Hey, I lived quite close to Merida for 15 years (Campeche city). I dont know when did you go to Mexico last time but nowadays you can find lots of services (cable, DSL, etc) not very expensive (for a poor Mexican POV) in there. Besides, I just read about a company called "Fourth Source" which is trying to promote outsourcing to Merida with the idea that "to go to India you need 10 hours in a plane whereas to go to Merida you need 2 hours from Florida (direct flight)".
Merida is a great place to live (even for Mexicans), there are 2 other places: Xalapa which is one of the most culturally active city in Mexico, it is home of the LANIA (Advanced Informatics National Laboratory) . In fact it is the place where I am aiming to work if I cant get something here in Europe after finishing my PhD.
Then I know lots of people love beach.There is a great place called La Paz where you have beach at 5 mintues from anywhere. And of course all of these places are cheap (for an American) and you have broadband (cable or ASDL mostly) access. And, at least in La Paz there is a HUGE community of americans, mostly hippy type and old people that go there for retirement so even if you dont speak Spanish, you wont have a lot of trouble (in Merida and Xalapa you would have to stay in the "touristic" zones).
Anyway, this is really interesting for me as a Mexican, I know a lot of us dream on going to USA (not me personally as I dont like your current foreign policies) or Europe (yay! I am in UK w00t) in order to be "successfull".
Even so, Sony is not the only one doing that in UK. It is something that pisses me of as it is completely clear that Britons are paying a "corporate tax" for their assets. There was at least another case where TESCO (a Wal*Mart like chain) was selling Levi's jeans cheaper (almost half price of the retai price in UK) than Levi's by importing them from other European countries.
Its stupid, the last time I raised the issue with a Briton (I live in britain now) he made all kind of excuses, from the VAT to the shipping costs. But then I showed him the prices of some cameras and even after the 17% VAT + something in shipping and handling the prices in the UK where something like £50 more expensive (for a £200 camera)
Ah yeah, exactly the same Sony that I started boycotting when the rootkit fiasco was unveiled, I followed that quite close and even made a list of the affected discs. Unfortunately I had just bought some sony brand earplugs (I like them because they are in-ear but not as expensive as the shure E3c [or something like that]). After some time I had to buy replacement for the replaceable buds but sony wanted to rape me with £10 for I believe 2 pairs.
I held my boycott and bought some from a chinnese guy on Ebay, just for £5 for something like 6 pairs black and white:).
I just bought a DVD player, and I chose a Phillips (I believe Sony electronics are pretty overpriced, not as Bose of course but they are still overpriced).
I have explained my girlfriend about Sony practices and at least she will think again before buying Sony (although she still wants that iPod... even if there are other better mp3 players I have not been able to convince her).
I dont buy movies, I rent them via lovefilm and I seldom go to the cinemas, just when some nice "independent" film is screened.
I will buy a Wii, because mmm because I am not attracted to the othe 2 systems. Oh, and for all of you who believe that the PS3 will be incrdible expensive, just the other time I was showing my girlfriend the differences in prices (in the wikipedia), the price of the ps3 for Mexico is: MXN$7,999 ($640 US) MXN$9,499 ($760 US). Can you believe that shit? $760 US. I think that the market in Mexico for it is what, 2 persons? (well, lets say Fox children and the new president children). Of course you still have to buy the $99 US for the games... that is INSANE.
Yeah, I agree with the Sonny boycott. I hope more and more people realize that corporations are consuming their rights and start fighting the only way they can to stop them (no, political movements and any other kind of government related tactics wont work as corporations already spoon feed politicians, no I am not paranoid enough, I am from and lived in a country where corrupt government is blatant and the rich are the ones that control the goverment with the Mordida).
But in terms of compatibility with the vast majority of websites, Firefox is far ahead of every other competitor.
I'm a power user. I routinely switch between Camino, Safari, Firefox, and IE under CrossOver as I'm browsing different sites and designing web pages
Mmm I dont know, but you could swtich to Konqueror for once and ditch all other browsers. It is one of the most (if not the most) compatible browsers I have seen and it has adblock integrated. It allows you to enter sites that are not compatible with Firefox (for example many banking sites).
