Ok, definitely dating myself on this one.. Dungeon Master on the Atari ST (at least where I played it) was one of those first pseudo-first person games. The first time I heard the zombie skeleton's (or whatever they were) off to the side, it really creeped me out.
To me, the visuals don't really cause it nearly as much as when the audio effects are very well done. Then it works on those fears in the subconscience....
Only at the end. What made Ender a really successful tactician was his ability to think wwwaaaayyyyyyy outside the norm (for them at the time) for strategy. He displayed it right away when he was heading to the station and automatically re-oriented himself when gravity went away. In the zero-g battle room, he was so successful because he threw everyone off by being so innovative.
In the end, xenocide was a result of his actions, but not his intentions. That's what the rest of the books were about!
Since when is something new and inventive the smallest and lightest possible on the outset? You always get it running first, then after you have the problem beat, then you attack the efficiency issues after the fact.
That's not to say the "design/weight bonus" is a bad idea. Make it big enough and it might make a bigger variable in the design.
Is this really a big deal for people? On both my machines i have at least two slots completely empty. On one that's after the audio card, USB2, and DVD decoder card (old DVD drive). Anyone doing a fair amount of gaming isn't going to be using a micro board with one slot.
So what's the problem again in switching to OpenOffice? It's basically the same thing
When you are supporting business users in a large environment (~20K desktops), "basically the same" isn't the same as "identical". And anything other than "identical" costs money.
If you switch, there's a cost of switching. For starters, the cost includes educating all the users. Not how to click a menu; of course they can do that. But how do they get their work done? They get used to the tools they are given. Now, you give them OpenOffice. I agree, it's a very good alternative to M$ Office. But it's different and there are simply things it cannot do that M$ Office can do. Even if it can, it does them differently. Now the users have to take their hundreds of spreadsheets that are interlinked and re-link them, if it's possible in the same way. Now their business applications written in VBA don't work. Now the third party business applications don't run on their workstations, let alone work with their spreadsheets. Now the IIS servers hosting internal applications have to be re-written to accommodate a different authentication method (from NTLM). And so on.
Don't get me wrong, I think Linux has potential for the business desktop, and it is getting there. (As long as the companies providing distributions can hang in there) What I always have to remind people is it's not always about what is technically feasible, it's about what is usable. And usability comes in many different forms.
Anyone that works in 'big' business knows a few facts that contest your suppositions..
Generally speaking, the office productivity suite that most businesses use (M$ Office) has changed in features over time, but a typical user proceeds through versions without much training. The interface remains largely the same.
Many businesses (like the one I work for) are not technology companies and do not upgrade applications as soon as the companies (like M$) release them. For one, they usually need a patch or two to be ready for use, and secondly, we don't have the time and money to upgrade applications continuously. Therefore, a lot of our users are still using Office 97. We are in the midst of planning an upgrade to Office XP, but that will take at least a year and half to achieve. Again, we are not a technology company, we are a business making business decisions.
*Plus* most users don't know a lick about Linux, and quite frankly, don't have the inclination to go through the 'hassle' of learning how it works and how to install the various packages required for a given application.
Bring on the flame, but Linux still isn't ready for prime-user use. It just isn't and it's gonna take a very long time before it gets to the point that companies are going to be ready to adopt it.
For students not headed for a technical degree (which is the vast majority), give 'em real-world application training with a smidgen of understanding of how it works. They'll forget the latter part anyway.
Why in the world would they put the same freaking keyboard that's in the smallest model in the big 17" mamoo? You've got all this real estate and could put in a decent sized and spaced keyboard. I mean I understand the cost savings of using the same parts, but it's so rediculous in that huge area.
Lighted keys would definitely be more useful, Research in Motion realized that when they brought out the new Blackberries
The Tablet PC's handwriting recognition is quite good and can recognize both my print and my cursive). What's better is you can leave your notes in digital ink format and the program converts and indexes the text in the background. Then when you need to find something, you do a search, and it will bring up the page(s) of your handwritten notes that match your search criteria. That is one of the powerful things about the Tablet. If I'm not mistaken, there is no Linux application that can do that. For now, at least.
