the search giant is working on ways to push relevant info to users before they have even asked for it... Foursquare-style location 'check-ins' are also apparently on the way next year
"What? You mean making videogames involves numbers? WHAT THE FUuuuuuuuuu..."
Hilarious, and it happens every time.
I feel sorry for the poor souls who'll have gone through four years of expensive 'education' to find that they really ought to have spent their time creating a decent series of demo games and applications instead. Oh well.
You didn't think that the inclusion of NG Resonance as a sinister, omnipresent construct created by the WTO for the purposes of intelligence gathering was genius?
Something else, the drivers for the PCMCIA wireless ethernet card appear to have been improved: in all previous distros, the 'activity' light on the card would continually blink whether or not the card were in use. With 9.10, the light stays off unless there is communication (I'm assuming this is the correct behaviour, as this is how the card behaves in Windows. I prefer it, at least.)
I upgraded my Compaq Presario 1200 (700mhz, 300MiB RAM, 6GB HDD) from 9.04 to 9.10 Xubuntu using Update Manager with no problems whatsoever. My 3com PCMCIA wireless card still works, crappy Medion graphics tablet, sound, Wine, everything.
They introduced a new picture browsing application (Ristretto) which I don't believe was there before, so now there's two 'ready picture browser'-type apps installed (9.04 had its own one, I think it was simply called Image Viewer, which had a near identical interface to Windows XP's image preview). Kinda confused me at first.
The only thing that's really getting my goat is that 9.10 uses a different version of gdm (apparently the one used in 9.04 was 'really old'). This new gdm can't be themed, and as a result I'm stuck with a really, really naff looking login screen that can't readily be customised or themed (it also shows a userlist, which I don't want). I could manually install the old gdm, I suppose, but I'll just wait for the new one to support themes. On a more practical note, the bar that appears at the bottom of the screen (Sessions, International, etc.) doesn't display correctly in my 800x600 screen. It overlaps and jumbles up.
> we had a very bright individual who held a PhD. in combustion. The company paid for him to continue his education, so he got an MBA from a very prestigious business school. The day after he graduated he left
You could say that that plan kinda blew up in their faces.
Please make it look like Firefox 2. I want it to look like an ordinary Windows XP application. Nothing flashy.
And if you do add something flashy, please make sure to ADD IN THE OPTION TO DISABLE IT. Options are GOOD. KEEP ADDING OPTIONS. Make the options VISIBLE.
Then you probably also have a full set of PS3 games.
That's irrelevant. I used the case of a media center as an example of a family all sharing the same main console, and only having that one console between them. Perhaps Mom and Pop only like to watch movies, while the kids saved up for their own controllers and other gadgets so they can take them to their friends houses. "No you can't have another console, you little rats!" **
There does exist a case where having a full set of PS3 games promotes the purchase of PS2 games: Smith only has a PS3 and buys a copy of the most recent Ratchet and Clank game and enjoys it. He's told by a friend that the previous titles in the series are nearly identical in every way, so he decides to track them down. There are several R&C titles on PS2, and as far as I know, seperate titles are still being released for both PS2 and PS3 to this day.
And guess what: if you have two memory cards, you can switch among two dozen of those games, or one dozen if you back up religiously. Had you mentioned my cousin's favorite PS2 games (RPG Maker 2 and Fighter Maker 2), on the other hand, I might have got worried.
Two memory cards per person? Sounds unwieldy and expensive. I don't know much about RPGM2 or FM2 as they weren't released in PAL region. If their inclusion here works in my favour however, go right ahead:) . The only Sony Memory Card backup product available in retail that I know of is the PS3 itself. (Another accessory is required to provide the necessary port.) In that case, you'd be using your PS3 as a save game 'vault' for your PS2. That's workable, but not ideal.
Was that supposed to be sarcasm? I can't always tell.
Yes, it was. The PS3 doesn't seem to be doing too well where I am (in the UK).
And besides, all PS3 versions can run game discs for the original PlayStation console, which one can pick up even cheaper.
That's not entirely relevant. But, if you want to use the statement [the PS3 having a fully featured hardware emulator for a previous system is a good thing for a bunch of reasons] in your argument, then I totally agree.
** At this point, the family, hearing that their PS3 doesn't have hardware compatibility (they thought they all did. Sorry, Pop.), curses the name of Sony. They lend a PS2 off Pop's brother, but it's not as reliable as it could be. Pop fills the remaining memory card space with Disgaea saves. He doesn't use them because he doesn't know how to play, but he won't let the kids delete them. Mom deletes them and makes her own Tiger Woods Golf 0x save anyway. Pop blames the kids.
The kids go out and get some fresh air instead. A tragedy. One that could have easily been avoided.
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Boo!
Anything with a level editor! (Perhaps not Duke Nukem 3D's BUILD, though.)
I did not read your post because your Slashdot ID is higher than mine. This post adds nothing of use to the thread.
Who the hell is Laptop Stickers? Is he related to Bill Stickers? Why does everybody seem to hate these guys?
The moral of the story: judge everything constantly.
And one of these would be that it allowed you to have sound in web pages.
"What? You mean making videogames involves numbers? WHAT THE FUuuuuuuuuu..."
