I'm sorry, but it sounded to me like you just contradicted yourself! The comment he made about digital cameras not "just working" makes the desktop user experience out to be bad. OK, so you go on to tell us that you didn't have a problem with that, but you did have a hellish experience with something else that might even be considered related to digital camera usage on the desktop. Then you tell us that the desktop experience isn't as bad as he is making it. Um, wtf? "build-CUPS-from-scratch HELL" doesn't sound like a good desktop experience.
I'm not saying that other OSes don't have their problems, but in my experience (I use linux at work, at home, and on my laptop), and in the experience of my linux-using (not as in drug-using) peers, the desktop user experience of RedHat leaves something to be desired.
Be careful when you make statements like that. How much bandwidth do you need right now? How much do you want? How much will you need in 5 years? How much did you have 5 years ago, and what's the difference between what you had then and what you have now?
Of course, there is the issue that in 5 years, there might be some cheaper technology that can get you the same bandwidth for less initial capital expenditure and similar monthly expense... so who knows?
I am personally happy to see this happening. Maybe by the time it catches on where I live, the "cheaper technology" will be available and I won't have to have such a large portion of my taxes spent on the rollout.
Laptops also have a lot more space for a battery... of course they also have a lot more power drain than this would. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
This thing looks/sounds awesome... but will it require a miniaturized nuclear power plant to power? How long could a battery small enough to fit in this thing possibly last?!
the game is playable at 233MHz/64MB RAM, with some difficulty
Thanks for the info! I suspected this would be the case, I'll let the guys know. Could I get you to tell me which graphics card/chipset you are using, and what game setting you were using to play?
Take a look at the difference in graphics between the two. You may remember the original BT's as having good graphics (and they were, at the time), but memory can do funny things. That's probably a big reason for the increased memory requirements. Not to mention that it requires a modern OS and windowing system to run within.
As for processor requirements, it does use OpenGL for the graphics engine... I'm fairly certain that the engine could be optimized to use less CPU, and it probably doesn't even peg a P3, but who doesn't have P3-or-better processing power nowadays?
Feel free to try it on a lesser system and let the team know that the requirements are high!
Disclaimer: I am part of the Devil Whiskey team, but these comments are personal and should not be construed as official Shifting Suns comments.
It might make it appear that someone has over 50% of the votes, but what they probably really have is 25% of the people really liked them, and another 25% thought they were better than someone else, but definitely not good enough to be a first choice.
How is this bad? Consider the alternatives:
1) 3 candidates, majority wins (runoff vote if no majority, dumping the candidate with the least votes). 49% vote for A, 26% vote for B, 25% vote for C. B and C have similar platforms, but different enough to split 51% of the vote. C gets dropped. Re-vote. People that voted for C now have the "lesser of two evils" choice to make.
2) 3 candidates, plurality wins. Same platforms as above. 49% vote for A, 26% vote for B, 25% vote for C. A wins, even though a majority might vote for B if C wasn't in the picture.
With IRV, you make your first choice and a list of "lesser of N evils" votes at the same time. For some people, there will always be that choice to make, anyway. Why not standardize it and get rid of Case #2 above?
What I am still wondering about is why no game company has created the selfbooting game.
Reminds me of the Amiga... sigh...
At least with that platform, the only thing that could really change was the amount of memory installed. Easy to deal with that, a nice label on the box that says, "1 MB Required," for example.
Maybe they can start doping the water supply with this stuff, similar to the flourine deal. Perhaps after a few years, I won't have to deal with so many idiots!
Consider the intelligence of the average person. Now consider the fact that about half of the world is dumber than that.
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I'm sorry, but it sounded to me like you just contradicted yourself! The comment he made about digital cameras not "just working" makes the desktop user experience out to be bad. OK, so you go on to tell us that you didn't have a problem with that, but you did have a hellish experience with something else that might even be considered related to digital camera usage on the desktop. Then you tell us that the desktop experience isn't as bad as he is making it. Um, wtf? "build-CUPS-from-scratch HELL" doesn't sound like a good desktop experience.
