The old Tigger games used to bring fun new stuff to the table, crazy characters and courses, target golf, speed golf and arcade-like modes. Then when '09 hit it got all serious and dull. I gave up after '11 when they started introducing almost compulsory DLC.
I haven't bought an EA game since and I can't say I miss them much.
Got introduced to Red Hat at college in the late 90s, I installed it at home, but had all manner of problems with getting my dial up modem working with it and gave up.
I switched to Mandrake for a while, but looked elsewhere after the Mandriva split.
I tried SuSE and Gentoo but didn't get on with them. After that I only really used Knoppix to recover stuff from dead Windows boxes until Ubuntu came along. I preferred Kubuntu and used that for quite a while.
Today my website VPS runs on Ubuntu server and I dabble with TurnKey stuff, CentOS and MEPIS for work projects.
I have a bunch of Microsoft qualifications and that's what brings in the cash day to day. However, I'm much happier tinkering with Linux.
I wondered how far down I'd have to scroll to find a Comodo recommendation.
I've been using it for nearly 10 years, through the various incarnations, never had a single malware problem. It does get a bit excited about keygens and hacking/admin tools, but it's a great tool for free.
FWIW, I turn off the Sandbox and Defence+ stuff, just running the AV and Firewall.
No one said Google maps were perfect. If fact, I don't think Google were mentioned at all here before your wall of anti Google links.
Other online map providers like Bing and National Geographic are available, There's plenty of alternatives to plug the gap while iOS Maps are fixed. However, I understand that choice is a difficult concept for those trapped in the walled garden.
The RDF is strong here. Now Apple invented the mobile browser?
I guess Opera will be getting letters from Apple's lawyers for that ACID2 compliant SmartPhone browser that was available a whole year before the iPhone even launched.
Ranges were given out like candy to anyone who asked in the early days of the web. Corporations, Government and Academics made a land grab because they were the only people who could use the resource at the time.
I've heard that Glasgow Uni has a/8 that's never had more than 10 addresses exposed to the Internet.
> I remember when I studied physics (years and years ago), that the human eye can only perceive about 60 cycles per second.
Wouldn't that be biology?
The point stands though. 60fps is as fast as you need to go for smooth animation. However, if a scene can only be rendered at 60 fps, adding more complexity, bad guysm, explosions, etc could push the render time over the VSYNC delay period. That's a bad thing, as you drop not to 59fps, but to 30fps, which is very noticeable.
Crazy FPS speeds aren't always an e-penis waving contest, it simply means you have plenty of GPU horsepower left in reserve for more complexity or more bad guys on screen without dropping below that VSYNC interval.
That's nice, but you're not the target of this question.
It's the learning curve that puts most people off. If you can get the average user through the first few weeks with minimal problems, you'll set them on the path to become a beardy 13 year Linux veteran just like you.
However, most people's experience of Linux is a troublesome couple of days trying to get some obscure bit of hardware working properly followed by a full on feet-eating system meltdown due to excessive fiddling in the wrong places.
People (right or wrong) have short attention spans and things need to 'just work' or they'll go elsewhere.
The Amazon marketplace is (was?) restricted to US Amazon accounts. I.E. you must have a US credit card registered to the account.
You can use Google Apps on the Fire, but access is limited by the hardware profile.
There may be better vanilla Android roms around now, but when I looked into rooting my Fire last year, it would have meant loss of functionality.
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If a tree falls and no-one hears it, you've found the perfect place for a Nickleback concert.
> Tigger?
Sorry, my pet name for the series. Obviously not as common I as I thought.
| I haven't bought an EA game since
Except BulletStorm, but in my defence I didn't know EA had got their grubby mits on it till I got it home and saw the splash screen.
The old Tigger games used to bring fun new stuff to the table, crazy characters and courses, target golf, speed golf and arcade-like modes. Then when '09 hit it got all serious and dull. I gave up after '11 when they started introducing almost compulsory DLC.
I haven't bought an EA game since and I can't say I miss them much.
I had a similar start;
Got introduced to Red Hat at college in the late 90s, I installed it at home, but had all manner of problems with getting my dial up modem working with it and gave up.
I switched to Mandrake for a while, but looked elsewhere after the Mandriva split.
I tried SuSE and Gentoo but didn't get on with them. After that I only really used Knoppix to recover stuff from dead Windows boxes until Ubuntu came along. I preferred Kubuntu and used that for quite a while.
