Try system76.com. I got a "Pangolin" laptop there about six months ago that I've been very happy with. It's well-built, runs cool and quiet, and comes with Ubuntu installed (which they support). The "Serval" series laptop (IIRC) has an nVidia card.
The staff is very personable and non-Dell-ish. Our lab bought some desktops from them, and when they had a problem with a supplier that delayed the shipment, they sent our hardware next-day for free and upgraded the monitors.
Personally I don't mind this risk but other people (usually the types who knock C/C++) can't really function in an enviroment that doesn't hold their hand and protect them from their own mistakes.
There are plenty of us who are perfectly capable of functioning in that environment but choose not to, preferring to focus mental energy on algorithms rather than silly implementation details like whether that pointer I've got points to something stack-allocated or heap-allocated. Besides that, I do mind the risk, because I have the mental capacity and maturity to understand that, even though most of the code I write that compiles is also correct, I'm not perfect.
I'm not being facetious - various editors having differing input modes, monitors have modes, most *NIX systems have a single user mode, et cetera. I'm wondering what you're referring to.
I'd guess any of them.
In general, people don't understand the abstract concept of state. They do for specific states (people can be awake or asleep, bread can be fresh or toasted), but the idea of assigning a single word like "mode" or "state" to all of these ideas is completely new to them. A document can either be opened "read-only" or "read-write"? Why? Where in my document does it say that? What do you mean, the operating system has a file inscriptor with that "mode" thing in it? What's an operating system?
What I want to know is whether I can sue Logitech after my mouse goes flying through my monitor (or friend's face) in the course of using it correctly as instructed by the owner's manual.
And just setting up to start writing your program is a pain. I still can't figure out how to make it debug.
And with one fell swoop, you've thoroughly discredited your opinion. FYI, "Debug..." is under the "Run" menu. Double-click the gutters on the left side of the code to set breakpoints. Eclipse even handles debugging multi-threaded apps quite sanely.
I love Eclipse for Java development. There's nothing more satisfying than right-clicking an annoying identifier and renaming it globally within your project. (If keyboards make you giddy, use SHIFT-ALT-R.) Make vi do that. And no, global search-and-replace doesn't count - it ignores context and your code may not compile afterward.
Well you know, there are only 26 * 26 * 26 = 17576 combinations of TLAs to choose from. Of course, some are a priori more likely than others because of the relative frequencies of letters that start proper names.
And if you throw out the lame ones, you have, like, five left. That's the problem.
I agree. I actually am glad I don't have to hear more craptacular voice acting.
They'd also have to come up with some dialogue for Link on the first place. He never says anything - we just fill it in. They'd have to do a spectacular job of that, and it would have to be better than anything the player could have imagined Link saying. It's a tall order.
Can anyone with a Wii (*snicker*) comment on how viable a Bob Ross game would be? In other words, does the Wiimote give you enough DPI (for lack of a better term) to give you precise motion for a painting program? I could zone out and relax for hours with something like that.
I don't have a Wii (haha, *snicker*), but I do think the REAL Wii killer online multiplayer app would be Bob Ross. You could call it, like, Bob Ross and the Joy of Trashing Someone Else's Painting.
Now that is just ridiculous. I'm using IE7 to post this article, and have been using it since its release, and I can say
You can say that it's magical, because it managed to post for you just before it crashed. Though that's pretty nifty, I've seen Firefox tack on a "NO CARRIER" before. Maybe you should submit a feature request.
I think the whole problem here is the way the guy is carrying out his campaign. He has a legitimate issue, but he is taking things out of turn.
Crusaders aren't generally known for being level-headed.
"I'm very sorry this happened, and I know it usually takes two weeks, but I believe this site is important for public education, particularly at this time of year, could you please re-index my site?"
What, exactly, is so insidious about Christmas? Really? I haven't even seen a manger scene this year yet. Does the Christmas season really fire up them fundamentalists? Or is that Easter, or Halloween?
