...So? I don't mean to point out the obvious, but Hillary Clinton is clearly a felon for similar reasons, only it's not a joke. Don't get me started on what makes Obama, Guliani, and every other candidate besides Gravel, Paul, and Kucinich criminals party to the war criminals in office who have been using our constitution for toilet paper. Stephen Colbert is a comedian. Sadly, if he was actually ELECTED, he'd probably be much better than any of the other corporate whores that are "leading" the polls. And I mean leading, because they are clearly being rigged, just like our elections.
One last question: Who the fuck killed JFK? It's been like 60 years now, I think we should be able to know.....
By disproved, do you mean our projections were all wrong, and it global warming is much worse than initially thought, as I just read on/. about 3 days ago? Not to get all "sciencey" on you, but I believe the dire news we just got also closely matches events in the fossil record as paleoclimatologists were the ones who discovered the very real and awful curve of losing arctic ice we are currently on.
Both sides of WHAT, exactly? Both sides of THE SAME SIDE? We haven't had a reasonable of the people, for the people, by the people government since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I'd say it goes back even farther, to the creation of the Federal Reserve, and since we have had a standing army. But of course, to stick with ideals isn't realistic, right? We're SUPPOSED to allow a monstrous war criminal executive to impose it's will across the other two branches and lie to the American public without any repercussions.
It's almost as if the schools haven't been teaching anything, and nobody here has read the constitution.
Both parties are owned lock, stock, and barrel by corporations anyway, so arguing the "both sides" thing is a horrendous straw man. I don't think "both sides" of Dow and Exxon give two shits about the liberty of the American citizenry, the safety of our constitutional democracy, or the longevity of this country without a violent bloody revolution. I feel they assume that Fox news can blather more lies and the people will just continue taking Zoloft and buy it.
History has proven these theories wrong already though, and there are PLENTY of examples from the past besides Rome. If you (like me) were not informed about them in public school, maybe you should get yourself to the Library on your own time, and READ for a second.
I'll wait here, screaming in the vacuum with my +1 nobody gives a shit. rhY
Wait you mean having tons of applications open on four separate desktops on different sides of a 3d cube with reflection takes more computer power? YOU'RE KIDDING!
An easy way to record video and post to YouTube. An EASIER way to make mp3s out of a CD (out of the box). Distros defaulting to the obvious preferable applications: Thunderbird, VLC, etc. Some more decent games besides Urban Terror and Emulators. More and Better Hardware companies supporting Linux. Easy and Fast Videoconferencing via speex and h.264 Not needing to configure Grub at all. Also (in Ubuntu), not having an infinite list of growing kernels to choose show up in Grub. More improvements to Gimp and Open Office so they can actually replace Photoshop and MS Office. Never, Ever getting Error 22 again on boot.
I mean, there are REAL things that Windows refugees need, and I don't think a half-ass tutorial about grub is it.
Seriously, have you been there? Why can't we just pave it in silicon? Can we make silicon roads? That would probably help with congestion, too.
I can't understand how expensive rocket rides are going to help us much. How is that going to be so much better than the 30% of sunlight you can just collect on the ground anyway? Is silicon REALLY that expensive? Can't we just use giant lenses to and the sun to cook it? Somebody explain to me why we're not on the solar economy already, as these are the latest news items I've read:
Massive efficiency increase (40%?) Improved Silicon deposition (spherical light collection means you don't need to move the solar panels back and forth). More efficient batteries
I mean, can't we just mass produce the shit cheaply with our chinese slaves like usual? Why are we still in Iraq? If it's not the oil, I'm DEFINITELY voting leaving, and if it IS the oil, I'm definitely voting for switching to solar and electric. What's that you say, they don't count our votes anymore? Son of a bitch!!!
Like who exactly is producing flash hard drives that don't use said part? Is there some other reason so many different sectors are pushing the flash hard drive on the market, despite less price per dollar? Don't get me wrong, for laptops and other power saving areas, flash hard drives are a great idea who's time has come, but I find it mysterious that so much is attacking the hegemonic technology from all sides at the same time.....
