DRM free..? Well, okay... I'm listening (so to speak). But if the quality isn't 192kps and up then I'm not interested.
Personally I'd rather see a "more legal" version of allofmp3.com... Choice of format, bitrate, etc? Yes, please. I'd be very happy to part with my hard earned cash in that case.
When William Mandella lost his leg in an accident he was under the impression that he would simply be given an artificial one and would then be free to persue a semi-normal life. To his horror he discovers they'll simply grow him a new leg and chuck him right back in to active duty...:)
No DRM
No Viruses
No Spyware
No Malware
It's cheaper
It's Free
I've been using Linux now for over 5 years and I honestly don't think I could go back to using Windows at home. The need for virus checkers, etc. just leaves me feeling paranoid. So what that I can't play many games on it, I have a PS2 for that...
I rarely ever game on a PC (or in my case, Linux) but I did get around to picking up a copy of Neverwinter Nights. My experience has put me off for life. Here are the order of events,
Insert game CD in to drive and wait for install to complete (5 - 10 minutes)
Game manual is on CD so am unable to kick back and read printed manual whilst waiting
Install finishes. Load up game. Game crashes on character creation screen
Discover I am required to download patch.
Go to Bioware website to discover I must register to download patch
Register with Bioware and wait for email.
Email arrives, have to confirm by entering code in to Bioware website
Navigate to patch download. Discover it is 103MBs (wait 5 - 10 minutes for it to download)
Install patch
Finally boot up game
Spend another 10 minutes fiddling with graphical, audio and other settings to suit my hardware
Why must Microsoft copy everything that Sony does?!
Whilst were on the subject of Mono and Gnome...
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From what I've gathered (and I admit I may be wrong here), Miguel de Icaza started the Gnome project because he had concerns about licensing with the KDE desktop's use of Qt's widgets. That's fine but what the bloody hell I do not understand is why he has now chosen to integrate the.NET API in to the GNOME desktop and thereby leading everyone in to a potential patent mine field..?!
... and Trolltech are currently previewing Java binding for Qt (with work going towards making them gcj compatible) would this mean that KDE would end up embrasing Java?
Even though I'll eventually be getting a PS3 I'm hoping that Nintendo will stick it to Microsoft with the Wii.
Sadly I know what all Microsoft needs to do is wave a few tired old franchises in the consumers' face (Halo, DOA, Halo, Project Gotham Racing, Halo, Halo, Halo... Did I mention Halo?) and no one will never notice Nintendo.
You're not wrong. Infact the BBC's Radio 1 entertainment news today mentioned that having the ads in the music itself has been considered.
This could mean either having an ad at the beginning of songs, during the song (that would just be plain stupid) or at the end of the song. Whatever way Joe Public isn't going to be savy enough to load up Goldwave, remove the offending data and then reencode it.
Imagine something worse - One of the above wrapped within DRM...
... port it using Mono. Not only would their developers to be able to make use of C#, a language they developed themselves (/me activates fireshield), but they would minimise dependencies between Linux distros.
Actually it would be interesting to see just how flexible their.NET platform really is...
"I think some people have a romanticised image of Babylon 5."
That's for sure... And I'm not afriad to admit that I cried at the ending. No TV show has EVER managed to get that sort of emotion out of me and I doubt any ever will again. As for these new episodes, I think I'll pass.
"The UK government has proposed that suspected cybercriminals could be banned from the Internet or have their PCs seized"
Anyone who has been living in the UK for the past 12 months will know that all these guys need to do is say that restricting their access to the internet infringes on their human rights and they'll be back at it within a few days...
I think it was Nintendo that predicted that the gaming industry would implode unless people tired something new and it appears that this generation it may well do so.
What's the obsession with first person shooters?! Dear God, please give us something else to play. Where are all the Locorocos, Icos, and Katamaris?! Why are gamers having Prey, Halo and other cookie cut FPSs constantly shoved down their throats?
