Same thing happened to the Sam & Max sequel. The original was a real classic, on the same level as Monkey Island. The idea that the adventure genre has magically become obsolete is such crap.
If you have anything earlier than a GeForce 6000 series card (I can't name the ATI equivalent), it runs very badly. As for the game itself, I have mixed feelings. Go in with low expectations about the AI and stuff, and you'll probably be fine.
I don't know, I was always surprised that Blizzard was working on a StarCraft spinoff rather than a sequel. I don't love Blizzard, but I would certainly buy StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3. But a StarCraft FPS? Nah.
Do you support, for example, the dissolution of the FDA? No? Then you're not a Libertarian. No political philosophy can be accurately described in a two-sentence soundbite, especially not one that describes Libertarians as the only ones who really support "freedom".
You're right. The problem is that the news has started to report the mere fact of any accusation (see Swift Boat Vets). The role of a good journalist is not merely to transcribe, but also to call bullshit when it's obvious, or at least provide appropriate context when Scott McClellan starts brazenly lying about what the President's opponents are saying. I think that's more or less what you were saying.
This AP piece is exactly what I'm talking about. It's insane to just uncritically report any politician's lies and distortions, or offer a rebuttal just from a political opponent. The facts are not a partisan issue.
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It's a sad thing when a once-amazing TV show turns mediocre, and even sadder when they drag it on year after year. They killed off Buffy just in time, and they're ending The West Wing three seasons too late.
The ATI drivers for Linux are laughably bad. The nVidia ones tend to actually, you know, work like 3D video drivers should.
Personally, I miss 3dfx. They were doing great work until they decided it would be a good idea to cram huge amounts of unnecessary memory on to cards with aging chipsets. It would be nice to have three major companies competing rather than just two.
I agree with pretty much everything you've said. I admit, to my slight embarassment, that I've found a haven of sorts in Dutch pop (most sing in English). Relatively obscure artists like K's Choice, Anouk, Venus in Flames, Sarah Bettens, Woodface, and Admiral Freebee are still releasing some pretty good stuff. It ain't Pink Floyd, but it's so much better than mainstream US stuff. I'm someone who can't sit through the whole Coldplay album that everyone raved about.
I also love Bruce Cockburn, who was amazing in the 70s, mixed in the 80s, and back to great in the 90s.
Point is, there's still good stuff out there, and that doesn't mean just filling out your Zeppelin bootleg collection. Turn off the radio and talk to people who share your tastes. Oh, and go to a Derek Trucks Band concert.
I bought Radio KAOS. A lot of it is forgettable eighties-pop style that EVERYONE was doing at the time, but there are a few good tracks, and the story was interesting and even slightly hopeful.
Now I have to go downstairs and find my SMAC disc. I never did buy the expansion, but I have fond memories of the game. I loved the different factions, with their personalities and quotes. Oh, to nuke those annoying Believers with a planet buster. Well, there goes the rest of my week. And I was hoping to get some work done.
More generally, he just described a refcount. The thing that gets me is that his "answer" is what every modern Linux package manager already does. Those who don't understand Unix (or CS) are doomed to reinvent it, poorly...
Want driver updates? Go to manufacturer, get drivers for 2000/xp OR 98/ME. ...
wait for the icon to appear, double click
And this is a good thing?! The Linux approach is typically: if it's supported (and it usually is), it already works. No need to go to the hardware manufacturer's website. If there are kernel updates or third-party drivers that can be installed, your friendly local package manager handles it.
I have a hard time believing that your average user can navigate half a dozen different websites and find the drivers they need for the right version of Windows, but is put off by a modern Linux package manager.
instead of allowing software to sprinkle DLLs all over the place
Too bad Linux doesn't do any of this...
No, it's really not. The whole point of dynamic (shared) libraries is that they are shared. Windows may be terrible at dealing with different versions of the same shared library, but Unix is not. There is no "ideal mechanism for software management"; there are pros and cons to any approach.
Windows likes to have each program confined to a neat little space, except for DLLs, which are utterly inconsistent, and the registry, which is a terrible idea for many reasons. Honestly, I'm not sure how this approach is beneficial, other than aesthetically.
Then there's Unix. Executable binaries go in a/bin, shared libraries go in a/lib (tagged with their version, so incompatible versions of a library can happily coexist), configuration goes directly on the filesystem in/etc, documentation goes in/usr/man, et cetera. A good package manager has no trouble keeping track of this for when you want to remove the package, it makes your PATH easy to manage, you know where to go when you want to reconfigure something, and so on. If you're running "rogue applications", you've got bigger problems.
Hey, even as a commie pinko traitor, I used to love JAG. They only started with the transparently conservative crap after Afghanistan and Iraq; I think it was a big mistake to have reality-based stories at all when you're talking about wars.
FOX News, on the other hand, always been a feel-good channel for conservatives, in the same vein as conservative talk radio.
I don't think you understand. Apple didn't fork FreeBSD; they borrowed pieces of it. It's incorrect to assume that, without DRM, their new OS would work on other platforms.
You must not know many sysadmins. Vi(m) is superb when you're writing scripts or making minor changes, but not very useful when you're trying to wrap your head around a large codebase. That's where IDEs come in.
Firefox has a huge amount of marketing and hype behind it. That's why it's more popular that Opera.
I'd also point out that, until quite recently, Opera was the only significant browser that cost money (or forced you to put up with ads). Personally, the biggest reason I'm using Firefox is the combination of AdBlock and the Filterset.G Updater.