I have been using it for some months and I have never had the neccessity to turn back. The only thing I miss from firefox is the find-while-typing.
Oh, and in Konqueror you've got spell cheking (previous word is in RED) embedded. =o)
I recently switched to Konqueror and to my surprise it is really easy to import the adblock list (I download it from some site) in the konqueror preferences window as there is a specific "AdBlock filter" section. That made the change for me. I feel conqueror is more responsive and compatible with more sites. At least, my bank accepts konqueror while not accepting firefox. And I always had the memory problem with firefox too. I know not all people have it or care about it but I did have it, even after testing with different configs/extensions.
I found an alternative, that better suits my taste of music and is completely legit, but a lot more expensive.
Bah, I already have an alternative that has just started to be expensive, the site is this, the problem is that it *might* be also more expensive than allofmp3, this is, you might end having to pay $3,000 or something to the RIAA or the other copyright owners, but only when they ask you to do it.
Mmmmm, didn't someone wrote about an insurance against RIAA lawsuits?, it might very well be useful in you choose this way of music distribution.
The first thing I did was look for a page that "required" flash 9 or 8, it was funny (no wait... I guess it is sad) that the only page I remembered is pornotorrent... and then digg labs site =oP
Can anyone suggest one site that requires this to see if/how it is working?
I have always laughed at that aspect of Americans. Back were I am from, society just let their kids be. It is the problem of overusing legislation. Everyone is affraid of being sued by everyone else.
In Mexico, if you pour your coffee and you burn your crotch it is your freaking fault for being so stupid, if similarly if you dont take care and slip in a stair because it is wet then you deserve it if you were not paying attention.
If your kid fights against another kid and gets a puprle face from all the punches, good for him, he will either learn to defend or learn not to fuck with others.
I lost half of a thumb when I was a kid in one of those exercise bycicles. I was too stupid to know that I should not put my fingers in the chain to stop the darn thing. So what, lesson learned I am surely am careful with what I do.
How 'bout providing some legal alternatives that HAVEN"T been crippled with the infestation known as DRM (I call it the Devil's Recording Medium)
Well, I do not know about your country but in Mexico, one of the legal alternatives is allofmp3.com
And yes, I have asked a Mexican lawyer (while having lunch) and it is legal to do it. Now, one thing I found interesting in the article is the Internet cafes issue. How are they suppose to get the "criminals" that share in a internet cafe? Are they going to sue the owners of the cafe? because one buy run emule from its usb and downloaded/shared music? You know, in Mexico Internet Cafe is the most prevalent way that teens (from 12 to even more than 25) get into internet. Mostly because it is very cheap and broadband is still very, VERY expensive (for the standard earning).
Secondly, they have not been able to shut down the blatant piracy that takes place in the CENTRE of Mexico City where people SELL illegally copied software, music and others for US$2 a disc (or $5 a DVD).
Thirdly, it is going to be interesting what is the extortion price they ask in Mexico. From the previous lawsuits I have read in USA, the RIAA has asked among $3,000. A lot of people cant afford that here. I am sure they will offer a less expensive extortion payment.
I would rather it not steadily accrue memory as I use it through the day and visit sites that use Flash extensively.
Really, which sites does not use flash extensively, even on slashdot they bother you with the flashy happy 3d smileys add...
I do experiment with memory issues in firefox. Fortunately I have been using konqueror instead of firefox for some time and along with Privoxy it makes everything I need (and it enters into sites Firefox never entered, like my bank portal).
I dont plan to upgrade firefox, but I still think Fx achieved something really good, they made Microsoft wake up pand upgrade their loussy web browser, for everything else, Opera has been there since the beginning.
W00t for the 3122131 maps of 8000x6000 sqr ft Doom 6!!! I for one cant wait to shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-run-strafe-shoot -crouch-shoot-shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-ru n-strafe-shoot-crouch-shoot-shoot-shoot-jump-shoot -jump-shoot-run-strafe-shoot-crouch-shoot- shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-run-strafe-shoot -crouch-shoot-shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-ru n-strafe-shoot-crouch-shoot- at 1620x1280 !!
