C'mon. Most people are doing this. WHY?! Because Snow Leopard (10.6.x) is the first release of OSX that removes the PPC aspect of it. What software developer, in 2014 wishes to provide legacy support for an architecture that Apple abandoned 5+ years ago? No new Macs are being developed with PPC. Let's move with the times already.
This is my biggest issue with this sort of thing; I still have my original Nintendo Entertainment System from 1985. I am an avid fan of retro gaming. What if, in 30 years, I still have an XBox 720? Is Microsoft going to guarantee lifetime online authentication for this console? When/if the servers go offline, it's time to throw it in the trash? This is a piece of hardware that I would be paying for, and should be able to enjoy it for 50+ years, pass it down, whatever.
Errr, this is madness. What I used to love about the old April Fools/. way of doing it, is they would mix up real stories that seemed questionable, with APril Fools ones, and you always second guessed the story. This current way, errrr, why boter using the page at all? %90 of them aren't even remotely funny or believable.
Could be pretty interesting for 3D interactive worlds; these type of worlds have always been far more successful on the PC. Those static/boring standing/dancing animations 3d characters currently have could be a thing of the past. Interaction between avatars could be a bit more "real" with something like this. It certainly is no "Lawnmower Man" hardware however it's an interesting step for metaverses and MMORPGs. Granted, the amount of space (if based on Kinect specs) you would need for your computer station would be enormous, but I think "the computer" really could benefit from these sort of user input technology.
If you're HARDCORE you hold DOWN the SHIFT key when you need all CAPS. Kudos to Google for bringing out the hardcore typist in us all! That crappy key was nothing but problems.
Seems more like the ocular implant used by Seven of Nine. Perhaps this technology can be expanded to use a display rather than a lens so we can have Terminator style vision.
After over a decade of play, I still love the old Starcraft, and still play. It's a timeless classic. Chess players don't get bored with chess. Look forward to the new maps, new vehicles, and new graphics. I'm glad they didn't make it wildly different.
Everybody must now assume you have it. It's 2010, the "e-mail address" field is in a lot of forms you fill out on paper. I guess we've finally reached an age where it's assumed you have an internet connection in the same way it's assumed you have a phone number. Guess the thinking is, "validate your copy online, or don't play." Why bother? Someone's going to crack it. Do what you did in the past Blizzard... allow local registration, and if duplicate keys are found on battle.net, refuse online play. This worked well in the past, and hell, I even bought a copy of Starcraft.;)
Obviously those that chose to stand up for themselves in terms of being bullied at a young age, are different, than those that did not. This study is nonsense. There's a core difference in personalities between the two types, so it's natural for the results to be different years later in terms of social maturity. While our environment is a strong influence as far as our inner being is concerned, we are all born with a core set of personalities and social demeanor that only change moderately based on experience. All this tells is is that those that "had it in them" to stand up for themselves in their childhood, continue to "have it in them" later in life. Some people, regardless if they are harmed or not, do not have it in them to "return hostility" in childhood or adult life. All this proves is that the two personality types have continued down the road of maturity with their core emotions/personalities intact, as expected.
The opening game should be Beat Hazard if this manages to come together.:) How I've become so addicted to this Asteroids like Steam game that produces "levels" based on your individual mp3 tracks with pulsating visual feedback effects to nearly give anybody a seizure. Welcome Steam!
I seriously hope this guy doesn't get pwned like the poor Psystar people:P I can't imagine Apple appreciates anybody using their hardware openly anymore than they appreciate people using their software openly on PCs. I'll cross my fingers and see where this goes!
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If I were able to play Robot Unicorn Attack on it, I'd be all over it too:P
I don't know how many users you have on your LAN, but gigabit or not, that's going to put some serious strain on your network when everybody is accessing these images at the same time. A terminal services solution seems to fill this need more so than a virualization solution.
What I like about virtualization (with Windows) is that it is not hardware specific. One can run the same image on a totally different machine, so hardware changes and standardization is is not a concern.
If you standardize your desktops (like an OptiPlex or similar) you can achieve nearly the same convienence simply by ghosting the drives and deploying desktops in 10 minutes or less, with no network strain.
I'm not yet convinced that virtualization is a "terminal server" killer; the ability to patch, maintain, and install/uninstall software on a single machine that effects all users without rolling out a new image seems to be the way to go.
