I highly recommend you check out the GiGi library if you are using OpenGL. It provides you with a set of widgets to use in your OpenGL project. It works very similar to Qt with a slots and signals system.
GiGi is a small, efficient, and feature-rich C++ GUI for SDL and OpenGL. It is uses frame-based rendering and has fully customizable graphics, making it ideal for use in low- or high-frame rate applications and games.
The 5 second rule is simply an excuse for people who don't care about the germs:) A convenient myth so they (we) don't get quite so sour looks when we let some good food not waste.
Apparently, the brain would try and merge the dream elements with the external stimuli from the real world, which would probably be a pretty good explanation for many alien/supernatural experiences. The people who experienced this were otherwise completely ordinary people.
Reminds me of sometimes when I'm dreaming. I'll hear and see in my dream lightning striking, and it will fit in perfectly with what had been happening and what was going to happen in the dream. And I'd wake up a little bit later and realise that the lightning had been real and not just dreamed. It was remarkable the way my dreams were able to meld in the external stimuli into the fantasy.
On the other hand, I don't think it's so easy to discount when two or more people share the same experience at the same time (such as seeing an object move). Again though, I have only read of these encounters, and they are always reported through interpreted words, rather than just the bare facts.
Probably could go a long way to explaining a lot of these phenomena - emotions are a powerful force that lead people to all sorts of irrational conclusions.
However, there are some reports I have heard that may not be encompassed in this, unless the feelings infrasound induces also result in visions. I have heard stories of objects moving, seeing ghosts and such, and other less intangible occurances.
Of course, I've never personally witnessed any of these, so I have little to go on:) I am very skeptical of most of these things. I do remember reading once that reports of UFO sightings and haunted house occurances went in cycles throughout a year, and at the times when there was an increase of UFO sightings there would also be an increase in haunted house reports. Sounds like the same source to me (and I am *not* suggesting that aliens are causing it, or ghosts, but rather something less supernatural).
Second, instead of the standard MS practice of just squashing the competition, they are introducing a reasonable (assuming the fee is reasonable) solution -- and have decided it's OK to join forces with third party products, if that's what the users want. I say "Bravo!" to MS in this instance.
Isn't that a little premature? This seems like normal behaviour. Start off with a small fee (is it small?), then once they're locked in, pump up the price, eliminating unwanted competition and bleeding cash from the rest.
As they say, put a frog in hot water and it leaps right out, put it in cold and boil slowly and it will die.
I think I'd tend to be a bit heartless. I'd inquire into why they are using windows. If it's necessary, then I'd help them. If it was unecessary, then I'd *strongly* encourage them to use Linux, and ask them why I should waste my time just so they can save time learning something new.
Luckily I haven't had anyone ask me - I guess I don't advertise my computer skills enough:)
We aren't smarter, we just have quicker access to knowledge that we will never use.
Libraries and books have always been available. There's always been wise old men to learn from. People just don't learn. Only a few bother to spend the time to increase understanding, the rest focus in their own little world.
We can find volumes of texts that so many would have loved to read many years ago, but we never touch it. TV penetrates everyone's home, spreading misinformation and half truths. We are not smarter, we're just blind enough to think we are (notice I don't say "they").
I used ICQ back when it was one of the only options around. I persuaded my friends to use it (because I knew of nothing else), and they asked their friends to use it. Here in Australia most gamers use ICQ. MSN is used by young girls (10-16), and guys trying to pick up - thank goodness I'm outside of that range. IM preferences seem to be tied to culture, and Microsoft has grabbed that "I don't know much about computers" group quite well.
This is the main reason I assumed they were making this move - not to lock out Linux (which may be a nice side effect), but instead to ensure advertising and common standards.
I'm not annoyed by it, I don't care if Linux loses MSN. I'm also not bitter to MS for it.
Not sure if this is what that product does, but it got me thinking.