For all the M$ bashing that goes on here at/. it's amazing how many of the good Linux applications (that are touted here on/.) look just like their M$ counterparts.
What? Really think people are going to go out and buy more Xboxes just to hack them and play Divx CD-Rs? Why not just go buy an inexpensive DVD player that plays SVCDs? A lot cheaper.
Of course you're assuming that it's going to be $50/year after the first year. I wouldn't bet on that. M$ has always had a great strategy of luring customers by lowballing (compared to alternatives) the initial costs, while hiking it after the hook has nicely settled. SQL Server and Windows Server both come to mind to that point. Shelling out $50 for the first year and the headset hardware is easy for players to justify, but you can bet on a monthly rate of ~$10-$13/year after 12 month honeymoon is up.
It's very simple answer. If they can get away with providing your ISP services AND sell your usage statistics to companies who want to spam.. I mean sell you something, they end up with two lucrative revenue streams.
Only if they can get away with it without someone squealing, of course.
At least they made the episodes they did! Theses types of alterative Comics/Cartoons/Comedy is rarely fully appreciated by the mass audience that most marketing firms are after. I think we were fortunate that it got produced at all.. Ah, lost opportunities..
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Hey you insignificant... i mean insensitive nerd, some of us normal-rumped 35 year olds like to buy Pringles and t-shirts too!
MythTV directions link to a grabber a guy has written for pulling DirecTV listings.
Then you have to hook up your receiver to the pc via serial to get MythTV to switch the receiver channel for you.
Ok, definitely dating myself on this one.. Dungeon Master on the Atari ST (at least where I played it) was one of those first pseudo-first person games. The first time I heard the zombie skeleton's (or whatever they were) off to the side, it really creeped me out.
To me, the visuals don't really cause it nearly as much as when the audio effects are very well done. Then it works on those fears in the subconscience....
Only at the end. What made Ender a really successful tactician was his ability to think wwwaaaayyyyyyy outside the norm (for them at the time) for strategy. He displayed it right away when he was heading to the station and automatically re-oriented himself when gravity went away. In the zero-g battle room, he was so successful because he threw everyone off by being so innovative.
In the end, xenocide was a result of his actions, but not his intentions. That's what the rest of the books were about!
Ok, now I'm really scared... Modded as Insightful!?! Come on, that was a joke! (Right?)
Since when is something new and inventive the smallest and lightest possible on the outset? You always get it running first, then after you have the problem beat, then you attack the efficiency issues after the fact. That's not to say the "design/weight bonus" is a bad idea. Make it big enough and it might make a bigger variable in the design.
Ain't that the truth. My trombone just didn't cut it as a defensive weapon! :0)
Maybe, but I coulda used a tank in 7th grade!
If there's anything the Internet has taught me. is that Mr. George Hull (not P.T. Barnum) was right.
Is there really that much 'good stuff' on tv to watch, let alone save?
Is this really a big deal for people? On both my machines i have at least two slots completely empty. On one that's after the audio card, USB2, and DVD decoder card (old DVD drive). Anyone doing a fair amount of gaming isn't going to be using a micro board with one slot.
So what's the problem again in switching to OpenOffice? It's basically the same thing
When you are supporting business users in a large environment (~20K desktops), "basically the same" isn't the same as "identical". And anything other than "identical" costs money.
If you switch, there's a cost of switching. For starters, the cost includes educating all the users. Not how to click a menu; of course they can do that. But how do they get their work done? They get used to the tools they are given. Now, you give them OpenOffice. I agree, it's a very good alternative to M$ Office. But it's different and there are simply things it cannot do that M$ Office can do. Even if it can, it does them differently. Now the users have to take their hundreds of spreadsheets that are interlinked and re-link them, if it's possible in the same way. Now their business applications written in VBA don't work. Now the third party business applications don't run on their workstations, let alone work with their spreadsheets. Now the IIS servers hosting internal applications have to be re-written to accommodate a different authentication method (from NTLM). And so on.