I'm not very confident in a group that's set to reform our copyright/patent system when they cannot even have enough common sense to realize that a name such as "The Pirate Party" is NOT going to be taken seriously here in the U.S. This time is investment is better spent on something that has somewhat of a chance in hell.
Trillian Should Really Consider Cross-Platform
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As mature as Trillian is, it still is unable to support ALL of those annoying messenger specific features, but it's as close as you're gonna get in regards to "meeting in the middle" for all IM networks. The skins are very sexy, webcam/filetransfers seem to work without issue. Overall it's gorgeous when you throw away the default skin.
Why not go cross platform? Trillian would be great if one was able to us it on Linux, OSX, etc. natively (I've used it under WINE without issue but that's more work than any regular user would want to go through.) The fact of the matter is that a majority of IM junkies are still not willing to throw away AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc. for Trillian on Windows, but it'd surely be a very nice solution for a Linux user. Of course most of their customers would still be under Windows, and one might argue the development costs to go cross platform would not justify the potential customers on these platforms, but seriously a nice IM solution is _so_ needed under Linux. I think the need is greater than they might realize.
What A Concept! No Print, More Money!
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To me, this looks like nothing more than a black KeyTronic keyboard that has had no letters printed on it. As far as the user configurable weighted keys go, that might be somewhat useful, but how many times will a single user want to adjust that?
I am running exactly the same hardware; a Logitech wireless optical mouse, and a Belkin Omni View SE 4-Port switch, and am also having no issues. Attached to this KVM switch is a Windows XP workstation, a Redhat 9 workstation, a Windows 2000 server, and a Redhat 7.3 server. My mouse wheel is working just fine under all of these OSes.
I personally feel this is the way to go, but what Macromedia needs to take into consideration, is that HTML support in browsers is a given, no matter WHAT you are using. The flash plugin absolutely needs to be opened up for platforms such as Solaris x86, Digital-UNIX, HP-UX, etc. Currently this is not the case, so the default fallback will always be HTML. Reality is, not everybody is in a pretty MS/IE enviroment, I hope they really push for totall flash plugin compatibility accross the board, for even legacy OS'es.
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C'mon. Most people are doing this. WHY?! Because Snow Leopard (10.6.x) is the first release of OSX that removes the PPC aspect of it. What software developer, in 2014 wishes to provide legacy support for an architecture that Apple abandoned 5+ years ago? No new Macs are being developed with PPC. Let's move with the times already.
This is my biggest issue with this sort of thing; I still have my original Nintendo Entertainment System from 1985. I am an avid fan of retro gaming. What if, in 30 years, I still have an XBox 720? Is Microsoft going to guarantee lifetime online authentication for this console? When/if the servers go offline, it's time to throw it in the trash? This is a piece of hardware that I would be paying for, and should be able to enjoy it for 50+ years, pass it down, whatever.
Errr, this is madness. What I used to love about the old April Fools /. way of doing it, is they would mix up real stories that seemed questionable, with APril Fools ones, and you always second guessed the story. This current way, errrr, why boter using the page at all? %90 of them aren't even remotely funny or believable.
So uhm, Slashdot, when is LulzSec getting it's own icon? Seems to be the top favorite for news these days.
Haha. Back in my day ...
Could be pretty interesting for 3D interactive worlds; these type of worlds have always been far more successful on the PC. Those static/boring standing/dancing animations 3d characters currently have could be a thing of the past. Interaction between avatars could be a bit more "real" with something like this. It certainly is no "Lawnmower Man" hardware however it's an interesting step for metaverses and MMORPGs. Granted, the amount of space (if based on Kinect specs) you would need for your computer station would be enormous, but I think "the computer" really could benefit from these sort of user input technology.
If you're HARDCORE you hold DOWN the SHIFT key when you need all CAPS. Kudos to Google for bringing out the hardcore typist in us all! That crappy key was nothing but problems.
Seems more like the ocular implant used by Seven of Nine. Perhaps this technology can be expanded to use a display rather than a lens so we can have Terminator style vision.
And the earth will always be flat. Magic is simply science we currently yet do not understand. ;)
Holy crap, it's coming!
Amen.
After over a decade of play, I still love the old Starcraft, and still play. It's a timeless classic. Chess players don't get bored with chess. Look forward to the new maps, new vehicles, and new graphics. I'm glad they didn't make it wildly different.