Not really, because a lot of the people I know that use Pshop and other Win/Mac only photo software can't get the linux stuff to do what we want easily enough.
Yeah, I agree witih you on this. I am still looking for linux programs to replace irfanview and paint.net. I do not need (and certainly don't like) to use a beast like the GIMP to do certain small tasks, I am a game programmer and usually slightly modify (resize, crop, batch rename, change RGB colors, etc) images. But doing that with GIMP and other linux programs is really a mess. I have Picasa, but it is really an album manager and does not let me do everything irfanview let me do...
And then I have Paint.NET which was my replacement for MSPaint. I use it when I need to slightly edit some sprite or quickly cut & paste a screen shot or something (does anyone know how to assign the "copy screen" behaviour to the printscreen on KDE?).
Maybe it is me but I have not found the right tool for me. I do not have time to look for a lot of them and that is my problem with Linux, there are so many apps (of course sometimes that is good =o)).
Nowadays I have crossover (installed the beta and man I am REALLY liking it) and use irfanview with it. I have not tried Paint.NET but I will give it a try as soon as I can. (of course any recommendation of software is welcome)
They know they have to be competitive in the market, so they are. They keep prices acceptable, even in face of stupid, greedy record companies. Jobs makes no bones about it, and he tells both the labels and the consumers the same thing. There are no "backroom deals" going on here, just a company trying to deliver the best product possible at a price the market can afford
What I cant understand is why if every "music retailer" company knows that the music is being sold more expensive than it should they still fail to do anything?
I am talking about retailers like Wal*Mart and the likes who are now wanting lower prices (and some are trying to get the same prices as online stores like iTunes) as well as online retailers like iTunes music store and others.
Double the size makes quadruple the cost when it comes to LCD's.
Indeed, that is why I preffered to get 2 17in LCDs instead of one 23. From my perspective I got more "desktop" state for less cash. And also, I can use one screen to show the Running program while the other is holing the IDE or run one program completely maximized and while the other screen has the small apps (winamp, browser, etc etc).
One question I have always asked myself is how does the multiple screen setup works on the multi-desktop environments like X-window? does each virutal desktop expands to the second screen? I have not been able to use multiple monitors setup on my Linux distro so thats why I have not tested it.
Yahoo has cancelled plans for a "time capsule" ceremony at pyramids in Mexico, citing concerns regarding possible damage to the ancient site.
"The position of INAH is that after evaluating all the technical and operational aspects, it would be very difficult to move forward with this endeavour," Yahoo said in a release.
"Therefore, we have decided to move the location of the event. For now, we are focused on collecting as many unique and interesting contributions as possible from around the globe."
INAH: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (National Institute of Antropology and History).
Let me ask you, the Slashdot readers. Can anyone explain to you how to be the next DaVinci or Picasso? Can anyone tell you how to write the next great Symphony? Can anyone tell you how to make the next blockbuster movie?
I know how.
First, you must throw away every preconception of the subject (or art) you will work on (drawing, painting, game development, etc). In the case of game development you have to erase from your mind your mind things like "game genre" and "oriented to X type of people". Of course, doing the next "picaso like" game wont make it a blockbuster release. Lots of the people we remember as geniuses and greatest were (unfortuately) seen as crazy (and were poor) on their times. It is just *after* they die that their art start taking value.
Now, for the second part of your question "how to make a blockbuster movie" or game of course, we already have the recipe. A blockbuster game is something like GTA. You just have to create something similar, shoot people, slap women and all that will guaranty you tons of sells. It does not mean that it is good, it is just what the average of the people like (hence it is what most people will buy).
Just today I was happily running my Ubuntu based laptop when I saw a notification icon about "available updates". I clicked on it an proceeded to download the updates. Everything seemed right, excepting that there was one package (something called "image kernel") that failed to download and install; besides of that, everything went smooth (or appeared to be).
Anyway, after restarting the computing the only thing I got was a kernel panic... and I could not even restart in failsafe mode or anything else... basically my laptop is unusable now.
On the other side, I could never use the hibernate or suspend features of my laptop because after I selected hibernate, the computer would turn off fine, but when restoring the session it would just get freezed. The same thing happened to the suspend mode. I tried in some ubuntu forums but the only answer I got was "your computer ACPI is broken"... which is stupid as "the ohter" operating system can hybernate and suspend without problems.
