And like the overused first post meme, so too will the professors leave this by the wayside after 30 papers entitled "The Cake is a Lie!" come across their desks.
1) Are they POSIX? I think it is more likely they are Cocoa since that is how Apple prefers apps to be.
just getting away from direct x and compiling on a different platform is a big step.
2) Can enough copies of Linux handle the GL calls needed? iD has talked about this that more or less only the nVidia closed drivers provide a full, complete, "just like on Windows" OpenGL implementation that modern games need, and it seems OSS types hate those. So if they ported their games, would they work properly, or would they require a bunch of modification to work?
most people who game are by needs pragmatists and not OSS purists. all (almost all?) games on steam are closed source.
3) Would Linux people buy them? The Linux crowd is notoriously of the opinion that software should be free both as in open code but also as in not having to pay. Are there enough paying customers to justify the man hours needed to port and support it?
as to whether there's a market, that's harder to say. would be that there's a fair number of windows installs (several million) that would not be booted into if linux handled gamers needs.
So it's okay to play as a Japanese guy dive bombing Pearl Harbor, but not a VC slashing the throat of an American sentry?
Actually, by my example the VC would be just as legitimate.
Perhaps though this is why there isn't a backlash about WWII games, most of those old enough to have fought in WWII, are not technologically aware enough to play games and see how their traumatic struggle has been turned into a game. Currently fighting soldiers, and many of their immediate family are far more up on technology and more likely to have games on their radar.
yet another troll. as was pointed out above, this solar cycle was a minimum of activity (i.e. less solar energy incoming on earth) and during this same period, the temperature still went up. not that climate change is actually about such short spans of time, but your jumped to conclusion isn't even supported anecdotally by this evidence.
No, the change was because people mistaking localized effects for proof that the globe wasn't warming. Some spots might see lower average temperatures due to changes in cloud cover, rain fall, etc. while the overall global temperature is still higher.
For all the people that think that global warming is some conspiracy, publish a reproducible proof in a journal that shows it. You will win a nobel prize and a lifetime of funding.
And he does have a point, just because we don't hear the other side doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Anytime you're dealing with a 'modern' conflict (as in the events are still fresh) you're going to be stepping on people's losses.
I do question the wisdom in choosing a real and current conflict as a game setting. An even slightly fictionalized setting, would do much to reduce this negative association.
Airplane mode disables all the wireless including gsm. Battery life will still likely be an issue for hunting, probably can get a few days with occasional checks.
Given virtualization as a concept no longer ties an OS to hardware interaction, browsers that can provide an increasingly powerful application framework are not that much removed from being an operating system. Firefox is capable of everything the old 8bit OS's were capable of and more. That is, other than provide direct hardware access.
The point being sandboxed applications which deal with unknown, insecure content (i.e. the web) can keep said content from affecting anything outside the sandbox.
In the old days, adding processing power was expensive so spending more dev time on optimization/running faster but harder to program languages made sense. Now, it's cheaper to throw more power at a problem than to spend 10-100x the dev time.
I'd bet, part of the problem the GP is griping about is really people forcing problems that aren't meant for ruby or python or php into a web application. If you have 1000's or even 100's of models, why do you need a web interface for all of it?
Ruby on rails (and in particular my personal favorite flavor hobo) makes for awesomely quick development for small - medium sized applications. I wouldn't use it for a behemoth application, unless said behemoth is really 100 medium sized problems that got stuck together for no good reason.
Also, I couldn't imagine trying to develop a website in c or c++ with having to worry about memory management and poor string support.
Seriously though, short term empires end up pushing an excess of resources into their borders resulting in a higher standard of living all around, though most of the wealth remains at the top. All this at the expense of people outside the empire.
The longer term effects of this, inflation, outsourced work, etc. tend to be the cause for the eventual downfall.
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The truly wealthy haven't been paying anything or a marginal amount by being able to exploit loopholes. The truly wealthy get there not entirely by their own labor but by taking a portion of the value of everyone working for them. The truly wealthy benefit from the real estate system that brings better funding to public services in rich neighborhoods and lets poorer neighborhoods flounder with substandard schooling and law enforcement. The political/economic system has tons of things that make the wealthy wealthier, or at least get more opportunities for increased wealth, and give the poor fewer opportunities.
Progressive taxing is a way to try to minimize the impact of the rest of the system favoring the rich. Until the other unfair parts of taxation, economics, law and society get changed you won't find me crying a bit because I, or anyone else for that matter, pays more in taxes the more income they get.
Maybe salary, maybe for tv series. And then only if it is a particularly long running tv series. For movie writers, much like authors, there's one decent check every 1-4 years. The residuals are what keep them afloat while writing their next piece and trying to get someone to produce it.
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And like the overused first post meme, so too will the professors leave this by the wayside after 30 papers entitled "The Cake is a Lie!" come across their desks.
... but won't burning methane for energy contribute to global warming?
Negative. It would be released anyway and methane is a worse greenhouse gas than the CO2 from burning it.
1) Are they POSIX? I think it is more likely they are Cocoa since that is how Apple prefers apps to be.
just getting away from direct x and compiling on a different platform is a big step.