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Same thing happened to the Sam & Max sequel. The original was a real classic, on the same level as Monkey Island. The idea that the adventure genre has magically become obsolete is such crap.
This is from the same page with a "Hippies Smell" T-shirt advertisement. What did you expect?
If you have anything earlier than a GeForce 6000 series card (I can't name the ATI equivalent), it runs very badly. As for the game itself, I have mixed feelings. Go in with low expectations about the AI and stuff, and you'll probably be fine.
I don't know, I was always surprised that Blizzard was working on a StarCraft spinoff rather than a sequel. I don't love Blizzard, but I would certainly buy StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3. But a StarCraft FPS? Nah.
Do you support, for example, the dissolution of the FDA? No? Then you're not a Libertarian. No political philosophy can be accurately described in a two-sentence soundbite, especially not one that describes Libertarians as the only ones who really support "freedom".
Hold it right there. How would copyright exist in Libertopia's minimalist government, which exists only to enforce the "no force or fraud" principle?
You're right. The problem is that the news has started to report the mere fact of any accusation (see Swift Boat Vets). The role of a good journalist is not merely to transcribe, but also to call bullshit when it's obvious, or at least provide appropriate context when Scott McClellan starts brazenly lying about what the President's opponents are saying. I think that's more or less what you were saying.
This AP piece is exactly what I'm talking about. It's insane to just uncritically report any politician's lies and distortions, or offer a rebuttal just from a political opponent. The facts are not a partisan issue.
It's a sad thing when a once-amazing TV show turns mediocre, and even sadder when they drag it on year after year. They killed off Buffy just in time, and they're ending The West Wing three seasons too late.
Personally, I miss 3dfx. They were doing great work until they decided it would be a good idea to cram huge amounts of unnecessary memory on to cards with aging chipsets. It would be nice to have three major companies competing rather than just two.
Sometimes all the fancy video hardware in the world can't compensate for a crappy engine.
I also love Bruce Cockburn, who was amazing in the 70s, mixed in the 80s, and back to great in the 90s.
Point is, there's still good stuff out there, and that doesn't mean just filling out your Zeppelin bootleg collection. Turn off the radio and talk to people who share your tastes. Oh, and go to a Derek Trucks Band concert.
Shock! You're on Slashdot. If you want a "mainstream" view, go to the Television Without Pity forums or something.
I bought Radio KAOS. A lot of it is forgettable eighties-pop style that EVERYONE was doing at the time, but there are a few good tracks, and the story was interesting and even slightly hopeful.
Now I have to go downstairs and find my SMAC disc. I never did buy the expansion, but I have fond memories of the game. I loved the different factions, with their personalities and quotes. Oh, to nuke those annoying Believers with a planet buster. Well, there goes the rest of my week. And I was hoping to get some work done.
More generally, he just described a refcount. The thing that gets me is that his "answer" is what every modern Linux package manager already does. Those who don't understand Unix (or CS) are doomed to reinvent it, poorly...
wait for the icon to appear, double click
And this is a good thing?! The Linux approach is typically: if it's supported (and it usually is), it already works. No need to go to the hardware manufacturer's website. If there are kernel updates or third-party drivers that can be installed, your friendly local package manager handles it.
I have a hard time believing that your average user can navigate half a dozen different websites and find the drivers they need for the right version of Windows, but is put off by a modern Linux package manager.
it's certainly easier to find an obscure setting in IIS Manager than it is to dig through reams of documentation for apache.
Do you have difficulty using the search function of your text editor? As others have noted, httpd.conf is commented with instructions.
Too bad Linux doesn't do any of this...
No, it's really not. The whole point of dynamic (shared) libraries is that they are shared. Windows may be terrible at dealing with different versions of the same shared library, but Unix is not. There is no "ideal mechanism for software management"; there are pros and cons to any approach.
Windows likes to have each program confined to a neat little space, except for DLLs, which are utterly inconsistent, and the registry, which is a terrible idea for many reasons. Honestly, I'm not sure how this approach is beneficial, other than aesthetically.
Then there's Unix. Executable binaries go in a /bin, shared libraries go in a /lib (tagged with their version, so incompatible versions of a library can happily coexist), configuration goes directly on the filesystem in /etc, documentation goes in /usr/man, et cetera. A good package manager has no trouble keeping track of this for when you want to remove the package, it makes your PATH easy to manage, you know where to go when you want to reconfigure something, and so on. If you're running "rogue applications", you've got bigger problems.
My thoughts exactly. And if you're cheap like me, but still want excellent audio quality, spend $100-150 on headphones.
FOX News, on the other hand, always been a feel-good channel for conservatives, in the same vein as conservative talk radio.
Wow. Only in Bizzaro World can you be accused of liberal bias for posting a quote from the Secretary of Defense and noting some relevant facts.
I don't think you understand. Apple didn't fork FreeBSD; they borrowed pieces of it. It's incorrect to assume that, without DRM, their new OS would work on other platforms.
Well, no. Darwin is a freakish hybrid of Mach, FreeBSD 5, and Apple's own work. The device driver interfaces are not compatible.
That said, the "poem" sounds pretty childish.
You must not know many sysadmins. Vi(m) is superb when you're writing scripts or making minor changes, but not very useful when you're trying to wrap your head around a large codebase. That's where IDEs come in.
I'd also point out that, until quite recently, Opera was the only significant browser that cost money (or forced you to put up with ads). Personally, the biggest reason I'm using Firefox is the combination of AdBlock and the Filterset.G Updater.