Took me about 3 weeks to beat it (no cheats). Once you're out of the first city, you're basically 80% finished with the game (although flight school was almost enough to make me quit). It's really too bad...such a big world and you really only get to know the first 25% with any intimacy.
Purely anecdotal, but a guy at work is on his 4th 360 (well, he's sent a 360 to MS 3 times, I don't know if they replace it each time or if they tried to repair it and send it back). It still doesn't work properly (freezes randomly every so often), but it works well enough that he's not going to do anything about it unless it gets worse.
I've got another friend who got a 360 when it first came out. He hasn't had any problems (at least none that he's admitted to).
Sure, we're secure, but without users, does it really matter?
Linux has value to me right now.
Adding users would probably mean that Linux would be treated more fairly by content producers, but if the only way to get additional users is to sacrifice the very things that make Linux valuable to me right now, then it's not worth it.
That said, I see no harm in this. Let's see how it plays out.
If you were to look into it, I think you would find that one of the reasons that Linux has more driver support is because Linux is willing to accept specs under non-disclosure agreements. OBSD developers are not will to do the same since it makes maintenance impossible for anyone who hasn't signed the NDA.
I'm mostly a Linux user, but I don't buy hardware unless it's supported by OBSD for exactly this reason.
Looks like it's time for another donation to OBSD.
I haven't played with it long enough to really know for usre, but I actually think I like the BSD version of less better than the Linux version. It's easier to grok.
If that kind of lossage bothers you, use a file system that can pack multiple file tails into the same block (reiserfs for sure, ext4 will too, I think). If you've got lots of small files, the impact can be surprising (my portage tree shrunk by about 100MB just by moving it from ext3 to reiserfs!). I've never noticed a difference anywhere else, however.
Python is what Java should have been. In some ways, C# is an improvement over Java, but not enough of an improvement to keep me from saying "Python is what C# should have been".
That window is drawn by the OS, not the installer. If a malicious programmer is in a position to change the functions of the buttons, they already own your machine.
That's what the ctrl-alt-del combo is supposed to foil. A uncontentious user would remain safe by observing this, but the typical user wouldn't care (assuming they even noticed).
Those of us who already use Linux but like to avoid the headache of researching laptop hardware compatibility will find Dell laptops preloaded with Linux to be very tempting...even if the first thing we do is wipe Ubuntu off and load it with our favorite distro (after verifying the hardware works as advertised, of course).
I see this as a way of saving my own time and of rewarding Linux-friendly hardware manufacturers with my business.
The SCO lawsuit might have been good for MS in the short term, but I think that Linux is far stronger now than it would have been without the lawsuit.
For example, do you think that mainstream media would be writing articles comparing Vista to Ubuntu on the desktop if the SCO lawsuit hadn't placed Linux so clearly on their radar?
I think that everybody can benefit from at least a basic understanding of statistics, both how to generate them and how to interpret them.
Understanding the ideas presented in the book How to Lie with Statistics is the bare minimum that someone should know about statistics to be able to defend themselves. A more comprehensive but just as accessible reference would be The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. Those 2 books are certainly enough to protect you against most bad/deceptive statistics, but they can't compete with a good college statistics course.
I wish I could make them mandatory reading for anyone I'm forced to have business meetings with. There's nothing more frustrating that listening to someone spout metrics that they don't understand. My head nearly explodes every time I hear someone use an average to justify something without also knowing the standard deviation and error associated with that average (or even how the average was generated!). It's almost as if these people think that such a number has meaning without context.
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To bad 1984 isn't required reading for civil servants.
Either extreme is unsustainable. There has to be a sweet spot in the middle somewhere.
When the redundancy is obvious, the processes should be refactored.
You're on a desert island. Don't use batteries, use pumped storage or wave generation.
Took me about 3 weeks to beat it (no cheats). Once you're out of the first city, you're basically 80% finished with the game (although flight school was almost enough to make me quit). It's really too bad...such a big world and you really only get to know the first 25% with any intimacy.
Purely anecdotal, but a guy at work is on his 4th 360 (well, he's sent a 360 to MS 3 times, I don't know if they replace it each time or if they tried to repair it and send it back). It still doesn't work properly (freezes randomly every so often), but it works well enough that he's not going to do anything about it unless it gets worse.
