"Nintendo is releasing a development kit to allow third-party developers create downloadable games via a new "Wii Ware" channel. Nintendo is embracing homebrew content."
3D party game development is not the same as homebrew hobbyist game development. I'm sure each game offered on Wii Ware will be done through an agreement with Nintendo requiring approval and some financial sharing. This isn't the same as somebody making a game on their own and offering it (typically) for free or donation. Many homebrew games such as remakes of old games could not be released as commercial efforts due to copyright issues.
Butt sex is not limited to homosexual sex! Women have been found to possess butts much as men do. The biggest difference being that when they fart it smells like flowers.
"So what is the difference between the two? Apple's notebook looks and feels like it was designed around a task, a need, and Lenovo's laptop looks more like it was designed around the tech specs."
The smaller thinkpads are basically designed for traveling business executives. People who need a full powered laptop at the smallest size. The execs at my office either use small Thinkpads or small VAIOs. They don't want a MacBook Air they want a Windows machine with Outlook, Powerpoint and whatever business applications they are used to.
OK. In specific we are discussing speeds on one carriers networks - AT&T. We are discussing which service on said network the iPhone can use. AT&T brands their earlier, slower sped network as EDGE. AT&T refers to their upgrade speed network as 3G. Within the context of discussing this carriers MARKETED SERVICES these terms are what AT&T uses. When my phone is connected to the lower speed network it has the letter "E" displayed for "EDGE". When it connects at AT&Ts higher speed it displays "3G". In this context given that people shopping for an AT&T service will be told "EDGE" and "3G" by both AT&T marketing and sales people (as for example I was in the AT&T shop) using these terms to refer to AT&T's service levels is appropriate. Joe average is not going to understand what HSDPA is. There is a different between technical standards definition and marketed terms. If I were discussing the broad spectrum of services available across carrier networks world wide your point would make sense. In this case I am not.
It's a definition of "good" based on what is available in my local market in the USA. Over here you are lucky to be able to get 7Mbps over cable let alone wireless. I consider 700kbps "good" compared to Edge which was giving me about 200kbps at maximum. Edge being the maximum you will get on an iPhone. Although I fail to see how much use 7Mbps would be with a restrictive transfer limit. You can get an unlimited plan over here.
Whatever the validity, Apple should release a 3G iPhone soon. AT&T's 3G network works great. I get 700kbps on a Samsung Blackjack. It would be nice to have a phone with a decent browser to use on the network. 3G beats the crap out of Edge and there is no cost difference in the data plan (at least for a black jack).
I would guess that Apache/Tomcat/Jboss installs are more common than PHP in commercial enterprises. As others have mentioned there are tons of projects using the Apache license. Spamassassin is a good example.
"We do see TV and gaming as consciousness-altering and physiologically risky"
Um and books are not? I can assure you that reading Hunter S. Thompson's "Fearing and Loathing in Las Vegas" when I was 12 years old had a much greater impact on my life than countless hours of "Leave it Beaver" reruns.
If you are just pirating the game via bittorrent I don't think reviews are very important. If you are intending to fork over $50 for a game a quality review can help you.
When you rent a physical video from a video store or from Netflix you receive a physical item that cannot be rented to other people. When you download a "rental" holding on to it for 10 years before you watch it would not tie up a physical object. In Netflix's model they really don't care if you hold on to it since you are paying a fixed monthly rate - in fact it's better if you do. This is versus Blockbuster's model where they charged late fees since the cost was per rental item and a late rental meant a disc that could not be rented out for additional revenue. I don't see the point in expiring a rental in the manner that Apple will be doing. I suppose you need to expire it after a certain time period once you have started viewing it (or else I guess you could pause at the credits go back and watch it again...) but I see no point in expiring it before viewing has started.
You would adjust your balance to and motion based on the point of pressure where the prosthetic meets the rest of the leg. His legs are amputated below the knee.
"1 extra gb of RAM, base (costs $150 to add to the Macbook on Apple's website, $50 to add after-market)"
Just a nitpick but RAM costs have plummeted. You can get a name brand 2GB PC 5300 SODIMM for $35 or less (I've seen $26 after rebate). And yes it works fine with MacBooks.
What would be foolish is not understanding the terms of the license. Apple ships Mac OSX with GPL components. Linksys and Asus (both after a slight spanking) ship products with GPL components. Even Dell does. The key is understanding the GPL, adhering to it and having a product that is beneficial beyond the GPL code base (notice that all three examples sell hardware... although with Apple their software is not dependent on GPL but rather benefits from it).
This is what I do. I'm in charge of application deployment so I prefer to use the OS we are deploying on as a dev environment. I use a Mac with multiple Linux VMs for testing and development. It works great. I have a Windows VM for a few specific applications and also for browser testing. Yes you can do the same thing on Windows but having bash as the default on OSX wins it for me. I'm not super crazy about the Mac GUI but I find it requires less fiddling than gnome or kde and doesn't get in my way.
