You know what would really be useful on shopping carts? Calculators.
A local-area Publix (or was it Goodings?) had these about ten years ago. Within 12 months, little of them remained aside their ugly red platic housings still attatched to the carts' handle bars. I doubt that considerably more expensive WiFi-enabled computers are going to fare any better.
he's also the lead developer of the Battlecruiser games. (In other words, a 100% professional coder, unlike perhaps you, dear Windows dweeb.)
*sigh* I never questioned his professional cabilities, but I do vehemently disagree with anyone who believes that a thriving software industry necessitates software patents. And though I'm not the creator and lead developer of a thoroughly derided video game series**, I've 7-8 years of professional software development for various companies across several states under my belt, thankyouverymuch.
patents can refer to methods and systems, and exactly how tangible are those?
On the occasion of me thinking of the phrase "patented methods," US Patent #5443036 comes to mind. No method, system, or anything else intangible known by me to be patented deserves such protection in this developer's opinion.
And I'll leave it to the real Derek to respond to you with that post with eight occurrences of "shit", no more, no less.
Actually, I was referring to his uncanny ability to quickly locate messages across the Internet critical of him or his product line and respond to them in a very rude manner. Perhaps they have rules against that at B3D. Anyway, I invite you to read over the rest of the Flame War Follies website. It's worth some laughs.
** I will note I've not tried his game. From the descriptions it sounds like an updated and far more complex "Vega-Bound," in which case I might actually like it. But, that wouldn't change the fact that it's thoroughly derided...
I know its hard for some people to understand the viability of software patents and why they are necessary
Yes, it's difficult for me to justify patenting the intangible. I find it equally laborious equating copyright infringement with theft.
And for the sake of adding fuel to the fire, I present you this:
Yeah, most core Linux distros - for the most part - suck; and simply because a bunch of incompetent assholes decided they were going to delve in and piss around with it just because it was free.
I'll think I'll allow some of you Linux guys handle that one for me as I'm, admittedly, more of a Windows dweeb.
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Another game missing from that list is Times of Lore -- my entry into the wonderful world of Origin RPGs. It was available for DOS, NES, and (of course) C64.
Yeah, Ultima 9 was designed for GLide with shoe-horned D3D support. 'Tis one of the most unreliable games I have ever purchased -- though I bought it from upon the discount rack, so I lost little monetarily.
Why would they be talking about killing the F-22? Isn't it already in deployment?
No; it isn't scheduled for deployment until next year. It does, however, appear to be quite flight-worthy though there are, no doubt, still a few bugs to eradicate.
I guess I've just watched one two many Wings programs extolling the world's best fighter.
"Discovery Wings" is one of the few reasons I wish I actually had cable service.
I certainly hope that the F/A-22 program isn't shit-canned...
I am by no means a Linux hax0r, so please indulge me: How does an apparent X-only driver affect console performance?
I was under the impression that:
whatever nVidia provided affected X only and
the console screen corruption is due to a bug introduced by a kernel contributer
The aformentioned screen corruption exists prior to X being started. I have been compiling my kernel for non-FB consoles to avoid the problem altogether. Is this a problem within nVidia's domain? I thought not, however a number of commentators here seem to think so.
driving using a keyboard is no more 'suck' than using joypad.
If by "joypad" you're referring to a controller with nothing more than a d-pad for directional control then you would be correct. However, I'm fairly certain he was referring to controllers with analog thumbsticks in which case he is absolutely correct.
Playing driving games with a keyboard, d-pad, or even a mouse for that matter is a miserable experience. Heck, I just recently dug out my 10+ year-old two-button CH Products analog joystick to play "Simpsons: Hit & Run." I need one of those DualShock-to-USB adapters...
True. And do I find the whole "o" vs. "ou" argument quite silly and bordering on trolling. In contrast, however, the anti-American/anti-Bush sentiment here is just mean-spirited. C'mon, we should be celebrating the arrival of coffee-flavored cereal! Let us unite for once!
Just imagine mixing in some "Cocoa Puffs." Mmmmmm... Mocha cereal... *drool*
I would certainly consider it an annoyance, not unlike the use of Javascript to cloak a destination in the status bar. But the worst that could happen to a Mozilla user is being goatsed, whilst an IE user could be unknowingly providing credit card information directly to theives.
I am glad to hear that the status bar is being fixed, though, as it should properly display the entire URL. I merely wanted to differentiate the problems between the two browsers.
