Sony has a nice track record of not allowing homebrew. Look at the PSP.
I think leaving yourself the option to add more content cant hurt you.
I agree. But gameplay is what makes a game. The N64 had small cartridges while the PS1 had massive CDs. Sure, some developers left, but there were still great games like Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, etc.
Also of note is that Microsoft isn't shoving next-gen formats down our throats when it's not necessary. Sony is making everything on Bluray when it could fit on a DVD (afaik). It's just wasteful. In any case, I don't think the PS3 is going to get very far, as a price tag of over ~$300 makes it unavailable for quite a number of people. Really, Microsoft is targetting the right market and seems to be doing things smartly this generation. It amazes me. Personally, I think what the Xbox 360 needs right now is a triple-A title, but other than that is in pretty good condition. The price for the 360 is OK because they're targetting an older audience which has more $$$.
Back on topic though, I don't think Microsoft should limit themselves from putting games on HD-DVD if it's really necessary. I just don't think it's a requirement to make great games.
The number of gigs worth of data in a game is slightly less important than gameplay, imho. With the new indy developer program, if it actually works like Microsoft says it will, I think this will be a MAJOR bonus for the Xbox 360.
If I remember correctly, the 9250 is really a toned-down version of the 9200, which is a toned-down version of the 8500, making the 8500 the fastest. The 965 gets pwned by these cards when you want to do things like play games. However, I think 99% is a bit too high; maybe 80-95% would be more accurate.
As for the r300 driver, I believe they have a complete OpenGL 1.0 implementation (or near-complete) and many other features are coming along nicely. Just a few more months and it'll be feature complete and decently stable.:)
One of my local LUGgers works for Bob Young on the side at the football team he owns (he runs the tech stuff like the website and broadcasting), the Hamilton Tiger Cats, and he said he could definitly see Bob resigning. He's been jumbling about too much stuff lately and he really isn't paying attention to redhat or linux at all very much recently. I think possibly running the Tiger Cats and just wanting to relax for a bit are greater reasons for Bob's resignment than going off to work on this other.com thing. He's really been quite busy as of late though and he hasn't made it out to the local linux user's group meeting in over a year now so I'm pretty sure he's done with linux for a while now. Ah well, maybe he can come out to more of my local lug meetings now!:)
Why is this under "your rights online"? It may have to do with people's rights (not mine, I'm Canadian) but definitly not online rights. Sure, the data is stored in a database, but that database isn't necessarily online (and a database with that sort of info I'd expect would not be online). Editors sure need to make sure their heads are on straight...
I have had a situation similar to yours. My brother needed something decent for school, all that was available was a Pentium/75mhz. I installed DeLi Linux on this box, a distro intended for older computers. The box lacked a CD drive, so installation was done from floppies via the network. Modules for the network had to be done by hand, as did network initialization. I have done a normal CD install though, and it is much easier than this. After this, the normal install runs, which is pretty easy. Your options for packages are basically all or nothing. The only hard part is that you must manually partition the hard drive, but the installer does a pretty good job of detecting how you decided to partition it, and cfdisk isn't too hard to use. After the install, getting the resolution to something higher than 640x480 with a generic driver was a bit of a pain, but I eventually got it working. Plenty of apps out of the box for office work. Installation of a dictionary was a nightmare. Other than that, the distro worked perfectly. Printing too. If you really want your old boxes working well for students, try DeLi Linux.
If you read the article, you'd know that he used make -j. As for number 2, why don't you ask the person who wrote the article? He seems to be doing a pretty good job of responding to all of the reader's questions.
" A man in Queensland was found guilty of pointing at a stolen car in the street...."
If you read the grandfather thread, it says doesn't say that he gets arrested for choosing a car to be stolen, he says that he gets arrested for pointing to a car that has been stolen. Although I think he may have meant otherwise, that's up for the poster of the grandfather thread to clarify upon.
On your comment on GTK+ on Windows, I know for a fact that GIMP and GAIM both do not bundle in GTK and force you to install it seperately, and will share a GTK+ install. I'm pretty sure Glade for Windows acts this way as well, so maybe its just a few GTK+ on Windows apps that you're using that have this problem.
Thanks,
Stephen Clement
My Pentium 3 is whisper quiet. No fan on the processor, and only 2 other really quiet fans, 1 of which turns off when the computer is cool. 1 turns off completely and 1 goes into uberquiet mode when the computer is in standby. That, and the computer is only 3 1/2 inches tall and has a Geforce 4, Audigy, 160GB hard drive and tons more. And its always nice and cool inside. Of course this is nothing like the Pentium 4's (I own one for Windows gaming and can't stand the noise). Ah well, I hope the next generation of Intel's processors is quieter and less power consuming.:)
My desktop is still 2.4 and my server is still 2.2. I'm changing to 2.6 in the coming months for my desktop, although my server will be staying at 2.2 for a while still.
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Nope, I think it was pulled before then.
Nope, it's broken and has been for about five minutes. That was the original online source.
"What stops Sony from doing the same."
Sony has a nice track record of not allowing homebrew. Look at the PSP.
I think leaving yourself the option to add more content cant hurt you.
I agree. But gameplay is what makes a game. The N64 had small cartridges while the PS1 had massive CDs. Sure, some developers left, but there were still great games like Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, etc.