Don't get me wrong, I think Linux has potential for the business desktop, and it is getting there. (As long as the companies providing distributions can hang in there) What I always have to remind people is it's not always about what is technically feasible, it's about what is usable. And usability comes in many different forms.
Anyone that works in 'big' business knows a few facts that contest your suppositions..
Generally speaking, the office productivity suite that most businesses use (M$ Office) has changed in features over time, but a typical user proceeds through versions without much training. The interface remains largely the same.
Many businesses (like the one I work for) are not technology companies and do not upgrade applications as soon as the companies (like M$) release them. For one, they usually need a patch or two to be ready for use, and secondly, we don't have the time and money to upgrade applications continuously. Therefore, a lot of our users are still using Office 97. We are in the midst of planning an upgrade to Office XP, but that will take at least a year and half to achieve. Again, we are not a technology company, we are a business making business decisions.
*Plus* most users don't know a lick about Linux, and quite frankly, don't have the inclination to go through the 'hassle' of learning how it works and how to install the various packages required for a given application.
Bring on the flame, but Linux still isn't ready for prime-user use. It just isn't and it's gonna take a very long time before it gets to the point that companies are going to be ready to adopt it.
For students not headed for a technical degree (which is the vast majority), give 'em real-world application training with a smidgen of understanding of how it works. They'll forget the latter part anyway.
Note: There will be a need to purchase a hardware add-on for video input since the Xbox gaming console does not currently have video inputs etc.
Where is one supposed to get this add-on?
And where is it going to go inside?
Why in the world would they put the same freaking keyboard that's in the smallest model in the big 17" mamoo? You've got all this real estate and could put in a decent sized and spaced keyboard. I mean I understand the cost savings of using the same parts, but it's so rediculous in that huge area. Lighted keys would definitely be more useful, Research in Motion realized that when they brought out the new Blackberries
Any reason we have to have two stories of very nearly the same subject on the same page (at least by the way mine comes up). Slow Sunday?
Mod me down if you will, but...
/. it's amazing how many of the good Linux applications (that are touted here on /.) look just like their M$ counterparts.
The Tablet PC's handwriting recognition is quite good and can recognize both my print and my cursive). What's better is you can leave your notes in digital ink format and the program converts and indexes the text in the background. Then when you need to find something, you do a search, and it will bring up the page(s) of your handwritten notes that match your search criteria. That is one of the powerful things about the Tablet. If I'm not mistaken, there is no Linux application that can do that. For now, at least.
For all the M$ bashing that goes on here at
"In the real world, people cheat. Often."
And that's what computer/console games are ALL about, reality. Yah right, why do you think people play these games? Escapism.
So.. do you ask for the source code for every Point Of Sale you use as well? Every phone order, every Internet order? Your car's computer microcode?
That's why it's going digital....
Remember M$ FrontPage's EULA that states that you can't use FrontPage to make websites that disparage M$?
I bet this is aimed at [trying in vain] to prevent linking from websites who are attacking, not promoting them.
That's the only thing that even comes close to making sense...
Of course you're assuming that it's going to be $50/year after the first year. I wouldn't bet on that. M$ has always had a great strategy of luring customers by lowballing (compared to alternatives) the initial costs, while hiking it after the hook has nicely settled. SQL Server and Windows Server both come to mind to that point. Shelling out $50 for the first year and the headset hardware is easy for players to justify, but you can bet on a monthly rate of ~$10-$13/year after 12 month honeymoon is up.
It's very simple answer. If they can get away with providing your ISP services AND sell your usage statistics to companies who want to spam.. I mean sell you something, they end up with two lucrative revenue streams.
Only if they can get away with it without someone squealing, of course.
At least they made the episodes they did! Theses types of alterative Comics/Cartoons/Comedy is rarely fully appreciated by the mass audience that most marketing firms are after. I think we were fortunate that it got produced at all.. Ah, lost opportunities..