With a vendor string "CyrixInstead" - hilarious! I always thought "AuthenticAMD" was a nice parody of Intel's "GenuineIntel".
Not so smart: Where do people with 256 MB RAM fit in, "128 Mb to 256 Mb" or "256 Mb to 512 Mb"...? The numbers make me guess it's the former. Same goes for CPU speed.
FWIW, many people probably refer to Outlook Express when they say Outlook. I think that's what he should have reviewed as a reference, too. Thunderbird and KMail don't come close to Outlook's feature set with respects to PIM because they're email clients, not PIM apps - they don't even intend to compete with the full-blown Outlook in that respect. (Of course, Evolution does just that.)
If a GUI newsreader can handle hundreds of thousands of headers without breaking a sweat, and additionally comes with native support for filtering, regexps, yada yada, then why can't a GUI-based email client? Not that any of them do, of course.
Opera's M2 does all of that, although I think RegExps are only supported in the current beta/the upcoming final version of Opera 7.5. Funnily enough, M2 is also a news reader.:) As for the size, can't say your wrong, I was pretty stunned to see my approximately 14,000 emails weigh more than 120MB.
And you do have to remember that Mandrake is the largest distro in use in North America.
It is? I would have assumed Red Hat has that honour. Of course, usage statistics often have large error margins - not in the commercial world, where there at least is the number of sales as a base, and not in the open-source world where the number of downloads is also relevant but cannot effectively be measured. (And of course, neither sales nor downloads actually mean that the product is in use...)
You say that and even mention UT2004 in your post but miss pointing out that UT2004 actually lets you control your bot teammates using voice commands! I haven't tried it so far, but allegedly it works quite well. It's not the first game to do this, though, I think some Xbox game had that feature. And of course there have been other games which allow you to control AI teammates using the keyboard, which you could control using voice via add-on speech recognition software.
What FPS are you thinking of? Because most of the significant ones I know have in fact got a difficulty setting, and challenging ones at that. No matter though, since single player gaming is only one side of (FPS) gaming - if you're looking for the ultimate in difficulty, enroll in gaming tournaments and prepare for your unmaking.;)
Of course, multiplayer gaming isn't exactly a new idea, but the sheer scale induced by the Internet and the organisation behind it all makes for a different quality.
No, he did not refer to actual reflections on the screen, as evidenced by his surprise when somebody else started agreeing that the reflections would be annoying:
I meant it in the metaphorical sense.
I agree with you though that the reflections can indeed be annoying.
What he describes sure sounds like CUPS - including the support for SMB and the like. I can recall seeing that stuff when using the CUPS web interface to get it to print on a networked HP LaserJet.
I've said this just a couple of days before in another story, but I think Marathon I and II have to this day the best storylines of any pure FPS. System Shock 2, Deus Ex 1 are as good and perhabs better, however they've also got different game mechanics, being FPS/RPG hybrids.
Well, if download speed is any issue, the bootable memtest86 cd image is 62,5 kilobytes compressed - a bit too large for manual transcription, but anything above that should be fine. So if you only want memtest86, by all means don't get a full-scale Linux Live CD.
Better handwriting recognition, or rather more recognisable handwriting. Among other things. I'd argue that 20 bucks for a decent pen isn't a bad investment, although the ones I use are typically more of the dime/2 bucks sort, too.
What is an ActiveX control?
ActiveX Controls are reusable software components that incorporate ActiveX technology. These components can be used to add specialized functionality, such as animation or pop-up menus, to Web pages, programs, and software development tools. Windows Update uses ActiveX controls to check what software is installed on your computer in order to provide you with a correct list of updates and other software you may want to download.
Also, try disabling ActiveX in IE and running Windows Update - doesn't work. That's not to say it doesn't use VBScript in addition to ActiveX, of course.
Agreed. I've been looking at small laptops, and there seem to be very few 12" x86 laptops available here in Europe. More of them in Asia, but that's not doing me any good, and anyway, not that many nice ones. Of course, there are quite a few 14" x86 laptops that weigh less than the 12" iBook. I guess I'll wait another year.
Source code tends not to leak? Since when? Im sure Debian, Valve, and others can attest to the falacy of that statement.
"Source code tends not to leak." is not equivalent to "Source code never leaks." The fact that it sometimes does doesn't invalidate the former statement. Considering how many software projects there are, hardly any source code is leaked, therefore it arguably tends not to leak, for the reasons stated in the article. Many people in the earlier Slashdot topic on this expressed their surprise that this was the first major code leak of any recent MS operating system, considering how many people had access to it.
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With a vendor string "CyrixInstead" - hilarious! I always thought "AuthenticAMD" was a nice parody of Intel's "GenuineIntel".
