I agree with the using the right tool for the right job - I prefer using my Xbox than playing on a computer.
However, this is not to say that Linux shouldn't or couldn't have games too. There is a slowly increasing amount of titles that are coming out. I own about 50 Linux games so far, which is more than I have for any console. There are more coming out too.
Granted, about 70 to 80% of these games are FPSes, but that's another story.
I have been getting it since before the last/. news item about the "prediction" of the next Windows worm... It's annoying. I've gotten about 200 worm emails and 150 "undeliverable" emails in my inbox since then. Damned annoying.
Does OOo have a grammar checker yet? I know that that is a minor detail, and most people can get past it... But what about Clippy? Last I checked, OOo didn't have that either... My version is getting a little old though.:)
I was just thinking... I bet Microsoft is getting people to write these worms that exploit these security holes in Windows a week after the patch is available... It helps dispell the "myth" that Windows is insecure and all that, and nicely places the blame on the sysadmins... "You didn't patch??? Too bad..." You know what I mean? "It's not Microsoft's fault; they had a patch out a week ago." Brilliant. Microsoft++
I never said I was a Linux god. I am a newbie. I don't know shit all about Linux. I can barely get it installed! I don't even know how to start X! Ask anyone, I'm totally clueless!...
That was a mild attempt at humor, relating to how often new test kernels are released and how Linux users... oh forget it.
I suppose I should have said "compiling" instead of "recompiling." I should have known some smart-ass Linux user would jump on that because of how superior he is to everyone else in the world.
Let me guess, you use Gentoo?
Yeah, I used to have a lot of problems with PowerPoint stuff. The majority of my problems were font-related, and one day I managed to fix it by installing the fonts that come with Windows 98. There are still a few other minor issues, but don't seem to be that many... Just out of curiosity, what other problems have you had?
So can you not load your game and then save it to the memory card? If DOA3 doesn't support the memory card, then it's probably because it's saved games run larger than 8MB or something stupid like that. I don't know. I have no money to buy a memory card yet.:)
Well, I have been meaning to get one to see how to do all of that...
I have friends that do it. In any event, when you go to save a game, if you have a memory card in your controller, you'll get the option to save to it, so therefore, you could load your game from your hard drive, and then save it to the memory card. Then, load it from the memory card in your other Xbox, then save it to the hard drive.
That's all assuming that the saved game management stuff in the dash doesn't let you copy to and from your memory cards.
Okay, I just thought I'd point out something... I am a telemarketer, as that's what I do. I do the actual calling. However, I most certainly AM in favor of the national do not call list. I think it's great. It (usually) isn't the actual telemarketers who are against it, it's the people who are higher up - the actual companies that stand to lose contacts (in their eyes, potential profits), that care.
Personally, I can't see why more people haven't signed up for do not call lists, especially when they pick up the line on the 8th attempt and they complain that we keep calling. Although lately there are more and more people that I get each day that are catching on and requesting us to put them on our do not call list, so that's good.
Don't forget that if you are on a do not call list for a company or a call centre, and they call again, you can sue for $500 a pop. And once the national do not call list takes effect (assuming it is legislated) in October, you can sue for $11K.
Personally, I don't care who I talk to, if anyone. Half the time someone hangs up on me, I keep on reading the script to kill time because I hate the job.
Thankfully I have an interview at another place on Tuesday, and by October 1st I will have a computer consulting job, albeit part-time only but I don't care.
I agree with you entirely.
It's also possible that the computer was given to them too, so they might have not even had to pay for it. I gave an older computer to my in-laws once upon a time, and they still use it.
Some people just think that they are so much better than anyone who needs government assistance. Sad.
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I agree with the using the right tool for the right job - I prefer using my Xbox than playing on a computer.
However, this is not to say that Linux shouldn't or couldn't have games too. There is a slowly increasing amount of titles that are coming out. I own about 50 Linux games so far, which is more than I have for any console. There are more coming out too.
Granted, about 70 to 80% of these games are FPSes, but that's another story.
I'm so tired, for a second there, I thought you were dissing Burger King.
I don't know if it uses SCO shit or not, but I use Scotia, and it's got pretty good online stuff too. I haven't had any problems with them so far...
Sure. How about OpenOffice.org?
