Don't forget you can also unlock their devices and install custom ROMs. There is also quite good official support from LineageOS (although you might have to go unofficial for a while with newer devices.)
I know a better way: owning a Ferrari is definitely even more precise! I am pretty sure the correlation for Ferrari -> rich is close to 100%. And on my one person sample (me), it's 100% more accurate since I don't own an iPhone (yuck!) but do have a Ferrari (albeit an old one.)
We are doing something similar. Although, the approach is more progressive. We are switching from Oracle to PostgreSQL for new projects, and will move the existing databases as opportunities arise... One can only hope that Oracle DB will follow Solaris in the slow death by free software, Oracle has an history of trying to monetize what can be had for free and failing miserably. I wonder how fast they will manage to kill Java given their current history of alienating customers.
I know, this is going to turn down to be a major headache for Nintendo!
I remember how they clamped down on the Zelda "Epona" bug, and were patching the OS to close all software attack vectors. They even modified the soldering of the chip to counter modchips... But they are not going to have it that easy this time.
But if they don't do it, they risk selling a lot of consoles, but hardly any game. I am sure they are already trying to find a way to patch it. Maybe, keeping some online aspect that will check if the system was hacked will be part of the solution.
This is going to be the new Wii in terms of homebrew and cracked games. Remember the Homebrew channel? The way you could plug a hard disk and have the graphical interface to play all your "backup" games?
I am sure Nintendo are currently very worried about this and will try to get the hardware patched ASAP.
I have always have phones where the software updates outlived the hardware. And it's not because I bought crap hardware (not always anyway), but because I chose hardware where I had control over the software. I kept my first smartphone (First gen Samsung Galaxy S) for over 5 years. I unlocked the phone, got rid of carrier ROM, and later switched to Cyanogenmod.
When I buy a phone, first criteria is to check I can unlock the bootloader. Then I check it is supported by Lineageos (or will be shortly because it has strong following on Xda-Dev.) I always keep my phones up to date via OTA, and can give them away (to friends or to my daughter) once I want to purchase a more recent model. Now that Google made their phones too expensive, I am going the Xiaomi route.
I'd agree if Apple didn't try to make it impossible for users to change their battery! Making the thing hard to open, gluing everything inside, charging $90 for swapping and putting too small batteries in their phone is ground to sue alone. Apple is going out of their way to try to get people to buy a new phone instead of fixing the one they already own, and they are known for it, so this is just the straw that broke the camel's back.
Since people are too stupid to vote with their wallet, someone has got to do it. And I hope other's will follow, and not just Apple which is probably the worst offender but definitely not alone. All electronics should be fixable, batteries should be accessible and changeable without voiding warranty. Repair guides for repair shops should be mandatory. Connectors (and chargers) should be standard.
And here comes the car analogy: if apple made cars, you could only service them in apple garages to fit new apple tires and apple brake pads. Does this sound reasonable?
I second this. RE7 on VR is AMAZING. Simply the most fun/scare I have had playing games. And I have been playing video games over 30 years. It is so involving and intense. You are IN the game not just watching it... I believe playing it in VR, is the only real way to play the game.
Can't wait for a plateform player. The robot mini-game just shows the potential. I was hoping they would make the Crash Bandicoot remaster a VR option, but it doesn't look likely. A new Armored Core by From Software is also an option for the next big VR title. I'd love to see Bloodborne 2 in VR as well (one can only hope.)
Actually, making it a lot lighter would be the best course to improve performance. Although there is no way to get rid of the very heavy batteries...
And the car will still be a dog on any racetrack!
The Tesla is not faster than the 918 from 0-60mph. The 918 spyder does it in 2.3s so faster now, and faster after the upgrade. Makes sense since the porsche is a 4 wheel drive unlike the McLaren P1 or Ferrari La Ferrari.
Any 4WD car with lots of power and torque will be faster than any 2WD propulsion hypercar.
And Tesla is not even the fastest electric car. That would be the Rimac. But hey, Elon Musk can claim all he wants, that's marketing (ie. damn lies.)
Wow, and you were modded "insisghtful", I would have labelled you an arrogant paranoid troll.
I hope I don't share too much of your "superior culture".
Not only will corporations try to maximize profits, they are forced to do so by law!
The board's only accountability is toward it's shareholders. If they decide to give away money to improve the workers' conditions, they expose themselves to be sued by the shareholders...
