You're not getting $12 CDs because you're not buying the right CDs, or you're not buying them at the right place. If I walk into the music chain stores, I can usually find the "flavour of the month" available for $12-15, or 2 for $25, or a similar deal. That's how you can tell what the big labels want you to buy and what they're pushing as the "next big thing". At places like Best Buy, CDs in general tend to be $1-3 cheaper than the music stores, so $12 is not unreasonable to expect, depending on what you're into.
I can usually get my CDs for $10 or so, but I primarily buy from the band's merch table.
Archos players don't support the format out of the box (or at least the 605/705 didn't), but the codec was purchasable after the fact. There may be a few more, who knows. Maybe he's still using an MP3-CD player. I personally prefer MP3 because I know it will work pretty much anywhere, but I'd never transcode to get them unless I was starting with a FLAC rip.
I like static compiles, too, but a lot of the libraries used for Linux development are LGPL. That means you can only dynamically link if you want to keep your source locked up, and though I'm an enthusiastic free software supporter, I also realise that a lot of the game dev shops aren't keen on GPL-ing their code (or at least not right away.) So I'd settle for bundling their libraries with their games. That's what/opt is for anyway, right?
I think these days the code only goes one way (to Apple) but if some Apple fanboy wants to point me to their recent BSD contributions, I'd be interested in seeing them.
I'd like to see those big (and smaller, too) name vendors support the BSDs a bit better, too. I've always preferred to work with FreeBSD vs. Linux, but I've been settling on Linux for the better 3rd party software/driver support. I've got some projects planned for this year that I would prefer to use a BSD for rather than Linux, but I don't see it happening.
On Linux, it depends on your settings. (It does on Windows, too, since Autorun is easy to disable.) By default, KDE will open a dialog asking what to do when you pop in any kind of media (CD, USB drive, etc.) and Gnome will just open the disk with Nautilus. At this point, there will probably be a installer.sh file which will do all the heavy lifting of the install. This is basically how the proprietary software that isn't in the repos I've come across handle their installs. Things would get tricky if you wanted to support every distro under the sun, but nobody in their right mind would do that. Instead, it makes more sense to support Ubuntu and Fedora only, and from there it should ultimately work on just about any major distro with minimal effort, and the smart kids will probably blog about how to do it. Bundle it with all the necessary libraries and have the game start from another shell script which tells the binary to load its libraries instead of the systems (or statically link, if your libraries' licenses permit it) and there should be no major issues, or at least no more than you'd expect on any other platform.
That's most security people in any country, not just the US. Think about every asshole cop you've ever dealt with. Now think of the people who couldn't make the cut doing that. That's basically 90% of all security guards or transit cops in a nutshell, save for the students who do it at night because it doesn't interfere with school hours. To make matters worse, these guys know nobody takes them seriously, and it pisses them off that much more, making them even act like even bigger dicks.
They're no different than any regional telecom giant. People in Alberta and BC can give you horror stories for days about dealing with Telus, and I imagine there are similar stories in Ontario and Quebec about Bell and Rogers. I deal with MTS Allstream pretty regularly as they sold us (and manage) our PBX and I don't have any major complaints, but then they actually have to compete out here.
The genre may or may not be dying, but I would like to see more brought to the table than rehashes and sequelitis. I get that people liked RE0-3, but the last thing I want to play is RE27, fundamentally unchanged from RE1.
I thought it suffered from "Doom 3 Syndrome". The first couple of hours were pretty creepy and/or scary, but after that, I sort of fell into the game's rhythm and could usually figure out what was going to happen without too much fuss. It's still not a bad game, but if you're still that scared of it by the time you get through Chapter 4 or so, then you're probably the type of person who was afraid of the muppet monsters.
Seriously, I'm not a Harper supporter, but the whole HARPER == BUSH thing is just fucking ridiculous. It's useful, though, to determine whether or not someone's opinion on anything from there on out should be taken seriously.
Do you know if you can use 3G with this version on Rogers, or if it's truly identical to the T-Mobile version, aside from the firmware? I know that the T-Mobile model won't do better than EDGE in Canada because Rogers uses a different frequency band. I was planning on buying a G1 until I found that out, and even with the price difference in Canada it's still similarly priced to an unlocked G1.
You should have a problem with Frank Miller's writing. He did great work 15-20 years ago. His more recent work (past 5 years or so) has been utterly atrocious. Seriously, have you read All Star Batman and Robin?