Today my website VPS runs on Ubuntu server and I dabble with TurnKey stuff, CentOS and MEPIS for work projects.
I have a bunch of Microsoft qualifications and that's what brings in the cash day to day. However, I'm much happier tinkering with Linux.
Like this guy?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9563847/Police-log-reveals-details-of-Andrew-Mitchells-pleb-rant.html
Once elected to office, the snout goes in the trough and they take all they can while thet rest of us pay for it.
Everyone loves Comic Sans.
Then all drivers will be happy, smiley and give way to old ladies.
If it's got sweetcorn on it, send it back for another cleaning cycle,
I wondered how far down I'd have to scroll to find a Comodo recommendation.
I've been using it for nearly 10 years, through the various incarnations, never had a single malware problem. It does get a bit excited about keygens and hacking/admin tools, but it's a great tool for free.
FWIW, I turn off the Sandbox and Defence+ stuff, just running the AV and Firewall.
No one said Google maps were perfect. If fact, I don't think Google were mentioned at all here before your wall of anti Google links.
Other online map providers like Bing and National Geographic are available, There's plenty of alternatives to plug the gap while iOS Maps are fixed. However, I understand that choice is a difficult concept for those trapped in the walled garden.
Hmmm, I've seen that list somewhere before.
http://search.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3138293&cid=41431711 in the last Apple story (and in other /. Apple story too but life is too short to go looking).
Is this now the standard reply trotted out to rebuff the iOS6 map problem?
'Think Different' sounds more like Scientology every day.
The RDF is strong here. Now Apple invented the mobile browser?
I guess Opera will be getting letters from Apple's lawyers for that ACID2 compliant SmartPhone browser that was available a whole year before the iPhone even launched.
Ranges were given out like candy to anyone who asked in the early days of the web. Corporations, Government and Academics made a land grab because they were the only people who could use the resource at the time.
I've heard that Glasgow Uni has a /8 that's never had more than 10 addresses exposed to the Internet.
Stop drink the Cupertino KoolAid. The 5 is NOT the thinnest phone around.
http://www.androidguys.com/2012/09/12/there-are-at-least-three-android-phones-thinner-than-the-iphone-5/
I had a sports ball alarm clock that you could throw against a wall to snooze the alarm. I'd like the see that implemented on a Windows phone.
There are already a bunch of phones that are thinner than the iP5. http://www.webpronews.com/these-phones-are-thinner-than-the-iphone-5-2012-09 Personally I'd rather have more battery. Most people will chuck on an ugly bulky bumper case anyway.
> I remember when I studied physics (years and years ago), that the human eye can only perceive about 60 cycles per second.
Wouldn't that be biology?
The point stands though. 60fps is as fast as you need to go for smooth animation. However, if a scene can only be rendered at 60 fps, adding more complexity, bad guysm, explosions, etc could push the render time over the VSYNC delay period. That's a bad thing, as you drop not to 59fps, but to 30fps, which is very noticeable.
Crazy FPS speeds aren't always an e-penis waving contest, it simply means you have plenty of GPU horsepower left in reserve for more complexity or more bad guys on screen without dropping below that VSYNC interval.
No, people NEED this. Scratches are bad, unless Instagram has added them. Then they're 'ironic'.
Braaaaaaaaaains!
It's the learning curve that puts most people off. If you can get the average user through the first few weeks with minimal problems, you'll set them on the path to become a beardy 13 year Linux veteran just like you.
However, most people's experience of Linux is a troublesome couple of days trying to get some obscure bit of hardware working properly followed by a full on feet-eating system meltdown due to excessive fiddling in the wrong places. People (right or wrong) have short attention spans and things need to 'just work' or they'll go elsewhere.
http://www.jibble.org/cookies.php
The Amazon marketplace is (was?) restricted to US Amazon accounts. I.E. you must have a US credit card registered to the account. You can use Google Apps on the Fire, but access is limited by the hardware profile. There may be better vanilla Android roms around now, but when I looked into rooting my Fire last year, it would have meant loss of functionality.
Exactly. By the time that symptoms are showing it is too late. You can't 'cure' Autism once the developmental damage is done.
His bulbs are too bright, it's not fair.
there are tens of thousands of Windows admins with MCSE (now MCITP) grade qualifications
It's back to MSCE again now. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcse.aspx Those wheeled goalposts just won't stay put!