I am a software developer, and I don't like VS, but I use it because even if it lacks features, it works for me since I use it at work and know how to use it. I am currently starting a "big" open source project, and getting it to work on Linux is difficult. Not the code, just the whole project management thingy. And this is not because it is harder per se, but just because I am used to VS, and not KDevelop. I am learning CMake and it's going fast, but still not fast enough for me to be comfortable with Linux as my main dev platform... It's getting there, but it takes a real effort to adapt. And this is not a shortcoming on KDevelop's side, just an artifact of using MS for work and being used to it...
They should offer higher resolutions with HDMI and they could probably keep it compatible and do some better texturing/upscaling like what was done for PS2 emulation on the PS3 (or PS one on the PS2.) There is no reason to remain on low def analog!
This is not how opensource works! There is no they, only people who decide to spend some time on their pet project...
I am pretty sure there is a bunch of paid people that are busy implementing all those required basic features for Thunderbird 1.5 or beyond.
I think it is likely that the person who implemented the tabs would not have spent his time implementing filtering of imap messages anyway. This is opensource, not a closed development team where adding one feature will always be at the expense of another one!
Super Mario Zelda Metroid That's it. They keep on putting them out on new consoles without bringing anything new (appart from the move from 2D to 3D.) I have a GBA and my house mate has a GameCube. And he is bitching about there being no game on the cube... While he buys Resident Evil 4, I get Prince Of Persia 2, GTA3 SA and GT4.
I agree that Nintendo puts out some amazing games but so is Sony. I still remember fondly when I first started playing Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider and Gran Turismo!
And I think the next generation will see Sony put MS and the big N to shame...
with that kind of power, you could probably replace the TV, Sound System and DVD Player themselves...
I wonder how long it is till they build a small device that you can plug in the TV. I have got a PC at home hooked straight in my amp and TV so that I can watch DVD and DivX, listen to MP3s and CDs and play games (MAME mainly)
Yes, tech is adding to my stress because I work as a software engineer... But stress is added by any job unless you have found the dream job that is only fun (testing games come to my mind;o) I am working on a finance project since I work for a Swiss private bank. The stress is not due to the tech aspect though, but because of nasty hacks in the code (and process) to accept all the crap the users want to be the norm. We had to archive 2003 for end of January, but it wasn't possible since the data was wrong and could not be corrected for that date. So we had to keep the data in the DBs for a little longer. That didn't work straight away (we use an embedded object db that dates from 97) so there was an interresting crisis update to the current version (with some modifications) but that was fun. Now the trouble is to migrate the data and put in place all the hacks so that we store correct data. To do that, we needed some files and we got them on wednesday night while we were aiming to get everything ready for Thursday night... We managed it, but I had to put lots of extra-time (non paid) just because the upper management was tooo slow to get those files. Not just because they were lazy but because lot's of problems showed up during testing and we realised things were a LOT harder than we thought. So, in my opinion, stress is not due to technology but to humans using it. And humans being humans, they just think technology is going to solve all their problems. AND FAST!
I use both Firebird and Thunderbird because I like the idea of seperate processes. I hate it when a crash causes you to loose everything. Although I have to say that I haven't had a crash for ages... So I am considering switching back to gain some memory (only 512MB on my laptop)
I remember one thing about US vs. RSSR. It's the pen in space story. The US spent about 50000 to find a pen that would work in space, the lack of gravity posed problems for the ink. Once NASA and the russian team started to work together, the NASA guys wondered how they managed the ink problem. Russian's wondered what it was about. They were using 1000 years old technology: the pencil. A pencill can work underwather and into space without some complex system putting pressure for the ink. I think this is a good image for where NASA is failing, going for excellence where simple methods are required.
Hmmm, let me think for a second... But uggly electric car or gorgeous looking Ferrari. No thanks, I'll keep my Ferrari. I'll make up for the lost karma in my next life!
If while building your custom box, your brand new AGP card won't go through the slot at the back of the PC, don't go buy a metal saw to make the hole bigger... Thrust me, you'll feel really stupid once you understand you have to insert the card by opening the side of the box.
Well nothing prevents them from adding some close software that will run on their modified Linux kernel. If they don't want to give away their precious intellectual property, all they have to do is put it in user space, not in the kernel... the way the article is writen makes you feel that you can't write any proprietary code with Linux. that's plain wrong
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Don't forget you can also unlock their devices and install custom ROMs. There is also quite good official support from LineageOS (although you might have to go unofficial for a while with newer devices.)