Not so smart: Where do people with 256 MB RAM fit in, "128 Mb to 256 Mb" or "256 Mb to 512 Mb"...? The numbers make me guess it's the former. Same goes for CPU speed.
FWIW, many people probably refer to Outlook Express when they say Outlook. I think that's what he should have reviewed as a reference, too. Thunderbird and KMail don't come close to Outlook's feature set with respects to PIM because they're email clients, not PIM apps - they don't even intend to compete with the full-blown Outlook in that respect. (Of course, Evolution does just that.)
If a GUI newsreader can handle hundreds of thousands of headers without breaking a sweat, and additionally comes with native support for filtering, regexps, yada yada, then why can't a GUI-based email client? Not that any of them do, of course.
:) As for the size, can't say your wrong, I was pretty stunned to see my approximately 14,000 emails weigh more than 120MB.
Opera's M2 does all of that, although I think RegExps are only supported in the current beta/the upcoming final version of Opera 7.5. Funnily enough, M2 is also a news reader.
And you do have to remember that Mandrake is the largest distro in use in North America.
It is? I would have assumed Red Hat has that honour. Of course, usage statistics often have large error margins - not in the commercial world, where there at least is the number of sales as a base, and not in the open-source world where the number of downloads is also relevant but cannot effectively be measured. (And of course, neither sales nor downloads actually mean that the product is in use...)
You say that and even mention UT2004 in your post but miss pointing out that UT2004 actually lets you control your bot teammates using voice commands! I haven't tried it so far, but allegedly it works quite well. It's not the first game to do this, though, I think some Xbox game had that feature. And of course there have been other games which allow you to control AI teammates using the keyboard, which you could control using voice via add-on speech recognition software.
What FPS are you thinking of? Because most of the significant ones I know have in fact got a difficulty setting, and challenging ones at that. No matter though, since single player gaming is only one side of (FPS) gaming - if you're looking for the ultimate in difficulty, enroll in gaming tournaments and prepare for your unmaking. ;)
Of course, multiplayer gaming isn't exactly a new idea, but the sheer scale induced by the Internet and the organisation behind it all makes for a different quality.
Probably ream them a new A$$.
Yes, that is indeed what they would do. *rolls eyes*
There are 1 kinds of people in the world; those that start counting at zero and those who start at one.
Could've been a sort of Freudian slip - one could imagine that your original message only states the sad truth. ;)
Actually, no, he didn't: "I meant it in the metaphorical sense."
Function? It's a computer that can see and move. That is its function. If you need more than that, Slashdot might not be the best page to view. ;)
What he describes sure sounds like CUPS - including the support for SMB and the like. I can recall seeing that stuff when using the CUPS web interface to get it to print on a networked HP LaserJet.
Actually, based on the page you linked to, his MUD would rank the 23nd most popular online game. :P
Well, as for GameSpy: Marathon made it to one of their Hall of Fame articles, which reads very much like your post. :)
Both license and licence are allowed. The original poster said "liscence" throughout his post, though, which certainly isn't.
I've said this just a couple of days before in another story, but I think Marathon I and II have to this day the best storylines of any pure FPS. System Shock 2, Deus Ex 1 are as good and perhabs better, however they've also got different game mechanics, being FPS/RPG hybrids.
Well, if download speed is any issue, the bootable memtest86 cd image is 62,5 kilobytes compressed - a bit too large for manual transcription, but anything above that should be fine. So if you only want memtest86, by all means don't get a full-scale Linux Live CD.
Better handwriting recognition, or rather more recognisable handwriting. Among other things. I'd argue that 20 bucks for a decent pen isn't a bad investment, although the ones I use are typically more of the dime/2 bucks sort, too.
I assume windowsupdate.microsoft.com uses an ActiveX component, as well.
Yes, that's what he said. "Gravity will smack you back into the Earth shortly thereafter, unless you're under constant acceleration."
Agreed. I've been looking at small laptops, and there seem to be very few 12" x86 laptops available here in Europe. More of them in Asia, but that's not doing me any good, and anyway, not that many nice ones. Of course, there are quite a few 14" x86 laptops that weigh less than the 12" iBook. I guess I'll wait another year.
I had that idea, too. I think so did everybody who played the Sim Earth and Sim City games. :)
Source code tends not to leak? Since when? Im sure Debian, Valve, and others can attest to the falacy of that statement.
"Source code tends not to leak." is not equivalent to "Source code never leaks." The fact that it sometimes does doesn't invalidate the former statement. Considering how many software projects there are, hardly any source code is leaked, therefore it arguably tends not to leak, for the reasons stated in the article. Many people in the earlier Slashdot topic on this expressed their surprise that this was the first major code leak of any recent MS operating system, considering how many people had access to it.