I have been using Javafx for over two years and javafx 8 for about a year. It's modern take on rich GUI and I highly recommend it. That said, I haven't used it much with linux or Mac.
Javafx is newer than most others and the major challenge I see is not having an established application framework available for it. This means unless you're planning to use for the long run, you might have it easier with other application stacks.
Another thing to keep in mind is that other technologies like QT are available on mobile platforms while Javafx8 is not. Officially, Oracle has not committed itself to address this but there are some promising projects outside oracle that are doing this.
Off the top of my head
Pro:
Multiplatform, same app will run in Windows, Linux and Mac. No official mobile platform support though.
You can embed HTML and existence of WEB controls
Nice separation of GUI, styling and code. You can use FXML for GUI layout and CSS for styling.
Java tools and libraries are readily available to use and all advantages of Java are there!
Comes standard with Java8
Good performance as a result of using graphic acceleration.
Good data binding with controls
Cons:
Last I checked, no proper application framework. This is not a big deal For a simple application!
No controls to directly integrate with database
All disadvantages of Java!
The easiest approach is to go with whatever is closest to what you already know. If you know Java or want to learn it, then I strongly recommend Javafx. Let me know if you need some help or advice.
Not disagreeing with you but for what it's worth, here is my setup:
256GB SSD -> OS + all applications + steam + most used VMs + http downloads
1TB HDD -> All multimedia (video+audio+photos) + backups + installation files + torrent downloads + less used experimental VMs
I only sometimes move Virtual Machines and some installation files between the two. If your SSD is large enough for your needs (256 or 512 in my case) then you won't need to move files around.
There are some cache SSDs available from various sources with 32GB and more capacity, but they are usually tied to Windows and can't be used on other OSs.
Wiki says he spent 18 years in prison, more than 11 of them in solitary and after release his movement is still restricted!
Is this even real? Never heard of this!!
There hasn't been a single person yet who has avoided death, but there are many who have won a lottery, and some of those may read slashdot..
I think I know what you are saying but apart from some claims about people who had a very long life and are still living after over a thousand years in some religious traditions, every living person has avoided death.
My setup is probably is a bit different than most. I use a 27" monitor + a 19" one. This setup is good for me since I have a main monitor that I always use and a secondary one that I use when I need the extra screen space when doing programming. The 27" is directly in front of me while the 19" is on the side. I can open the console output, open reference documents or look at the end result of my work in the small one while I have my IDE open in the main monitor. When I don't need the second one, I just turn it off. The second monitor does not take a lot of space, it's cheap but very handy when I need it.
I have an analogue VGA cable hanging out of the small monitor as well so I can connect it to my laptop and use it to extend my laptop's screen. It's easy to switch between the digital and analogue inputs of the monitor. All considered, this seems to be a flexible setup which is not very expensive and is not taking a lot of space.
I can second that. The Arabic one is by far less balanced.
At the same time, Al Jazeera is not the only one with this issue. For example I respect BBC English and even though in some cases I have seen them bend the truth, they are a good source. Still looking at some of other languages in BBC news, I can't say the same.
As far as I know the news agency is funded by the Qatar ruling family and acts to their benefit.
Wait until the "game of the year" or "platinum edition" or "gold edition" or "diamond edition" or "complete edition" goes on sale for $10 and you'll have ALL the DLC on day 1. On top of that, most of the compatibility and quest bugs will have been squashed.
Problem solved.
That's what I usually do but I can see why this doesn't always work
For multilayer games you can be late to the party if you wait that long and the base has moved to something else. People prefer to play with their friends.
Interesting parts of the story or twists are spoiled for you while you're waiting, "so S**** doesn't exist? really!"
People want to be part of a culture by experiencing while others do so they are not left out in conversations
Still I think that most likely for most people, the anticipation and hype can be too much to wait and get a bargain.
In 1936, according to the article, it was almost as warm. Basically, a "so what?". Between then and now, States have had record cold temperatures as well. This report would be just one more Jeopardy! item, were it not for the political hay that will be made of it.
yeah, and that's without even considering inflation!!
I'm surprised that Torchlight 2 comes up a lot but nobody mentions Grim Dawn (www.grimdawn.com ) which seems very promising indeed and just recently was on kickstarter.
