While I agree with the no DRM bits, I'd pay for a good game that runs on Linux in a heart beat. I'd pay for a game built specifically to run on Linux using GPL libraries. I have three simple rules for a Linux game I would buy. 1) No DRM. 2) Doesn't suck. 3) Doesn't require wine. I have purchased a copy of everything Loki released as well as everything Id released that has been ported to run on Linux.
(5) Is of no interest to thieves; I used to leave my car windows down every where I went despite having expensive text books pilled in the seat. It is cheaper to replace a stereo than a window. Anyway, you are correct. Thieve just seem to have no interest in books.
(6) Has never transformed overnight into several hundred blank pages of paper because of some corporate decision somewhere; I'm waiting for black rectangles to start showing up on ebooks in some southern states. Most people find that ludicrous but if the novel is one that is used in a classroom I could see it happening. The Textbook Wars
Cutting the holes for power outlets and light switches would suck. It is a cool idea though. Having it be touch sensitive would be a great feature. Let me know when you get that done.
Interesting points. Or the work could be rendered in SVG to fit any size display and be 100% of what was intended. ie. width='100%' height='100%' viewBox='0 0 1024 762' (where 1024x762 is the "document size" the artist intended).
There are several reasons that I can think of off the top of my head.
1) The area on the piston head for a spark plug clearance will no longer need to be present. Smaller combustion area means more energy transfer. 2) It will eliminate the spark plug gap. This will effectively eliminate the need to replace spark plugs in the "tune up" process. 4) The area of the head where there was once a large hole for the spark plug can be reduced to a micro pin hole. 5) The angle of the plug to the intake valve will no longer be a factor in combustion. 6) The location of the heat that starts the explosion will be closer to the head.
There is a flaw in that belief. The closer a society gets to a depletion of a resource the closer a society gets to killing one another. As a result, at the point which the society gets to total depletion, the number of people in the society is reduced. I'm, of course, assuming history will repeat itself and humanity has not become incapable of engaging in war.
If you want to give a kid a computer and have them learn something have them build the computer and write the software to run it. Thats what we had to do when I was a kid.
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Processor technology is at a state of gaining more by reducing die size than design. Because of SMP, sophisticated design changes are not needed to gain performance. Intel knows they can seriously move ahead of AMD if the next processor is successfully reduced to 22nm. They might as well wait. AMD isn't able to drop cash on reducing die size on every other release. If they can put off releasing their next processor at a point when they can afford smaller die production they will get a lot more out of it. Note: I'm not a fanboy of either company.
Is it possible this is just for people using other platforms? Pushing customers using Windows off to Windows land while the rest use the iTunes cloud makes sense to me.
Suppressed? How is saying Lenovo should shut the fuck up and stop using self defeating information to smear their competition a request for them to "suppress something"?
Saying Samsung isn't selling Android tablets doesn't have a positive effect on the popularity of Android devices. I think they are shooting themselves in the foot.
Showing up to the interview over weight, wrinkled, with grey hair, carrying a pen and pad (made out of actual paper) didn't help yo... Oh wait. That was me.
As someone who is a couple years away from the black balloons I'd like to add, fitting in. I've had two situations where I went on interviews to meet the team. They were all in their early twenties with the exception of one. The exceptions wasn't old enough to drink. Technology has an "in" crowed. If your significantly older than the group they will not feel comfortable with you. You have to communicate with the people you work with. Age is a huge factor with the way you communicate. Take the three, brief and narrow, examples of how different generations communicate below. Hopefully, they will help you see the barrier I'm referring to.
The first where all about the hardware. They knew the Heathkit catalog like their calendar. For some, I'd go as far as to say, "it was their calendar." These/we folks communicated on BBS's and Gopher. Email and Newsgroups were new and cool. If you knew how to use them, and talked about MIPS and registers, DMA and IRQs, and the latest bus and memory technology, you were "in".
The second generation were mad gamers. They might not have known hardware outside of what processor or graphics cards were the best for gaming but they could build an IPX, and eventually IP, network in a heart beat. BBS's and Newsgroups where old and grubby things of the past. BB wha? Goph who? ICQ, IRC, and multiplayer games where/are their method of communication. If you could network and game you were "in".
The third generation could care less about the hardware. The amount of storage on a device or if it is capable of performing a multimedia function is as deep as they go in that direction. They are all about the communication. I'd go as far as saying, "they are one with communication." A device's technical stats are interpreted by how does it fit in with my music, movies, friendship network. You know your "in" with this crowed because they will have "friended" you.
After having their subjects perform the initial language task, which they call a 'functional localizer,' they had each one do a subset of seven other experiments:
They could have just monitored a Geek trying to talk to a sexy girl and look for the part of the brain that shut down.
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While I agree with the no DRM bits, I'd pay for a good game that runs on Linux in a heart beat. I'd pay for a game built specifically to run on Linux using GPL libraries. I have three simple rules for a Linux game I would buy. 1) No DRM. 2) Doesn't suck. 3) Doesn't require wine. I have purchased a copy of everything Loki released as well as everything Id released that has been ported to run on Linux.
Sorry Tropaios. I'm a fan of paperbacks so I vote for 4.33" x 7.01"
(5) Is of no interest to thieves;
I used to leave my car windows down every where I went despite having expensive text books pilled in the seat. It is cheaper to replace a stereo than a window. Anyway, you are correct. Thieve just seem to have no interest in books.