What is the relevance of this you might ask?, well, from my experince (since 1994 when I installed FreeBSD for the first time), Linux has always been a "catch up" operating system. First it was the modems (and the "buy a real modem" zealot slogan) then the sound cards, then the video cards and now the wireless chips. Linux kernel developers cant get along with the technology development speed. It always feels as if Linux is one step back of the current hardware. And the main problem are the drivers. But, in my opinion is not a problem of the hardware manufacturers but a problem of the Linux zealotry of "give us the driver source code or give us the ball". Linux will always be catching up trying to hack togheter hardware drivers until they agree to play nicely with the hardware providrers.
very few of them involve innocent children being shot on the street.
Not that they dont deserve it. About 9 in each 10 crimes I have heard about since I came to the UK are 14-16 year old kids doing some kind of maniatic thing to pedestrians.
A friend of mine was attacked (with gum guns) in the middle of the street at daylight by these bastards. And when I arrived people warned me to be aware of the teens as they are the most dangerous of all. It seems UK laws are pretty soft on these "kids" and parents just dont care about educating them.
I for one would love to shoot, for example, a bunch of kids that used to bull a boy everyday until he (or she I dont remember) commited suicide.
No, those are assholes, they shit over everything. and then there are pussies and dicks; pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!
Oh yeah, and I also hope Mr. Lucas focus on soaps or reality shows and leave SciFi as it is.
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Hey, I lived quite close to Merida for 15 years (Campeche city). I dont know when did you go to Mexico last time but nowadays you can find lots of services (cable, DSL, etc) not very expensive (for a poor Mexican POV) in there. Besides, I just read about a company called "Fourth Source" which is trying to promote outsourcing to Merida with the idea that "to go to India you need 10 hours in a plane whereas to go to Merida you need 2 hours from Florida (direct flight)".
Merida is a great place to live (even for Mexicans), there are 2 other places: Xalapa which is one of the most culturally active city in Mexico, it is home of the LANIA (Advanced Informatics National Laboratory) . In fact it is the place where I am aiming to work if I cant get something here in Europe after finishing my PhD.
Then I know lots of people love beach.There is a great place called La Paz where you have beach at 5 mintues from anywhere. And of course all of these places are cheap (for an American) and you have broadband (cable or ASDL mostly) access. And, at least in La Paz there is a HUGE community of americans, mostly hippy type and old people that go there for retirement so even if you dont speak Spanish, you wont have a lot of trouble (in Merida and Xalapa you would have to stay in the "touristic" zones).
Anyway, this is really interesting for me as a Mexican, I know a lot of us dream on going to USA (not me personally as I dont like your current foreign policies) or Europe (yay! I am in UK w00t) in order to be "successfull".
Even so, Sony is not the only one doing that in UK. It is something that pisses me of as it is completely clear that Britons are paying a "corporate tax" for their assets. There was at least another case where TESCO (a Wal*Mart like chain) was selling Levi's jeans cheaper (almost half price of the retai price in UK) than Levi's by importing them from other European countries.
Of course Levi's sued them and won so now Tesco had to sell them at the "suggested retail price".
Its stupid, the last time I raised the issue with a Briton (I live in britain now) he made all kind of excuses, from the VAT to the shipping costs. But then I showed him the prices of some cameras and even after the 17% VAT + something in shipping and handling the prices in the UK where something like £50 more expensive (for a £200 camera)
Ah yeah, exactly the same Sony that I started boycotting when the rootkit fiasco was unveiled, I followed that quite close and even made a list of the affected discs.
:).
Unfortunately I had just bought some sony brand earplugs (I like them because they are in-ear but not as expensive as the shure E3c [or something like that]). After some time I had to buy replacement for the replaceable buds but sony wanted to rape me with £10 for I believe 2 pairs.
I held my boycott and bought some from a chinnese guy on Ebay, just for £5 for something like 6 pairs black and white
I just bought a DVD player, and I chose a Phillips (I believe Sony electronics are pretty overpriced, not as Bose of course but they are still overpriced).
