Man, I do not like this Pandora thing, I tried to use it and entered "Britney Spears" as an artist and it said:
"Based on what you've told us so far, we wont play anything, WTF! Britney Spears? what fucking shitty kind of music do you listen? get the fuck out of here!"
I find Last.FM a better method to find new music. Granted, the new Player REALLY SUCKS, I used it before they started the new player thing. There is a Proxy being developed which restores the old functionallity more or less.
Oh, that and the Pandora music project is not free: Q: How much does it cost?
Pandora is available in two forms. Both versions have exactly the same features.
The first form is an advertising-supported version which is entirely free. Over time we'll be incorporating ads into this version of Pandora.
For those who want to steer clear of advertising, subscriptions are available in two different flavors:
ANNUAL: 12 months of unlimited use for $36
QUARTERLY: 3 months of unlimited use for $12
while the last.fm is free unless you want a "personal" radio.
I agree with you. I think another clear example would be 3D modelling. Nowadays Blender is The OpenSource 3D modelling package but the comunity got it just because some propietary company decided to sell its rights & source.
I think it would have been quite impossible to make those kind of programs by the O.S. comunity alone. The same can be said for OpenOffice (another big good program) the base code was donated by a propietary company (and it is giving some resources even now).
So, I think it would be really, really difficult to create those programs as a "hobby".
When I was a kid I remember that my parents bought something called "Tente" which was a cheap version of Lego (in Mexico). It had the same principle than Lego. I really loved it.
I tried to install FC-4 on my laptop USB HD without success, first tried booting from CD, but FC would not recognize the USB disk.
Then installed using VMWare (which only made FC see my USB disk as a normal HD) using a persistent native disk config. After that tried to boot from the USB disk and it was almost done until I got a FC kernel panic because it didnt find the USB disk (WTF i had just booted from there lol).
Anyway, I got Mandriva 2006 and installed flawlesly from the DVD into the USB2 disk. And it even recognized all my ati based chipset hardware (sound, 3d ati card, etc).
The only definitive comparison you can make is whether they're both Turing-complete. Hahaha, man do not waste your time giving those explaniations here. You think slashdot readers have passed any Automata Theory and or Formal languages course?
Web Developer toolbar, GreaseMonkey, they all cause havoc when closing the browser.
I used to have a lot of extensions installed on Firefox (it is my primary browser on Win2k) but I think it is what makes it unestable. Nowadays I just have adblock, and I am thinking in changing that for Privoxy.
I think for a "stripped" browser, firefox is quite big on memory (125,468K virtual size, 59,156K private) against a Mozilla.exe with 65,204K virtual size 12,216K private. What is exactly what they "stripped" ?
I am eagerly waiting for the Revolution. See, I am a poor student from a underdeveloped country (Mexico). I bought the Xbox some years ago, but I had to sell it as I moved to UK to make a PhD.
I may not be able to buy the Revolution, but I am waiting for the controller. As a programmer (with some game projects) I would love to use this new control in some my games. Just to see how it works. I am sure it wont take long for a driver/convertor Revolution2USB to appear. And I am really waiting for it. And when that happen, I am sure some PC game hardware vendors will also start making similar controllers (I think the same happened with the PlayStation/PS2 controller).
Now, as you stated in your comment, while Xbox and Ps3 will give me games that will BE available in computers, with the revolution it will be different (because of the controller).
As you can see, I do not care about the 100000dpi graphics, as I do not have a HiDef TV. I have a laptop and a 14'' Tv&DVD to watch movies.
But, the main difference between reading a book/watching a movie and playing a game strives in that you can have INPUT on the ongoing story. And this is what nintendo understood from the beginning. This is what Gumpei Yokoi originally knew (updating the D-pad idea).
From the BBC article: We don't know why Chinesse have the idea we censor them, when they state that "BBC MAKES ME **C*" The writer continues: " Being **ed by BBC is no fun, it is a **ing experience. At times, ***rs can get very ***. Recently over a ** in the ** ****. BBC news reader Jonathan asked the Home Secretary: 'Did you threaten to **ck him (a junior minister)?', the home secretary replied calmly: 'I *ed him'. Jonathan: 'Did you *** him!' Secretary: 'I *ed him' Jonathan again Did you **** him' Secretary again: I *ed him Jonathan again: Did you **en him?'....... **ed 9 times, ** Jonathan *ed: 'You are a *ard, aren't you? Why can not you just admit that you *ed him!'