With the higher price points and repetitive seen-it-before gameplay casual gamers will leave gaming faster than rats off a sinking ship. Unless the industry provides more games like Sing Star, Buzz and Guitar Hero and less Halo I doubt gaming will be as profittable in 5 years time as it has been up until now.
"Installing Nvidia drivers is simple, straight-forward, and usually incorporated into your distribution's package repository. For example, Fedora Core 5 offers GeForce driver revisions 8756 and 8762 through select repositories, so installation involves little more than invoking Yellow Dog Updater, Modified (YUM) or YUM Extender (YUMEX). Nvidia clearly wins on this front, because ATI doesn't offer this luxury."
The last few updates of the ATI drivers I have recieved have been done so via YUM on FC5. In fact I'm due for an upgrade now,
Or you could stick with Fedora and just go to http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/, download and install the Yum repo information and upgrade to a proper version of KDE that way...
As far as I can remember from my student days, brains in living creatures grow special node cells and link them together in order to create memories and associations, including all successes and mistakes.
I'm curious to know just how the robot learning is stored in this case. I have always thought the biggest hurdle on robot learning (including walking, knowing not to grip an egg to hard, etc) would be the space available for all the information. Would a 512MB memory stick be enough..? Surely more like 60GBs...
"Additionally, they spent untold dollars buying Bungie, RARE, Oddworld Inhabitants and other companies."
Correct me if I'm wrong here but Oddworld Inhabitants were never bought by Microsoft. Munch's Oddysee was moved from a PS2 exclusive to an Xbox exclusive and Stranger's Wrath was cancelled for the PS2. Infact I do believe it was Oddworld's lack of support of Sony's machine that has caused the company to exit the gaming industry...
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DRM free..? Well, okay... I'm listening (so to speak). But if the quality isn't 192kps and up then I'm not interested.
Personally I'd rather see a "more legal" version of allofmp3.com... Choice of format, bitrate, etc? Yes, please. I'd be very happy to part with my hard earned cash in that case.
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Look everyone, I can control the volume on my sound card!! :)
(Disclaimer - I've been using KDE as my preferred desktop for over 5 years...
(WARNING - SPOILERS)
When William Mandella lost his leg in an accident he was under the impression that he would simply be given an artificial one and would then be free to persue a semi-normal life. To his horror he discovers they'll simply grow him a new leg and chuck him right back in to active duty... :)
No DRM
No Viruses
No Spyware
No Malware
It's cheaper
It's Free
I've been using Linux now for over 5 years and I honestly don't think I could go back to using Windows at home. The need for virus checkers, etc. just leaves me feeling paranoid. So what that I can't play many games on it, I have a PS2 for that...
I rarely ever game on a PC (or in my case, Linux) but I did get around to picking up a copy of Neverwinter Nights. My experience has put me off for life. Here are the order of events,
Compare this with playing God of War on the PS2
I know which I prefer.
"the launch of Vista may be delayed in Europe"
Why must Microsoft copy everything that Sony does?!
From what I've gathered (and I admit I may be wrong here), Miguel de Icaza started the Gnome project because he had concerns about licensing with the KDE desktop's use of Qt's widgets. That's fine but what the bloody hell I do not understand is why he has now chosen to integrate the .NET API in to the GNOME desktop and thereby leading everyone in to a potential patent mine field..?!
Little bit of hypocrisy there maybe..?
... and Trolltech are currently previewing Java binding for Qt (with work going towards making them gcj compatible) would this mean that KDE would end up embrasing Java?
Now that would be interesting...
Even though I'll eventually be getting a PS3 I'm hoping that Nintendo will stick it to Microsoft with the Wii.
Sadly I know what all Microsoft needs to do is wave a few tired old franchises in the consumers' face (Halo, DOA, Halo, Project Gotham Racing, Halo, Halo, Halo... Did I mention Halo?) and no one will never notice Nintendo.
