Of course the gated community would be broken into... then imagine the party that the (anonymous) phishers will throw as they harvest everyone's information!
(Have you seen any graphics cards go past 4GB yet?)
Not yet, but they're not far off. You can already get video cards with 2G of video memory, then you just SLI/Crossfire two of them, and you're already up to 4G.
Linux has not and I doubt will jump that critical mass. On the contrary. I have in the last year or so met quite a few people who dropped Linux in favor of OSX.
...and I personally know 3 people that have dropped Windows for Linux in the last year, whereas I've never seen someone drop Windows or Linux in favour of OS X, ever.
Then go with a large brand name, and get a common model.
That's terrible advice, common LCD models are junk, as they're all 6-bit TN panels.
Most people buy the cheapest LCD they can find in the size they want when they go shopping for one. If you actually want a good LCD, it's becoming extremely hard to find them because junk TN panels have totally flooded the market, and nobody advertises what type of panel their monitor uses.
Oh, and you wanted a good LCD on your laptop? Forget it, they don't make them anymore.
I always get a kick out of this argument. Has it occurred to you that when Microsoft bundles those applications they get sued to pieces and end up paying billions in fines to the European antitrust extortionists^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H regulators? If you approve of those verdicts and fines, then you cannot simultaneously criticize Microsoft for forcing you to install all those things. Approving of these fines means simply that we accept (or rather demand) the inconveniences they inflict.
Just because Microsoft has no reasonable way to ship a useful copy of Windows straight out of the box doesn't make it OK for Windows to suck (even more) straight out of the box, that's a corner they've boxed themselves into.
Unlike you seem to think, simply because Microsoft has no solution to the problem at hand doesn't make it a lesser problem, indeed, it makes it a larger problem (for Microsoft). Therefore, you shouldn't be surprised when someone points out the major pain inflicted upon anyone attempting to use a Windows machine (especially straight out of the box) when compared to a Linux machine.
In summary: Windows is irreparably broken, why would we avoid pointing this out when Linux is not irreparably broken?
What I'd like to know is how on earth they can justify charging 5 grand for a laptop that has nothing special about it except being absurdly heavy and featuring an i7.
For that size and weight, you could just throw a desktop motherboard in some plastic, tape a screen and battery on, then ship it out! This machine might justify the price if it clocked in at under 5 pounds.
x86 on x86 emulation was pretty slow before we had svm/vmx, although with it it's basically native speed now (except for anything graphical). I think QEMU can emulate x86 on PPC, but expect it to be slow, as there'll be no hardware acceleration (svm/vmx), and you can't use kqemu either. Really, you should just avoid the hassle and play Game! instead.
Having worked for a government institution before, I'd say the government could get just as much done with 10% of its current funding, and I'd certainly appreciate having 90% less of my income stolen from me in the form of taxes.
Have you actually loaded it up with 16G of RAM? Often times boards advertise maximum capacities which aren't really ever tested at that capacity, or have other caveats (like the memory doesn't run at full speed anymore).
Isn't there a way to detect CPU/Gfx card acceleration capabilities and disable them in certain conditions? E.g. if there is no hardware support for transform and lighting?
I find it really irritating when a site requires you to give them (made up) personal information when it clearly doesn't need it. That's why Game! doesn't ask for any personal information whatsoever. Of course, that's probably a drop in the bucket compared to everybody pouring their life into Facebook...
The PNG hack for IE6 has some rather fatal drawbacks, particularly if you want to use it to replace background images instead of just regular <img>s. The most obvious issue is the z-index one, in that the PNG hacked PNG is rendered on a layer on top of the canvas, for which no events (including clicks) will pass through, unless you throw in a lot more hacks and you're really lucky. The other more insidious problem is that any element with a PNG hacked PNG must have layout, meaning it's almost guaranteed to have nasty side effects on any non-trivial page. I don't really care about IE6, but out of curiosity I tried applying the PNG hack to the gameboxes in Game!, and quickly scrapped the idea after finding several major issues due to the required hasLayout hack.
PNG8 is an interesting aside, but only marginally better than just serving GIFs to IE6.
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Sounds like the Americans will be all for it then.
