And I should be expected to? First, that doesn't affect sounds in KDE ultimately. Secondly, I shouldn't have to configure anything AT ALL after installation.
If it has questions to ask (for example, if I have a DHCP server on my home network) it should ask them. Things like sound cards it should detect on its own, set up default volumes and just "work". "Ignorance" has nothing to do with it. Do you think X should automatically ask for your refresh rates the every time.
Um, it's kind of hard to believe your argument as intangible and unbiased when you have penguin icons peppering your web page.
Say what you want about my "ferventness" (which acutally has absolutely nothing do with Microsoft), but I don't have a web page seemingly extolling my OS of choice. I use Linux (Redhat beta 7.1), I use FreeBSD (4.1 stable) and I use Windows 2000. Windows 2000 "does it for me" in my day-to-day needs. No bluescreens ever.
Linux can be that easy to install and confgure as well
Uh, explain to me why, with three different distros, I couldn't get the sound to work on my "supported" Sound Blaster AWE out of box? And Windows could?
The real question is, why is this story posted under Microsoft at all? Clearly Verisign made the mistake. And the title "Don't Trust Code Signed by 'Microsoft Corporation" doesn't exactly help the situation.
Guys, Microsoft is not nearly as evil as you think it is. Yes, they had a track history, and yes clearly Bill Gates is a dick, but there are a lot of cool OS and game programmers, and hardware specialists that put out some wicked shit. You have to separate the company from the nerds like you and me.
First, the machine has been said to be very flimsy and the screen dim. Not flamebait but just facts. Read a review here.
The machine uses the same LCD idea as the Gameboy Color (no backlight to save battery life), but with a larger resolution vs. a paltry 160x120 with 64 colors on screen at one time (Gameboy Color), it's hard to see. You can only go so far with upending resolutions on a not-backlit screen before people start to notice.
There are a couple of obvious design flaws. The cartridge stickers actually face *in*, so you can't see what game you're playing from the back when you turn the until off. The L and R buttons are a bit of an odd touch (traditionally, to use L and R you have to take your hands off the back of the device -- which in this case, would cause you to drop it). When you plug a normal Gameboy or Gameboy Color game in it sticks out the top of the unit.
Couple that with the Hello Kitty colors and the small-buttons, and you don't exactly have a game machine that's going to tie over the Playstation masses. If Sony ever decided to make a handheld device that could play PS One games (which has been rumored for years now), they would win over a lot of adult gamers. All they would need is a battery to recharge a small CD player, and a cost-effective screen like the Gameboy Advance.
P.S. Doom on Gameboy Advance is going to be like Doom for Super Nintendo. That is, slow frame rates, using Mode 7 to generate pixelated graphics. No texture smoothing. Just blocky goodness (and a tinny sounding speaker to hear the grunts).
Um, if you're talking about the orientation of the actual Gameboy, it's the same configuration used by the Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, Sega Nomad, etc, etc. In fact, the Gameboy has been the only system traditionally *not* oriented horizontally. All of them were done years ago.
It's no big secret. They have a lot of expertise in analyzing imagery. They said they would be willing to put some of their best people to spend some spare time on a fun project.Yup. Nothing more fun than trying to find an ill-engineered piece of equipment that cost US taxpayers millions.:)
Uh, how? If you use free software (which I imagine you do, low user #3438) your software choices aren't limited by buying X-Box at all. There will still be a million Linux distros. Freshmeat will still exist.
If anything, you'll actually be hurting Microsoft by not purchasing software to support the traditional console model (sell the hardware below cost, then rack up profits with the licensing fees). If you're totally against Microsoft so far as you have the words "anti-M$" tatooed to your arm, purchasing the X-Box hardware then not getting the software is probably the BEST thing you can do.
Not surprisingly, a great deal of The Sims was created using object-oriented C++. Create an object ("chair") that works within other objects ("living room") and in direct contact with other objects ("person"). So says the little information boxes the team put in, that show an "enhanced credits" after having a house for 100 days.
