Just for the record... the video you linked is very old and show a exhibition match between to defensive players. Take a look to really pro, competitive and modern matchs like this one http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xrCQMxWMzk . Oh, and also, table tennis rules change a couple of years ago to make it more marketable. This includes, shorter games (is up to 11, not 21 any more) and bigger ball (from 38 mm to 40 mm).
This is not ping pong game, is a table tennis game, huge difference. Just see what pro table tennis really is here http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xrCQMxWMzk .
This could be a really nice feature on Gnome to improve the not-so-well understood spacial navegation metaphor. At least to me both things look like a perfect fit.
Just in case StarOffice 8 beta is also available here. A month ago I installed a pre-relase build of OpenOffice.org (not the RC) and run very very slowly and buggy. Then, i download and try StarOffice 8 and it run beautiful. I assume OO.org RC must be at the same stability/maturity level as Sun beta is.
Yep. It was Commander Keen, Episode 4. Sometimes i run Keen4 just to play this little mini game (yes, i was bored). There one was fun detail: if you managed to keep both baths playing without much moving (in a loop you may say) the ball speed started to increase - then after a while, if you move move your bath to miss the ball, the playing area behind it got broken by the hit of the ball.
Put it simple, yes, there is some relativism. But what wrong with pondering things? Microsoft have a lot of unethical behavoir on their history and also produce crappy software. On the other hand Transgaming has play nice with the projects they take code, giviving back really quality code; and also give to their customers -one been myself- really value. You have to sum up up theirs track record and then you can make a judgment.
Discontinual changes aren't linear. As easy or cheap is to get Linux, the user is confronted with a discontinual change in the way the percive their computers. To use linux isn't free. It has costs of migration, training, etc.
One thing is to get a free OS, yet another is using it. That's why people don't just jump at Gentoo or Debian as their first distro: i'm maybe the greatest linux distro out there, but is too discontinual. That's why distros like Lindows o Xandros, or software like Wine are important: they close the gap an make a discontinual process look a little more evolutionary than revolutionary.
In a related subject thats also why OpenOffice and Firefox use on the Windows world is also incredible relevant. When most user need is to surf on the web and make a couple of reports, providing a familiar or equal experience on diferents plataforms, make the plataform itself rather irrelevant.
I second this...
Jokes are funny, an even necesarry, but please... making fun of someone who want to share something that is indeed interesting in name of aesthetic is just what slashdot is not about.
"Conectiva Linux, developed by Brazilian vendor Conectiva S.A., is the most popular distribution in South America,.."
As a south american geek i have to say that i have never meet someone who use Conectiva. I've use Linux for.. i dont know... 6 years, and in my personal experience RedHat and Debian are the most common distributions- at least in Chile. Conectiva is well-known -as in TurboLinux well-known-but-not-much-used.
i second this... I'm from Chile and here "Messegener" -Microsoft MSN Messenger- is equal to IM. ICQ was just to early on the market and was adopted only by geeks and geek's friends. MSN Messenger come just in time here, and i think the rest of the world, where Internet technology became a everyday tool for the "common" people. I think Microsoft 'll make AIM/ICQ interoperable with MSN and slowly -slow enough not to make a mess of PR with monoply claims: something like "AIM - Powered by MSN Technology" on splash screens or about dialogs- it'll turn to the branding to "MSN Messeger" as it's so much strategic for their to make everything a synomus of Microsoft.
Someone who knows better could point out some international agreements on the free non-militar use of space? I'm pretty sure there is some legal problems with putting weapons on space. For one, it create huge and complex geopolitical problems- US could just put a "military base" up everyone air space. Second, in a more moral view is just stupid to think any human, country or power could own or control space.. is as idiotic as infamous phrases like "US owns the moon".
The rest of the world managed subtitles pretty good if think...
i've never understand why "americans" are so freaking lazy; studios prefer to make complete new remakes of foreign films to deal with the subtitle fear. -i think of Vanilla Sky -Abre los Ojos-, The Ring -Ringu- and a few french movies out there.
I know the language isn't the only reason: there is cultural ones. That is even a worse excuse to remake or adapt films to american audicence; the only thing you people are been exposed is to the same thing over and over: youselfs!
That reflect a lack of cultural openess and will to learn from the rest of the world. You dont want to see things differnt!
Go and figure why everybody else think americans always have what they want in they way they like.
This is not flamebait.. is just a opinion -a political one maybe- about a comment and topic that reflect an overall -subtle maybe- politic opinion on culture.
... i'm really eager to see what is going to happen when the GPL goes to court. To me, it's seems that with wider commercialization of GPLed technology, it becomes more important to have solid foundation to stop once and for all corporate greed and FUD.
Here in Chile the telecomunication/internet market is quite competitive. I mention it, beacuse i think is important to give a context on technology and market development to evaluate prices over internet access. With 15 millions people, Chile has 4.5 million users of digital 2G and 2.5G (GSM and CDMA) cellular phone services and 3 millions of residental phone lines. 750k broandband users and a total of 3 million internet users (dialup/at-work/etc). So.. what are we paying here?
ADSL and Cable have prices on this ranges: 256 kbps => 40 dollars 512 kbps => 50 dollars 1 mbps => 70 dollars
For extra 10 dollars a month you get WiFi (router and installation for your home network).
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Just for the record... the video you linked is very old and show a exhibition match between to defensive players. Take a look to really pro, competitive and modern matchs like this one http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xrCQMxWMzk . Oh, and also, table tennis rules change a couple of years ago to make it more marketable. This includes, shorter games (is up to 11, not 21 any more) and bigger ball (from 38 mm to 40 mm).