You're not wrong. Infact the BBC's Radio 1 entertainment news today mentioned that having the ads in the music itself has been considered.
This could mean either having an ad at the beginning of songs, during the song (that would just be plain stupid) or at the end of the song. Whatever way Joe Public isn't going to be savy enough to load up Goldwave, remove the offending data and then reencode it.
Imagine something worse - One of the above wrapped within DRM...
To get the full Windows Vista experience I need,
A shit hot graphics card
A shit load of RAM
A shit load of harddrive space
And a brand new shit fast processor
I think we all know where the real shit lies...
... is any that is supported by Rockbox
.... port it using Mono. Not only would their developers to be able to make use of C#, a language they developed themselves (/me activates fireshield), but they would minimise dependencies between Linux distros.
Actually it would be interesting to see just how flexible their .NET platform really is...
I have to disagree with this example. The whole Aeris thing is a pre-rendered cut scene with no interactivity."
Oh right, so the 10+ hours you spent getting to know her before that bit doesn't count then?
"I think some people have a romanticised image of Babylon 5."
That's for sure... And I'm not afriad to admit that I cried at the ending. No TV show has EVER managed to get that sort of emotion out of me and I doubt any ever will again. As for these new episodes, I think I'll pass.
"The UK government has proposed that suspected cybercriminals could be banned from the Internet or have their PCs seized"
Anyone who has been living in the UK for the past 12 months will know that all these guys need to do is say that restricting their access to the internet infringes on their human rights and they'll be back at it within a few days...
I think it was Nintendo that predicted that the gaming industry would implode unless people tired something new and it appears that this generation it may well do so.
What's the obsession with first person shooters?! Dear God, please give us something else to play. Where are all the Locorocos, Icos, and Katamaris?! Why are gamers having Prey, Halo and other cookie cut FPSs constantly shoved down their throats?
With the higher price points and repetitive seen-it-before gameplay casual gamers will leave gaming faster than rats off a sinking ship. Unless the industry provides more games like Sing Star, Buzz and Guitar Hero and less Halo I doubt gaming will be as profittable in 5 years time as it has been up until now.
From the article,
"Installing Nvidia drivers is simple, straight-forward, and usually incorporated into your distribution's package repository. For example, Fedora Core 5 offers GeForce driver revisions 8756 and 8762 through select repositories, so installation involves little more than invoking Yellow Dog Updater, Modified (YUM) or YUM Extender (YUMEX). Nvidia clearly wins on this front, because ATI doesn't offer this luxury."
The last few updates of the ATI drivers I have recieved have been done so via YUM on FC5. In fact I'm due for an upgrade now,
yum check-update
...
...
kernel.i686
kmod-fglrx.i686
Or you could stick with Fedora and just go to http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/, download and install the Yum repo information and upgrade to a proper version of KDE that way...
As far as I can remember from my student days, brains in living creatures grow special node cells and link them together in order to create memories and associations, including all successes and mistakes.
I'm curious to know just how the robot learning is stored in this case. I have always thought the biggest hurdle on robot learning (including walking, knowing not to grip an egg to hard, etc) would be the space available for all the information. Would a 512MB memory stick be enough..? Surely more like 60GBs...
Just tried it with Fedora Core 5 (with ATI radeon drivers). Installed with no issues, works fine and works fast. I'm impressed! Thanks Google.
(note - I don't think it's using Wine... couldn't see any Wine related stuff in the process list...)
Correct me if I'm wrong here but Oddworld Inhabitants were never bought by Microsoft. Munch's Oddysee was moved from a PS2 exclusive to an Xbox exclusive and Stranger's Wrath was cancelled for the PS2. Infact I do believe it was Oddworld's lack of support of Sony's machine that has caused the company to exit the gaming industry...
I can't wait to download and read the bill in Microsoft Windows Word format when it's ready...
"Chicken and Egg Problem Solved: It seems scientists and philosophers now agree which came first. The Egg."
Slow news day, huh? :)