I've been using PyQt4 since last june. The crossed-platform RAD nature of python with qt4 is a godsend. The widgets even look native across Linux, OS X, and Windows.
Unfortunately, the deficiencies of py2app and py2exe mar what could otherwise be one of the simplest ways to develop good cross-platform applications.
Opera embedded, its quite nice for mobile browsing, I rarely even have to turn on the 'mobile layout' mode.
Yes you can get lynx/links/elinks for it as well though.
This new frequency range is not likely to penetrate the grandparents foliage either. Tell your local wisp about the 900mhz gear, it has been around for at least two years now as the wisp I work at has been using it that long.
Unfortunately this is nonlicensed spectrum, and cordless devices like phones often become a problem, it does however go through trees relatively well.
We currently use waverider's 900mhz equipment, its around 4000-5000$ for a basestation and 300-400 for the client units.
Not likely, I work with a non-profit WISP, and frequency in this range doesnt work to well at distance if you put anything at all in the way of you and the signal. What is truely needed for wisps is spectrum in the lower levels (around the 800-900 used by most cell phone networks) as this goes 'through' trees and such much better.
Currently we operate in the nonlicensed 900mhz range and the interference is often horrible
On another note, slightly ot I guess. How does flash affect google's scoring of a page, since I imagine its pretty hard to parse out the text for analysis, since its all contained in the flash.
Doesnt this also cause problems with losing customers?
(I'm of the opinion flash should die and/or be relegated for simple web based games) The languages and standards used to build the web (client side stuff anyway) should not be controlled by any one company.
Agreed, but exploring the parts of this planet we have not yet been able to get at is still fairly important as well. Not that this acomplishment really seems to matter much, or have any real practical purpose.
This looks like a bad bet taken too far. Someone tell me one practical application of this acomplishment.
Whenever I code java I do the same thing because it is a very convenient feature, and it makes all of your documentation much more consistent as you only have to write it once and you write it right beside the code it refers to. I'll have to look into doc++, and see if I can find a similar system for the other languages I code in.
If you can press a single key (for pause) pretty reliably, neverwinter should work pretty well as it can be completely mouse controlled. But you will definately want to pause it a good bit if your response time/accuracy is limited. But this will depend on exactly your set up.
Similarly, if you like this style of rpgs I believe baldur's gate two should work well also, its turn based, and mouse controlled. I think you can also set it to autopause on turns.
My laptop uses the same arangement, and it is faster for quick mouse action than having to lift your hands off the keyboard, its still usually slower than a quick key combination, because you actually have to look at where the pointer is going and 'aim' it effectively, whereas with keyboard shortcuts its much more reflex muscle memory than hand-eye coordination.
I currently use a IBM Model-M on my desktop, and I love it, Im assuming the keyboard you linked is not buckling spring, I would like a buckling spring space saver keyboard (no func keys) like that, would be better without the numpad.
You are correct, I have a horrible attention span, I was even diagnosed as ADD before it became an 'epidemic' of incorrect diagnoses.
I do not blame the features of things like gnome, they have their uses, and I use gnome for some tasks that require a gui such as image editing. Just that for me, ratpoison helps me to stay focused on what im doing, and do everything I am doing faster since I dont have to reach for the mouse every other minute.
The real mystery is why it took NASA only 7 years after jfk's speach in 62 to make it to the moon.
But they estimate it will take 15 years here in 2005 to go again.
I bet we could get up there in four years if we thought there was oil.
they simply lit it with spotlights from above where the panorama shows, or even simpler, they moved the cameras as they took the panarama shots./conspiracy
I actually do believe we landed on the moon of course.
I still like my SL-6000, its in a similar form factor of the 5x00 Models, is still buyable in the US in English, built in wifi, great screen (better than the clamshells I hear) and awesome battery life.
Yeah the lack of ammo in the first game makes it a bit hard to go run and gun through the whole thing with your choice of weapon.
The worst example of this in the game are the throwing knives I think there are 2 or 3 sets of 4 in the whole game (And you cant remove them from people you kill with em)
Great thing about deus ex is that you dont need thousands of rounds of ammunition to play it. I have personally played through the game without firing a shot (and with harming only one person).
