"anyone with any sense uses jpilot with palms, not the KDE stuff, and if you will mix GUI libraries then you will have problems cutting and pasting with the mouse."
In the same sentence you say to use a program which would cause a mix of GUI libraries as you say something about not mixing GUI libraries. Chasing one's tail is why Linux on the desktop ain't happening.
You can say that there are solutions, but the thing is that distributions are supposed to have these solutions already bundled up for the consumer. Yes, including patches that make cut/copy/paste Just Work (TM) across any GUI library set. The end user doesn't care what toolkit is used, and neither should anything else. It should be interoperable and consistent.
Again, this is why Linux on the desktop is nothing more than a giggle inducing fit unless the end user is a Unix admin already.
Did you read the review? They couldn't edit Palm notepade entries in the KDE PIM tool, nor was Mozilla and the rest of the system on speaking terms about cut/copy/paste most of the time.
These are serious kinks. I've used Linux on the desktop for 3 years. The only OS I have found that combines the nice stability of Linux with true usability is OS X, but I don't have a few grand for a G4 tower kicking around. I put up with a lot of shit with Linux because it's stable, but I'm a very different person from most people who just want something that works.
"I get the idea those batteries and their narrow wheelbase would go right under the SUV, leaving me with the SUV trailer hitch right in my mouth."
No. Unless the SUV trailer hitch goes right through the window, it probably wouldn't happen that way. P = mv, so the force of the red battery car striking an SUV would likely be very high (the same as a Toyota Camry) in the event of an accident with an SUV. Before either crumples or damages, you have to know what forces will be involved. Then you can calculate the specific damage for the material.
It saves time, and generates a greater wealth of answers than most people. Plus, by solving the question in a public forum, you educate more people than you would be solving it yourself.
Just imagine where we'd be if everyone on the planet would have to go from first principles to kinematics on their own before they reached the age of 17. Pure insanity.
I have a NewYork Krytonite lock. It cost me 160$ CDN. My bike has not been stolen, despite using it in place of my car since May. I will continue to ride it as such through the rest of my life, if possible.
When I am at home or at work, I have a designated spot inside for it. When I am out and about, I properly lock it to something that is bolted down, and I ensure it's around the main part of the frame. People could break off my bell or drink holder, or even pop my tires, but those cost maybe 30$, and I have replacement tires on me at all times. My bike is insured by Kyptonie: if the bicycle thieves can break the lock open, either by pick or by brute force, and I file a police report, they will reimburse me for up to $3,000 USD.
If you're using a chain lock or a U lock that cost 20$, it's no surprise your bikes have been stolen. If you're cheap, you'll get cheap. Spend good money on a quality bike, and spend good money on a quality lock. They'll cost the same in the end, because you won't have to rebuy new ones every year.
However, the cogs on the rear part of the bike have a one-way fixing. When you are peddling to the best of your speed, and it is faster than the speed of the rear tire, you will be adding power to it through a proper contact.
However, if the rear tire is rotating faster than you are peddling (or the cog is rotating), the teeth will not click in. This principle applies to essentially all bikes, except for tricycles which have the pedals directly connected to the hub of the driving wheel.
My old 486 running DOS is also secure, and just as likely to be used for work by most people as any machine running Linux.
Before you start making smarty pants comments about how Windows sucks, address the real issues of getting Linux onto people's desktops: tight integration of package management for all distributions (that also works on all distributions), easy upgrades, and a proper desktop environment.
Without those 3 needs addresses, comments like yours are the same sour grapes sentiment that marginalized the OS/2 community, the Amiga community, and other operating communities since operating systems have existed.
MegaMan 8 on the PSX is a Greatest Hits title, as is MegaMan X4. The crappy MegaMan games (IE: X6) sold less, because people wanted to play them less. The good ones (X4, 8) became greatest hits because they sold a lot of copies.
I'm assuming you mean MegaMan 8, anyways, since X8 doesn't exist (X7 is going to be released in the fall).