I recently helped out a friend with a low cost Dell Ubuntu desktop. They already had Windows XP and wanted to install that but also wanted to play with Linux. I setup the system to dual boot XP and Ubuntu. The first issue she had was getting the proper resolution working on her widescreen 24" monitor. Reconfiguring resolutions in X windows can be daunting for a new user. This is a brain dead simple thing to do on Windows and on Mac. The second issue was with running the Java based game Runescape in Firefox. Firefox recognized the need for a plugin. Installed the open source (iced tea?) one which proceeded to fail. To get Runescape to work required clearing out that mess, installing Sun Java and choosing to install the Sun Java plugin in Firefox. It would be nice if at least on computer sold with Linux preinstalled there was a script that could enable using common components like Java and Flash.
"In every way, and in every aspect the C-64 was an inexpensive consumer-grade machine. "
Well expect that it out performed a much more expensive Apple. I wouldn't have traded my C64 for an Apple II. I used Apple II's at school. I liked to program graphics and sound and considered the Apple primitive. Sure it was great what Woz hacked together in the late 70s but by 83 it was well dated. One of the reasons the C64 was cheap was because Commodore bought MOS and had their own chip fabrication facility. We had two C64s and a C128 in our family all of which lasted until they were well obsolete.
I certainly wouldn't say the build quality of Commodore was always just shit. The Amiga 2000 was one of the most durable computers I have ever owned. I will say that just as with the C64, the Amiga gave you features that a Mac costing several thousand dollars more didn't have.
Well sure you can say the Apple was better built but the C64 still had better video and sound. So even though the parts might have been better physical quality what came out on the screen and speaker was worse on an Apple 2. I used Apples in school and they probably handled the abuse much better than a C64 would have. Although I recall a few "gum in the disk drive" incidents which neither platform would have endured. For people that weren't soldering on the motherboard I don't think the distinction was very relevant.
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"Nintendo is releasing a development kit to allow third-party developers create downloadable games via a new "Wii Ware" channel. Nintendo is embracing homebrew content."
3D party game development is not the same as homebrew hobbyist game development. I'm sure each game offered on Wii Ware will be done through an agreement with Nintendo requiring approval and some financial sharing. This isn't the same as somebody making a game on their own and offering it (typically) for free or donation.
Many homebrew games such as remakes of old games could not be released as commercial efforts due to copyright issues.
Butt sex is not limited to homosexual sex! Women have been found to possess butts much as men do. The biggest difference being that when they fart it smells like flowers.
"So what is the difference between the two? Apple's notebook looks and feels like it was designed around a task, a need, and Lenovo's laptop looks more like it was designed around the tech specs."
The smaller thinkpads are basically designed for traveling business executives. People who need a full powered laptop at the smallest size. The execs at my office either use small Thinkpads or small VAIOs. They don't want a MacBook Air they want a Windows machine with Outlook, Powerpoint and whatever business applications they are used to.
OK. In specific we are discussing speeds on one carriers networks - AT&T. We are discussing which service on said network the iPhone can use. AT&T brands their earlier, slower sped network as EDGE. AT&T refers to their upgrade speed network as 3G. Within the context of discussing this carriers MARKETED SERVICES these terms are what AT&T uses.
When my phone is connected to the lower speed network it has the letter "E" displayed for "EDGE". When it connects at AT&Ts higher speed it displays "3G".
In this context given that people shopping for an AT&T service will be told "EDGE" and "3G" by both AT&T marketing and sales people (as for example I was in the AT&T shop) using these terms to refer to AT&T's service levels is appropriate.
Joe average is not going to understand what HSDPA is. There is a different between technical standards definition and marketed terms. If I were discussing the broad spectrum of services available across carrier networks world wide your point would make sense. In this case I am not.
It's a definition of "good" based on what is available in my local market in the USA. Over here you are lucky to be able to get 7Mbps over cable let alone wireless. I consider 700kbps "good" compared to Edge which was giving me about 200kbps at maximum. Edge being the maximum you will get on an iPhone.
Although I fail to see how much use 7Mbps would be with a restrictive transfer limit. You can get an unlimited plan over here.
Whatever the validity, Apple should release a 3G iPhone soon. AT&T's 3G network works great. I get 700kbps on a Samsung Blackjack. It would be nice to have a phone with a decent browser to use on the network. 3G beats the crap out of Edge and there is no cost difference in the data plan (at least for a black jack).
Starcraft isn't just a game - it's the South Korean national sport.
Just because you use Apache HTTP server doesn't mean you are running PHP. Apache can be used to serve all kinds of dynamic content. For example:
Apache -> Tomcat (Java)
Apache -> Mongrel (ruby on rails)
Apache -> CGI (whatever)
I would guess that Apache/Tomcat/Jboss installs are more common than PHP in commercial enterprises.
