Linux can even handle that wireless connection. Just the manufacturers don't care to let you.
And that's not even true. There are a number of manufacturers that have released driver source code that was then used by community projects to develop good drivers. Atheros for CardBus comes to mind, as does ZyDAS for USB devices. Sure, there are still some manufacturers who CBA, but the fact is, you have a choice. You can buy a product of a manufacturer who cares:)
It's more like we need to gain lots of market share now so that we could put pressure on them more effectively later.
This reminds me of a politician who says he needs more power in order to achieve his goals, and that compromises have to be made to get that power. If you have paid any attention recently or in the past, you know it doesn't work that way. Once 'there', things develop their own dynamics and your goals are gone quicker then you can say 'power corrupts'. I don't know if the analogy carries that far, but I still think it's a very very bad idea.
Besides, who put old walruss face in charge? Learning Klingon? Is he really so deluded to think we're all like him?
Oblivion is a great game. It has cool combat, nice magic effects and the modding ability is decent for a game of this kind. It allows you to go where you want and it doesn't force you into anything and some of the quests are really cool. It's a great game.
That said, it's a lousy TES game and it's a horribly bad RPG. The dialog is lousy, much worse than in Morrowind. There is less text, but to "make up" for that, it's all spoken by the same six or so voice actors. But what hurts the most for any long time, serious TES fan is the apparent total lack of lore. The devs say they asked the old lore gurus to write stories and lore and such, but that they didn't have as much time as would have been required. I don't know about that. But it is a serious problem. The world is lush and green and full of dear, ok. But it doesn't have any depth. It has none of the depth Morrowind had. In addition it is not as alien, not as intriguing as Morrowind. Sure, the same can be said about the two older games in the series, but IMHO this is the first time we experience a serious decline in the series, a step away from rich lore at least. This has always been a saving grace of this series that had to make up for other serious flaws, such as dialog. And don't even get me started about things like the persuasion minigame. What the FUCK were they thinking?
I have a really bad feeling about Fallout 3. Guess I'll have to invest all my hope in Age of Decadence. At least that's made by people who know and love good RPGs.
You don't get it. Players often don't play in their home countries, that's all. They still all have to have the nationality of the country they play for. And once they played for one country, they can't change their minds. So your argument is void.
That's what I think everytime I hear or read "american football". Whoever had the idea to call that (interesting!) sport "football" was a really weird person. IMHO, they should've called it American Rugby.
I think those phenomena are expressions of latent racist ressentiments within certain parts of the population. Just earlier today I read an article that states that a quarter of the population of Holland has a problem with immigrants, and that 10% even label themselves as racists. It was also mentioned that this group consisted mostly of poorly educated young men - incidently also a group that in large parts is interested in soccer.
Does that mean soccer is or promotes racist? I don't think so. Racism is a big problem, pretty much everywhere, and it has to be dealt with. Just don't blame soccer for it. Also, I doubt that "most games" is correct.
I for one welcome our new Enclave overlords! May they terrorize the country from their oil rig until such time that all mutants are wiped out - or alternatively, until the descendend of the vault dweller arrives! Whatever happens first!
Traceroutes. try to trace the route to your prospective hosting provider from as many worldwide locations as you can. traceroute.org is your friend. Look at what carriers they go over, and if those are any good.
Someone else mentioned it before, but I'll mention it again because it was a very good tip: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/... Many hosters roam those forums and they're making offers there that you don't normally see. That's where I got my server with 10 mbit flat for just over 100 EUR, and there's also a lot of people talking about their experiences with various hosts. It's probably the best friend you'll have on your quest.
As far as support is concerned, you have to know what you can do yourself and what you can't. If you can help yourself, you're always better off because you can get a much less expensive server. Support these days is at a premium, especially good one. Also, if you have any choice, don't count on their support. Most companies seem to have completely incompetent tech support stuff these days:( Plus the response times are often dysmal, even if you have to pay extra for it.
Reading through these comments, one has to wonder just how short the attentionn span of the average slashdotter really is. This article is real short, yet nobody seems to have read it and everyone makes false assumptions on the "suspect the worst" model.
