“Beta 1 users that want to help test software update, should wait for the automatic update to be triggered sometime in the next few days. The incremental update from Beta 1 to Beta 2 is 700K bytes.”
One of the things that's appealed to me the most about 1.5 is the ability to update itself automatically. Until now, one would have to download a whole new installer for every release.
Well, I'm running 1.5b1. Where's my icon to offer me a b2 update? Have I misunderstood this function?
I can't help but hope: as long as they're adding in formats that the iPod will pay (.mov, probably.avi w/ DiVX & XViD) they'll also...
start...
supporting...
Vorbis.
I love Firefox... it just gets better and better, and I love OSS success stories.
But I've always been happy to admit: Opera's the better browser. And now that it's completely gratis, it's going to be hard to justify my Firefox habit.
I'm sorry but honestly what the fuck is the real market for Winzip?
The market for WinZip is the same as the one for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, AIM, Kazaa, and Notepad: people who go with the first thing they've heard of, unaware that there are vastly superior (and free) alternatives.
Needless to say, WinZip's also about the last thing I'd expect to see promoted here at Slashdot.
I find it very hard to get excited about TuxPaint and Battle for Wesnoth (learning curve?). And Thunderbird, for that matter-- it's no easier to use than Outlook Express, and both are less convenient than webmail. Where's CDex, xaos, Inkscape? And why the LiveCD? It's seems so different to the purpose of the OpenCD!
And Celestia should totally be under "Games" (or "Fun").
I think referring to a sequel as "Electric Boogaloo" (along with, for instance, "[that was so funny] I think I peed a little" and "[that was so disgusting] I think I threw up at little in my mouth") has now officially jumped the shark.
The only thing that the movie 'I, Robot' had in common with the book was the title and the names of the characters. NOTHING ELSE.
How about the Three Laws? That's pretty central to both, doncha think?
Well put. It's not worth complaining about all the crap that'll be produced: except for the hilariously execrable, it'll sink to the bottom.
Making content distribution easier is incredibly exciting.
I play on buying my first current-generation console, as I've found the hardware requirements of PC gaming to be hassle, and the prices are pretty low. The choice seems obvious: a modded Xbox.
Why?
Watch downloaded tv shows/movies on the TV
MAMEox (and many other emulators)
XBMP (I have a lot of.oggs)
Xbox is graphically more powerful than the PS2 and GameCube (yeah, yeah, Gameplay uber alles.)
Sure, there aren't as many great games as there are for the PS2 or the GameCube. But there are a lot of great games for it. I think there are probably enough of them to keep me happy.
I know, no Xbox Live for me. But I never really got into playing games over the internet.
I was excited to see that Firebird has a shiny new cookie manager... but it's still missing the functionality I'd like (or I'm too obtuse to figure it out.)
I want all cookies to be session cookies except for ones from my whitelist of sites. This way:
No sites break 'cause I don't take their cookies
No nasty tracking coofies 'cause they're deleted when I close the browser
I don't have to log in to Slashdot, Metafilter, etc., each time I want to use them.
Is this not the most perfect way to manage cookies?
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“Beta 1 users that want to help test software update, should wait for the automatic update to be triggered sometime in the next few days. The incremental update from Beta 1 to Beta 2 is 700K bytes.”
Well, I'm running 1.5b1. Where's my icon to offer me a b2 update? Have I misunderstood this function?
I can't help but hope: as long as they're adding in formats that the iPod will pay (.mov, probably .avi w/ DiVX & XViD) they'll also...
start...
supporting...
Vorbis.
Then why put it on at all, foo'?
Well put. These are two programs the average user would actually use. Cygwin? If I put that on my mom's computer, she'd probably hit me.
I want to party with this guy!
But I've always been happy to admit: Opera's the better browser. And now that it's completely gratis, it's going to be hard to justify my Firefox habit.
It's true! How obnoxious. Here's the link.
Not to mention... "Program Files"? What else would one expect to find in a directory but files?
The market for WinZip is the same as the one for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, AIM, Kazaa, and Notepad: people who go with the first thing they've heard of, unaware that there are vastly superior (and free) alternatives.
Needless to say, WinZip's also about the last thing I'd expect to see promoted here at Slashdot.
...once GoBeProductive is released under the GPL. Any day now....
I find it very hard to get excited about TuxPaint and Battle for Wesnoth (learning curve?). And Thunderbird, for that matter-- it's no easier to use than Outlook Express, and both are less convenient than webmail. Where's CDex, xaos, Inkscape? And why the LiveCD? It's seems so different to the purpose of the OpenCD!
And Celestia should totally be under "Games" (or "Fun").
I think referring to a sequel as "Electric Boogaloo" (along with, for instance, "[that was so funny] I think I peed a little" and "[that was so disgusting] I think I threw up at little in my mouth") has now officially jumped the shark.
The only thing that the movie 'I, Robot' had in common with the book was the title and the names of the characters. NOTHING ELSE. How about the Three Laws? That's pretty central to both, doncha think?
Well put. It's not worth complaining about all the crap that'll be produced: except for the hilariously execrable, it'll sink to the bottom. Making content distribution easier is incredibly exciting.
Why?
- Watch downloaded tv shows/movies on the TV
- MAMEox (and many other emulators)
- XBMP (I have a lot of
.oggs)
- Xbox is graphically more powerful than the PS2 and GameCube (yeah, yeah, Gameplay uber alles.)
- Sure, there aren't as many great games as there are for the PS2 or the GameCube. But there are a lot of great games for it. I think there are probably enough of them to keep me happy.
I know, no Xbox Live for me. But I never really got into playing games over the internet.I don't know about you, but I'd rather see what the writer of Adaptation does with the material.
Custom Keywords seem to be just as convenient and considerably more flexible. (YMMV)
Which is a disappointment, because I would hella like to see a good libre desktop OS.
So: the concept here is... what? You clone a supermodel, raise her from infancy to adulthood, then have sex with her?
That's pretty fucked up. (Not to mention the 18-year wait.)
Put down your gamepads and go molest the author's young daughter.
Indeed, it seems that Padme is likely killed by Anakin. He uses the force 'choke' on her and goes a little too far. He doesn't mean to kill her.
Christensen now has shoulder length hair and is wearing more black leather underneath his Jedi robe.
Have you used Impress to create a presentation? I found the experience so excruciating I eventually had use somebody else's PowerPoint.
(And I am by no means a PowerPoint expert; it's just so much easier to use.)
Skinnable software is often a pain to use ("Whenever a programmer thinks, 'Hey, skins, what a cool idea', their computer's speakers should create some sort of cock-shaped soundwave and plunge it repeatedly through their skulls.") HTML email (as was previosuly pointed-out) is almost always spam, and case mods are for the silliest of nerds.
I want all cookies to be session cookies except for ones from my whitelist of sites. This way:
- No sites break 'cause I don't take their cookies
- No nasty tracking coofies 'cause they're deleted when I close the browser
- I don't have to log in to Slashdot, Metafilter, etc., each time I want to use them.
Is this not the most perfect way to manage cookies?