Speaking as a curmudgeonly old man PC gamer, I'll be glad when consoles die die DIE. I'm sick of every game being some crappy port from a console version, with crappy controls and in many cases not using the mouse at all. As for iOS and Android games, there's no way you're going to ever get anything with the complexity and sheer fun level of say Civ IV onto a phone. Gaming's being dumbed down and has been for a long time.
maybe Microsoft is trying to lead and dare I say on slashdot, innovate?
Oh, I wouldn't go that far. I hate M$ as much as the next red-blooded Slashdotter, but I also thought Windows 7 wasn't a half-bad piece of work. Win 8 and "Metro" (or whatever it's called this week) is an abortion right out of the gate. How hard could it be for the OS to detect whether it was installed on a desktop or a tablet and configure the appropriate interface?
They ain't innovating. They're playing catch-up because they think Apple has beat them in that area. And let me state I hate Apple too-- they jumped the shark long ago, long before they started with the lawsuits and patent trolling-- but the fact remains that Apple dominates the tablet market. My point though, is that Apple isn't rushing headlong to unify the desktop & tablet interface. They at least have the good sense to know that the two are completely different animals and ought to be treated that way.
Open letter to M$... It's clear you're trying to copy Apple's success in the tablet/smartphone world by creating so-called unified interface for both them and desktops. But if Apple is such a clear leader and their vision for the future is so good, then why doesn't OSX look like iOS?
I have a 90GB Kingston I bought used, that I use for my Linux partition. I've done the usual tweaks to minimize writing. It's been working fine for the single month I've had it; blazingly fast boot and load times, etc., but I'm running a full backup right now as I type, and I'm going to schedule weekly ones. As far as brand names go, I've heard very little that's good about OCZ, whereas Intel SSDs are usually praised through the roof. I'm going to get one for my Win 7 partition in the next few weeks. The 330 Series is pretty price competitive.
No, it *is* the Bible. It's the most influential book ever, and it affects you as well, whether you agree with its teachings or not. It's the very basis for Western civilization & morality (though that morality is under attack.) Now I'm going to surprise you and say I'm an atheist. I indeed am, but the Bible's influence on my life cannot be understated.
They're doing it to save on insurance costs. The sad part is, a lot of people will support the idea, but they don't consider that it's a very short slide down the slippery slope to not hiring obese people, or people with a chronic disease like diabetes, etc. That way lies madness.
It's a catch-22... If you want people to understand your language then you'd better have a good, comprehensive (and preferably in book form) manual, but you won't make any money off that book and language until it becomes popular.
B5 got the physics absolutely right with the Starfuries, but not the big ships. Huge Omega-class destroyers wouldn't close to just a few kilometers to fight; they'd fire missiles and launch fighters from thousands of klicks out. But, that wouldn't look as good or be as exciting on screen, so, artistic license.
Ahhhh Yggdrasil...... I loaded it up briefly in the mid-90s but went back to OS/2. I stayed off Linux until 2001 or so, playing with Mandrake, Red Hat, & Caldera. In 2004 I started using SUSE. Last year I used Mint for about 6 months; now back to OpenSUSE.
You have a lot of faith in government.
Look, I *agree* with you. I think it all ought to be to explicit opt-out. I'm just sayin' that the government wouldn't be much of a better steward of the public interest than advertisers are. Too many people being paid off, too many lobbyists. I still predict things'll only get worse.
The solution is actually quite simple. Making tracking opt-in only, and imposing harsh penalties for violations, can easily solve the problem.
Other have pointed out, that if you run a tech website then display tech ads. If you run a site about cats, post ads for cat food. There's *no need* for cookies following users around. Just display ads that are germane to what your site is about.
I was hating cookies back in the 90s. I understand the need for sites to make money. All this information we call the internet doesn't come free. Can we have a little restraint though please? Your idea of putting government in charge of advertising has only one fatal flaw: It assumes that governments will protect the interests of people better.
To the advertisers I say, "Cry me a river!" Ads are one thing, but the privacy intrusion is what frosts me. I fear the overall trend is that privacy will erode further and further though, so this is a losing battle.
As it turns out, I just installed an SSD (Kingston 90GB) today. I installed SUSE 12.2 with Ext4 & trim enabled and made sure my swap partition was on a spinning disk. The system has 8GB of RAM, so I set my swappiness to 10. There are some other tweaks I made to Firefox to reduce its caching as well. So far, so good. The OS loads in a mere matter of seconds and KDE comes up very quickly. It really is a quantum leap from spinning disks to an SSD in terms of speed. As for longevity and reliability, I can't say yet. If I had to guess I'd say that's an even bigger obstacle to adoption of them. Most people aren't technically inclined enough to perform the tweaks I did and will prematurely wear them out. I guess I'll find out how long they last, at least this one. But this sucker is FAST.
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Speaking as a curmudgeonly old man PC gamer, I'll be glad when consoles die die DIE. I'm sick of every game being some crappy port from a console version, with crappy controls and in many cases not using the mouse at all. As for iOS and Android games, there's no way you're going to ever get anything with the complexity and sheer fun level of say Civ IV onto a phone. Gaming's being dumbed down and has been for a long time.
I'm shocked, SHOCKED...
I remember OS-9 for the Color Computer. Get off my lawn.
maybe Microsoft is trying to lead and dare I say on slashdot, innovate?
