I wonder if they've figured out the 3-D problem with Pac-Man. I made a Pac-Man level for the old Bungie game Marathon, and it's totally a different game in 3-D.
In the original game, you, as Pac-Man, can see the entire field, but in 3-D, you can only see some very narrow, cramped hallways. It's kind of frustrating, because there's no way to know what dots you've eaten, and you have no idea where the ghost-monsters will be coming from. Unless your Pac-Man's packing a rifle, you'll be dead just as soon as you saw the first ghost-monster. Not fun.
Yes, and this is the same LA County that requires all strippers to remain 6 feet away from clients at all times, with uniformed police officers at EVERY strip club to enforce regulation.
So you're fine staying in your position, indefinitely, without any chance at a raise or advancement? You're either full of shit or a complete dunce. You can bet your CEO/owner doesn't have this kind of complacent attitude if he wants his company to succeed and grow. I just came from a situation where we had no raises in three years and no chance at advancement, and you know what? I got sick of being stuck in a rut, and spoke up. Straight to the owner.
Sure, I'm looking for a job now, but I'm happier, and while the jobs aren't great out there, at least I have options.
I agree with what you've just said, though the dogmatic tone irks me a bit... Reminds me of something... Oh, yes:
[In walk the drones]
"Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.
[Apple's hammer-thrower enters, pursued by storm troopers.]
We have created for the first time in all history a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests of any contradictory true thoughts.
Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth.
We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause.
Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion.
I'd like to, but I think it'd be better if there was a way to directly rip the tracks. I burning all my music at first, but sometimes that impulse buy kicks in and *POW!*, you've got a day and half worth of music, meaning about two days of ripping with CD-RW.
Nonetheless, thanks for the info. Maybe I'll put together a "Best of iTMS" playlist, burn that, and rip it back in. iTMS is supposed to do sequential audio burns now, so that'll help.
I have no problem with iTMS, and I have an iPod, which is great. Still, I have an issue is the AAC's themselves. I'm hoping that Apple will license their DRM technology to other hardware manufacturers. I'd really like to be able to play AAC files on an MP3 CD player in my car, and I'm sure Windows users would like to have their choice of hardware devices to play AAC's on.
I'm sure the hardware manufacturers will have to put in some anti-piracy features (no copying to to others' drives, etc.), but it'll be worth it.
The port isn't that easy... Sure, there's an X11 PPC version, but no one's going to buy it (Mac users will never pay for an X11 app). StarOffice/OpenOffice.org would need to be ported Apple's OS X UI, Cocoa.
Apparently, that's going to be a real pain as is. It seems that the UI needs a bit more of a divorce from the functions of OpenOffice before it can be easily ported, which is apparently what's going to happen for OpenOffice 2. So I rather doubt testing is the real reason Sun won't port StarOffice.
Then again, whether or not I should procreate is entirely debatable.
You do raise a good point. Maybe the current crisis of unwise breeding has less to do with socialism in society, and more to do with social darwinism as a means of compensating for other evolutionary defects.
It will be interesting, though sad, to see the kind of social and psychological consequences the "one-child rule" will have in China.
If only we knew now what the history books will say in 30 years...
This probably won't win me any Karma, but it needs to be said.
There is a major flaw in Socialist theory and practice. While Socialism has not had quite the detrimental effect here in America as in Russia and China, Socialism has major problems that need to be addressed.
If you subscribe to Darwinism, you realize that it is the design of nature and humanity that the strong survive. By absolving the need for want, it interferes with the process of natural selection. People who once would not be selected for breeding because of a lack of traits necessary for survival on their own, now are assured of survival and means of existence. In fact, the very same people who shouldn't otherwise be breeding are breeding most.
Like the band says, "Been around the world/I find that only stupid people are breeding"
While I'm sure you can find examples in America (if you can't, turn your radio to the show "Loveline" on any given night), a great example of this is China. China is horribly over populated because of the "Safety Net" socialism allowed.
The weight of a welfare state is affecting *you*, financially, ethically, and politically, and just because it's accepted practice doesn't make it right.
Thanks for the pic!
You're right. Nuon was a chipset added to certain manufacturers' DVD players which allowed them to play games developed for Nuon. Unfortunately, the games weren't that great. The game I did the box art for, the arcade/Jaguar sequel Tempest, was probably the best of the bunch. The other big (only?) games were Iron Soldier 3, which I didn't have much interest in, and Merlin Racing, a cart racer in the vein of Mario Kart, with great graphics, but completely devoid of character animation.