According to TFA the video ads will _not_ be starting playback automatically, but only if a play button is pressed.
As far as the U.S. being in league with European Intelligence is possibly a good thing. If we had worked in a truly symbiotic relationship with international intelligence before, we may not have an unpopular
Actually I think I speak I speak for many fellow europeans when I say this is making matters worse. Of course the vastly bigger portion of contempt is directed at the Brussel administration and it's unending brown-tonging. Fucking sellouts!
That's really hilarious. What a marvellous idea! I wish they did something like that around here. I could think of a few places where a stunt like that would work very well.
Keep on rocking, guys!
Here in Germany, we keep hearing that there's not enough of this or that kind of engineer or other diploma-holder. Then, there's a rush at the universities because everyone thinks it's where the money is only to find out there was a sufficient amount of qualified people in that sector already, just not enough for companies to pay lower wages - more people, more choices, lower wage.
I wonder if it's the same in this case?
So if I were to write an article about you, detailing every aspect of your life, especially who you had/have (kinky?) sex with (especially without your significant other knowning), that'd be ok too, because it's just information and if you had sex with someone else while in a relationship it's your fault anyway, right?
Sorry, but that logic is flawed in so many ways I don't know where to start. It's the same kind of reckless irresponsibility that makes newspapers print material they know will cause massive uproars. Anyone who publishes information has a responsibility not to needlessly cause harm.
Printing the name of that guy doesn't help you research his life because what relevant deeds he did, he did as Tron and not as Boris F., and there's no article about a Boris F. you could check out for further reference, so that argument doesn't count either. And if you're writing a book, you'd check court records or ask his friends which are easily identified and found.
The information this whole thing is about is entirely irrelevant to those that want to learn about this Tron person who in his days of glory was never known by his real name, only his alias. On the other hand, it can easily be used to annoy, stalk and/or torment his relatives, particularily his parents. It serves no actual use to any viewer of that encyclopedia, and it is irresponsible and reckless to publish it without good cause.
It's the job of an encyclopedia to publish RELEVANT information, not just any bit they just accidently happen to come by. That aside, as a publisher of some sort, they do have a responsibility for their content, and IMHO they've failed in that.
de.wikipedia.org was never threatened with a shutdown injunction. The injunction was directed at prohibiting www.wikipedia.de, the website of the german wikipedia dependance, to link to de.wikipedia.org. www.wikipedia.de itself has no encyclopedical content whatsoever.
It seems to me the german wikipedia people are trying to (ab)use this situation to their advantage. They refuse to remove a potentially harmful (to the relatives) and entirely irrelevant information from an article and make a big fuss about being threatened in their very existance. Makes you wonder what they're up to.
oooooooor it was a simple mixup about the name (Mary Smith, anyone?), which is not that unlikely and which would be embarassing because it would show neglect in their "investigations".
I write OS code for money. People hire me to develop software for a variety of purposes all related to the automotive industry, and it pays quite well. You'd think the customer would later just take my code and make changes themselves, but they usually just call upon me to do it for extra cash, because they realize that despite the fact that my code is written well and readable, it would take longer and thus cost more to get someone to find their way around it, especially because most of my code is written for linux, and most of the employees of my customer are windows developers.
It works quite well for me, but I reckon this particular job is probably a niche thing. I'm not really sure how well this whole develop-something-then-sell-it thing works for a small business.
Also look at the Siemens KB-PC E - the E is for ergonomic. I've been using it for 2 years or so now, in conjunction with a mouse that is very much like the 3M from this test, and it has really helped me a lot. The Siemens KB is very comfy, has palm rests, is split in the middle and the angle can be changed, plus it can be raised in the middle to two different levels of height, allowing for a very natural position of the hands.
Am I the only one who thinks ScuttleMonkey's comment on this story is a bit...out of place? Why would you need one-digit microsecond scheduling jitter for multimedia applications?
For 'real' real-time applications, this is gold though, especially now that many more people realize Linux' potential in this area - heck, even the good folks over at Windriver have realized that now, and they used to laugh at us Linux folks.