That's pretty much how the AI is in the original anyway, LOL. But in answer, Yes, I've tried the latest. It still doesn't compare with out of the box civ 2. The interface and structure is grossly lacking.
1. Games. Other than Urban Terror, pretty much any game I have tried in Linux is crap, or runs kind of crappily under wine. There are some emulators, so you can have decent games, but most of them don't work very well out of box, and are ludicrously difficult to set up. Plus: Until Nintendo figures out a smart/easy way for users to license content, emulation is inevitably going to be a piracy only option. Also, joystick support under wine is pretty awful (though getting better), and I have yet to figure out how to do
2. 3d audio. I'm assuming there's a way to do it. Good luck figuring it out, oh, and this isn't Linux's fault, but many Creative cards don't work at all because Creative are douches about making
3. drivers. There are plenty of missing drivers out there, and again this is not the fault of Linux, but it is an unfortunate part of the reality of where we are today. M$ has bullied many manufacturers into NOT supporting Linux, and the market has not brow beat them into sense about it (yet).
4. Ease of Use. I'm not saying Ubuntu hasn't made strides, it has, the new version even more so, but there are still plenty of common tasks that are very difficult and shouldn't be.
5. Videoconferencing. I've read that it's possible in ekiga, or by running VLC in some kind of special mode, but I have yet to be able to do it AT ALL, and I have thrown several hours away on it.
6. Recording Video. You know, like off of a TV card. Again, I've heard it was possible, and even read about MythTV and Mythbuntu, and others. If you can get it to work, kudos, you must be a fucking genius. I've tried like 8 approaches with zero success.
7. Microsoft Office. Linux does have the superior Open Office, but a LOT of students and professionals require M$ office, because they currently enjoy
8. a hegemony. Linux is going to have to be better, faster, easier, and backwards compatible before "The Year of Desktop Linux" happens. But this is a problem that feeds on itself since MS has a hegemony.
Linux is KICKING ASS right now, but it is still losing the war, and I'm nervous that it may not be ABLE to win, given some of the problems I've run into using Ubuntu in particular, and dealing with the Ubuntu community specifically. There is no bar for entry into the FOSS community, and it would not surprise me if M$ and the like were inserting enemy combatants left and right. I have to assume they are, given the ludicrously easy things that Linux as an OS (and yes I know the parent article is about the KERNEL, and this is all OT) fails to do.
I really hope the problems can be addressed, but I'm skeptical if Linux will ever break out of the server farms based on most of my recent experience, especially in the game department!
I've tried hard to convert to Civ 3 or Civ 4, but they really suck in comparison.
So does Freeciv, it's really not even comparable. C-evo is closer, but C-evo is Windows only, and I'm currently on Gutsy 64. I installed an x64 XP partition SOLELY for civ 2, only to find out that it does not play on xp x64. *Sigh*. So currently I'm VNCing out to my old XP box in the garage to get my civ 2 on.
Isn't somebody going to make a good FOSS Civ 2 clone?
I'd LOVE to have identical gameplay, but maybe some better AI (optional!), and more future technologies (specific ones, not just "future technology 1" (also optional). And I'd love to have it LOOK like civ 4, which is gorgeous (including Leanard Nimoy voice overs).
I really have tried every civ since civ 2, and still go back to it, but wished:
A) It ran on Linux, or at least under wine. B) Was updated and vibrant as part of a going concern. C) Had a "Start game now" option in Pidgin.
It's amazing how FOSS does so well in some areas: Open Office, Gimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, Zsnes, Ardour, Audacity, Dscaler, Virtualdub, etc.... But hasn't come up with ONE really good game.
I mean, it seems like a couple of 12 year olds could write a good civ 2 clone in visual basic. Hmmm..../me considers opening visual basic.....
