Left 4 Dead's matchmaking system is the worst of both worlds. You have dedicated servers, but no easy way of choosing one that you like. Oh, and servers other than the "official" servers can have mods installed that you may not want. Custom Maps? See the previous mention about mods, but remove the bit about official servers.
(I'm aware that servers can be associated with Steam groups, but you need the numbered Steam ID to do that, which only high-level group admins can do. That and you have to restrict it so that you can't connect to the server through the lobby... which as far as I can tell, means that the server is always locked as to which mode, campaign, and difficulty it's running.)
Valve screwed the pooch with this one, and it looks like they're going to do it again in less than a month.
I have some problems with your post, namely how you keep using the term "extension" without clarifying whether you mean Extensions or Addons (which include Extensions and Plugins).
Plugins have always been managed by external programs, since back in the early Netscape days. Mozilla's plugin manager won't install a plugin for you, just tell you where to go to download it. And yes, there is a common directory for plugins.
To be honest, I'm not sure if there is for extensions or if the installer that installs the.NET Framework Assistant extension just installs it for every user.
The reason this is getting news is because this happened to -everyone- running Windows and Firefox.
Does it? I was under the impression that, unless you had installed a program that installed this plugin (which includes Visual Studio 2008 SP1), you wouldn't have it installed.
In either case, wouldn't simply disabling the add-on also work? (this is what I did, and it left me alone after that).
FTFS:
What was particularly galling to users was that once installed, the.NET add-on was virtually impossible to remove from Firefox. The usual "Disable" and "Uninstall" buttons in Firefox's add-on list were grayed out on all versions of Windows except Windows 7
Emphasis mine.
You should learn to read the article, too.
FTFA:
Microsoft reacted to criticism about the method it used to install the Firefox add-on by issuing another update in early May that made it possible to uninstall or disable the.NET Framework Assistant.
Emphasis mine.
Also, note that this plugin update was pushed out via Windows Update.
Nope. Copyright law has never been about restricting what you can do with a work.
I wish you could convince the US Congress of that, so that they'd overturn the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which is about restricting what you can do with a work.
The problem they bring up is that "derivative work" is not well defined.
I don't know about other legal jurisdictions, but I can only assume the GPLv2 was originally written with US Copyright law in mind, which uses the term "derivative work" in several locations.
Yeah, it's not like they ever delayed a Zelda game before... oh wait!
Whoops, it's two months away, not one.
Anyway, last time they delayed a Zelda game, it was much farther out, and ended up getting ported to their new system with new (and pointless) controls*. Besides, Nintendo finally nailed down concrete North American and Europeans release dates, rather than the nebulous Q4 2009 date, just a week or two ago.
*The GameCube version of Twilight Princess is superior to the Wii version in every way except it lacks Widescreen. Or so I've heard; My aunt has had my GC copy since before I got an HDTV.
Does Michael Dell mean he is intimate with his PC? If so, then Apple will have a new commercial, John Hodgman clothed as a Dominatrix over his business suit. Now that I think of it, that was more knowledge than mankind should know.
I have been running XP since it has been available as a beta.... Why change? Ihave 4GB of ram and no swap file, I never fill up that much ram... why do I need 64 bits?
Because, chances are, if you look in your Windows System Information, your system reports that you only have 3.25GB of RAM, a net loss of 768MiB of RAM that you have but can't access.
This is a problem with 32-bit Windows versions; despite Intel and AMD hardware supporting 36-bit memory addresses, Windows 32-bit only uses 32-bit memory addresses. This means that Windows maxes out at 4GB... before memory mapped addresses are taken away.
Why is so large a chunk taken away? I just assume video cards use memory-mapped addresses for their onboard RAM, in addition to other onboard components.
I like the free windows 7 RC1 too.... but there's no way in hell I'm paying $300 for the real deal once it times out next year. I'll just look for an OEM copy for half the price or less if I must, thankyouverymuch:P
Microsoft calls it "for System Builders" now instead of OEM.
Seriously, though, who buys a retail boxed copy? MS could probably make a total of 10 boxed copies and still not sell them all.
P.S. If you have a working.edu email address, you can get a copy of 7 Home Premium or 7 Professional for $30 via the Win 7 for 1 promotion.
"Its amazing that it takes Micro$oft 6 years to what the Linux, community can get done in 6 weeks"
I always wonder how this happen so fast as well, its like I woke up one day everybody had gone 64Bit. But one day at my local lug, Alan Cox was there and we got taking about 64Bit drivers and he said that when he was working at Red Hat the code for the Alpha port helped a lot. Plus Linux has been in the 64bit space for a while it just commodity hardware caught up.
Windows has had x86-64 versions for over four years now. Just because manufacturers are starting to catch up doesn't mean that Microsoft is behind the curve here (at least on the OS side).
Oh, and those signed drivers people keep complaining about? Microsoft is using this as a bludgeon to get manufacturers to write 64-bit drivers by refusing to sign drivers unless they have both versions.
P.S. Fun Fact: Windows NT 4.0 had an Alpha version.
For the most part, deals in Steam are through the publisher, not Valve. So it's likely that THQ is just having a marketing blitz.
While that explains the mid-week and week-long sales, it doesn't really explain why Steam usually has one product/set of products on sale every weekend.