"If you want to have the games they publish, spend the money to own all the consoles"
As in, I expect that if you want to keep on top of games and their sequels, you'll be willing to purchase more machines/import games and machines/etc. If it's not that big of a deal and there's no reason to do it, there's no reason to bitch about it, either.
Basically, you either buy an Xbox and enjoy the sequel (or import the sequel for Dreamcast), or you don't whine about something you'd never do. Do you see me whinning that I won't pilot a F-15? If I had an interest in it, I'd do it. Otherwise you're wasting breath better spent playing games.
The stories can be appreciated on their own. I played through Shenmue, and very much enjoyed it. I imported Shenmue 2, and played fairly far into it. However, the Dreamcast version was just not up to it. The Xbox version of Shenmue 2 has none of the slowdown affecting the Dreamcast versions, as well as slightly better load times (although KOTOR load times make me eeeh).
If you're going to enjoy games, you have to realize that publishers go to where the money is. If you want to have the consoles on which they publish, spend the money to have them all. I own every major console (excepting the Saturn), and I can safely say that it's very fun to be able to pick up any game and play it.
The original Tomb Raider was good, being an elegant mix of puzzle solving, tomb raiding, and adventure. It was well balanced, with huge levels to explore and puzzles to solve. It's aged fairly well, even if the sequels devolved into pointless kill fests.
Heroes of Might and Magic was also a great series. While I haven't played #4, I spent many hours on #2 and #3. It was one of the first games I can remember using MP3 compression for the sound and music in the game. The questing was much fun. I'm glad to own a few of the Heroes side stories, as well as Heroes 3 on Linux and Windows.
Heck, I would consider this straying too far from the promise of a personal digital assistant.
Look at it; it's like a mini-laptop. Laptops from 12-14 years ago had similar screen resolutions and CPU speeds (even if they had less power, were bulkier, and lacked Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, etc). What it looks like is a Vaio Laptop Junior.
I have a Clie NRV70. It's nice (except for the datebook bugs), but it's incredibly bulky compared to my Vx. It'd be nice if sony would have an external keyboard that's attachable when you're sitting for a while. The camera feature is similarly handy, but somewhat silly when you consider that most people have good digital cameras. I want a wicked PDA, not a wimpy jack of all trades. That's just another reason why a PDA shouldn't have a 30gb hd in it.
This is like saying that GI Joe for the NES and SMB for the NES are a lot alike because they are both 2D platformers. 3D puzzle/adventure games which have action combat tend to have the same exact control scheme (including the L or Z targetting lock on), because it's a tried and true control method.
decades, I found that HP: COS was unevenly hard, because the game would very sharply punish you if you went off of the path. It'd also limit you in many ways.
"Interestingly he comments that he doesn't like Napster, he thinks that people should have easier access to music but that artists should get paid for what they do."
That's exactly why I want the RIAA and recording companies struck down. They don't allow easy access to the music, and the artists aren't fairly compensated. Instead you have a group of crusty old middlemen who market singers to the majority based on trends, not unlike movie-licence games (Minory Report, The Hulk, Enter The Matrix) which also suck.
Mech Assault is awesome arcade action with MechWarrior mechs. No need to spend 20 minutes configuring a payload: you just lock and load, in battles where you can get a kill every 20 to 40 seconds (assuming you're good). It's slower than Unreal (which is a lot of walk a beat, shoot what moves), and still very satisfying.
Tetris Worlds online is very good, because the Tetris game it has is supperior to The Next Tetris: Online Edition released for Dreamcast a couple of years back. In addition to the better Tetris mode, it has the best Live! menu support I've seen in a Live! game yet.
The Xbox also has great offline games: DOA3, Gunvalkyrie, Jet Set Radio Future (the game I bought an Xbox for), Panzer Dragoon, Sega GT 2002, Splinter Cell, Shenmue 2x, Toe-Jam and Earl 3, etc.
Seriously, if you'd open your mind, you'd see the benefits of being polyamorous to your platforms.
You'd be familiar with the convention that the items in quotes are as the submitter wrote them. Michael has posted exactly what the submitter wrote, with no modifications.
