It's not likely that Final Fantasy XI will be on the gamecube - ever. The gamecube has no support for network play, and Final Fantasy XI is an online game.
It's more likely that Squaresoft will bring an old Final Fantasy to Nintendo, like Final Fantasy X. Or maybe a special Final Fantasy like Final Fantasy Disney. Anyone see Square's Disney RPG at last years E3? Joseph Elwell.
On GNOME's homepage they claim "GNOME is part of the GNU project, and is free software (some times referred to as open source software.)".
If they want to participate in the GNU project then they are giving away their choice to the Free Software Foundation.
As a user, you still have choice in what you do. But as developers they bought into something, and they need to follow through in their goals, or adjust their participation in the Free Software Foundation.
"The current state of air travel security means more random searches and since I tend to travel with lots of electronic gadgets, these searches take a while and they test every device."
This isn't even remotely new. Everytime I walk through the metal detector they ask me to turn on each device in my pocket, that means pda, cellphone, etc.
Normally going through the xray is enough proof that the device isn't a bomb, but it doesn't surprise me in the least if they're asking you to turn on items in stowed luggage as well.
My interface uses a proprietary, but "free as in beer" resource. spellchecker.net. I hear that the new beta version of slash uses ispell - but with a considerably less friendly UI.
Joseph Elwell.
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" They are getting a mountain of free development for an application that is competeing against an offering from their main fow."
Show me this Mountain and I'll show you a mole hill. Something like 80% or more of the mozilla work is still done by Netscape. There is no mountain of free development.
Joseph Elwell.
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"Microsoft is also gearing up for battle against foes as diverse as open-source software and America Online."
"OSS ranked along side AOL in the battle against Microsoft. Interesting, if not frightening."
Umm, anyone heard of Mozilla - it happens to be a rather large Open Source Software project funded almost entirely by AOL.
Gimme a URL to download code to install this code red counter. I want to keep track of it too. I look through my logs occasionally and I'm always seeing failed attempts for files like../../../../sys.com and C:/blah i assume this code red trying to worm it's way onto my linux box.
My Playstation 2 can do almost anything my computer can do (Once the online adaptor is released in the USA - it's already available in japan). But it's much easier to configure and use. There aren't many end user applications that don't have web interfaces. I can do my taxes, edit my photos, email my sister, pay my bills, do my geneology, and research my homework - all on the web. There's even a printer for the ps2 - notwithstanding the two usb ports, the firewire port and the hard drive bay. Someone tell me that's not a computer and i'll show you my digital watch and point out that it's more computer than you'll ever understand.
The real difference is that modern computing devices are no longer task oriented. In the old days you bought a typewriter - it did one thing, really well. With the playstation and the TiVo, you do one thing until you're done with it. You want to compose some music on your playstation - you put in mtv's music generator cd, and you can't type up an email at the same time.
Microsoft and other application manufacturers are starting to see that task oriented applications are easier to use and a more natural design. MS Works runs that way, and Windows XP is moving towards that direction (check out the control panel where your presented with tasks rather than controls - albeit all the controls are available) "I want to change my background", "I want to change my screen resolution".
Uh, AOL runs on linux also, think Gateway kitchen device, think Playstation 2. It's there, it works, they've shipped. You just can't download it yet.
But I would go as far to say that the type of people who like computers very simple, and very task oriented wouldn't want to install Linux on their desktop for more than one reason.
1) maybe AOL
2) their computer likely came with windows and installing a new OS is beyond their skills
3) linux desktops are still not dumbed down enough. Come on, TiVo is easy to use, my playstation 2 is easy to use, why is my computer so hard?
My Tivo can be managed from a serial port. It doesn't have a keyboard or a mouse (just a remote control). It's already running linux - don't know about x86 though. And you could easily fit it in a rack - although mounting it there would require some drilling.
Ok, so face recognition is a threat to freedom because it implies that everyone needs to have their face scanned - so that it can be recognized.
Just installing face recognition hardware in airports isn't going to do anything unless you have a database of faces to check against.
Innocent until proven guilty really makes you wonder why you have to give the government your thumbprint, your dna and your face map. How easy should it be for the government to know where we are at any given moment, and what we're doing?
While it's true that Gaim does not run on Windows.
AIM does run on Linux, Official AIM client for Linux. Also, the gateway device runs AOL on linux, which includes AIM.
So, in that sense, there is a possibility of confusion - because they both run on the same OS.
Even if not being able to run on the same OS mattered... I couldn't just call my Playstation 2 game Tetris, just because there's no tetris on the game system yet.
Joseph Elwell.
Actually, it's already been done.
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"32MB of RAM on the PS2 isn't gonna be enough to drop X on it, in my opinion, let alone a ported browser."
Well actually they demoed Netscape 4.x, as well as (full screen) Real Video, and AOL all running on the PS2 at the E3 expo last month in Los Angeles.
I've also personally seen X with twm and open xterms on a PS2. (in which I typed "ls").
Joseph Elwell.
Calm down already, from TiVolutionary's response in the forum:
"For the record...
