capacity for anyone to audit it and make sure it's secure (and if it's not, there are more ways to deal with it than "annoy MS until they fix it").
I'm not your buddy, guy!
Which is why no president is going to appoint him.
Fewer PC sales do not mean fewer PCs. One plausible explanation is that fewer people are buying new PCs because their old ones do the job equally well. That said, even if people are using fewer PCs, it's like Dunbal said above me: it's merely declining to a point. Certain use cases are migrating to other devices, but other cases still require (or prefer) a desktop or laptop.
Fewer PC sales do not mean fewer PCs. One plausible explanation is that fewer people are buying new PCs because their old ones do the job equally well. That said, even if people are using fewer PCs, it's like Dunbal said above me: it's merely declining to a point. Certain use cases are migrating to other devices, but other cases still require (or prefer) a desktop or laptop.
Wait, why do I have this feeling of deja vu?
Yes, because IT and CS are such high respect fields with so much room for advancement, right?
I guess I should finish the summary. What he seems to be saying is more or less fair and basically what I said. My bad.
Every year we hear about how the desktop is dying and every year it doesn't. When will these idiots realize that desktop PCs are a niche that's not going to go away? It might shrink, especially compared to other forms of computing. But reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.
I always thought it was odd. We have the technology to make implants like these. Why don't we have the ability to make them so that we can selectively turn them on or off? A lot of the stories I have heard about deaf folks rejecting CIs have been exactly what you said: they couldn't adapt to having sound on all the time. So why can't we make it so where they can turn it on or off at will? Heck, that almost puts them a step above everyone else; I know I wish I could mute the world at times.
That could be said of any country. The problem here is that we let those people actually have control over some portion of our lives.
War... war has changed
Does this mean he'll be spending more time with the Oculus Rift team? I'm pretty stoked about the Rift. One step closer to fully immersive video games. Imagine a game like Metroid Prime with this kind of tech. Man, that would be fantastic! Apparently HL2+eps is going to have support for it as well, that alone is probably enough to sell it for me.
I dunno, MMOs are still fun to me. I like getting together with a dozen two dozen people and organizing and planning, and then trying to execute those often pretty complex plans. That's where the joy of raiding has always been for me. If they could just distill this and make it into the main portion of a game, I'd probably be down for that.
MATE is fantastic for those of us who liked GNOME 2 and want to continue using it and receiving updates for it. They're not including it by default from what I can tell, they're just making it an option to install in the repos. I'm pretty happy about this, I'll definitely be using it.
They don't. DNC works for the most part. If you can prove that someone called you for commercial purposes when your name is on the DNC list, the caller faces roughly $10k in fines for that one call. If they just started blatantly calling people on the list, the fines would far outweigh any practical benefit. After about a week or two latency period after first signing up, I never receive commercial calls on whatever number I sign up with. I still get assholes conducting surveys and political bullshit (though less of the latter since I signed up for the "optional" political do not call list). By the way, those jerks with the surveys will outright lie to you to get you to take them, too. You can tell them flat up "I do not want to take your survey" and they will keep right on going with whatever BS they think will get you to take it.
Oddly enough, I didn't base the name off the site, but I doubt anyone cares.
This, and I believe this was a big part of why GIMP left. Just because other download sites are doing it doesn't mean it's tolerable. Sourceforge is pretty much completely unusuable without ABP at this point (which, when enabled, makes SF completely bearable; forcing users to use ad blocking software means your advertising model isn't working).
I'm young (23) and I have a degree in computer science. My favorite parts of that degree focused on systems programming and operating system design. I would love to get involved in kernel or OS development if I could find a good starting point, but so far I haven't really found a good place to start. There's info out there, but there's no natural starting point that I can find. I really just don't know where to begin, so I never do (well, recently there are other reasons, like my job, but that's why I didn't get involved as soon as I was done with my degree).
Experienced player here (since BC). It's WoW. Do you even really need to ask? The level grind is just one of many. Then you've got the grind to get LFR-ready equipment (right now that's not too bad, you just run around grabbing chests on the new 5.4 area and get free 496 gear). Then you grind LFR until your gear is good enough that people will let you in their flex raids, and then grind flex until etc. Also, there's a legendary questline that you need to grind. There was reputation grinding, and there still is a little, but that's mostly gone. Oh, and there are side grinds if you want to do stuff like max tradeskills or pet battles or whatever, same as always.
I looked into the Access Controller a while back for my mom (she doesn't get out much and she has a tremor in her right hand), it looks like it might be good for turn-based games, but the design doesn't seem like it would work well for anything requiring real time input on both analogs. I don't know if it's even possible to improve on that design in that way, but more generally, I was just wondering if you have any plans to go back and look at ways of improving some of the older hacks and designs you've done?
I seem to remember a suggestion someone made several years ago about using pictures of animals (or whatever easy to remember scheme you want, but that was the example) for error messages. Let's say you got a kitten; you could go to the documentation or the product website and look up what error code is associated with "kitten" and it would give you all the information you need (or that they could give you) on the "kitten" page. If that wasn't enough, you could go to some forums or whatever. The idea was that a kitten is a lot more memorable than 0xb00bface or whatever (well actually, that one's pretty memorable). Of course, I think the real takeaway is to have the documentation for your error codes posted in an organized and useful manner, but who doesn't like kittens?
Consoles are almost entirely lacking several genres (MMOs are close to non-existent, RTS are almost completely non-existent, TBS are rare and often gimped). Also, KB+M is objectively better for one of the primary "console" genres: FPS. PC games are being held back by consoles. With the latest batch of awful from console makers making PC gaming even more appealing, plus new tech in the works like Occulus Rift, I wouldn't expect to see PC gaming going anywhere anytime soon. But you're welcome to delude yourself into thinking otherwise if it makes the fanboy in you feel better.
This. Not only that, this is a clear case where he SHOULD be, if not arrested, at least fined heavily. This is clear cut reckless driving; speed limits are posted to keep the public safe. Stunts like this should not be pulled at the potential expense of other drivers on the road. We're all beholden to the same laws, whether you're trying to break a record or not.
"It works for me, therefore the bug must be trivial or non-existent"
Are you really posting that here, of all places? Like, really? If there's "lots of complaints on the forums already," clearly there are a lot of people who do have problems with WiFi and it would be prudent to avoid doing something that would precipitate that loss.
"Preventing" is a bit misleading. If you trust what the people in that link say (and I'm not sure I do), it seems like they were making it harder to implement some of the intermediate functionality (but not "preventing"). However, since everything in GCC is publicly viewable (as the entire project is GPLv3), even this strikes me as a bit odd. There's nothing preventing anyone from forking GCC and implementing those changes if they wish. GCC code is and has always been reusable under the terms of at least some version of the GPL.
I don't know how you got +5 for what is quite literally a slippery slope fallacy, but let me explain. I have a tolerance level for annoyance. Static banner ads don't break that, though they do increase my annoyance a bit. Animated banner ads go over that threshold because movement is significantly more effective at drawing your eyes and distracting me, meaning it's harder for me to actually read the content I came there for. Flash ads go a step over that by sometimes having sound and being infinitely more exploitable from a security perspective. If Google started serving up animated banner ads, I would complain about that. I am not going to complain about something they're not doing and I am not complaining about this because this simply doesn't bother me.