2) Can enough copies of Linux handle the GL calls needed? iD has talked about this that more or less only the nVidia closed drivers provide a full, complete, "just like on Windows" OpenGL implementation that modern games need, and it seems OSS types hate those. So if they ported their games, would they work properly, or would they require a bunch of modification to work?
most people who game are by needs pragmatists and not OSS purists. all (almost all?) games on steam are closed source.
3) Would Linux people buy them? The Linux crowd is notoriously of the opinion that software should be free both as in open code but also as in not having to pay. Are there enough paying customers to justify the man hours needed to port and support it?
as to whether there's a market, that's harder to say. would be that there's a fair number of windows installs (several million) that would not be booted into if linux handled gamers needs.
So it's okay to play as a Japanese guy dive bombing Pearl Harbor, but not a VC slashing the throat of an American sentry?
Actually, by my example the VC would be just as legitimate.
Perhaps though this is why there isn't a backlash about WWII games, most of those old enough to have fought in WWII, are not technologically aware enough to play games and see how their traumatic struggle has been turned into a game. Currently fighting soldiers, and many of their immediate family are far more up on technology and more likely to have games on their radar.
yet another troll. as was pointed out above, this solar cycle was a minimum of activity (i.e. less solar energy incoming on earth) and during this same period, the temperature still went up. not that climate change is actually about such short spans of time, but your jumped to conclusion isn't even supported anecdotally by this evidence.
No, the change was because people mistaking localized effects for proof that the globe wasn't warming. Some spots might see lower average temperatures due to changes in cloud cover, rain fall, etc. while the overall global temperature is still higher.
For all the people that think that global warming is some conspiracy, publish a reproducible proof in a journal that shows it. You will win a nobel prize and a lifetime of funding.
There isn't a mod -1 insensitive option.
And he does have a point, just because we don't hear the other side doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Anytime you're dealing with a 'modern' conflict (as in the events are still fresh) you're going to be stepping on people's losses.
I do question the wisdom in choosing a real and current conflict as a game setting. An even slightly fictionalized setting, would do much to reduce this negative association.
Airplane mode disables all the wireless including gsm. Battery life will still likely be an issue for hunting, probably can get a few days with occasional checks.
sounds like a day in the life of average slashdotter. honestly this is too many days of my life lately. I think I'll go write some code.
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all fundamental science should NEVER be patentable. mother nature has prior art
Given virtualization as a concept no longer ties an OS to hardware interaction, browsers that can provide an increasingly powerful application framework are not that much removed from being an operating system. Firefox is capable of everything the old 8bit OS's were capable of and more. That is, other than provide direct hardware access.
ah the dangers of cough syrup and slashdot... that should be they're, not their
The REALLY really hardcore don't even bother reading the comment they're responding to
The point being sandboxed applications which deal with unknown, insecure content (i.e. the web) can keep said content from affecting anything outside the sandbox.
The browser. TFA states somewhat incoherently that it isolates javascript execution and if google is using javascript in their OS, their not google.
It's actually more a question of economics.
In the old days, adding processing power was expensive so spending more dev time on optimization/running faster but harder to program languages made sense. Now, it's cheaper to throw more power at a problem than to spend 10-100x the dev time.
Does that mean they're going at ludicrous speed?
+1 duck typing is awesome.
I'd bet, part of the problem the GP is griping about is really people forcing problems that aren't meant for ruby or python or php into a web application. If you have 1000's or even 100's of models, why do you need a web interface for all of it?
Ruby on rails (and in particular my personal favorite flavor hobo) makes for awesomely quick development for small - medium sized applications. I wouldn't use it for a behemoth application, unless said behemoth is really 100 medium sized problems that got stuck together for no good reason.
Also, I couldn't imagine trying to develop a website in c or c++ with having to worry about memory management and poor string support.
He's not quasi evil?
actually I'd say it's more symptomatic of the blacklist mentality. you get better security/data control if you have to whitelist access.
How about the aqueducts?
Seriously though, short term empires end up pushing an excess of resources into their borders resulting in a higher standard of living all around, though most of the wealth remains at the top. All this at the expense of people outside the empire.
The longer term effects of this, inflation, outsourced work, etc. tend to be the cause for the eventual downfall.
If you do it by yourself it's not rape.
Tell that to the mouse.
Deserve has nothing to do with it.
The truly wealthy haven't been paying anything or a marginal amount by being able to exploit loopholes. The truly wealthy get there not entirely by their own labor but by taking a portion of the value of everyone working for them. The truly wealthy benefit from the real estate system that brings better funding to public services in rich neighborhoods and lets poorer neighborhoods flounder with substandard schooling and law enforcement. The political/economic system has tons of things that make the wealthy wealthier, or at least get more opportunities for increased wealth, and give the poor fewer opportunities.
Progressive taxing is a way to try to minimize the impact of the rest of the system favoring the rich. Until the other unfair parts of taxation, economics, law and society get changed you won't find me crying a bit because I, or anyone else for that matter, pays more in taxes the more income they get.
Given the number of PCs has gone up then number of linux users is higher than the GP's admittingly rough estimate.
Maybe salary, maybe for tv series. And then only if it is a particularly long running tv series. For movie writers, much like authors, there's one decent check every 1-4 years. The residuals are what keep them afloat while writing their next piece and trying to get someone to produce it.