The difference is that the power company charges me for usage, so I will self-regulate to lower my electricity bill. My ISP sold me "unlimited" at a flat rate and is now getting pissy that I'm going above and beyond what they consider reasonable. If they can't sell something, then they shouldn't sell something and bitch because they can't deliver it. They should also not be allowed to market it as "unlimited" and, in the fine print, have "for varying values of unlimited."
Too fucking bad for them then. If they don't like the movie, they're free to walk out the door. They don't get to ruin it for everyone else just because they don't like it or can't even pay attention to it.
BC, too. But at the ISP I used to work at, it was a huge hassle to get set up, and dealing with Telus technicians on trouble calls (which you have to do, because you're leasing the connections from them and they won't let you near their equipment) was always a nightmare. To be fair though, it was a hassle if the customer had phone service through another provider than Telus, too, since the phone situation was not at all unlike the ISP situation. It regularly took well over a week to resolve any issue that required Telus' assistance, since they only dealt with you through their online ticketing system and they only ever updated tickets once a day. If you didn't get the answer you needed, or they needed more info, there's another day that the customer was without internet. I don't miss that job at all.
The press is not free because the current government allows it, but because representative government requires it. Without free speech and the free press, there are no other freedoms.
I never knew about this, but it seems like a useful thing to know. For anyone else who didn't know this, you can find more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
302HP at the wheels, which, assuming a 15% driveline loss (could be more or less, depending on a variety of factors) works out to somewhere in the range of 350HP at the flywheel. The page I found this link on says he's running 11's now, which would indicate that he's probably passed the 400HP mark given the weight and shape of the vehicle, but that's unverified.
I get your sentiment, but sometimes people view things like that as a challenge, not a deterrent.
Is it possible to install applications to the microSD then? Because I was under the impression that it wasn't, and I'm holding out for an Android phone that will either allow it or come with more space for that reason.
If you know where I can find a 16GB MicroSD for $20, I'm all ears. As it stands, I'm having a tough time finding 8GB for that price (though they're not much more than that at some sites.)
For the record, the N810 has a MiniSDHC slot. It was the single biggest factor in my picking the N800 instead. I miss the keyboard sometimes, but not bad enough to give up all the extra (cheaper) storage space of the older device.
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You're not getting $12 CDs because you're not buying the right CDs, or you're not buying them at the right place. If I walk into the music chain stores, I can usually find the "flavour of the month" available for $12-15, or 2 for $25, or a similar deal. That's how you can tell what the big labels want you to buy and what they're pushing as the "next big thing". At places like Best Buy, CDs in general tend to be $1-3 cheaper than the music stores, so $12 is not unreasonable to expect, depending on what you're into.
I can usually get my CDs for $10 or so, but I primarily buy from the band's merch table.
Archos players don't support the format out of the box (or at least the 605/705 didn't), but the codec was purchasable after the fact. There may be a few more, who knows. Maybe he's still using an MP3-CD player. I personally prefer MP3 because I know it will work pretty much anywhere, but I'd never transcode to get them unless I was starting with a FLAC rip.
I like static compiles, too, but a lot of the libraries used for Linux development are LGPL. That means you can only dynamically link if you want to keep your source locked up, and though I'm an enthusiastic free software supporter, I also realise that a lot of the game dev shops aren't keen on GPL-ing their code (or at least not right away.) So I'd settle for bundling their libraries with their games. That's what /opt is for anyway, right?
I think these days the code only goes one way (to Apple) but if some Apple fanboy wants to point me to their recent BSD contributions, I'd be interested in seeing them.
I'd like to see those big (and smaller, too) name vendors support the BSDs a bit better, too. I've always preferred to work with FreeBSD vs. Linux, but I've been settling on Linux for the better 3rd party software/driver support. I've got some projects planned for this year that I would prefer to use a BSD for rather than Linux, but I don't see it happening.
On Linux, it depends on your settings. (It does on Windows, too, since Autorun is easy to disable.) By default, KDE will open a dialog asking what to do when you pop in any kind of media (CD, USB drive, etc.) and Gnome will just open the disk with Nautilus. At this point, there will probably be a installer.sh file which will do all the heavy lifting of the install. This is basically how the proprietary software that isn't in the repos I've come across handle their installs. Things would get tricky if you wanted to support every distro under the sun, but nobody in their right mind would do that. Instead, it makes more sense to support Ubuntu and Fedora only, and from there it should ultimately work on just about any major distro with minimal effort, and the smart kids will probably blog about how to do it. Bundle it with all the necessary libraries and have the game start from another shell script which tells the binary to load its libraries instead of the systems (or statically link, if your libraries' licenses permit it) and there should be no major issues, or at least no more than you'd expect on any other platform.
That's how I would do it, anyway.
