Devil's advocate or not, I seriously hope drivers don't feel obligated to look at the passengers with whom they are speaking.
I have never come across someone who has gotten offended by my not looking at them, and instead paying attention to the road and the mirrors. If they have though, they have never expressed this very selfish thought, since while driving, I'm the one making sure they don't die.
Obviously though, people communicate better in person when addressing others -- but remember, you don't have that luxury when talking on a phone. Assuming others behave in the manner of not looking at the passengers, then talking to them is basically the same as talking on a (hands-free) phone, only the people are in the car.
Besides, what about CB radios? While I'm sure there have been many accidents where a driver was using one, why don't you hear about them? Is it because most people who have CBs are truckers, and their work-related? If so, would this justify cell phones that are used by the driver solely for work-related purposes?
I installed the particular OS and applied all the updates and patches for the OS, and also the latest nvidia drivers.
Sounds like you haven't installed the latest Nvidia drivers in Windows
Obviously.
Re:!Windows Emulator, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
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I must admit that I have grown tired of this being cited as the reason for Wine noting being an Emulator. No one is claiming Wine emulates the Intel x86.
Myth 1 Debunked: "[A]s the name says, Wine Is Not a (CPU) Emulator."
Wine just provides the Windows API. This means that you will need an x86-compatible processor to run an x86 Windows application, for instance from Intel or AMD.
2.1. What is Wine and what is it supposed to do?
Wine is a program which allows the operation of DOS and MS Windows programs (Windows 3.x and Win32 executables) on UNIX operating systems such as Linux. It consists of a program loader, which loads and executes a Windows binary, and a set of libraries that implements Windows API calls using their UNIX or X11 equivalents. The libraries may also be used for porting Win32 code into native UNIX executables, often without many changes in the source.
If you intend on using the ROM for a console game (such example consoles are the NES, SNES, Genesis, Playstation, Gamboy, and so on), you use a program loader which loads and executes a ROM, and a set of libraries that implements the console API calls using their UNIX or X11 or Windows or Linux or DOS or Nokia equivalents.
In that situation, you are using an emulator. How does this differ when you're trying to run a Windows application?
Also, before you go and try and say that WINE used to stand for WINdows Emulator, and they later changed it because the program changed, let me quote the section from the WINdows Emulator FAQ which describes what WINE is:
1.1: What is Wine, and what is it supposed to do?
Wine is a program which allows the operation of DOS and MS Windows programs (Windows 3.x and Win32 executables) on UNIX. It consists of a program loader, which loads and executes a Windows binary, and a library that implements Windows API calls using their UNIX or X11 equivalents. The library may also be used for porting Win32 code into native UNIX executables.
Yes, with the exception of the addition of 5 words ("... operating systems such as Linux"), it's verbatim.
You should also point out whether or not you used the command line switches to actually enable the smp support in the game engine. I think it is off by default and really doesn't do much for performance when on.
I didn't specify any command line switches. I used a Dual PIII 800MHz with a gig of RAM and a 128MB nvidia FX5200. 800MHz is the minimum CPU requirement I believe.
I am suprised you guys are getting such results with Linux performing better. Even the project homepage disagrees with this result, as do my personal experiences on a dual boot system.
I used the same machine and a clean install of both Windows XP and Slackware 10 (I also wiped partitions and filesystems between installs so there was only a single OS on the machine at any time). In both instances I installed the particular OS and applied all the updates and patches for the OS, and also the latest nvidia drivers. I installed DirectX 9.0c under Windows, though I'll admit I cannot remember if DOOM3 even uses it versus OpenGL.
In both situations, I used the detected settings (Low) and set com_showfps to 1 at the console (displays the FPS).
Then again, Linux always performs better according to slashdot threads.
In this case you're right. In Windows, I would pull five (5) FPS when walking, and no more than seven (7) when standing still in a room with little to no activity (ie. no monsters attacking, and not one of the larger rooms). When being attacked the framerate would usually drop down to two (2) or three (3) FPS.
Needless to say, I stopped playing pretty quickly.
In Linux, I would see around 20-30 FPS when walking, up to 60 when standing around, and it would drop down to around 10 FPS when being attacked by waves of monsters.
