I already have an HTPC hooked to my TV... that said... it's the "standard" controller that makes it compelling... software targeting the ouya only has to worry about a single controller config... that means a lot... especially if you've tried setting up a front end loader for game emulators etc in the living room.. it's not a fun experience.
I don't get that either... I really wish I just had an extra button/toggle to use a stick as the mouse pointer... the sticks even have a button to "click"... the touchpad is really sensitive and very hard to use.
This was exactly why I got mine, not for MAME as much as the platformers (SNES, Genesis, etc).. been a lot of fun so far on that front... but outside of that, not nearly as useful. As an emulator platform, it's the best option I've ever had bar none. I've got an HTPC and every time I've thought about getting an emulator front end setup, just seemed like too much work... with the Ouya it's a single hardware platform, so don't have to worry nearly so much about controller setups.
I think it has to be the game in question... though I haven't played any games that make use of the lower triggers, it's the only thing I've played with nearly that kind of lag... and that's with relatively new setup, with all the recent updates.
I would put it ahead of the Wii U and the PS/2... Though the game selection, and UI need some real work. I think it is entirely possible to work this out though.
I bought the Ouya specifically because my anticipation was that it would be a better legacy platform emulator for old ROMs (SNES, NES, Sega, etc) than what has happened with the likes of the Wii, XBox and PlayStation consoles... and I was right. It isn't perfect, but definitely a pretty smooth operation. I'm not a huge fan of the controllers (I just got mine in about a week ago, and got it hooked up on Saturday evening, though it's been pretty fun so far.
It's a lot harder to play some of those old games than I remember it being as a kid. I do wish the "Discover" area had a better interface, with better classifications around. I also wish that you could see a "video presentation" stream of a given game without having to install it first, some of them are pretty big when you only have 8GB of space available.
Also, I would expect to see a "Media" category with the likes of Netflix, Revision 3, and other video services soon enough. I think that this box has a lot to offer, and even centering on games, the entertainment and more social (online co-op gaming) aspects have barely been touched.
MS's extensions were to make it easier to access system code without having to go through the typical hurdles you do in Java (JNI is a little bitch). That said it was a violation of the Java specification. When MS created C#, as a language there were specific ties to support "unsafe" execution (direct access to pointers, and lower-level system structures), as well as C-style library interfaces via easy [DllImport] declarations and via direct PInvoke statements. IMHO this is the single biggest advantage that C# has over Java, even cross-platform with Mono. It's very easy to utilize different libraries in a cross-platform way in C#, far more easily than it is in Java.
That's not the only advantage that C# has over Java. I would say that it's better curated as a language, that's mainly a result of a benevolent dictator (Anders) than a knock against Java (extended by committee). Personally, I find working on Java based projects *far* more frustrating than.Net... though in both cases, I tend to see far too much "Enterprise" practices for the sake of.
In this case we're talking about products and infrastructure for building in-house clouds... in a lot of ways cloud-style infrastructure management on internal servers makes sense, as you can allocate resources generically, as needed so long as your IT systems departments keep a margin of available infrastructure so that departments can spin up/down projects as needed.
I've been using the AMD APU series for most of my "friends and family" suggestions... the integrated graphics are good enough for most games on a single 1080p monitor, and run really well... I will opt for at least 8GB of ram, and an SSD these days as primary concerns over CPU speed (but the 8350 being around $200 is a good deal)... if you're mostly gaming, would suggest a higher end i3 or a midrange i5 though.
Agreed that AMD should be killing with integrated graphics, and I think after the next gen consoles come out, they'll see a big bump in mobile.
I'm pretty sure a CM212, or Zalman CNPS (copper) would work... there's also some water cooling kits that should work acceptably. It's not really more heat than you see from some GPUs today... and have a better thermal load.
And if you are having real world collisions, you are likely running a cluster of many systems or using a flawed uuid generator with over a thousand inserts per second... I've never seen a production collision on a singular instance/machine.... The only time I have seen a collision was on a logging system that had tens of thousands of inserts per second... Of you have that kind of load you need to break things up some how and need some kind of distributed key or id pool... In the case of the logging system the pk was made to use a guid and the IP of the machine logging... In a similar case a ulong was used with a generator that would hand out 100k records at a time.
For most use cases a uuid/guid is more than acceptable...
That would probably work.. at year 22, renewal would be $2million.. at which point many companies would decide it isn't worth it, and still be pretty well covered at a reasonable length of time. I would have a provision that for an individual to sell to a company requires the company pay the the government the difference in fees for the work, and at least that much to the individual. I think given the above timeframe that every other year with double renewal fees, would be pretty reasonable. It would also give plenty of busy work to accountants and lawyers, so they should like that. And if said "property" is so valuable, then the taxes shouldn't be a big deal.