Sorry. Your blatant Christians-are-all-stupid-idiots attitude was a bit too much for lil' ol' me.
No idea how a modern Sonic game should go, I think it would be best if they just gave up on this one, maybe release a newer version of the platform game on the arcade services for the new consoles. I don't think anything else would work.
Actually, the newfangled 3D Samus does Sonic better than Sonic does. The morph ball puzzles in the Metroid Prime games are some of the best parts. I'd pay good money for a Sonic that did that kind of stuff, but required quicker reflexes.
I'm 30, I also have arthritis, and it's worst in my fingers. Good muscular support around my major joints is one thing that keeps me from feeling the effects there. I'll never be able to play golf, but if I keep in good shape I should be able to swim, bike, and run well into my 70s.
The ones used in, say the Trident-II's MK6 guidance, are certainly much larger than these (about the size of a film can) and are 'old style' (asymmetrical floats in fluid) - they are also much more robust and less sensitive to vibration.
Now that's interesting. Is it the fluid that makes them less sensitive to vibration? (It seems like it would be.) In effect, the fluid would be working as a low-pass filter, so only large movements would be detected.
Does the Wii-mote get around the vibration issue by doing the same thing in software? It seems like a Kalman filter would work more or less perfectly, and those are very simple to implement.
The article also compares "the average price for PS2 on ebay [sic] in November 2000" with "the price for the higher end PS3 when it releases in November 2006." Stock eBay vs. high-end retail price? And this is supposed to be a formula?
He'll probably just comment on how "cool" the compression rates are.
He'd be right, too. Procedural texturing is just another form of compression. The big difference is that in generating textures, you work directly in the compressed space rather than letting a machine compress the finished product, so you can get totally mad compression rates.
In other words, his intuition just spanked your geeky arrogance.;)
Perhaps they should have offered employee protection instead?
What's this garbage? And linking to a story about how PayPal is going to "suck less?"
There's black comedy and there's black comedy, and the latter kind implies that your sympathies lie with the perpetrators. Do you think, maybe, this is a bad way to start an article?
Those TEN POSTS have nothing to do with conveying information. The OP has given them a proud opportunity to demonstrate that they have something that is apparently in short supply around here: lives.
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Perhaps he was dictating.
Unfortunately, in Quake 3, the "quad" damage powerup was only worth 3x. Our Navy has them beat by June.
Gotta love the military.
Try system76.com. I got a "Pangolin" laptop there about six months ago that I've been very happy with. It's well-built, runs cool and quiet, and comes with Ubuntu installed (which they support). The "Serval" series laptop (IIRC) has an nVidia card.
The staff is very personable and non-Dell-ish. Our lab bought some desktops from them, and when they had a problem with a supplier that delayed the shipment, they sent our hardware next-day for free and upgraded the monitors.
There are plenty of us who are perfectly capable of functioning in that environment but choose not to, preferring to focus mental energy on algorithms rather than silly implementation details like whether that pointer I've got points to something stack-allocated or heap-allocated. Besides that, I do mind the risk, because I have the mental capacity and maturity to understand that, even though most of the code I write that compiles is also correct, I'm not perfect.
I heard it's a guttural consonant in Soviet Russia.
I'd guess any of them.
In general, people don't understand the abstract concept of state. They do for specific states (people can be awake or asleep, bread can be fresh or toasted), but the idea of assigning a single word like "mode" or "state" to all of these ideas is completely new to them. A document can either be opened "read-only" or "read-write"? Why? Where in my document does it say that? What do you mean, the operating system has a file inscriptor with that "mode" thing in it? What's an operating system?
What I want to know is whether I can sue Logitech after my mouse goes flying through my monitor (or friend's face) in the course of using it correctly as instructed by the owner's manual.
And with one fell swoop, you've thoroughly discredited your opinion. FYI, "Debug..." is under the "Run" menu. Double-click the gutters on the left side of the code to set breakpoints. Eclipse even handles debugging multi-threaded apps quite sanely.
