Mac fanboi-ism aside, Mac's still aren't going to do much better. Don't buy a Mac. Seriously. It's all about market share and Apple just doesn't have it.
So we shouldn't buy a Mac because it doesn't have the market share? Seems to me, in order for Mac to get market share, people will need to buy Macs... but then again IANAE(Economist).
It's great that those 2 games are availible for linux, but that's 2 games. Good games, no doubt, and that's cool, but what if someone doesn't want FPS games? Or plays more than 2 games a year? Not trying to invalidate your point, but just saying, 2 good games does not a gaming OS make.
It is nice to see high quality games running on linux though, I must say, just wish there were more of 'em.
I, like many here, dual boot Linux and XP Pro for this exact reason. I have Linux to do everything but play games. I am not an advanced linux user by any stretch of the imagination, but I simply am not interested in futzing with settings etc when I want to play a game. Generally speaking, I'm gaming to give my mind a break from studying or working; I just want it to work. Would I love for linux to do that, yes, no doubt about it. Until such time as it does, I'll keep my XP Pro, however begrudgingly.
Hey, I'm not real picky, I'd own a Mac in a heartbeat if the leading edge games were released simultaniously. (And I had the $$$$ for a spankin' new G5.)
Linux does everything I need it to, except games, if OSX did everything including games, I'd go to that too.
I certainly look forward to a time when linux will be my be-all and end-all OS, I just don't think it's gonna be soon, for the reasons people have pointed out time and time again. (No substitute for DirectX, etc.) *shrug*
Yeah, I gotta say, the practical usefulness of this is lacking, at best.
I mean, I guess it's a neat little project, but are people gonna buy( or bother to make one of their own)? The only people I can see this being useful for would likely already own a PDA with 802.11....
Wouldn't it make more sense to make it into a pen shape or something, so it could have a better antenna and a sensitive tunnel diode? Plus, it'd look a lot less stupid than even the 3D concept pictures, let alone the prototype if you could just have it in your pocket. (Pocket protector optional.)
This hits me as a more effective use of $1 Billion than repairing the Hubble. It would be kind of sad to lose the Hubble after so many years of astounding imagery, but if we can have something even better launched in 5 years for the same price (or there abouts), well that seems to make sense.
My biggest concern is, can this really be built for $1 Billion, or is it going to turn into $3 Billion? Only to be scrapped because it's becoming "too costly" thus flushing billions down the crapper, as our government has been so fond of doing for so long.
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So... there's no conjugal visits?
Awww crap!
Mac fanboi-ism aside, Mac's still aren't going to do much better. Don't buy a Mac. Seriously. It's all about market share and Apple just doesn't have it.
So we shouldn't buy a Mac because it doesn't have the market share? Seems to me, in order for Mac to get market share, people will need to buy Macs... but then again IANAE(Economist).
Just as a counterpoint:
It's great that those 2 games are availible for linux, but that's 2 games. Good games, no doubt, and that's cool, but what if someone doesn't want FPS games? Or plays more than 2 games a year?
Not trying to invalidate your point, but just saying, 2 good games does not a gaming OS make.
It is nice to see high quality games running on linux though, I must say, just wish there were more of 'em.
I, like many here, dual boot Linux and XP Pro for this exact reason.
I have Linux to do everything but play games. I am not an advanced linux user by any stretch of the imagination, but I simply am not interested in futzing with settings etc when I want to play a game.
Generally speaking, I'm gaming to give my mind a break from studying or working; I just want it to work. Would I love for linux to do that, yes, no doubt about it. Until such time as it does, I'll keep my XP Pro, however begrudgingly.
Hey, I'm not real picky, I'd own a Mac in a heartbeat if the leading edge games were released simultaniously. (And I had the $$$$ for a spankin' new G5.)
Linux does everything I need it to, except games, if OSX did everything including games, I'd go to that too.
I certainly look forward to a time when linux will be my be-all and end-all OS, I just don't think it's gonna be soon, for the reasons people have pointed out time and time again. (No substitute for DirectX, etc.) *shrug*
I suppose I hadn't thought of using it as a device for protecting one's nuts from a leaky microwave.
Silly me, I thought it was a WiFi detector, even after reading TFA. Just not thinking about my nuts enough, apparently, thank God I read slashdot!
My nuts thank you too!
Yeah, I gotta say, the practical usefulness of this is lacking, at best.
I mean, I guess it's a neat little project, but are people gonna buy( or bother to make one of their own)? The only people I can see this being useful for would likely already own a PDA with 802.11....
Wouldn't it make more sense to make it into a pen shape or something, so it could have a better antenna and a sensitive tunnel diode? Plus, it'd look a lot less stupid than even the 3D concept pictures, let alone the prototype if you could just have it in your pocket. (Pocket protector optional.)
This hits me as a more effective use of $1 Billion than repairing the Hubble.
It would be kind of sad to lose the Hubble after so many years of astounding imagery, but if we can have something even better launched in 5 years for the same price (or there abouts), well that seems to make sense.
My biggest concern is, can this really be built for $1 Billion, or is it going to turn into $3 Billion? Only to be scrapped because it's becoming "too costly" thus flushing billions down the crapper, as our government has been so fond of doing for so long.
Step 6) Profi....
wait, nevermind.