"The Iranians are Shia Muslims, the Saudis are Sunnis, the two hate each other with the passion you often find in long running sectarian conflicts."
That statement is a bit misleading. The hatred and conflict is not because of Sunni Vs Shia, but rather Wahabi/Salafy Vs Shia where Wahabi sect is considered a subset of Sunnie Islam. The distinction is important because even though there is unease between Sunnie and Shias in general, but it's not at the level of hatred with passion.
"You can get "Steam rips" all day long on P2P so frankly Steam and GOG (who doesn't have any activation at all) are the only two I really trust. "
In my experience, the games bought from Impulse are good as well. I have two games from them, and in both cases I was able to copy the games to my newer PC and the laptop without installing or even having the Impulse client. I'm not sure how their DRM works, but it seems to be lighter than steam. They generally don't have as many games in their library or as good a deals as steam though.
http://www.impulsedriven.com/
2-3 years ago steam was charging the same US price in Australia which made it about half price. Now my guess is that the some publishers have closed that loop hole so we get a price much closer to the brick shops in Australia than used too. Australian Dollar is roughly has the same value as the US one at the moment.
For example I just looked up steam
Games,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, steam,,,,, EB games
Shogun total war,, AU$ 89,,, AU$ 98
Dragon Age 2,,,,,, AU$ 69,,, AU$ 88
AC Brotherhood,,, AU$ 49,,, AU$ 88
The same can't be said about impulse. That said, impulse has those huge discounts that more than makes up for the added cost. The majority of my games are from steam.
The DRM is lighter on impulse as well based on my experience. I have two games from them and I run them even without having the impulse client.
The problem with impulse is that their game collection is no where as extensive as steams and many of the more recognized games or bundles are not offered in Australia. There were many time that I wanted to buy a game bet when I went to the page it gave me a message about the game not being available in my region. Never had that experience in Steam.
The auto aim is there and I don't think it can be disabled.
Fast transportation is a major plus in JC2 ans is not an issue. It's much faster than any GTA. You can instantly teleport! to any location you have visited in the past as long as you are not in a mission or being chased. Additionally, there are choppers and fast planes that can get you anywhere you want. So for example if I want to go to a new place which is far away, I teleport! to an airport, steal a plane and I pilot it to the new location. as I pass through cities, towns and other POIs by the plane, they register as visited, so I can instantly move there in the future. In addition to that, the hook provide a way to fast move around, vertically and horizontally and it makes it easy to hijack cars/choppers as the need arises.
I think the gameplay has a lot that is done better than GTA 4, specially the free movement and transportation. It's not as polished and does not the same level of high production values though. GTA4's battles are less chaotic but the JC2 is less frustrating and has a faster arcade feel to it. I have not played the multiplayer and apart from that I would consider these two on the same level based on single player only experience.
I've started playing Red faction Guerrilla and the concept has a lot of similarity with JC2 and this far JC2 seems generally superior. But then I have only a few hours in RFG.
I've played Red dead on my brother's PS3 for a few hours (on lowest difficulty I think). It felt fresh and interesting
Well, I have not played just cause, but I played GTA 3s and GTA4 with both expansions on PC. Just last week I beat the campaign in Just Cause2. it is a truly worthy game where the grappling hook put to good use.
I enjoyed last GTA3 (was it san andreas?) more than the 4th one. The expansions improved the situation though. Just cause 2 doesn't have the production values of a GTA game, but it's light hearted and arcade like approach is fun. There are quite a few things I hope the improve and add for the sequel. Stuff as simple as what you mentioned about the auto aim issue on PC or adding some thing akin to coop or multiplayer.
Overall the second iteration was fun, robust and worthy sand box game with variety of missions as long as you are not looking for great story and characters.
"Generally speaking, if a laptop doesn't have a trackpoint/pointing stick, it isn't worth having."
Looking to the trackpoint which I never use is an interesting idea. I usually consider the screen resolution is an indicator to sort the hay from chaff.
"They use the Republican Guard which are primarily non-Iranian Arabs...."
I wonder where you got this from? There might be some Iranians who were living in say Iraq and then Saddam expelled them in the republican guard, but I would be surprised if even one non-Iranian, Arab or otherwise be in there. Let's put it this way, there is a higher chance of a Saudi non-American citizen to be the next US President than that!