I know a better way: owning a Ferrari is definitely even more precise! I am pretty sure the correlation for Ferrari -> rich is close to 100%.
And on my one person sample (me), it's 100% more accurate since I don't own an iPhone (yuck!) but do have a Ferrari (albeit an old one.)
We are doing something similar. Although, the approach is more progressive.
We are switching from Oracle to PostgreSQL for new projects, and will move the existing databases as opportunities arise...
One can only hope that Oracle DB will follow Solaris in the slow death by free software, Oracle has an history of trying to monetize what can be had for free and failing miserably. I wonder how fast they will manage to kill Java given their current history of alienating customers.
I know, this is going to turn down to be a major headache for Nintendo!
I remember how they clamped down on the Zelda "Epona" bug, and were patching the OS to close all software attack vectors. They even modified the soldering of the chip to counter modchips... But they are not going to have it that easy this time.
But if they don't do it, they risk selling a lot of consoles, but hardly any game. I am sure they are already trying to find a way to patch it. Maybe, keeping some online aspect that will check if the system was hacked will be part of the solution.
This is going to be the new Wii in terms of homebrew and cracked games.
Remember the Homebrew channel? The way you could plug a hard disk and have the graphical interface to play all your "backup" games?
I am sure Nintendo are currently very worried about this and will try to get the hardware patched ASAP.
I have always have phones where the software updates outlived the hardware.
And it's not because I bought crap hardware (not always anyway), but because I chose hardware where I had control over the software.
I kept my first smartphone (First gen Samsung Galaxy S) for over 5 years. I unlocked the phone, got rid of carrier ROM, and later switched to Cyanogenmod.
When I buy a phone, first criteria is to check I can unlock the bootloader. Then I check it is supported by Lineageos (or will be shortly because it has strong following on Xda-Dev.)
I always keep my phones up to date via OTA, and can give them away (to friends or to my daughter) once I want to purchase a more recent model.
Now that Google made their phones too expensive, I am going the Xiaomi route.
I'd agree if Apple didn't try to make it impossible for users to change their battery!
Making the thing hard to open, gluing everything inside, charging $90 for swapping and putting too small batteries in their phone is ground to sue alone.
Apple is going out of their way to try to get people to buy a new phone instead of fixing the one they already own, and they are known for it, so this is just the straw that broke the camel's back.
Since people are too stupid to vote with their wallet, someone has got to do it. And I hope other's will follow, and not just Apple which is probably the worst offender but definitely not alone.
All electronics should be fixable, batteries should be accessible and changeable without voiding warranty. Repair guides for repair shops should be mandatory. Connectors (and chargers) should be standard.
And here comes the car analogy: if apple made cars, you could only service them in apple garages to fit new apple tires and apple brake pads. Does this sound reasonable?
I second this.
RE7 on VR is AMAZING. Simply the most fun/scare I have had playing games. And I have been playing video games over 30 years.
It is so involving and intense. You are IN the game not just watching it... I believe playing it in VR, is the only real way to play the game.
Can't wait for a plateform player. The robot mini-game just shows the potential. I was hoping they would make the Crash Bandicoot remaster a VR option, but it doesn't look likely. A new Armored Core by From Software is also an option for the next big VR title. I'd love to see Bloodborne 2 in VR as well (one can only hope.)
Actually, making it a lot lighter would be the best course to improve performance. Although there is no way to get rid of the very heavy batteries... And the car will still be a dog on any racetrack!
The Tesla is not faster than the 918 from 0-60mph. The 918 spyder does it in 2.3s so faster now, and faster after the upgrade. Makes sense since the porsche is a 4 wheel drive unlike the McLaren P1 or Ferrari La Ferrari. Any 4WD car with lots of power and torque will be faster than any 2WD propulsion hypercar. And Tesla is not even the fastest electric car. That would be the Rimac. But hey, Elon Musk can claim all he wants, that's marketing (ie. damn lies.)
Good one, but I doubt people on slashdot will get the joke!
Wow, and you were modded "insisghtful", I would have labelled you an arrogant paranoid troll. I hope I don't share too much of your "superior culture".
Not only will corporations try to maximize profits, they are forced to do so by law! The board's only accountability is toward it's shareholders. If they decide to give away money to improve the workers' conditions, they expose themselves to be sued by the shareholders...
I thought that's what MAME [www.mamedev.org] and MESS [www.mess.org] are for. Preserving old games on all kind of hardware...
Amen to that.