But the universal ammo system in the second game was overly silly.
As I mentioned in another post on this thread, I think another reason for such suckiness in dx2 is the current political situation.
The plot of dx2 does not have the same feel at all as the first. And I think this could be because some people would view the first game as VERY critical of current political trends, to the point where it would likely cause some controversy to release a game with such a plot.
There are other problems to past the obvious ones you mentioned. The game is orders of magnitude shorter than the original, the game seems very rushed (Biggest indicator of this is all the talk and build up of red greasels, but none ever show). The input system feels laggy, almost none of the neat things the engine was supposed to do came to fruition (dynamic shadows in gameplay namely) and the physics system was not implemented well at all.
All and all it was just an extremely dissapointing game. Part of this is probably because it had alot to live up to, and looking past the fact that it is supposed to be the sequel to dx1, it is no longer abhorent, its just another below average fps.
I do not know of anyone who really enjoyed the first game and the second, I believe fans of the two games are mutually exclusive.
They got creative with a few of the maps, like on Dria? I think, if you fly too close to the flight ceiling for too long you get hit by an orbital canon:)
Exactly, the xbox ruined Deus Ex: IW. But I think some other factors did as well.
I think the current world political situation alsoinfluenced the game in a negative way. Look at it this way, if they released a game with a plot like the original now, they'd probably all be 'detained' indefinately. The second game completely lost the feel of the first even if you can look past the xbox crippled engine/design.
I imagine the current political situation is also why the movie project also got the axe. Nobody wants to be labeled a terrorist/antiamerican/nonrepublican anymore.
Is still Deus Ex (The original, the sequel blows )
Emergent gameplay: Check Open Ended Exploration: Check Many combinations of options: Check Good plot (Espescially considering current world trends): Check
All it needs now is a graphics/ai overhaul and it will be perfect (Someone want to start a doom3 total conversion?)
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I've been using PyQt4 since last june. The crossed-platform RAD nature of python with qt4 is a godsend. The widgets even look native across Linux, OS X, and Windows.
Unfortunately, the deficiencies of py2app and py2exe mar what could otherwise be one of the simplest ways to develop good cross-platform applications.
"What could possibly hurt the security of the American people more than giving our own government the ability to hide its mistakes and corruption?"
Perhaps the most insightful one-liner I have ever read on slashdot.
Opera embedded, its quite nice for mobile browsing, I rarely even have to turn on the 'mobile layout' mode. Yes you can get lynx/links/elinks for it as well though.
Yes, both are included by default, and the sl6000l has built in 802.11b
I love mine, bought it about a year ago for 400$ off ebay brand new.
This new frequency range is not likely to penetrate the grandparents foliage either. Tell your local wisp about the 900mhz gear, it has been around for at least two years now as the wisp I work at has been using it that long.
Unfortunately this is nonlicensed spectrum, and cordless devices like phones often become a problem, it does however go through trees relatively well.
We currently use waverider's 900mhz equipment, its around 4000-5000$ for a basestation and 300-400 for the client units.
Not likely, I work with a non-profit WISP, and frequency in this range doesnt work to well at distance if you put anything at all in the way of you and the signal. What is truely needed for wisps is spectrum in the lower levels (around the 800-900 used by most cell phone networks) as this goes 'through' trees and such much better.
Currently we operate in the nonlicensed 900mhz range and the interference is often horrible
On another note, slightly ot I guess. How does flash affect google's scoring of a page, since I imagine its pretty hard to parse out the text for analysis, since its all contained in the flash.
Doesnt this also cause problems with losing customers?
(I'm of the opinion flash should die and/or be relegated for simple web based games) The languages and standards used to build the web (client side stuff anyway) should not be controlled by any one company.
Agreed, but exploring the parts of this planet we have not yet been able to get at is still fairly important as well. Not that this acomplishment really seems to matter much, or have any real practical purpose.
This looks like a bad bet taken too far. Someone tell me one practical application of this acomplishment.