Slashdot Mirror
Javafx is newer than most others and the major challenge I see is not having an established application framework available for it. This means unless you're planning to use for the long run, you might have it easier with other application stacks.
Another thing to keep in mind is that other technologies like QT are available on mobile platforms while Javafx8 is not. Officially, Oracle has not committed itself to address this but there are some promising projects outside oracle that are doing this.
Off the top of my head
Pro:
Multiplatform, same app will run in Windows, Linux and Mac. No official mobile platform support though.
You can embed HTML and existence of WEB controls
Nice separation of GUI, styling and code. You can use FXML for GUI layout and CSS for styling.
Java tools and libraries are readily available to use and all advantages of Java are there!
Comes standard with Java8
Good performance as a result of using graphic acceleration.
Good data binding with controls
Cons:
Last I checked, no proper application framework. This is not a big deal For a simple application!
No controls to directly integrate with database
All disadvantages of Java!
The easiest approach is to go with whatever is closest to what you already know. If you know Java or want to learn it, then I strongly recommend Javafx. Let me know if you need some help or advice.
256GB SSD -> OS + all applications + steam + most used VMs + http downloads
1TB HDD -> All multimedia (video+audio+photos) + backups + installation files + torrent downloads + less used experimental VMs
I only sometimes move Virtual Machines and some installation files between the two. If your SSD is large enough for your needs (256 or 512 in my case) then you won't need to move files around.
There are some cache SSDs available from various sources with 32GB and more capacity, but they are usually tied to Windows and can't be used on other OSs.
This might make Downfall (Der Untergang) and Hitler the most popular movie and character of all time!! The horors
Reading further in Wikipedia, He received and was nominated for a lot of awards in Europe including noble peace prize.
Wiki says he spent 18 years in prison, more than 11 of them in solitary and after release his movement is still restricted! Is this even real? Never heard of this!!
There hasn't been a single person yet who has avoided death, but there are many who have won a lottery, and some of those may read slashdot..
I think I know what you are saying but apart from some claims about people who had a very long life and are still living after over a thousand years in some religious traditions, every living person has avoided death.
My setup is probably is a bit different than most. I use a 27" monitor + a 19" one. This setup is good for me since I have a main monitor that I always use and a secondary one that I use when I need the extra screen space when doing programming. The 27" is directly in front of me while the 19" is on the side. I can open the console output, open reference documents or look at the end result of my work in the small one while I have my IDE open in the main monitor. When I don't need the second one, I just turn it off. The second monitor does not take a lot of space, it's cheap but very handy when I need it. I have an analogue VGA cable hanging out of the small monitor as well so I can connect it to my laptop and use it to extend my laptop's screen. It's easy to switch between the digital and analogue inputs of the monitor. All considered, this seems to be a flexible setup which is not very expensive and is not taking a lot of space.
I can second that. The Arabic one is by far less balanced. At the same time, Al Jazeera is not the only one with this issue. For example I respect BBC English and even though in some cases I have seen them bend the truth, they are a good source. Still looking at some of other languages in BBC news, I can't say the same. As far as I know the news agency is funded by the Qatar ruling family and acts to their benefit.
"What can change the nature of a man?"
Will, for the purposeful
Wait until the "game of the year" or "platinum edition" or "gold edition" or "diamond edition" or "complete edition" goes on sale for $10 and you'll have ALL the DLC on day 1. On top of that, most of the compatibility and quest bugs will have been squashed.
Problem solved.
That's what I usually do but I can see why this doesn't always work
Still I think that most likely for most people, the anticipation and hype can be too much to wait and get a bargain.
In 1936, according to the article, it was almost as warm. Basically, a "so what?". Between then and now, States have had record cold temperatures as well. This report would be just one more Jeopardy! item, were it not for the political hay that will be made of it.
yeah, and that's without even considering inflation!!
I did something similar once. I confronted them that what they're doing is not right and advised them to look for a better job.
I'm surprised that Torchlight 2 comes up a lot but nobody mentions Grim Dawn (www.grimdawn.com ) which seems very promising indeed and just recently was on kickstarter.
Where are my mod points when I need them!!
"The Iranians are Shia Muslims, the Saudis are Sunnis, the two hate each other with the passion you often find in long running sectarian conflicts."