Hilarious, and it happens every time.
I feel sorry for the poor souls who'll have gone through four years of expensive 'education' to find that they really ought to have spent their time creating a decent series of demo games and applications instead. Oh well.
You didn't think that the inclusion of NG Resonance as a sinister, omnipresent construct created by the WTO for the purposes of intelligence gathering was genius?
The problems in the PC version of Dead Space are well-known: delayed movement, delayed aiming, partially rebindable keys (you can't use the cursor keys to walk because they're permanently bound to the RIG menu), etc.
I've met Jesse Schell. The man is charismatic and completely insane.
Not really. I heard an anecdote once and it was really lousy.
What a coincidece! I too have a book scanner that scans books, and requires a human operator to attend to turning the pages.
It's called a scanner.
I know there's a chemical element song, but I don't know about any partical physics records.
I thought Poe's law was 'put the bunny back in the box'.
Something else, the drivers for the PCMCIA wireless ethernet card appear to have been improved: in all previous distros, the 'activity' light on the card would continually blink whether or not the card were in use. With 9.10, the light stays off unless there is communication (I'm assuming this is the correct behaviour, as this is how the card behaves in Windows. I prefer it, at least.)
I upgraded my Compaq Presario 1200 (700mhz, 300MiB RAM, 6GB HDD) from 9.04 to 9.10 Xubuntu using Update Manager with no problems whatsoever. My 3com PCMCIA wireless card still works, crappy Medion graphics tablet, sound, Wine, everything.
They introduced a new picture browsing application (Ristretto) which I don't believe was there before, so now there's two 'ready picture browser'-type apps installed (9.04 had its own one, I think it was simply called Image Viewer, which had a near identical interface to Windows XP's image preview). Kinda confused me at first.
The only thing that's really getting my goat is that 9.10 uses a different version of gdm (apparently the one used in 9.04 was 'really old'). This new gdm can't be themed, and as a result I'm stuck with a really, really naff looking login screen that can't readily be customised or themed (it also shows a userlist, which I don't want). I could manually install the old gdm, I suppose, but I'll just wait for the new one to support themes. On a more practical note, the bar that appears at the bottom of the screen (Sessions, International, etc.) doesn't display correctly in my 800x600 screen. It overlaps and jumbles up.
> we had a very bright individual who held a PhD. in combustion. The company paid for him to continue his education, so he got an MBA from a very prestigious business school. The day after he graduated he left
You could say that that plan kinda blew up in their faces.
I'm waiting for the Asus-Apple collaboration, so I can have EEE-Macs.
- your DRM is working just fine.
Noone? He's a detective.
No matter how hard you try to hide your information, Noone will find out. That's because Noone cares.
Who is 'Anonymous'? Noone knows his name. Noone knows where he lives. Noone can destroy him.
When you're in deep trouble, Noone can save you. Trust Noone.
Blinx: The Time Sweeper predates PoP:SoT by a year.
Forget Riddim Ribbon, what about Vib Ribbon?
Please make it look like Firefox 2. I want it to look like an ordinary Windows XP application. Nothing flashy.
And if you do add something flashy, please make sure to ADD IN THE OPTION TO DISABLE IT. Options are GOOD. KEEP ADDING OPTIONS. Make the options VISIBLE.
It's Headhunter on the Dreamcast all over again!
That's irrelevant. I used the case of a media center as an example of a family all sharing the same main console, and only having that one console between them. Perhaps Mom and Pop only like to watch movies, while the kids saved up for their own controllers and other gadgets so they can take them to their friends houses. "No you can't have another console, you little rats!" **
There does exist a case where having a full set of PS3 games promotes the purchase of PS2 games: Smith only has a PS3 and buys a copy of the most recent Ratchet and Clank game and enjoys it. He's told by a friend that the previous titles in the series are nearly identical in every way, so he decides to track them down. There are several R&C titles on PS2, and as far as I know, seperate titles are still being released for both PS2 and PS3 to this day.
Two memory cards per person? Sounds unwieldy and expensive. I don't know much about RPGM2 or FM2 as they weren't released in PAL region. If their inclusion here works in my favour however, go right ahead :) . The only Sony Memory Card backup product available in retail that I know of is the PS3 itself. (Another accessory is required to provide the necessary port.) In that case, you'd be using your PS3 as a save game 'vault' for your PS2. That's workable, but not ideal.
Yes, it was. The PS3 doesn't seem to be doing too well where I am (in the UK).
That's not entirely relevant. But, if you want to use the statement [the PS3 having a fully featured hardware emulator for a previous system is a good thing for a bunch of reasons] in your argument, then I totally agree.
** At this point, the family, hearing that their PS3 doesn't have hardware compatibility (they thought they all did. Sorry, Pop.), curses the name of Sony. They lend a PS2 off Pop's brother, but it's not as reliable as it could be. Pop fills the remaining memory card space with Disgaea saves. He doesn't use them because he doesn't know how to play, but he won't let the kids delete them. Mom deletes them and makes her own Tiger Woods Golf 0x save anyway. Pop blames the kids.
The kids go out and get some fresh air instead. A tragedy. One that could have easily been avoided.