Steamworks is coming to the PS3, as per VALVe themselves, so there's hope. And Portal 2 will be playable across platforms, meaning you can play on your PS3 and then fire it up on your PC or Mac and start right where you left off.
Technically, since Harry Reid DID say precisely thatafter Grayson entered Congress, your statement is true.
To wit:
"Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, 'slow down, stop everything, let's start over.' If you think you've heard these same excuses before, you're right," Reid said Monday. "When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said 'slow down, it's too early, things aren't bad enough.'"
He continued: "When women spoke up for the right to speak up, they wanted to vote, some insisted they simply, slow down, there will be a better day to do that, today isn't quite right.
"When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal civil rights to everyone regardless of the color of their skin, some senators resorted to the same filibuster threats that we hear today."
SPOILERS FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T READ STEPHENSON'S "ANATHEM"
I'm surprised no one has brought up Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" yet. True, the Geometers vs. Arbreans is (initially) a space-based weapons platform vs. ground-based targets affair, but there's a ton of discussion of orbits, etc. that make for very interesting (and compelling) reading.
Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?
Saw it tonight, enjoyed it thoroughly, although I don't remember there being quite as much Junior Doctor Manhattan in the comic book. Seemed like the rest of the audience thought the excess of electric blue ding-a-lings was a bit unseemly/disquieting.
I recall someone intoning somewhere up behind me "Unlimited power over all the matter in the universe and he can't even spring for some boxer briefs?"
That was my first impression, too. As in: "Milky Way Heavier Than Thought". How does one weigh a thought, anyways, and isn't Milky an adjective? And how much does an adjective weigh?
What the devil are you on about? Capitalism is based on human greed.
The whole point of markets is for 1) sellers to sell their goods for more than they paid to make 'em 2) consumers to pay what they perceive as a fair value.
The definition of a good capitalist transaction is one in which both seller and buyer think the other guy got the worst of the deal.
Wow, I'd forgotten that image. I actually purchased a t-shirt with it on the front. I think my wife (then-girfriend) threw it away along with my black-n-green/. shirt when both developed holes large enough to be mistaken for the arms. She denies it to this day, but I'm sure it was her...
Curse you, honey, for throwing away a piece of Internet history!
Ahhh, here's the associated ticket with the update.php code. It's a long thread, showing a good deal of discussion going on on the subject of the udpates. Hardly "slipping in" or "secret".
Secrecy? It's an Open Source project. Plugin update checking went into the core inrev 5913 (change committed by Matt, reviewed by at least two other devs with non-commit access to the repo). I'm having a bit of difficulty tracking down the changeset that accounts for the core update code, but I'm assuming it's well in advance of 5913.
The system was designed to keep the client side as light as possible so the heavy lifting can be done on the server side, allowing us a lot more flexibility and agility in adapting the service as it gets rolled out and evolves.
For example right now nothing is done with regards to localization, but because of the data being sent and the lightness of the client side we could introduce that feature in the future without having to update every install of WordPress in the world. This philosophy has worked very well for Akismet over the past 2 years. I believe it is also the best approach for WordPress.
Today the server does basically nothing, no logging, no analysis, no stats, it's just designed to be as fast as possible since I don't know what type of impact 2.3 is going to have on api.wordpress.org. In the future, however, I think there is a lot of room to grow it, particularly once we take updates to the next step and allow people to upgrade/install things with one click from their dashboard.
Why should someone have to install a plug-in to disable BASE FUNCTIONALITY? Shouldn't that be part of the base code?
This is likely to occur in version 2.3.1. In fact, I'm advocating for just such a change, in true Open Source fashion.
The problem here is less one of malice and more one of poor timing. The WordPress project has been trying to stick to a rigorous, rigid schedule for releases (see: Fedora Project, Ubuntu, etc.) and this issue cropped up about 1.5 days before release. You can argue that the release should have been held up (some on the mail thread did so) to put in this change, but Matt & Co. at Automattic, the ones with the keys to the candy store, decided to hew to the previously agreed-upon timeline.
It's not the decision I would have made, were I the "decider", but it is what it is.