This is not ping pong game, is a table tennis game, huge difference. Just see what pro table tennis really is here http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xrCQMxWMzk .
This could be a really nice feature on Gnome to improve the not-so-well understood spacial navegation metaphor. At least to me both things look like a perfect fit.
Just in case StarOffice 8 beta is also available here.
A month ago I installed a pre-relase build of OpenOffice.org (not the RC) and run very very slowly and buggy. Then, i download and try StarOffice 8 and it run beautiful.
I assume OO.org RC must be at the same stability/maturity level as Sun beta is.
That's depend how do you define "rich country".. by overall PIB or per capita.
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Maybe they were threated to be included on the Axis of Evil.
Yep. It was Commander Keen, Episode 4. Sometimes i run Keen4 just to play this little mini game (yes, i was bored).
There one was fun detail: if you managed to keep both baths playing without much moving (in a loop you may say) the ball speed started to increase - then after a while, if you move move your bath to miss the ball, the playing area behind it got broken by the hit of the ball.
do you mean something like this.
Put it simple, yes, there is some relativism. But what wrong with pondering things?
Microsoft have a lot of unethical behavoir on their history and also produce crappy software.
On the other hand Transgaming has play nice with the projects they take code, giviving back really quality code; and also give to their customers -one been myself- really value.
You have to sum up up theirs track record and then you can make a judgment.
Discontinual changes aren't linear. As easy or cheap is to get Linux, the user is confronted with a discontinual change in the way the percive their computers. To use linux isn't free. It has costs of migration, training, etc. One thing is to get a free OS, yet another is using it. That's why people don't just jump at Gentoo or Debian as their first distro: i'm maybe the greatest linux distro out there, but is too discontinual. That's why distros like Lindows o Xandros, or software like Wine are important: they close the gap an make a discontinual process look a little more evolutionary than revolutionary. In a related subject thats also why OpenOffice and Firefox use on the Windows world is also incredible relevant. When most user need is to surf on the web and make a couple of reports, providing a familiar or equal experience on diferents plataforms, make the plataform itself rather irrelevant.
yep.... the car is the computer, the motor engine is the cpu.
I second this... Jokes are funny, an even necesarry, but please... making fun of someone who want to share something that is indeed interesting in name of aesthetic is just what slashdot is not about.
As a south american geek i have to say that i have never meet someone who use Conectiva. I've use Linux for.. i dont know... 6 years, and in my personal experience RedHat and Debian are the most common distributions- at least in Chile.
Conectiva is well-known -as in TurboLinux well-known-but-not-much-used.
i second this...
I'm from Chile and here "Messegener" -Microsoft MSN Messenger- is equal to IM.
ICQ was just to early on the market and was adopted only by geeks and geek's friends.
MSN Messenger come just in time here, and i think the rest of the world, where Internet technology became a everyday tool for the "common" people.
I think Microsoft 'll make AIM/ICQ interoperable with MSN and slowly -slow enough not to make a mess of PR with monoply claims: something like "AIM - Powered by MSN Technology" on splash screens or about dialogs- it'll turn to the branding to "MSN Messeger" as it's so much strategic for their to make everything a synomus of Microsoft.
Someone who knows better could point out some international agreements on the free non-militar use of space?
I'm pretty sure there is some legal problems with putting weapons on space. For one, it create huge and complex geopolitical problems- US could just put a "military base" up everyone air space.
Second, in a more moral view is just stupid to think any human, country or power could own or control space.. is as idiotic as infamous phrases like "US owns the moon".
and this is news? i'm pretty sure this site has been online for like a year.
[Girlfriend] ...^so, this guy was totally over her, so i went to...
[Geek] Shut tha' fucka'.. i'm trying to frag this bastards!
Girlfriend is now offline.
The rest of the world managed subtitles pretty good if think... i've never understand why "americans" are so freaking lazy; studios prefer to make complete new remakes of foreign films to deal with the subtitle fear. -i think of Vanilla Sky -Abre los Ojos-, The Ring -Ringu- and a few french movies out there. I know the language isn't the only reason: there is cultural ones. That is even a worse excuse to remake or adapt films to american audicence; the only thing you people are been exposed is to the same thing over and over: youselfs! That reflect a lack of cultural openess and will to learn from the rest of the world. You dont want to see things differnt! Go and figure why everybody else think americans always have what they want in they way they like. This is not flamebait.. is just a opinion -a political one maybe- about a comment and topic that reflect an overall -subtle maybe- politic opinion on culture.
... i'm really eager to see what is going to happen when the GPL goes to court.
To me, it's seems that with wider commercialization of GPLed technology, it becomes more important to have solid foundation to stop once and for all corporate greed and FUD.
Here in Chile the telecomunication/internet market is quite competitive. I mention it, beacuse i think is important to give a context on technology and market development to evaluate prices over internet access.
With 15 millions people, Chile has 4.5 million users of digital 2G and 2.5G (GSM and CDMA) cellular phone services and 3 millions of residental phone lines.
750k broandband users and a total of 3 million internet users (dialup/at-work/etc).
So.. what are we paying here?
ADSL and Cable have prices on this ranges:
256 kbps => 40 dollars
512 kbps => 50 dollars
1 mbps => 70 dollars
For extra 10 dollars a month you get WiFi (router and installation for your home network).
... a world where CDROM is replaced by DVD and Floppy by MD.
we know this sistem is clearly low-end... but, remember when you use TV as display you dont' need go higher than 640x480.
3 words for you: "copy and paste"
I'm chilean, and you post is full of facist crap.