I knew my karma would get kicked in the teeth over this, but seriously, why can't I just right click on a Pidgin buddy and instantly h.264 and speex to a buddy online? Linux needs to "just work" out of the box, and it still needs a LOT of polish.
How about openmoko. That way your fruits might actually matter with or without consent by Uber Whore Steve Jobs. In conclusion, I want easy wifi video conferencing, for free where free wifi is available.
I agree with hard science. Here's some more hard science:
The kernel kicks ass.
We need better apps for Linux.
I can't videoconference, edit videos, make mp3s, play video games or make a slideshow in Linux. How about a couple of kernel devs drop off and help Linux go the last mile.
That is a LOT of people pissing in a gale force wind.
Now here's the real question: Between Spanish, English, and Mandarin, eventually there will be a highlander moment "There can BE only ONE!", and which one do you think will win? My money's on English. I think it's got a strong lead already via the Internet, hollywood, rock music, and Corporate logos. I've been wrong before though.
Don't give your money to Apple. Steve won't allow third party apps, and he's going to lose the phone wars, just like he lost the PC wars. He's an arrogant, annoying, greedy, and immature PRICK, and it would be better for everyone if he didn't have a market and wasn't around. Throw your money somewhere else, like OPENMOKO for example.
And how fast exactly CAN you hop? I can hop pretty fast, but I've been practicing since I was a kid. Does height or distance matter in the hopping equation?
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...So? I don't mean to point out the obvious, but Hillary Clinton is clearly a felon for similar reasons, only it's not a joke. Don't get me started on what makes Obama, Guliani, and every other candidate besides Gravel, Paul, and Kucinich criminals party to the war criminals in office who have been using our constitution for toilet paper. Stephen Colbert is a comedian. Sadly, if he was actually ELECTED, he'd probably be much better than any of the other corporate whores that are "leading" the polls. And I mean leading, because they are clearly being rigged, just like our elections.
One last question: Who the fuck killed JFK? It's been like 60 years now, I think we should be able to know.....
rhY
Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking roaches on this motherfucking plane!
I for one welcome our new Snake charming Jewish Cosmic Zombie overlords!
By disproved, do you mean our projections were all wrong, and it global warming is much worse than initially thought, as I just read on /. about 3 days ago? Not to get all "sciencey" on you, but I believe the dire news we just got also closely matches events in the fossil record as paleoclimatologists were the ones who discovered the very real and awful curve of losing arctic ice we are currently on.
I'm just waiting for Kevin Costner to grow gills.
rhY
Both sides of WHAT, exactly? Both sides of THE SAME SIDE? We haven't had a reasonable of the people, for the people, by the people government since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I'd say it goes back even farther, to the creation of the Federal Reserve, and since we have had a standing army. But of course, to stick with ideals isn't realistic, right? We're SUPPOSED to allow a monstrous war criminal executive to impose it's will across the other two branches and lie to the American public without any repercussions.
It's almost as if the schools haven't been teaching anything, and nobody here has read the constitution.
Both parties are owned lock, stock, and barrel by corporations anyway, so arguing the "both sides" thing is a horrendous straw man. I don't think "both sides" of Dow and Exxon give two shits about the liberty of the American citizenry, the safety of our constitutional democracy, or the longevity of this country without a violent bloody revolution. I feel they assume that Fox news can blather more lies and the people will just continue taking Zoloft and buy it.
History has proven these theories wrong already though, and there are PLENTY of examples from the past besides Rome. If you (like me) were not informed about them in public school, maybe you should get yourself to the Library on your own time, and READ for a second.
I'll wait here, screaming in the vacuum with my +1 nobody gives a shit.
rhY
Wait you mean having tons of applications open on four separate desktops on different sides of a 3d cube with reflection takes more computer power? YOU'RE KIDDING!
Here's what would help Windows immigrants:
An easy way to record video and post to YouTube.
An EASIER way to make mp3s out of a CD (out of the box).