We probably have a fair bit of catching up to do. It would be great to have IM integrated with most applications. For example, I'm working on a document and I say to a friend "Can you check this out and tell me what you think?" - then I just highlight a section of the document, and drag it onto their name. It is then transmitted to that user and displayed with an embedded office (koffice, openoffice, whatever) window to show with exactly the same fonts, etc, that I used. Or to do it another way, send them the whole document, with permission to change, and watch as they make changes on my computer.
I'm not sure if those toys would increase productivity or reduce it, but they would certainly be a selling point:)
The solution for me is not to use MSN. Most of the people I need to talk to are on ICQ anyway, it's just a few MSN users that it's nice to be able to talk to:)
The problem is that 4 players *seriously* inhibits the potential for mods based on this engine. What is counterstrike with 2vs2? Natural selection? Urban terror? So many multiplayer mods need more than 4 players. This renders the D3 engine near useless for most multiplayer modding.
Which is why I find it very hard to believe that they have restricted it to 4. My guess is the engine is capable of more (for mods) and that the game distributed with the engine (Doom 3) just has 4 player only maps, and is balanced around that.
I'm really disappointed. I was hoping Doom 3 would have accounted for these things early. Since HL2 is not going to be for Linux, I was depending on D3.
Now to hear that they're adding it on as a response to Valve feels messy and very disappointing. I wish Valve would develop for Linux.
Whether or not this particular research was ethical or not, there should still be boundaries set up. We cannot justify the experiments Nazi's did in the name of science, merely because it's "knee-jerk" to stop it.
There obviously needs to be boundaries - so lets work them out.
Hotmail has an amazing vulnerability - secret questions to change someone's password.
Introduce yourself to a person. If their secret question is "What's your favorite food?" then you just need to say to them "mmm, just had spaghetti for tea, it's my favourite. What's your favourite food?"
I always fill in those secret questions with some garbled answers. I don't forget my passwords.
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As the sourceforge site says:
The 5 second rule is simply an excuse for people who don't care about the germs :) A convenient myth so they (we) don't get quite so sour looks when we let some good food not waste.
Reminds me of sometimes when I'm dreaming. I'll hear and see in my dream lightning striking, and it will fit in perfectly with what had been happening and what was going to happen in the dream. And I'd wake up a little bit later and realise that the lightning had been real and not just dreamed. It was remarkable the way my dreams were able to meld in the external stimuli into the fantasy.
On the other hand, I don't think it's so easy to discount when two or more people share the same experience at the same time (such as seeing an object move). Again though, I have only read of these encounters, and they are always reported through interpreted words, rather than just the bare facts.
Probably could go a long way to explaining a lot of these phenomena - emotions are a powerful force that lead people to all sorts of irrational conclusions.
:) I am very skeptical of most of these things. I do remember reading once that reports of UFO sightings and haunted house occurances went in cycles throughout a year, and at the times when there was an increase of UFO sightings there would also be an increase in haunted house reports. Sounds like the same source to me (and I am *not* suggesting that aliens are causing it, or ghosts, but rather something less supernatural).
However, there are some reports I have heard that may not be encompassed in this, unless the feelings infrasound induces also result in visions. I have heard stories of objects moving, seeing ghosts and such, and other less intangible occurances.
Of course, I've never personally witnessed any of these, so I have little to go on
Just remember to take your name off the member's list when you start The Hunt
$1M? Compared to the $700M or so they think they could save from Linux?
Isn't that a little premature? This seems like normal behaviour. Start off with a small fee (is it small?), then once they're locked in, pump up the price, eliminating unwanted competition and bleeding cash from the rest.
As they say, put a frog in hot water and it leaps right out, put it in cold and boil slowly and it will die.
I was referring to friends of the family, aquaintances, etc.
For those I work for, I don't suggest moving to Linux unless I genuinely think it's worth the effort for them.
Anyone could make a menu item for Gentoo that is labelled "Software update" that runs an automatic update.
But as others pointed out, people who don't understand Linux rarely have Gentoo installed.