I found that DOOM3 plays much better in Linux than it did in Windows (same machine). I consistently received better framerates under Linux. Plus, the install was much faster -- copy over the pk4 files from the CDs, and run the installer from the id FTP.
I should also point out that the machine has two processors, which Windows XP recognised. I didn't add SMP support into the Linux kernel.
One of the things Wal-Mart (Canada) trains their employees is that they are under no circumstances allowed to try and apprehend an alleged shoplifter. This point is driven home even more towards the greeters. If someone goes through the door and the alarm goes off, they are supposed to ask the customer to come back nicely, and not follow them or try and stop them. I'm not sure if this is because they don't want old people beat up, or they fear some sort of assault lawsuit.
I'd imagine this policy might change in the US, depending on the state and store. And it's also possible that security personelle (who are all plain-clothed, so even the blue-smocked wearing drones don't know who they are) are instructed to apprehend shoplifters.
you have to figure in the fact that any loss prevention team is going to quote any damage estimate at as high as possible... we just cut the UPC from one product and put it on another... we put a $20 UPC on a $30 product, but the police report quoted $50 worth of stolen property
Actually, $50 is correct. You took the UPC from a $20 product, and used it to (try to) steal a $30 product. By removing the UPC, you damaged the $20 product, which resulted in a loss for Wal-Mart. For the sake of completeness, $20 + $30 = $50. It seems that the Loss Prevention Team claimed a very accurate amount.
I didn't RTFA, but I'd assume they were printing UPCs for similar items. For instance, a plasma TV would get another UPC from a cheaper plasma TV.
I don't know if this is what they did, however this is how I would go about doing it. As long as the cash rings up something that looks right, it should be alright. Though, the cash does display items using abreviations and other weird short forms to fit it on the line. I've seen items scan simply as "12 pack" or "toy", which isn't descriptive in the least.
It should be pointed out that this is in fact, honest to goodness Wal*Mart policy. The official Wal*Mart literature and training clearly states it's their policy to take back ANYTHING. The reasoning they give is that a happy customer is a returning customer.
Ask anyone who's worked there long enough, and they'll tell you all sorts of stories about people returning things which they don't even carry. Inventory time becomes hilarious in a very unhilarious way.
The policy doesn't extend to everything though. I belive things like CDs and DVDs can only be exchanged for the same item. It should also be noted that opened murchandise isn't resold, and that stores will donate a certain amount to charity. The rest is thrown in the trash compactor.
No, I have never been called by AT&T before. In part this is because it doesn't exist anymore in the country I live in (Canada), and also in part because we have a do-not-call registry that works.
Every telemarketer and business which performs sales calls is required to maintain their own do-not-call list in addition to the government-maintained list. When a company calls you, they must identify who they are, who they are calling for (if they are a 3rd party), provide a toll-free number to complain to, and also say, upfront that they are selling something. If they don't, the toll-free number they provided (which I believe there is only one number, and is operated by the government) allows you to call up and file a complaint.
When they call, you can request to be added to their do-not-call list, the do-not-call list for the company they are doing the calls for (if applicable), and the government list (companies are required to send a list of people who wish to be added in every so often, and you can call the before-mentioned toll-free number to add yourself). If either they, or the company they are making the calls for (again, if applicable) calls again, you can file a complaint.
I've never had to file a complaint, as the companies never call back after telling them to add me to their do-not-call list. In fact, I think only one telemarketer has called since the do-not-call registry was put into place, and they were instructed to stop calling.
Scummy or not, I was arguing that providing your e-mail address is opting in. The whole point of opting-in is agreeing to let them use your information.
And it's a very good way to do business. You ensure you can keep tabs on your customers, and if you've made it clear up front, you can then sell their information so you can make more money. The responsibility falls on the potential customer to make a decision for themselves. Anyone who signs up is giving them premission, and if they didn't read the agreement when they signed up, then that's their own fault!
I agree that it sucks, but there are alternatives. If you don't like what this company is doing, then don't make use of their products and services.
If providing your e-mail address is part of the download process, then that is most certainly opting in. Decide not to opt-in? Don't download the trial.
