Scientology is no worse or better than either of them.
I'm torn about this post. On the one hand, you're pretty wrong about Scientology being 'no worse or better' than modern mainstream religions. On the other hand, you're advocating a consistent government policy with regards to religion. On the third vestigial T-Rex hand, you sound damn preachy for an atheist.
No. The agreements regions make with cable companies and telecoms include a monopoly and large subsidies. The real question is: why is it fair for the government to subsidize the infrastructure for people living in urban areas, but not subsidize the same infrastructure for people living in rural areas?
Yup. Cowards kill civilians. Stupid, savage cowards.
They also ran Unit 731, conducted horrible experiments and vivisections on civilians and prisoners of war, butchered their own schoolchildren out of fears the invading enemy would be as brutal as they are, cannibalized Australians and live in a culture of institutionalized racism to this very day.
Man, historical revisionism is AWESOME! *beats off to 2chan instead of going outside*
The OpenGL-OpenAL-SDL combo is more stable than DirectX already but it doesn't satisfy many game devs, not having touched directx ever I'm not sure what it does more that justifies this stance.
Having touched DirectX often, I 100% disagree with the idea that the OpenGL-OpenAL-SDL combo is more stable than DirectX. I would favorably consider it to be equally-unstable.
OpenGL's API is messy and outdated. I know Khronos Group is working on the problem, but will it ever get resolved as long as the entrenched workstation graphics companies exist?
SDL is an ugly, nasty bit of code. Instead of having a good, stable cross-platform API we have what is essentially a microcosm of Win32 API. This can't be the best we can do, can it?
I don't think Linux users will ever be able to make a business case to game developers (in terms of potential sales.) Is there anything we can do to make Linux more attractive to game developers in a cost sense? Better performing, more stable APIs? Utilities? If Linux could be made the platform of choice for asset production, Linux-native ports would be a natural progression.
Except Apple's entire marketing plan revolves around bad-mouthing their competitors; it's how they established Apple as a sort of cultural movement. It gives art students something to be smug about other than vegetarianism.
The really die-hard fanboys take the Palm Pre as a personal affront. It's an iPhone ripoff. Palm "hacked" iTunes. It's so posers can pretend they have an iPhone, you see.
Voting, being a proactive decision, automatically introduces selection bias into the poll. i.e. the sample group represents those who are likely to volunteer their opinions, rather than a cross-section of the general population,
Some people need something to feel superior about. Vegans and people who really care whether a program is open source are just two sides of the same coin.
easy removal of power connector in case of tripping - Mixed blessing. You deal less damage in the event of accidental disconnection but the connector experiences more wear during regular use. MagSafe has spring set connector pins and Apple's power cord is very poorly manufactured, prone to fraying and developing shorts. Unless you habitually trip over your power cord a barrel connector is going to last a lot longer, and it can carry more current.
accelerometers to shut the hard drive off if the laptop falls - A lot of laptops have this feature now, including Thinkpads.
backlit keyboards that have a sensor to automatically come on - My Thinkpad has an overhead light so I can read papers as well as the keyboard.
automatic screen dimming at low light levels - My iPhone has the same feature. I don't think I've ever been in a situation where it's been useful.
single piece aluminum frame construction for less stress on the motherboard (the most common point of failure of a laptop, in my experience) - Aluminum is a really soft metal. Most higher-end laptops these days use a magnesium alloy chassis and HIPS, which is a lot more structurally sound even though (or because) it might flex a bit. They also have more favorable thermal properties - i.e. a Thinkpad isn't going to vent its heat directly into your groin, while an aluminum Macbook will.
custom battery arrangement to maximize useful lifetime but leave a smaller dimensional footprint. - Laptop manufacturers always make the enclosure, it's just the cells that are outsourced. There's nothing inherently more customized about Apple's battery arrangement than Dell's, although Dell is more likely to use a conservative design.
The only first-world country with no laws about racial persecution. They are signatories to all of the applicable treaties, of course, but the national and prefecture governments have been playing hot potato with the blame for never ratifying any of them. Meanwhile you have employment, products and services that are unobtainable unless you are a Japanese citizen, born in Japan, pure-blooded Japanese, never lived outside of Japan and also fortunate enough for none of your ancestors to have butchered an animal or buried a dead body.
Remember this is *three* different projects from three different Indian companies theoretically written by three different sets of programmers. The code all looks and feels the same, which leads me to believe there's something going on industry wide over there.
The thing that's going on industry-wide: Sites like Stack Overflow and Professional Sex Change. In India I'm pretty sure Google's "I'm feeling lucky!" button says "Do my job for me." All of the code looks the same because it is the same.
If I was Ballmer, I'd tell the EC to go fuck themselves, and then yank every Microsoft product from the shelves in the EU.
Unfortunately Microsoft is a publicly-traded corporation. They're liable to the shareholders to provide the maximum possible return on their investment, which means they're going to continue tolerating the EU as long as the potential returns from the European market are greater than the European fees, fines and levies.
Microsoft is a huge American corporation, so the EC is basically using them as a source for extra funding. If Microsoft were based in Europe this wouldn't be happening.
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Scientology is no worse or better than either of them.
I'm torn about this post. On the one hand, you're pretty wrong about Scientology being 'no worse or better' than modern mainstream religions. On the other hand, you're advocating a consistent government policy with regards to religion. On the third vestigial T-Rex hand, you sound damn preachy for an atheist.
But we've got your oil. Wanna walk everywhere?
About 7.6% of the total American oil consumption. 7.6% more walking would probably be good.