I have explained my girlfriend about Sony practices and at least she will think again before buying Sony (although she still wants that iPod... even if there are other better mp3 players I have not been able to convince her).
I dont buy movies, I rent them via lovefilm and I seldom go to the cinemas, just when some nice "independent" film is screened.
I will buy a Wii, because mmm because I am not attracted to the othe 2 systems. Oh, and for all of you who believe that the PS3 will be incrdible expensive, just the other time I was showing my girlfriend the differences in prices (in the wikipedia), the price of the ps3 for Mexico is: MXN$7,999 ($640 US) MXN$9,499 ($760 US). Can you believe that shit? $760 US. I think that the market in Mexico for it is what, 2 persons? (well, lets say Fox children and the new president children). Of course you still have to buy the $99 US for the games... that is INSANE.
Yeah, I agree with the Sonny boycott. I hope more and more people realize that corporations are consuming their rights and start fighting the only way they can to stop them (no, political movements and any other kind of government related tactics wont work as corporations already spoon feed politicians, no I am not paranoid enough, I am from and lived in a country where corrupt government is blatant and the rich are the ones that control the goverment with the Mordida).
Nope, I am using UBUNTU 6.06 and it crashes beautifully . I was tried it with konqueror and it did not crashed tho.
But in terms of compatibility with the vast majority of websites, Firefox is far ahead of every other competitor.
I'm a power user. I routinely switch between Camino, Safari, Firefox, and IE under CrossOver as I'm browsing different sites and designing web pages
Mmm I dont know, but you could swtich to Konqueror for once and ditch all other browsers. It is one of the most (if not the most) compatible browsers I have seen and it has adblock integrated. It allows you to enter sites that are not compatible with Firefox (for example many banking sites).
I have been using it for some months and I have never had the neccessity to turn back. The only thing I miss from firefox is the find-while-typing.
Oh, and in Konqueror you've got spell cheking (previous word is in RED) embedded. =o)
I recently switched to Konqueror and to my surprise it is really easy to import the adblock list (I download it from some site) in the konqueror preferences window as there is a specific "AdBlock filter" section. That made the change for me. I feel conqueror is more responsive and compatible with more sites. At least, my bank accepts konqueror while not accepting firefox. And I always had the memory problem with firefox too. I know not all people have it or care about it but I did have it, even after testing with different configs/extensions.
I found an alternative, that better suits my taste of music and is completely legit, but a lot more expensive.
Bah, I already have an alternative that has just started to be expensive, the site is this, the problem is that it *might* be also more expensive than allofmp3, this is, you might end having to pay $3,000 or something to the RIAA or the other copyright owners, but only when they ask you to do it.
Mmmmm, didn't someone wrote about an insurance against RIAA lawsuits?, it might very well be useful in you choose this way of music distribution.
Does anyone know about a nice usenet client for Linux to download binaries?
The first thing I did was look for a page that "required" flash 9 or 8, it was funny (no wait... I guess it is sad) that the only page I remembered is pornotorrent ... and then digg labs site =oP
Can anyone suggest one site that requires this to see if/how it is working?
I have always laughed at that aspect of Americans. Back were I am from, society just let their kids be. It is the problem of overusing legislation. Everyone is affraid of being sued by everyone else.
In Mexico, if you pour your coffee and you burn your crotch it is your freaking fault for being so stupid, if similarly if you dont take care and slip in a stair because it is wet then you deserve it if you were not paying attention.
If your kid fights against another kid and gets a puprle face from all the punches, good for him, he will either learn to defend or learn not to fuck with others.
I lost half of a thumb when I was a kid in one of those exercise bycicles. I was too stupid to know that I should not put my fingers in the chain to stop the darn thing. So what, lesson learned I am surely am careful with what I do.
How 'bout providing some legal alternatives that HAVEN"T been crippled with the infestation known as DRM (I call it the Devil's Recording Medium)
Well, I do not know about your country but in Mexico, one of the legal alternatives is allofmp3.com
And yes, I have asked a Mexican lawyer (while having lunch) and it is legal to do it. Now, one thing I found interesting in the article is the Internet cafes issue. How are they suppose to get the "criminals" that share in a internet cafe? Are they going to sue the owners of the cafe? because one buy run emule from its usb and downloaded/shared music? You know, in Mexico Internet Cafe is the most prevalent way that teens (from 12 to even more than 25) get into internet. Mostly because it is very cheap and broadband is still very, VERY expensive (for the standard earning).