That's one of the best parts about SUS (or any other software update service you're in control of). You can specify who is eligable for downloading patches.
Create a test group, and only install the latest patches on them. If all is well, allow everyone else to download them.
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As you mentioned, newer Windows applications are being written in.NET, and you go on to ponder what the demand is. I don't know of any numbers, but I'd imagine.NET developers would be in all sorts of demand with respect to developing on any Windows platform, after all,.NET is the new API which replaces Win32.
I agree that there is all sorts of FUD flying around about.NET, and it's pretty sad that it is. I'm not a Microsoft fanboy, but anyone who cannot recognise the Official API of future Windows development is in serious trouble (if they intend on developing future Windows applications, that is). As you said,.NET isn't going to take over the Internet (who said it would in the first place?), but it will take over ALL Windows development.
All that said, I seem to remember reading about how Microsoft was dropping.NET, however I highly suspect I dreamt it.
Few more months? Holy shit. Download the EXE, install it on a server, and roll out a registry update which points to said server.
It's seamless, and since you're approving the patches, you're not worrying about Automatic Update fucking things over. The entire process (including selecting the updates) should take an hour.
... but the/. summary itself didn't mention anything about Warzone 2100 being the first commercial game to be later GPL'd or anything.
My panties are quite unknotted, I was merely pointing the Doomsday project to the poster who balked at the idea that anyone would care that a 5-year old game becomming GPL'd would be interesting to anyone.
Obviously this is nothing new, but it would certainly make for an exciting project for anyone who likes RTS games.
Actually, DHCP is especially useful on a small network, as you can setup the DHCP server to assign addresses to specific MAC addresses instead of manually configuring the details in the OS.
This is handy if you continually resinstall operating systems on a box, and have gotten used to accessing it via a specific IP address, or whatever.
Besides, by using DHCP, you can add new hosts without doing a thing. This means your friends can come over and plug their shit in without problems, and your network will be filled with with trojans in no time.
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Devil's advocate or not, I seriously hope drivers don't feel obligated to look at the passengers with whom they are speaking.
I have never come across someone who has gotten offended by my not looking at them, and instead paying attention to the road and the mirrors. If they have though, they have never expressed this very selfish thought, since while driving, I'm the one making sure they don't die.
Obviously though, people communicate better in person when addressing others -- but remember, you don't have that luxury when talking on a phone. Assuming others behave in the manner of not looking at the passengers, then talking to them is basically the same as talking on a (hands-free) phone, only the people are in the car.
Besides, what about CB radios? While I'm sure there have been many accidents where a driver was using one, why don't you hear about them? Is it because most people who have CBs are truckers, and their work-related? If so, would this justify cell phones that are used by the driver solely for work-related purposes?
Uhh, GTA:Myst isn't a real game that's coming out. The article is clearly labeled "Satire."
I installed the particular OS and applied all the updates and patches for the OS, and also the latest nvidia drivers.
Sounds like you haven't installed the latest Nvidia drivers in Windows
Obviously.
Copied directly from http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wine-faq/index#IS
Wine can call itself anything it wants, but the fact remains that Wine does the following:
If you intend on using the ROM for a console game (such example consoles are the NES, SNES, Genesis, Playstation, Gamboy, and so on), you use a program loader which loads and executes a ROM, and a set of libraries that implements the console API calls using their UNIX or X11 or Windows or Linux or DOS or Nokia equivalents.
In that situation, you are using an emulator. How does this differ when you're trying to run a Windows application?
Just because the people maintaining Wine say it's not an emulator, does not mean this is true. In fact, if you go back a few years, to say, 1998, you will clearly see that WINE stood for WINdows Emulator. Why? Because that's what it is.
Also, before you go and try and say that WINE used to stand for WINdows Emulator, and they later changed it because the program changed, let me quote the section from the WINdows Emulator FAQ which describes what WINE is:
Yes, with the exception of the addition of 5 words ("... operating systems such as Linux"), it's verbatim.
You should also point out whether or not you used the command line switches to actually enable the smp support in the game engine. I think it is off by default and really doesn't do much for performance when on.
