We've been doing this over at Stardock since 1998, and 2001 for games. GalCiv II betas have been going out via digital distribution for half a year now. And we've been partnering with independant groups since . . . what, 2003? Remember Gish? Uplink? Frontline Command? We got 'em.
What the heck do you mean "world agreement"? Having just written an update to a certain piece of software to give it the ability to use the 30 major time zone rules I could find around the world (not to mention the hundreds of time zones themselves, going up to GMT+14, many of them fractional and/or nonsensical), I assure you that there is no such thing.;-)
And yes, the Indiana ruling was a tad annoying, too, given that I'd just figured out the correct rules for each region, based on longitude. At least there's some lead-time for that.
Also, the Native American population in Arizona does in fact observe it. Crazy stuff.
Nothing above should be construed as saying that DST is a bad thing. I appreciate its benefits, as does (fortunately) the US government.
MS has a history of doing what it takes to please its employees - happy workers are productive workers and all that. Obviously enough of them feel that their company supporting the bill makes a difference that they want to do it to keep them happy. He says as much in his retraction of the retraction.:-)
As long as they're in the talk pages, that's fine. If it's in the articles, then that's a problem. NPOV can only be a guideline, though - forcing thousands of contributors to do what you want is never an easy task.:-)
That's just not true. Did you read that page? Just because they have to be considered does not mean they have to be included, or given equal validity. Indeed, at the bottom of that page there is even a link to an article warning of the dangers of "balanced" reporting.
See, for example, the Creatures Wiki (blatent advertising, I admit:-). They have incorporated it into the layout. It works reasonably well. It's not a bad deal in terms of free supported hosting of wikis with no worries about bandwidth, backups or what have you.
I think (3) probably pays better, because everyone wants to use GUIs and they're easier to get to grips with - this leads to a greater supply and thus less demand for users of them.;-)
You forget "and a good knowledge of assembley". Most people don't have that.:-)
I can't actually recall a situation where resource allocation *has* gone wrong. Whenever something's messed up for me, it's been drivers going screwy.
Text mode is only portable because it doesn't "fit in" in equal proportions for *any* of the GUIs now available. I'd prefer to have a native look GUI for each, thanks.;-)
Decoding an mp3 file is not a heavy task, even a 486 CPU would manage that.
Have you actually tried that? Here it takes a P90 for winamp to do its stuff, even with reduced settings. This may be a result of having to decode *and play* the file, of course . . .
Seriously, just try firing up a copy of Creatures and letting them get at it. Especially if you leave a few tomato[e]s around the place. Maybe they're just programmed to do it, but they certainly act the part . . .
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How about Galactic Civilizations II? Three editor's choices from GameSpot, GameSpy and IGN. Yes, I work for Stardock, but it's still a cool game. :-)
Of course, Galactic Civilizations II is out right now . . . and yes, I work for Stardock, but it's still a great game. ;-)
We've been doing this over at Stardock since 1998, and 2001 for games. GalCiv II betas have been going out via digital distribution for half a year now. And we've been partnering with independant groups since . . . what, 2003? Remember Gish? Uplink? Frontline Command? We got 'em.
I figure that says it all. :-)
What the heck do you mean "world agreement"? Having just written an update to a certain piece of software to give it the ability to use the 30 major time zone rules I could find around the world (not to mention the hundreds of time zones themselves, going up to GMT+14, many of them fractional and/or nonsensical), I assure you that there is no such thing. ;-)
And yes, the Indiana ruling was a tad annoying, too, given that I'd just figured out the correct rules for each region, based on longitude. At least there's some lead-time for that.
Also, the Native American population in Arizona does in fact observe it. Crazy stuff.
Nothing above should be construed as saying that DST is a bad thing. I appreciate its benefits, as does (fortunately) the US government.
I always thought Mickey was smarter than he looked. Those Roth IRAs are a good deal.
Sure, you just use the iTunes SDK. I added iTunes support to the DXPlayer media player plugin with that.
Sure it sucks if you have an individualist streak, but the pointy haired people are in charge in today's economy.
No, they're not. That's the point! Pointy hair could get you fired . . .
MS has a history of doing what it takes to please its employees - happy workers are productive workers and all that. Obviously enough of them feel that their company supporting the bill makes a difference that they want to do it to keep them happy. He says as much in his retraction of the retraction. :-)
Did he learn his stuff from a book? He's talking about the tools available to learn programming in Excel, not your father's Excel expertise.
Why not? Seems better than most of the IQ tests out there, and people with computer knowledge do tend to be worth more to employers. ;-)
AMD ones appear to have the same Thermal Design Power (about 90W) as their single-core chips.
The worrying thing is that they're close enough for it to be in doubt to start with . . .
And going strong!
As long as they're in the talk pages, that's fine. If it's in the articles, then that's a problem. NPOV can only be a guideline, though - forcing thousands of contributors to do what you want is never an easy task. :-)
That's just not true. Did you read that page? Just because they have to be considered does not mean they have to be included, or given equal validity. Indeed, at the bottom of that page there is even a link to an article warning of the dangers of "balanced" reporting.
See, for example, the Creatures Wiki (blatent advertising, I admit :-). They have incorporated it into the layout. It works reasonably well. It's not a bad deal in terms of free supported hosting of wikis with no worries about bandwidth, backups or what have you.
I think (3) probably pays better, because everyone wants to use GUIs and they're easier to get to grips with - this leads to a greater supply and thus less demand for users of them. ;-)
You forget "and a good knowledge of assembley". Most people don't have that. :-)
;-)
I can't actually recall a situation where resource allocation *has* gone wrong. Whenever something's messed up for me, it's been drivers going screwy.
Text mode is only portable because it doesn't "fit in" in equal proportions for *any* of the GUIs now available. I'd prefer to have a native look GUI for each, thanks.
Decoding an mp3 file is not a heavy task, even a 486 CPU would manage that.
Have you actually tried that? Here it takes a P90 for winamp to do its stuff, even with reduced settings. This may be a result of having to decode *and play* the file, of course . . .
Seriously, just try firing up a copy of Creatures and letting them get at it. Especially if you leave a few tomato[e]s around the place. Maybe they're just programmed to do it, but they certainly act the part . . .
I notice you didn't actually give him the example he asked for. You stepped away from it instead. Nice try, though. :-)
You know, this was my first thought when I saw the post title. That's kinda sad, but cool at the same time. :-)
Wouldn't it be ironic if alternative fuels became viable only to be rendered completely obsolete by nuclear fusion? :-)
Moving quickly to stem the tide of further disillusionment with their products, a representative for PalmOne explained that as a gesture of goodwill, all future Treo 650 models would ship with an additional backup cellular phone (choices to be confirmed, but expected to feature the Motorola V60x or MPx200, the LG Electronics C1300 or the Sprint SPH-N200).