First off, I did *not* RTFA. This is just how I would approach the issue if I were Microsoft.
I think they should start making Linux applications, providing Linux support, even making thier own distribution or at least a "Windows for Linux" desktop.
Remember when Netscape was the dominant browser and I.E. first came out?. It took a while but eventually I.E. became dominant. They just have a huge financial pool to draw upon. Makes them well suited to corporate "siege warfare".
You want to migrate to Linux, let us make it easy for you. Here is MS Office ported to Linux so you know your old docs will not only work, but be supported by us as well. Worried about migration? No problem, use the Windows for Linux desktop environment.
With their resources, they can shred Linux from the inside and slowly undermine the GPL.....at least that's the strategy I would employ.
* In my experience, joystick/joybutton mouse is almost as bad as a touch pad for doing CAD.
* In practice, my hands are not constantly on the keyboard. I'm referring to documentation, looking things up, drinking my coffee, etc. This looks like I'd have to carefully put it back in its stand everytime or else wind up hitting unwanted keys.
It's a good try, but I don't think it suits my needs. Keep trying though, I still want something I can use on an airplane.
they gained the ability to simultaneously carry a pistol, shotgun, machine gun, chain-gun, rocket launcher, a BFG, and all necessary power cells and ammo AND instantaneously switch between them.
I think later in the game there is an NPC the offers to trade you a shotgun with a flashlight duct-taped to it for your entire arsenal up to that point.
It's a game.. GIVE THE DUCT TAPE THREAD A REST!!!!!
(just kidding of course, but I had to throw in my 2 cents on JC's behalf)
It does seem that lately Linux is getting more and more support from some pretty large/well known companies. I kinda wonder if this was not, at least to some extent, driven by the whole SCO flap. It sorta gave everyone a common enemy and a common cause.
Perhaps I have a penchant for the ironic, but wouldn't it be something if SCO turned out to be instrumental in bringing Linux to the mainstream?
I don't write games though, I've written software for assisting me as a structural engineer. However, my main motivation for writing it is generally to educate myself on some of the underlying theories and techniques. I figure that, computers are rock-stupid. Therefore, if you can explain it to a computer, you must have a pretty good understanding of it yourself. I've got more than a few half-written projects that I stopped as soon as I grasped the underlying concepts I was seeking to understand.
While I've never released any of these projects, I suspect that this may be a similar situation with some of the game designers. I.e., the game is mearly a means to an end. If the true goal of the game is accomplished before the game is finished, there is less motivation to finish the game.
Would it kill battery consumption to have it output to virtual display goggles? What would really make this attractive to me is if I could take it on an airplane, plug in a trackball and virtual display goggles and work on things like AutoCAD drawings or Word documents on a full sized virtual screen without taking up the entire tray table or trying to get the screen/lid to unfold and not bump into the seat ahead of me.
The aircraft John Denver was flying was too fast and had too high a stall speed if I recall correctly. It also had a retractable nose gear which would also make it unqualified as a light-sport, but I'd need to check the most current regs on that.
...the eventual build-up of static electricity caused them to helplessly cling to one of them until they could be rescued by noticably giggling members of the NY fire department.
Right now, I'm looking at building a new computer and taking my existing one and making it into a computer for the kids. My children are very young so I'm kinda waiting for KDE to do some more work on this "Kiosk" mode. It would be great if Transgaming's software would support thier windows games "Finding Nemo", "Freddy the Fish", "Blues Clues", "Hot Wheels", etc. My son also likes TuxKart, TuxRacer, Frozen Bubble, Tux Pinball, and Pingus. He's kinda into penguins nowadays....I'm sure that's just a coincidence;)
Anyway, a KDE-Based Linux box with the ability to run thier Windows games as well would be an ideal solution for me.
X-gamings site seems to be more fluff than substance. Having a hard time determining what games they support. I've got a couple of little ones and, if I can get games like "Freddy the Fish", "Reader Rabbit", "Blues Clues", that would make it worth looking into for me.
However, I'm also looking at Crossover Office (or the SuSe "Wine Rack") for office compatability. Can I install both this and Transgaming's software or will they stomp on each other?
I suspect most will buy it and rip thier own copy. I'm planning on getting a DVD burner anyways because I've got two small kids. DVD's don't last long around kids. The "Spin Doctor" polisher helps a lot, but only to an extent.
From now on, I'll just keep the master copy stored away safe and only give them copies to play.
I have Mozilla, it has a Bayes SPAM filter. Lately, it's been getting fooled more and more. The messages that make it through have one or more of the following features:
1) Several intentionally mis-spelled words
2) Lots of text in white (so it's invisible or nearly invisible)
3) Message in.GIF form only - no plain text.
Could you add filters that look for, say, more than 10% of the words mis-spelled, text font nearly equal to background color, or no actual text in message? These would take effect in addition to the existing Bayes filter.
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First off, I did *not* RTFA. This is just how I would approach the issue if I were Microsoft.
....at least that's the strategy I would employ.
I think they should start making Linux applications, providing Linux support, even making thier own distribution or at least a "Windows for Linux" desktop.
Remember when Netscape was the dominant browser and I.E. first came out?. It took a while but eventually I.E. became dominant. They just have a huge financial pool to draw upon. Makes them well suited to corporate "siege warfare".
You want to migrate to Linux, let us make it easy for you. Here is MS Office ported to Linux so you know your old docs will not only work, but be supported by us as well. Worried about migration? No problem, use the Windows for Linux desktop environment.