Distros defaulting to the obvious preferable applications: Thunderbird, VLC, etc.
Some more decent games besides Urban Terror and Emulators.
More and Better Hardware companies supporting Linux.
Easy and Fast Videoconferencing via speex and h.264
Not needing to configure Grub at all.
Also (in Ubuntu), not having an infinite list of growing kernels to choose show up in Grub.
More improvements to Gimp and Open Office so they can actually replace Photoshop and MS Office.
Never, Ever getting Error 22 again on boot.
I mean, there are REAL things that Windows refugees need, and I don't think a half-ass tutorial about grub is it.
Seriously, have you been there? Why can't we just pave it in silicon? Can we make silicon roads? That would probably help with congestion, too.
I can't understand how expensive rocket rides are going to help us much. How is that going to be so much better than the 30% of sunlight you can just collect on the ground anyway? Is silicon REALLY that expensive? Can't we just use giant lenses to and the sun to cook it? Somebody explain to me why we're not on the solar economy already, as these are the latest news items I've read:
Massive efficiency increase (40%?)
Improved Silicon deposition (spherical light collection means you don't need to move the solar panels back and forth).
More efficient batteries
I mean, can't we just mass produce the shit cheaply with our chinese slaves like usual? Why are we still in Iraq? If it's not the oil, I'm DEFINITELY voting leaving, and if it IS the oil, I'm definitely voting for switching to solar and electric. What's that you say, they don't count our votes anymore? Son of a bitch!!!
rhY
I would recommend sleeping with the teacher, that is always the best way to get ahead in school.
Well, it's technically not Open Source, but the engine is, and it's free:
Urban Terror is MUCH better than counter strike OR Alien Arena. Play some DM on Ramelle, you will love it!
http://www.urbanterror.net/news.php
Like who exactly is producing flash hard drives that don't use said part? Is there some other reason so many different sectors are pushing the flash hard drive on the market, despite less price per dollar? Don't get me wrong, for laptops and other power saving areas, flash hard drives are a great idea who's time has come, but I find it mysterious that so much is attacking the hegemonic technology from all sides at the same time.....
http://laptop.org/
That's pretty much how the AI is in the original anyway, LOL. But in answer, Yes, I've tried the latest. It still doesn't compare with out of the box civ 2. The interface and structure is grossly lacking.
rhY
Sadly, I'm inclined to agree with you on some of those points. *sigh* Not that we don't WANT to win... :)
...it IS missing quite a few things:
1. Games. Other than Urban Terror, pretty much any game I have tried in Linux is crap, or runs kind of crappily under wine. There are some emulators, so you can have decent games, but most of them don't work very well out of box, and are ludicrously difficult to set up. Plus: Until Nintendo figures out a smart/easy way for users to license content, emulation is inevitably going to be a piracy only option. Also, joystick support under wine is pretty awful (though getting better), and I have yet to figure out how to do
2. 3d audio. I'm assuming there's a way to do it. Good luck figuring it out, oh, and this isn't Linux's fault, but many Creative cards don't work at all because Creative are douches about making
3. drivers. There are plenty of missing drivers out there, and again this is not the fault of Linux, but it is an unfortunate part of the reality of where we are today. M$ has bullied many manufacturers into NOT supporting Linux, and the market has not brow beat them into sense about it (yet).
4. Ease of Use. I'm not saying Ubuntu hasn't made strides, it has, the new version even more so, but there are still plenty of common tasks that are very difficult and shouldn't be.
5. Videoconferencing. I've read that it's possible in ekiga, or by running VLC in some kind of special mode, but I have yet to be able to do it AT ALL, and I have thrown several hours away on it.
6. Recording Video. You know, like off of a TV card. Again, I've heard it was possible, and even read about MythTV and Mythbuntu, and others. If you can get it to work, kudos, you must be a fucking genius. I've tried like 8 approaches with zero success.