As others have mentioned there are tons of projects using the Apache license. Spamassassin is a good example.
Popes in Discodianism
"We do see TV and gaming as consciousness-altering and physiologically risky"
Um and books are not? I can assure you that reading Hunter S. Thompson's "Fearing and Loathing in Las Vegas" when I was 12 years old had a much greater impact on my life than countless hours of "Leave it Beaver" reruns.
Just a question but on Windows couldn't you use DFS for file replication? Or does that not work in a WAN situation...
If you are just pirating the game via bittorrent I don't think reviews are very important. If you are intending to fork over $50 for a game a quality review can help you.
When you rent a physical video from a video store or from Netflix you receive a physical item that cannot be rented to other people. When you download a "rental" holding on to it for 10 years before you watch it would not tie up a physical object. In Netflix's model they really don't care if you hold on to it since you are paying a fixed monthly rate - in fact it's better if you do. This is versus Blockbuster's model where they charged late fees since the cost was per rental item and a late rental meant a disc that could not be rented out for additional revenue.
I don't see the point in expiring a rental in the manner that Apple will be doing. I suppose you need to expire it after a certain time period once you have started viewing it (or else I guess you could pause at the credits go back and watch it again...) but I see no point in expiring it before viewing has started.
You would adjust your balance to and motion based on the point of pressure where the prosthetic meets the rest of the leg. His legs are amputated below the knee.
"1 extra gb of RAM, base (costs $150 to add to the Macbook on Apple's website, $50 to add after-market)"
Just a nitpick but RAM costs have plummeted. You can get a name brand 2GB PC 5300 SODIMM for $35 or less (I've seen $26 after rebate). And yes it works fine with MacBooks.
Yep which is why Apple can distribute OSX with GPL software and even proprietary GUI hooks to configure it in their OS.
Oh you mean foolish like Apple?
What would be foolish is not understanding the terms of the license. Apple ships Mac OSX with GPL components. Linksys and Asus (both after a slight spanking) ship products with GPL components. Even Dell does. The key is understanding the GPL, adhering to it and having a product that is beneficial beyond the GPL code base (notice that all three examples sell hardware... although with Apple their software is not dependent on GPL but rather benefits from it).
Unless your favorite flavor of open source is BSD!
:)
Go Apple!
This is what I do. I'm in charge of application deployment so I prefer to use the OS we are deploying on as a dev environment. I use a Mac with multiple Linux VMs for testing and development. It works great. I have a Windows VM for a few specific applications and also for browser testing.
Yes you can do the same thing on Windows but having bash as the default on OSX wins it for me.
I'm not super crazy about the Mac GUI but I find it requires less fiddling than gnome or kde and doesn't get in my way.
You're probably so out of touch you missed this great viral video of 2007.
I recently helped out a friend with a low cost Dell Ubuntu desktop. They already had Windows XP and wanted to install that but also wanted to play with Linux. I setup the system to dual boot XP and Ubuntu.
The first issue she had was getting the proper resolution working on her widescreen 24" monitor. Reconfiguring resolutions in X windows can be daunting for a new user. This is a brain dead simple thing to do on Windows and on Mac.
The second issue was with running the Java based game Runescape in Firefox. Firefox recognized the need for a plugin. Installed the open source (iced tea?) one which proceeded to fail. To get Runescape to work required clearing out that mess, installing Sun Java and choosing to install the Sun Java plugin in Firefox.
It would be nice if at least on computer sold with Linux preinstalled there was a script that could enable using common components like Java and Flash.
"To Serve Man"
It's a cook book!
"I believe virtually everything I read, and I think that is what makes me more of a selective human than someone who doesn't believe anything."
-David St. Hubbins
"In every way, and in every aspect the C-64 was an inexpensive consumer-grade machine. "
Well expect that it out performed a much more expensive Apple. I wouldn't have traded my C64 for an Apple II. I used Apple II's at school. I liked to program graphics and sound and considered the Apple primitive. Sure it was great what Woz hacked together in the late 70s but by 83 it was well dated. One of the reasons the C64 was cheap was because Commodore bought MOS and had their own chip fabrication facility.
We had two C64s and a C128 in our family all of which lasted until they were well obsolete.
I certainly wouldn't say the build quality of Commodore was always just shit. The Amiga 2000 was one of the most durable computers I have ever owned. I will say that just as with the C64, the Amiga gave you features that a Mac costing several thousand dollars more didn't have.
Well sure you can say the Apple was better built but the C64 still had better video and sound. So even though the parts might have been better physical quality what came out on the screen and speaker was worse on an Apple 2. I used Apples in school and they probably handled the abuse much better than a C64 would have. Although I recall a few "gum in the disk drive" incidents which neither platform would have endured.
For people that weren't soldering on the motherboard I don't think the distinction was very relevant.