No. The agreements regions make with cable companies and telecoms include a monopoly and large subsidies. The real question is: why is it fair for the government to subsidize the infrastructure for people living in urban areas, but not subsidize the same infrastructure for people living in rural areas?
Yup. Cowards kill civilians. Stupid, savage cowards.
They also ran Unit 731, conducted horrible experiments and vivisections on civilians and prisoners of war, butchered their own schoolchildren out of fears the invading enemy would be as brutal as they are, cannibalized Australians and live in a culture of institutionalized racism to this very day.
Man, historical revisionism is AWESOME! *beats off to 2chan instead of going outside*
The OpenGL-OpenAL-SDL combo is more stable than DirectX already but it doesn't satisfy many game devs, not having touched directx ever I'm not sure what it does more that justifies this stance.
Having touched DirectX often, I 100% disagree with the idea that the OpenGL-OpenAL-SDL combo is more stable than DirectX. I would favorably consider it to be equally-unstable.
OpenGL's API is messy and outdated. I know Khronos Group is working on the problem, but will it ever get resolved as long as the entrenched workstation graphics companies exist?
SDL is an ugly, nasty bit of code. Instead of having a good, stable cross-platform API we have what is essentially a microcosm of Win32 API. This can't be the best we can do, can it?
Is Wine really a sustainable option?
I don't think Linux users will ever be able to make a business case to game developers (in terms of potential sales.) Is there anything we can do to make Linux more attractive to game developers in a cost sense? Better performing, more stable APIs? Utilities? If Linux could be made the platform of choice for asset production, Linux-native ports would be a natural progression.
There are lots of Linux games for non-gamers: they're all 8 years old. Where's Dawn of War 2? Or Left 4 Dead?
Except Apple's entire marketing plan revolves around bad-mouthing their competitors; it's how they established Apple as a sort of cultural movement. It gives art students something to be smug about other than vegetarianism.
The really die-hard fanboys take the Palm Pre as a personal affront. It's an iPhone ripoff. Palm "hacked" iTunes. It's so posers can pretend they have an iPhone, you see.
It's like induction.
Or dissatisfied with an unpopular company's products.
Voting, being a proactive decision, automatically introduces selection bias into the poll. i.e. the sample group represents those who are likely to volunteer their opinions, rather than a cross-section of the general population,
That's the assumption we all find alien.
Just so you know, everybody outside of the United States finds this sort of attitude about healthcare very alien.
It is Apple's fault. Porting games to OSX is ghastly and laborious.
Some people need something to feel superior about. Vegans and people who really care whether a program is open source are just two sides of the same coin.
As a Canadian I can guarantee to you that nobody born here calls it 'aluminium.'
most people who use 1984 as a knee-jerk reaction to anything they deem questionable haven't even read that book either.
easy removal of power connector in case of tripping - Mixed blessing. You deal less damage in the event of accidental disconnection but the connector experiences more wear during regular use. MagSafe has spring set connector pins and Apple's power cord is very poorly manufactured, prone to fraying and developing shorts. Unless you habitually trip over your power cord a barrel connector is going to last a lot longer, and it can carry more current.
accelerometers to shut the hard drive off if the laptop falls - A lot of laptops have this feature now, including Thinkpads.
backlit keyboards that have a sensor to automatically come on - My Thinkpad has an overhead light so I can read papers as well as the keyboard.
automatic screen dimming at low light levels - My iPhone has the same feature. I don't think I've ever been in a situation where it's been useful.
single piece aluminum frame construction for less stress on the motherboard (the most common point of failure of a laptop, in my experience) - Aluminum is a really soft metal. Most higher-end laptops these days use a magnesium alloy chassis and HIPS, which is a lot more structurally sound even though (or because) it might flex a bit. They also have more favorable thermal properties - i.e. a Thinkpad isn't going to vent its heat directly into your groin, while an aluminum Macbook will.
custom battery arrangement to maximize useful lifetime but leave a smaller dimensional footprint. - Laptop manufacturers always make the enclosure, it's just the cells that are outsourced. There's nothing inherently more customized about Apple's battery arrangement than Dell's, although Dell is more likely to use a conservative design.
God only knows.
My money's on C++xx
Modern farming is based on centuries of research and experimentation. Farmers have been performing genetic engineering for thousands of years.
(infinity, 0) depending on how quickly the books burn.
The only first-world country with no laws about racial persecution. They are signatories to all of the applicable treaties, of course, but the national and prefecture governments have been playing hot potato with the blame for never ratifying any of them. Meanwhile you have employment, products and services that are unobtainable unless you are a Japanese citizen, born in Japan, pure-blooded Japanese, never lived outside of Japan and also fortunate enough for none of your ancestors to have butchered an animal or buried a dead body.
Mod parent up.
No it's not.
Remember this is *three* different projects from three different Indian companies theoretically written by three different sets of programmers. The code all looks and feels the same, which leads me to believe there's something going on industry wide over there.
The thing that's going on industry-wide: Sites like Stack Overflow and Professional Sex Change. In India I'm pretty sure Google's "I'm feeling lucky!" button says "Do my job for me." All of the code looks the same because it is the same.
If I was Ballmer, I'd tell the EC to go fuck themselves, and then yank every Microsoft product from the shelves in the EU.
Unfortunately Microsoft is a publicly-traded corporation. They're liable to the shareholders to provide the maximum possible return on their investment, which means they're going to continue tolerating the EU as long as the potential returns from the European market are greater than the European fees, fines and levies.
Microsoft is a huge American corporation, so the EC is basically using them as a source for extra funding. If Microsoft were based in Europe this wouldn't be happening.