I have a working Vectrex in my basement right now.
I always enjoyed it when I was a kid, and they had some really cool ideas. First, the Vectrex had (I believe) the FIRST analog joystick on a home system, beating Nintendo by about 15 years (!). Second, they used a light pen for some of their titles, which everyone at the time thought was going to be the "next big thing".
I haven't played it in a while (it's fragile), but it really was a nice system, even though it was a bit underpowered even for the minimal amount of graphics processing it had to do. But hey, how can you fault a system with a Star Trek:The Motion Picture game right after the movie came out?:)
If all you need anonymity for is so websites can't point personalised ads at you[...]
That's not even true, since this guy actually complained about Amazon not showing him his suggested items. It seems he apparently does want targeted advertising.
SizeMe is a very simple, free-as-in-beer GUI program for Windows. You drag'n'drop a mess of files into the window, and it rearranges them (but doesn't modify them) so that you can burn them to the minimum number of discs possible. It even lets you drag the images into Nero et al to burn them. Worth a look.
Wow. You really have no idea what you are talking about.
Most car AC units have an energy coefficiency of somewhere around 400% - for every one watt of power used four watts of heat are removed. So having greater than 100% isn't impossible.
I don't think coefficient means what you think it means; in the AC example, that just means that the system moves heat, and that has nothing to do with generating energy.
And yes, having greater than 100% is impossible (i.e., getting more energy out of a closed system than is put in).
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Actually, the game is pretty much light enough to see everything, except for one area.
In the area, the protagonist makes the comment "Wow, it's really dark. I guess I'm doomed."
Good to see the Duke Nukem humor is still alive in FPSes:)
Very true. I think that you hit upon a good point: Democracy is a means to an end, and not an end in and of itself.
The purpose of Democracy is to protect against evil and tyranny. In this case, bringing Democracy to the Middle East is not a valuable goal, while freeing it from tyranny is.
Not that the Iraq invasion actually DID that, though...
Yeah, but just remember, the only thing that BitLocker would prevent is getting to your data with physical access to the machine; it wouldn't prevent that Knoppix CD from wiping your HDD and installing something else.
Also, has anyone thought about what this will do for Linux?
If people have to compare between a pirated, non-cool-looking version of Windows, and a snazzy new XGL-accelerated Ubuntu install (both for free), don't you think this might tend to push them toward the Linux side?
He gets it exactly wrong by saying that it must be called GNU/Linux to spread the philosphy.
And that's where you miss the point. Linux is a kernel, not the whole OS. To call the OS "Linux" does a profound disservice to the movement, source code, ideals, and tools that helped make Linux possible in the first place.
And, on top of all that, the word "Linux" is technically incorrect, since it refers only to the kernel.:)
Riiiiight. I love the fact that that got more coverage in the media than did the Downing Street Memo. Goes to show where the media's priorities are, I guess, and also goes to show what we, the people, look for in our leaders: blandness.
If people get more communications (like email) about work, they will feel like there is more to be done. The article and summary both say that people feel like they are less productive, not that they actually are.
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Really, colored overlays are expensive? I have a few of those sitting around in the basement too, I think... plus the original Vectrex carrying case!
I always enjoyed it when I was a kid, and they had some really cool ideas. First, the Vectrex had (I believe) the FIRST analog joystick on a home system, beating Nintendo by about 15 years (!). Second, they used a light pen for some of their titles, which everyone at the time thought was going to be the "next big thing".
I haven't played it in a while (it's fragile), but it really was a nice system, even though it was a bit underpowered even for the minimal amount of graphics processing it had to do. But hey, how can you fault a system with a Star Trek:The Motion Picture game right after the movie came out? :)
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That's not even true, since this guy actually complained about Amazon not showing him his suggested items. It seems he apparently does want targeted advertising.
SizeMe is a very simple, free-as-in-beer GUI program for Windows. You drag'n'drop a mess of files into the window, and it rearranges them (but doesn't modify them) so that you can burn them to the minimum number of discs possible. It even lets you drag the images into Nero et al to burn them. Worth a look.
Of course the trains run on time. The trains always run on time.
I think you mean: KHAAAN!!!!!
I don't think coefficient means what you think it means; in the AC example, that just means that the system moves heat, and that has nothing to do with generating energy.
And yes, having greater than 100% is impossible (i.e., getting more energy out of a closed system than is put in).
In the area, the protagonist makes the comment "Wow, it's really dark. I guess I'm doomed."
Good to see the Duke Nukem humor is still alive in FPSes :)
Where's your balls, dude?
The purpose of Democracy is to protect against evil and tyranny. In this case, bringing Democracy to the Middle East is not a valuable goal, while freeing it from tyranny is.
Not that the Iraq invasion actually DID that, though...
Surely, someone here on Slashdot has one to spare for these poor people!
Biodiesel is people! IT'S PEOPLE!!!
Yeah, then you're stuck in Punxatawney, PA, and keep living the same day over again.
Cojones is the commonly used word used to refer to testicles. cajones literally translates as "drawers", like in a hutch.
So you could, for example, say that Colbert needs a set of cajones to hold his enormous cojones. :)
Yeah, but just remember, the only thing that BitLocker would prevent is getting to your data with physical access to the machine; it wouldn't prevent that Knoppix CD from wiping your HDD and installing something else.
MY NAME IS MIKE OBUTU. I HAVE RECENTLY COME INTO POSESSION OF 1000000 (ONE MILLION) COPIES OF DUKE NUKEM FOREVER.
Stupid lameness filter isn't letting me post the full message, but you get the idea.
OH GOD! IT TASTES OF PAIN!
If people have to compare between a pirated, non-cool-looking version of Windows, and a snazzy new XGL-accelerated Ubuntu install (both for free), don't you think this might tend to push them toward the Linux side?
And that's where you miss the point. Linux is a kernel, not the whole OS. To call the OS "Linux" does a profound disservice to the movement, source code, ideals, and tools that helped make Linux possible in the first place.
And, on top of all that, the word "Linux" is technically incorrect, since it refers only to the kernel.
As a matter of fact, you can change an Ubuntu install to a Kubuntu install with one command:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
I think you can even change back by using the above and "ubuntu-desktop" instead.
You must be new here :)
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Riiiiight. I love the fact that that got more coverage in the media than did the Downing Street Memo. Goes to show where the media's priorities are, I guess, and also goes to show what we, the people, look for in our leaders: blandness.
If people get more communications (like email) about work, they will feel like there is more to be done. The article and summary both say that people feel like they are less productive, not that they actually are.