I think I'd tend to be a bit heartless. I'd inquire into why they are using windows. If it's necessary, then I'd help them. If it was unecessary, then I'd *strongly* encourage them to use Linux, and ask them why I should waste my time just so they can save time learning something new.
:)
Luckily I haven't had anyone ask me - I guess I don't advertise my computer skills enough
We aren't smarter, we just have quicker access to knowledge that we will never use.
Libraries and books have always been available. There's always been wise old men to learn from. People just don't learn. Only a few bother to spend the time to increase understanding, the rest focus in their own little world.
We can find volumes of texts that so many would have loved to read many years ago, but we never touch it. TV penetrates everyone's home, spreading misinformation and half truths. We are not smarter, we're just blind enough to think we are (notice I don't say "they").
Sounds like we should listen to that wise man :) it's probably both cultural and regional.
I used ICQ back when it was one of the only options around. I persuaded my friends to use it (because I knew of nothing else), and they asked their friends to use it. Here in Australia most gamers use ICQ. MSN is used by young girls (10-16), and guys trying to pick up - thank goodness I'm outside of that range. IM preferences seem to be tied to culture, and Microsoft has grabbed that "I don't know much about computers" group quite well.
This is the main reason I assumed they were making this move - not to lock out Linux (which may be a nice side effect), but instead to ensure advertising and common standards.
I'm not annoyed by it, I don't care if Linux loses MSN. I'm also not bitter to MS for it.
I'm glad you feel dedicated to your worthless cause of replying to all my posts with meaningless ramblings, you coward.
At least its a source of amusement for my friends. You are a great testimony to your kind.
Not sure if this is what that product does, but it got me thinking.
:)
We probably have a fair bit of catching up to do. It would be great to have IM integrated with most applications. For example, I'm working on a document and I say to a friend "Can you check this out and tell me what you think?" - then I just highlight a section of the document, and drag it onto their name. It is then transmitted to that user and displayed with an embedded office (koffice, openoffice, whatever) window to show with exactly the same fonts, etc, that I used.
Or to do it another way, send them the whole document, with permission to change, and watch as they make changes on my computer.
I'm not sure if those toys would increase productivity or reduce it, but they would certainly be a selling point
The solution for me is not to use MSN. Most of the people I need to talk to are on ICQ anyway, it's just a few MSN users that it's nice to be able to talk to :)
Does anyone see an advanced version of clippy on the horizon?
*shudder*
The problem is that 4 players *seriously* inhibits the potential for mods based on this engine. What is counterstrike with 2vs2? Natural selection? Urban terror? So many multiplayer mods need more than 4 players. This renders the D3 engine near useless for most multiplayer modding.
Which is why I find it very hard to believe that they have restricted it to 4. My guess is the engine is capable of more (for mods) and that the game distributed with the engine (Doom 3) just has 4 player only maps, and is balanced around that.
It is a competition for one reason: there's no HL2 for Linux.
For me to play both requires installing windows, and I really don't want to do that.
I'm really disappointed. I was hoping Doom 3 would have accounted for these things early. Since HL2 is not going to be for Linux, I was depending on D3.
Now to hear that they're adding it on as a response to Valve feels messy and very disappointing. I wish Valve would develop for Linux.
Whether or not this particular research was ethical or not, there should still be boundaries set up. We cannot justify the experiments Nazi's did in the name of science, merely because it's "knee-jerk" to stop it.
There obviously needs to be boundaries - so lets work them out.
Actually, by being clever it's quite easy to get that information.
Hotmail has an amazing vulnerability - secret questions to change someone's password.
Introduce yourself to a person. If their secret question is "What's your favorite food?" then you just need to say to them "mmm, just had spaghetti for tea, it's my favourite. What's your favourite food?"
I always fill in those secret questions with some garbled answers. I don't forget my passwords.
Since afterstep I've switched through many things, but there's something about it as my first windowmanager that makes me want to go back to it.