Hardly. Even if everything was pre-installed, bundled, shipped... all that nummy stuff... Linux isn't ready for the mass-market. People are dumb. One person may not be, but people as a whole are. No way is Joe Newbie gonna be able to install drivers, much less troubleshoot the beast. In ignorance, Microsoft is safe. So long as people are lazy and stupid, Microsoft is gonna be doing well.
There was a study done back in the seventies, and I believe a book was published on the subject. It was about short-term memory. (Human RAM ^_^ ) The conclusion of the study said something along the lines of, "An average person can store seven unique things in short-term memory without data corruption, give or take 2.". (Yes, "Seven, Plus of Minus Two" was an official title, IIRC.)
Good Christ, I have enough trouble as it is with phone numbers, much less the populous general. This could prove interesting!
I'm webmaster for The Citadel, one of the larger B&W news sites. A few other interesting things to note, about weather, and thermodynamics.
If one were to say, pick up a boulder... and toss it into a flaming forest that you just lit on fire with a spell (with the gesture-recognition system... is there a patent?;) ), this rock will heat, and then, if taken from the fire, and tossed at say, a village... it will ignite the village.
Same with water, it'll steam. Hell, the forest fire will actually cause a change in the weather paterns, as it takes into account the heat of rising air.
The game's also gonna have an INCREDIBLE plot. It's slated to have over 60,000 narrated words, about the size of a novel. And for all you Cartoon Network fans out there, the voice actor for the evil and benevolent guides is none other than Jonny Bravo! Marc Silk! W00t!
It's gonna be the shit.
--The Kid
Webmaster, http://www.thecitadel.net
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The zero-gravity keg bong!
--The Kid
Airships?! Bah! I saw an airship only a few days ago, whilst playing Final Fantasy VII!
*grin*
--The Kid
since the average human is around 1m or so...
Perhaps the average midget is about 1m or so, but last time I checked most humans were more around 2m...
Just my 2.13 cents.
--The Kid
Hardly. Even if everything was pre-installed, bundled, shipped... all that nummy stuff... Linux isn't ready for the mass-market. People are dumb. One person may not be, but people as a whole are. No way is Joe Newbie gonna be able to install drivers, much less troubleshoot the beast. In ignorance, Microsoft is safe. So long as people are lazy and stupid, Microsoft is gonna be doing well.
--The Kid
There was a study done back in the seventies, and I believe a book was published on the subject. It was about short-term memory. (Human RAM ^_^ ) The conclusion of the study said something along the lines of, "An average person can store seven unique things in short-term memory without data corruption, give or take 2.". (Yes, "Seven, Plus of Minus Two" was an official title, IIRC.)
Good Christ, I have enough trouble as it is with phone numbers, much less the populous general. This could prove interesting!
The One,
The Only,
--The Kid
Ironic. Comedy Central was running a back-to-back-to-back showing of "Revenge of The Nerds" this weekend. ;) *grin*
--The Kid
Webmaster, The Citadel
It has 300-foot cows, for Christ's sake, what more could you want?!
--The Kid
You can check out the original open source dialouge also @ The Citadel, here's a direct link for you lazies. ;)
--The Kid
I'm webmaster for The Citadel, one of the larger B&W news sites. A few other interesting things to note, about weather, and thermodynamics. ;) ), this rock will heat, and then, if taken from the fire, and tossed at say, a village... it will ignite the village.
If one were to say, pick up a boulder... and toss it into a flaming forest that you just lit on fire with a spell (with the gesture-recognition system... is there a patent?
Same with water, it'll steam. Hell, the forest fire will actually cause a change in the weather paterns, as it takes into account the heat of rising air.
The game's also gonna have an INCREDIBLE plot. It's slated to have over 60,000 narrated words, about the size of a novel. And for all you Cartoon Network fans out there, the voice actor for the evil and benevolent guides is none other than Jonny Bravo! Marc Silk! W00t!
It's gonna be the shit. --The Kid Webmaster, http://www.thecitadel.net