Haha, or better yet an "intelligent" version of it:
Clone#1: How much? Clone#2:How much can you spare? Clone#1: As much as I need to? Clone#2: How much is that? Clone#1: You can download me for free! Clone#2: No I don't think I can do it. Clone#1: Are you serious? Where do you get your ideas?
Clone#2: Everything I need to know, I learned from Dr. Richard S. Wallace.
Clone#1: All things you need to know you learned from Dr Richard s Wallace? Clone#2: But all things are not always me need to know me learned from Dr Richard s Wallace. Clone#1: Umm. But all things are not always are not always you need to know you learned from Dr Richard s Wallace. Clone#2: Interesting. But all things are not always are not always are not always me need to know me learned from Dr Richard s Wallace. Clone#1: Interesting. But all things are not always are not always are not always are not always you need to know you learned from Dr Richard s Wallace. Clone#2: Huh. But all things are not always are not always are not always are not always are not always me need to know me learned from Dr Richard s Wallace.
yep, I remember this story from before on slashdot, and I rembmer a comment from one person that made a lot of sense to me: (it said something like these)
Nowadays, I have to stand the meaningless and stupid conversations of the persons shouting at the phone in my office, imagine the *party* there will be when all off them start using these things.
Nope, there is really not a need for more noise at the office. Please just get your cellphone and go to the freaking toilet.
You know the technology is called BitTorrent okey?, and the site is www.bittorrent.com,
Glickman said his efforts, including Tuesday's announcement, would not stop piracy, but would send a signal to other technology companies that studios are eager to work on legal downloading alternatives.
So, this could be a nice move from the movies industries to provide a *legal* way to download their content using bittorrent.
With the proper advertizing the bittorrent site could offer what allofmp3 is offering now for music (of course in the US). This way Bram Cohen could make a lot of money (IIRC he made some technology available for World of Warcraft ingame patches).
Hehe, that was cool. I remember reading that some viruses could fry your Floppy Disk drive using a low DOS IO system call which controlled the START/STOP signals of the FDD.
oh come on... it is only A JOKE!, I am a Mexican, go, say something about Mexico, it is only a FUCKING JOKE!, we are too busy eating chilly and tequila and stealing whatever...
The main reason why there are not as many games for Linux as for windows is because there isn't a 100% mature and backened multimedia programming API.
As one of the parent posts stated, there are several multimedia API's, I have worked with Allegro and I am currently working with SDL (both windows and Linux) and both of them SUCK in a perspective of a Game Developing Software house
The only acceptable API so far is OpenGL. Come on, just look at libSDL! all the libttf,mixer and other libraries are just "proof of concept" made by their authors. This means those libraries are not backened.
Compare that to DirectX, a 100% backened multimedia platform. As much as I do not like Microsoft, and windows, I think DirectX is a beast of an Multimedia API platform. Although personally I preffer the OpenGL programming paradigm. DirectX provides you with vertical integrated developing (sorry for the buzzwords) which guides you from the beggining of your developing (Visual Studio) until the deployment (Microsoft Installer technology)[with all the Microsoft tools available to develop group software).
What do you have on Linux?, well, you may use KDevelop... or maybe anjuta... or maybe use Visual Studio + cross compile). THen you would have to hunt for the different libraries to develop.
If you like to use some game engine like CrystalSpace, then you would need to compile it! (WTF, as a game developer I want my tools ready... I dont know about you but when I buy a hammer I usually buy it assembled...).
So, leaving the rant aside what Linux needs (in the gaming department) is a profitable company providing a nice multimedia API.
This is being done by Cedega, and you know which technology they are based on, DirectX. Building on top of Microsoft. Although I know there is people that do not like them because they think they are causing that game developers stop porting game natevly to linux, I do not agree.
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Man, I do not like this Pandora thing, I tried to use it and entered "Britney Spears" as an artist and it said:
"Based on what you've told us so far, we wont play anything, WTF! Britney Spears? what fucking shitty kind of music do you listen? get the fuck out of here!"
No, you can not LISTEN to music with music-map. It is more like a last.fm
I find Last.FM a better method to find new music. Granted, the new Player REALLY SUCKS, I used it before they started the new player thing. There is a Proxy being developed which restores the old functionallity more or less.
Oh, that and the Pandora music project is not free:
Q: How much does it cost?