A shame... Even though the chipset was underpowered (slower than the PlayStation 1), it looked like an interesting and easy platform to develop for. The devkit used some variation of OpenGL, and had support for using DVD video and various sound formats, built-in.
The Nuon chipset did make for an awesome DVD player as well. They gave my design agency one so that we could take screenshots, and I ended up taking it home after Nuon tanked. It had dynamic, variable slow-mo and fast forward, a great music player, and clean component video. Pretty sweet, though I never did end up buying any games. Maybe I'll check it out on eBay...
In case you're curious, here it is. It was done for Nuon, a console so obscure, even/.'ers don't know it. It's pretty much the only game cover I've ever illustrated, and the client (not to mention my boss at the time) was supremely nitpicky. The final illustration wasn't great, or very creative, but it did give me a lot of insight into game marketing.
Observations: Marketing people are a bunch of screwballs in the first place, but put them in a game company, and it's like bringing a hyperactive, hypo-glycemic, ADD kid hopped up on Smarties and Ritalyn into a Chuck E. Cheese. Mix that with an obsessive, "vision"-driven designer with little grounding in reality, and you're asking for trouble.
Did you forget? This text you're reading is part of the simulation created by the machines. The purpose of this story is to remind us that the machines are genetically superior to us.
Dammit, my cat just morphed into an agent again...
I did go to the site, but from the perspective of a desktop user, correct me if I'm wrong, none of the low-level kernel work really makes a difference. Of course, BSD isn't really a desktop OS in the first place (well, 'cept Darwin, sort of) but...
As far as server use goes, I'm sure that this will introduce and/or implement a lot of good ideas. However, I would think that reimplementing a BSD kernel, with a minimum of bugs and holes, will be difficult without tons of support. And it doesn't seem to make much sense to start an OS with the intention of merging it back into the parent OS.
I'm not an OS hacker (IANAOSH?), so it doesn't seem like this announcement is announcing much of anything. There aren't really any details of what this project hopes to accomplish other than a new packaging system, and that in itself does not justify a new operating system.
Perhaps the devil (no pun intended) is in the details. Certainly from the perspective of a end-user, who usually don't deal with packaging systems in the first place, this new OS doesn't make any difference.
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I pretty much agree. Dynamically limiting or moving functionality is annoying for advanced users and admins, and absolutely terrifying to most end-users.
However, dynamic menus do have their place with certain functions. A system-maintained menu of most recently (or most-commonly) accessed files and programs is a godsend, and seems to be quite lacking in many Linux programs, including the window managers.
Novices probably won't use a package manager, either. Fink accomplishes pretty much the same thing, but there's no way I'm going to try and teach my Mom how to use it.
The best way to install any kind of OS X program is with a graphical installer running in Carbon/Cocoa. Otherwise, for 95% of all users out there, it's just too complicated.
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I wonder if they've figured out the 3-D problem with Pac-Man. I made a Pac-Man level for the old Bungie game Marathon, and it's totally a different game in 3-D.
In the original game, you, as Pac-Man, can see the entire field, but in 3-D, you can only see some very narrow, cramped hallways. It's kind of frustrating, because there's no way to know what dots you've eaten, and you have no idea where the ghost-monsters will be coming from. Unless your Pac-Man's packing a rifle, you'll be dead just as soon as you saw the first ghost-monster. Not fun.
But think about how stupid you'd look in that VR suit...
Sounds like I'm already living it.
Yes, and this is the same LA County that requires all strippers to remain 6 feet away from clients at all times, with uniformed police officers at EVERY strip club to enforce regulation.
Your tax dollars at work, citizen.
Actually, he sounds like a perfect candidate for having a girlfriend... He's brooding, mysterious, and a real jerk.
Sure, I'm looking for a job now, but I'm happier, and while the jobs aren't great out there, at least I have options.
I agree with what you've just said, though the dogmatic tone irks me a bit... Reminds me of something... Oh, yes:
[In walk the drones]
"Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.
[Apple's hammer-thrower enters, pursued by storm troopers.]
We have created for the first time in all history a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests of any contradictory true thoughts.
Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth.
We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause.
Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion.
[Hammer is thrown at the screen]
We shall prevail!