Read the entire article -- or, at the very least, this paragraph:
That spoofed Microsoft link you clicked on will take pretty much every browser on the planet -- Netscape, Opera, Mozilla, etc. -- not to microsoft.com but rather to ebay.com. That's NOT the problem. The problem is that while Netscape, Opera, and Mozilla all show you something's wrong with that spoofed Microsoft URL by displaying something funky in the adress or status bars like "http://www.microsoft.com%00@ebay.com/" or "http://www.microsoft.com", Internet Explorer gives you no "warning" whatsoever. Instead, Internet Explorer simply displays the WRONG URL in BOTH the address and status bars.
Mozilla's non-display of the entire url is limited to the status bar, so it's not considered to be affected by an exploit.
I recall a little rant from long ago in response to then-19-year-old Jenni admitting to cheating on her boyfriend. Thrice. With the same 32-year-old guy. She caps-off the cyber-confession by commiting some good ol' fashioned copyright infringement against Peter Gabriel.
Good reading, really.
Oh, and good riddance you lousy, cheating, exhibitionist bitch.
The Speedpad n50 has a problem in which depressing three buttons will result in a fourth button being mysteriously depressed as well. They even have this bug documented, but seeing as how it hasn't been fixed despite their release of the n52 I have a feeling that it shall be never resolved.
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C'mon. Don't allow a programming semantics issue to impede a Bush-bashing thread!
More like, "Bush == Hitler. Nothing else matters."
** I will note I've not tried his game. From the descriptions it sounds like an updated and far more complex "Vega-Bound," in which case I might actually like it. But, that wouldn't change the fact that it's thoroughly derided...
Yes, it's difficult for me to justify patenting the intangible. I find it equally laborious equating copyright infringement with theft.
And for the sake of adding fuel to the fire, I present you this:
I'll think I'll allow some of you Linux guys handle that one for me as I'm, admittedly, more of a Windows dweeb.
Countdown to Derek Smart, Ph.D. responding to this post with expletives in 5...4...3...
Another game missing from that list is Times of Lore -- my entry into the wonderful world of Origin RPGs. It was available for DOS, NES, and (of course) C64.
I certainly hope that the F/A-22 program isn't shit-canned...
I was under the impression that:
whatever nVidia provided affected X only and
the console screen corruption is due to a bug introduced by a kernel contributer
The aformentioned screen corruption exists prior to X being started. I have been compiling my kernel for non-FB consoles to avoid the problem altogether. Is this a problem within nVidia's domain? I thought not, however a number of commentators here seem to think so.
Anyone care to comment?
Oh, crap.
If by "joypad" you're referring to a controller with nothing more than a d-pad for directional control then you would be correct. However, I'm fairly certain he was referring to controllers with analog thumbsticks in which case he is absolutely correct.
Playing driving games with a keyboard, d-pad, or even a mouse for that matter is a miserable experience. Heck, I just recently dug out my 10+ year-old two-button CH Products analog joystick to play "Simpsons: Hit & Run." I need one of those DualShock-to-USB adapters...
Now that I found some documentation for GEOS I'll get right on it. Might have to dust-off the ol' 512K RAM expansion cart, though...
True. And do I find the whole "o" vs. "ou" argument quite silly and bordering on trolling. In contrast, however, the anti-American/anti-Bush sentiment here is just mean-spirited. C'mon, we should be celebrating the arrival of coffee-flavored cereal! Let us unite for once!
Just imagine mixing in some "Cocoa Puffs." Mmmmmm... Mocha cereal... *drool*
I would certainly consider it an annoyance, not unlike the use of Javascript to cloak a destination in the status bar. But the worst that could happen to a Mozilla user is being goatsed, whilst an IE user could be unknowingly providing credit card information directly to theives.
I am glad to hear that the status bar is being fixed, though, as it should properly display the entire URL. I merely wanted to differentiate the problems between the two browsers.
Can we not even have a discussion of coffee-flavored breakfast cereal without anti-American/anti-Bush sentiment?!
Whoops -- forgot where I was posting for a minute. i b dum liek shrub lol
No, you were correct the first time. "It's" is a contraction of "it is."
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I recall a little rant from long ago in response to then-19-year-old Jenni admitting to cheating on her boyfriend. Thrice. With the same 32-year-old guy. She caps-off the cyber-confession by commiting some good ol' fashioned copyright infringement against Peter Gabriel.
Good reading, really.
Oh, and good riddance you lousy, cheating, exhibitionist bitch.
I'm awaiting the announcement of the copyright-infringement lawsuit that Hasbro will file any day now...
Not according to Jermaine.
The Speedpad n50 has a problem in which depressing three buttons will result in a fourth button being mysteriously depressed as well. They even have this bug documented, but seeing as how it hasn't been fixed despite their release of the n52 I have a feeling that it shall be never resolved.