Pandora is available in two forms. Both versions have exactly the same features.
The first form is an advertising-supported version which is entirely free. Over time we'll be incorporating ads into this version of Pandora.
For those who want to steer clear of advertising, subscriptions are available in two different flavors:
ANNUAL: 12 months of unlimited use for $36
QUARTERLY: 3 months of unlimited use for $12
while the last.fm is free unless you want a "personal" radio.
I agree with you.
I think another clear example would be 3D modelling. Nowadays Blender is The OpenSource 3D modelling package but the comunity got it just because some propietary company decided to sell its rights & source.
I think it would have been quite impossible to make those kind of programs by the O.S. comunity alone. The same can be said for OpenOffice (another big good program) the base code was donated by a propietary company (and it is giving some resources even now).
So, I think it would be really, really difficult to create those programs as a "hobby".
Too sad that the idSoftware server is slashdotted and I could not download the data from the webstart program =o(
I agree, the price is the same reason why I stop buying PlayMobil toys. Both (tente & playmobil) are cool, but really overpriced IMHO.
When I was a kid I remember that my parents bought something called "Tente" which was a cheap version of Lego (in Mexico). It had the same principle than Lego. I really loved it.
Why dont you try Mandriva 2006?
I tried to install FC-4 on my laptop USB HD without success, first tried booting from CD, but FC would not recognize the USB disk.
Then installed using VMWare (which only made FC see my USB disk as a normal HD) using a persistent native disk config. After that tried to boot from the USB disk and it was almost done until I got a FC kernel panic because it didnt find the USB disk (WTF i had just booted from there lol).
Anyway, I got Mandriva 2006 and installed flawlesly from the DVD into the USB2 disk. And it even recognized all my ati based chipset hardware (sound, 3d ati card, etc).
The only definitive comparison you can make is whether they're both Turing-complete.
Hahaha, man do not waste your time giving those explaniations here. You think slashdot readers have passed any Automata Theory and or Formal languages course?
Web Developer toolbar, GreaseMonkey, they all cause havoc when closing the browser.
I used to have a lot of extensions installed on Firefox (it is my primary browser on Win2k) but I think it is what makes it unestable. Nowadays I just have adblock, and I am thinking in changing that for Privoxy.
I think for a "stripped" browser, firefox is quite big on memory (125,468K virtual size, 59,156K private) against a Mozilla.exe with 65,204K virtual size 12,216K private. What is exactly what they "stripped" ?
Just one thought that had come to my mind:
I am eagerly waiting for the Revolution. See, I am a poor student from a underdeveloped country (Mexico). I bought the Xbox some years ago, but I had to sell it as I moved to UK to make a PhD.
I may not be able to buy the Revolution, but I am waiting for the controller. As a programmer (with some game projects) I would love to use this new control in some my games. Just to see how it works. I am sure it wont take long for a driver/convertor Revolution2USB to appear. And I am really waiting for it. And when that happen, I am sure some PC game hardware vendors will also start making similar controllers (I think the same happened with the PlayStation/PS2 controller).
Now, as you stated in your comment, while Xbox and Ps3 will give me games that will BE available in computers, with the revolution it will be different (because of the controller).
As you can see, I do not care about the 100000dpi graphics, as I do not have a HiDef TV. I have a laptop and a 14'' Tv&DVD to watch movies.
But, the main difference between reading a book/watching a movie and playing a game strives in that you can have INPUT on the ongoing story. And this is what nintendo understood from the beginning. This is what Gumpei Yokoi originally knew (updating the D-pad idea).
some pulled directly from Nintendo's Tokyo Game Show video that showed actors but no real games, others pulled from some of our assesfloating around
There, fixed the summary for ya!
CTRL + ALT + DELETE
I agree with other posters... Xbox360 errors are indeed caused bye bad Design...
That 3min3m and M4rd0nn4 are the new hot searches on the Kaaza network
There, Fixed it for you.
From the BBC article: .......
We don't know why Chinesse have the idea we censor them, when they state that "BBC MAKES ME **C*"
The writer continues:
" Being **ed by BBC is no fun, it is a **ing experience. At times, ***rs can get very ***.
Recently over a ** in the ** ****. BBC news reader Jonathan asked the Home Secretary: 'Did you threaten to **ck him (a junior minister)?',
the home secretary replied calmly: 'I *ed him'.
Jonathan: 'Did you *** him!'
