Well, that *is* a chip that came out nearly 5 1/2 years ago (assuming the mid-2010 Mac Mini that used a mid-2008 CPU), and the drive is an older laptop form factor drive.
Replace the 5400RPM drive with something snappier (SSD, or at least a 7200rpm platter drive), and you'll get better load times.
One of the links in the summary has a link to the store that has a "What is the Humble Bundle Store" link. There are also a number of previous Slashdot stories about the topic. I would've assumed that if someone hadn't heard of it by now, they're probably just not terribly interested in games. Then again, I'd also argue that the AC could've easily responded with the following, which perhaps should've been in the summary:
The Humble Bundles (previously known as Humble Indie Bundles) are a series of collections ("bundles") of digital creations that are sold and distributed online at a price determined by the purchaser. The bundles are typically offered on a semi-regular basis during a two-week period; sales often include bonus games or media offered mid-week through the sale for those that have already purchased the bundle or otherwise pay more than the average. Early bundles featured independently developed, multi-platform games (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms) provided without digital rights management (DRM). Later bundles have included those geared towards games from established developers, games for Android-based devices, bundles promoting game jams, and in two cases, a bundle consisting of mainstream titles from a major publisher. Sales of bundles are split between the developers/creators, the Humble Bundle operators, and one or more charities including Child's Play, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, charity: water, and the American Red Cross, with the buyer able to set the revenue split between these groups.
The tablet or laptop can be the network device, supply video to your entertainment system. Just connect the HDMI cable, and you're good to go. As an alternative, if you'd like to watch a TV show in bed (or on the porch, in the kitchen while cooking, or anywhere else that you don't have a large screen), then something mobile with a smaller screen can be better than nothing.
For example, my wife sleeps before I do, but she likes to fall asleep next to me. A tablet on the nightstand lets me watch a TV show with headphones on until I'm ready to sleep as well (assuming I'm not in the mood to read). If it's not your cup of tea, fine, but a lot of people do that sort of thing.
Just the way that everyone else seems to be pretending that mistakes in a Slashdot article title matter, especially when the linked story contains even more errors.
Because a mirror used in such a way is effectively a lens, even if it isn't one technically. Is the headline correct? No, but it's correct enough that you've got to be in a pedantic mood to bother complaining about it.
On tablets and smartphones, South Koreans donâ(TM)t need any particular browser for purchases â" but they do need to download special security apps that meet government standards.
As of late 2009, the NSS software security library in Mozilla's Gecko platform has implemented support for SEED and Mozilla Firefox as of 3.5.4 supports SEED.
So, who knows exactly which mobile devices has the "special security apps", but people have been able to use Firefox for a few years (assuming the sites don't have hardcoded lists of user-agent IDs or something).
It's also incredibly common. A number of website apps present their information in a cleaner way than using the mobile browser, or provide extra functionality that isn't available through the website. There's actually some utility in using an app as a kind of on-desktop bookmark, for commonly-used sites, and they're useful if you have a slow data connection, since the app acts as every part of the webpage except for the actual content. For example, my banking app lets me deposit checks by photographing them, which their mobile website doesn't. In addition, the app loads faster than the website.
On tablets and smartphones, South Koreans donâ(TM)t need any particular browser for purchases â" but they do need to download special security apps that meet government standards.
There's some kind of non-ActiveX solution for mobile devices. Who knows what the actual support list actually looks like, though...still, it means that some things without X86 and Windows will work.
The Galaxy Nexus has an extended battery pack available. I think it's about 20% higher capacity. It's a rare occurrence that mine doesn't make it through the day, so I never bothered with the larger battery.
Sprint sucks ass here too, though. I'm looking forward to dumping them when my contract comes up.
I'm at least 2 GeForce's behind the latest series (560ti) and I can play any game at 1200p resolution with a very decent framerate.
I'm further behind than that (far enough to have to bump the resolution down to get anything playable on a game from the last couple years). In the past, the big benefit would've been higher API support for more effects, along with a general performance boost. GF 5xx and 7xx cards seem to support the same APIs, so I'd guess that with the current high-end cards, you've got gamers trying to match their monitor refresh rate while using higher-res monitors in a multi-monitor configuration. If you really want to find something to throw more horsepower at, you can find it.
I'm surprised it took this long for the fans to come together and do something like this.
Then be surprised no more, it's been done before. I think I watched part of an episode when it first came out, but I don't remember my impression of it. Obviously, I wasn't impressed enough at the time to continue.