What about the music/songs in a game? You can't redistribute that game, because the music is still under copyright.
That said, I would say the lesser of 30 years for movies, and 10 years for music/software. I'm not a maximalist by any means, but do think there should be at least some length to the terms.
*sigh* I'm a really big fan of MongoDB... I will say that it isn't without issue, but depending on your workload and needs, it's a *VERY* good fit.. it's also a natural fit with NodeJS.
Not sure which libraries you're referring to, but pgsql has a lot to offer.. A lot of libraries for more data types than mysql supports. As for sequences, you may want to consider a UUID/GUID field for your primary keys in non-log tables.. yes, the indexing is slightly slower, but more portable to other systems and support for replication, and distributed data is a *lot* better. You also get the benefit of being able to generate the ID in your code, instead of relying on a return value for the data record. You also get pretty decent support for XML and JSON (newly supported) encoded data types, which afaik no other database does as well with.
If I honestly had a choice (usually forced into Oracle or MS-SQL at work), I would much rather have PostgreSQL over others. Every time I've had to use/touch MySQL, it has been extremely frustrating, and far more so than any other DB I've worked with (Firebird, Oracle, MS-SQL, DB2, SQLite, etc), with the exception of SQLite they've all been far more capable as well. Sometimes it's good to start fresh.. also, if you have good unit tests for your utilities then "testing" should be easy.. if you don't, then are they really well tested?
I liked Expendables 2, it was fun.. not a *great* movie, but fun.. Having been dragged to the various Twilight movies, I do think the last one was probably the best (because it is over).
Umn.. I think, generally speaking, a retirement *plan* is something that means you *should* hold onto said property for decades, while you are working...
If you're doing software dev, or other workstation tasks that can use 8 integer units the FX-8350 is pretty damned nice, and hard to beat for less than 50% more on the CPU side... Once you have a couple databases running in the background, a backend service, front end service, dev tools, watcher, etc.. the 8350 is a beast.. though, on gaming, I put a bit more on the GPU, and though I don't game much, it works pretty well.
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I already have an HTPC hooked to my TV... that said... it's the "standard" controller that makes it compelling... software targeting the ouya only has to worry about a single controller config... that means a lot... especially if you've tried setting up a front end loader for game emulators etc in the living room.. it's not a fun experience.
Tried sideloading the latest version on Saturday night, and it crashed whenever I tried to add a network share.. :-(
I don't get that either... I really wish I just had an extra button/toggle to use a stick as the mouse pointer... the sticks even have a button to "click"... the touchpad is really sensitive and very hard to use.
This was exactly why I got mine, not for MAME as much as the platformers (SNES, Genesis, etc).. been a lot of fun so far on that front... but outside of that, not nearly as useful. As an emulator platform, it's the best option I've ever had bar none. I've got an HTPC and every time I've thought about getting an emulator front end setup, just seemed like too much work... with the Ouya it's a single hardware platform, so don't have to worry nearly so much about controller setups.
I think it has to be the game in question... though I haven't played any games that make use of the lower triggers, it's the only thing I've played with nearly that kind of lag... and that's with relatively new setup, with all the recent updates.
I would put it ahead of the Wii U and the PS/2... Though the game selection, and UI need some real work. I think it is entirely possible to work this out though.
I bought the Ouya specifically because my anticipation was that it would be a better legacy platform emulator for old ROMs (SNES, NES, Sega, etc) than what has happened with the likes of the Wii, XBox and PlayStation consoles... and I was right. It isn't perfect, but definitely a pretty smooth operation. I'm not a huge fan of the controllers (I just got mine in about a week ago, and got it hooked up on Saturday evening, though it's been pretty fun so far.
It's a lot harder to play some of those old games than I remember it being as a kid. I do wish the "Discover" area had a better interface, with better classifications around. I also wish that you could see a "video presentation" stream of a given game without having to install it first, some of them are pretty big when you only have 8GB of space available.
Also, I would expect to see a "Media" category with the likes of Netflix, Revision 3, and other video services soon enough. I think that this box has a lot to offer, and even centering on games, the entertainment and more social (online co-op gaming) aspects have barely been touched.
MS's extensions were to make it easier to access system code without having to go through the typical hurdles you do in Java (JNI is a little bitch). That said it was a violation of the Java specification. When MS created C#, as a language there were specific ties to support "unsafe" execution (direct access to pointers, and lower-level system structures), as well as C-style library interfaces via easy [DllImport] declarations and via direct PInvoke statements. IMHO this is the single biggest advantage that C# has over Java, even cross-platform with Mono. It's very easy to utilize different libraries in a cross-platform way in C#, far more easily than it is in Java.
.Net... though in both cases, I tend to see far too much "Enterprise" practices for the sake of.
