That would rock! But instead of calling it Windows compatibility, they should call it "Legacy PC Compatibility". As far as most of today's computer users are concerned, this whole Unix/Linux thing is brand new, and Windows has been around forever. Convince the average PC user that Windows is old and unreliable tech and that Linux is the new way of doing things. Attach a stigma to Windows usage. Of course, you'd have to make your OS "just work", give it a great (and fast) UI... basically do what OS X did.
Yeah, but on the other hand, there are people who he will have "disappeal" with (almost an equal number). Meaning that on balance some people will switch to Apple for him and some will leave. It is a risk to say which way. If 1000 switch to Apple, and 999 leave, I can't say that things really would be worth it for Apple, follow me here?
America may be 50-50 on guys like Gore, but in my country (Canada) he's pretty well liked. America's left wing (Democrats) is pretty well in line with out centre (Liberals), and I'm sure that this is true in many countries. So, sales may not improve too greatly in the US, but they could really jump in forgeign markets such as the Frozen North, eh?
We are working on tools that the historic visual developers will find very attractive. They will be all written in Java.
I love Java on a fast machine, but most of the time I'm using a Pentium 2 with a 233MHz processor. I can't run jEdit, JBuilder or NetBeans on here because they're too damn slow!
They should write it in C/C++. Most Java applications that I've used run just fine on this "bitty box", but IDEs and text-editors slow to a crawl.
I guess what _I_ really need is JCreator to be ported to GNU/Linux.
If you're a Windows user, the excellent (and gratis) Kerio Personal Firewall will make MD5 hashes of every app on your machine that requests network access. If the MD5 of an app changes, it alerts you before the app is allowed to run.
If you could get this going with every binary on your machine you'd have basically what you're asking for.
the effort and expenditure of resources to get from there to here would probably mean the payoff for attacking us wouldn't be worth the trip.
My friend, you seem to be forgetting our vast amounts of stable Energon!
Re:Talk about missing the point!
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I think that part of D&D's beauty is that it allows for really heroic roleplaying. If you have 120 hitpoints max, and find yourself knocked down to 1, you're still at full fighting efficiency!
As opposed to more realistic (read: less fun) games: "Oh, well, I could chase the baron down, but I've lost four health levels, so I'm restricted to pulling myself along the ground with my arms. I guess I'll just let him go" or "Ow! That last hit cut my sword-hand! Guess I'll have to sit this fight out."
Re:Not more regulation, less regulation
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I disagree, I'm currently playing under the best DM I (or anyone else in the group) has ever seen, and he plays by the rules all of the time.
When you stick with the rules you end the session knowing deep down inside that it was some delicious mix of skill and luck that lead you to success, not some desire on behalf of the DM to make it all more dramatic.
A skilled DM works with the rules, not around them.
I always loved D&D, and when Third Edition came out I was overjoyed. I preordered all three core rulebooks and introduced my closest friends to one of my favourite childhood hobbies.
That was about four years ago - now, thanks to version "3.5" I have to repurchase those core rulebooks, along with my DM's screen so I can keep current.
I was more than happy to buy supplements (Monster Manual 2, Epic Level Handbook, Tome and Blood) to support Wizards, but having to throw away my old books and adventures in order to enjoy new material is not something that I look forward to.
3.5E is an insult. From now on, Wizards is dead to me!
DEAD!
I'm going to stick with White Wolf - sure, they update more often than Wizards, but at least you only have to buy one book (not three) to play a given game.
Intel and AMD think that DRM is the best thing since wheels on a bucket - replace those two entries with Apple and you're bang on. Adding ATI to the list might be okay, too, eh?
POPFile's a great idea even for the technically minded user! It works very well on the user end, and can be used to categorize messages (i.e. I have personal, church, mailing list and spam categories with the messages being sent to my inbox, church, bulk and trash folders respectively).
I just wish that I could get Sylpheed to understand custom headers - I have to use ugly subject modification.
The problem with backlit colour LCDs is that if you stand in direct sunlight they're impossible to see. That's why I didn't buy a Palm 3C - I want to use it outside. Most GBA owners would be kids and would therefore spend most of their free time outside (parents are always kicking their kids outside to get fresh air and exercise). I personally haven't had any trouble using my GBA - the fact that it runs for 15 hours on 2 AAs makes the lack of a backlit screen very worthwhile.
He'll say that Linux is insecure since "hackers" can look at the source and find vulnerabilites. Then Bush'll declare that it's un-American, since it doesn't generate much in funds for huge companies and make it illegal.
