I see comments above about MS getting into hardware, but I haven't seen any comments about Steam getting into hardware.
Really, would it not be a totally obvious thing for Steam to do, build a Linux console of their own?
Helloooo!!!!
how about the fact that opening MS Office docs on Linux with one of the many "Open Office" solutions is still a nightmare?
You are right, opening Microsoft proprietary documents on other systems is a pain. It's almost like someone planned it that way.
Call them open if you wish, they aren't.
If they are serious about this, they need to get Dell or HP to start building gaming oriented linux desktops and notebooks. Linux will never gain traction as long as the users have to actively decide to install it.
It will be a huge engineering headache requiring the skill to insert a Linux CD rather than a Windows CD.
They'll certainly never be able to automate it.
Except he's not right. The vast majority of PC buyers do not play games beyond what comes preinstalled with Windows or what they find online. Even the entire user base of Steam represents maybe a couple of percent of all PC owners.
if you had a penny from a couple percent of all PC owners, you'd easily be set for a very comfortable life.
My previous employer included something along the lines of "any program or invention written while in our employ belongs to the company, whether or not it relates to the business".
I signed that too. It's totally illegal so who gives a fuck?
Perhaps.
I've always encouraged my kids to follow their interests. I'm a geek, my daughter's mother is a geek. My son's mother is an idiot, but he turned out OK.
I have a daughter and a son. My son is a developer. My daughter is an artist who will eventually go into polysci. They are both brilliant.:)
I'd be happy to be wrong about what I said, if it's a matter of peer pressure, that I could understand, but I've seen no evidence of it myself.
As soon as I got hold of something I could program my career was set.
I don't see what the fuss is about, women rarely (never as far as I know) catch the bug that men do when they discover that they are natural hackers.
It's the way it is, men and women are different. Sue me, it's true.
Didn't see any prices.
Pretty fucking cool watches though.
<pedantic>
If you have anything to do with that site, tell them to put "anniversary" above "15 years". "anniversary, 15 years" sounds better than "15 years anniversary"
</pedantic>
You could invoke video and sound in SMIL animations and control them that way. I haven't experimented with that.
With ForeignObject you should be able to embed HTML5 sound and video.
I've done SVG work in Firefox years ago - before Chrome was even popular. It worked fine then and a quick test says it works now (for me at least?).
Of course SVG is a pretty broad spec (it's almost like a generic container format...) - I guess you're dealing with some SVG features that just aren't supported in FF.
What is there is more or less correct. The lead developer has decreed that they will not support SVG fonts, Chrome does, and it's faster, so I use it.
In what way is SVG a container format?
Firefox isn't the best browser to develop with anyway. I use SVG and it doesn't support the whole spec.
I still use it as a browser, but it's not part of my dev ide. I use Chrome.
having the worlds largest mobile phone manufacturer Nokia by the balls?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Microsoft + Nokia, taking the world by storm! Windows Phones everywhere! HAHAHAHAHA! They're gonna expand that 0.41 percent market share into something important real soon now!
I can't see this being any better or worse than ISP's hijacking DNS lookups and returning search pages, instead of a fail (Which is what they are supposed to do.)
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I see comments above about MS getting into hardware, but I haven't seen any comments about Steam getting into hardware.
Really, would it not be a totally obvious thing for Steam to do, build a Linux console of their own?
Helloooo!!!!
Tip for you. If you start a comment with 'I think...' more people would care about what came after if you learned how to spell.
the real thing holding back Linux is games?
how about the fact that opening MS Office docs on Linux with one of the many "Open Office" solutions is still a nightmare?
You are right, opening Microsoft proprietary documents on other systems is a pain. It's almost like someone planned it that way.
Call them open if you wish, they aren't.
If they are serious about this, they need to get Dell or HP to start building gaming oriented linux desktops and notebooks. Linux will never gain traction as long as the users have to actively decide to install it.
It will be a huge engineering headache requiring the skill to insert a Linux CD rather than a Windows CD.
They'll certainly never be able to automate it.
Except he's not right. The vast majority of PC buyers do not play games beyond what comes preinstalled with Windows or what they find online. Even the entire user base of Steam represents maybe a couple of percent of all PC owners.
if you had a penny from a couple percent of all PC owners, you'd easily be set for a very comfortable life.
I know how to use my finger, but you can't see me, so I have to use my keyboard.
My previous employer included something along the lines of "any program or invention written while in our employ belongs to the company, whether or not it relates to the business".
I signed that too. It's totally illegal so who gives a fuck?
Perhaps.
I've always encouraged my kids to follow their interests. I'm a geek, my daughter's mother is a geek. My son's mother is an idiot, but he turned out OK.
I have a daughter and a son. My son is a developer. My daughter is an artist who will eventually go into polysci. They are both brilliant. :)
I'd be happy to be wrong about what I said, if it's a matter of peer pressure, that I could understand, but I've seen no evidence of it myself.
As soon as I got hold of something I could program my career was set. I don't see what the fuss is about, women rarely (never as far as I know) catch the bug that men do when they discover that they are natural hackers. It's the way it is, men and women are different. Sue me, it's true.
Excellent question. Anyone?
Linux runs on everything.
Didn't see any prices.
Pretty fucking cool watches though.
<pedantic>
If you have anything to do with that site, tell them to put "anniversary" above "15 years". "anniversary, 15 years" sounds better than "15 years anniversary"
</pedantic>
Interesting, but a little pricey.
You could invoke video and sound in SMIL animations and control them that way. I haven't experimented with that. With ForeignObject you should be able to embed HTML5 sound and video.
I've done SVG work in Firefox years ago - before Chrome was even popular. It worked fine then and a quick test says it works now (for me at least?).
Of course SVG is a pretty broad spec (it's almost like a generic container format...) - I guess you're dealing with some SVG features that just aren't supported in FF.
What is there is more or less correct. The lead developer has decreed that they will not support SVG fonts, Chrome does, and it's faster, so I use it.
In what way is SVG a container format?
Firefox isn't the best browser to develop with anyway. I use SVG and it doesn't support the whole spec.
I still use it as a browser, but it's not part of my dev ide. I use Chrome.
having the worlds largest mobile phone manufacturer Nokia by the balls?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Microsoft + Nokia, taking the world by storm! Windows Phones everywhere! HAHAHAHAHA! They're gonna expand that 0.41 percent market share into something important real soon now!
Anyway, that's all I -- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I call your HAHAHA and raise a shadenfreude.
Also, the US public rarely agrees with the US government. It's not like most of them get any real representation from their politicians.
I'm not American, but I've dealt with the American military on mapping data. They have a good attitude about sharing IP when it isn't classified.
With the level of intelligence we have seen from them, I doubt their code would be acceptable.
He'd rather throw his shoes, but he'd have to have someone take them off for him.
Oh, is Sony in on this too?
I can't see this being any better or worse than ISP's hijacking DNS lookups and returning search pages, instead of a fail (Which is what they are supposed to do.)
Watching it now.
Some guy with a gross tongue is fighting a hot bartender.