Everybody must now assume you have it. It's 2010, the "e-mail address" field is in a lot of forms you fill out on paper. I guess we've finally reached an age where it's assumed you have an internet connection in the same way it's assumed you have a phone number. Guess the thinking is, "validate your copy online, or don't play." Why bother? Someone's going to crack it. Do what you did in the past Blizzard ... allow local registration, and if duplicate keys are found on battle.net, refuse online play. This worked well in the past, and hell, I even bought a copy of Starcraft. ;)
Obviously those that chose to stand up for themselves in terms of being bullied at a young age, are different, than those that did not. This study is nonsense. There's a core difference in personalities between the two types, so it's natural for the results to be different years later in terms of social maturity. While our environment is a strong influence as far as our inner being is concerned, we are all born with a core set of personalities and social demeanor that only change moderately based on experience. All this tells is is that those that "had it in them" to stand up for themselves in their childhood, continue to "have it in them" later in life. Some people, regardless if they are harmed or not, do not have it in them to "return hostility" in childhood or adult life. All this proves is that the two personality types have continued down the road of maturity with their core emotions/personalities intact, as expected.
The opening game should be Beat Hazard if this manages to come together. :) How I've become so addicted to this Asteroids like Steam game that produces "levels" based on your individual mp3 tracks with pulsating visual feedback effects to nearly give anybody a seizure. Welcome Steam!
I seriously hope this guy doesn't get pwned like the poor Psystar people :P I can't imagine Apple appreciates anybody using their hardware openly anymore than they appreciate people using their software openly on PCs. I'll cross my fingers and see where this goes!
If I were able to play Robot Unicorn Attack on it, I'd be all over it too :P
I don't know how many users you have on your LAN, but gigabit or not, that's going to put some serious strain on your network when everybody is accessing these images at the same time. A terminal services solution seems to fill this need more so than a virualization solution.
What I like about virtualization (with Windows) is that it is not hardware specific. One can run the same image on a totally different machine, so hardware changes and standardization is is not a concern.
If you standardize your desktops (like an OptiPlex or similar) you can achieve nearly the same convienence simply by ghosting the drives and deploying desktops in 10 minutes or less, with no network strain.
I'm not yet convinced that virtualization is a "terminal server" killer; the ability to patch, maintain, and install/uninstall software on a single machine that effects all users without rolling out a new image seems to be the way to go.
I'm not very confident in a group that's set to reform our copyright/patent system when they cannot even have enough common sense to realize that a name such as "The Pirate Party" is NOT going to be taken seriously here in the U.S. This time is investment is better spent on something that has somewhat of a chance in hell.
As mature as Trillian is, it still is unable to support ALL of those annoying messenger specific features, but it's as close as you're gonna get in regards to "meeting in the middle" for all IM networks. The skins are very sexy, webcam/filetransfers seem to work without issue. Overall it's gorgeous when you throw away the default skin.
Why not go cross platform? Trillian would be great if one was able to us it on Linux, OSX, etc. natively (I've used it under WINE without issue but that's more work than any regular user would want to go through.) The fact of the matter is that a majority of IM junkies are still not willing to throw away AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc. for Trillian on Windows, but it'd surely be a very nice solution for a Linux user. Of course most of their customers would still be under Windows, and one might argue the development costs to go cross platform would not justify the potential customers on these platforms, but seriously a nice IM solution is _so_ needed under Linux. I think the need is greater than they might realize.
To me, this looks like nothing more than a black KeyTronic keyboard that has had no letters printed on it. As far as the user configurable weighted keys go, that might be somewhat useful, but how many times will a single user want to adjust that?
Enter the crackdown... :)
I am running exactly the same hardware; a Logitech wireless optical mouse, and a Belkin Omni View SE 4-Port switch, and am also having no issues. Attached to this KVM switch is a Windows XP workstation, a Redhat 9 workstation, a Windows 2000 server, and a Redhat 7.3 server. My mouse wheel is working just fine under all of these OSes.
Wow, those are some hot looking goggles; definatley need to incorporate some display technology within them. :)
I personally feel this is the way to go, but what Macromedia needs to take into consideration, is that HTML support in browsers is a given, no matter WHAT you are using. The flash plugin absolutely needs to be opened up for platforms such as Solaris x86, Digital-UNIX, HP-UX, etc. Currently this is not the case, so the default fallback will always be HTML. Reality is, not everybody is in a pretty MS/IE enviroment, I hope they really push for totall flash plugin compatibility accross the board, for even legacy OS'es.