I am a software developer, and I don't like VS, but I use it because even if it lacks features, it works for me since I use it at work and know how to use it. I am currently starting a "big" open source project, and getting it to work on Linux is difficult. Not the code, just the whole project management thingy. And this is not because it is harder per se, but just because I am used to VS, and not KDevelop. I am learning CMake and it's going fast, but still not fast enough for me to be comfortable with Linux as my main dev platform...
It's getting there, but it takes a real effort to adapt. And this is not a shortcoming on KDevelop's side, just an artifact of using MS for work and being used to it...
They should offer higher resolutions with HDMI and they could probably keep it compatible and do some better texturing/upscaling like what was done for PS2 emulation on the PS3 (or PS one on the PS2.)
There is no reason to remain on low def analog!
This is not how opensource works!
There is no they, only people who decide to spend some time on their pet project...
I am pretty sure there is a bunch of paid people that are busy implementing all those required basic features for Thunderbird 1.5 or beyond.
I think it is likely that the person who implemented the tabs would not have spent his time implementing filtering of imap messages anyway. This is opensource, not a closed development team where adding one feature will always be at the expense of another one!
Super Mario ...
Zelda
Metroid
That's it. They keep on putting them out on new consoles without bringing anything new (appart from the move from 2D to 3D.)
I have a GBA and my house mate has a GameCube. And he is bitching about there being no game on the cube
While he buys Resident Evil 4, I get Prince Of Persia 2, GTA3 SA and GT4.
I agree that Nintendo puts out some amazing games but so is Sony. I still remember fondly when I first started playing Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider and Gran Turismo!
And I think the next generation will see Sony put MS and the big N to shame...
with that kind of power, you could probably replace the TV, Sound System and DVD Player themselves...
I wonder how long it is till they build a small device that you can plug in the TV.
I have got a PC at home hooked straight in my amp and TV so that I can watch DVD and DivX, listen to MP3s and CDs and play games (MAME mainly)
Yes, tech is adding to my stress because I work as a software engineer... ;o)
But stress is added by any job unless you have found the dream job that is only fun (testing games come to my mind
I am working on a finance project since I work for a Swiss private bank. The stress is not due to the tech aspect though, but because of nasty hacks in the code (and process) to accept all the crap the users want to be the norm.
We had to archive 2003 for end of January, but it wasn't possible since the data was wrong and could not be corrected for that date. So we had to keep the data in the DBs for a little longer. That didn't work straight away (we use an embedded object db that dates from 97) so there was an interresting crisis update to the current version (with some modifications) but that was fun.
Now the trouble is to migrate the data and put in place all the hacks so that we store correct data. To do that, we needed some files and we got them on wednesday night while we were aiming to get everything ready for Thursday night...
We managed it, but I had to put lots of extra-time (non paid) just because the upper management was tooo slow to get those files. Not just because they were lazy but because lot's of problems showed up during testing and we realised things were a LOT harder than we thought.
So, in my opinion, stress is not due to technology but to humans using it. And humans being humans, they just think technology is going to solve all their problems. AND FAST!
Well, that's my view of the problem anyway.
I use both Firebird and Thunderbird because I like the idea of seperate processes. I hate it when a crash causes you to loose everything.
Although I have to say that I haven't had a crash for ages... So I am considering switching back to gain some memory (only 512MB on my laptop)
I remember one thing about US vs. RSSR.
It's the pen in space story.
The US spent about 50000 to find a pen that would work in space, the lack of gravity posed problems for the ink. Once NASA and the russian team started to work together, the NASA guys wondered how they managed the ink problem. Russian's wondered what it was about. They were using 1000 years old technology: the pencil. A pencill can work underwather and into space without some complex system putting pressure for the ink.
I think this is a good image for where NASA is failing, going for excellence where simple methods are required.
Hmmm, let me think for a second...
But uggly electric car or gorgeous looking Ferrari. No thanks, I'll keep my Ferrari. I'll make up for the lost karma in my next life!
If while building your custom box, your brand new AGP card won't go through the slot at the back of the PC, don't go buy a metal saw to make the hole bigger... Thrust me, you'll feel really stupid once you understand you have to insert the card by opening the side of the box.
Well nothing prevents them from adding some close software that will run on their modified Linux kernel. If they don't want to give away their precious intellectual property, all they have to do is put it in user space, not in the kernel... the way the article is writen makes you feel that you can't write any proprietary code with Linux. that's plain wrong