Borland's IDEs (baring of licensing crap;-) have always been exceptional. Current opensource IDEs are decent, but they are no where near the quality.
It comes down to maturity. Borland has been making powerful IDEs for a very long time. Development for opensource IDEs however is a fairly new thing (KDEvelop is good, but it is still fairly unreliable and not as featured as I'd like).
After years of tweaking, Borland's got it down pat.
What am I going to do next time I install a Loki port of a game with my Windows copy? For example, someone who owns a copy of Unreal Tournament can use the Loki installer to use Linux binaries with datafiles from the Windows copy. Being that I am horrible when it comes to backups, where am I going to get copies of these binaries in the future?
At the end of this story, michael notes how major news sources do not correct themselves as the righteous Slashdot does.
What exactly is this, however:
"Dozens of submitters, some of them quite credulous, have written in pointing to this Reuters story about an anonymous inventor who claims to have solved the universe's energy woes. It's amazing that Reuters ran this story. It's even more amazing that news media across the country are running it too."
The first part of this statement reflect upon Reuters with neutrality. Michael says the story is about an inventor who claims. Following this, Michael makes it seem like Reuters had placed their endorsement on the story by calling their posting of it "amazing". It's not so "amazing" that even reliable news sites post stories of claims. Reading the artcile shows its not so amazing. Reuters doesn't believe the scientist. Slashdot thinks Reuters does.
Michael whines about how people attack Slashdot editors' journalistic integrity, but here's an obvious example. Reuters was not scammed. Their integrity is intact because they retained bipartisanship in regards to the story. It's not their place to judge the claim as true or false. It is however their position to report the claim. News sources must be neutral so that the public can draw their own conclusions. Of course, the editors at Slashdot don't seem to understand this. They are extremely biased, and instead of letting the readers decide for themselves by simply reporting on the fact that news sites are themselves reporting such a claim, michael has drawn the conclusion that everyone believes it.
So keep whining about how we all flame you for not having integrity of the journalistic sort. It won't change how Slashdot does its reporting.
Canadians have no say in the matter whatsoever. Just go back to your little "country" and await us to deal with the Microsoft menace before... *clenches fist...*
The point of college is to learn the things you have mentioned. Does filling out a college application or writing an entrance essay make you a good CS student? No. It just demonstrates your ability to perform a task involving some thought. Does breaking an encrypted message make you a good CS? No, of course not. But, it DOES show that you have strong skills in mathematics and analytical logic. Don't be so silly in jumping to conclusions.
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The last few months I have been doing some research into the trolling phenomenon on slashdot.org. In order to do this as thoroughly as possible, I have written both normal and troll posts, 1st posts, etc., both logged in and anonymously, and I have found these rather shocking results:
More moderator points are being used to mod posts down than up. Furthermore, when modding a post up, every moderator seems to follow previous moderators in their choices, even when it's not a particularly interesting or clever post [slashdot.org]. There are a LOT more +5 posts than +3 or +4.
Logged in people are modded down faster than anonymous cowards. Presumably these Nazi Moderators think it's more important to burn a user's existing karma, to silence that individual for the future, than to use the moderation system for what it's meant for : identifying "good" and "bad" posts (Notice how nearly all oppressive governments in the past and present do the same thing : marking individuals as bad and untrustworthy because they have conflicting opinions, instead of engaging in a public discussion about these opinions)
Once you have a karma of -4 or -5, your posts have a score of -1 by default. When this is the case, no-one bothers to mod you down anymore. This means a logged in user can keep on trolling as much as he (or she) likes, without risking a ban to post on slashdot. When trolling as an anonymous user, every post starts at score 0, and you will be modded down to -1 ON EVERY POST. When you are modded down a certain number of times in 24 hour, you cannot post anymore from your current IP for a day or so. So, for successful trolling, ALWAYS log in.
A lot of the modded down posts are actually quite clever [slashdot.org], funny [slashdot.org], etc., and they are only modded down because they are offtopic. Now, on a news site like slashdot, where the number of different topics of discussion can be counted on 1 hand, I must say I quite like the distraction these posts offer. But no, when the topic is yet another minor version change of the Linux kernel [slashdot.org], they only expect ooohs and aaahs about this great feat of engineering. Look at the moderation done in this thread [slashdot.org] to see what I mean.
Digging deep into the history of slashdot, I found this poll [slashdot.org], which clearly indicates the vast majority does NOT want the moderation we have here today. 'nuff said.
Feel free to use this information to your advantage. I thank you for your time.
They're even more funny if you watch with your language selection set to French. Try it sometime (particularly on the one with the penguin thief and the robotic trousers).
You mention how negative moderations are done more frequently than positive. Well, I certainly would like to observe that this is a bad thing. It seems that michael had to come in and shoot the notion down. Perhaps the editors realize that negative moderations are a bad idea and are too arrogant to change it? You'll notice that other news sites tend to follow the path of public, positive-only moderation. I guess that would be like giving in.
Negative moderation has got to stop. It only hurts the forums and does absolutely nothing to encourage intelligent posting. If anything, it only encourages more trolling as trolls giggle with delight when some jackass gives them a negative score.