The new DRM-enabled PCs will prevent you from running anything but Windows, and those caught circumventing it will be given huge fines and thrown in prison.
I read the headline and thought IP = intellectual property - Jesus Tapdancing Christ! They're patenting water???
This project sounds cool.
Re:Okay ... a few things that really bug me here .
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The U.S. government has a yearly budget of one trillion dollars, and over forty percent of that goes to the millitary. At least this could've been used by citizens.
Here's how it'll actually go: at the end of the film, it'll turn out that the whole Terminator/Skynet thing was only Sarah Conner (who's still a child) having a nightmare.
The next day at school, she draws a bunch of pictures of Terminators. Miles Dyson comes to the school to pick up his son, sees the pictures and gets the idea to develop the chips, which results in Skynet...
I haven't flown in awhile, but it doesn't seem like EVERYONE would be able to see your screen/keyboard. I do know that my laptop screen is practically unreadable unless you're sitting directly in front of it (but it is somewhat dated). At best, maybe the person sitting next to you would be able to read what was on your screen, and you'd certainly notice them peering over. If you're using a good OS, you have to type in your password to log in anyway - typing another password a couple of times won't hurt if it lets you use GPG.
This is entirely true! One of the things standing in the way of GNU/Linux gaining mainstream acceptance is that PC means "a computer with an Intel processor that runs some version of Windows."
My Personal Computer runs Gentoo. I'm sure that other people's Personal Computers are Macs. It may have been more appropriate to compare DV editing on Windows and Mac OS X.
Basically, the Canadian government will do anything to make money in the short-term (e.g. privatise profitable utilities, gut funding for health care and education, use surplus funds to give tax breaks to corporations and screw over organic/traditional farmers for the sake of biotech).
The farmer in question sprayed Roundup (which is also made by Monsanto) on the canola growing near his fenceposts to tidy up the field. When the canola didn't die, he called Monsanto and *WHAMMO*, he got sued.
Just remember: biotech is only one letter away from biotch.
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That would rock! But instead of calling it Windows compatibility, they should call it "Legacy PC Compatibility". As far as most of today's computer users are concerned, this whole Unix/Linux thing is brand new, and Windows has been around forever. Convince the average PC user that Windows is old and unreliable tech and that Linux is the new way of doing things. Attach a stigma to Windows usage.
Of course, you'd have to make your OS "just work", give it a great (and fast) UI... basically do what OS X did.
Yeah, but on the other hand, there are people who he will have "disappeal" with (almost an equal number). Meaning that on balance some people will switch to Apple for him and some will leave. It is a risk to say which way. If 1000 switch to Apple, and 999 leave, I can't say that things really would be worth it for Apple, follow me here?
America may be 50-50 on guys like Gore, but in my country (Canada) he's pretty well liked. America's left wing (Democrats) is pretty well in line with out centre (Liberals), and I'm sure that this is true in many countries. So, sales may not improve too greatly in the US, but they could really jump in forgeign markets such as the Frozen North, eh?
We are working on tools that the historic visual developers will find very attractive. They will be all written in Java.
I love Java on a fast machine, but most of the time I'm using a Pentium 2 with a 233MHz processor. I can't run jEdit, JBuilder or NetBeans on here because they're too damn slow!
They should write it in C/C++. Most Java applications that I've used run just fine on this "bitty box", but IDEs and text-editors slow to a crawl.
I guess what _I_ really need is JCreator to be ported to GNU/Linux.
If you're a Windows user, the excellent (and gratis) Kerio Personal Firewall will make MD5 hashes of every app on your machine that requests network access. If the MD5 of an app changes, it alerts you before the app is allowed to run.
If you could get this going with every binary on your machine you'd have basically what you're asking for.
the effort and expenditure of resources to get from there to here would probably mean the payoff for attacking us wouldn't be worth the trip.
My friend, you seem to be forgetting our vast amounts of stable Energon!
I think that part of D&D's beauty is that it allows for really heroic roleplaying. If you have 120 hitpoints max, and find yourself knocked down to 1, you're still at full fighting efficiency!
As opposed to more realistic (read: less fun) games:
"Oh, well, I could chase the baron down, but I've lost four health levels, so I'm restricted to pulling myself along the ground with my arms. I guess I'll just let him go" or "Ow! That last hit cut my sword-hand! Guess I'll have to sit this fight out."
I disagree, I'm currently playing under the best DM I (or anyone else in the group) has ever seen, and he plays by the rules all of the time.