I've got another friend who got a 360 when it first came out. He hasn't had any problems (at least none that he's admitted to).
Just thought I'd share that.
Sure, we're secure, but without users, does it really matter?
Linux has value to me right now.
Adding users would probably mean that Linux would be treated more fairly by content producers, but if the only way to get additional users is to sacrifice the very things that make Linux valuable to me right now, then it's not worth it.
That said, I see no harm in this. Let's see how it plays out.
Manufacturers have long since figured out that most consumers don't pay attention.
If you were to look into it, I think you would find that one of the reasons that Linux has more driver support is because Linux is willing to accept specs under non-disclosure agreements. OBSD developers are not will to do the same since it makes maintenance impossible for anyone who hasn't signed the NDA.
I'm mostly a Linux user, but I don't buy hardware unless it's supported by OBSD for exactly this reason.
Looks like it's time for another donation to OBSD.
export PAGER=your_pager_of_choice
There, that wasn't hard.
I haven't played with it long enough to really know for usre, but I actually think I like the BSD version of less better than the Linux version. It's easier to grok.
Would you trust a criminal to keep his word?
Even if you do, would you trust other criminals not to extort you once it's known that you have a history of caving to such threats?
If that kind of lossage bothers you, use a file system that can pack multiple file tails into the same block (reiserfs for sure, ext4 will too, I think). If you've got lots of small files, the impact can be surprising (my portage tree shrunk by about 100MB just by moving it from ext3 to reiserfs!). I've never noticed a difference anywhere else, however.
Python is what Java should have been.
In some ways, C# is an improvement over Java, but not enough of an improvement to keep me from saying
"Python is what C# should have been".
That window is drawn by the OS, not the installer. If a malicious programmer is in a position to change the functions of the buttons, they already own your machine.
That's what the ctrl-alt-del combo is supposed to foil. A uncontentious user would remain safe by observing this, but the typical user wouldn't care (assuming they even noticed).
Every road warrior I've talked with recently is planning on getting an iPhone.
Do they care that it's $500? No. And why should they? They're going to expense it anyway.
Time will tell exactly how big the market for the iPhone is, but if I had to guess,
I'd say the Apple will do very well.
I agree, but I'd like to point out that businesses often have more to gain from switching to Linux on the desktop than consumers do.
Those of us who already use Linux but like to avoid the headache of researching laptop hardware compatibility will find Dell laptops preloaded with Linux to be very tempting...even if the first thing we do is wipe Ubuntu off and load it with our favorite distro (after verifying the hardware works as advertised, of course).
I see this as a way of saving my own time and of rewarding Linux-friendly hardware manufacturers with my business.
The SCO lawsuit might have been good for MS in the short term, but I think that Linux is far stronger now than it would have been without the lawsuit.
For example, do you think that mainstream media would be writing articles comparing Vista to Ubuntu on the desktop if the SCO lawsuit hadn't placed Linux so clearly on their radar?
And they would never sell another DVD again.
The 2600n doesn't support PostScript. Get the 2605 if that matters to you (Linux and Mac users!!!).
In my opinion, network printers that don't support PostScript are evil.
If you're not printing color, you're a fool for not getting a laser printer.
Hell, even color laser printers are affordable now (though AFAIK they don't do photo printing).
Man, that's the scariest slashdot post I've ever read. Largely because it makes so much sense.
My wife prefers diamonds.
I think that everybody can benefit from at least a basic understanding of statistics, both how to generate them and how to interpret them.
Understanding the ideas presented in the book How to Lie with Statistics is the bare minimum that someone should know about statistics to be able to defend themselves. A more comprehensive but just as accessible reference would be The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. Those 2 books are certainly enough to protect you against most bad/deceptive statistics, but they can't compete with a good college statistics course.
I wish I could make them mandatory reading for anyone I'm forced to have business meetings with. There's nothing more frustrating that listening to someone spout metrics that they don't understand. My head nearly explodes every time I hear someone use an average to justify something without also knowing the standard deviation and error associated with that average (or even how the average was generated!). It's almost as if these people think that such a number has meaning without context.
It's possible that the Wii's lack of processing power makes it unsuitable for these games.
As developers learn to take advantage of the 360 and the PS3(!), expect this to happen more and more often.