What?! Since Steam already runs on every major OS, what would the point of your imagined "steam" box be? Why on earth would Valve go to all the trouble of building a computer, and then say "Oh, go ahead and put whatever you want on it. We hope you install Steam and play our gamez! kthxbai"
Of course they're building a box. It will run Linux (probably a Valve-brewed distro). You can figure this out by the fact that they've been doing a lot of work getting Steam to run on Linux, which is like 1% of their userbase. Also, a lot of companies are releasing their backcatalog on Linux, which probably is happening because Valve gave the developers advance notice, and not because a bunch of companies simultaneously got the urge to support a tiny fragmented market.
If you're trolling, 10/10. If you're seriously that much of a sperglord, 2/10.
From the FAQ: No. There is no charge for your nook's wireless features. You do not need a contract.
As for the file transmisson: B&N is short on details. Since the OS on the nook is Android 1.5, I'm guessing someone will find a way to hack the firmware, even if B&N isn't helping.
What I hate is being called "Techie" and being treated like I'm some kind of inscrutable little dwarf. "Oh, you techies!" "How can you expect me to click a little picture on the screen? I'm not one of you techies!" "Is the computer turned on? How would I know, that's a techie thing!" Fecking morons.
I mean, really, Apple did it back in the day because their customers were too stupid to know what a CPU was-- I mean, were too busy creating and thinking differently to care whether they had a 68K or a PowerPC computer.
But why now? And for Linux?!!? Sweet fancy Moses, if you can't figure out what type of binary you need, you're just not going to get too far with the average Linux distribution.
The fact that this guy got as far down the development path as he did, before he noticed all the people screaming "GO AWAY! WE DON'T NEED THIS!!" is a clear sign that he's got some kind of cognitive issue.
Ryan-- dude-- go solve a real problem. This wasn't one.
It's pretty much always been that way. People feel strongly about things, and the "discussions" get brutal at times. It isn't personal (usually!), but there's no reason you should put up with it if you find it distasteful.
Really? Operator overloading??!? What a moron! Worst Idea Ever.
See, that's the advantage of print. That link you provided? Gibberish. I couldn't read a single word of the handwriting examples provided. It looked like somebody wrote "pengÅ'", which is obviously not a word.
Any change, technological or otherwise, that reduces the influence of the idiots in this state can only be a good thing. Sweet merciful Christ, just look at our senators, our representatives... Napolitano is the first governor in decades that didn't end her term in disgrace or prison, and she gets promoted out-of-state. McCain is our sane senator.
Hey, I'm a 3-or-4 mobo a year kinda guy myself, and I like all-in-ones because when they get demoted from my primary system, they get stripped of all the cool gear. The more built-in crap they have, the closer they are to finding a new (albeit lesser) role in my computing world.
There! Now you've learned a new idea! Chill the fuck out!!
1) If you can turn out pretty sculpture using the SL building tools, you are indeed an artist. Kudos. 2) I *never* chat. I usually end up walking(flying) around and checking out the cool stuff people like (parent poster) do. 3) Frankly, I can't understand how anyone can't find SL intrinsically f*cking cool. Metaverse, people? Hello??? 4) If you don't like SL, better you stay out, than you come in and grief. Much better.
Sorry, I missed the part where your reply had anything to do with the f*cking article. What are you, some kind of MS astroturf troll? Yay, IE7 is fantastic, whatever, now go die in a fire.
Me too. It seems the upgrade process never loads the NIC module, and I never knew which one I used, because the (k)ubuntu install always took care of it automatically. lspci told me all I needed to know, and voila.
Really! Why screw around? Those of us who care can hit the MIME configuration section of our browser, and everybody else.... well... they're kinda fscked anyway, right?
I am intrigued by your ideas, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Too much whitespace on the right and left, too much padding on every element. Other than that, it looks good.
Oh, and I want a gopher interface.
What?! Since Steam already runs on every major OS, what would the point of your imagined "steam" box be? Why on earth would Valve go to all the trouble of building a computer, and then say "Oh, go ahead and put whatever you want on it. We hope you install Steam and play our gamez! kthxbai"
Of course they're building a box. It will run Linux (probably a Valve-brewed distro). You can figure this out by the fact that they've been doing a lot of work getting Steam to run on Linux, which is like 1% of their userbase. Also, a lot of companies are releasing their backcatalog on Linux, which probably is happening because Valve gave the developers advance notice, and not because a bunch of companies simultaneously got the urge to support a tiny fragmented market.