In this case, the/. reader and contributor is the flamebaiter for their writing, as much as you are for coming down on an innocent person.
If you did, you'd have an Xbox and Xbox Live! for the online games, such as Mech Assault, Tetris Worlds, Soldier of Fortune, Midtown Madness, Unreal, etc, etc.
Hardcore gamers will have an Xbox for those reasons alone!
I really doubt this "Phantom" will make any dent whatsoever. Look what it's up against: Xbox, GameCube, GameBoy Advance, Playstation 2.
These are all focused consoles with their own markets. There is overlap, but it's fairly well satured. Everyone who has broadband and cares about games will have an Xbox with Xbox Live!. Everyone who wants neat Japanese games will have a GameCube and PS2. Etc!
The Phantom is a joke. MS can pull off PC components in a game console because they have clout with nVidia and other people to spend millions of dollars fabbing specific parts. That company probably doesn't, as evidenced by their use of XP as the environment for the console.
What kind of game console doesn't have a bare-bones OS and SDK libs that are meant only for running one application ever?
The chip in the GBA is 8-bit, and requires you do a lot more with software mixing before handing it off to the sound DSP. This is why most of the GBA titles sound like ass, even though there are a few that sound great. Those that do sound great are still limited by the fact that it uses 8-bit sound sampling, which is why games like Metroid Fusion are a joke (auditory wise) compared to master pieces like Super Metroid.
Nintendo was hoping developers would use the amazing ARM CPU to do wicked sound processing, but in the end it didn't work. I hope they use something like the sound DSP in the SNES. Full 16-bit wavetable, proper sound fonts, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
I assume blocking that site to include its IP range, too.
"anyone with any sense uses jpilot with palms, not the KDE stuff, and if you will mix GUI libraries then you will have problems cutting and pasting with the mouse."
In the same sentence you say to use a program which would cause a mix of GUI libraries as you say something about not mixing GUI libraries. Chasing one's tail is why Linux on the desktop ain't happening.
You can say that there are solutions, but the thing is that distributions are supposed to have these solutions already bundled up for the consumer. Yes, including patches that make cut/copy/paste Just Work (TM) across any GUI library set. The end user doesn't care what toolkit is used, and neither should anything else. It should be interoperable and consistent.
Again, this is why Linux on the desktop is nothing more than a giggle inducing fit unless the end user is a Unix admin already.
Did you read the review? They couldn't edit Palm notepade entries in the KDE PIM tool, nor was Mozilla and the rest of the system on speaking terms about cut/copy/paste most of the time.
These are serious kinks. I've used Linux on the desktop for 3 years. The only OS I have found that combines the nice stability of Linux with true usability is OS X, but I don't have a few grand for a G4 tower kicking around. I put up with a lot of shit with Linux because it's stable, but I'm a very different person from most people who just want something that works.
"How is the glass going to know how drunk the person is, and if they should be seerved any more alcohol?"
How is the glass going to be able to walk over to the bar, hop under the tap, and fill itself up with more beer?
There's still a person in the equation, so don't worry about it.
What of my paranoia?! It has RFIDs in it! It's evil!
"I get the idea those batteries and their narrow wheelbase would go right under the SUV, leaving me with the SUV trailer hitch right in my mouth."
No. Unless the SUV trailer hitch goes right through the window, it probably wouldn't happen that way. P = mv, so the force of the red battery car striking an SUV would likely be very high (the same as a Toyota Camry) in the event of an accident with an SUV. Before either crumples or damages, you have to know what forces will be involved. Then you can calculate the specific damage for the material.
It saves time, and generates a greater wealth of answers than most people. Plus, by solving the question in a public forum, you educate more people than you would be solving it yourself.
Just imagine where we'd be if everyone on the planet would have to go from first principles to kinematics on their own before they reached the age of 17. Pure insanity.
I have a NewYork Krytonite lock. It cost me 160$ CDN. My bike has not been stolen, despite using it in place of my car since May. I will continue to ride it as such through the rest of my life, if possible.
