In particular, if you want a Unix capable laptop, you'd probably spend over 3 weeks tinkering with Linux until the system works properly (and it might not for recent hardware unless you hack it yourself - software modems, suspend to disk, wireless access, switching to external display, good power management). In a commercial environment that isn't worth it. Think your salary for three weeks vs. the price of the computer. And that's why in computer science you now see so many mac laptops when you go to conferences...
I have a generic laptop (green732) P4 2.8 and installed Fedora 2 core flawlessly. Everything just worked. Didnt have to screw around with anything. All this for half the price. But what drives me nuts in all other OS's is the lack of a workspace switcher. Multiple 'desktops' are a must, sure beats pretty icons and a cult membership.
often enough. I own two legit copies of XP, and I swap hardware all the time. If I have to phone each time I am just going to DL a pirate copy and use that instead. luckily i use Linux for all my non gaming needs:)
although OSX is 'unix' under the hood, I still cant stand the 'bubbly' backwards interface. Another great reason is to play around with the source code on a different platform. Although I would never buy an apple product, if someone gave me a mac, I would wipe the OS immediately and install linux.
My guess is that when the next 'big thing' mmorpg comes along over half of these subscribers will cancel their accounts. Something ive observed is that most people who play these games jump from game to game. EQ1 had such a large user base because when it came out it was almost the only game in town. I remember when city of heroes came out, the servers were bogged down, now theyre pretty sparcely populated. Most people quit after a couple of months. I remember when EQ1 had exact numbers of people on each server, funny when i started to notice fewer people playing, this feature was taken away...
personally ive played many of these games and they are almost all the same, simplistic and boring after a couple of months.
Please give a solid example of CBC being biased towards the left. And looking for a TV show or radio piece, not just the normal "the cbc is left"
ok heres a personal story in dealing with the 'reporters' of the CBC
During the 2000 elections there was a news story that the langley/abbotsford Reform party MP Randy White was using a missing/murdered 10yr old named Heather Thomas for political gain. The 'reporters' approached the mother of the then missing girl and briefly showed her the news letter by Randy White and she went ballistic on TV.
Now the truth of what really happened. The so called reporter is a member of the Federal Liberal party. Randy Whites news letter showed a picture of the missing girl asking if anyone had seen her (note there were thousands of these pictures printed and distributed everywhere in BC) They never asked Randy White what happened, just slammed him in their 'news' broadcast.
Why did Randy White even print the picture? because the family asked him to. I know this as the fact as I am the one who contacted Randy White. I asked Heathers mother for permission to contact local politicians because we were all suspecting that this was a murder case and wanted to know what the lawmakers would do to change the laws on child killers. anyone with kids out there think about this, how would you react to hear that some politician was trying to use your child for political gain? Heathers mom just lost it... like most parents would do and the CBC 'created' this news story to slam the conservative MP during election time. decidedly very left wing thing to do...
As far as Im concerned the CBC is nothing but a puppet arm for the Federal Liberal party and should be completely disbanded...
Macs == Elegance? most people I know think macs look stupid. Just a way to reach out to the 'artsy' crowd to get them to pay more and get less... Wanna be original? design your own case. I built an oak desk with plexiglass top, holds two systems inside, much nicer looking than a bubble with lcd attached.
This would never work, it's not pretty enough for the mac community... but why would anyone want it? it's still a mac
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cant agree more, I own three legit copies of Halflife (one for myself, my wife and my son) but because of steam I will NEVER purchase another valve product again. Any other game developer that tries anything like 'steam' will lose my business as well.
Forget trying to "fix" elections with technology. Just reclaim decency. Stop assuming that your opponents are three-headed monsters that eat babies for breakfast. Stop accusing everybody of cheating. Just work hard and persuade lots of people to agree with you. Win by a big enough margin that none of this crap matters. And accept that it might not work, and that you might lose.