If you're trolling, 10/10. If you're seriously that much of a sperglord, 2/10.
*stares in awe*
Are you a wizard?!!?
From the FAQ: No. There is no charge for your nook's wireless features. You do not need a contract.
As for the file transmisson: B&N is short on details. Since the OS on the nook is Android 1.5, I'm guessing someone will find a way to hack the firmware, even if B&N isn't helping.
What I hate is being called "Techie" and being treated like I'm some kind of inscrutable little dwarf. "Oh, you techies!" "How can you expect me to click a little picture on the screen? I'm not one of you techies!" "Is the computer turned on? How would I know, that's a techie thing!" Fecking morons.
IT Guy would be a step up.
I mean, really, Apple did it back in the day because their customers were too stupid to know what a CPU was-- I mean, were too busy creating and thinking differently to care whether they had a 68K or a PowerPC computer.
But why now? And for Linux?!!? Sweet fancy Moses, if you can't figure out what type of binary you need, you're just not going to get too far with the average Linux distribution.
The fact that this guy got as far down the development path as he did, before he noticed all the people screaming "GO AWAY! WE DON'T NEED THIS!!" is a clear sign that he's got some kind of cognitive issue.
Ryan-- dude-- go solve a real problem. This wasn't one.
It's pretty much always been that way. People feel strongly about things, and the "discussions" get brutal at times. It isn't personal (usually!), but there's no reason you should put up with it if you find it distasteful.
Really? Operator overloading??!? What a moron! Worst Idea Ever.
See, that's the advantage of print. That link you provided? Gibberish. I couldn't read a single word of the handwriting examples provided. It looked like somebody wrote "pengÅ'", which is obviously not a word.
Hey, I *like* telepathic sex! If only my partners were aware of it....
Any change, technological or otherwise, that reduces the influence of the idiots in this state can only be a good thing. Sweet merciful Christ, just look at our senators, our representatives... Napolitano is the first governor in decades that didn't end her term in disgrace or prison, and she gets promoted out-of-state. McCain is our sane senator.
I think Monster sells those. With gold plated connectors. $150000 each.
Hey, I'm a 3-or-4 mobo a year kinda guy myself, and I like all-in-ones because when they get demoted from my primary system, they get stripped of all the cool gear. The more built-in crap they have, the closer they are to finding a new (albeit lesser) role in my computing world.
There! Now you've learned a new idea! Chill the fuck out!!
1) If you can turn out pretty sculpture using the SL building tools, you are indeed an artist. Kudos.
2) I *never* chat. I usually end up walking(flying) around and checking out the cool stuff people like (parent poster) do.
3) Frankly, I can't understand how anyone can't find SL intrinsically f*cking cool. Metaverse, people? Hello???
4) If you don't like SL, better you stay out, than you come in and grief. Much better.
"Interesting" indeed. *Hello, idiot moderators, it was a JOKE!*
Sorry, I missed the part where your reply had anything to do with the f*cking article. What are you, some kind of MS astroturf troll? Yay, IE7 is fantastic, whatever, now go die in a fire.
Me too. It seems the upgrade process never loads the NIC module, and I never knew which one I used, because the (k)ubuntu install always took care of it automatically. lspci told me all I needed to know, and voila.
Do you have a blog? Because you've made me laugh out loud twice already.
I'd mod you up for that.
Oh yeah? Well, this comment is Funny, yet Offtopic. So there!
What? Such a non-reactive coating could be neither matter nor anti-matter. So, what was it supposed to be, a crunchy energy shell?
Really? 'cause, you're like the first person to ever mention this alternative to Windows on Slashdot. It's hard to believe.
I'm a fundie and a social conservative
No shit. I'd never have guessed.
CO was my home page. Now that they will have been slashdotted, probably not.
Thanks a bunch, bungholes.
Happy farking April Fool's day.
Really! Why screw around? Those of us who care can hit the MIME configuration section of our browser, and everybody else.... well... they're kinda fscked anyway, right?
I am intrigued by your ideas, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Zippy? Is that you? I thought you were at the diner, viewing a russian midget sodomize a cat!