If you didn't read my entire post, I DID recommend installing a 2.6 kernel as well, which is what the parent posted wanted, so shut the fuck up.
Why not just use MySQL or one of the other database formats?
You could install a newer kernel... apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.22-1-386 apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.0-test4-1-386 etc...
Oh great, another Mandrake rip-off. We have enough distros already!
And if I ever step foot on the moon, I'll believe NASA.
I have been getting it since before the last /. news item about the "prediction" of the next Windows worm... It's annoying. I've gotten about 200 worm emails and 150 "undeliverable" emails in my inbox since then. Damned annoying.
Does OOo have a grammar checker yet? I know that that is a minor detail, and most people can get past it... But what about Clippy? Last I checked, OOo didn't have that either... My version is getting a little old though. :)
Microsoft should make an antivirus software... Here's the first line of the batch file:
/y
format c:
REM courtesy of Urban Mystic
I was just thinking... I bet Microsoft is getting people to write these worms that exploit these security holes in Windows a week after the patch is available... It helps dispell the "myth" that Windows is insecure and all that, and nicely places the blame on the sysadmins... "You didn't patch??? Too bad..." You know what I mean? "It's not Microsoft's fault; they had a patch out a week ago." Brilliant. Microsoft++
I never said I was a Linux god. I am a newbie. I don't know shit all about Linux. I can barely get it installed! I don't even know how to start X! Ask anyone, I'm totally clueless! ...
That was a mild attempt at humor, relating to how often new test kernels are released and how Linux users... oh forget it.
I suppose I should have said "compiling" instead of "recompiling." I should have known some smart-ass Linux user would jump on that because of how superior he is to everyone else in the world.
Let me guess, you use Gentoo?
And important things, like recompiling the latest test version of the 2.6.0 kernel.
Take off, eh! Ya hoser!
Yeah, I used to have a lot of problems with PowerPoint stuff. The majority of my problems were font-related, and one day I managed to fix it by installing the fonts that come with Windows 98. There are still a few other minor issues, but don't seem to be that many... Just out of curiosity, what other problems have you had?
Well, it IS a BioWare game... ;)
So can you not load your game and then save it to the memory card? If DOA3 doesn't support the memory card, then it's probably because it's saved games run larger than 8MB or something stupid like that. I don't know. I have no money to buy a memory card yet. :)
http://xbox.com/assets/en-us/HardwareManuals/Memor y_Unit.pdf
Seems that the dash does allow you to copy to-from your hard drive and a memory card (as it should).
Well, I have been meaning to get one to see how to do all of that...
I have friends that do it. In any event, when you go to save a game, if you have a memory card in your controller, you'll get the option to save to it, so therefore, you could load your game from your hard drive, and then save it to the memory card. Then, load it from the memory card in your other Xbox, then save it to the hard drive.
That's all assuming that the saved game management stuff in the dash doesn't let you copy to and from your memory cards.
Couldn't you just put the saved game onto a memory card, then load it onto your other Xbox?
Okay, I just thought I'd point out something... I am a telemarketer, as that's what I do. I do the actual calling. However, I most certainly AM in favor of the national do not call list. I think it's great. It (usually) isn't the actual telemarketers who are against it, it's the people who are higher up - the actual companies that stand to lose contacts (in their eyes, potential profits), that care.
Personally, I can't see why more people haven't signed up for do not call lists, especially when they pick up the line on the 8th attempt and they complain that we keep calling. Although lately there are more and more people that I get each day that are catching on and requesting us to put them on our do not call list, so that's good.
Don't forget that if you are on a do not call list for a company or a call centre, and they call again, you can sue for $500 a pop. And once the national do not call list takes effect (assuming it is legislated) in October, you can sue for $11K.
Personally, I don't care who I talk to, if anyone. Half the time someone hangs up on me, I keep on reading the script to kill time because I hate the job.
Thankfully I have an interview at another place on Tuesday, and by October 1st I will have a computer consulting job, albeit part-time only but I don't care.
I agree with you entirely. It's also possible that the computer was given to them too, so they might have not even had to pay for it. I gave an older computer to my in-laws once upon a time, and they still use it. Some people just think that they are so much better than anyone who needs government assistance. Sad.