Any game I play, My son and daughter are welcome to play. Some of the best father/son times ive had was playing CS with my 11yr old son. or even better playing Coop Quake2 with my Wife, Son, and 7yr old daughter...
Currently my wife and son play City of heros togeather...
If they tried to charge a subscription fee for steam I would delete HL and all the mods of my system and would never buy another Valve game again. I suspect that almost everyone else would as well.
HL isnt the only game on the block... making it subscription based would be the end of them.
Games were better because they werent completely based on the 'latest' graphic engines. Game companies concentrated on the actual mechanics of the game. I love the old games:)
hmmm arent they selling the Xbox at a loss and making up the lost revenues with software licenses?
Yet microsoft slams opensource and other forms of business models because it isn't a traditional method of 'cost + profit'. How is selling an X box at a loss any different than a.com company depending on add revenues?
Yet Microsoft slams this as an unworkable business strategy... hmmm seems to have worked for Sony Playstation.
This is just another F.U.D. campaign by microsoft. Theyve actually found something they just can't buy up. Makes it tough to sell expensive, restrictive bloated bugware vs Free, reliable software... and thats the bottom line.
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Probably just a bunch of dumb questions here, but seeing that you're already a developer...
Are the microsoft PC development tools the same as the Xbox? ie vc++ with directx. If it is the learning curve will be nill. Hopefully that means that Xbox games will be the quality of pc games:)
w2k kernel is pretty stable, considering the code size. just as you stated, take out the crap and it should be just fine.
Ive never purchased a console, but the xbox does interest me, simply because its a PC masqerading as a console.
also, Microsoft has always made good hardware...
I love my MS natural keyboard and Optical mouse:)
hopefully they will extend this level of quality to a console.
just my 2 cents
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I have a generic laptop (green732) P4 2.8 and installed Fedora 2 core flawlessly. Everything just worked. Didnt have to screw around with anything. All this for half the price. But what drives me nuts in all other OS's is the lack of a workspace switcher. Multiple 'desktops' are a must, sure beats pretty icons and a cult membership.
how often do i reinstall windows?
often enough. I own two legit copies of XP, and I swap hardware all the time. If I have to phone each time I am just going to DL a pirate copy and use that instead. luckily i use Linux for all my non gaming needs :)
is a book on how to use that complicated 'two button mouse' :p
Then why oh why didnt they 'censor' jar jar binks out of starwars Ep.1 ?????
is the last movie lucas ever makes...
Coffee shops? I would have thought they came out of their 'nature' stores chomping granola wearing sandles and getting into their VW Bugs :p
why? because some people prefer linux :)
although OSX is 'unix' under the hood, I still cant stand the 'bubbly' backwards interface. Another great reason is to play around with the source code on a different platform. Although I would never buy an apple product, if someone gave me a mac, I would wipe the OS immediately and install linux.
Awww isnt it cute/pretty.... but it still cant play the games i want to play. Mini skirt? someone should be PUNished.
My guess is that when the next 'big thing' mmorpg comes along over half of these subscribers will cancel their accounts. Something ive observed is that most people who play these games jump from game to game. EQ1 had such a large user base because when it came out it was almost the only game in town. I remember when city of heroes came out, the servers were bogged down, now theyre pretty sparcely populated. Most people quit after a couple of months. I remember when EQ1 had exact numbers of people on each server, funny when i started to notice fewer people playing, this feature was taken away...
personally ive played many of these games and they are almost all the same, simplistic and boring after a couple of months.
Please give a solid example of CBC being biased towards the left. And looking for a TV show or radio piece, not just the normal "the cbc is left"
ok heres a personal story in dealing with the 'reporters' of the CBC
During the 2000 elections there was a news story that the langley/abbotsford Reform party MP Randy White was using a missing/murdered 10yr old named Heather Thomas for political gain. The 'reporters' approached the mother of the then missing girl and briefly showed her the news letter by Randy White and she went ballistic on TV.