With their resources, they can shred Linux from the inside and slowly undermine the GPL.
* In my experience, joystick/joybutton mouse is almost as bad as a touch pad for doing CAD.
* In practice, my hands are not constantly on the keyboard. I'm referring to documentation, looking things up, drinking my coffee, etc. This looks like I'd have to carefully put it back in its stand everytime or else wind up hitting unwanted keys.
It's a good try, but I don't think it suits my needs. Keep trying though, I still want something I can use on an airplane.
Decent question, seeing that he is "god-like"...then again, the whole thing is getting Unreal.... ;)
they gained the ability to simultaneously carry a pistol, shotgun, machine gun, chain-gun, rocket launcher, a BFG, and all necessary power cells and ammo AND instantaneously switch between them.
.. GIVE THE DUCT TAPE THREAD A REST!!!!!
I think later in the game there is an NPC the offers to trade you a shotgun with a flashlight duct-taped to it for your entire arsenal up to that point.
It's a game
(just kidding of course, but I had to throw in my 2 cents on JC's behalf)
I think they are thinking about their bottom line. I believe IBM stands to benefit from Linux becoming more mainstream.
It does seem that lately Linux is getting more and more support from some pretty large/well known companies. I kinda wonder if this was not, at least to some extent, driven by the whole SCO flap. It sorta gave everyone a common enemy and a common cause.
Perhaps I have a penchant for the ironic, but wouldn't it be something if SCO turned out to be instrumental in bringing Linux to the mainstream?
I don't write games though, I've written software for assisting me as a structural engineer. However, my main motivation for writing it is generally to educate myself on some of the underlying theories and techniques. I figure that, computers are rock-stupid. Therefore, if you can explain it to a computer, you must have a pretty good understanding of it yourself. I've got more than a few half-written projects that I stopped as soon as I grasped the underlying concepts I was seeking to understand.
While I've never released any of these projects, I suspect that this may be a similar situation with some of the game designers. I.e., the game is mearly a means to an end. If the true goal of the game is accomplished before the game is finished, there is less motivation to finish the game.
Would it kill battery consumption to have it output to virtual display goggles? What would really make this attractive to me is if I could take it on an airplane, plug in a trackball and virtual display goggles and work on things like AutoCAD drawings or Word documents on a full sized virtual screen without taking up the entire tray table or trying to get the screen/lid to unfold and not bump into the seat ahead of me.
How hard would it be to make something like that?
"It made my hair stand on end!!!!"
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I know...back to work.....
weather phenomena known as "Cumulus Granite"
The aircraft John Denver was flying was too fast and had too high a stall speed if I recall correctly. It also had a retractable nose gear which would also make it unqualified as a light-sport, but I'd need to check the most current regs on that.
http://www.zenithair.com/
There are others. In fact, expect a lot of kit plane manufacturer's to target this specification.
I think the SeaRay Amphibian might qualify as well, but I don't have the website offhand so I'm not sure. [just have to google I guess]
...the eventual build-up of static electricity caused them to helplessly cling to one of them until they could be rescued by noticably giggling members of the NY fire department.
Also used Opera for a while. I really liked Opera, but it did have problems with javascript. Interesting to see that they are still working on that.
As for Firefox, I still like plain old Mozilla better but looking forward to version 1.0.
For me, as things stand right now. I like Mozilla the best with Konqueror coming in second.
Able to salvage parts from the Beagle wreckage then? :)
:)
The audio/video feeds of SCO's copyright infringement lawsuits to be highly entertaining. ;)
thanks
Right now, I'm looking at building a new computer and taking my existing one and making it into a computer for the kids. My children are very young so I'm kinda waiting for KDE to do some more work on this "Kiosk" mode. It would be great if Transgaming's software would support thier windows games "Finding Nemo", "Freddy the Fish", "Blues Clues", "Hot Wheels", etc. My son also likes TuxKart, TuxRacer, Frozen Bubble, Tux Pinball, and Pingus. He's kinda into penguins nowadays....I'm sure that's just a coincidence ;)
Anyway, a KDE-Based Linux box with the ability to run thier Windows games as well would be an ideal solution for me.
X-gamings site seems to be more fluff than substance. Having a hard time determining what games they support. I've got a couple of little ones and, if I can get games like "Freddy the Fish", "Reader Rabbit", "Blues Clues", that would make it worth looking into for me.
However, I'm also looking at Crossover Office (or the SuSe "Wine Rack") for office compatability. Can I install both this and Transgaming's software or will they stomp on each other?
Thanks,
I suspect most will buy it and rip thier own copy. I'm planning on getting a DVD burner anyways because I've got two small kids. DVD's don't last long around kids. The "Spin Doctor" polisher helps a lot, but only to an extent.
From now on, I'll just keep the master copy stored away safe and only give them copies to play.
Joe
You can jam it into the hole that air is leaking out of :)
I have Mozilla, it has a Bayes SPAM filter. Lately, it's been getting fooled more and more. The messages that make it through have one or more of the following features:
.GIF form only - no plain text.
1) Several intentionally mis-spelled words
2) Lots of text in white (so it's invisible or nearly invisible)
3) Message in
Could you add filters that look for, say, more than 10% of the words mis-spelled, text font nearly equal to background color, or no actual text in message? These would take effect in addition to the existing Bayes filter.
Yes but, apparantly, something was worked out via bikeleague.org [http://www.bikeleague.org/index.cfm]
when is it going to be ported to xscreensaver?