The solution is simple. Pour hot grits down CowboyNeal's pants and record how long it took for him to hit the moon. After that, create a/. poll asking which is the best way to calculate the distance between the earth and the moon with CowoscopeNeal as one of the options. Multiply the time by the number of votes CowoscopeNeal gets, divided by the error margin and you should have your distance.
You can still see polygon outlines. Textures are still flaky at best. Lighting is still very unconvincing. I'm sorry, but games are not beginning to look "a little too real". On the contrary, they've still got a long way to go before they show even promise of looking photographic. All game engines out there currently provide essentially the same level of performance in terms of visual quality. Yes, I understand some game engines have advantages over others, but it all comes down to how they are used and the design of the game. Let me explain.
Game developers have traditionally pushed the envelope in terms of what hardware is needed to run the game. UT:2 doesn't appear to be doing that. They should not be afraid to use extremely high-res textures and let loose on the model complexity with much abandon. This may sound foolish, but also note that this is how the industry has traditionally worked. Popular and powerful software demands hardware makers to up the ante on performance. Think RAM and disk space would be as cheap as it is without Windows9x entering the fray?
Elements of the game's design also affect realism. It seems to be that on one hand, UT:2 is struggling to look extremely real, but at the same time, incorporates elements that undo any progress they made. I'm not talking about cheesy weapons or circus clown fighters. The environments - the structures and landscapes - just do not lend themselves to being believable. This is also in terms of detail, or lack thereof. There's no excess where there needs to be! Hardware will catch up. Go ahead, waste CPU cycles... people will buy a 2000THz Athlon Mustang XPXA 2015 Turbocharged.....
By having these guys stand in line, they're effectively removing themselves from society where they cannot be a danger to the rest of us.
It is extremely likely that these men will never have sex. Thus, they will be unable to procreate. However, there's no telling how frequently they've donated sperm. Luckily, I'm sure it can be tracked and destroyed.
The One Ring basically causes its wearer to cross the border between the land of the living and the land of the dead. Just the same as the living cannot see the dead, you cannot see the wearer of the One Ring. It doesn't make the wearer invisible so much as it just moves the wearer to the perspective of the dead. This is one of the reasons Sauron wants it because it does the opposite for him and allows him to enter the land of the living where his power actually means a great deal.
I think we all agree that beyond the shadow of a doubt this will drastically increase world terrorism. Super computers obviously play a huge role in organizations like al Qaeda. Terrorists will use them to carefully calculating the results of catastrophic activities as well as inform their operatives with strong, uncrackable crypto. (arf arf)
Sorry everyone, I am at the 50 karam point ceiling and even though I just scored a +5 post, I don't get any credit for it (in fact, if someone mods me down, I lose karma - how does that figure?). The ceiling is really dumb, so the only way I can fix the situation is to crap flood at +2 and hope moderators hurt me hard. That way, I can post intelligently again and earn back karma. Special thanks to the WIPO Troll for the material.
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Borland's IDEs (baring of licensing crap ;-) have always been exceptional. Current opensource IDEs are decent, but they are no where near the quality.
It comes down to maturity. Borland has been making powerful IDEs for a very long time. Development for opensource IDEs however is a fairly new thing (KDEvelop is good, but it is still fairly unreliable and not as featured as I'd like).
After years of tweaking, Borland's got it down pat.
"Escaflowne" [www.escamovie.com] is appearing... *cha-ching..!*
...that the mega anime film [www.animefu.com]... *cha-ching-cha-ching..!*
...hit Metropolis [www.spe.sony.com/cthv/metropolis] is being... *cha-ching-cha-ching-cha-ching-cha-ching..!*
What am I going to do next time I install a Loki port of a game with my Windows copy? For example, someone who owns a copy of Unreal Tournament can use the Loki installer to use Linux binaries with datafiles from the Windows copy. Being that I am horrible when it comes to backups, where am I going to get copies of these binaries in the future?
At the end of this story, michael notes how major news sources do not correct themselves as the righteous Slashdot does.
What exactly is this, however:
"Dozens of submitters, some of them quite credulous, have written in pointing to this Reuters story about an anonymous inventor who claims to have solved the universe's energy woes. It's amazing that Reuters ran this story. It's even more amazing that news media across the country are running it too."
The first part of this statement reflect upon Reuters with neutrality. Michael says the story is about an inventor who claims. Following this, Michael makes it seem like Reuters had placed their endorsement on the story by calling their posting of it "amazing". It's not so "amazing" that even reliable news sites post stories of claims. Reading the artcile shows its not so amazing. Reuters doesn't believe the scientist. Slashdot thinks Reuters does.
Michael whines about how people attack Slashdot editors' journalistic integrity, but here's an obvious example. Reuters was not scammed. Their integrity is intact because they retained bipartisanship in regards to the story. It's not their place to judge the claim as true or false. It is however their position to report the claim. News sources must be neutral so that the public can draw their own conclusions. Of course, the editors at Slashdot don't seem to understand this. They are extremely biased, and instead of letting the readers decide for themselves by simply reporting on the fact that news sites are themselves reporting such a claim, michael has drawn the conclusion that everyone believes it.