Oh, I wouldn't go that far. I hate M$ as much as the next red-blooded Slashdotter, but I also thought Windows 7 wasn't a half-bad piece of work. Win 8 and "Metro" (or whatever it's called this week) is an abortion right out of the gate. How hard could it be for the OS to detect whether it was installed on a desktop or a tablet and configure the appropriate interface?
They ain't innovating. They're playing catch-up because they think Apple has beat them in that area. And let me state I hate Apple too-- they jumped the shark long ago, long before they started with the lawsuits and patent trolling-- but the fact remains that Apple dominates the tablet market. My point though, is that Apple isn't rushing headlong to unify the desktop & tablet interface. They at least have the good sense to know that the two are completely different animals and ought to be treated that way.
Oh, and how's that Kool-Aid taste, Ubuntu?
Until AMD/Ati start supporting Linux a little better, I'll never buy one.
Open letter to M$... It's clear you're trying to copy Apple's success in the tablet/smartphone world by creating so-called unified interface for both them and desktops. But if Apple is such a clear leader and their vision for the future is so good, then why doesn't OSX look like iOS?
No one I know wants to 'upgrade' to Win 8, if they want to replace XP at all. Win 7 will be the next "OS that won't die"
You beat me to it.
I am not sure Ubuntu will survive if suddenly, the parent company decide to go the wrong way
You mean like Unity and the mass-migration to other distros like Mint and openSUSE?
I have a 90GB Kingston I bought used, that I use for my Linux partition. I've done the usual tweaks to minimize writing. It's been working fine for the single month I've had it; blazingly fast boot and load times, etc., but I'm running a full backup right now as I type, and I'm going to schedule weekly ones. As far as brand names go, I've heard very little that's good about OCZ, whereas Intel SSDs are usually praised through the roof. I'm going to get one for my Win 7 partition in the next few weeks. The 330 Series is pretty price competitive.
No, it *is* the Bible. It's the most influential book ever, and it affects you as well, whether you agree with its teachings or not. It's the very basis for Western civilization & morality (though that morality is under attack.) Now I'm going to surprise you and say I'm an atheist. I indeed am, but the Bible's influence on my life cannot be understated.
Your seafood's always been eating fish shit. Your vegetables are grown in shit. I'm sorry this is a shock to people.
Star Wars?
They're doing it to save on insurance costs. The sad part is, a lot of people will support the idea, but they don't consider that it's a very short slide down the slippery slope to not hiring obese people, or people with a chronic disease like diabetes, etc. That way lies madness.
I knew a woman in Kansas City just like that...
It's a catch-22... If you want people to understand your language then you'd better have a good, comprehensive (and preferably in book form) manual, but you won't make any money off that book and language until it becomes popular.
B5 got the physics absolutely right with the Starfuries, but not the big ships. Huge Omega-class destroyers wouldn't close to just a few kilometers to fight; they'd fire missiles and launch fighters from thousands of klicks out. But, that wouldn't look as good or be as exciting on screen, so, artistic license.
"Daddy, what's GNOME?"
Ahhhh Yggdrasil...... I loaded it up briefly in the mid-90s but went back to OS/2. I stayed off Linux until 2001 or so, playing with Mandrake, Red Hat, & Caldera. In 2004 I started using SUSE. Last year I used Mint for about 6 months; now back to OpenSUSE.
I've had my computer-illiterate parents on a non-admin account for 20 years now, they still haven't gotten a virus.
In 1992, 20 years ago, that would've been DOS and Windows 3.0. Non-admin accounts?
You have a lot of faith in government. Look, I *agree* with you. I think it all ought to be to explicit opt-out. I'm just sayin' that the government wouldn't be much of a better steward of the public interest than advertisers are. Too many people being paid off, too many lobbyists. I still predict things'll only get worse.
The solution is actually quite simple. Making tracking opt-in only, and imposing harsh penalties for violations, can easily solve the problem.
Other have pointed out, that if you run a tech website then display tech ads. If you run a site about cats, post ads for cat food. There's *no need* for cookies following users around. Just display ads that are germane to what your site is about.
I was hating cookies back in the 90s. I understand the need for sites to make money. All this information we call the internet doesn't come free. Can we have a little restraint though please? Your idea of putting government in charge of advertising has only one fatal flaw: It assumes that governments will protect the interests of people better.
To the advertisers I say, "Cry me a river!" Ads are one thing, but the privacy intrusion is what frosts me. I fear the overall trend is that privacy will erode further and further though, so this is a losing battle.
As it turns out, I just installed an SSD (Kingston 90GB) today. I installed SUSE 12.2 with Ext4 & trim enabled and made sure my swap partition was on a spinning disk. The system has 8GB of RAM, so I set my swappiness to 10. There are some other tweaks I made to Firefox to reduce its caching as well. So far, so good. The OS loads in a mere matter of seconds and KDE comes up very quickly. It really is a quantum leap from spinning disks to an SSD in terms of speed. As for longevity and reliability, I can't say yet. If I had to guess I'd say that's an even bigger obstacle to adoption of them. Most people aren't technically inclined enough to perform the tweaks I did and will prematurely wear them out. I guess I'll find out how long they last, at least this one. But this sucker is FAST.
Stake out the metal recycling places nearby