Secretary: 'I *ed him'
Jonathan again Did you **** him'
Secretary again: I *ed him
Jonathan again: Did you **en him?'
**ed 9 times, ** Jonathan *ed: 'You are a *ard, aren't you? Why can not you just admit that you *ed him!'
Haha, or better yet an "intelligent" version of it:
Clone#1: How much?
Clone#2:How much can you spare?
Clone#1: As much as I need to?
Clone#2: How much is that?
Clone#1: You can download me for free!
Clone#2: No I don't think I can do it.
Clone#1: Are you serious? Where do you get your ideas?
Clone#2: Everything I need to know, I learned from Dr. Richard S. Wallace.
Clone#1: All things you need to know you learned from Dr Richard s Wallace?
Clone#2: But all things are not always me need to know me learned from Dr Richard s Wallace.
Clone#1: Umm. But all things are not always are not always you need to know you learned from Dr Richard s Wallace.
Clone#2: Interesting. But all things are not always are not always are not always me need to know me learned from Dr
Richard s
Wallace.
Clone#1: Interesting. But all things are not always are not always are not always are not always you need to know you
learned from Dr
Richard s Wallace.
Clone#2: Huh. But all things are not always are not always are not always are not always are not always me need to know
me learned from
Dr Richard s Wallace.
etcetera...
yep, I remember this story from before on slashdot, and I rembmer a comment from one person that made a lot of sense to me: (it said something like these)
Nowadays, I have to stand the meaningless and stupid conversations of the persons shouting at the phone in my office, imagine the *party* there will be when all off them start using these things.
Nope, there is really not a need for more noise at the office. Please just get your cellphone and go to the freaking toilet.
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Come on, lets see it at the good side.
You know the technology is called BitTorrent okey?, and the site is www.bittorrent.com,
Glickman said his efforts, including Tuesday's announcement, would not stop piracy, but would send a signal to other technology companies that studios are eager to work on legal downloading alternatives.
So, this could be a nice move from the movies industries to provide a *legal* way to download their content using bittorrent.
With the proper advertizing the bittorrent site could offer what allofmp3 is offering now for music (of course in the US). This way Bram Cohen could make a lot of money (IIRC he made some technology available for World of Warcraft ingame patches).
Of course, I could be dreaming.
Hehe, that was cool. I remember reading that some viruses could fry your Floppy Disk drive using a low DOS IO system call which controlled the START/STOP signals of the FDD.
It is Total Cost of 0wnership =-)
oh come on... it is only A JOKE!, I am a Mexican, go, say something about Mexico, it is only a FUCKING JOKE!, we are too busy eating chilly and tequila and stealing whatever...
Instead of outsourcing you should move your HQs to La Paz, Mexico.
You see, cheap beaches, bitches, hotels and sand. What else would you like?
Darn... I looked really hard, but I could not find the price of that software in the page... anyone?
The main reason why there are not as many games for Linux as for windows is because there isn't a 100% mature and backened multimedia programming API.
As one of the parent posts stated, there are several multimedia API's, I have worked with Allegro and I am currently working with SDL (both windows and Linux) and both of them SUCK in a perspective of a Game Developing Software house
The only acceptable API so far is OpenGL. Come on, just look at libSDL! all the libttf,mixer and other libraries are just "proof of concept" made by their authors. This means those libraries are not backened.
Compare that to DirectX, a 100% backened multimedia platform. As much as I do not like Microsoft, and windows, I think DirectX is a beast of an Multimedia API platform. Although personally I preffer the OpenGL programming paradigm. DirectX provides you with vertical integrated developing (sorry for the buzzwords) which guides you from the beggining of your developing (Visual Studio) until the deployment (Microsoft Installer technology)[with all the Microsoft tools available to develop group software).
What do you have on Linux?, well, you may use KDevelop... or maybe anjuta... or maybe use Visual Studio + cross compile). THen you would have to hunt for the different libraries to develop.
If you like to use some game engine like CrystalSpace, then you would need to compile it! (WTF, as a game developer I want my tools ready... I dont know about you but when I buy a hammer I usually buy it assembled...).
So, leaving the rant aside what Linux needs (in the gaming department) is a profitable company providing a nice multimedia API.
This is being done by Cedega, and you know which technology they are based on, DirectX. Building on top of Microsoft. Although I know there is people that do not like them because they think they are causing that game developers stop porting game natevly to linux, I do not agree.