I would have to think that The Sims is the strongest argument ever for using an object-oriented language to create a very specific result.
Uh, hello? Not only are you comparing apples and oranges with the processor (Pentium III vs. G4), but you're not even factoring in the price. $400 for the XBox vs. $3000-4000-whatever for the G4 (those Apples are usually ridiculously overpriced anyway).
The whole point of hacking a cheap box is because it's cheap. $400 for a high-end P3, NVidia GeForce 3, 100 MB ethernet, 8GB hard drive, 2 USB ports and high end video outputs doesn't seem like a bad deal to me AT ALL.
Ok, I post a ton of stories about the upcoming XBox to Slashdot. The machine has some wicked graphic capabilities with the new NVidia card, it supports DVD, has ethernet and has a hard drive. If nothing else, that should get every Slashdot hacker's Spidey-sense tingling. If you think the Dreamcast was a good cheap machine to put FreeBSD on, what about this thing?
But no. We focus on the same "Slashdot M$" bullshit as always. The enhance a couple of pics. Key word: a couple. They throw a crappy lens flare up and change the background. Personally I thought the pictures looked worse.
But does anyone at Slashdot look at some of the other, non-modified screenshots like Abe's Oddysey (which look awesome?) Or say anything other than "Well it's M$. We know they'se are the eE. Where are my Warez? I'm so l33t!" Noooooooo.
This is such absolute biased bullshit. We've got a great machine here people. Why shoot it down. Why not hack the damn thing. Noone seems to know about this on Slashdot because, quite frankly, most of the people who are anti-MS here act like complete children.
The doctoring was minimal. They threw a background up behind the character and put a crappy lens flare in. Big fucking deal.
If you look at the pictures of Abe's Oddyssey for XBox, which has no "modifications" at all, you'll see that they're just as amazing, if not more so. XBox has put out the best visuals of all the upcoming consoles, hands down.
Because your right to live should never have to be stated on a piece of old parchment.
We're not talking about an attack on the Constitution itself. We're talking about FreeNet which, let's be honest here, is probably going to become a haven to swap MP3's and Warez, not make any real kind of statement. If it's a choice between giving money to the doctors, scientists and researchers at the American Cancer Society, and the hackers at FreeNet, I'm choosing the Cancer Society.
Like I said before, free speech means nothing if you're dead.
Slashdot Mirror
Yup. Darn. Pass my anti-FUD stick that I planned to beat people with when this was over.
If it has questions to ask (for example, if I have a DHCP server on my home network) it should ask them. Things like sound cards it should detect on its own, set up default volumes and just "work". "Ignorance" has nothing to do with it. Do you think X should automatically ask for your refresh rates the every time.
Oh I forget. This is a "feature".
With KDE?
Say what you want about my "ferventness" (which acutally has absolutely nothing do with Microsoft), but I don't have a web page seemingly extolling my OS of choice. I use Linux (Redhat beta 7.1), I use FreeBSD (4.1 stable) and I use Windows 2000. Windows 2000 "does it for me" in my day-to-day needs. No bluescreens ever.
Uh, explain to me why, with three different distros, I couldn't get the sound to work on my "supported" Sound Blaster AWE out of box? And Windows could?
Guys, Microsoft is not nearly as evil as you think it is. Yes, they had a track history, and yes clearly Bill Gates is a dick, but there are a lot of cool OS and game programmers, and hardware specialists that put out some wicked shit. You have to separate the company from the nerds like you and me.
Uh duh. Glad to see we know what we're posting.
If CmdrTaco wasn't such a jerk, and banned my email from his account, he'd be able to take my application for becoming a poster.
"Super Magnetic Advanced Gameboy Successor Cowboy Bebop Neo"
I'll vouch for that. Final Fantasy IX runs like a dream on my PS2 (and with texture smoothing on it's absolutely delicious).
The machine uses the same LCD idea as the Gameboy Color (no backlight to save battery life), but with a larger resolution vs. a paltry 160x120 with 64 colors on screen at one time (Gameboy Color), it's hard to see. You can only go so far with upending resolutions on a not-backlit screen before people start to notice.