7. Microsoft Office. Linux does have the superior Open Office, but a LOT of students and professionals require M$ office, because they currently enjoy
8. a hegemony. Linux is going to have to be better, faster, easier, and backwards compatible before "The Year of Desktop Linux" happens. But this is a problem that feeds on itself since MS has a hegemony.
Linux is KICKING ASS right now, but it is still losing the war, and I'm nervous that it may not be ABLE to win, given some of the problems I've run into using Ubuntu in particular, and dealing with the Ubuntu community specifically. There is no bar for entry into the FOSS community, and it would not surprise me if M$ and the like were inserting enemy combatants left and right. I have to assume they are, given the ludicrously easy things that Linux as an OS (and yes I know the parent article is about the KERNEL, and this is all OT) fails to do.
I really hope the problems can be addressed, but I'm skeptical if Linux will ever break out of the server farms based on most of my recent experience, especially in the game department!
rhY
I've tried hard to convert to Civ 3 or Civ 4, but they really suck in comparison.
/me considers opening visual basic.....
So does Freeciv, it's really not even comparable. C-evo is closer, but C-evo is Windows only, and I'm currently on Gutsy 64. I installed an x64 XP partition SOLELY for civ 2, only to find out that it does not play on xp x64. *Sigh*. So currently I'm VNCing out to my old XP box in the garage to get my civ 2 on.
Isn't somebody going to make a good FOSS Civ 2 clone?
I'd LOVE to have identical gameplay, but maybe some better AI (optional!), and more future technologies (specific ones, not just "future technology 1" (also optional). And I'd love to have it LOOK like civ 4, which is gorgeous (including Leanard Nimoy voice overs).
I really have tried every civ since civ 2, and still go back to it, but wished:
A) It ran on Linux, or at least under wine.
B) Was updated and vibrant as part of a going concern.
C) Had a "Start game now" option in Pidgin.
It's amazing how FOSS does so well in some areas: Open Office, Gimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, Zsnes, Ardour, Audacity, Dscaler, Virtualdub, etc.... But hasn't come up with ONE really good game.
I mean, it seems like a couple of 12 year olds could write a good civ 2 clone in visual basic. Hmmm....
I've had that same experience about 10 times. Photoshop is not that much better/easier. It's just different and currently has the hegemony.
I wasn't saying it was IMPOSSIBLE. I'm saying it is difficult and cumbersome. Please review my earlier comment about Pidgin and video conferencing.
rhY
I knew my karma would get kicked in the teeth over this, but seriously, why can't I just right click on a Pidgin buddy and instantly h.264 and speex to a buddy online? Linux needs to "just work" out of the box, and it still needs a LOT of polish.
rhY
How about openmoko. That way your fruits might actually matter with or without consent by Uber Whore Steve Jobs. In conclusion, I want easy wifi video conferencing, for free where free wifi is available.
Thank You,
The Management.
I agree with hard science. Here's some more hard science:
The kernel kicks ass.
We need better apps for Linux.
I can't videoconference, edit videos, make mp3s, play video games or make a slideshow in Linux. How about a couple of kernel devs drop off and help Linux go the last mile.
rhY
That is a LOT of people pissing in a gale force wind.
Now here's the real question: Between Spanish, English, and Mandarin, eventually there will be a highlander moment "There can BE only ONE!", and which one do you think will win? My money's on English. I think it's got a strong lead already via the Internet, hollywood, rock music, and Corporate logos. I've been wrong before though.
Don't give your money to Apple. Steve won't allow third party apps, and he's going to lose the phone wars, just like he lost the PC wars. He's an arrogant, annoying, greedy, and immature PRICK, and it would be better for everyone if he didn't have a market and wasn't around. Throw your money somewhere else, like OPENMOKO for example.
rhY
And how fast exactly CAN you hop? I can hop pretty fast, but I've been practicing since I was a kid. Does height or distance matter in the hopping equation?
The GPLv3 might actually WORK in some cases. Vista, on the other hand....