*equips asbestos suit*
NASA :-/
Whenever I code java I do the same thing because it is a very convenient feature, and it makes all of your documentation much more consistent as you only have to write it once and you write it right beside the code it refers to. I'll have to look into doc++, and see if I can find a similar system for the other languages I code in.
If you can press a single key (for pause) pretty reliably, neverwinter should work pretty well as it can be completely mouse controlled. But you will definately want to pause it a good bit if your response time/accuracy is limited. But this will depend on exactly your set up.
Similarly, if you like this style of rpgs I believe baldur's gate two should work well also, its turn based, and mouse controlled. I think you can also set it to autopause on turns.
I currently use a IBM Model-M on my desktop, and I love it, Im assuming the keyboard you linked is not buckling spring, I would like a buckling spring space saver keyboard (no func keys) like that, would be better without the numpad.
I do not blame the features of things like gnome, they have their uses, and I use gnome for some tasks that require a gui such as image editing. Just that for me, ratpoison helps me to stay focused on what im doing, and do everything I am doing faster since I dont have to reach for the mouse every other minute.
To each his own.
This is why I use ratpoison+screen, that and because keyboard input is much faster and more efficient than the rodent.
This is also why I stopped using multiple monitors, just too distracting and not a huge benefit.
The real mystery is why it took NASA only 7 years after jfk's speach in 62 to make it to the moon. But they estimate it will take 15 years here in 2005 to go again. I bet we could get up there in four years if we thought there was oil.
they simply lit it with spotlights from above where the panorama shows, or even simpler, they moved the cameras as they took the panarama shots. /conspiracy
I actually do believe we landed on the moon of course.
Next week the japanese government will start issuing cease and desists for porn sites in the US for showing content against their laws.
Now all they need to do is install Gentoo on OSX on this machine and compile a way for eons.
I still like my SL-6000, its in a similar form factor of the 5x00 Models, is still buyable in the US in English, built in wifi, great screen (better than the clamshells I hear) and awesome battery life.
I have never been happier with a pda.
Yeah the lack of ammo in the first game makes it a bit hard to go run and gun through the whole thing with your choice of weapon.
The worst example of this in the game are the throwing knives I think there are 2 or 3 sets of 4 in the whole game (And you cant remove them from people you kill with em)
Great thing about deus ex is that you dont need thousands of rounds of ammunition to play it. I have personally played through the game without firing a shot (and with harming only one person).
But the universal ammo system in the second game was overly silly.
As I mentioned in another post on this thread, I think another reason for such suckiness in dx2 is the current political situation. The plot of dx2 does not have the same feel at all as the first. And I think this could be because some people would view the first game as VERY critical of current political trends, to the point where it would likely cause some controversy to release a game with such a plot.
There are other problems to past the obvious ones you mentioned. The game is orders of magnitude shorter than the original, the game seems very rushed (Biggest indicator of this is all the talk and build up of red greasels, but none ever show). The input system feels laggy, almost none of the neat things the engine was supposed to do came to fruition (dynamic shadows in gameplay namely) and the physics system was not implemented well at all.
All and all it was just an extremely dissapointing game. Part of this is probably because it had alot to live up to, and looking past the fact that it is supposed to be the sequel to dx1, it is no longer abhorent, its just another below average fps.
I do not know of anyone who really enjoyed the first game and the second, I believe fans of the two games are mutually exclusive.
They got creative with a few of the maps, like on Dria? I think, if you fly too close to the flight ceiling for too long you get hit by an orbital canon :)
Exactly, the xbox ruined Deus Ex: IW. But I think some other factors did as well.
I think the current world political situation alsoinfluenced the game in a negative way. Look at it this way, if they released a game with a plot like the original now, they'd probably all be 'detained' indefinately. The second game completely lost the feel of the first even if you can look past the xbox crippled engine/design.
I imagine the current political situation is also why the movie project also got the axe. Nobody wants to be labeled a terrorist/antiamerican/nonrepublican anymore.
Is still Deus Ex (The original, the sequel blows )
Emergent gameplay: Check
Open Ended Exploration: Check
Many combinations of options: Check
Good plot (Espescially considering current world trends): Check
All it needs now is a graphics/ai overhaul and it will be perfect (Someone want to start a doom3 total conversion?)