I'm not saying that other OSes don't have their problems, but in my experience (I use linux at work, at home, and on my laptop), and in the experience of my linux-using (not as in drug-using) peers, the desktop user experience of RedHat leaves something to be desired.
more bandwidth than you would ever need right now
Be careful when you make statements like that. How much bandwidth do you need right now? How much do you want? How much will you need in 5 years? How much did you have 5 years ago, and what's the difference between what you had then and what you have now?
Of course, there is the issue that in 5 years, there might be some cheaper technology that can get you the same bandwidth for less initial capital expenditure and similar monthly expense... so who knows?
I am personally happy to see this happening. Maybe by the time it catches on where I live, the "cheaper technology" will be available and I won't have to have such a large portion of my taxes spent on the rollout.
teh sux0r
I think NextBox rolls off the tongue quite a bit better...
Laptops also have a lot more space for a battery... of course they also have a lot more power drain than this would. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
This thing looks/sounds awesome... but will it require a miniaturized nuclear power plant to power? How long could a battery small enough to fit in this thing possibly last?!
Thanks for this. I mean, it really was hard to click the link in the story.
I think that is much more reasonable than the /. story's "the sun shot off" metaphor...
IIRC, the universe was too hot to contain matter until "well after" the Big Bang/Hum began. Does sound propagate through dense energy?
Honestly, I've posted quite a few more comments than you
He has a lower user number than you. Does that make him more important/right than you with your plethora of comments?
Can I get an AMEN?!
Star Trek...fan porn stories
I'm now officially scared.
Try it sometime! Hopefully (for the game-loving community) you can witness firsthand the violence that you are causing!
Thanks again, I'll check it out.
the game is playable at 233MHz/64MB RAM, with some difficulty
Thanks for the info! I suspected this would be the case, I'll let the guys know. Could I get you to tell me which graphics card/chipset you are using, and what game setting you were using to play?
Take a look at the difference in graphics between the two. You may remember the original BT's as having good graphics (and they were, at the time), but memory can do funny things. That's probably a big reason for the increased memory requirements. Not to mention that it requires a modern OS and windowing system to run within.
As for processor requirements, it does use OpenGL for the graphics engine... I'm fairly certain that the engine could be optimized to use less CPU, and it probably doesn't even peg a P3, but who doesn't have P3-or-better processing power nowadays?
Feel free to try it on a lesser system and let the team know that the requirements are high!
Disclaimer: I am part of the Devil Whiskey team, but these comments are personal and should not be construed as official Shifting Suns comments.
You sir or madam, are a coward.
you could guarantee that the supplies would be waiting for the colonists when they did arrive
Except when a bunch of metal-eating nematodes devour the supplies before the colonists arrive!
It might make it appear that someone has over 50% of the votes, but what they probably really have is 25% of the people really liked them, and another 25% thought they were better than someone else, but definitely not good enough to be a first choice.
How is this bad? Consider the alternatives:
1) 3 candidates, majority wins (runoff vote if no majority, dumping the candidate with the least votes). 49% vote for A, 26% vote for B, 25% vote for C. B and C have similar platforms, but different enough to split 51% of the vote. C gets dropped. Re-vote. People that voted for C now have the "lesser of two evils" choice to make.
2) 3 candidates, plurality wins. Same platforms as above. 49% vote for A, 26% vote for B, 25% vote for C. A wins, even though a majority might vote for B if C wasn't in the picture.
With IRV, you make your first choice and a list of "lesser of N evils" votes at the same time. For some people, there will always be that choice to make, anyway. Why not standardize it and get rid of Case #2 above?
What I am still wondering about is why no game company has created the selfbooting game.
Reminds me of the Amiga... sigh...
At least with that platform, the only thing that could really change was the amount of memory installed. Easy to deal with that, a nice label on the box that says, "1 MB Required," for example.
Maybe they can start doping the water supply with this stuff, similar to the flourine deal. Perhaps after a few years, I won't have to deal with so many idiots!
Consider the intelligence of the average person. Now consider the fact that about half of the world is dumber than that.
SDL anyone? Certainly, there are a few things left that will need to be preprocessed one way or another, but it can be done, and not too painfully.
True enough, but then how does the suggested solution fix anything? It doesn't.
Let the (unpaid) interns do the moderation, and then the rep can read at +2 to +5 depending on workload.
So then the unpaid interns are then given the power to pick and choose what the rep reads? No thanks.
That would most definitely not be cheaper...