In our next release we are reinstating the use of the record button (the only thing that changed between 1.3 and 2.0.1 for customers who bought units that shipped with software prior to 2.0. We did not really mean to change that functionality. We do apologize for the inconvenience this caused for the time it takes to get the new software out.
In 2.5, with no service, on boxes that were purchased with a software release prior to 2.0, pressing the record button will record for 30 minutes, and then stop. Nothing else should change in the no-service-state."
Moderators, please mark this article as -1 Flaimbait. With the fall of the technology sector and geeks in general, slashdot doesn't have anything else useful to report on. Another reason slashdot is no longer needed.
Thank you.
Joseph Elwell.
This isn't anything new. My friend had a 486 laptop that was a tablet with a detachable keyboard. I remember watching him play populous on it and drooling. I was wondering why that type of device didn't win over laptops earlier. Are they going to work the second time around?
Joseph Elwell.
On Compaq's site they have a description of the upocoming product.
I must say though, I own the iPaq - and it's a great product. But this new iPaq seems to only differ in the base size of RAM. mine has 32 megs, the new one is 64 megs. Every other feature listed, wireless, expansions etc... all are already available for the original iPaq pocket pc, including dual pc card expansion sleeves.
So basically they're upgrading the onboard RAM from 32 megs to 64. Remember that the OS is on a seperate flashable drive. that 32/64 number is the total free RAM when you get the device, although you'll use up a big chunk installing software - 10megs for quake.;)
By the way, the ipaq is a nice size until you put a expansion sleeve on it - like the popular compact flash sleeve so you can have more storage space. Once you add the sleeve the iPaq won't fit nicely in your pocket, unless you've got cargo pants. So you'll need a bag for it - so you might as well be carrying a laptop, that'll have about the same battery life.;)
I don't know about interference from your wireless LAN, but I can tell you that your microwave is going to cause interference. (no bull). They're on the same frequency - you get too close to your microwave with the phone while it's on and crrrzzccch is all you'll hear.
I have a Panasonic phone, for what that's worth.
Joseph Elwell.
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It's not likely that Final Fantasy XI will be on the gamecube - ever. The gamecube has no support for network play, and Final Fantasy XI is an online game.
It's more likely that Squaresoft will bring an old Final Fantasy to Nintendo, like Final Fantasy X. Or maybe a special Final Fantasy like Final Fantasy Disney. Anyone see Square's Disney RPG at last years E3?
Joseph Elwell.
On GNOME's homepage they claim "GNOME is part of the GNU project, and is free software (some times referred to as open source software.)".
If they want to participate in the GNU project then they are giving away their choice to the Free Software Foundation.
As a user, you still have choice in what you do. But as developers they bought into something, and they need to follow through in their goals, or adjust their participation in the Free Software Foundation.
Joseph Elwell.
Joseph Elwell.
Mouse Gestures work in Netscape 6.2 also.
Last I checked, the Links Toolbar was default off because it added 10% to the page load time!
The tabbed browsing on the other hand is way cool, especially for those of you that still "surf".
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It requires Netscape 6.(not out yet), IE 6, or Mozilla 0.9.5+ because of it's use of XSL Transform functions.
You can view the page here.
Joseph Elwell.
"The current state of air travel security means more random searches and since I tend to travel with lots of electronic gadgets, these searches take a while and they test every device."
This isn't even remotely new. Everytime I walk through the metal detector they ask me to turn on each device in my pocket, that means pda, cellphone, etc.
Normally going through the xray is enough proof that the device isn't a bomb, but it doesn't surprise me in the least if they're asking you to turn on items in stowed luggage as well.
Joseph Elwell.
There's also a post at slashcode.com.
My interface uses a proprietary, but "free as in beer" resource. spellchecker.net. I hear that the new beta version of slash uses ispell - but with a considerably less friendly UI. Joseph Elwell.
" They are getting a mountain of free development for an application that is competeing against an offering from their main fow."
Show me this Mountain and I'll show you a mole hill. Something like 80% or more of the mozilla work is still done by Netscape. There is no mountain of free development.
Joseph Elwell.
Umm, anyone heard of Mozilla - it happens to be a rather large Open Source Software project funded almost entirely by AOL.
Joseph Elwell.
Gimme a URL to download code to install this code red counter. I want to keep track of it too. I look through my logs occasionally and I'm always seeing failed attempts for files like ../../../../sys.com and C:/blah i assume this code red trying to worm it's way onto my linux box.
Joseph Elwell.
Ok, so why isn't the computer specialized enough?
My Playstation 2 can do almost anything my computer can do (Once the online adaptor is released in the USA - it's already available in japan). But it's much easier to configure and use. There aren't many end user applications that don't have web interfaces. I can do my taxes, edit my photos, email my sister, pay my bills, do my geneology, and research my homework - all on the web. There's even a printer for the ps2 - notwithstanding the two usb ports, the firewire port and the hard drive bay. Someone tell me that's not a computer and i'll show you my digital watch and point out that it's more computer than you'll ever understand.