Let's be a little realistic here. I'm a Linux user and glad of it, but don't you think the main reason why there's so many worms for Windows and so few for Linux is that there are a hell of a lot more victims for Windows worms?
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Linux can even handle that wireless connection. Just the manufacturers don't care to let you.
And that's not even true. There are a number of manufacturers that have released driver source code that was then used by community projects to develop good drivers. Atheros for CardBus comes to mind, as does ZyDAS for USB devices. Sure, there are still some manufacturers who CBA, but the fact is, you have a choice. You can buy a product of a manufacturer who cares :)
It's more like we need to gain lots of market share now so that we could put pressure on them more effectively later.
This reminds me of a politician who says he needs more power in order to achieve his goals, and that compromises have to be made to get that power. If you have paid any attention recently or in the past, you know it doesn't work that way. Once 'there', things develop their own dynamics and your goals are gone quicker then you can say 'power corrupts'. I don't know if the analogy carries that far, but I still think it's a very very bad idea.Besides, who put old walruss face in charge? Learning Klingon? Is he really so deluded to think we're all like him?
Oblivion is a great game. It has cool combat, nice magic effects and the modding ability is decent for a game of this kind. It allows you to go where you want and it doesn't force you into anything and some of the quests are really cool. It's a great game.
That said, it's a lousy TES game and it's a horribly bad RPG. The dialog is lousy, much worse than in Morrowind. There is less text, but to "make up" for that, it's all spoken by the same six or so voice actors. But what hurts the most for any long time, serious TES fan is the apparent total lack of lore. The devs say they asked the old lore gurus to write stories and lore and such, but that they didn't have as much time as would have been required. I don't know about that. But it is a serious problem. The world is lush and green and full of dear, ok. But it doesn't have any depth. It has none of the depth Morrowind had. In addition it is not as alien, not as intriguing as Morrowind. Sure, the same can be said about the two older games in the series, but IMHO this is the first time we experience a serious decline in the series, a step away from rich lore at least. This has always been a saving grace of this series that had to make up for other serious flaws, such as dialog. And don't even get me started about things like the persuasion minigame. What the FUCK were they thinking?
I have a really bad feeling about Fallout 3. Guess I'll have to invest all my hope in Age of Decadence. At least that's made by people who know and love good RPGs.
You don't get it. Players often don't play in their home countries, that's all. They still all have to have the nationality of the country they play for. And once they played for one country, they can't change their minds. So your argument is void.
*ahem* "Football".
That's what I think everytime I hear or read "american football". Whoever had the idea to call that (interesting!) sport "football" was a really weird person. IMHO, they should've called it American Rugby.
I think those phenomena are expressions of latent racist ressentiments within certain parts of the population. Just earlier today I read an article that states that a quarter of the population of Holland has a problem with immigrants, and that 10% even label themselves as racists. It was also mentioned that this group consisted mostly of poorly educated young men - incidently also a group that in large parts is interested in soccer.
Does that mean soccer is or promotes racist? I don't think so. Racism is a big problem, pretty much everywhere, and it has to be dealt with. Just don't blame soccer for it. Also, I doubt that "most games" is correct.
I for one welcome our new Enclave overlords! May they terrorize the country from their oil rig until such time that all mutants are wiped out - or alternatively, until the descendend of the vault dweller arrives! Whatever happens first!
There's a few things you can do:
Reading through these comments, one has to wonder just how short the attentionn span of the average slashdotter really is. This article is real short, yet nobody seems to have read it and everyone makes false assumptions on the "suspect the worst" model.
According to TFA the video ads will _not_ be starting playback automatically, but only if a play button is pressed.
So the solution, of course, is to take away our freedom.
It's the only way to be safe.
How about Yet Another Flamewar about EU citizens vs. their moronic governments and EU administration?
As far as the U.S. being in league with European Intelligence is possibly a good thing. If we had worked in a truly symbiotic relationship with international intelligence before, we may not have an unpopular
Actually I think I speak I speak for many fellow europeans when I say this is making matters worse. Of course the vastly bigger portion of contempt is directed at the Brussel administration and it's unending brown-tonging. Fucking sellouts!