Secondly, they have not been able to shut down the blatant piracy that takes place in the CENTRE of Mexico City where people SELL illegally copied software, music and others for US$2 a disc (or $5 a DVD).
Thirdly, it is going to be interesting what is the extortion price they ask in Mexico. From the previous lawsuits I have read in USA, the RIAA has asked among $3,000. A lot of people cant afford that here. I am sure they will offer a less expensive extortion payment.
Then I would recommend you to:
1. Buy a book
2. Rent a DVD
3. Go to the cinemas
These days, a lot of games get their movie like Final Fantasy, Doom (a movie for a FPS hahaah), Resident Evil, Silent Hill (that was good), etc.
Whatever happened to the "create your own adventure" spirit of the ROLE playing games?
I would rather it not steadily accrue memory as I use it through the day and visit sites that use Flash extensively.
Really, which sites does not use flash extensively, even on slashdot they bother you with the flashy happy 3d smileys add...
I do experiment with memory issues in firefox. Fortunately I have been using konqueror instead of firefox for some time and along with Privoxy it makes everything I need (and it enters into sites Firefox never entered, like my bank portal).
I dont plan to upgrade firefox, but I still think Fx achieved something really good, they made Microsoft wake up pand upgrade their loussy web browser, for everything else, Opera has been there since the beginning.
W00t for the 3122131 maps of 8000x6000 sqr ft Doom 6!!! I for one cant wait to shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-run-strafe-shoot -crouch-shoot-shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-ru n-strafe-shoot-crouch-shoot-shoot-shoot-jump-shoot -jump-shoot-run-strafe-shoot-crouch-shoot-t -crouch-shoot-shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-ru n-strafe-shoot-crouch-shoot-
shoot-shoot-jump-shoot-jump-shoot-run-strafe-shoo
at 1620x1280 !!
Seriously, is anyone still turned on by this??
(sorry this is a not-so-old-man rant).
I am waiting for my humble Wii =o)
Not really, because a lot of the people I know that use Pshop and other Win/Mac only photo software can't get the linux stuff to do what we want easily enough.
Yeah, I agree witih you on this. I am still looking for linux programs to replace irfanview and paint.net. I do not need (and certainly don't like) to use a beast like the GIMP to do certain small tasks, I am a game programmer and usually slightly modify (resize, crop, batch rename, change RGB colors, etc) images. But doing that with GIMP and other linux programs is really a mess. I have Picasa, but it is really an album manager and does not let me do everything irfanview let me do...
And then I have Paint.NET which was my replacement for MSPaint. I use it when I need to slightly edit some sprite or quickly cut & paste a screen shot or something (does anyone know how to assign the "copy screen" behaviour to the printscreen on KDE?).
Maybe it is me but I have not found the right tool for me. I do not have time to look for a lot of them and that is my problem with Linux, there are so many apps (of course sometimes that is good =o)).
Nowadays I have crossover (installed the beta and man I am REALLY liking it) and use irfanview with it. I have not tried Paint.NET but I will give it a try as soon as I can. (of course any recommendation of software is welcome)
They know they have to be competitive in the market, so they are. They keep prices acceptable, even in face of stupid, greedy record companies. Jobs makes no bones about it, and he tells both the labels and the consumers the same thing. There are no "backroom deals" going on here, just a company trying to deliver the best product possible at a price the market can afford
What I cant understand is why if every "music retailer" company knows that the music is being sold more expensive than it should they still fail to do anything?
I am talking about retailers like Wal*Mart and the likes who are now wanting lower prices (and some are trying to get the same prices as online stores like iTunes) as well as online retailers like iTunes music store and others.
Really, somebody should stop the music mafia!
How do you achieve that? is it the command
Double the size makes quadruple the cost when it comes to LCD's.