That's not the only advantage that C# has over Java. I would say that it's better curated as a language, that's mainly a result of a benevolent dictator (Anders) than a knock against Java (extended by committee). Personally, I find working on Java based projects *far* more frustrating than
In this case we're talking about products and infrastructure for building in-house clouds... in a lot of ways cloud-style infrastructure management on internal servers makes sense, as you can allocate resources generically, as needed so long as your IT systems departments keep a margin of available infrastructure so that departments can spin up/down projects as needed.
I've been using the AMD APU series for most of my "friends and family" suggestions... the integrated graphics are good enough for most games on a single 1080p monitor, and run really well... I will opt for at least 8GB of ram, and an SSD these days as primary concerns over CPU speed (but the 8350 being around $200 is a good deal)... if you're mostly gaming, would suggest a higher end i3 or a midrange i5 though.
Agreed that AMD should be killing with integrated graphics, and I think after the next gen consoles come out, they'll see a big bump in mobile.
I'm pretty sure a CM212, or Zalman CNPS (copper) would work... there's also some water cooling kits that should work acceptably. It's not really more heat than you see from some GPUs today... and have a better thermal load.
And if you are having real world collisions, you are likely running a cluster of many systems or using a flawed uuid generator with over a thousand inserts per second... I've never seen a production collision on a singular instance/machine.... The only time I have seen a collision was on a logging system that had tens of thousands of inserts per second... Of you have that kind of load you need to break things up some how and need some kind of distributed key or id pool... In the case of the logging system the pk was made to use a guid and the IP of the machine logging... In a similar case a ulong was used with a generator that would hand out 100k records at a time. For most use cases a uuid/guid is more than acceptable...
That would probably work.. at year 22, renewal would be $2million.. at which point many companies would decide it isn't worth it, and still be pretty well covered at a reasonable length of time. I would have a provision that for an individual to sell to a company requires the company pay the the government the difference in fees for the work, and at least that much to the individual. I think given the above timeframe that every other year with double renewal fees, would be pretty reasonable. It would also give plenty of busy work to accountants and lawyers, so they should like that. And if said "property" is so valuable, then the taxes shouldn't be a big deal.
I'm pretty sure that we could negotiate a new treaty.. and if not, so be it...
What about the music/songs in a game? You can't redistribute that game, because the music is still under copyright.
That said, I would say the lesser of 30 years for movies, and 10 years for music/software. I'm not a maximalist by any means, but do think there should be at least some length to the terms.
MariaDB is a drop in replacement for mySQL... the difference being is more development is going into MariaDB than mySQL's remains.
*sigh* I'm a really big fan of MongoDB... I will say that it isn't without issue, but depending on your workload and needs, it's a *VERY* good fit.. it's also a natural fit with NodeJS.
Not sure which libraries you're referring to, but pgsql has a lot to offer.. A lot of libraries for more data types than mysql supports. As for sequences, you may want to consider a UUID/GUID field for your primary keys in non-log tables.. yes, the indexing is slightly slower, but more portable to other systems and support for replication, and distributed data is a *lot* better. You also get the benefit of being able to generate the ID in your code, instead of relying on a return value for the data record. You also get pretty decent support for XML and JSON (newly supported) encoded data types, which afaik no other database does as well with.
If I honestly had a choice (usually forced into Oracle or MS-SQL at work), I would much rather have PostgreSQL over others. Every time I've had to use/touch MySQL, it has been extremely frustrating, and far more so than any other DB I've worked with (Firebird, Oracle, MS-SQL, DB2, SQLite, etc), with the exception of SQLite they've all been far more capable as well. Sometimes it's good to start fresh.. also, if you have good unit tests for your utilities then "testing" should be easy.. if you don't, then are they really well tested?
I've seen a fair bit of MS-SQL in those fields as well..
Maybe if your car choices were a station wagon (MS-SQL) and a dump truck (Oracle)...
Oracle, keeping DBAs employed for over three decades.
I liked Expendables 2, it was fun.. not a *great* movie, but fun.. Having been dragged to the various Twilight movies, I do think the last one was probably the best (because it is over).
Umn.. I think, generally speaking, a retirement *plan* is something that means you *should* hold onto said property for decades, while you are working...
Here's a motherboard and cpu for 32 cores.. ;-)
AMD's architecture is awesome for very parallel loads... in a lot of ways much better than Intels...
If you're doing software dev, or other workstation tasks that can use 8 integer units the FX-8350 is pretty damned nice, and hard to beat for less than 50% more on the CPU side... Once you have a couple databases running in the background, a backend service, front end service, dev tools, watcher, etc.. the 8350 is a beast.. though, on gaming, I put a bit more on the GPU, and though I don't game much, it works pretty well.