God forbid they try to make money so they can keep the project going. they don't "include" non-free stuff. they offer it for you to buy, if you'd like to support their efforts. everything can't be perfect, so don't be a dick about it.
Another use of VR discussed is in the treatment of patients suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; memories can be relived until they are accepted.
sure, this will be good for treating PTSD patients I guess...but what other possibilities might this have? living memories until they are accepted...as truth? this creates some very frightening possiblities. as much as I hate referencing it, it sounds like the Matrix.
I still can't imagine how the horrible cameras built into cell. 'phones are going to manage to capture good-quality images. They may be able to do high-resolution through some "Ultra Resolution Stitching Technology" (I know that's not the correct term they used, but it sounds like a buzzword to me, and they convey pretty much the same thing), but I doubt that they'll make quality images (correct lighting, contrast, colours, etc. are hard to pull off with such a shitty lense.
hey, let's not slap a negative connotation on the word 'geek' now:).
I think the best definition of geek I've ever heard is courtesy of phessler on BSDForums: "The difference between a nerd and a geek, is a nerd will skip a party to do homework, and a geek will party, then do homework while drunk/hungover." I think I fall into the geek category, minus the drunkenness.
I still think that hip-hop, or rap or whatever they're calling it this week is basically a bunch of guys with a rhyme dictionary and a drum machine.
Do you have any clue how hard it is to make beats for rap/hip-hop songs? You don't just start banging random pads on a drum machine and adding random noises, it takes a lot of talent and skill. So until you go and make a decent beat, don't say it's easy.
You might also want to try writing some rap lyrics. Sure, the stuff you hear on the radio isn't the most intelligent, but neither is most other music on the radio.
Post those awesome rap lyrics you write when you're done, and e-mail me the beats you make, I'm sure they'll be great.
And considering that the Wal-Mart, everyday person is the target market for Lindows, couldn't that suggest a certain amount of intent of confusion?
Any open-source software being sold in such a store as Wal-Mart (one of the most competitive, capitalist corporations around - buyouts of smaller businesses, censorship, anti-union, etc.), in my mind, doesn't even deserve my respect/concern for its fate.
Granted, I'd like to see Microsoft lose much more than Lindows, but that doesn't mean I have any respect for Lindows.
Is it really a far-fetched possibility that someone less computer-savvy than the average Slashdotter might mistakenly think that Lindows is a low-cost/value version of Windows, both made Microsoft?
Considering it says Microsoft nowhere on the box, and the name starts with an L instead of a W, I don't see how - unless you're so imperceptive that you deserve to buy the wrong product - you'd confuse the two.
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I could kiss you right now.
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God forbid they try to make money so they can keep the project going. they don't "include" non-free stuff. they offer it for you to buy, if you'd like to support their efforts. everything can't be perfect, so don't be a dick about it.
becaues drugs tend to have negative side effects.
sure, this will be good for treating PTSD patients I guess...but what other possibilities might this have? living memories until they are accepted...as truth? this creates some very frightening possiblities. as much as I hate referencing it, it sounds like the Matrix.
I still can't imagine how the horrible cameras built into cell. 'phones are going to manage to capture good-quality images. They may be able to do high-resolution through some "Ultra Resolution Stitching Technology" (I know that's not the correct term they used, but it sounds like a buzzword to me, and they convey pretty much the same thing), but I doubt that they'll make quality images (correct lighting, contrast, colours, etc. are hard to pull off with such a shitty lense.
hey, let's not slap a negative connotation on the word 'geek' now :).
I think the best definition of geek I've ever heard is courtesy of phessler on BSDForums: "The difference between a nerd and a geek, is a nerd will skip a party to do homework, and a geek will party, then do homework while drunk/hungover." I think I fall into the geek category, minus the drunkenness.
lol, well-said :).
Do you have any clue how hard it is to make beats for rap/hip-hop songs? You don't just start banging random pads on a drum machine and adding random noises, it takes a lot of talent and skill. So until you go and make a decent beat, don't say it's easy.
You might also want to try writing some rap lyrics. Sure, the stuff you hear on the radio isn't the most intelligent, but neither is most other music on the radio.
Post those awesome rap lyrics you write when you're done, and e-mail me the beats you make, I'm sure they'll be great.
I like the allusion :).
Quite scary if you ask me.
Any open-source software being sold in such a store as Wal-Mart (one of the most competitive, capitalist corporations around - buyouts of smaller businesses, censorship, anti-union, etc.), in my mind, doesn't even deserve my respect/concern for its fate.
Granted, I'd like to see Microsoft lose much more than Lindows, but that doesn't mean I have any respect for Lindows.
Considering it says Microsoft nowhere on the box, and the name starts with an L instead of a W, I don't see how - unless you're so imperceptive that you deserve to buy the wrong product - you'd confuse the two.