I love Eclipse for Java development. There's nothing more satisfying than right-clicking an annoying identifier and renaming it globally within your project. (If keyboards make you giddy, use SHIFT-ALT-R.) Make vi do that. And no, global search-and-replace doesn't count - it ignores context and your code may not compile afterward.
Well you know, there are only 26 * 26 * 26 = 17576 combinations of TLAs to choose from. Of course, some are a priori more likely than others because of the relative frequencies of letters that start proper names.
And if you throw out the lame ones, you have, like, five left. That's the problem.
If you had wanted to drive your point home, you might have picked a consequence that was actually bad.
They'd also have to come up with some dialogue for Link on the first place. He never says anything - we just fill it in. They'd have to do a spectacular job of that, and it would have to be better than anything the player could have imagined Link saying. It's a tall order.
I don't have a Wii (haha, *snicker*), but I do think the REAL Wii killer online multiplayer app would be Bob Ross. You could call it, like, Bob Ross and the Joy of Trashing Someone Else's Painting.
The probabilities are truly boundless.
You can say that it's magical, because it managed to post for you just before it crashed. Though that's pretty nifty, I've seen Firefox tack on a "NO CARRIER" before. Maybe you should submit a feature request.
Crusaders aren't generally known for being level-headed.
What, exactly, is so insidious about Christmas? Really? I haven't even seen a manger scene this year yet. Does the Christmas season really fire up them fundamentalists? Or is that Easter, or Halloween?
Sorry. Your blatant Christians-are-all-stupid-idiots attitude was a bit too much for lil' ol' me.
Okay, Mister Pithy Quote. Exactly how would you suggest Google securely authenticate every web page on the Internet, not for identity, but for intent?
A snappy quote is no substitute for thought. You can quote me on that.
Actually, the newfangled 3D Samus does Sonic better than Sonic does. The morph ball puzzles in the Metroid Prime games are some of the best parts. I'd pay good money for a Sonic that did that kind of stuff, but required quicker reflexes.
Actually, getting a lot of exercise is one of the best things you can do for arthritis.
I'm 30, I also have arthritis, and it's worst in my fingers. Good muscular support around my major joints is one thing that keeps me from feeling the effects there. I'll never be able to play golf, but if I keep in good shape I should be able to swim, bike, and run well into my 70s.
Aiming is always more natural when standing. In fact, I can't think of a single time I tried to aim while sitting. That's just... weird.
Now that's interesting. Is it the fluid that makes them less sensitive to vibration? (It seems like it would be.) In effect, the fluid would be working as a low-pass filter, so only large movements would be detected.
Does the Wii-mote get around the vibration issue by doing the same thing in software? It seems like a Kalman filter would work more or less perfectly, and those are very simple to implement.
I don't think you read that right. It's that our sticky eyeballs are hammers for Google's Nails of Advertisement. Or something like that.
Anybody else here think eyeballs wouldn't make the greatest hammers?
If we're all mis-parsing the sentence, it was badly written. Fooey, shame, and humbug on the original article.
PS3 has ease of development going for it?
The article also compares "the average price for PS2 on ebay [sic] in November 2000" with "the price for the higher end PS3 when it releases in November 2006." Stock eBay vs. high-end retail price? And this is supposed to be a formula?
He'll probably just comment on how "cool" the compression rates are.
;)
He'd be right, too. Procedural texturing is just another form of compression. The big difference is that in generating textures, you work directly in the compressed space rather than letting a machine compress the finished product, so you can get totally mad compression rates.
In other words, his intuition just spanked your geeky arrogance.
What's this garbage? And linking to a story about how PayPal is going to "suck less?"
There's black comedy and there's black comedy, and the latter kind implies that your sympathies lie with the perpetrators. Do you think, maybe, this is a bad way to start an article?
Good one, Pooua.
Those TEN POSTS have nothing to do with conveying information. The OP has given them a proud opportunity to demonstrate that they have something that is apparently in short supply around here: lives.