That's most security people in any country, not just the US. Think about every asshole cop you've ever dealt with. Now think of the people who couldn't make the cut doing that. That's basically 90% of all security guards or transit cops in a nutshell, save for the students who do it at night because it doesn't interfere with school hours. To make matters worse, these guys know nobody takes them seriously, and it pisses them off that much more, making them even act like even bigger dicks.
They're no different than any regional telecom giant. People in Alberta and BC can give you horror stories for days about dealing with Telus, and I imagine there are similar stories in Ontario and Quebec about Bell and Rogers. I deal with MTS Allstream pretty regularly as they sold us (and manage) our PBX and I don't have any major complaints, but then they actually have to compete out here.
The genre may or may not be dying, but I would like to see more brought to the table than rehashes and sequelitis. I get that people liked RE0-3, but the last thing I want to play is RE27, fundamentally unchanged from RE1.
I thought it suffered from "Doom 3 Syndrome". The first couple of hours were pretty creepy and/or scary, but after that, I sort of fell into the game's rhythm and could usually figure out what was going to happen without too much fuss. It's still not a bad game, but if you're still that scared of it by the time you get through Chapter 4 or so, then you're probably the type of person who was afraid of the muppet monsters.
Seriously, I'm not a Harper supporter, but the whole HARPER == BUSH thing is just fucking ridiculous. It's useful, though, to determine whether or not someone's opinion on anything from there on out should be taken seriously.
This would be an improvement over the bunch of morons squabbling over control of the government right now.
Do you know if you can use 3G with this version on Rogers, or if it's truly identical to the T-Mobile version, aside from the firmware? I know that the T-Mobile model won't do better than EDGE in Canada because Rogers uses a different frequency band. I was planning on buying a G1 until I found that out, and even with the price difference in Canada it's still similarly priced to an unlocked G1.
You should have a problem with Frank Miller's writing. He did great work 15-20 years ago. His more recent work (past 5 years or so) has been utterly atrocious. Seriously, have you read All Star Batman and Robin?
The difference is that the power company charges me for usage, so I will self-regulate to lower my electricity bill. My ISP sold me "unlimited" at a flat rate and is now getting pissy that I'm going above and beyond what they consider reasonable. If they can't sell something, then they shouldn't sell something and bitch because they can't deliver it. They should also not be allowed to market it as "unlimited" and, in the fine print, have "for varying values of unlimited."
Too fucking bad for them then. If they don't like the movie, they're free to walk out the door. They don't get to ruin it for everyone else just because they don't like it or can't even pay attention to it.
BC, too. But at the ISP I used to work at, it was a huge hassle to get set up, and dealing with Telus technicians on trouble calls (which you have to do, because you're leasing the connections from them and they won't let you near their equipment) was always a nightmare. To be fair though, it was a hassle if the customer had phone service through another provider than Telus, too, since the phone situation was not at all unlike the ISP situation. It regularly took well over a week to resolve any issue that required Telus' assistance, since they only dealt with you through their online ticketing system and they only ever updated tickets once a day. If you didn't get the answer you needed, or they needed more info, there's another day that the customer was without internet. I don't miss that job at all.
The press is not free because the current government allows it, but because representative government requires it. Without free speech and the free press, there are no other freedoms.
This line alone trumps all the BS in the GP.
I never knew about this, but it seems like a useful thing to know. For anyone else who didn't know this, you can find more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
Not quite 400HP, and not supercharged, but just for fun, you might get a kick out of this based on your comment:
http://www.turbominivan.com/members/terry/
302HP at the wheels, which, assuming a 15% driveline loss (could be more or less, depending on a variety of factors) works out to somewhere in the range of 350HP at the flywheel. The page I found this link on says he's running 11's now, which would indicate that he's probably passed the 400HP mark given the weight and shape of the vehicle, but that's unverified.
I get your sentiment, but sometimes people view things like that as a challenge, not a deterrent.
Is it possible to install applications to the microSD then? Because I was under the impression that it wasn't, and I'm holding out for an Android phone that will either allow it or come with more space for that reason.
If you know where I can find a 16GB MicroSD for $20, I'm all ears. As it stands, I'm having a tough time finding 8GB for that price (though they're not much more than that at some sites.)
That would be awesome if I didn't have to pay for games I already own yet again.
For the record, the N810 has a MiniSDHC slot. It was the single biggest factor in my picking the N800 instead. I miss the keyboard sometimes, but not bad enough to give up all the extra (cheaper) storage space of the older device.
The GP could be referring to Trace Memory, which came out much earlier and also had this puzzle.