Now the truth of what really happened. The so called reporter is a member of the Federal Liberal party. Randy Whites news letter showed a picture of the missing girl asking if anyone had seen her (note there were thousands of these pictures printed and distributed everywhere in BC) They never asked Randy White what happened, just slammed him in their 'news' broadcast.
Why did Randy White even print the picture? because the family asked him to. I know this as the fact as I am the one who contacted Randy White. I asked Heathers mother for permission to contact local politicians because we were all suspecting that this was a murder case and wanted to know what the lawmakers would do to change the laws on child killers. anyone with kids out there
think about this, how would you react to hear that some politician was trying to use your child for political gain? Heathers mom just lost it... like most parents would do and the CBC 'created' this news story to slam the conservative MP during election time. decidedly very left wing thing to do...
As far as Im concerned the CBC is nothing but a puppet arm for the Federal Liberal party and should be completely disbanded...
Macs == Elegance? most people I know think macs look stupid. Just a way to reach out to the 'artsy' crowd to get them to pay more and get less... Wanna be original? design your own case. I built an oak desk with plexiglass top, holds two systems inside, much nicer looking than a bubble with lcd attached.
This would never work, it's not pretty enough for the mac community... but why would anyone want it? it's still a mac
cant agree more, I own three legit copies of Halflife (one for myself, my wife and my son) but because of steam I will NEVER purchase another valve product again. Any other game developer that tries anything like 'steam' will lose my business as well.
why bother even calling it Doom then? doesnt sound remotely like the game...
Forget trying to "fix" elections with technology. Just reclaim decency. Stop assuming that your opponents are three-headed monsters that eat babies for breakfast. Stop accusing everybody of cheating. Just work hard and persuade lots of people to agree with you. Win by a big enough margin that none of this crap matters. And accept that it might not work, and that you might lose.
:)
hmmm sounds like playing Counterstrike
As a canadian, this will change nothing...
:)
Any game I play, My son and daughter
are welcome to play. Some of the best father/son
times ive had was playing CS with my 11yr old son.
or even better playing Coop Quake2 with my Wife,
Son, and 7yr old daughter...
Currently my wife and son play City of heros
togeather...
now thats fun for the whole family
If they tried to charge a subscription fee for
steam I would delete HL and all the mods of my
system and would never buy another Valve game again.
I suspect that almost everyone else would as well.
HL isnt the only game on the block... making
it subscription based would be the end of them.
I use Linux for most of my work,
I use windows for games...
why would I want OSX?
I'll leave macs/osx to those who like
to spend more and get less...
Games were better because they werent completely based on the 'latest' graphic engines. Game companies concentrated on the actual mechanics of the game. I love the old games :)
hmmm arent they selling the Xbox at a loss and making up the lost revenues with software licenses?
Yet microsoft slams opensource and other forms of business models because it isn't a traditional method of 'cost + profit'. How is selling an X box at a loss any different than a .com company depending on add revenues?
Yet Microsoft slams this as an unworkable business strategy... hmmm seems to have worked for Sony Playstation.
This is just another F.U.D. campaign by microsoft. Theyve actually found something they just can't buy up. Makes it tough to sell expensive, restrictive bloated bugware vs Free, reliable software... and thats the bottom line.
Inconnux
FreeBSD is to Linux, as Linux is to Windows
Probably just a bunch of dumb questions here, but seeing that you're already a developer... Are the microsoft PC development tools the same as the Xbox? ie vc++ with directx. If it is the learning curve will be nill. Hopefully that means that Xbox games will be the quality of pc games :)
w2k kernel is pretty stable, considering the code size. just as you stated, take out the crap and it should be just fine.
Ive never purchased a console, but the xbox does interest me, simply because its a PC masqerading as a console.
also, Microsoft has always made good hardware...
I love my MS natural keyboard and Optical mouse :)
hopefully they will extend this level of quality to a console.
just my 2 cents
J.L ie 'Inconnux'