The real difference is that modern computing devices are no longer task oriented. In the old days you bought a typewriter - it did one thing, really well. With the playstation and the TiVo, you do one thing until you're done with it. You want to compose some music on your playstation - you put in mtv's music generator cd, and you can't type up an email at the same time.
Microsoft and other application manufacturers are starting to see that task oriented applications are easier to use and a more natural design. MS Works runs that way, and Windows XP is moving towards that direction (check out the control panel where your presented with tasks rather than controls - albeit all the controls are available) "I want to change my background", "I want to change my screen resolution".
Joseph Elwell.
Uh, AOL runs on linux also, think Gateway kitchen device, think Playstation 2. It's there, it works, they've shipped. You just can't download it yet.
But I would go as far to say that the type of people who like computers very simple, and very task oriented wouldn't want to install Linux on their desktop for more than one reason.
1) maybe AOL
2) their computer likely came with windows and installing a new OS is beyond their skills
3) linux desktops are still not dumbed down enough. Come on, TiVo is easy to use, my playstation 2 is easy to use, why is my computer so hard?
Joseph Elwell.
How did that porn sneak into the article?
Someone is not checking the (non) links!
I highly doubt a porn site that pops up banner ads is a well regarded spammer blacklist site.
Joseph Elwell.
I want a universal remote that I can program to say, "At 3pm on Thursdays change to channel 21".
Are there any out there that support that kind of timed event?
Joseph Elwell.
My Tivo can be managed from a serial port. It doesn't have a keyboard or a mouse (just a remote control). It's already running linux - don't know about x86 though. And you could easily fit it in a rack - although mounting it there would require some drilling.
http://www.tivo.com/
Joseph Elwell.
"Would somebody explain it to me, then?"
Ok, so face recognition is a threat to freedom because it implies that everyone needs to have their face scanned - so that it can be recognized.
Just installing face recognition hardware in airports isn't going to do anything unless you have a database of faces to check against.
Innocent until proven guilty really makes you wonder why you have to give the government your thumbprint, your dna and your face map. How easy should it be for the government to know where we are at any given moment, and what we're doing?
Joseph Elwell.
While it's true that Gaim does not run on Windows. AIM does run on Linux, Official AIM client for Linux. Also, the gateway device runs AOL on linux, which includes AIM.
So, in that sense, there is a possibility of confusion - because they both run on the same OS.
Even if not being able to run on the same OS mattered... I couldn't just call my Playstation 2 game Tetris, just because there's no tetris on the game system yet.
Joseph Elwell.
"32MB of RAM on the PS2 isn't gonna be enough to drop X on it, in my opinion, let alone a ported browser."
Well actually they demoed Netscape 4.x, as well as (full screen) Real Video, and AOL all running on the PS2 at the E3 expo last month in Los Angeles.
I've also personally seen X with twm and open xterms on a PS2. (in which I typed "ls").
Joseph Elwell.
Calm down already, from TiVolutionary's response in the forum:
"For the record...
In our next release we are reinstating the use of the record button (the only thing that changed between 1.3 and 2.0.1 for customers who bought units that shipped with software prior to 2.0. We did not really mean to change that functionality. We do apologize for the inconvenience this caused for the time it takes to get the new software out.
In 2.5, with no service, on boxes that were purchased with a software release prior to 2.0, pressing the record button will record for 30 minutes, and then stop. Nothing else should change in the no-service-state."
Joseph Elwell.
Xanadu was made for this.
Joseph Elwell.
Moderators, please mark this article as -1 Flaimbait. With the fall of the technology sector and geeks in general, slashdot doesn't have anything else useful to report on. Another reason slashdot is no longer needed.
Thank you.
Joseph Elwell.
This isn't anything new. My friend had a 486 laptop that was a tablet with a detachable keyboard. I remember watching him play populous on it and drooling. I was wondering why that type of device didn't win over laptops earlier. Are they going to work the second time around?
Joseph Elwell.
I must say though, I own the iPaq - and it's a great product. But this new iPaq seems to only differ in the base size of RAM. mine has 32 megs, the new one is 64 megs. Every other feature listed, wireless, expansions etc... all are already available for the original iPaq pocket pc, including dual pc card expansion sleeves.
So basically they're upgrading the onboard RAM from 32 megs to 64. Remember that the OS is on a seperate flashable drive. that 32/64 number is the total free RAM when you get the device, although you'll use up a big chunk installing software - 10megs for quake. ;)
By the way, the ipaq is a nice size until you put a expansion sleeve on it - like the popular compact flash sleeve so you can have more storage space. Once you add the sleeve the iPaq won't fit nicely in your pocket, unless you've got cargo pants. So you'll need a bag for it - so you might as well be carrying a laptop, that'll have about the same battery life. ;)
Joseph Elwell.
I've heard that no news is good news. But puh-lease. This is sad.
Joseph Elwell.
I don't know about interference from your wireless LAN, but I can tell you that your microwave is going to cause interference. (no bull). They're on the same frequency - you get too close to your microwave with the phone while it's on and crrrzzccch is all you'll hear.
I have a Panasonic phone, for what that's worth.
Joseph Elwell.