Also of note is that Microsoft isn't shoving next-gen formats down our throats when it's not necessary. Sony is making everything on Bluray when it could fit on a DVD (afaik). It's just wasteful. In any case, I don't think the PS3 is going to get very far, as a price tag of over ~$300 makes it unavailable for quite a number of people. Really, Microsoft is targetting the right market and seems to be doing things smartly this generation. It amazes me. Personally, I think what the Xbox 360 needs right now is a triple-A title, but other than that is in pretty good condition. The price for the 360 is OK because they're targetting an older audience which has more $$$.
Back on topic though, I don't think Microsoft should limit themselves from putting games on HD-DVD if it's really necessary. I just don't think it's a requirement to make great games.
Thanks, stevo3232
The number of gigs worth of data in a game is slightly less important than gameplay, imho. With the new indy developer program, if it actually works like Microsoft says it will, I think this will be a MAJOR bonus for the Xbox 360.
If I remember correctly, the 9250 is really a toned-down version of the 9200, which is a toned-down version of the 8500, making the 8500 the fastest. The 965 gets pwned by these cards when you want to do things like play games. However, I think 99% is a bit too high; maybe 80-95% would be more accurate.
:)
As for the r300 driver, I believe they have a complete OpenGL 1.0 implementation (or near-complete) and many other features are coming along nicely. Just a few more months and it'll be feature complete and decently stable.
Yeah, I've heard talk of them out there for about 10-15 days now. :)
He's already using the standalone SP2 installer. He's talking about all of the stuff that was released /after/ SP2.
You might be interested in BLAG Linux. It's Fedora without all the bloat, and aimed at the desktop user.
http://www.blagblagblag.org/
Thanks,
Stephen Clement
One of my local LUGgers works for Bob Young on the side at the football team he owns (he runs the tech stuff like the website and broadcasting), the Hamilton Tiger Cats, and he said he could definitly see Bob resigning. He's been jumbling about too much stuff lately and he really isn't paying attention to redhat or linux at all very much recently. I think possibly running the Tiger Cats and just wanting to relax for a bit are greater reasons for Bob's resignment than going off to work on this other .com thing. He's really been quite busy as of late though and he hasn't made it out to the local linux user's group meeting in over a year now so I'm pretty sure he's done with linux for a while now. Ah well, maybe he can come out to more of my local lug meetings now! :)
--stevo32 (Stephen Clement)
Why is this under "your rights online"? It may have to do with people's rights (not mine, I'm Canadian) but definitly not online rights. Sure, the data is stored in a database, but that database isn't necessarily online (and a database with that sort of info I'd expect would not be online). Editors sure need to make sure their heads are on straight...
Blag Linux (http://www.blagblagblag.org/) has E17 preview in a production release for months, I don't see why this is so amazing...
I have had a situation similar to yours. My brother needed something decent for school, all that was available was a Pentium/75mhz. I installed DeLi Linux on this box, a distro intended for older computers. The box lacked a CD drive, so installation was done from floppies via the network. Modules for the network had to be done by hand, as did network initialization. I have done a normal CD install though, and it is much easier than this. After this, the normal install runs, which is pretty easy. Your options for packages are basically all or nothing. The only hard part is that you must manually partition the hard drive, but the installer does a pretty good job of detecting how you decided to partition it, and cfdisk isn't too hard to use. After the install, getting the resolution to something higher than 640x480 with a generic driver was a bit of a pain, but I eventually got it working. Plenty of apps out of the box for office work. Installation of a dictionary was a nightmare. Other than that, the distro worked perfectly. Printing too. If you really want your old boxes working well for students, try DeLi Linux.
If you read the article, you'd know that he used make -j. As for number 2, why don't you ask the person who wrote the article? He seems to be doing a pretty good job of responding to all of the reader's questions.
" A man in Queensland was found guilty of pointing at a stolen car in the street...." If you read the grandfather thread, it says doesn't say that he gets arrested for choosing a car to be stolen, he says that he gets arrested for pointing to a car that has been stolen. Although I think he may have meant otherwise, that's up for the poster of the grandfather thread to clarify upon.
We're actually partying on #1111111111 on irc.indymedia.org. Come join us!
Also, there's a counter set up here:
http://stevo32.no-ip.org/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi
Thanks,
Stephen Clement
We're actually partying on #1111111111 on irc.indymedia.org. Come join us! Also, there's a counter set up here: http://stevo32.no-ip.org/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi Thanks, Stephen Clement
On your comment on GTK+ on Windows, I know for a fact that GIMP and GAIM both do not bundle in GTK and force you to install it seperately, and will share a GTK+ install. I'm pretty sure Glade for Windows acts this way as well, so maybe its just a few GTK+ on Windows apps that you're using that have this problem. Thanks, Stephen Clement
My Pentium 3 is whisper quiet. No fan on the processor, and only 2 other really quiet fans, 1 of which turns off when the computer is cool. 1 turns off completely and 1 goes into uberquiet mode when the computer is in standby. That, and the computer is only 3 1/2 inches tall and has a Geforce 4, Audigy, 160GB hard drive and tons more. And its always nice and cool inside. Of course this is nothing like the Pentium 4's (I own one for Windows gaming and can't stand the noise). Ah well, I hope the next generation of Intel's processors is quieter and less power consuming. :)
http://slashdotsucks.com/ is already registered. He should have seen that coming too!
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My desktop is still 2.4 and my server is still 2.2. I'm changing to 2.6 in the coming months for my desktop, although my server will be staying at 2.2 for a while still.
Yes, yes it does run Windows XP.
...and Shakespeare steps out of his grave.
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