When I am at home or at work, I have a designated spot inside for it. When I am out and about, I properly lock it to something that is bolted down, and I ensure it's around the main part of the frame. People could break off my bell or drink holder, or even pop my tires, but those cost maybe 30$, and I have replacement tires on me at all times. My bike is insured by Kyptonie: if the bicycle thieves can break the lock open, either by pick or by brute force, and I file a police report, they will reimburse me for up to $3,000 USD.
If you're using a chain lock or a U lock that cost 20$, it's no surprise your bikes have been stolen. If you're cheap, you'll get cheap. Spend good money on a quality bike, and spend good money on a quality lock. They'll cost the same in the end, because you won't have to rebuy new ones every year.
However, the cogs on the rear part of the bike have a one-way fixing. When you are peddling to the best of your speed, and it is faster than the speed of the rear tire, you will be adding power to it through a proper contact.
:)
However, if the rear tire is rotating faster than you are peddling (or the cog is rotating), the teeth will not click in. This principle applies to essentially all bikes, except for tricycles which have the pedals directly connected to the hub of the driving wheel.
The last time I rode my bike was 3 hours ago
My old 486 running DOS is also secure, and just as likely to be used for work by most people as any machine running Linux.
Before you start making smarty pants comments about how Windows sucks, address the real issues of getting Linux onto people's desktops: tight integration of package management for all distributions (that also works on all distributions), easy upgrades, and a proper desktop environment.
Without those 3 needs addresses, comments like yours are the same sour grapes sentiment that marginalized the OS/2 community, the Amiga community, and other operating communities since operating systems have existed.
"I haven't seen the video, so I can't comment on how stupid he looks on it, but that is beside the point. "
/. without all the facts.
You seem to forget thi interview, and the followup where he had enough money donated to him by Star Wars fans to buy several iPods.
You probably missed that while you were busy not watching the video, and making snap posts to
Chances are, either his parents are pushing him to be greedy, or he has been drawn to the dark side by the lure of money.
MegaMan 8 on the PSX is a Greatest Hits title, as is MegaMan X4. The crappy MegaMan games (IE: X6) sold less, because people wanted to play them less. The good ones (X4, 8) became greatest hits because they sold a lot of copies.
I'm assuming you mean MegaMan 8, anyways, since X8 doesn't exist (X7 is going to be released in the fall).
"If you want to have the games they publish, spend the money to own all the consoles"
As in, I expect that if you want to keep on top of games and their sequels, you'll be willing to purchase more machines/import games and machines/etc. If it's not that big of a deal and there's no reason to do it, there's no reason to bitch about it, either.
Basically, you either buy an Xbox and enjoy the sequel (or import the sequel for Dreamcast), or you don't whine about something you'd never do. Do you see me whinning that I won't pilot a F-15? If I had an interest in it, I'd do it. Otherwise you're wasting breath better spent playing games.
The stories can be appreciated on their own. I played through Shenmue, and very much enjoyed it. I imported Shenmue 2, and played fairly far into it. However, the Dreamcast version was just not up to it. The Xbox version of Shenmue 2 has none of the slowdown affecting the Dreamcast versions, as well as slightly better load times (although KOTOR load times make me eeeh).
If you're going to enjoy games, you have to realize that publishers go to where the money is. If you want to have the consoles on which they publish, spend the money to have them all. I own every major console (excepting the Saturn), and I can safely say that it's very fun to be able to pick up any game and play it.
The original Tomb Raider was good, being an elegant mix of puzzle solving, tomb raiding, and adventure. It was well balanced, with huge levels to explore and puzzles to solve. It's aged fairly well, even if the sequels devolved into pointless kill fests.
Heroes of Might and Magic was also a great series. While I haven't played #4, I spent many hours on #2 and #3. It was one of the first games I can remember using MP3 compression for the sound and music in the game. The questing was much fun. I'm glad to own a few of the Heroes side stories, as well as Heroes 3 on Linux and Windows.
Heck, I would consider this straying too far from the promise of a personal digital assistant.