The thread is about the inferior hardware, not the games. The hardware for the last couple generations has been objectively inferior to the hardware from competing vendors.
As you note, inferiority/superiority of games is highly subjective, but as far as you can measure it (ratings, game awards, etc), Nintendo's game quality is good.
Do you deny that (for example) The Nintendo DS is a Nintendo product, designed to facilitate use of their other products (game software)? The post that you initially replied to was obviously referring to Nintendo's hardware products. You're either being dense on purpose, or you're beyond any reason that anyone on this forum can provide.
No, YOU'RE not getting it. The games are irrelevant to the discussion. The capabilities of the hardware and Nintendo's success in the market are the only pertinent variables in the discussion.
"Technically inferior" doesn't have anything to do with the games, it has to do with the actual hardware specs. Nintendo is an excellent example of doing well in the marketplace despite inferior hardware.
Games being fun or not is largely independent of whether or not they're technically impressive.
EXACTLY. The post that you responded to wasn't talking about about how fun the games are, though. They were talking about the output capabilities of Nintendo's game hardware.
The car's "status symbol" status will be better for sales than if it weren't a status symbol, but I think that the difficulty in acquiring and maintaining one more than balances that out. I'm positive that they'd have stronger sales if buying one weren't such a pain in the ass.
Speed wasn't a requirement. Input for the assignment was something like a 16-byte key, with the message following (or an equivalently-simple arrangement). Output was the decoded message...which was a mixture of ASCII art and cryptography-related quotes.
Well, the original VG248QE seems to be selling on Newegg for about $280. So they're talking about a retail price roughly 1.5x as much as the hardware they're basing it on.
e.g. they are previewing it or would not have bought the original anyway
So, if they got it for free, the potential sale value that can be proved is $0. If a third party is selling discounted copies (say $2 for a movie that is distributed by a studio for $20), then every sale could potentially be $2 of benefit that could've gone to the studio. That is, there's evidence of actual lost potential income. I'd say that that's an important distinction to make.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, that *is* a chip that came out nearly 5 1/2 years ago (assuming the mid-2010 Mac Mini that used a mid-2008 CPU), and the drive is an older laptop form factor drive.
Replace the 5400RPM drive with something snappier (SSD, or at least a 7200rpm platter drive), and you'll get better load times.
The Humble Bundles (previously known as Humble Indie Bundles) are a series of collections ("bundles") of digital creations that are sold and distributed online at a price determined by the purchaser. The bundles are typically offered on a semi-regular basis during a two-week period; sales often include bonus games or media offered mid-week through the sale for those that have already purchased the bundle or otherwise pay more than the average. Early bundles featured independently developed, multi-platform games (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms) provided without digital rights management (DRM). Later bundles have included those geared towards games from established developers, games for Android-based devices, bundles promoting game jams, and in two cases, a bundle consisting of mainstream titles from a major publisher. Sales of bundles are split between the developers/creators, the Humble Bundle operators, and one or more charities including Child's Play, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, charity: water, and the American Red Cross, with the buyer able to set the revenue split between these groups.
The tablet or laptop can be the network device, supply video to your entertainment system. Just connect the HDMI cable, and you're good to go. As an alternative, if you'd like to watch a TV show in bed (or on the porch, in the kitchen while cooking, or anywhere else that you don't have a large screen), then something mobile with a smaller screen can be better than nothing.
For example, my wife sleeps before I do, but she likes to fall asleep next to me. A tablet on the nightstand lets me watch a TV show with headphones on until I'm ready to sleep as well (assuming I'm not in the mood to read). If it's not your cup of tea, fine, but a lot of people do that sort of thing.
True, but there are more than a few Mario games for the Wii that are available as disks.
Just the way that everyone else seems to be pretending that mistakes in a Slashdot article title matter, especially when the linked story contains even more errors.
Would you complain to your contractor if he accidentally installed a bathroom lens instead of a bathroom mirror?
Depends on if it performs the function of letting me see a low-distortion image of myself or not.
Of course mirrors and lenses are different; the reason I posted is that I'm annoyed how many people thought they were being clever by pointing it out.
Because a mirror used in such a way is effectively a lens, even if it isn't one technically. Is the headline correct? No, but it's correct enough that you've got to be in a pedantic mood to bother complaining about it.
Sugary robots sound delicious.