When you stick with the rules you end the session knowing deep down inside that it was some delicious mix of skill and luck that lead you to success, not some desire on behalf of the DM to make it all more dramatic.
A skilled DM works with the rules, not around them.
I always loved D&D, and when Third Edition came out I was overjoyed. I preordered all three core rulebooks and introduced my closest friends to one of my favourite childhood hobbies.
That was about four years ago - now, thanks to version "3.5" I have to repurchase those core rulebooks, along with my DM's screen so I can keep current.
I was more than happy to buy supplements (Monster Manual 2, Epic Level Handbook, Tome and Blood) to support Wizards, but having to throw away my old books and adventures in order to enjoy new material is not something that I look forward to.
3.5E is an insult. From now on, Wizards is dead to me!
DEAD!
I'm going to stick with White Wolf - sure, they update more often than Wizards, but at least you only have to buy one book (not three) to play a given game.
Intel and AMD think that DRM is the best thing since wheels on a bucket - replace those two entries with Apple and you're bang on.
Adding ATI to the list might be okay, too, eh?
I use Bell's Sympatico DSL service ($45 CAD per month) and the limit is 5GB (up/down)load PER MONTH.
I can't imagine running up 1GB per day.
POPFile's a great idea even for the technically minded user! It works very well on the user end, and can be used to categorize messages (i.e. I have personal, church, mailing list and spam categories with the messages being sent to my inbox, church, bulk and trash folders respectively).
I just wish that I could get Sylpheed to understand custom headers - I have to use ugly subject modification.
The problem with backlit colour LCDs is that if you stand in direct sunlight they're impossible to see. That's why I didn't buy a Palm 3C - I want to use it outside.
Most GBA owners would be kids and would therefore spend most of their free time outside (parents are always kicking their kids outside to get fresh air and exercise). I personally haven't had any trouble using my GBA - the fact that it runs for 15 hours on 2 AAs makes the lack of a backlit screen very worthwhile.
No matter how much you drag your feet, you won't be able to stop English from evolving.
;)
Don't worry, though - it happens to alot of languages.
He'll say that Linux is insecure since "hackers" can look at the source and find vulnerabilites. Then Bush'll declare that it's un-American, since it doesn't generate much in funds for huge companies and make it illegal. The new DRM-enabled PCs will prevent you from running anything but Windows, and those caught circumventing it will be given huge fines and thrown in prison.
I read the headline and thought IP = intellectual property - Jesus Tapdancing Christ! They're patenting water??? This project sounds cool.
The U.S. government has a yearly budget of one trillion dollars, and over forty percent of that goes to the millitary.
At least this could've been used by citizens.
Here's how it'll actually go:
at the end of the film, it'll turn out that the whole Terminator/Skynet thing was only Sarah Conner (who's still a child) having a nightmare.
The next day at school, she draws a bunch of pictures of Terminators. Miles Dyson comes to the school to pick up his son, sees the pictures and gets the idea to develop the chips, which results in Skynet...
Michael-Newman.III == "Michael Newman the Third"?
*shrug*
I haven't flown in awhile, but it doesn't seem like EVERYONE would be able to see your screen/keyboard. I do know that my laptop screen is practically unreadable unless you're sitting directly in front of it (but it is somewhat dated).
At best, maybe the person sitting next to you would be able to read what was on your screen, and you'd certainly notice them peering over.
If you're using a good OS, you have to type in your password to log in anyway - typing another password a couple of times won't hurt if it lets you use GPG.
to most people, PC = Windows
This is entirely true! One of the things standing in the way of GNU/Linux gaining mainstream acceptance is that PC means "a computer with an Intel processor that runs some version of Windows."
My Personal Computer runs Gentoo. I'm sure that other people's Personal Computers are Macs.
It may have been more appropriate to compare DV editing on Windows and Mac OS X.
Basically, the Canadian government will do anything to make money in the short-term (e.g. privatise profitable utilities, gut funding for health care and education, use surplus funds to give tax breaks to corporations and screw over organic/traditional farmers for the sake of biotech).
The farmer in question sprayed Roundup (which is also made by Monsanto) on the canola growing near his fenceposts to tidy up the field. When the canola didn't die, he called Monsanto and *WHAMMO*, he got sued.
Just remember: biotech is only one letter away from biotch.
The saddest part of it is, I think that they were supposed to be Vulcans, Nimoy included.
spelt2
v.
A past tense and a past participle of spell1.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
AFAIK the PS2 and GC both have proprietary graphics libraries (and in the PS2 case, not much of a library at all).
But what about SDL?