I didn't specify any command line switches. I used a Dual PIII 800MHz with a gig of RAM and a 128MB nvidia FX5200. 800MHz is the minimum CPU requirement I believe.
I am suprised you guys are getting such results with Linux performing better. Even the project homepage disagrees with this result, as do my personal experiences on a dual boot system.
I used the same machine and a clean install of both Windows XP and Slackware 10 (I also wiped partitions and filesystems between installs so there was only a single OS on the machine at any time). In both instances I installed the particular OS and applied all the updates and patches for the OS, and also the latest nvidia drivers. I installed DirectX 9.0c under Windows, though I'll admit I cannot remember if DOOM3 even uses it versus OpenGL.
In both situations, I used the detected settings (Low) and set com_showfps to 1 at the console (displays the FPS).
Then again, Linux always performs better according to slashdot threads.
In this case you're right. In Windows, I would pull five (5) FPS when walking, and no more than seven (7) when standing still in a room with little to no activity (ie. no monsters attacking, and not one of the larger rooms). When being attacked the framerate would usually drop down to two (2) or three (3) FPS.
Needless to say, I stopped playing pretty quickly.
In Linux, I would see around 20-30 FPS when walking, up to 60 when standing around, and it would drop down to around 10 FPS when being attacked by waves of monsters.
I was able to finish the game.
I found that DOOM3 plays much better in Linux than it did in Windows (same machine). I consistently received better framerates under Linux. Plus, the install was much faster -- copy over the pk4 files from the CDs, and run the installer from the id FTP.
I should also point out that the machine has two processors, which Windows XP recognised. I didn't add SMP support into the Linux kernel.
That's fucked up.
One of the things Wal-Mart (Canada) trains their employees is that they are under no circumstances allowed to try and apprehend an alleged shoplifter. This point is driven home even more towards the greeters. If someone goes through the door and the alarm goes off, they are supposed to ask the customer to come back nicely, and not follow them or try and stop them. I'm not sure if this is because they don't want old people beat up, or they fear some sort of assault lawsuit.
I'd imagine this policy might change in the US, depending on the state and store. And it's also possible that security personelle (who are all plain-clothed, so even the blue-smocked wearing drones don't know who they are) are instructed to apprehend shoplifters.
you have to figure in the fact that any loss prevention team is going to quote any damage estimate at as high as possible ... we just cut the UPC from one product and put it on another ... we put a $20 UPC on a $30 product, but the police report quoted $50 worth of stolen property
Actually, $50 is correct. You took the UPC from a $20 product, and used it to (try to) steal a $30 product. By removing the UPC, you damaged the $20 product, which resulted in a loss for Wal-Mart. For the sake of completeness, $20 + $30 = $50. It seems that the Loss Prevention Team claimed a very accurate amount.
I didn't RTFA, but I'd assume they were printing UPCs for similar items. For instance, a plasma TV would get another UPC from a cheaper plasma TV.
I don't know if this is what they did, however this is how I would go about doing it. As long as the cash rings up something that looks right, it should be alright. Though, the cash does display items using abreviations and other weird short forms to fit it on the line. I've seen items scan simply as "12 pack" or "toy", which isn't descriptive in the least.
It should be pointed out that this is in fact, honest to goodness Wal*Mart policy. The official Wal*Mart literature and training clearly states it's their policy to take back ANYTHING. The reasoning they give is that a happy customer is a returning customer.
Ask anyone who's worked there long enough, and they'll tell you all sorts of stories about people returning things which they don't even carry. Inventory time becomes hilarious in a very unhilarious way.
The policy doesn't extend to everything though. I belive things like CDs and DVDs can only be exchanged for the same item. It should also be noted that opened murchandise isn't resold, and that stores will donate a certain amount to charity. The rest is thrown in the trash compactor.
No, I have never been called by AT&T before. In part this is because it doesn't exist anymore in the country I live in (Canada), and also in part because we have a do-not-call registry that works.
Every telemarketer and business which performs sales calls is required to maintain their own do-not-call list in addition to the government-maintained list. When a company calls you, they must identify who they are, who they are calling for (if they are a 3rd party), provide a toll-free number to complain to, and also say, upfront that they are selling something. If they don't, the toll-free number they provided (which I believe there is only one number, and is operated by the government) allows you to call up and file a complaint.
