I think wikipedia is a lot more thrustworthy then most other sources on the internet. At least you know that many people are looking at wikipedia and making corrections.
And as other people have noted. Wikipedia can at least be a good source to start further research from.
At least two Points:
1. You can have wikipedia on a computer that is not 100% connected to the internet (laptop or other).
2. You don't have to depend on slow internet to do searches on the contents.
I don't care about OS for development. I use 100% the same tools on both Windows and Linux:
- gvim for editing - gcc for compiling (mingw on windows) - bash as shell (msys on windows) - make/jam - gdb for debugging - firefox for browsing - thunderbird for email - blender for 3D modeling - gimp for drawing
The *only* exception is valgrind on linux which unfortunatelly is not ported to windows yet.
Well cell phones are very useful for kids for emergency situations. i.e. they have to get from school (or another place) early for some reason. Also if the parents urgently need to contact the children if they can't manage to be somewhere in time. Here in Belgium most kids (more then 90%) have cell phones and they are allowed in schools (although you must turn them off in the classroom). I certainly plan for my kids to have a cellphone but I will make sure that it is only used when they really have to use it.
Well they are again moving away from that trend. The new designer series are made full of very general and useful bricks. They are VERY good lego boxes with lots of things you can build out of one box. For example, the sea animals box which my son has has 9 different models explained in the booklet and inspiration for several others. A lot of fun!
Many of the PS devs actually use linux themselves. So the game works very well on linux (and MacOS/X). It is just that making a linux distro is a bit more work then a windows distro. But it will come.
In the mean time you can install the windows version and compile the linux version yourselves. After that copy the art from the windows version to the linux version.
Bah, how can you say that OSS developers that help with linux take jobs away? Linux wouldn't have existed if it wasn't OSS. So the fact that linux even exists is a tribute to OSS.
You make it sound as if free software and programming for nothing is bad. Well I have a surprise for you. It is actually the other way around in most cases!
I don't agree at all! I often press 'no' the first time I enter a site I just registered with but I want to change the password first. So the first time I log in I don't want to press 'yes' as I don't want the browser to remember that password. So I press 'no'.
Also sometimes I want to log in to a site with different logins. In that case there is only one login I want to remember (so I pressed 'yes' for that one) and the others I don't want to remember (so I press 'no' for those).
Not sure what you mean by 'jizz over the keyboard' but if you mean that they type fast then yes they do. My mother is a professional writer and writes her stuff on the laptop.
Do we have to attract people away from those MMORPG? There is room for more then one MMORPG in the world. Also PlaneShift will be completely free. I suppose that for many people that are not prepared to play such high amounts for MMORPG games (like me) that is a compelling reason to switch.
You talk about 'competition'. But we don't earn any money from PlaneShift. So there is no real competition.
The current release is really only a tech demo to have us test some of the technologies we use in the game. It is only the next release that will feature real RPG features. But still the next release will also be alpha/beta so it is still not the full game.
I'm going to make a little bit of promotion here. Go to http://www.planeshift.it . This is a free MMORPG in development. In the current released version the game is really pre-alpha. You cannot do much except walk around in a 3D world, chat, solve a few simple quests and collect crystals. But in the next version that is going to be released soon (hopefully in less then a month now) there will be magic, monsters, trading, crafting,... PlaneShift really focuses on the RPG aspects.
PlaneShift is 100% free. You just download the game for nothing and there is no monthly subscription fee. The source is available too (GPL).
Gmail does not "suggest an air of elitism." It suggests that one is too cheap to have their own email service.
I think you are way too elitist (is that right english? I'm not a native english speaker) if you require people to have their own email service. What's the point in that exactly? I'm certainly not willing to pay for such a thing.
If you think CS is not well designed and bloated then you don't really understand the structure. CS is very modular so while indeed we have a big source base, all of those modules are more or less independent. They result in plugins that can be loaded dynamically in the game. It is VERY easy to make a trimmed down version of Crystal Space where you simply remove the plugins that you don't want.
As to design. CS is complicated to use (I agree with that) but the design of CS is geared towards flexibility (both for the game writer and also with regards to supporting new advanced features of modern 3D cards).
Of course, I'm the original creator of Crystal Space. So take my opinion with a mountain of salt:-)
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Depends on the internet connection. Not everyone has cable or fast internet yet.
Greetings,
I think wikipedia is a lot more thrustworthy then most other sources on the internet. At least you know that many people are looking at wikipedia and making corrections.
And as other people have noted. Wikipedia can at least be a good source to start further research from.
Greetings,
At least two Points:
1. You can have wikipedia on a computer that is not 100% connected to the internet (laptop or other).
2. You don't have to depend on slow internet to do searches on the contents.
Greetings,
Wouldn't it be more efficient to backup to other DVD's instead of harddisk?