There are a couple of obvious design flaws. The cartridge stickers actually face *in*, so you can't see what game you're playing from the back when you turn the until off. The L and R buttons are a bit of an odd touch (traditionally, to use L and R you have to take your hands off the back of the device -- which in this case, would cause you to drop it). When you plug a normal Gameboy or Gameboy Color game in it sticks out the top of the unit.
Couple that with the Hello Kitty colors and the small-buttons, and you don't exactly have a game machine that's going to tie over the Playstation masses. If Sony ever decided to make a handheld device that could play PS One games (which has been rumored for years now), they would win over a lot of adult gamers. All they would need is a battery to recharge a small CD player, and a cost-effective screen like the Gameboy Advance.
P.S. Doom on Gameboy Advance is going to be like Doom for Super Nintendo. That is, slow frame rates, using Mode 7 to generate pixelated graphics. No texture smoothing. Just blocky goodness (and a tinny sounding speaker to hear the grunts).
Um, if you're talking about the orientation of the actual Gameboy, it's the same configuration used by the Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, Sega Nomad, etc, etc. In fact, the Gameboy has been the only system traditionally *not* oriented horizontally. All of them were done years ago.
It's no big secret. They have a lot of expertise in analyzing imagery. They said they would be willing to put some of their best people to spend some spare time on a fun project.Yup. Nothing more fun than trying to find an ill-engineered piece of equipment that cost US taxpayers millions. :)
Sorry about that. NetBSD.
Uh, how? If you use free software (which I imagine you do, low user #3438) your software choices aren't limited by buying X-Box at all. There will still be a million Linux distros. Freshmeat will still exist.
If anything, you'll actually be hurting Microsoft by not purchasing software to support the traditional console model (sell the hardware below cost, then rack up profits with the licensing fees). If you're totally against Microsoft so far as you have the words "anti-M$" tatooed to your arm, purchasing the X-Box hardware then not getting the software is probably the BEST thing you can do.
Then what language would you suggest? (it's Sims by the way).
I would have to think that The Sims is the strongest argument ever for using an object-oriented language to create a very specific result.
My original Intellimouse Explorer still works. It's been.. what.. 2 years or something?
The whole point of hacking a cheap box is because it's cheap. $400 for a high-end P3, NVidia GeForce 3, 100 MB ethernet, 8GB hard drive, 2 USB ports and high end video outputs doesn't seem like a bad deal to me AT ALL.
They're Sidewinder gamepads work very well. As do most of their Natural keyboards.
But no. We focus on the same "Slashdot M$" bullshit as always. The enhance a couple of pics. Key word: a couple. They throw a crappy lens flare up and change the background. Personally I thought the pictures looked worse.
But does anyone at Slashdot look at some of the other, non-modified screenshots like Abe's Oddysey (which look awesome?) Or say anything other than "Well it's M$. We know they'se are the eE. Where are my Warez? I'm so l33t!" Noooooooo.
This is such absolute biased bullshit. We've got a great machine here people. Why shoot it down. Why not hack the damn thing. Noone seems to know about this on Slashdot because, quite frankly, most of the people who are anti-MS here act like complete children.
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit...
If you look at the pictures of Abe's Oddyssey for XBox, which has no "modifications" at all, you'll see that they're just as amazing, if not more so. XBox has put out the best visuals of all the upcoming consoles, hands down.
Also, the way I play Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena this thing would be migraine and tumor inducing.
We're not talking about an attack on the Constitution itself. We're talking about FreeNet which, let's be honest here, is probably going to become a haven to swap MP3's and Warez, not make any real kind of statement. If it's a choice between giving money to the doctors, scientists and researchers at the American Cancer Society, and the hackers at FreeNet, I'm choosing the Cancer Society.
Like I said before, free speech means nothing if you're dead.
How much research could be accomplished if everyone were dead?
I'd prefer to donate my money for cancer and AIDS research, the Red Cross, etc.