The hell it didn't! If one logs into the computer as soon as the login screen is displayed, (if the "welcome screen" is enabled) you'll see the "Welcome" line rise in a jerky fashion. That will disappear, and the taskbar is displayed right away. Because XP uses Terminal Services to show you your desktop, you'll see that the Start button, QuickLaunch area, and system tray will be blank (for only a few seconds, or longer) while your hard drive grinds away trying to furiously load everything at the same time. Win NT4 took a while to give the login screen (on slow computers), but at least when it did, one knew the OS was loaded completely.
Windows 2000 did it the same way NT4 did. It was XP that changed this behavior.
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One of their purposes, not the only purpose. Oracle also wanted to get their grubby mitts on Java.
Actually... with SPARC; Solaris; Java; Oracle 11g; and Oracle Weblogic Suite 11g, Oracle can now control their entire App Server from top to bottom.
The sad part is, Penny Arcade wasn't funny then and still isn't now!
Left 4 Dead's matchmaking system is the worst of both worlds. You have dedicated servers, but no easy way of choosing one that you like. Oh, and servers other than the "official" servers can have mods installed that you may not want. Custom Maps? See the previous mention about mods, but remove the bit about official servers.
(I'm aware that servers can be associated with Steam groups, but you need the numbered Steam ID to do that, which only high-level group admins can do. That and you have to restrict it so that you can't connect to the server through the lobby... which as far as I can tell, means that the server is always locked as to which mode, campaign, and difficulty it's running.)
Valve screwed the pooch with this one, and it looks like they're going to do it again in less than a month.
I have some problems with your post, namely how you keep using the term "extension" without clarifying whether you mean Extensions or Addons (which include Extensions and Plugins).
Plugins have always been managed by external programs, since back in the early Netscape days. Mozilla's plugin manager won't install a plugin for you, just tell you where to go to download it. And yes, there is a common directory for plugins.
To be honest, I'm not sure if there is for extensions or if the installer that installs the .NET Framework Assistant extension just installs it for every user.
Does it? I was under the impression that, unless you had installed a program that installed this plugin (which includes Visual Studio 2008 SP1), you wouldn't have it installed.
Hats, get your tinfoil hats! $10, cash only!
You should learn to read the article, too.
FTFA:
Emphasis mine.
Also, note that this plugin update was pushed out via Windows Update.
er... isn't that what modern preemptive multi-tasking OSes already do?
You beat me to it. :/
I'm still curious as how the grand-parent expects to develop applications with a compiler.
I wish you could convince the US Congress of that, so that they'd overturn the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which is about restricting what you can do with a work.
I don't know about other legal jurisdictions, but I can only assume the GPLv2 was originally written with US Copyright law in mind, which uses the term "derivative work" in several locations.
Whoops, it's two months away, not one.
Anyway, last time they delayed a Zelda game, it was much farther out, and ended up getting ported to their new system with new (and pointless) controls*. Besides, Nintendo finally nailed down concrete North American and Europeans release dates, rather than the nebulous Q4 2009 date, just a week or two ago.
*The GameCube version of Twilight Princess is superior to the Wii version in every way except it lacks Widescreen. Or so I've heard; My aunt has had my GC copy since before I got an HDTV.
So, are you saying that this was More Information Then You Require?
Psst, did you notice that this was in his/her gaming machine?
Because, chances are, if you look in your Windows System Information, your system reports that you only have 3.25GB of RAM, a net loss of 768MiB of RAM that you have but can't access.
This is a problem with 32-bit Windows versions; despite Intel and AMD hardware supporting 36-bit memory addresses, Windows 32-bit only uses 32-bit memory addresses. This means that Windows maxes out at 4GB... before memory mapped addresses are taken away.
Why is so large a chunk taken away? I just assume video cards use memory-mapped addresses for their onboard RAM, in addition to other onboard components.
Mickey D? That would explain his comments:
"I'm lovin' it!"
Wait, did you just say you... use Internet Explorer?
Hey, anyone know the number of the local sanitarium?
Microsoft calls it "for System Builders" now instead of OEM.
Seriously, though, who buys a retail boxed copy? MS could probably make a total of 10 boxed copies and still not sell them all.
P.S. If you have a working .edu email address, you can get a copy of 7 Home Premium or 7 Professional for $30 via the Win 7 for 1 promotion.
Windows has had x86-64 versions for over four years now. Just because manufacturers are starting to catch up doesn't mean that Microsoft is behind the curve here (at least on the OS side).
Oh, and those signed drivers people keep complaining about? Microsoft is using this as a bludgeon to get manufacturers to write 64-bit drivers by refusing to sign drivers unless they have both versions.
P.S. Fun Fact: Windows NT 4.0 had an Alpha version.
So, for $459.97, I can get a computer from a line that starts at $599? What black magic do I need to do this?
Last time I checked, even my employer's discount program only knocked it down to $549.
Hey, the next Zelda DS game is only a month away; much too soon for a system a year out! :P
When have you ever seen /. in a URL?
What are you smoking and can I have some?
While that explains the mid-week and week-long sales, it doesn't really explain why Steam usually has one product/set of products on sale every weekend.
Windows 2000 did it the same way NT4 did. It was XP that changed this behavior.
sudo and the like don't require the root password.
And desktop distros are generally set up so users can sudo to do anything.