See what the fuss is about: Topless screenshot
That's really hilarious. What a marvellous idea! I wish they did something like that around here. I could think of a few places where a stunt like that would work very well. Keep on rocking, guys!
Here in Germany, we keep hearing that there's not enough of this or that kind of engineer or other diploma-holder. Then, there's a rush at the universities because everyone thinks it's where the money is only to find out there was a sufficient amount of qualified people in that sector already, just not enough for companies to pay lower wages - more people, more choices, lower wage. I wonder if it's the same in this case?
So if I were to write an article about you, detailing every aspect of your life, especially who you had/have (kinky?) sex with (especially without your significant other knowning), that'd be ok too, because it's just information and if you had sex with someone else while in a relationship it's your fault anyway, right?
Sorry, but that logic is flawed in so many ways I don't know where to start. It's the same kind of reckless irresponsibility that makes newspapers print material they know will cause massive uproars. Anyone who publishes information has a responsibility not to needlessly cause harm.
Printing the name of that guy doesn't help you research his life because what relevant deeds he did, he did as Tron and not as Boris F., and there's no article about a Boris F. you could check out for further reference, so that argument doesn't count either. And if you're writing a book, you'd check court records or ask his friends which are easily identified and found.
The information this whole thing is about is entirely irrelevant to those that want to learn about this Tron person who in his days of glory was never known by his real name, only his alias. On the other hand, it can easily be used to annoy, stalk and/or torment his relatives, particularily his parents. It serves no actual use to any viewer of that encyclopedia, and it is irresponsible and reckless to publish it without good cause. It's the job of an encyclopedia to publish RELEVANT information, not just any bit they just accidently happen to come by. That aside, as a publisher of some sort, they do have a responsibility for their content, and IMHO they've failed in that.
Doubtful. It's more likely Tron's old friends -particularly those of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) did that.
de.wikipedia.org was never threatened with a shutdown injunction. The injunction was directed at prohibiting www.wikipedia.de, the website of the german wikipedia dependance, to link to de.wikipedia.org. www.wikipedia.de itself has no encyclopedical content whatsoever.
It seems to me the german wikipedia people are trying to (ab)use this situation to their advantage. They refuse to remove a potentially harmful (to the relatives) and entirely irrelevant information from an article and make a big fuss about being threatened in their very existance. Makes you wonder what they're up to.
oooooooor it was a simple mixup about the name (Mary Smith, anyone?), which is not that unlikely and which would be embarassing because it would show neglect in their "investigations".
I do.
I write OS code for money. People hire me to develop software for a variety of purposes all related to the automotive industry, and it pays quite well. You'd think the customer would later just take my code and make changes themselves, but they usually just call upon me to do it for extra cash, because they realize that despite the fact that my code is written well and readable, it would take longer and thus cost more to get someone to find their way around it, especially because most of my code is written for linux, and most of the employees of my customer are windows developers.
It works quite well for me, but I reckon this particular job is probably a niche thing. I'm not really sure how well this whole develop-something-then-sell-it thing works for a small business.
Also look at the Siemens KB-PC E - the E is for ergonomic. I've been using it for 2 years or so now, in conjunction with a mouse that is very much like the 3M from this test, and it has really helped me a lot. The Siemens KB is very comfy, has palm rests, is split in the middle and the angle can be changed, plus it can be raised in the middle to two different levels of height, allowing for a very natural position of the hands.
http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/products/prof_acc essories_mainboards/keyboards_mice/special_keyboar ds/kbpc_e.html
Am I the only one who thinks ScuttleMonkey's comment on this story is a bit...out of place? Why would you need one-digit microsecond scheduling jitter for multimedia applications?
For 'real' real-time applications, this is gold though, especially now that many more people realize Linux' potential in this area - heck, even the good folks over at Windriver have realized that now, and they used to laugh at us Linux folks.
Let's be a little realistic here. I'm a Linux user and glad of it, but don't you think the main reason why there's so many worms for Windows and so few for Linux is that there are a hell of a lot more victims for Windows worms?
I'm sorry, but that's just not true. Daggerfall was largely unknown, and most copies of Morrowind were sold for the X-Box.