On tablets and smartphones, South Koreans donâ(TM)t need any particular browser for purchases â" but they do need to download special security apps that meet government standards.
Also, from Wikipedia:
As of late 2009, the NSS software security library in Mozilla's Gecko platform has implemented support for SEED and Mozilla Firefox as of 3.5.4 supports SEED.
So, who knows exactly which mobile devices has the "special security apps", but people have been able to use Firefox for a few years (assuming the sites don't have hardcoded lists of user-agent IDs or something).
It's also incredibly common. A number of website apps present their information in a cleaner way than using the mobile browser, or provide extra functionality that isn't available through the website. There's actually some utility in using an app as a kind of on-desktop bookmark, for commonly-used sites, and they're useful if you have a slow data connection, since the app acts as every part of the webpage except for the actual content. For example, my banking app lets me deposit checks by photographing them, which their mobile website doesn't. In addition, the app loads faster than the website.
On tablets and smartphones, South Koreans donâ(TM)t need any particular browser for purchases â" but they do need to download special security apps that meet government standards.
There's some kind of non-ActiveX solution for mobile devices. Who knows what the actual support list actually looks like, though...still, it means that some things without X86 and Windows will work.
That misses the point. Figures of speech often remain popular beyond the times where they were coined, so they'll often contain anachronistic terms.
The Galaxy Nexus has an extended battery pack available. I think it's about 20% higher capacity. It's a rare occurrence that mine doesn't make it through the day, so I never bothered with the larger battery.
Sprint sucks ass here too, though. I'm looking forward to dumping them when my contract comes up.
it's kinda hard to encrypt notes written on good ol' fashioned paper.
Well, maybe three things should've been taught at once in journalism school: Encryption, a scanner, and a secure shredder.
I'm at least 2 GeForce's behind the latest series (560ti) and I can play any game at 1200p resolution with a very decent framerate.
I'm further behind than that (far enough to have to bump the resolution down to get anything playable on a game from the last couple years). In the past, the big benefit would've been higher API support for more effects, along with a general performance boost. GF 5xx and 7xx cards seem to support the same APIs, so I'd guess that with the current high-end cards, you've got gamers trying to match their monitor refresh rate while using higher-res monitors in a multi-monitor configuration. If you really want to find something to throw more horsepower at, you can find it.
I'm surprised it took this long for the fans to come together and do something like this.
Then be surprised no more, it's been done before. I think I watched part of an episode when it first came out, but I don't remember my impression of it. Obviously, I wasn't impressed enough at the time to continue.
The thread is about the inferior hardware, not the games. The hardware for the last couple generations has been objectively inferior to the hardware from competing vendors.
As you note, inferiority/superiority of games is highly subjective, but as far as you can measure it (ratings, game awards, etc), Nintendo's game quality is good.
Do you deny that (for example) The Nintendo DS is a Nintendo product, designed to facilitate use of their other products (game software)? The post that you initially replied to was obviously referring to Nintendo's hardware products. You're either being dense on purpose, or you're beyond any reason that anyone on this forum can provide.
No, YOU'RE not getting it. The games are irrelevant to the discussion. The capabilities of the hardware and Nintendo's success in the market are the only pertinent variables in the discussion.
Games being fun or not is largely independent of whether or not they're technically impressive.
EXACTLY. The post that you responded to wasn't talking about about how fun the games are, though. They were talking about the output capabilities of Nintendo's game hardware.
This might be good for Tesla sales.
The car's "status symbol" status will be better for sales than if it weren't a status symbol, but I think that the difficulty in acquiring and maintaining one more than balances that out. I'm positive that they'd have stronger sales if buying one weren't such a pain in the ass.
Speed wasn't a requirement. Input for the assignment was something like a 16-byte key, with the message following (or an equivalently-simple arrangement). Output was the decoded message...which was a mixture of ASCII art and cryptography-related quotes.
Well, the original VG248QE seems to be selling on Newegg for about $280. So they're talking about a retail price roughly 1.5x as much as the hardware they're basing it on.
Those two statements don't contradict each other.
e.g. they are previewing it or would not have bought the original anyway
So, if they got it for free, the potential sale value that can be proved is $0. If a third party is selling discounted copies (say $2 for a movie that is distributed by a studio for $20), then every sale could potentially be $2 of benefit that could've gone to the studio. That is, there's evidence of actual lost potential income. I'd say that that's an important distinction to make.
It was a school assignment. The professor told us to choose our own language to implement it in. I chose poorly.