Our new update notification lets you know when there is a new release of WordPress or when any of the plugins you use has an update available. It works by sending your blog URL, plugins, and version information to our new api.wordpress.org service which then compares it to the plugin database and tells you what the latest and greatest is you can use.
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Steamworks is coming to the PS3, as per VALVe themselves, so there's hope. And Portal 2 will be playable across platforms, meaning you can play on your PS3 and then fire it up on your PC or Mac and start right where you left off.
Professor: "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."
Fry: "Oh. What's it called now?"
Professor: "Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you."
It's from a .au site -- perhaps "glacial" means "arctic" or "frigid" in Native Aussie English?
Just a guess.
Technically, since Harry Reid DID say precisely that after Grayson entered Congress, your statement is true.
To wit:
Ahhh, but the habitable planets in said big place are rather few in number and thus all the more valuable.
SPOILERS FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T READ STEPHENSON'S "ANATHEM"
I'm surprised no one has brought up Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" yet. True, the Geometers vs. Arbreans is (initially) a space-based weapons platform vs. ground-based targets affair, but there's a ton of discussion of orbits, etc. that make for very interesting (and compelling) reading.
Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?
Uhh, and the Pre is sold by Sprint, thus nuking your point (from orbit).
Saw it tonight, enjoyed it thoroughly, although I don't remember there being quite as much Junior Doctor Manhattan in the comic book. Seemed like the rest of the audience thought the excess of electric blue ding-a-lings was a bit unseemly/disquieting.
I recall someone intoning somewhere up behind me "Unlimited power over all the matter in the universe and he can't even spring for some boxer briefs?"
...And all they've got you doing is posting on Slashdot?
Poor sap.
Well, Lorraine, I am your density, after all.
That was my first impression, too. As in: "Milky Way Heavier Than Thought". How does one weigh a thought, anyways, and isn't Milky an adjective? And how much does an adjective weigh?
Thanks a bunch for that imagery. Now I'm going to have to go Hoover my ear canals.
Huh? Blastwave.org is still loading just fine for me...
No, no, that's the way we get Darwin Award nominees.
What the devil are you on about? Capitalism is based on human greed.
The whole point of markets is for 1) sellers to sell their goods for more than they paid to make 'em 2) consumers to pay what they perceive as a fair value.
The definition of a good capitalist transaction is one in which both seller and buyer think the other guy got the worst of the deal.
BFR's blog actually makes that claim (sub-6 hours).
Ben Franklin Racing (a collaboration between UPenn, Lehigh and Lockheed Martin) also finished within the 6 hour time limit.
The judging will certainly be interesting.
I was pretty excited about this project after reading about it in Linux Journal a couple of months ago. Too bad that it won't see the light of day.
Maybe OpenMoko can fill the void left behind...
Wow, I'd forgotten that image. I actually purchased a t-shirt with it on the front. I think my wife (then-girfriend) threw it away along with my black-n-green /. shirt when both developed holes large enough to be mistaken for the arms. She denies it to this day, but I'm sure it was her...
Curse you, honey, for throwing away a piece of Internet history!
Ahhh, here's the associated ticket with the update.php code. It's a long thread, showing a good deal of discussion going on on the subject of the udpates. Hardly "slipping in" or "secret".
Secrecy? It's an Open Source project. Plugin update checking went into the core inrev 5913 (change committed by Matt, reviewed by at least two other devs with non-commit access to the repo). I'm having a bit of difficulty tracking down the changeset that accounts for the core update code, but I'm assuming it's well in advance of 5913.
This is likely to occur in version 2.3.1. In fact, I'm advocating for just such a change, in true Open Source fashion.
The problem here is less one of malice and more one of poor timing. The WordPress project has been trying to stick to a rigorous, rigid schedule for releases (see: Fedora Project, Ubuntu, etc.) and this issue cropped up about 1.5 days before release. You can argue that the release should have been held up (some on the mail thread did so) to put in this change, but Matt & Co. at Automattic, the ones with the keys to the candy store, decided to hew to the previously agreed-upon timeline.
It's not the decision I would have made, were I the "decider", but it is what it is.
As for me, I'll keep agitating to make it opt-in.