Look at it; it's like a mini-laptop. Laptops from 12-14 years ago had similar screen resolutions and CPU speeds (even if they had less power, were bulkier, and lacked Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, etc). What it looks like is a Vaio Laptop Junior.
I have a Clie NRV70. It's nice (except for the datebook bugs), but it's incredibly bulky compared to my Vx. It'd be nice if sony would have an external keyboard that's attachable when you're sitting for a while. The camera feature is similarly handy, but somewhat silly when you consider that most people have good digital cameras. I want a wicked PDA, not a wimpy jack of all trades. That's just another reason why a PDA shouldn't have a 30gb hd in it.
This is like saying that GI Joe for the NES and SMB for the NES are a lot alike because they are both 2D platformers. 3D puzzle/adventure games which have action combat tend to have the same exact control scheme (including the L or Z targetting lock on), because it's a tried and true control method.
Not because EA was ripping off Zelda.
decades, I found that HP: COS was unevenly hard, because the game would very sharply punish you if you went off of the path. It'd also limit you in many ways.
They just need to stick/> in their headers. How hard is that? Not.
"Interestingly he comments that he doesn't like Napster, he thinks that people should have easier access to music but that artists should get paid for what they do."
That's exactly why I want the RIAA and recording companies struck down. They don't allow easy access to the music, and the artists aren't fairly compensated. Instead you have a group of crusty old middlemen who market singers to the majority based on trends, not unlike movie-licence games (Minory Report, The Hulk, Enter The Matrix) which also suck.
Mech Assault is awesome arcade action with MechWarrior mechs. No need to spend 20 minutes configuring a payload: you just lock and load, in battles where you can get a kill every 20 to 40 seconds (assuming you're good). It's slower than Unreal (which is a lot of walk a beat, shoot what moves), and still very satisfying.
Tetris Worlds online is very good, because the Tetris game it has is supperior to The Next Tetris: Online Edition released for Dreamcast a couple of years back. In addition to the better Tetris mode, it has the best Live! menu support I've seen in a Live! game yet.
The Xbox also has great offline games: DOA3, Gunvalkyrie, Jet Set Radio Future (the game I bought an Xbox for), Panzer Dragoon, Sega GT 2002, Splinter Cell, Shenmue 2x, Toe-Jam and Earl 3, etc.
Seriously, if you'd open your mind, you'd see the benefits of being polyamorous to your platforms.
You'd be familiar with the convention that the items in quotes are as the submitter wrote them. Michael has posted exactly what the submitter wrote, with no modifications.
/. reader and contributor is the flamebaiter for their writing, as much as you are for coming down on an innocent person.
In this case, the
If you did, you'd have an Xbox and Xbox Live! for the online games, such as Mech Assault, Tetris Worlds, Soldier of Fortune, Midtown Madness, Unreal, etc, etc.
Hardcore gamers will have an Xbox for those reasons alone!
I really doubt this "Phantom" will make any dent whatsoever. Look what it's up against: Xbox, GameCube, GameBoy Advance, Playstation 2.
These are all focused consoles with their own markets. There is overlap, but it's fairly well satured. Everyone who has broadband and cares about games will have an Xbox with Xbox Live!. Everyone who wants neat Japanese games will have a GameCube and PS2. Etc!
The Phantom is a joke. MS can pull off PC components in a game console because they have clout with nVidia and other people to spend millions of dollars fabbing specific parts. That company probably doesn't, as evidenced by their use of XP as the environment for the console.
What kind of game console doesn't have a bare-bones OS and SDK libs that are meant only for running one application ever?
The chip in the GBA is 8-bit, and requires you do a lot more with software mixing before handing it off to the sound DSP. This is why most of the GBA titles sound like ass, even though there are a few that sound great. Those that do sound great are still limited by the fact that it uses 8-bit sound sampling, which is why games like Metroid Fusion are a joke (auditory wise) compared to master pieces like Super Metroid.
Nintendo was hoping developers would use the amazing ARM CPU to do wicked sound processing, but in the end it didn't work. I hope they use something like the sound DSP in the SNES. Full 16-bit wavetable, proper sound fonts, etc.