I don't think you understand why I put that there.
The point of this, if anything, was to get us bent out of shape about nothing. A blocking of Windows updates makes us worry about them possibly blocking Office updates. As a couple of people here have pointed out, Microsoft is obligated to provide updates to all users of its software, even if that software is being run under an "emulator."
This is just something to get us pissed off. We have no recourse nor reason to do this. "The spokesperson said users who are not running Windows XP or Windows 2000 natively can still download updates for Microsoft Office from the Office Update Web site." They are pushing our buttons. To quote a Fark cliche, "It's a trap!"
We'll be turning on the application update mechanism starting next week. Given the daunting task of updating all the people who have downloaded and are using Firefox today, we've elected to stagger the update over several days.
Chris [Beard, Mozilla Foundation]
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They are going to enable that in a few days, after those who know about the upgrade have cleared from the servers, lest they be fried.
One of the main advantages Linux and FreeBSD have over Microsoft systems is that they are backwards compatible to nearly an infinite extent, and almost anything can be done on the most minimal of power.
Maybe it's because I didn't listen to the interview, but surely that's not going to change. The 2d X server is going nowhere (as in, "not leaving," as opposed to "not progressing").
What it seems like all these new developers are trying to do
The important word there is "new." Nothing is being taken away from other projects.
A few OSS developers are not going to catch up to Windows Longhorn -- they should stick to what they do best, and not alienate their base, which includes users of old PCs and small, cheap embedded devices by trying to standardize the minimum requirements of a GUI on some bloated XML/XUL/C#/Mono system with OpenGL as the minimum requirements for spinning around text. By doing that, they're going to lose on both fronts.
Really. Do configure, Makefile, and #ifdef mean nothing to you? AFAIK the same 2.6 kernel codebase can run huge servers, powerful workstations, and your 386 (given enough RAM) in the attic.
Regardless of the probability, I would be angry if such a condition (i.e., the aquisition) were satisfied; but since it has not, I am not currently going ballistic.
I really think my disdain for Microsoft would turn into a full-blown rage. I'm getting angry just thinking about it.
Goddamnit, does their douchebaggery have no limits?
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Self-help books are for people who have absolutely no idea what they are doing. A good self-help book will at least tell you how to do something pragmatically and where to look for a more detailed take on the subject. If those two things do not appear in a self-help book, then it probably shouldn't be called a self-help book.
IIRC, in an obvious attempt to "sweeten the deal," they are also having HDMI carry audio channels, which makes little to no sense at all. But other than that, it's DVI with DRM.
How much beer will Drew consume? There isn't an official over/under, but IIRC the headline announcing his appearance at Notacon had something about the hotel bar needing to quadruple its usual keg count.
No, I did not realize that the PS2 also has push down joysticks.
My reasoning behind my complaint is that the default controls in Halo assign crouch and zoom to the press-in buttons, which makes those two things absolutely impossible to control for me. I do not know what control configs are available, as I don't personally posess---nor would I want to posess---an Xbox or Halo. I would periodically play it with friends---I will compromise my principles for occasional socialization---and they thought it was the greatest. thing. evar., in complete ignorance of LAN parties and the great games that established the tradition.
And I will still never truly like playing a full FPS on a console.
And I don't think the N64 controller sucked, nor did the controls for Goldeneye. To each his own, but one should not disrespect the great games that came before it by implying that Halo is somehow revolutionary by its own merits.
I still think Halo is for poseurs. And I'll say it without going AC.
And if you want to talk about intuitive controls on a console FPS, you should be talking about Goldeneye. The engineer @ MS who decided that it would be a good idea to make the control sticks push in for buttons should be simultaneously applauded for creativity and beaten over the head with the 2x4 of Enlightenment for stupidity.
In case it matters to you, I wasn't using SG-1 intentionally.
It's just that we're used to seeing albums go for $12-15, movies for $?? (haven't bought a feature-length film in a while), and computer/video games for $50. It's just that when one considers paying $50 for one season, it feels ludicrously high---you're only getting a small fraction of the overall story. At least it's not as bad as some Anime boxed sets ($200 for a 26-episode show + extras?!).
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I don't think you understand why I put that there.
The point of this, if anything, was to get us bent out of shape about nothing. A blocking of Windows updates makes us worry about them possibly blocking Office updates. As a couple of people here have pointed out, Microsoft is obligated to provide updates to all users of its software, even if that software is being run under an "emulator."
This is just something to get us pissed off. We have no recourse nor reason to do this. "The spokesperson said users who are not running Windows XP or Windows 2000 natively can still download updates for Microsoft Office from the Office Update Web site." They are pushing our buttons. To quote a Fark cliche, "It's a trap!"
How many ways should I say this?