Greetings,
Forgot to mention xchat for chatting :-)
Greetings,
I don't care about OS for development. I use 100% the same tools on both Windows and Linux:
- gvim for editing
- gcc for compiling (mingw on windows)
- bash as shell (msys on windows)
- make/jam
- gdb for debugging
- firefox for browsing
- thunderbird for email
- blender for 3D modeling
- gimp for drawing
The *only* exception is valgrind on linux which unfortunatelly is not ported to windows yet.
Greetings,
Compare having 10 tabs instead of 10 windows. Now what is more confusing? Give me 10 tabs at any time.
Greetings,
Luckily Belgium is not one of those countries where foreign language shows/movies are dubbed. We have subtitles here.
Greetings,
Does that mean that your kids also don't get to work with computers and even paper? Humankind has been without those for a long time as well.
Greetings,
Well cell phones are very useful for kids for emergency situations. i.e. they have to get from school (or another place) early for some reason. Also if the parents urgently need to contact the children if they can't manage to be somewhere in time. Here in Belgium most kids (more then 90%) have cell phones and they are allowed in schools (although you must turn them off in the classroom). I certainly plan for my kids to have a cellphone but I will make sure that it is only used when they really have to use it.
Greetings,
Well they are again moving away from that trend. The new designer series are made full of very general and useful bricks. They are VERY good lego boxes with lots of things you can build out of one box. For example, the sea animals box which my son has has 9 different models explained in the booklet and inspiration for several others. A lot of fun!
Greetings,
Many of the PS devs actually use linux themselves. So the game works very well on linux (and MacOS/X). It is just that making a linux distro is a bit more work then a windows distro. But it will come.
In the mean time you can install the windows version and compile the linux version yourselves. After that copy the art from the windows version to the linux version.
Greetings,
I write software professionally (an in-house program for a university hospital) and I also write free software. So I do know what I am talking about.
Greetings,
Bah, how can you say that OSS developers that help with linux take jobs away? Linux wouldn't have existed if it wasn't OSS. So the fact that linux even exists is a tribute to OSS.
You make it sound as if free software and programming for nothing is bad. Well I have a surprise for you. It is actually the other way around in most cases!
Greetings,
I don't agree at all! I often press 'no' the first time I enter a site I just registered with but I want to change the password first. So the first time I log in I don't want to press 'yes' as I don't want the browser to remember that password. So I press 'no'.
Also sometimes I want to log in to a site with different logins. In that case there is only one login I want to remember (so I pressed 'yes' for that one) and the others I don't want to remember (so I press 'no' for those).
For me the 'no' button is very useful.
Greetings,
I just tried the latest thunderbird (1.0) and it now selects the text when you do ctrl-f.
Greetings,
I'm from Belgium and English is not my native language so I didn't know that idiom.
Greetings,
Not sure what you mean by 'jizz over the keyboard' but if you mean that they type fast then yes they do. My mother is a professional writer and writes her stuff on the laptop.
Greetings,
Could just be bad luck. My parents always had toshiba laptops and they never had any problems with them at all.
Greetings,
Do we have to attract people away from those MMORPG? There is room for more then one MMORPG in the world. Also PlaneShift will be completely free. I suppose that for many people that are not prepared to play such high amounts for MMORPG games (like me) that is a compelling reason to switch.
You talk about 'competition'. But we don't earn any money from PlaneShift. So there is no real competition.
Greetings,
The current release is really only a tech demo to have us test some of the technologies we use in the game. It is only the next release that will feature real RPG features. But still the next release will also be alpha/beta so it is still not the full game.
Greetings,
I'm going to make a little bit of promotion here. Go to http://www.planeshift.it . This is a free MMORPG in development. In the current released version the game is really pre-alpha. You cannot do much except walk around in a 3D world, chat, solve a few simple quests and collect crystals. But in the next version that is going to be released soon (hopefully in less then a month now) there will be magic, monsters, trading, crafting, ... PlaneShift really focuses on the RPG aspects.
PlaneShift is 100% free. You just download the game for nothing and there is no monthly subscription fee. The source is available too (GPL).
Greetings,
Gmail does not "suggest an air of elitism." It suggests that one is too cheap to have their own email service.
I think you are way too elitist (is that right english? I'm not a native english speaker) if you require people to have their own email service. What's the point in that exactly? I'm certainly not willing to pay for such a thing.
Greetings,
Well except for computers. You have to be able to open those to insert new cards and stuff like that.
Greetings,
If you think CS is not well designed and bloated then you don't really understand the structure. CS is very modular so while indeed we have a big source base, all of those modules are more or less independent. They result in plugins that can be loaded dynamically in the game. It is VERY easy to make a trimmed down version of Crystal Space where you simply remove the plugins that you don't want.
:-)
As to design. CS is complicated to use (I agree with that) but the design of CS is geared towards flexibility (both for the game writer and also with regards to supporting new advanced features of modern 3D cards).
Of course, I'm the original creator of Crystal Space. So take my opinion with a mountain of salt
Greetings,