True that, I'm thoroughly enjoying Jade Empire and sincerely hope Mass Effect is not an Xbox only title forever. But Jade Empire took pretty much a full 2 years to get to the PC. (KOTOR was only 6 months or so IIRC.) At that rate Mass Effect will probably be something like 3 years.:p
Let me just say: Thank Fuck for that. Though, I dunno if it matters too much. After the pleasure of NWN1 on Linux and Mac, they seem pretty focused on windows only stuff now. And indeed the title they're plugging the most at the moment is an XBox only affair.:-/
[quote]NASA has had less serious problems with fuel tank foam as well. In 1995, a shuttle on the launch pad had to be returned to its hangar for repairs after woodpeckers punched about a dozen small holes in the tank's insulation.[/quote]
That got a bit of a chuckle; It's in the article linked from TFA.
Ah thanks! Anybody see any details of when the petition was created? I'm wondering how long it took to get those signatures. Ff you view all petitions and sort by start date.. despite not really showing any start date... this one is still very close to the bottom. So I think it's been going for quite a while. Perhaps partly killed by apathy. *sigh*
Perhaps that's what Joel is counting on... Seems like Acunetix is screwed either way. Still, it's probably what they deserve for making the claims in the first place.;) I had to laugh at this:
"Without sounding apocalyptic, I believe the 70% figure should send tremors not just ripples in the market," says Kevin Vella, vice president of sales and operations, sounding apocalyptic in a press release.
* The first link explains why Apple ported OS X (obvious IMO) * The second link explains why motorola moved to Linux (again obvious IMO) * The third link is some thoughts from Symbian Developers.
So... if I want to find out why it's "The Platform Nokia Secretly Hates" which bloody link should I read? Bleh, bugger it, I think I'll just read none of them and complain about it instead. That's what/. is all about right? =)
(Seriously though... the only bit of the summary that doesn't link to anything is the "Nokia Hate" bit so wtf man?)
I'm using rockbox on a 4G ipod and love it. I consider the display and UI to be far superior. The one thing that lets it down though is battery life; I've tried tweaking the settings to improve it, but still get dismal usage from the batteries. I would say it's less than 30% of the play time I got with the apple firmware.
Part of the reason I ask is I notice the MSDN site has a whole lot of new features, but I've found most of it to be horribly slow and clunky in firefox. I'm interested in whether it is using this, and whether there are other examples to look at within Microsoft?
Some of the "showcases" look decent, but most of them just seem like toy sites...
[blockquote]Which is a great suggestion if your goal is to improve gaming on Linux.
It's not so great a suggestion if your goal is to play games.[/blockquote]
Why do you seem to think these 2 things are mutually exclusive? My goal is to play games... on linux. Without having to reboot every time I want to and paying the microsoft tax just so I can (as well as paying the games companies... ) Long term, improving gaming on linux will help my primary goal of playing games...
that seems a fairly counter-productive suggestion. Better not to buy windows and just buy the games that actually support linux out of the box. That's the only way to improve gaming on linux - get the games publishers to actually support linux from the start. Doom3, quake4, neverwinter nights... There are a few already.
*sigh* Now I just wish I could take my own advice.
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You wouldn't happen to be Welsh would you....? :p
And perhaps another field detailing how many people surrendered to them?
Yet the article and blurb seem to imply that it's a new thing.
Also, here's the info on the Folding@Home website:
http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-PS3.html
True that, I'm thoroughly enjoying Jade Empire and sincerely hope Mass Effect is not an Xbox only title forever. But Jade Empire took pretty much a full 2 years to get to the PC. (KOTOR was only 6 months or so IIRC.) At that rate Mass Effect will probably be something like 3 years. :p
Let me just say: Thank Fuck for that. Though, I dunno if it matters too much. After the pleasure of NWN1 on Linux and Mac, they seem pretty focused on windows only stuff now. And indeed the title they're plugging the most at the moment is an XBox only affair. :-/
...and this has long been one of the reasons I love to see Microsoft trying to crack down software piracy.
:)
The more they tighten their grip, the more star^H^H^H^H people will slip through their fingers.
Seems quite irrational to me.
...and why wasn't emacs mentioned you bastards! :p
PS: presumably it should be "Vista"...?
http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/ It gives similar information. Of course anything like this should be taken with a large grain of salt.
Is it sad that I actually went carefully back through the article to see how much "Big Roy's Heating and Plumbing" had actually contributed.....? :-/
[quote]NASA has had less serious problems with fuel tank foam as well. In 1995, a shuttle on the launch pad had to be returned to its hangar for repairs after woodpeckers punched about a dozen small holes in the tank's insulation.[/quote]
That got a bit of a chuckle; It's in the article linked from TFA.
Spotted on Askville, from Eric:
Q - What are the main weaknesses of a Gazebo?
Ah thanks! Anybody see any details of when the petition was created? I'm wondering how long it took to get those signatures. Ff you view all petitions and sort by start date.. despite not really showing any start date... this one is still very close to the bottom. So I think it's been going for quite a while. Perhaps partly killed by apathy. *sigh*
I hadn't heard of it, so I just had to look for it: Here's a link to the aforementioned "conducting game" demo by Miyamoto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwzmnAOf1C8
kinda cool.
Check again - they seem to have removed the requirement to receive the text message...
Here's all the info you need on Scientology
The summary seems to imply that:
/. is all about right? =)
* The first link explains why Apple ported OS X (obvious IMO)
* The second link explains why motorola moved to Linux (again obvious IMO)
* The third link is some thoughts from Symbian Developers.
So... if I want to find out why it's "The Platform Nokia Secretly Hates" which bloody link should I read? Bleh, bugger it, I think I'll just read none of them and complain about it instead. That's what
(Seriously though... the only bit of the summary that doesn't link to anything is the "Nokia Hate" bit so wtf man?)
I'm using rockbox on a 4G ipod and love it. I consider the display and UI to be far superior. The one thing that lets it down though is battery life; I've tried tweaking the settings to improve it, but still get dismal usage from the batteries. I would say it's less than 30% of the play time I got with the apple firmware.
Are they eating their own dogfood?
Part of the reason I ask is I notice the MSDN site has a whole lot of new features, but I've found most of it to be horribly slow and clunky in firefox. I'm interested in whether it is using this, and whether there are other examples to look at within Microsoft?
Some of the "showcases" look decent, but most of them just seem like toy sites...
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
[blockquote]Which is a great suggestion if your goal is to improve gaming on Linux.
It's not so great a suggestion if your goal is to play games.[/blockquote]
Why do you seem to think these 2 things are mutually exclusive? My goal is to play games... on linux. Without having to reboot every time I want to and paying the microsoft tax just so I can (as well as paying the games companies... ) Long term, improving gaming on linux will help my primary goal of playing games...
that seems a fairly counter-productive suggestion. Better not to buy windows and just buy the games that actually support linux out of the box. That's the only way to improve gaming on linux - get the games publishers to actually support linux from the start. Doom3, quake4, neverwinter nights... There are a few already.
*sigh* Now I just wish I could take my own advice.
...in the shops, and they too are usually pretty useless, so what's the difference when they're selling them through Live or whatever else?
Hmm... I have yet to watch the video, but good luck working on *any* laptop on the london underground during rush hour... ;)