The biggest trouble I find with it is the installing applications can become hacky and doesn't always work out.
That only should happen if you move outside of the package management of the distribution. If you always want the newest and shiniest versions, consider a rolling release distribution like Arch instead of something with fixed releases like Debian and Ubuntu.
You know what just sprang to my mind? That ending scene of Merlin, were everyone is turning their backs towards Mab and just forgetting her. Maybe we should do the same with Gnome...it was fun while it lasted, but maybe we (everyone who does not wish to use it or is alienated either by the design, ideas or the developers) should just turn around and walk away, just forget it.
Once the api stablizes, I can see some interesting stuff coming out of it.
So, we're three (or was it two?) years in, after four major releases, at version 3.8 and the Gnome devs said that they pretty much do not care about the API (I think the quote was something like this: "The API is not stable, it keeps changing with every release!" - "We never said it would be stable...")... so, when do you expect that stability of the API?
If I remember the bluescreen of Windows 8 right, it is "Your PC (not us) did something wrong and we can't explain what happened so we're just giving up".
You don't see Chell in the ending of Portal 2 (neither in Portal 1). If you want to see her in game, you have to look through portals, like in Half-Life, no cutscene and no cinematic leaves the ego-perspective.
As far as I know, Space is not directly cold, it's a vacuum. So there is nothing that pipe could give the heat off to except via heat radiation...you might don't want to wait that long. To be perfectly honest, I'm very sure that was considered and was abandoned because of problems we (mortals) don't know about (and I'm to lazy to search for).
I dug through Wikipedia and found that Sputnik weight a whooping 87kg...all Nuclear Bombs of that time (could not find a reference to a real warhead for mounting on a missile) were a little bit...uuuhhh...bigger, with more than 1ton each (a bomb from 1961 weight in at 27tons)...so, you got some reference to back that claim up?
The premise is that Skynet is trying to kill all the humans...
Which seems quite illogical as long as SkyNet is not superior to humans. Original thinking and coming up with new stuff is quite hard for an A.I., despite our best efforts to teach it to them. We're able to create A.I. which are good problems solvers...but a problem solver can not come up with innovation, not much at least. As long as SkyNet is not superior to a human. As the problem solver would most likely have figured out by then that humans don't like to be killed, and go *way* out of their way to avoid being murdered *or* take the bastard at least with them down.
Yes, it's actually a funny and sad situation. Most people don't want Microsoft products anymore, but are too lazy to switch to something else (my favorite quote: "But this looks totally different!").
Unfortunately, I am serious...so are they. They also paid some € 10k for a browser addon (which acts just like a favorite toolbar, but with links to government sites)...guess what? Was one-browser-only...guess which one.
On the up-side, they acknowledge that there's a problem with partisanship and corruption in the government and big companies here in Austria...and defend it with, and I quote, "...this the culture here in Austria"............
I was less after the "they throw money out the window"-part, but more for the "they can do whatever they want, nobody checks ever!"-part.
And yes, I totally agree with you! Especially since here in Austria they threw out a Linux migration because they bought a proprietary ActiveX-Component halfway through and some authorities pay € 500k for their homepage (which is nothing but a simple CMS)...
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I could run Wine, but once this happens I start asking myself what I'm gaining from doing so...
Ahrm....Linux?
The biggest trouble I find with it is the installing applications can become hacky and doesn't always work out.
That only should happen if you move outside of the package management of the distribution. If you always want the newest and shiniest versions, consider a rolling release distribution like Arch instead of something with fixed releases like Debian and Ubuntu.
You know what just sprang to my mind? That ending scene of Merlin, were everyone is turning their backs towards Mab and just forgetting her. Maybe we should do the same with Gnome...it was fun while it lasted, but maybe we (everyone who does not wish to use it or is alienated either by the design, ideas or the developers) should just turn around and walk away, just forget it.
Once the api stablizes, I can see some interesting stuff coming out of it.
So, we're three (or was it two?) years in, after four major releases, at version 3.8 and the Gnome devs said that they pretty much do not care about the API (I think the quote was something like this: "The API is not stable, it keeps changing with every release!" - "We never said it would be stable...") ... so, when do you expect that stability of the API?
Oh my dear how dare you! The window manager of Windows might actually become useful!
If I remember the bluescreen of Windows 8 right, it is "Your PC (not us) did something wrong and we can't explain what happened so we're just giving up".
Link?
You don't see Chell in the ending of Portal 2 (neither in Portal 1). If you want to see her in game, you have to look through portals, like in Half-Life, no cutscene and no cinematic leaves the ego-perspective.
Or Jade Empire, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Trek: Elite Force (unfortunately only the first part).
Do RPGs and similar which come with a character creator count? Like Neverwinter Nights, Drakensang and so on?
And since women play games maybe 10% as much as men, they are probably overrepresented.
citation needed.
So you have source which explicitly states that it was a drone from the U.S. Airforce/Navy/Army?
As far as I know, Space is not directly cold, it's a vacuum. So there is nothing that pipe could give the heat off to except via heat radiation...you might don't want to wait that long. To be perfectly honest, I'm very sure that was considered and was abandoned because of problems we (mortals) don't know about (and I'm to lazy to search for).
Here in Vienna there was an incident were a man flew kites in the approach line of the Vienna Airport (in German)...at 2200 ft (700m). No need to mention, the flight controllers were not happy. I think it is safe to assume that there are people stupid enough to do that.
You must be lamest troll on the planet, seriously our are.
Because people will start abusing the hell out of it.
You forgot: "It will snow in winter." At least here in Europe it is a serious, unpredictable problem which surprises the people every year.
That's like predicting that a waiter will bring the food you ordered.
Yeah...don't forget to mention that they were at $6 in January.
I dug through Wikipedia and found that Sputnik weight a whooping 87kg...all Nuclear Bombs of that time (could not find a reference to a real warhead for mounting on a missile) were a little bit...uuuhhh...bigger, with more than 1ton each (a bomb from 1961 weight in at 27tons)...so, you got some reference to back that claim up?
The premise is that Skynet is trying to kill all the humans...
Which seems quite illogical as long as SkyNet is not superior to humans. Original thinking and coming up with new stuff is quite hard for an A.I., despite our best efforts to teach it to them. We're able to create A.I. which are good problems solvers...but a problem solver can not come up with innovation, not much at least. As long as SkyNet is not superior to a human. As the problem solver would most likely have figured out by then that humans don't like to be killed, and go *way* out of their way to avoid being murdered *or* take the bastard at least with them down.
Yes, it's actually a funny and sad situation. Most people don't want Microsoft products anymore, but are too lazy to switch to something else (my favorite quote: "But this looks totally different!").
Yeah, were exactly my thoughts, too.
Unfortunately, I am serious...so are they. They also paid some € 10k for a browser addon (which acts just like a favorite toolbar, but with links to government sites)...guess what? Was one-browser-only...guess which one.
On the up-side, they acknowledge that there's a problem with partisanship and corruption in the government and big companies here in Austria...and defend it with, and I quote, "...this the culture here in Austria"... ... ... ...
I was less after the "they throw money out the window"-part, but more for the "they can do whatever they want, nobody checks ever!"-part.
And yes, I totally agree with you! Especially since here in Austria they threw out a Linux migration because they bought a proprietary ActiveX-Component halfway through and some authorities pay € 500k for their homepage (which is nothing but a simple CMS)...