When they call, you can request to be added to their do-not-call list, the do-not-call list for the company they are doing the calls for (if applicable), and the government list (companies are required to send a list of people who wish to be added in every so often, and you can call the before-mentioned toll-free number to add yourself). If either they, or the company they are making the calls for (again, if applicable) calls again, you can file a complaint.
I've never had to file a complaint, as the companies never call back after telling them to add me to their do-not-call list. In fact, I think only one telemarketer has called since the do-not-call registry was put into place, and they were instructed to stop calling.
Scummy or not, I was arguing that providing your e-mail address is opting in. The whole point of opting-in is agreeing to let them use your information.
And it's a very good way to do business. You ensure you can keep tabs on your customers, and if you've made it clear up front, you can then sell their information so you can make more money. The responsibility falls on the potential customer to make a decision for themselves. Anyone who signs up is giving them premission, and if they didn't read the agreement when they signed up, then that's their own fault!
I agree that it sucks, but there are alternatives. If you don't like what this company is doing, then don't make use of their products and services.
If providing your e-mail address is part of the download process, then that is most certainly opting in. Decide not to opt-in? Don't download the trial.
Uhh... exact string? Try putting it in double quotes (" ").
I don't know about you, but receiving blow jobs are higher on my list of things to do than blowing hos.
That's one of the best parts about SUS (or any other software update service you're in control of). You can specify who is eligable for downloading patches.
Create a test group, and only install the latest patches on them. If all is well, allow everyone else to download them.
As you mentioned, newer Windows applications are being written in .NET, and you go on to ponder what the demand is. I don't know of any numbers, but I'd imagine .NET developers would be in all sorts of demand with respect to developing on any Windows platform, after all, .NET is the new API which replaces Win32.
.NET, and it's pretty sad that it is. I'm not a Microsoft fanboy, but anyone who cannot recognise the Official API of future Windows development is in serious trouble (if they intend on developing future Windows applications, that is). As you said, .NET isn't going to take over the Internet (who said it would in the first place?), but it will take over ALL Windows development.
.NET, however I highly suspect I dreamt it.
I agree that there is all sorts of FUD flying around about
All that said, I seem to remember reading about how Microsoft was dropping
Few more months? Holy shit. Download the EXE, install it on a server, and roll out a registry update which points to said server.
It's seamless, and since you're approving the patches, you're not worrying about Automatic Update fucking things over. The entire process (including selecting the updates) should take an hour.
The southern part of US... deep friend onions, bananas, mars bars, twinkies, turkeys.... anything
Don't forget ice cream. Deep fried ice cream.
... but the /. summary itself didn't mention anything about Warzone 2100 being the first commercial game to be later GPL'd or anything.
My panties are quite unknotted, I was merely pointing the Doomsday project to the poster who balked at the idea that anyone would care that a 5-year old game becomming GPL'd would be interesting to anyone.
Obviously this is nothing new, but it would certainly make for an exciting project for anyone who likes RTS games.
Uhh... DOOM and Quake anyone?
The source for DOOM was released years after it was released, and there is a thriving community based on improving the game.
http://www.doomsdayhq.com/
You don't even need malware to do that. Just update the hosts file to point popular ad servers to your own ad servers.
ip_of_doubleclick.net your_url_or_ip_here
You mean paying for it is not an option?
Of course not. He wasted all his money on a Tungsten T5.
Dinkpad, Drinkpad, Minkpad, Linkpad, Finkpad, Winkpad, Rinkpad, Pinkpad, Zincpad, Kinkpad, Sinkpad
There. I think I've covered them all, I don't want to see any more posts around here spouting "clever" names that rhyme.
Actually, DHCP is especially useful on a small network, as you can setup the DHCP server to assign addresses to specific MAC addresses instead of manually configuring the details in the OS.
This is handy if you continually resinstall operating systems on a box, and have gotten used to accessing it via a specific IP address, or whatever.
Besides, by using DHCP, you can add new hosts without doing a thing. This means your friends can come over and plug their shit in without problems, and your network will be filled with with trojans in no time.