So keep whining about how we all flame you for not having integrity of the journalistic sort. It won't change how Slashdot does its reporting.
Canadians have no say in the matter whatsoever. Just go back to your little "country" and await us to deal with the Microsoft menace before... *clenches fist...*
The point of college is to learn the things you have mentioned. Does filling out a college application or writing an entrance essay make you a good CS student? No. It just demonstrates your ability to perform a task involving some thought. Does breaking an encrypted message make you a good CS? No, of course not. But, it DOES show that you have strong skills in mathematics and analytical logic. Don't be so silly in jumping to conclusions.
The last few months I have been doing some research into the trolling phenomenon on slashdot.org. In order to do this as thoroughly as possible, I have written both normal and troll posts, 1st posts, etc., both logged in and anonymously, and I have found these rather shocking results:
Feel free to use this information to your advantage. I thank you for your time.
They're even more funny if you watch with your language selection set to French. Try it sometime (particularly on the one with the penguin thief and the robotic trousers).
That way I can have my shot at it. ;)
You mention how negative moderations are done more frequently than positive. Well, I certainly would like to observe that this is a bad thing. It seems that michael had to come in and shoot the notion down. Perhaps the editors realize that negative moderations are a bad idea and are too arrogant to change it? You'll notice that other news sites tend to follow the path of public, positive-only moderation. I guess that would be like giving in.
Negative moderation has got to stop. It only hurts the forums and does absolutely nothing to encourage intelligent posting. If anything, it only encourages more trolling as trolls giggle with delight when some jackass gives them a negative score.
Change the system.
$ man 1 diff
The solution is simple. Pour hot grits down CowboyNeal's pants and record how long it took for him to hit the moon. After that, create a /. poll asking which is the best way to calculate the distance between the earth and the moon with CowoscopeNeal as one of the options. Multiply the time by the number of votes CowoscopeNeal gets, divided by the error margin and you should have your distance.
Let's go Cow Tipping. :)
You can still see polygon outlines. Textures are still flaky at best. Lighting is still very unconvincing. I'm sorry, but games are not beginning to look "a little too real". On the contrary, they've still got a long way to go before they show even promise of looking photographic. All game engines out there currently provide essentially the same level of performance in terms of visual quality. Yes, I understand some game engines have advantages over others, but it all comes down to how they are used and the design of the game. Let me explain.
Game developers have traditionally pushed the envelope in terms of what hardware is needed to run the game. UT:2 doesn't appear to be doing that. They should not be afraid to use extremely high-res textures and let loose on the model complexity with much abandon. This may sound foolish, but also note that this is how the industry has traditionally worked. Popular and powerful software demands hardware makers to up the ante on performance. Think RAM and disk space would be as cheap as it is without Windows9x entering the fray?
Elements of the game's design also affect realism. It seems to be that on one hand, UT:2 is struggling to look extremely real, but at the same time, incorporates elements that undo any progress they made. I'm not talking about cheesy weapons or circus clown fighters. The environments - the structures and landscapes - just do not lend themselves to being believable. This is also in terms of detail, or lack thereof. There's no excess where there needs to be! Hardware will catch up. Go ahead, waste CPU cycles... people will buy a 2000THz Athlon Mustang XPXA 2015 Turbocharged.....
SQeekLe?
Please note that all 5 categories will go to see Episode II, regardless of how badly they think it will suck.
exchange huge volumes of data, including the high-resolution graphics of a television screen
So, the product is already vaporware?
I think their girlfriends will keep the site up to date for them.
Here's a summary of the basic categories expected to appear in this story's discussion:
1. "This/these guy(s) will never get laid! Dork(s)! huhuhuh. No kids for this/these guy(s)."
2. "Phantom Menace sucked! Why would anyone bother with another George Lucas thing."
3. "Back in my day, Episodes 4,5,&6 were really decent...(blahblah)... Now we've got N'Sync in SW."
4. "Check out these hot Natalie Portman sex shots!"
5. "Here's a post summary for this story..."
Did I miss any?
By having these guys stand in line, they're effectively removing themselves from society where they cannot be a danger to the rest of us.
It is extremely likely that these men will never have sex. Thus, they will be unable to procreate. However, there's no telling how frequently they've donated sperm. Luckily, I'm sure it can be tracked and destroyed.
Episode II? I waited in line a whole month for this? What the hell!
The One Ring basically causes its wearer to cross the border between the land of the living and the land of the dead. Just the same as the living cannot see the dead, you cannot see the wearer of the One Ring. It doesn't make the wearer invisible so much as it just moves the wearer to the perspective of the dead. This is one of the reasons Sauron wants it because it does the opposite for him and allows him to enter the land of the living where his power actually means a great deal.
I think we all agree that beyond the shadow of a doubt this will drastically increase world terrorism. Super computers obviously play a huge role in organizations like al Qaeda. Terrorists will use them to carefully calculating the results of catastrophic activities as well as inform their operatives with strong, uncrackable crypto. (arf arf)
go suck your daddy's cock you white trash penal popper.
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