Indeed, that is why I preffered to get 2 17in LCDs instead of one 23. From my perspective I got more "desktop" state for less cash. And also, I can use one screen to show the Running program while the other is holing the IDE or run one program completely maximized and while the other screen has the small apps (winamp, browser, etc etc).
One question I have always asked myself is how does the multiple screen setup works on the multi-desktop environments like X-window? does each virutal desktop expands to the second screen? I have not been able to use multiple monitors setup on my Linux distro so thats why I have not tested it.
Yahoo has cancelled plans for a "time capsule" ceremony at pyramids in Mexico, citing concerns regarding possible damage to the ancient site.
"The position of INAH is that after evaluating all the technical and operational aspects, it would be very difficult to move forward with this endeavour," Yahoo said in a release.
"Therefore, we have decided to move the location of the event. For now, we are focused on collecting as many unique and interesting contributions as possible from around the globe."
INAH: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (National Institute of Antropology and History).
http://www.bash.org/?244321
Let me ask you, the Slashdot readers. Can anyone explain to you how to be the next DaVinci or Picasso? Can anyone tell you how to write the next great Symphony? Can anyone tell you how to make the next blockbuster movie?
I know how.
First, you must throw away every preconception of the subject (or art) you will work on (drawing, painting, game development, etc). In the case of game development you have to erase from your mind your mind things like "game genre" and "oriented to X type of people". Of course, doing the next "picaso like" game wont make it a blockbuster release. Lots of the people we remember as geniuses and greatest were (unfortuately) seen as crazy (and were poor) on their times. It is just *after* they die that their art start taking value.
Now, for the second part of your question "how to make a blockbuster movie" or game of course, we already have the recipe. A blockbuster game is something like GTA. You just have to create something similar, shoot people, slap women and all that will guaranty you tons of sells. It does not mean that it is good, it is just what the average of the people like (hence it is what most people will buy).
I agree completely agree with you.
Just today I was happily running my Ubuntu based laptop when I saw a notification icon about "available updates". I clicked on it an proceeded to download the updates. Everything seemed right, excepting that there was one package (something called "image kernel") that failed to download and install; besides of that, everything went smooth (or appeared to be).
Anyway, after restarting the computing the only thing I got was a kernel panic... and I could not even restart in failsafe mode or anything else... basically my laptop is unusable now.
On the other side, I could never use the hibernate or suspend features of my laptop because after I selected hibernate, the computer would turn off fine, but when restoring the session it would just get freezed. The same thing happened to the suspend mode. I tried in some ubuntu forums but the only answer I got was "your computer ACPI is broken"... which is stupid as "the ohter" operating system can hybernate and suspend without problems.
What is the relevance of this you might ask?, well, from my experince (since 1994 when I installed FreeBSD for the first time), Linux has always been a "catch up" operating system. First it was the modems (and the "buy a real modem" zealot slogan) then the sound cards, then the video cards and now the wireless chips. Linux kernel developers cant get along with the technology development speed. It always feels as if Linux is one step back of the current hardware. And the main problem are the drivers. But, in my opinion is not a problem of the hardware manufacturers but a problem of the Linux zealotry of "give us the driver source code or give us the ball". Linux will always be catching up trying to hack togheter hardware drivers until they agree to play nicely with the hardware providrers.
very few of them involve innocent children being shot on the street.
Not that they dont deserve it. About 9 in each 10 crimes I have heard about since I came to the UK are 14-16 year old kids doing some kind of maniatic thing to pedestrians.
A friend of mine was attacked (with gum guns) in the middle of the street at daylight by these bastards. And when I arrived people warned me to be aware of the teens as they are the most dangerous of all. It seems UK laws are pretty soft on these "kids" and parents just dont care about educating them.
I for one would love to shoot, for example, a bunch of kids that used to bull a boy everyday until he (or she I dont remember) commited suicide.
That was my first thought too, I guess those 35+ lusers joined in the look of the hollolita grail...
Now half of them have to pose as 13 yr olds and they can play happy forever afte
No, those are assholes, they shit over everything. and then there are pussies and dicks; pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!
Oh yeah, and I also hope Mr. Lucas focus on soaps or reality shows and leave SciFi as it is.