They haven't even activated the update service yet. They are waiting for a few days until the manual downloaders are done swamping the servers.
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They are going to enable that in a few days, after those who know about the upgrade have cleared from the servers, lest they be fried.
One of the main advantages Linux and FreeBSD have over Microsoft systems is that they are backwards compatible to nearly an infinite extent, and almost anything can be done on the most minimal of power.
Maybe it's because I didn't listen to the interview, but surely that's not going to change. The 2d X server is going nowhere (as in, "not leaving," as opposed to "not progressing").
What it seems like all these new developers are trying to do
The important word there is "new." Nothing is being taken away from other projects.
A few OSS developers are not going to catch up to Windows Longhorn -- they should stick to what they do best, and not alienate their base, which includes users of old PCs and small, cheap embedded devices by trying to standardize the minimum requirements of a GUI on some bloated XML/XUL/C#/Mono system with OpenGL as the minimum requirements for spinning around text. By doing that, they're going to lose on both fronts.
Really. Do configure, Makefile, and #ifdef mean nothing to you? AFAIK the same 2.6 kernel codebase can run huge servers, powerful workstations, and your 386 (given enough RAM) in the attic.
Somebody please make sure that ATI and nVidia notice that this is on the horizon, in the oft chance that they don't hear about it.
It's not like they couldn't handle it now, but I'd rather like it if they actively noticed and considered an additional use for their hardware.
Let me preempt my fellow grammar nazis by saying that '"Chief Privacy Officer" of Claria Networks' would probably be an oxymoron.
I did mean to change the subject, but I forgot to after I checked the specifics of the definition of the word.
"Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee"
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
"would" -> contrary-to-fact
Regardless of the probability, I would be angry if such a condition (i.e., the aquisition) were satisfied; but since it has not, I am not currently going ballistic.
I really think my disdain for Microsoft would turn into a full-blown rage. I'm getting angry just thinking about it.
Goddamnit, does their douchebaggery have no limits?
Self-help books are for people who have absolutely no idea what they are doing. A good self-help book will at least tell you how to do something pragmatically and where to look for a more detailed take on the subject. If those two things do not appear in a self-help book, then it probably shouldn't be called a self-help book.
IIRC, in an obvious attempt to "sweeten the deal," they are also having HDMI carry audio channels, which makes little to no sense at all. But other than that, it's DVI with DRM.
How much beer will Drew consume? There isn't an official over/under, but IIRC the headline announcing his appearance at Notacon had something about the hotel bar needing to quadruple its usual keg count.
http://bash.org/?4278
No, I did not realize that the PS2 also has push down joysticks.
My reasoning behind my complaint is that the default controls in Halo assign crouch and zoom to the press-in buttons, which makes those two things absolutely impossible to control for me. I do not know what control configs are available, as I don't personally posess---nor would I want to posess---an Xbox or Halo. I would periodically play it with friends---I will compromise my principles for occasional socialization---and they thought it was the greatest. thing. evar., in complete ignorance of LAN parties and the great games that established the tradition.
And I will still never truly like playing a full FPS on a console.
And I don't think the N64 controller sucked, nor did the controls for Goldeneye. To each his own, but one should not disrespect the great games that came before it by implying that Halo is somehow revolutionary by its own merits.
I still think Halo is for poseurs. And I'll say it without going AC.
And if you want to talk about intuitive controls on a console FPS, you should be talking about Goldeneye. The engineer @ MS who decided that it would be a good idea to make the control sticks push in for buttons should be simultaneously applauded for creativity and beaten over the head with the 2x4 of Enlightenment for stupidity.
Anandtech has another article up, but it emphasizes the increase in L2 cache and the effect this has on performance.
From what I've heard, nVidia's implementation is sucking major ass.
They may have the right to use "MAME" in any business they do, but they certainly can't claim exclusive rights to the name.
http://a1767.g.akamai.net/v/1767/2939/30d/imageser v.adtech.de/images/Ad247098St1Sz225Sq1Id1.gif
Whatever would we do without the BSA?
In case it matters to you, I wasn't using SG-1 intentionally.
It's just that we're used to seeing albums go for $12-15, movies for $?? (haven't bought a feature-length film in a while), and computer/video games for $50. It's just that when one considers paying $50 for one season, it feels ludicrously high---you're only getting a small fraction of the overall story. At least it's not as bad as some Anime boxed sets ($200 for a 26-episode show + extras?!).
I'd pay a quarter. I don't think they'd charge a quarter. For instance, a season's boxed set of SG-1 seems to go for more than $50.
Woo! Go mass extinction!
I know that #2 is certainly false. Freetype2 uses autohinting by default, which is not covered by the Apple(?) TrueType patent.
KHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN!!!