Of course the gated community would be broken into... then imagine the party that the (anonymous) phishers will throw as they harvest everyone's information!
Besides, Internet v1 still has Game!
No, encryption is not unbreakable. It's merely hard enough to break that it's rarely feasible to do so.
In the mean time, you could just play games without any DRM, like Game!
Not really, I use Vim in preference to every other editor. Once you're used to Vim you can edit at least 10x faster than with an "easy" GUI editor.
Not yet, but they're not far off. You can already get video cards with 2G of video memory, then you just SLI/Crossfire two of them, and you're already up to 4G.
Any publicity is good publicity.
...and I personally know 3 people that have dropped Windows for Linux in the last year, whereas I've never seen someone drop Windows or Linux in favour of OS X, ever.
That's terrible advice, common LCD models are junk, as they're all 6-bit TN panels.
Most people buy the cheapest LCD they can find in the size they want when they go shopping for one. If you actually want a good LCD, it's becoming extremely hard to find them because junk TN panels have totally flooded the market, and nobody advertises what type of panel their monitor uses.
Oh, and you wanted a good LCD on your laptop? Forget it, they don't make them anymore.
Windows comes with a browser these days? Wow! I thought they still only shipped it with IE.
Just because Microsoft has no reasonable way to ship a useful copy of Windows straight out of the box doesn't make it OK for Windows to suck (even more) straight out of the box, that's a corner they've boxed themselves into.
Unlike you seem to think, simply because Microsoft has no solution to the problem at hand doesn't make it a lesser problem, indeed, it makes it a larger problem (for Microsoft). Therefore, you shouldn't be surprised when someone points out the major pain inflicted upon anyone attempting to use a Windows machine (especially straight out of the box) when compared to a Linux machine.
In summary: Windows is irreparably broken, why would we avoid pointing this out when Linux is not irreparably broken?
You mean just close that KVM instance and start it up again, because you're using -snapshot and nothing gets saved to the image?
What I'd like to know is how on earth they can justify charging 5 grand for a laptop that has nothing special about it except being absurdly heavy and featuring an i7.
For that size and weight, you could just throw a desktop motherboard in some plastic, tape a screen and battery on, then ship it out! This machine might justify the price if it clocked in at under 5 pounds.
x86 on x86 emulation was pretty slow before we had svm/vmx, although with it it's basically native speed now (except for anything graphical). I think QEMU can emulate x86 on PPC, but expect it to be slow, as there'll be no hardware acceleration (svm/vmx), and you can't use kqemu either. Really, you should just avoid the hassle and play Game! instead.
Maybe because...
Just one of those is enough to make something bad.
Yeah, because government is 100% efficient.
Having worked for a government institution before, I'd say the government could get just as much done with 10% of its current funding, and I'd certainly appreciate having 90% less of my income stolen from me in the form of taxes.
They're also quite evil.
Yeah, the more sensible among us have a UPS or two.
Have you actually loaded it up with 16G of RAM? Often times boards advertise maximum capacities which aren't really ever tested at that capacity, or have other caveats (like the memory doesn't run at full speed anymore).
It already does.
I find it really irritating when a site requires you to give them (made up) personal information when it clearly doesn't need it. That's why Game! doesn't ask for any personal information whatsoever. Of course, that's probably a drop in the bucket compared to everybody pouring their life into Facebook...
No, not really. Flash sucks badly, it doesn't belong on the web. Silverlight is no better than Flash.
No, dig up, stupid!
You repeat yourself.
The PNG hack for IE6 has some rather fatal drawbacks, particularly if you want to use it to replace background images instead of just regular <img>s. The most obvious issue is the z-index one, in that the PNG hacked PNG is rendered on a layer on top of the canvas, for which no events (including clicks) will pass through, unless you throw in a lot more hacks and you're really lucky. The other more insidious problem is that any element with a PNG hacked PNG must have layout, meaning it's almost guaranteed to have nasty side effects on any non-trivial page. I don't really care about IE6, but out of curiosity I tried applying the PNG hack to the gameboxes in Game!, and quickly scrapped the idea after finding several major issues due to the required hasLayout hack.
PNG8 is an interesting aside, but only marginally better than just serving GIFs to IE6.