(6) Has never transformed overnight into several hundred blank pages of paper because of some corporate decision somewhere;
I'm waiting for black rectangles to start showing up on ebooks in some southern states. Most people find that ludicrous but if the novel is one that is used in a classroom I could see it happening. The Textbook Wars
Cutting the holes for power outlets and light switches would suck. It is a cool idea though. Having it be touch sensitive would be a great feature. Let me know when you get that done.
Interesting points. Or the work could be rendered in SVG to fit any size display and be 100% of what was intended. ie. width='100%' height='100%' viewBox='0 0 1024 762' (where 1024x762 is the "document size" the artist intended).
I guess if your going to have a box of condoms sitting around with no chance of ever being used they might has have a theme.
Free with every purchase of strawberry delight.
w00t! i removed 3 and forgot to change the numbers.
There are several reasons that I can think of off the top of my head.
1) The area on the piston head for a spark plug clearance will no longer need to be present. Smaller combustion area means more energy transfer.
2) It will eliminate the spark plug gap. This will effectively eliminate the need to replace spark plugs in the "tune up" process.
4) The area of the head where there was once a large hole for the spark plug can be reduced to a micro pin hole.
5) The angle of the plug to the intake valve will no longer be a factor in combustion.
6) The location of the heat that starts the explosion will be closer to the head.
There is a flaw in that belief. The closer a society gets to a depletion of a resource the closer a society gets to killing one another. As a result, at the point which the society gets to total depletion, the number of people in the society is reduced. I'm, of course, assuming history will repeat itself and humanity has not become incapable of engaging in war.
I bet /.'rs that thought they were going to die a virgin are relieved.
Nope. Pres'dent Parry will have a prayer meetin. All true Americunz will pray for less and we will get it.
No doubt! "knowing what" and "gov'ment" are mutually exclusive in the U.S.
If you want to give a kid a computer and have them learn something have them build the computer and write the software to run it. Thats what we had to do when I was a kid.
Now get off my lawn!
The learning process is driven by the teachers
I'd argue the learning process is driven by interest in the subject. IMHO, giving each kid a laptop doesn't generate interest in any subject.
host -t NS theregister.co.uk
theregister.co.uk name server ns2.yumurtakabugu.com.
theregister.co.uk name server ns3.yumurtakabugu.com.
theregister.co.uk name server ns1.yumurtakabugu.com.
theregister.co.uk name server ns4.yumurtakabugu.com.
Processor technology is at a state of gaining more by reducing die size than design. Because of SMP, sophisticated design changes are not needed to gain performance. Intel knows they can seriously move ahead of AMD if the next processor is successfully reduced to 22nm. They might as well wait. AMD isn't able to drop cash on reducing die size on every other release. If they can put off releasing their next processor at a point when they can afford smaller die production they will get a lot more out of it. Note: I'm not a fanboy of either company.
Is it possible this is just for people using other platforms? Pushing customers using Windows off to Windows land while the rest use the iTunes cloud makes sense to me.
Suppressed? How is saying Lenovo should shut the fuck up and stop using self defeating information to smear their competition a request for them to "suppress something"?
Saying Samsung isn't selling Android tablets doesn't have a positive effect on the popularity of Android devices. I think they are shooting themselves in the foot.
Showing up to the interview over weight, wrinkled, with grey hair, carrying a pen and pad (made out of actual paper) didn't help yo... Oh wait. That was me.
Nevermind.
As someone who is a couple years away from the black balloons I'd like to add, fitting in. I've had two situations where I went on interviews to meet the team. They were all in their early twenties with the exception of one. The exceptions wasn't old enough to drink. Technology has an "in" crowed. If your significantly older than the group they will not feel comfortable with you. You have to communicate with the people you work with. Age is a huge factor with the way you communicate. Take the three, brief and narrow, examples of how different generations communicate below. Hopefully, they will help you see the barrier I'm referring to.
The first where all about the hardware. They knew the Heathkit catalog like their calendar. For some, I'd go as far as to say, "it was their calendar." These/we folks communicated on BBS's and Gopher. Email and Newsgroups were new and cool. If you knew how to use them, and talked about MIPS and registers, DMA and IRQs, and the latest bus and memory technology, you were "in".
The second generation were mad gamers. They might not have known hardware outside of what processor or graphics cards were the best for gaming but they could build an IPX, and eventually IP, network in a heart beat. BBS's and Newsgroups where old and grubby things of the past. BB wha? Goph who? ICQ, IRC, and multiplayer games where/are their method of communication. If you could network and game you were "in".
The third generation could care less about the hardware. The amount of storage on a device or if it is capable of performing a multimedia function is as deep as they go in that direction. They are all about the communication. I'd go as far as saying, "they are one with communication." A device's technical stats are interpreted by how does it fit in with my music, movies, friendship network. You know your "in" with this crowed because they will have "friended" you.
To whom does the rain water belong?
Billy Bob.
It will never work. They need to have prayer meetings like we do here in Texas. That always works.
Oh wait.
After having their subjects perform the initial language task, which they call a 'functional localizer,' they had each one do a subset of seven other experiments:
They could have just monitored a Geek trying to talk to a sexy girl and look for the part of the brain that shut down.