[Boom!]
When does the platform-independent, platform-independent spec come out?
Nonetheless, thanks for the info. Maybe I'll put together a "Best of iTMS" playlist, burn that, and rip it back in. iTMS is supposed to do sequential audio burns now, so that'll help.
I'm sure the hardware manufacturers will have to put in some anti-piracy features (no copying to to others' drives, etc.), but it'll be worth it.
Apparently, that's going to be a real pain as is. It seems that the UI needs a bit more of a divorce from the functions of OpenOffice before it can be easily ported, which is apparently what's going to happen for OpenOffice 2. So I rather doubt testing is the real reason Sun won't port StarOffice.
Hey, maybe you know!
So... How *do* you get any of the hot water?
Then again, whether or not I should procreate is entirely debatable.
You do raise a good point. Maybe the current crisis of unwise breeding has less to do with socialism in society, and more to do with social darwinism as a means of compensating for other evolutionary defects.
It will be interesting, though sad, to see the kind of social and psychological consequences the "one-child rule" will have in China.
If only we knew now what the history books will say in 30 years...
There is a major flaw in Socialist theory and practice. While Socialism has not had quite the detrimental effect here in America as in Russia and China, Socialism has major problems that need to be addressed.
If you subscribe to Darwinism, you realize that it is the design of nature and humanity that the strong survive. By absolving the need for want, it interferes with the process of natural selection. People who once would not be selected for breeding because of a lack of traits necessary for survival on their own, now are assured of survival and means of existence. In fact, the very same people who shouldn't otherwise be breeding are breeding most.
Like the band says, "Been around the world/I find that only stupid people are breeding"
While I'm sure you can find examples in America (if you can't, turn your radio to the show "Loveline" on any given night), a great example of this is China. China is horribly over populated because of the "Safety Net" socialism allowed.
The weight of a welfare state is affecting *you*, financially, ethically, and politically, and just because it's accepted practice doesn't make it right.
And remember - it's always funny until someone gets hurt.
Then it's hilarious.
Thanks for the pic! You're right. Nuon was a chipset added to certain manufacturers' DVD players which allowed them to play games developed for Nuon. Unfortunately, the games weren't that great. The game I did the box art for, the arcade/Jaguar sequel Tempest, was probably the best of the bunch. The other big (only?) games were Iron Soldier 3, which I didn't have much interest in, and Merlin Racing, a cart racer in the vein of Mario Kart, with great graphics, but completely devoid of character animation. A shame... Even though the chipset was underpowered (slower than the PlayStation 1), it looked like an interesting and easy platform to develop for. The devkit used some variation of OpenGL, and had support for using DVD video and various sound formats, built-in. The Nuon chipset did make for an awesome DVD player as well. They gave my design agency one so that we could take screenshots, and I ended up taking it home after Nuon tanked. It had dynamic, variable slow-mo and fast forward, a great music player, and clean component video. Pretty sweet, though I never did end up buying any games. Maybe I'll check it out on eBay...
Observations: Marketing people are a bunch of screwballs in the first place, but put them in a game company, and it's like bringing a hyperactive, hypo-glycemic, ADD kid hopped up on Smarties and Ritalyn into a Chuck E. Cheese. Mix that with an obsessive, "vision"-driven designer with little grounding in reality, and you're asking for trouble.
Not that that was me. No, sir.
In any case, I DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST!!!!!
Dammit, my cat just morphed into an agent again...
As far as server use goes, I'm sure that this will introduce and/or implement a lot of good ideas. However, I would think that reimplementing a BSD kernel, with a minimum of bugs and holes, will be difficult without tons of support. And it doesn't seem to make much sense to start an OS with the intention of merging it back into the parent OS.
Perhaps the devil (no pun intended) is in the details. Certainly from the perspective of a end-user, who usually don't deal with packaging systems in the first place, this new OS doesn't make any difference.
BLOGS... IN... SPAAAAAAAAACE!
However, dynamic menus do have their place with certain functions. A system-maintained menu of most recently (or most-commonly) accessed files and programs is a godsend, and seems to be quite lacking in many Linux programs, including the window managers.
The best way to install any kind of OS X program is with a graphical installer running in Carbon/Cocoa. Otherwise, for 95% of all users out there, it's just too complicated.
I swear, that damned Harry Potter 5 book I got for my sister must've cost me at least 6 miles per gallon.