That statement is a bit misleading. The hatred and conflict is not because of Sunni Vs Shia, but rather Wahabi/Salafy Vs Shia where Wahabi sect is considered a subset of Sunnie Islam. The distinction is important because even though there is unease between Sunnie and Shias in general, but it's not at the level of hatred with passion.
Just thought to point that out
I'm not an expert but I if I'm not mistaken, their explanation is that God is supernatural.
In my experience, the games bought from Impulse are good as well. I have two games from them, and in both cases I was able to copy the games to my newer PC and the laptop without installing or even having the Impulse client. I'm not sure how their DRM works, but it seems to be lighter than steam. They generally don't have as many games in their library or as good a deals as steam though.
http://www.impulsedriven.com/
OOPs, so many mistakes in my above post! The one with huge discounts is steam and not impulse.
2-3 years ago steam was charging the same US price in Australia which made it about half price. Now my guess is that the some publishers have closed that loop hole so we get a price much closer to the brick shops in Australia than used too. Australian Dollar is roughly has the same value as the US one at the moment.
For example I just looked up steam
Games ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, steam ,,,,, EB games
Shogun total war,, AU$ 89 ,,, AU$ 98
Dragon Age 2,,,,,, AU$ 69 ,,, AU$ 88
AC Brotherhood,,, AU$ 49 ,,, AU$ 88
The same can't be said about impulse. That said, impulse has those huge discounts that more than makes up for the added cost. The majority of my games are from steam.
The DRM is lighter on impulse as well based on my experience. I have two games from them and I run them even without having the impulse client.
The problem with impulse is that their game collection is no where as extensive as steams and many of the more recognized games or bundles are not offered in Australia. There were many time that I wanted to buy a game bet when I went to the page it gave me a message about the game not being available in my region. Never had that experience in Steam.
The auto aim is there and I don't think it can be disabled.
Fast transportation is a major plus in JC2 ans is not an issue. It's much faster than any GTA. You can instantly teleport! to any location you have visited in the past as long as you are not in a mission or being chased. Additionally, there are choppers and fast planes that can get you anywhere you want. So for example if I want to go to a new place which is far away, I teleport! to an airport, steal a plane and I pilot it to the new location. as I pass through cities, towns and other POIs by the plane, they register as visited, so I can instantly move there in the future. In addition to that, the hook provide a way to fast move around, vertically and horizontally and it makes it easy to hijack cars/choppers as the need arises.
I think the gameplay has a lot that is done better than GTA 4, specially the free movement and transportation. It's not as polished and does not the same level of high production values though. GTA4's battles are less chaotic but the JC2 is less frustrating and has a faster arcade feel to it. I have not played the multiplayer and apart from that I would consider these two on the same level based on single player only experience.
I've started playing Red faction Guerrilla and the concept has a lot of similarity with JC2 and this far JC2 seems generally superior. But then I have only a few hours in RFG.
I've played Red dead on my brother's PS3 for a few hours (on lowest difficulty I think). It felt fresh and interesting
Well, I have not played just cause, but I played GTA 3s and GTA4 with both expansions on PC. Just last week I beat the campaign in Just Cause2. it is a truly worthy game where the grappling hook put to good use.
I enjoyed last GTA3 (was it san andreas?) more than the 4th one. The expansions improved the situation though. Just cause 2 doesn't have the production values of a GTA game, but it's light hearted and arcade like approach is fun. There are quite a few things I hope the improve and add for the sequel. Stuff as simple as what you mentioned about the auto aim issue on PC or adding some thing akin to coop or multiplayer.
Overall the second iteration was fun, robust and worthy sand box game with variety of missions as long as you are not looking for great story and characters.
Looking to the trackpoint which I never use is an interesting idea. I usually consider the screen resolution is an indicator to sort the hay from chaff.
"They use the Republican Guard which are primarily non-Iranian Arabs ...."
I wonder where you got this from? There might be some Iranians who were living in say Iraq and then Saddam expelled them in the republican guard, but I would be surprised if even one non-Iranian, Arab or otherwise be in there. Let's put it this way, there is a higher chance of a Saudi non-American citizen to be the next US President than that!
Nope, he's not married and there are no 4 witnesses etc, so no stoning for you.
Your wish is granted. Anandtech tested the battery life with x264 720P video and they got about 6 hours out of it.
http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3689&p=7